Life After the 'Die-In' - Diversity in Education and Research

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The first PhD graduate of the pharmaceutical chemistry department, Eddie Way, BS ’38, MS ’40, PhD ’42, had a long history with the UCSF School of Pharmacy.
UCSF has recruited an expert in medical informatics and medicine, Atul Butte, MD, PhD, to lead the newfound Institute for Computational Health Sciences.
The UCSF community is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Helen Diller, who was a longtime champion of UCSF, in particular through her family foundation’s support of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
UCSF receives a landmark gift from angel investor Ron Conway and his family to help fund the new Mission Bay outpatient medical building.
A study tracking more than 100,000 infants has shown that newborns with jaundice that are otherwise healthy are highly unlikely to develop a severe and potentially deadly form of cerebral palsy.
UCSF neuroscientist Michael M. Merzenich, PhD, is a winner of the 2015 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, the bioengineering profession’s highest honor.
Distinguished UC San Francisco research scientist and faculty member Bruce Alberts, PhD has been chosen by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to receive the 2014 Philip Hauge Abelson Prize.
Mark di Suvero's renowned "Dreamcatcher" steel sculpture, will find its new home at UCSF's Mission Bay campus, thanks to the generosity of Jeanne and Sandy Robertson.
UCSF Magazine explores how scientists are uncovering surprising new tools – young blood and video games – to rejuvenate the brain.
Eighteen interns graduate from the EXCEL (Excellence through Community Engagement and Learning) program, a partnership of UC San Francisco, the City and County of San Francisco and the Jewish Vocational Services (JVS). It is a work-based learning program that uses both classroom and on-the-job training to prepare participants for career path job in the health care sector.
A previously unknown type of cell regenerates mouse lung tissue killed by the flu virus, according to a new study led by UCSF scientists.
UCSF’s Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology allows residents to do an international rotation to train doctors in the developing world, where traffic accidents are one of the most common causes of hospitalization.
The University of California has announced that UC San Francisco’s Regis Kelly, PhD, began his tenure on Dec. 1 as special advisor on innovation and entrepreneurship to UC President Janet Napolitano.
Genes are important, but diet may be even more important in determining the relative abundance of the hundreds of health-shaping bacterial species comprising an individual’s gut microbiota, according to UCSF scientists.
With advances in technology and better understanding of people, the health sciences are constantly pushing toward more effective treatments and cures. The question is, where will we see the next breakthroughs in 2015?
More than 150 UCSF professional students participated in a “white coat die-in” where they lay down in their white coats to bring attention to the impact of racial disparities in health care.
UC San Francisco had a lot to celebrate in its 150th year
Browse through a collection of photos marking 30 of the biggest moments and milestones that UCSF saw this year in research, patient care and education.
Immune cells perform a previously unsuspected role in the brain that may contribute to obesity, according to a new study by UCSF researchers.
UCSF's Brie Williams, MD, was one of five faculty members across the entire University of California system—and the only one from UCSF—to receive the President’s Research Catalyst Awards, chosen from a pool of almost 200 proposals. UC President Janet Napolitano made the announcement on Dec. 10.
More than 1,000 employees who are scheduled to work at the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay were treated to a special employees-only event on Dec. 3.
An American doctor who contracted Ebola while caring for patients in Sierra Leone spoke at UCSF about his experience after a touch-and-go, 40-day battle with the virus.
UCSF leadership released a statement in response to recent events in Ferguson and New York City, which have brought national attention to long-felt issues surrounding systemic inequalities that disproportionally impact underrepresented minorities, particularly black men.
Mentors and mentees, promote faculty mentoring at UCSF with a series of sessions and workshops throughout January.
UCSF's Steven Pantilat, MD, has received the 2014 Ritz E. Heerman Memorial Award by the California Hospital Association (CHA). He is being recognized for his efforts to improve the quality of care provided by palliative care services.
In the most comprehensive look yet at the safety of abortion, researchers at UCSF have concluded that major complications are rare, occurring less than a quarter of a percent of the time.
The idea of art as medicine dates back to antiquity, but recently the concept is drawing increasing interest from the medical and science communities.