University of California San Francisco
<p>The National Cancer Institute has awarded the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center a $36 million support grant that will fund infrastructure for clinical trials, cutting-edge research and programmatic support over five years.</p>
<p>The new tax legislation that Congress approved on Jan. 1, 2013, and President Obama recently signed may affect the 2013 federal income tax withholding on paychecks of UC employees.</p>
<p>Members of the UCSF community are encouraged to nominate their colleagues for exceptional work at UCSF and in the community at large.</p>
UC San Francisco's Jonathan Ostrem, PhD, and David Weinberg, PhD, have been acknowledged in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” list for their contributions to science and healthcare.
A new, patient-friendly online resource called PREPARE helps people make complex medical decisions.
A team of UCSF researchers have conducted the most comprehensive retrospective study ever conducted comparing how the major types of prostate cancer treatments stack up to each other in terms of saving lives and cost effectiveness.
<p>At the San Francisco VA Medical Center’s primary care clinic, nurse practitioners and medical residents are training together in teams in what is an emerging trend in health care called patient-centered medical homes.</p>
A new study suggests preparing doctors to be better communicators may help improve medication adherence and ultimately health outcomes.