University of California San Francisco
John B. Ford, a longtime leader in fundraising for top universities, has been named Vice Chancellor, University Development and Alumni Relations at UCSF.
<p><span>Continuing a partnership that began in 2009, King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre in London and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are working together on joint opportunities for collaboration in areas such as student and faculty exchange, online education and training, curriculum development, cooperative research and open data exchange.</span></p>
<p>Colin Boyle, MBA, has been appointed the first Deputy Director of UCSF Global Health Sciences.</p>
<p>Two years after launching as a pilot effort, an innovative graduate curriculum in translational medicine jointly offered by <abbr title="University of California, San Francisco">UCSF</abbr> and <abbr title="University of California">UC</abbr> Berkeley has received final approval from University of California President Mark Yudof as a master’s degree program.</p>
A novel virus has been identified as the possible cause of a common but mysterious disease that kills a significant number of pet snakes all over the world, thanks to research led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)—and three snakes named Juliet, Balthazar and Larry.
<p>The UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is participating in a nine-center study to determine how to best teach pediatric residents how to hand off patients properly to reduce medical errors.</p>
<p><span>Consistent with its commitment to transparency and public accountability, the University of California on Thursday released its annual report on systemwide employee compensation for calendar year 2011. </span></p>