University of California San Francisco
<p>For most people, losing your voice is a minor inconvenience. But when San Francisco Giants' sideline reporter Amy Gutierrez, better known as "Amy G," lost her voice during a homestand, she contacted the UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center. </p>
<p>Global health pioneer Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, addressed a packed UCSF auditorium in a special lecture about a community-based health care model that his nonprofit organization, Partners In Health, has brought to some of the world's most impoverished countries, including Haiti and Rwanda.</p>
Most liver transplant candidates who died or were removed from the transplant list actually received one or more liver donation offers, according to a recent UCSF study.
<p>“Whether you know it or not, the University of California, or a UC grad, has probably played a part in your day.” That message is the focus of a mobile tour aimed at promoting UC’s impact on the state that’s coming to UCSF this week.</p>
<p>The first-ever UCSF and Partners Primary Care Summit brought key players to the table to discuss how to improve patient-focused care in San Francisco as part of national health reform.</p>
The University of California’s Athena Breast Health Network is partnering with Safeway to provide free personalized breast cancer risk assessments at several stores during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
<p>As part of receiving the Academic Senate's 12th Annual Faculty Research Lectureship in Clinical Science, behavioral neurologist Bruce Miller, MD, recently gave a lecture in which he described recent advances in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) research.</p>
<p>With a focus on improving biomedical research collaboration within the University of California system, representatives from five UC campuses and the UC Office of the President met recently for an annual retreat in Oakland to review the progress of the University of California Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration, and Development (UC BRAID) program.</p>
<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>
<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>
<p>Researchers at UCSF have identified the lynchpin that activates brown fat cells, which burn fat molecules instead of storing them, making them the focus of pharmaceutical research aimed at fighting obesity.</p>
<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>
<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>
<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>
<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>