• UCSF News
• October 2, 2012

Implementation Science Q&A With Program Director Ralph Gonzales

<p>Ralph Gonzales, MD, a professor in the UCSF School of Medicine, and director of the Implementation Science program at UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, answers frequenlty asked questions about the growing field of implementation science.</p>

• UCSF News
• October 2, 2012

Tanning Beds Linked to Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

Indoor tanning beds can cause non-melanoma skin cancer — and the risk is greater the earlier one starts tanning, according to a new analysis led by UCSF.

• UCSF News
• October 2, 2012

Implementation Science Links Research With Real-World Practice to Improve Health

<p>Why do medical research findings often fail to reach the people who could benefit from them most? This and other questions are the focus of Implementation Science, a field of study that addresses the wide-ranging challenges of translating research knowledge into real-life practice.</p>

• October 2, 2012

Media Advisory: Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle to Outline Challenges of Affordable Care Act

• UCSF News
• October 2, 2012

Tracking and Treating Tuberculosis in Developing Countries

<p>A patient in rural Uganda is diagnosed with tuberculosis but never begins treatment. In Vietnam, someone with infectious TB might never be diagnosed because the health center is too far away. Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, is working to address challenges in Uganda and Vietnam by applying techniques of <a href="http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/training/ids">implementation </a><a href="http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/training/ids">science</a>.</p>

• UCSF News
• October 2, 2012

Starting Antiretroviral Therapy Improves HIV-Infected Africans' Nutrition

Starting HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy reduces food insecurity and improves physical health, thereby contributing to the disruption of a lethal syndemic, UCSF and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have found in a study focused on sub-Saharan Africa.

• UCSF News
• October 2, 2012

Helping Women Make Informed Decisions About Reproductive Health

<p>Although it’s proven that contraception prevents pregnancy, it’s also clear that many women who don’t want to get pregnant don’t use or don’t have access to contraception. Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS, a family physician based at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, used implementation science to help women navigate this issue.</p>

• October 1, 2012

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle to Outline Challenges Ahead With Affordable Care Act

<p>Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is discussing the challenges that lie ahead for the Affordable Care Act and what’s needed to ensure its success as part of the UCSF Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture Series this week.</p>

• October 1, 2012

Artificial Kidney Project at UCSF Receives $3 Million in New Funding

A $750,000 gift from the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation is spurring a UCSF-led effort to create the first implantable artificial kidney for patients with kidney failure.

• October 1, 2012

Boy Born With a Deadly Heart Disease Finds Life-Saving Care at UCSF

<p>Sean White, who was born with a congenital heart disease that’s often fatal for infants, underwent three life-saving heart surgeries. Now 13, Sean was recently honored with the “UCSF Gen. Colin Powell Medal of Courage.”</p>