University of California San Francisco
<p>Adam Gazzaley, a neurologist and director of the UCSF Neuroscience Imaging Center, will be featured in a PBS-sponsored program, “The Distracted Mind with [UCSF’s] Dr. Adam Gazzaley,” that airs on KQED PLUS (channel 10 on Comcast) on Sunday, March 4 at 10 a.m.</p>
David Rachleff is Curriculum Coordinator at the UCSF School of Medicine, where he works with the medical students and faculty who are directly connected to the University's advancing health worldwide mission.
<p>UCSF’s efforts to harness and understand the impact of music therapy on the brain was featured in a recent PBS <em>NewsHour </em>story on “The Healing Power of Music.”</p>
A drug once taken by people with HIV/AIDS, but long ago shelved after newer, modern antiretroviral therapies became available, has now shed light on how the human body uses its natural immunity to fight the virus — work that could help uncover new targets for drugs.
People with schizophrenia who completed 80 hours of intensive, computerized cognitive training exercises were better able to perform complex tasks that required them to distinguish their internal thoughts from reality.
<p>All faculty and staff are invited to participate in a web chat with UC President Mark Yudof this Friday, March 2.</p>
Neurologist Bruce Miller, MD, director of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, participated in a roundtable discussion on Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia on the "Charlie Rose Show."
Simultaneous targeting of two different molecules in cancer is an effective way to shrink tumors, block invasion, and stop metastasis, scientists at UCSF have found — work that may improve the effectiveness of combination treatments that include drugs like Avastin.