• October 18, 2012

Marcia Canning to Retire After 30-Year Legal Career at University of California

<p>Marcia Canning, who loved to watch "Perry Mason" on TV as a girl, will retire after 30 years of working as an attorney for the University of California.</p>

• October 18, 2012

UCSF's Laurel Heights Campus Closed Due to Power Outage

<p>UCSF’s Laurel Heights campus on 3333 California Street has reopened after a power outage cut electricity to the building for three days.</p>

• October 17, 2012

Shuvo Roy to Receive BayBio Pantheon Award For Artificial Kidney Project

<p>UCSF bioengineer Shuvo Roy, PhD, has been elected to the BayBio Pantheon, a group of 52 San Francisco Bay Area life sciences leaders who have made a significant contribution to the industry, for his work toward creating the world’s first implantable artificial kidney.</p>

• October 16, 2012

NIH Awards $15 Million Grant to Continue UCSF-Gladstone AIDS Research

<p>The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $15 million over the next five years to the UCSF-Gladstone Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) to continue its pioneering translational AIDS research.</p>

• October 16, 2012

Spotlight: Cristina Morrison

<p>Cristina Morrison began her career at UCSF 14 years ago in Community & Governmental Relations and now works as the Operational Excellence (OE) Coordinator in the UCSF School of Medicine.</p>

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• October 15, 2012

Three UCSF Faculty Members Named to Institute of Medicine

Three UCSF faculty members are among the 70 newly elected members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which recognizes those who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service in the areas of medical sciences, health care and public health.

• October 15, 2012

UCSF Emergency Responders to Participate in Great California Shakeout

<p>UCSF first responders will participate in the " Great California ShakeOut," the largest emergency preparedness drill in California history on the morning of October 18.</p>

• October 15, 2012

Pacific Islanders, South Asians and Filipinos Have Higher Rates of Diabetes Than All Other Ethnic Groups

Rates of diagnosed diabetes are much higher among some Asian subgroups than is apparent when aggregating all Asians as a whole, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) which appears in the current online issue of Diabetes Care.

• October 12, 2012

UCSF Medical Center Participates in Fleet Week Emergency Management Event

<p>UCSF Medical Center recently participated in a first-of-its-kind emergency management event as part of Fleet Week activities to better plan with other local agencies for a disaster.</p>

• October 12, 2012

Doris Duke Foundation Awards Grant to Continue Research Fellowships in Global Health

<p>UCSF is one of six medical schools that will receive a total of $5.2 million in grant funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to offer clinical research fellowships in global health over the next four years.</p>

• October 12, 2012

President Yudof to Hold Live Web Chat for UC Faculty and Staff on November 2

<p>Faculty and staff should mark their calendars for a Friday, Nov. 2 web chat with UC President Mark Yudof and Staff Advisors to the Regents Kevin Smith and Kathy Barton.</p>

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• October 11, 2012

UCSF's LGBTQ Community Assures Teens That 'It Gets Better'

<p>To increase awareness about the "coming out" process, members of UCSF’s LGBTQ community created an “It Gets Better” video to commemorate National Coming Out Day on October 11.</p>

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• October 11, 2012

Yamanaka's Nobel Prize Highlights Value of Training and Collaboration

<p>When Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize in Medicine, colleagues at UCSF and the Gladstone Institutes and scientists from his lab gathered Monday afternoon to cheer the laureate and raise champagne toasts, while he shared in the celebration via live video streaming from halfway across the globe.</p>

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• October 11, 2012

Transplantation of Embryonic Neurons Raises Hope for Treating Brain Diseases

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• October 10, 2012

Neural Stem Cell Study Arose from Culture of Collaboration That Drives Clinical Innovation

<p>A new study that represents a significant first step in exploring the potential of stem cells to treat neurological disease is a “natural outgrowth” of a longstanding culture of interdisciplinary collaboration in UCSF neonatology — a culture that UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital physicians David Rowitch and Donna Ferriero&nbsp;work hard to sustain.</p>

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• October 10, 2012

UCSF Set to Launch New Long Range Development Plan

<p>For the first time since 1997, UCSF is embarking on a new long-range development plan to guide the University through the year 2035 and is seeking input from members of the community in the planning process.</p>