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UCSF Ushers in 2012 Commencement Season
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann celebrated the start of the 2012 commencement season at UCSF with a speech congratulating 806 graduates who she says are destined to be future leaders in health sciences.</p>
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UCSF Chancellor Recounts Path to Realizing Her Childhood Dream
<p>Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann received a standing ovation on April 19 after sharing a heart-felt story about her life and lessons learned to students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered to hear what was billed as UCSF's inaugural “Last Lecture.”</p>
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Video: The Inspiring Story of Former UCSF Chancellor Haile T. Debas
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Transcript of Chancellor's 2012 Commencement Address
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann ushered in the start of the 2012 commencement season by giving a speech on April 24. Here is the transcript from that speech.</p>
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VA Nurses Scrutinized After Patient Deaths in Two States
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Transcript of Chancellor's Last Lecture 2012
<p>UCSF students selected Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann to deliver the inaugural "last lecture," which she did on April 19. Here is the entire transcript from that speech.</p>
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UCSF Offers Employees Week of Free Access to Fitness Centers
<p>Employees who show an UCSF identification badge can work out for free at UCSF Fitness Centers at Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses from May 1 through May 7.</p>
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UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann On How Healthcare Is Changing
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Scientists Identify Brain Circuitry Associated with Addictive, Depressive Behaviors
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have determined how specific circuitry in the brain controls not only body movement, but also motivation and learning, providing new insight into neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease — and psychiatric disorders such as addiction and depression.
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Avanafil: Do We Need Another Viagra?
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Steps Toward Lower Cost, Higher Quality Health Care
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UCSF Breakthrough Turns Bad Fat Into Good Fat
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Teens Enjoy Prom Night at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
<p>More than 100 teenagers filled UCSF’s Moffitt Café on April 20 for the second annual UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital prom – the only hospital prom for teens in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p>
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NCI Grant to Aid Oral Cancer Genomic Marker Research
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Pursuing Her Olympic Dream
<p>When Christina Allen, MD, was a small child growing up in Connecticut, the word <em>taekwondo</em> was as foreign to her as the country of its origin. Some 40 years later, Allen is the team physician for the U.S. Olympics Taekwondo Team and will accompany them to the 2012 London Olympics this summer.</p>
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Colicky Babies May Be Having Early Migraines
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Progress with HIV Undercut by Unmet Needs
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UCSF Chancellor Announces Health Sciences Education Initiative
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann announced a four-year $100 million fund-raising initiative during her April 24 speech marking the beginning of commencement season at the University.</p>
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Gladstone Scientists Identify Key Network Mechanism That Could Contribute to Cognitive Problems in Alzheimer's Disease
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have unraveled a process by which depletion of a specific protein in the brain contributes to the memory problems associated with Alzheimer’s disease. These findings provide insights into the disease’s development and may lead to new therapies that could benefit the millions of people worldwide.
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Mission Bay Hospital Project Wins International Innovation Award
<p>UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay’s design and construction team has received an international award honoring the many innovative approaches being used to create the world-class hospital complex in San Francisco.</p>
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Faster Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy for Watching Interior of Live Cells
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Progress Against HIV Thwarted By Patients' Unmet Needs
In a groundbreaking study published last year, scientists reported that effective treatment with HIV medications not only restores health and prolongs life in many HIV-infected patients, but also curtails transmission to sexual partners up to ninety-seven percent.
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The Fluctuating Costs for Medical Procedures
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Tobacco Industry Gearing Up to Take Down California Cigarette Tax Initiative
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UCSF and SFUSD Collaborate to Prepare Students for College
<p>Heading off to college is almost always daunting, even for the most accomplished high school students. That’s why about 500 San Francisco seniors flocked to UCSF Mission Bay recently for a community outreach program designed to curb the dropout rate.</p>
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UCSF Fundraising
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Media Advisory: UCSF Hosts Symposium on Tobacco Treatment
To celebrate the launch of UCSF’s Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center, UCSF is holding an educational symposium featuring new research on tobacco cessation treatment and tobacco research. Lunch will be provided.
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Is Enough Being Done To Monitor Mad Cow Disease?
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Report: Epilepsy Surgery Underused Option When Drug Therapy Fails