UCSF Plans Series of Events for Diversity Month
UCSF will hold a number of events in October for Diversity Month, including the Chancellor's Diversity Awards.
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IBM, The NSF And UC San Francisco Combine To Power Up The Exciting World Of Cellular Engineering
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Chancellor to Discuss UCSF’s Economic Impact at 2016 State of the University
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood will share highlights of the University’s new economic and fiscal impact report during his third State of the University Address on Tuesday, Oct. 4.
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NSF Funds ‘Blue Sky’ Bioengineering Center To Be Based at UCSF
The National Science Foundation has awarded $24 million over five years for a new ‘blue-sky’ bioengineering center based at UCSF.
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UCSF: Human cell transplants treat mice with spinal cord injury
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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: 10 Years After the Breakthrough
Ten years after Shinya Yamanaka published his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells, there's been rapid progress in some areas and major challenges in others.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Names 4 UCSF Researchers as Faculty Scholars
Four UCSF researchers are among the 84 Faculty Scholars named by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Simons Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in a new program to support promising early-career scientists.
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UCSF Incoming Class 2016: By the Numbers
This fall, UCSF welcomes nearly 1,000 new students. Check out an infographic highlighting some fun facts about this new crop of future clinicians and researchers.
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Teaching Future Health Care Providers Lessons in Uncertainty
UCSF schools either have implemented or are developing new curricula with the goal of equipping students with the tools and strategies to make wise, evidence-based decisions in real-world clinical situations – where answers are not always found in textbooks.
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Back to School 2016
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Human Neuron Transplants Treat Spinal Cord Injury in Mice
Chronic pain and loss of bladder control are among the most devastating consequences of spinal cord injury.
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Slideshow: Back to School 2016
From the first School of Nursing white coat ceremony to the 10th annual block party at Mission Bay, the 2016 back-to-school season was jam-packed with events. View the slideshow for more of the
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Moderate Alcohol Use Linked to Heart Chamber Damage, Atrial Fibrillation in New Study
A new study by UCSF researchers found that even moderate alcohol consumption may change the structure of the heart in ways that increase the risk of atrial fibrillation.
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Zuckerberg, Chan to spend $3 billion on curing disease
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announce $3 billion effort aimed at curing disease
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3 Leading Bay Area Research Universities to Partner in $600M Chan Zuckerberg Medical Science 'Biohub'
UCSF, Stanford and UC Berkeley will join forces in a new biomedical science research center funded by a $600 million commitment from Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg and pediatrician Priscilla Chan.
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Joe DeRisi on How the Biohub Will Create Opportunities for Research Collaboration
Joe DeRisi, co-director of the new Chan Zuckerberg Biohub at Mission Bay, speaks about his vision for the Biohub and what researchers can look forward to.
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‘Video Game’ More Accurate than Standard Tests at ID’ing Kids with Attention Deficits, Study Shows
A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders.
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Mothers of Children with Autism May Face Higher Risks for Heart Disease
Mothers who were raising children with autism and reported chronic stress were more likely to have high levels of “bad” cholesterol and lower levels of protective progenitor cells.
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UCSF Plans Events for National Cyber Security Awareness Month
In order to help UCSF faculty, staff, students and trainees protect their and UCSF’s digital information, the University is celebrating National Cyber Security Awareness Month with a series of events that run through October.
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Endocrine Society Awards Walter L. Miller Its Lifetime Achievement Award
Walter L. Miller, distinguished professor emeritus and former chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at UCSF, has been awarded the highest honor bestowed by the Endocrine Society.
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Sudden Neurological Death Misclassified, Underestimated
UCSF researchers have devised a new term, “sudden neurological death,” to describe apparent sudden cardiac deaths that actually were due to neurological causes.
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UCSF Responds to Concerns About Safety and Security After Series of Town Halls
During National Campus Safety Awareness Month, UCSF reminds faculty, staff, students and trainees that it’s incumbent on everyone to be vigilant and to be informed about what’s happening during an emergency situation.
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Jennifer Rosko: Building an Environment for Students to Thrive
Jennifer Rosko, the director of Student Involvement and Programs at UCSF, has worked to create the structure and atmosphere for students to foster interprofessional relationships, thrive and be successful.
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San Francisco, Oakland Join Forces to Support Children with Cancer
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are bringing together the cities of San Francisco and Oakland this week, as well as each city’s baseball team, to raise awareness of pediatric cancer.
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UCSF Fresno Launches Two New Training Programs
UCSF Fresno recently launched two new training programs: the UCSF Fresno Hematology/Oncology Fellowship and the UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant (PA) Residency Program.
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UCSF to Offer Free Flu Shots as Influenza Season Nears
UCSF will be holding free drop-in flu shot clinics for its employees, students and volunteers starting Monday, Sept. 19.
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How the sugar industry has distorted health science for more than 50 years
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Sugar industry secretly paid for favorable Harvard research
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How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat