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Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, Robert B. Jaffe M.D. Endowed Chair in Reproductive Sciences, is the recipient of the 2008 Woman in Science Award from the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA).
Among women 65 and older, wealthy women in poor health are more likely to receive screening mammography for breast cancer even when they are unlikely to benefit from the test, while poor women in good health are less likely to receive screening mammography even when they are likely to benefit.
The UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center recently welcomed Rolland Lowe, Maria Fang and David Lei as new members of its Advisory Cabinet.
We are taking a break from the regular editorial cycle to ask you what you like — or don't like — about Science Café...
Michael Hindery, MA, has been named the new vice dean for administration, finance and clinical programs at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He assumed his new post on February 28, 2008.
S. Claiborne Johnston, director of the Stroke Service at UCSF, has received an award for “significant achievement in the clinical investigation and management of stroke.”
Michael Hindery has been named the new vice dean for administration, finance and clinical programs at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He assumed his new post on February 28, 2008.
Two seasoned bicyclists are looking for folks to join the 560-mile Empire State AIDS Ride from Niagara Falls to Manhattan this August.
Linda J. Bilmes, who is widely considered one of the leading experts in US budgeting and public finance, will speak about the costs of the Iraq war tomorrow.
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a way to quickly estimate a woman's risk for invasive breast cancer.
Internationally recognized biochemist James Wells has been named chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
One-year survival rates for patients receiving heart, liver and lung transplants at UCSF Medical Center exceed national averages at statistically significant levels, according to new data compiled by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).
Knowing how cells move might help stop cancer...
UCSF School of Nursing Dean Kathy Dracup, RN, FNP, DNSc, spelled out her priorities for 2008-2009: to revise the master of science in nursing curriculum, continue succession planning, increase space to grow programs and boost the diversity of faculty, staff and students.
An expert in pediatric obesity and eating disorders will give grand rounds lectures this morning and tomorrow at UCSF.
The HepB Free Project is hosting a screening on Saturday, Mar. 1 at 2330 Post Street in San Francisco, from 9 am to noon. Interpreters will be available to provide translation in Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese.
Today UCSF kicks off a week-long campaign on campus to raise awareness of eating disorders.
Can flossing save your life? The answer might surprise you...
The University of California has filed an unfair labor practice charge against patient care employees' union, according to the UC Office of the President.
The campus community is invited to hear Eric S. Lander, PhD, who will present “Beyond the Human Genome Project” on March 5.