Women's appointment training workshop offered at UCSF
UCSF is hosting a workshop geared toward women to learn how to apply for and get appointed to a board or commission. The workshop is free and open to the public.
University of California San Francisco
Displaying 13021 - 13050 of 16518
-
-
UCSF's Bero on Nationwide Radio to Discuss Drug Clinical Trial Bias
Lisa Bero, a leader in the study of conflicts of interest in biomedical research, will be the featured speaker at the San Francisco-based Commonwealth Club of California on Feb. 4.
-
Perceptions and experiences of homeless youth vary by race, UCSF study shows
The self-perceptions and life experiences of young homeless people vary significantly by race, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. The findings underscore the need for a more tailored approach to youth homelessness intervention and prevention programs.
-
Weight loss reduces incontinence in obese women, UCSF study shows
Behavioral weight-loss programs can be an effective way to reduce urinary incontinence in women who are overweight or obese, according to a study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
-
Symposium on Personalized Medicine to Feature UCSF Faculty
The UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Personalized Medicine is sponsoring a symposium on February 5 to address the impact of health reform and related issues in the field.
-
CDC recognizes UCSF's research as critical to HIV prevention
Two HIV prevention interventions developed by UCSF researchers have been selected as additions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2008 Compendium of Evidence-based HIV Prevention Interventions.
-
Reus to Receive Vestermark Psychiatry Educator Award
UCSF’s Victor I. Reus, who is considered an expert in training the next generation of mental health professionals, will receive a national award in October.
-
UCSF stem cell research featured on Jim Lehrer News Hour
-
Hypertension Lowers Survival in African American Women with Breast Cancer
In African American women with breast cancer, high blood pressure lessens the chances of survival compared with white women, a new UCSF study finds.
-
Applications Sought for Master's Program in Global Health Sciences
The deadline to apply for fall 2009 entry into the Master’s Program in Global Health Sciences is Jan. 30.
-
Youth Scientists Honored for UCSF-Backed Biotech Project
A partnership between UCSF and a San Francisco high school earned the team certificates of honor from the city Board of Supervisors and the California Legislature.
-
Nominations Sought for UCSF Mount Zion Milton and Helen Pearl Award for Outstanding Service
Members of the community can nominate a colleague for the Milton and Helen Pearl Award for Outstanding Service.
-
Cancer-causing gene discovery suggests new therapies
Scientists have discovered a novel way by which a much-studied cancer-promoting gene accelerates the disease. The finding suggests a new strategy to halt cancer’s progress.
-
School of Medicine Dean Delivers Budget Update
-
Children with inflammatory bowel disease have surprisingly high folate levels, study finds
Children with newly diagnosed cases of inflammatory bowel disease have higher concentrations of folate in their blood than individuals without IBD, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley. The findings bring into question the previously held theory that patients with IBD are prone to folate – also known as folic acid – deficiency.
-
First study to test real-world effects of stun gun use raises questions about safety
The rate of sudden deaths increased six-fold in the first year that California law enforcement agencies deployed the use of stun guns, according to a UCSF study. Findings also showed a two-fold increase in the rate of firearm-related deaths during the same time period.
-
HIV Stigma Plagues Nurses in Developing Countries
With support from the Fogarty International Center, the UCSF School of Nursing is examining the impact of stigma as it relates to nurses who care for HIV patients in developing countries.
-
UCSF Resource Allocation Program Offers Fourth Round of Grants
Faculty are invited to submit an application for the next round of funding by March 2 in the Resource Allocation Program.
-
UCSF finds potential new antibody treatment for autoimmune diseases
Scientists at UCSF have discovered an abnormality in a patient’s immune system that may lead to safer therapies for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and colitis, as well as potential new ways to treat transplant rejection.
-
Behavior and Side Effects: A Conversation with Laurence Tecott
Drug side effects have been sidelining already-approved drugs. New inventions by Laurence Tecott, MD, PhD, and Evan Goulding, MD, PhD, allow monitoring of complex mouse behaviors and may yield early warnings of possible pharmaceutical side effects. Big Pharma and biotech drug development should benefit as a result.
-
In a Human Virus, New Method to ID MicroRNA Targets Proves Its Value
MicroRNA inhibitors of genes reveal their targets in a UCSF Kaposi’s sarcoma study. Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Don Ganem leads efforts to find guiding principles that will point to the targets of microRNA in health and disease.
-
UCSF Children's Hospital patient celebrates hope at Obama inauguration
-
UCSF's Role in Developing the Cochlear Implant
-
UCSF Team Performs Surgery to Restore Iraqi Boy's Hearing
A 3-year-old who lost his hearing in a US missile attack receives a cochlear implant at UCSF after a massive fundraising effort and outpouring of support his father calls “beyond my imagination.”
-
Frequently Asked Questions About Cochlear Implants
-
Faculty Reflect on Diversity as Many Head to Washington, DC, for Presidential Inauguration
Faculty who are going to the inauguration of Barack Obama on Jan. 20 are feeling optimistic about the future.
-
Iraqi boy undergoes surgery to restore hearing
A 3-year-old Iraqi boy will undergo surgery at UCSF Medical Center today (Friday, January 16), to restore his hearing, which was destroyed in June 2007 when a U.S. explosive device hit his neighbor’s house.
-
UC Regents Approve Plans to Trim Enrollment, Freeze Senior Management Pay
Acting on the recommendation of University of California President Mark G. Yudof, the UC Board of Regents today (Jan. 14) approved plans curtailing undergraduate enrollment growth, and freezing the salaries of top administrators and significantly restricting compensation for a large group of senior leadership.
-
UCSF VA researchers call drug company deceptions typical
The pharmaceutical company Parke-Davis employed “the systematic use of deception and misinformation” in order to manipulate physicians into prescribing the drug gabapentin for so-called off-label uses, write two San Francisco VA Medical Center physicians in the New England Journal of Medicine.
-
Chancellor Bishop Issues His Final UCSF Annual Report
Chancellor Mike Bishop, who will step down from the top post in June, delivered his final annual report on Tuesday, citing many accomplishments over the past year and thanking 18,000 employees for their service to UCSF.