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Archive: UCSF hosting free heart and health screenings for San Francisco high school athletes
Special event with 400 San Francisco high school athletes to increase community awareness of the importance of cardiac screening in young people.
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Archive: Provenge, a New Prostate Cancer Vaccine, Will Soon Be Available at UCSF
The cancer vaccine sipuleucel-T -- now commercially branded as Provenge -- will soon be available at a select group of medical centers nationwide, including UCSF.
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Archive: Grove gift, Chancellor featured in WSJ and NYT
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Archive: Grove gift launches translational medicine program at UCSF & UC Berkeley
Former Intel Corp. chief executive Andy Grove has pledged $1.5 million to two University of California campuses – San Francisco and Berkeley – to jointly launch the first program of its kind aimed at accelerating the translation of cutting-edge research into advances in patient care.
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Archive: UCSF Celebrates Commencement 2010
Graduation season is in full swing at UCSF with commencement ceremonies that continue next month for the schools of dentistry and nursing.
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Archive: UC Taps UC Davis Manager as Staff Advisor-Designate
Penelope “Penny” Herbert, a manager at UC Davis, has been selected to represent staff and non-Senate academic employees in UC Board of Regents deliberations and decisions.
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Archive: Grant Supports UCSF Research in Lead Cause of Trauma Deaths
Mitchell Cohen, MD, UCSF assistant professor of surgery, has received a $225,000 research grant from the National Trauma Institute to investigate the timing and mechanism of traumatic coagulopathy.
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Archive: Chancellor Shares Plans for Achieving "Operational Excellence"
Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann delivered some good news on Tuesday saying that UCSF will look to cut $18 million from its operating budget for fiscal year 2010-2011 -- a decrease from the previously stated goal of achieving financial savings ranging from $28 million to $40 million.
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Archive: Study pinpoints how a normally defensive immune response can help HIV
Researchers have identified how a normal response to infection, one that usually serves to limit the amount of inflammation, actually contributes to disease progression and viral persistence in HIV-infected patients.
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Archive: NCIRE releases "Welcome Home" DVD for returning service members and veterans
NCIRE-The Veterans Health Research Institute has announced the release of “Welcome Home: Support from the Ground Up,” a DVD resource guide for returning service members, Veterans, their families, and their loved ones.
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Archive: Limited health literacy increases safety risks for patients with diabetes
People with diabetes who have limited health literacy are at higher risk for hypoglycemia or low blood sugar, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, CA.
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Archive: Two to Watch: UCSF's Basic Science Training for PhD's Attracts Risk Takers, Independent Thinkers
They are intellectually fearless and a bit unorthodox. They form a crazy quilt of undergraduate majors, birthplaces, interests, and experiences. Read the story about UCSF's graduate students on the UCSF <a href="http://pharmacy.ucsf.edu/news/2010/05/13/1/">School of Pharmacy website</a>.
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Archive: Processed meat contributes more to heart disease
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Archive: UCSF Offers Online "Foundations of Diversity" Course
Faculty and staff managers and supervisors are encouraged to take a new online course to expand their knowledge and understanding of diversity issues and laws.
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Archive: UCSF Recognizes Exceptional Physicians
Maria Dall’Era, Thierry Jahan, Isobel “Bel” Russell and Isaac Yang will receive the UCSF Medical Center Exceptional Physician Awards at a ceremony today (May 17.)
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Archive: KQED Quest Radio features UCSF experts on baby brain development
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Archive: UCSF Turns to Targeted Treatments to Boost Brain Tumor Survival in Children
Targeted therapies tailored to the unique biology of brain tumors may offer renewed hope to children diagnosed with the number one cause of cancer death, according to faculty at UCSF Children’s Hospital.
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Archive: UC Vice President Issues Statement on Governor's May Revision to State Budget
Patrick Lenz, UC vice presiddent for budget, issued a statement on May 14 saying UC officials are "extremely grateful that the governor has made higher education a top priority in his proposed budget." Read the full story on the <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/23400">UC Office of the President website</a>.
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Archive: 2010 UCSF Medalists Featured in Videos
Five distinguished individuals, who were honored recently with the 2010 UCSF Medal, are featured in videos now available on YouTube.
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Archive: UCSF to Host World No Tobacco Day on May 28
The campus community is invited to learn about the health hazards of tobacco at UCSF’s World No Tobacco Day event on May 28.
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Archive: Chilean Leader Visits UCSF Mission Bay
Michelle Bachelet, the first woman president of Chile, visited UCSF recently where she met Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the first woman chancellor of UCSF, and toured the Mission Bay campus.
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Archive: Chancellor to Conduct Budget Town Hall Meeting to Be Simulcast to Many Locations
Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will lead a town hall meeting on Tuesday, May 18, from 1 to 2 p.m. in Cole Hall on the Parnassus campus.
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Archive: UCSF symposium seeks insights into HIV and aging
Understanding the processes underlying the diminishing life span of HIV patients, even though they are responding well to anti-retroviral therapy, will be the focus of a daylong symposium on May 18.
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Archive: UCSF Establishes Nurturing Diversity Listserv
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Archive: National Academy of Sciences Elects Five UCSF Faculty
Robert Fletterick, Donald Ganem, Ulrike Heberlein, Lewis Lanier and Zena Werb were recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Archive: Play to explore experiences of chronically ill and hospitalized teens
UCSF Children's Hospital will present “100 Journals,” a performance piece that captures teens’ experiences with chronic illness and hospitalization.
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Archive: UCSF joins national effort to make science fun in school
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Archive: Preeminent Economist to Deliver 2010 Eisenberg Lecture on Health Reform
Joseph Newhouse, a prominent expert in the field of health economics, will talk about health reform at UCSF on May 17.
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Archive: Science Coalition report showcases economic successes of UC research
The Science Coalition (TSC), a nonprofit group of 50 U.S. research universities, released a report that highlights 100 “success stories” of companies that are the result of federal investments in basic research, including seven companies affiliated with UC research.