UCSF Researchers Launch Landmark Study of LGBTQ Community Health
UCSF researchers have launched the first longitudinal cohort study to better understand the health of LGBTQ adults in the United States.
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Steeped in Service
Luminaries light up UCSF’s legacy of service.
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Rena Pasick: Changing the Face of Population Science & Public Health
Rena Pasick leads the Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research (MTPCCR) with sites at UCSF and UCLA. Her program encourages and supports underrepresented master’s level students in public health and social and behavioral sciences on to the doctorate and careers in research.
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The Path to Eradicating Ebola
Though the headlines have subsided, UCSF volunteers and experts are still hard at work fighting Ebola in West Africa and helping build better infrastructure that could stop another outbreak.
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Blood Work: Surprising Tools for Rejuvenating the Brain
UCSF Magazine explores how scientists are uncovering surprising new tools – young blood and video games – to rejuvenate the brain.
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Road Warriors
UCSF’s Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology allows residents to do an international rotation to train doctors in the developing world, where traffic accidents are one of the most common causes of hospitalization.
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African immigrants speak up against harassment over Ebola
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Medicine Meets Marijuana
An inveterate internest discusses how to navigate the great unknowns involved in using marijuana as a medicine.
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Genetic Variant Protects Some Latina Women from Breast Cancer
An international research collaboration led by UCSF researchers has identified a genetic variant common in Latina women that protects against breast cancer.
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Homeward Bound
Experts in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics are blending research and clinical care to transform health care for the burgeoning population of older adults in the United States.
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Resources Available to Help People with Disabilities on ADA Anniversary
Celebrations of the July 26, 1990 signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by President George H.W. Bush will take place across the nation during the week of July 21-27, 2014. The UCSF Committee on Disability Issues will be working over the next year to identify issues of concern for people with disabilities and set objectives to address these key issues.
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Innovative Researchers Honored for Work Fighting Life-Threatening Diseases
Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellman kicked off a special day-long symposium recognizing the winners of the 2014 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences on Dec. 13. It was the centerpiece of a two-day celebration hosted by UCSF.
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A Primer on Concussions
Carlin Senter, MD, leader of UCSF’s concussion program, answers some frequently asked questions about this common brain injury.
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Chancellor Highlights UCSF’s Investments in People, Programs to Meet Challenges Ahead
In her annual State of the University address, Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann highlighted UCSF's investments in its research, education and patient care to meet the challenges ahead.
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Can Wellness Cure?
UCSF has long led the way in demonstrating the positive effects of living a healthy lifestyle. Turns out, a healthy lifestyle can not only keep illness at bay, but it may even stop a disease like cancer dead in its tracks.
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Teaching Tolerance One Goal at a Time
By providing scientifically based curriculum at after-school programs, UCSF helps kids learn how to manage their anger while excelling on the field and in the classroom.
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Listening Between the Lines
<p>Culturally sensitive communication is an essential piece of the core communications competency required of UCSF graduates, and Carol A. Miller, MD, works to help residents and medical students build those skills.</p>
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Identity Theft: The Destructive Course of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
William Seeley maps the path of frontotemporal dementia through the brain, correlating specific damage with behavioral change. By studying the disease from self to circuits to cells, this visionary neurologist searches for inroads to treatment.
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Annual Tradition Celebrates UCSF Community Partnerships
<p>Exemplary community collaborations that promote health equity in San Francisco took center stage at the Fourth Annual Partnerships Celebration sponsored by UCSF’s <a href="http://partnerships.ucsf.edu/">University Community Partnerships</a> (UCP).</p>
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LGBT Forum Attracts 200 Interprofessional Health Students
<p>The UCSF Center for LGBT Health & Equity convened a health forum for the fourth consecutive year, attracting 200 interprofessional health students for two days of education about the long-overlooked health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people.</p>
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Program Empowers the Community Through University Partnership
<p>Projects involving UCSF and community partners that encourage children to learn about medical careers, maintain proper dental hygiene and lose weight by learning to swim were recently celebrated for improving the health and well-being of San Franciscans.</p>
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Health Reform Expert to Deliver Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture
<p>The UCSF community is invited to hear JudyAnn Bigby talk about "The Massachusetts Health Reform Experience" during the Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture on September 26.</p>