University of California San Francisco
Older adults who drink one to two glasses of alcohol per day are 25 percent less at risk of death from any cause than people who drink more than that and those who do not drink at all, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will host a forum on stem cell research progress on March 18 – a timely event, given President Obama’s new policy that allows the use of federal funds to conduct research on human embryonic stem cells.
UCSF has received one of the largest gifts in its 145-year history – $125 million – as the lead funding for a state-of-the-art medical center at the Mission Bay campus.
UCSF Medical Center has received a $125 million gift for its campaign to build a children’s, women’s specialty and cancer hospital complex at the UCSF Mission Bay campus, near downtown San Francisco. This is the largest support to date for the $600 million hospital fundraising campaign and among the largest gifts in UCSF’s history.
In its effort to advance translational medicine – the application of scientific discoveries to patient care – UCSF is undergoing a physical transformation to create a campus where science, medicine and industry blend harmoniously.
Researchers have developed a new mouse model that allows them to replicate normal pigment cells at the earliest stages of conversion to malignant skin cancer in humans. After testing the mouse with a combination of two drug therapies, the team found the treatment caused a statistically significant regression in cancer cell development.
The UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention (CoE) has received a grant from The California Endowment that will expand access to information and resources on providing culturally competent health care to trangender individuals.
UCSF Medical Center CEO Mark Laret discusses the importance of translational medicine, and how UCSF is working to accelerate the transition of scientific breakthroughs from the lab to the patient’s bedside.
A team of physicians at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco recommends more effective use of interpreters, greater awareness of potential areas of mistrust and misunderstanding, better communication with families, and better knowledge of cultural differences in general when planning end-of-life and palliative care for Latino patients in the United States.
M. Anthony Pogrel will oversee the School of Dentistry’s interactions with UCSF Medical Center and affiliated hospitals.
As politicians and policymakers around the country push to expand the use of electronic medical records, UCSF Professor James Kahn says flaws in the current systems are standing in the way of widespread adoption by the American public.
Interest in personal health records as an electronic tool to manage health information is increasing dramatically. A group led by a UCSF researcher has identified cost, privacy concerns, design shortcomings and difficulties sharing information across different organizations as critical barriers hindering broad implementation of electronic personal health records.
UCSF Chancellor Mike Bishop joined President Obama as he lifted the Bush administration’s strict limits on human embryonic stem cell research at the White House on Monday.
New UCSF Faculty, March 2009
A prominent UCSF stem cell researcher says President Obama’s executive order on embryonic stem cell research “can only accelerate the research and speed advances in treatment” for myriad diseases.
New UCSF Faculty, March 2009
Older women with the metabolic syndrome – a constellation of health-risk factors – had a 66 percent increase in risk of developing cognitive impairment compared with women who did not have the syndrome, according to a large study of post-menopausal women led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
New UCSF Faculty, March 2009
UCSF is hosting the National Lesbian Health Summit, which brings together thought leaders from around the nation to examine issues of lesbian health research, policy and clinical care.
UCSF alumna Kay Tye was selected for a prestigious award, based on her groundbreaking research into the role of a particular brain region in the earliest stages of reward learning.
A team of specialists at UCSF Medical Center has treated its first patients as part of a multi-center clinical study to evaluate an incision-free procedure for the treatment of obesity.
Peter Mandell, UCSF assistant clinical professor, has been appointed chair of the Council on Advocacy within the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the world’s largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists.
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has shown that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a predictor of mortality among breast cancer patients, especially those who are African-American, and that hypertension accounts for approximately 30 percent of the survival disparity between African-American and white breast cancer patients.
A seven-member stimulus response team will work to identify and coordinate UCSF’s funding needs and strengthen grant applications to position UCSF as an ideal recipient of NIH economic stimulus funds.
UCSF researchers have found that examining levels of antiretroviral drugs in hair samples taken from HIV patients on therapy strongly predicts treatment success.
Steven Woolf will deliver a plenary lecture, titled “The Meaning of Translational Research and Why It Matters,” at a March 13 symposium at UCSF.
Staff and supervisors are invited to information sessions about the UCSF Turnaround Mentorship Program. Deadline to apply is March 18.
New UCSF Faculty, March 2009
Nearly 100 lesbian and gay scientists recently heard a distinguished panel address the groundbreaking subject of being “out” in science at UCSF Mission Bay.