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San Francisco Opera Guild Songs for the Season Concert
The UCSF community is invited to bring family, friends, and loved ones to a fun-filled concert of holiday cheer featuring the San Francisco Opera Guild Singers on December 18.
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UCSF Faculty Research Influences Women's Health Law
Women's reproductive health experts Diana Taylor and Tracy Weitz conducted the foundational research on the safety and quality of aspiration abortions that now has become law of the land in California.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Pioneering UCSF Entrepreneurship Course Tackles Startup Struggles in Life Sciences
Hear 26 teams of physicians, scientists and students present what they learned about moving their ideas from the lab or clinic to the marketplace in the nation’s first course on applying the Lean Launchpad model of entrepreneurship to the bioscience, medical devices and digital health sectors.
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UCSF wins $9.45M grant to rethink prostate cancer treatment
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Flu Shot Deadline Nears Before Mandatory Mask Policy Starts
UCSF reminds all patient care providers to either receive a 2013 flu vaccine or wear a paper mask as of December 15.
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Hopes Dashed for HIV Cure with Bone Marrow Transplant
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'Big Soda' set to outspend foes over tax
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Molecular Sensor Detects Early Signs of Multiple Sclerosis, Gladstone Study Finds
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have devised a new molecular sensor that can detect MS at its earliest stages, even before the onset of physical signs.
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Cardiovascular Study Gets Approval from the American Heart Association
UC San Francisco’s Health eHeart Study – an ambitious technology-based cardiovascular research study – has garnered the support from the American Heart Association, the largest U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to reducing disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.
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Brain Stimulation May Induce the Human Will to Persevere
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UCSF Wins $9.5M Grant to Transform Treatment of Prostate Cancer
UCSF has been awarded a major federal grant to “transform and revolutionize” the treatment of prostate cancer, the second most common form of cancer among American men.
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Call for Poster Abstracts for Inaugural Global Health Research Symposium
UCSF is looking for abstracts the inaugural UCSF Global Health Research Symposium on January 27. They are due on Friday, Dec. 20.
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Poetry & End of Life Symposium
Join doctors, caregivers, and award-wining poets for a night of poetry, music, and discussion on the end of life.
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UCSF 'Unusual Thinkers' Spotlight Technology's Impact on Health Care
Technology and health care often go hand in hand, and UC San Francisco highlighted this budding alliance at the 11th annual Dreamforce conference, hosted by cloud computing giant Salesforce.com.
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Structure of Key Pain-Related Protein Unveiled
In a technical tour de force, UCSF scientists have determined, at near-atomic resolution, the structure of a protein that plays a central role in the perception of pain and heat.
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Stars come out for a Bay Area holiday tree lighting
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Sustainable Science to Promote Health in Africa
Over more than two decades in Africa, UCSF researchers have approached their scientific work with a dual aim: treat disease while helping to sustainably build up the local health care system.
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A Surgeon's Review of Google Glass In The Operating Room
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Specific Heart Contractions Could Predict Atrial Fibrillation
A commonly used heart monitor may be a simple tool for predicting the risk of atrial fibrillation, the most frequently diagnosed type of irregular heart rhythm, according to researchers at UCSF.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Leading Tuberculosis Experts to Gather at UCSF Symposium
World-renowned scientists and public health experts will present the latest science and treatment strategies for tuberculosis at “The Century Ahead: Tuberculosis Science, Public Health and Policy,” a symposium marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of California’s TB control program.
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Honoring Senator Dianne Feinstein's Public Service
UCSF's Elena Fuentes-Afflick presented Senator Dianne Feinstein with the 2013 Public Service Award in recognition of her support of health research.
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Article Examines Non-Physician Clinician and Industry Interactions
Quinn Grundy, a PhD student in the UCSF School of Nursing's Health Policy program recently published a systematic review in PLoS Medicine with UCSF's Lisa Bero and Ruth Malone titled: "Interactions Between Non-Physician Clinicians and Industry: A Systematic Review."
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New Funding Awards for Translational Research in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders
The University of California Center for Accelerated Innovation (UC CAI) invites applications from UC investigators who propose to advance highly innovative early-stage drugs, devices and diagnostics toward commercialization.
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UCSF Development & Alumni Relations Launches Crowdfunding Platform
UCSF Development & Alumni Relations has recently launched a crowdfunding platform to democratize funding by allowing faculty and staff to connect directly with lay funders.
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ePrognosis: Cancer Screening Mobile App Wins Award
A UCSF and Harvard Medical School mobile application won product of the year award at the 13th annual Donald W. Reynolds Foundation grantees' meeting.
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CAPS Visiting Scholars Now Accepting Applications
The CAPS Visiting Professors program for HIV research is accepting applications until January 17.
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Popping A Baby Out Like A Cork, And Other Birth Innovations
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Summiting the Precision Medicine Mountain
Top thinkers gather at UCSF to help make the new field a reality.
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A Primer on Concussions
Carlin Senter, MD, leader of UCSF’s concussion program, answers some frequently asked questions about this common brain injury.
