University of California San Francisco
<p>Seeking to improve care for people with brain tumors, neuro-oncologists at UCSF Medical Center are beginning to look beyond the patient to engage a patient’s family, friends and other caregivers.</p>
<p>NBC Nightly News profiled UCSF's longest tenured professor Ephraim P. Engleman, a centenarian who remarkably still treats patients at UCSF.</p>
<p>A 15-month audit called to “uncover the extent of the waste, fraud, and abuse within the UC” found no evidence of waste, fraud or abuse and calls for more transparency in financial matters, according to a report by the Bureau of State Audits.</p>
<p>UCSF scientists are hailing a federal court ruling on Wednesday that dismissed a lawsuit that sought to ban the use of federal funds to study any lines of human embryonic stem cells.</p>
<p>The <em>San Francisco Business Times</em> recognized several members of the UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital communities and a diabetes outreach clinic in its inaugural "Health Care Heroes" edition. </p>
<p> </p><p>The University of California is proposing a revision to the University’s layoff policy clarifying that performance is one of the key factors that managers should use when deciding employee layoffs or reductions in time.</p>
<p>UCSF welcomed this month a new crop of residents and clinical fellows who are starting the next phase of their careers at the prestigious academic medical center.</p>