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Privatizing Social Security is akin to an organized run on the bank because the Social Security Trust Fund would be depleted by diverting payroll taxes into private accounts, according to Carroll Estes, PhD, UCSF professor of sociology, ...
The J. David Gladstone Institutes has selected award-winning scientist Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, an expert on the role that telomeres has on aging and carcinogenesis, as this year's distinguished lecturer.
The J. David Gladstone Institutes, a group of UCSF-affiliated medical research institutes, is among the top 15 institutional work environments for life sciences postdoctoral fellows, according to The Scientist's annual "Best Places to Work for Postdocs" survey
UCSF is hosting the 37th Annual Systemwide Academic Business Officers Group Conference, slated for Sunday through Wednesday, April 3-6, at the Renaissance Parc 55 in San Francisco.
Researchers looking at work-related injuries of hospital employees are again asking for cooperation from those working at UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center to complete the study.
Executive Vice Chancellor Eugene Washington recently shared his goals for the future, stressing the importance of empowering people to achieve their utmost potential.
The UCSF Medical Center Update television spots airing on KGO television have a fresh new look starting today (Feb. 7) beginning with 30- and 60-second spots featuring the Pediatric Heart Center.
"Beginning a new era at UCSF," faculty and staff gathered this week to officially start the program planning process for clinical facilities at Mission Bay
A research symposium featuring the work of some of the top undergraduates in the UC system, will be hosted by UCSF, March 5 and 6, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel near San Francisco International Airport.
MIT geology professor John Grotzinger is the speaker and cellist Mark Summer and pianist Alan Yavnai are the performers for the Annual Gordon Tomkins Lecture and Concert on Friday, Feb. 11, 3 to 5 p.m., at the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
Treatment for primary malignant brain tumors varies greatly among academic and community centers and can be in conflict with accepted guidelines of care, according to a new study.
UCSF's Heart and Vascular Center -- dedicated to raising awareness of heart disease -- is offering public lectures on a range of heart-related health subjects throughout February, which is National Heart Month.
Primary malignant brain tumors are not very common -- about 9,000 patients diagnosed per year -- and are associated with a poor prognosis.
Donna Ferriero, professor of neurology and pediatrics, has been appointed vice dean for academic affairs in the School of Medicine.
Researchers, fellows, residents and junior faculty with outstanding ideas who want to join the fight against prostate cancer may apply for $30,000 to $75,000 in funding from the Developmental Research Program.
Sol Silverman, a specialist in detecting oral cancer, has been named the recipient of the 2005 School of Dentistry Faculty Researcher Lecturer Award.
Faculty and staff are invited to help plan for programs slated for new clinical facilities at UCSF Mission Bay during a morning session on Wednesday, Feb. 2.
Praising the life's work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., winners of the award in his name pledged to continue to support the underrepresented during a ceremony at UCSF on Tuesday.