University of California San Francisco
A novel virus that spread through a California monkey colony in late 2009 also infected a human researcher and a family member, UCSF researchers have found, the first known example of an adenovirus “jumping” from one species to another and remaining contagious after the jump.
Kevin Mack, an associate professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry, was killed today in a UCSF shuttle bus collision with a semi-trailer in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley.
<p>UCSF is the lead partner in the inaugural Bay Area Science Festival that will bring together an unprecedented brain trust of the region’s scientific and educational partners to produce what is expected to be one of the largest science-based events ever held in the United States.</p>
<p>UCSF’s Senior Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration John Plotts issued a budget update today in an email to the campus community.</p>
UCSF announced today that it will receive additional funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges.
New findings published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitoring the movie industry’s progress toward the international public health goal of eliminating smoking from youth-rated films.
<p>Findings from a new study by UCSF researchers underscore the need for hospitals to develop approaches to reduce the potential harm of the “July Effect,” when experienced residents graduate and new interns begin their training, so that patients get the best care year round.</p>
The UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes will receive funds totaling $5.6 million over five years as part of the first-ever major funding initiative focusing on HIV eradication.
An international team led by researchers from UCSF and the nonprofit Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Port St. Lucie, Fla., has received a major grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a strategy to eradicate HIV from the body.
UCSF researchers will play key roles in several newly funded projects that foster collaborations across UC's academic medical centers to identify ways to deliver better health care and safer treatment for patients.