• June 24, 2011

Barry Bonds Pays Surprise Visit to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

San Francisco Giants home run king Barry Bonds paid a surprise visit to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, where he talked with patients, families and hospital staff in the Barry Bonds Family Foundation Playroom before visiting one-on-one with several kids in their hospital rooms on June 23.

• June 24, 2011

Media Advisory: NFL Stars to Present $2.5 Million Check for Brain Tumor Research

Former NFL player Harris Barton will present a $2.5 million check on behalf of Champion Charities to Dr. Michael Prados of the University of California, San Francisco’s Brain Tumor Research Center, to support its mission to eradicate brain disease.

• June 24, 2011

UCSF School of Pharmacy Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning Outlines Vision

<p>Tina Brock, who recently became associate dean of teaching and learning in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, offers her perspective on the science of education, the importance of interprofessional learning and teaching future pharmacists.</p>

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• June 23, 2011

The March Continues: UCSF Takes Lead in 25th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco

<p>In advance of the upcoming AIDS Walk San Francisco, UCSF will host a free public screening of a documentary depicting the emergence of the epidemic at San Francisco General Hospital and a talk by UCSF's Jay Levy, co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS, on June 29.</p>

• June 22, 2011

UCSF Medical Students Create Free Medical Translation App, Conquering Language Barriers to Patient Care

<p>What started as a 2 a.m. conversation over coffee between two fourth-year medical students, ended with the development of a free mobile medical translation application with the potential to profoundly impact patient care worldwide that has more than 8,000 downloads to date on iTunes.</p>

• June 20, 2011

Research Faculty Asked to Rate Pre-Award Services in Emailed Survey

• June 20, 2011

A Genetic Factor is Linked to Long-Term Success of Leg Bypass Surgery

Outcomes of bypass surgery to repair blocked arteries in the legs tend to be better in the roughly one-in-five people who have inherited a specific genetic variation from both parents, according to a study presented at the late-breaking clinical trials session of the Vascular Annual Meeting in Chicago on June 18, 2011.