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Leading the Way

At UC San Francisco, we are driven by the idea that when the best research, the best teaching and the best patient care converge, we can deliver breakthroughs that help heal the world.

Patient Care

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From Bench to Bedside

At UC San Francisco, we don’t just treat diseases, we treat individuals. We put our patients’ priorities at the center of our care, and strive for breakthrough discoveries so that we can improve people’s lives.

Research

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Collaboration and Innovation

UC San Francisco is leading revolutions in health – and those revolutions often start in the lab. From basic science to clinical research, we are constantly pushing scientific boundaries and earning worldwide recognition for our discoveries.

Education

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Educating Health Sciences Professionals

At UC San Francisco, we encourage our students to approach health care issues with critical thinking and a spirit of inquiry. As tomorrow’s health and science leaders in training, UCSF students embody our passion for improving the human condition and pushing health care forward.

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Education

Back to School 2018
Patient Care

A New Spinal Cord Injury Treatment is Getting Patients Back on Their Feet
Patient Care

UCSF Medical Center Is Best Hospital in California for 2018-19
Research

How CRISPR Tools are Unlocking New Ways to Fight Disease
Patient Care

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Celebrate Top-Tier 2018-19 Rankings
Patient Care

Toward a Cure for Sickle Cell: How Doctors Are Fighting a Crippling Disease
Research

Opioid Crisis: This Doctor’s Street-Level Views Could Change the Course of the Epidemic
Research

Startup Science: How the Idea for Synthetic Cells Took Silicon Valley By Storm
Education

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Patient Care

Baby Born in World’s First In Utero Stem Cell Transplant Trial

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A Simpler Way to Get to the Bottom of Mysterious Illnesses in Poor Countries

October 16, 2018 | The Atlantic

As E-Scooters Roll Into American Cities, So Do Safety Concerns

October 15, 2018 | NPR

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October 11, 2018 | San Francisco Chronicle

Big Data Gives a Boost to Immunology Research and Potentially, Treatments

October 10, 2018 | KQED

Blood Sugar Control Tied to Long-Term Brain Health with Type 1 Diabetes

October 5, 2018 | Reuters

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Campus News

October 2, 2018

Major AIDS Conference returns to Bay Area After 30 Years
Campus News

October 2, 2018

Six UCSF Scientists Awarded NIH Grants for High-Risk, High-Reward Research
Research

October 2, 2018

Present at Creation of Nobel-Winning ‘Checkpoint Inhibitor’ Therapies, Immunologist Looks to the Future
Patient Care

October 1, 2018

UCSF Health and John Muir Health to Build East Bay Cancer Network
Campus News

September 28, 2018

UCSF Unveils New Electric Shuttles, Moving Toward Goal of All-Electric Fleet
Research

September 27, 2018

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Awards $13.7M for Collaborative Research Programs
Campus News

September 27, 2018

MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Unveils New Electric Shuttles, Moving Toward Goal of All-Electric Fleet
Education

September 27, 2018

To Address Homelessness Effectively, Clinicians are Learning What It Really Looks Like
Education

September 27, 2018

With Virtual Reality, Dentistry Students Zoom Through 3-D Teeth
Education

September 27, 2018

UCSF Incoming Class 2018: By the Numbers
Education

September 27, 2018

Students Share Their Moments from 2018 Back-to-School Season
Education

September 27, 2018

Back to School 2018
Research

September 26, 2018

Wearable Defibrillator Lowers Sudden Cardiac Death, But Only When You Wear It
Research

September 26, 2018

Genetic Predictors of Lifespan Studied in Whites and Asians Don’t Apply to Black Youth
Campus News

September 25, 2018

UCSF to Establish Latinx Center of Excellence

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