Archive: Hildebrand-Zanki and Auger Will Lead Initiatives for UCSF Office of Research
UCSF has hired two senior managers to strengthen the University’s research enterprise.
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Archive: UCSF Advances Focus on Diversity, Inclusion
The UCSF Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion launched July 22 with a team of 30 campus leaders committed to ensuring that UCSF becomes a better place to work, study and teach.
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Archive: Editorial calls for Funding Science Volunteer Programs
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Archive: Memory and Aging Center Examines Artistic Expression Among Patients
Scientists at the MAC hope to gain a greater understanding of the creative brain by studying patients who are now making wonderful works of art in the face of their illnesses.
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Archive: Industry, University Collaboration Key to Translating Discovery to Care
Panelists at UCSF Mission Bay event say venture capital firms, universities and corporations need to keep exploring new ideas for collaborating more efficiently.
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor in Conversation with Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, and Nobel Laureate Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, will be the highlight of the Commonwealth Club of California on August 4.
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Archive: Forbes highlights Benioff gift to Children's Hospital
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Archive: Nursing Faculty Engage Community in Research to Improve Health
UCSF School of Nursing faculty are engaged in a number of community engagement projects, a core component of the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
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Archive: A Conversation with UCSF Fellow Chris Adrian, a New Yorker Writer to Watch
Being selected for a fellowship in pediatrics at UCSF is a rare distinction, but Chris Adrian, a UCSF pediatric fellow in hematology/oncology, also is one of the rare few named by the New Yorker as one of its “20 under 40” writers to watch.
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Archive: UCSF pediatrician and endocrinologist Selna Kaplan dies at 83
Selna Lucille Kaplan, MD, PhD, a longtime leader in the field of pediatric endocrinology who helped build a world-class training program at the University of California, San Francisco, and who served as a role model for women in medicine across the United States, died on July 21, 2010, at age 83.
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Archive: UCSF Gene Therapy Method Allays Parkinson's Symptoms
A novel technique created at UCSF to deliver a growth factor directly to brain cells has shown promising results in treating Parkinson's symptoms and could enter human clinical trials as early as next year.
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Archive: Anti-Parasite Drugs for Neglected Chagas Disease Are in the Works
Larissa Podust, PhD, is working on a new drug for Chagas disease, a neglected scourge.
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Archive: UCSF oral health expert comments on dental care cuts
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Archive: Parents investigates toxins at home and in the environment
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Archive: Nurse-Scientist Talks About Newly Appointed Associate Dean of Research
Kathryn Lee, professor and Livingston Chair of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing, talks about her role as associate dean of research in nursing school.
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Archive: NY Times story on abortion cites UCSF training programs
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Archive: Boston Globe quotes UCSF expert on fertility ethics
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Archive: KQED Names Snowdon an LGBT "Hero"
Shane Snowdon, director of the LGBT Resource Center at UCSF, has been named an LGBT “Local Hero” by KQED TV.
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Archive: Brain training reverses age-related cognitive decline
Specialized brain training targeted at the regions of a rat’s brain that process sound reversed many aspects of normal, age-related cognitive decline and improved the health of the brain cells, according to a new study from researchers at UCSF.
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Archive: UCSF Spinoff Calithera Shows Promise of Translational Research
With innovation as the watchword, a biotech spinoff from the UCSF School of Pharmacy announced a $40 million Series A round of investment last week – hailed by an investor as “one of the largest first rounds of financing in some time.”
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Archive: KGO profiles Castro for role in nurturing student diversity
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Archive: Immune Tolerance Network offers key breakthrough in blood vessel disease
Results of a clinical trial through the UCSF-sponsored Immune Tolerance Network may offer the first new treatment in 40 years for the devastating blood vessel disease known as anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis.
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Archive: UCSF Sees 300% Rise in Federal Financial Aid Funds
More funding will be available this year to support UCSF students from socio- or economically disadvantaged backgrounds, as a result of a 300 percent increase in federal funding for Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program for the upcoming school year.
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Archive: Miaskowski First Nurse Scientist to Receive ACS Clinical Research Professorship
UCSF’s Christine Miaskowski is the first nurse scientist to be named American Cancer Society (ACS) Clinical Research Professor.
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Archive: UCSF Medical Center named a top 10 hospital nationwide for tenth consecutive year
UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation’s top 10 premier hospitals for the tenth consecutive year and is the best in Northern California, according to the new 2010-2011 America’s Best Hospitals survey conducted by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>.
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Archive: UCSF links with CalPERS, Blue Shield on pharmacy program
A diabetes-care program designed by clinical pharmacy faculty in the UCSF School of Pharmacy Center for Self-Care has just launched in Northern California as a service for members of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) with Blue Shield health coverage.
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Archive: UCSF Launches Doctoral Program in Epidemiology & Translational Science
UCSF is accepting applications up to August 1 for the kick-off of a new Doctoral Program in Epidemiology and Translational Science this fall.
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Archive: UCSF Kenyan AIDS effort serves as model in Africa
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Archive: Brain fitness program study reveals visual memory improvement in older adults
A commercial brain fitness program has been shown to improve memory in older adults, at least in the period soon after training. The findings are the first to show that practicing simple visual tasks can improve the accuracy of short-term, or “working” visual memory.
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Archive: UCSF experts comment on whooping cough epidemic