Archive: UCSF Exceeds Philanthropic Goals in Fiscal Year 2010
UCSF received more than $268 million in private support, garnering more than 28,000 individual gifts made by nearly 21,000 donors.
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Archive: Greenspan Appointed UCSF School of Dentistry's Associate Dean for Global Oral Health
John Greenspan, a distinguished professor of oral pathology and pathology in the schools of dentistry and medicine, respectively, has been appointed associate dean for Global Oral Health in the UCSF School of Dentistry.
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Archive: UCSF Hosts WASC Site Team for Final Step in Accreditation Process
UCSF will host a team from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) this week as it pursues accreditation -- a once-a-decade validation of its quality as a graduate health sciences university.
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Archive: Robert A. Nissenson, PhD, to receive award from Bone And Mineral Society
On Tuesday, October 19, 2010, San Francisco VA Medical Center bone researcher and former NCIRE Board of Directors member Robert A. Nissenson, PhD, will receive the 2010 Shirley Hohl Service Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor, Three Faculty Named to Institute of Medicine, Adler Honored for Outstanding Service
Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Neil Risch and Kevan Shokat were elected today to the Institute of Medicine, which serves as an adviser to the nation to improve health.
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Archive: UCSF Conference Looks at Social Media, Technology for Global Health
The UCSF Global Health Group will host a Bay Area Global Health Summit to focus on innovative ways of using technologies to improve global health over the next decade.
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Archive: Arie Perry joins Department of Pathology and Neurological Surgery
New UCSF Faculty, October 2010
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Archive: Young-Wook Jun joins Department of Otolaryngology
New UCSF Faculty, October 2010
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Archive: New Faculty: Kara Odom Walker
New UCSF Faculty, October 2010
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Archive: Chancellor, faculty named to Academy of Arts and Sciences
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will be inducted today into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, alongside some of the world’s other most distinguished scholars, artists and institutional leaders.
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Archive: UCSF women's health experts comment on Nobel prize winner
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Archive: Campus Community to Honor Lifelong Contributions of Rapaport, Rosenbaum
Friends and colleagues will celebrate the life of two longtime UCSF faculty physicians, Elliot Rapaport, a cardiologist and UCSF alumnus of the year in 1994, and Ernest Rosenbaum, a skillful and dedicated oncologist.
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Archive: Women's race and class impact contraception recommendations, UCSF study shows
A woman’s race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status impact whether health care providers recommend one of the most highly effective forms of contraception, a UCSF study confirms. The results also indicate that the interaction of both factors plays a role in clinicians’ decisions.
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Archive: State Legislature Approves 2010-2011 Budget
The California Legislature sent a 2010-11 budget to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today (Oct. 8) that includes approximately $3 billion for University of California academic programs, student financial aid and health education and research. Read the full story on the <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/24256">UC website</a>.
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Archive: First US trial of brain tumor dye featured on ABC 7
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Archive: UCSF Launches New Privacy and Information Security Training Program
UCSF Medical Center and the School of Medicine are launching a mandatory online Privacy and Information Security training program as part of UCSF’s commitment to protect confidential information.
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Archive: Patient-provider language barriers linked to worse diabetes control
Patients who cannot discuss their diabetes with a doctor in their own language may have poorer health outcomes, even when interpreter services are available, according to a new study by researchers at UCSF and the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.
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Archive: UCSF RunSafe program featured in Runner's World
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Archive: UCSF Celebrates Diversity Month with Variety of Events
The UCSF community is invited to celebrate diversity in its many forms with special events, including the 22nd Annual Faculty and Staff Art Show, which runs through October 7.
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Archive: Chancellor focuses on UCSF excellence, on KQED Forum
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Archive: Teen girls' obesity surgery may raise birth defect risk
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Archive: GAO Appoints Flores to New National Health Care Workforce Commission
Katherine Flores, a family physician and director of the UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, has been appointed a member of the new National Health Care Workforce Commission.
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Archive: Dried plum restores bone in aging mice, scientists report
A diet supplemented with powdered dried plum restored bone lost by mice during the course of normal aging, in a study led by Bernard P. Halloran, PhD, at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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Archive: UCSF fertility expert comments in SF Chronicle on embryo study
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Archive: UCSF Names Featherstone as New Dean of School of Dentistry
The University of California, San Francisco, has named John D. B. Featherstone, PhD, as dean of the UCSF School of Dentistry. The appointment was approved last week by the UC Board of Regents and is retroactive to Sept. 1, 2008.
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Archive: Health Policy Expert Explains How California Leads Nation in Health Care Reform
UCSF health policy expert Janet Coffman addresses some of the reasons why California is ahead of other states and the benefits of being first in health care reform.
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Archive: Regional media quote UCSF policy expert on health reform
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Archive: Parkinson's Disease Protein Impedes Nerve Signaling Long Before Brain Cells Die
Synuclein is a protein that can cause Parkinson’s disease, although it is not clear how. UCSF researcher Robert Edwards, MD, now has discovered that synuclein can affect signal transmission between nerve cells long before disease symptoms arise.
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Archive: Newsweek cites UCSF study on sexuality, desire and aging
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Archive: Fast-tracking personalized treatments for breast cancer