• July 28, 2009

UC President Calls for Shared Sacrifice, Innovation

• July 28, 2009

San Francisco supervisors approve helipad at UCSF Mission Bay Hospital

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today (July 28, 2009) approved a resolution that allows for the operation of a helipad at the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, a state-of-the-art hospital complex for children, women and cancer patients scheduled to open in 2014. The resolution passed unanimously, by a vote of 11 to 0.

• July 28, 2009

UCSF Medical Center Cuts Costs by $45 Million to Avoid Furloughs, Maintain Care

Medical center employees and non-physician, clinically related employees at the UCSF School of Medicine and UCSF School of Dentistry will not be furloughed or have their pay decreased, according to Mark Laret, CEO of UCSF Medical Center.

• July 27, 2009

Good Cells Going Bad May Lead to Diabetes

Regulatory T cells prevent our immune systems from attacking our own tissues. However, these cells can turn against us if they lose a molecule called FoxP3.

• July 27, 2009

UCSF team focuses on patient safety in ambulatory care system

Health care experts at the University of California, San Francisco highlight in a new report the hidden risks and complexities that compromise patient safety for ambulatory patients with chronic disease.

• July 27, 2009

Chancellor Bishop Outlines Impact of Budget Cuts at UCSF

Chancellor Mike Bishop testified before the UC Board of Regents on July 15 on the impact of the current budget situation at UCSF.

• July 27, 2009

Prostate Cancer Researcher to Hold New Endowed Chair in Urology

June Chan, who specializes in the study of nutritional and hormonal risk factors for prostate cancer, has been named the Steven and Christine-Burd Safeway Endowed Chair.

• July 24, 2009

San Francisco Board of Supervisors to Vote on Helipad Proposal on Tuesday

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote next Tuesday on UCSF’s proposal for a rooftop helipad so that helicopters can quickly transport critically ill patients to UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.

• July 23, 2009

Klein to Direct UCSF Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology Program

Ophir Klein, an assistant professor of Orofacial Sciences and Pediatrics in the UCSF School of Dentistry, has been named director of the UCSF Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology.

• July 23, 2009

UCSF launches medication consultation service in Fresno

The UCSF School of Pharmacy has launched a Medication Management Service in Fresno to address the urgent need among California Central Valley residents and their health care providers for assistance in managing their prescriptions.

• July 22, 2009

UCSF to Host Third Annual Health Disparities Research Symposium

UCSF is accepting abstracts focusing on health disparities research that could be selected for presentation at the health disparities research symposium slated for October 23.

• July 21, 2009

Tough Times Didn't Break Stride in San Francisco AIDS Walk

Members of the campus community joined with 25,000 other people to raise more than $3.5 million in the 23rd annual San Francisco AIDS Walk on Sunday.

• July 21, 2009

UCSF Leads Consortium to Radically Change Cancer Drug Development

Short inhibitory RNAs, or siRNAs, can be made to inactivate almost any gene. This may allow even modest-sized university labs to develop new drugs.

• July 20, 2009

Weintraub Named Dentistry's 2009 Faculty Research Lecturer

Dental public health expert Jane Weintraub will receive the Faculty Research Award at the School of Dentistry’s annual Research and Clinical Excellence Day on Oct. 8.

• July 16, 2009

Mental health problems seen in more than one third of first-time VA patients who served in Iraq or Afghanistan

Among 289,328 veterans of Iraq or Afghanistan who used the Department of Veterans Affairs medical system for the first time between April 1, 2002 and April 1, 2008, 37 percent received a diagnosis of a mental health problem, according to a study of national VA data conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.

• July 16, 2009

WarnMe Alerts Are Crucial Because of Limited Campus Telephone System Capacity

Members of the campus community should register their private contact information to get timely warnings about emergencies, since the campus telephone system will likely be overloaded or could be damaged during a crisis, UCSF police say.

• July 16, 2009

UC Regents Declare State of Financial Emergency, Approve Furlough Plan

UC Regents on Thursday declared “an extreme financial emergency for UC” and approved the proposal for furloughs and pay cuts for 108,000 employees.

• July 16, 2009

UCSF Medical Center named one of top 10 hospitals nationwide and best in Bay Area

UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation&#8217;s top 10 premier hospitals and is the best in the Bay Area, according to the new 2009-10 America&#8217;s Best Hospitals survey conducted by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>.

• July 15, 2009

UC Regents Consider Salary/Furlough Proposal to Help Close Budget Shortfall

UC Regents are expected to vote on a plan to cut costs through salary reductions and furloughs for some employees at a meeting tomorrow at UCSF Mission Bay.

• July 15, 2009

Incubator network created at Mission Bay to support new biotechs

The California Institute of Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) has joined with the City of San Francisco and FibroGen Inc to launch the QB3 Mission Bay Incubator Network, to spur growth in the bioscience industry.

• July 15, 2009

UCSF researchers help crack parasite genome, identify drug leads

Two UCSF research papers this week are marking major breakthroughs in the effort to tackle schistosomiasis (bilharzia), a tropical disease that infects more than 200 million people worldwide and causes long-term debilitating illness and occasional paralysis or death.