Fall 2014

Travel with UCSF surgeons to nations where traffic injuries kill more people than many diseases; learn about surprising tools for rejuvenating the brain; visit the world of modern nursing; read about UCSF’s 150-year battle with a wily scourge; and meet UCSF’s new chancellor, a man at home at the helm.

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Vol. 3, No. 2
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Features

Illustration of a scientist "plugging in" a brain.

Science Fall 2014

Blood Work

Surprising tools for rejuvenating the brain.

Jonathan Van Nuys stands in front of a colorful mural in a lab coat with stethoscope.

Health Fall 2014

Modern Nursing

Health Fall 2014

Road Warriors

Human Interest Fall 2014

Scourge of the City

Science

My Lab: Dissected

Two major factors determine whether you get cancer – your genes and what you have been exposed to in the environment, says Allan Balmain, PhD, co-leader of UCSF’s Cancer Genetics Program.

Allan Balmain talks to a research assistant in his lab.

Insights & Voices

Perspectives

Deeply Rooted: UCSF’s New Chancellor

UCSF Magazine sat down with newly appointed Chancellor Sam Hawgood to learn about how he found the magic at UCSF more than 30 years ago, starting with one fateful meeting.
Ask the Expert

Medicine Meets Marijuana

An inveterate internest discusses how to navigate the great unknowns involved in using marijuana as a medicine.

Alumni Stories
Fall 2014

Proud to be the First

The first PhD graduate of the pharmaceutical chemistry department, Eddie Way, BS ’38, MS ’40, PhD ’42, had a long history with the UCSF School of Pharmacy.