Archive: UCSF to Share Parnassus Redesign Guidelines, Campus Plan
The campus community is invited to comment on design guidelines for enhancing the Parnassus Heights campus on Friday, Sept. 29.
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Archive: UCSF Orthopedic Surgeon Volunteers Her Time to National Women's Soccer
Allen recently returned from a trip to Russia and the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) U-20 Women's World Cup Championship, where she was the team physician for the US women's under-20 soccer team. She traveled with the team for three weeks during the tournament, which took place at stadiums in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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Archive: UCSF one of top universities in 2005 NIH research funding
UCSF was the fourth largest recipient of National Institutes of Health research support in 2005, receiving a total of $452.2 million from all awards in the nationally competitive process, according to rankings released by NIH.
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Archive: Regents Approve Preliminary Planning for New Hospital Complex at Mission Bay
UCSF got the green light to pursue plans to build a new hospital complex for children's, women's and cancer services at Mission Bay.
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Archive: UCSF Conference on Women and AIDS
Female AIDS researchers from 16 countries gathered this week for the UCSF Conference on Women and AIDS, hosted by UCSF AIDS researcher, Nancy Padian, PhD, MPH, who is teaching these researchers from around the globe how to build a network to control the spread of HIV/AIDS. Dr. Padian is currently researching the diaphragm as an effective HIV prevention method in Zimbabwe with a $40 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Archive: San Francisco hosts "Swim Across America" to raise funds for UCSF Children's Hospital
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Archive: UCSF Panel Discussion Airs Concerns, Hopes for New HPV Vaccines Part 2 of 2
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Archive: UCSF Plays Pivotal Role as UC is Named Most Successful in Tech Transfer
A study from the Milken Institute, an independent think tank, finds that the University of California system averaged the highest level of licensing income annually from its research discoveries in biotechnology. "Mind to Market: A Global Analysis of University Biotechnology Transfer and Commercialization" looks at how well institutions of higher education do at commercialization, the process of turning intellectual property into business startups and licensing income.
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Archive: German Science Stirs (with a UCSF Spin), Part 1 of 2
Volker Doetsch, director of the Institute of Biophysical Chemistry at Frankfurt's Goethe University, compares and contrasts the world of basic science at UCSF and in his home country.
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Archive: Osher Center presents weekend workshop with renowned Ayurvedic expert
A world-renowned expert on Ayurveda, an ancient holistic approach to health that originated in India thousands of years ago, will present a lecture and workshop in late October.
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Archive: QB3 "Garage" for Biotech Start-ups Offers Look Inside
QB3 recently welcomed visitors to its new Garage, where enterprising scientists are working to translate their ideas into biotech discoveries.
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Archive: Gladstone Researchers Identify Enzyme that May Protect Against Plaque Build Up Causing Alzheimers
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have identified a potential new avenue for reducing the build up of toxic amyloid (Ab) proteins, which are suspected of causing Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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Archive: UCSF Panel Discussion Airs Concerns, Hopes for New HPV Vaccines Part 1 of 2
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Archive: Prelude to "Swim Across America,"
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Archive: UCSF launches Women's Global Health Scholars Program
UCSF's Women's Global Health Imperative welcomes this week 28 women scientists from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and South America for the start of a yearlong leadership-training program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center.
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Archive: Five Breast Cancer Research Projects Receive State Funding
Five UCSF projects will be funded from the largest state-funded breast cancer research program in the nation.
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Archive: Tech Nation Explores The Female Brain
On public radio's Tech Nation, Louann Brizendine, MD, neurospychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, speaks with host Moira Gunn about Brizendine's new book <i>The Female Brain</i>.
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Archive: UCSF to Host First Annual Interprofessional Education Day
First-year students from all four schools will come together tomorrow for the first event of its kind that focuses on communication and patient safety.
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Archive: Newsweek's "Twenty Top Women on Leadership" Profiles UCSF Researcher
The September 25 issue of Newsweek features as its cover story "Twenty Top Women on Leadership." One of the women profiled is Renee Reijo Pera.
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Archive: UCSF's Blackburn Wins Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn has been named a recipient of the 2006 Lasker Award for the prediction and discovery of telomerase.
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Archive: UCSF's Elizabeth Blackburn receives Lasker Award
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, 57, Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been named to receive the 2006 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.
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Archive: His Mind, Her Mind: Differences in Brain Circuitry
CBS 5's Kim Mulvihill interviews Louann Brizendine, MD, a neuropsychiatrist at UCSF whose new book, <i>The Female Brain</i>, compiles two decades of brain research showing that the male and female brains are wired, structured and fueled differently, leading to unique talents.
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Archive: Second UCSF Swimmer to Help Fight Cancer
Two swimmers from UCSF will swim in the San Francisco Bay on September 23 to raise funds for the UCSF Survivors of Childhood Cancer program.
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Archive: Campus Ushers in Centennial Anniversary of Nursing School
Chancellor Mike Bishop and CEO Mark Laret joined Dean Kathleen Dracup on September 13 to commemorate 100 years of excellence in nursing care, research and education.
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Archive: Class on Traditional Chinese Medicine Emphasizes Communication, Collaboration
UCSF's Asian Heart & Vascular Center recently conducted a free community education class on traditional Chinese medicine and its role in cardiovascular care.
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Archive: October Town Halls to Update Strategic Planning
The campus community is invited to hear an update on the strategic planning process during the second round of town hall meetings to begin October 3.
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Archive: Cannabis Use Can Improve Effectiveness of Hepatitis C Therapy
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Archive: Are Antibiotics Necessary for Ear Infections?
NBC's Robert Bazell takes a look at a new trend in medicine in which doctors suggest not giving children antibiotics right away to cure ear infections. NBC follows Cynthia Kim, MD, a pediatrician at UCSF Children's Hospital, as she treats a young girl for an ear infection.
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Archive: Experimental Brain Tumor Treatment
Barbara Hammerman, 47, San Mateo's first female police lieutenant, has terminal brain cancer and is pioneering again, this time volunteering for an experimental brain tumor treatment at UCSF that will hopefully save her life.
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Archive: Lesbian Health Institute to take place as part of annual GLMA Conference
On Wednesday, October 11 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the UCSF Lesbian Health and Research Center will sponsor a Lesbian Health Institute in conjunction with the 24th Annual Conference of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association in San Francisco.