UCSF HIV/AIDS Training Program Successfully Promotes Diversity

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Countries and policy leaders gain new guidance today on how and when to eliminate malaria, paving the way for the potential global eradication of the deadly disease. The announcement is being made on behalf of the Malaria Elimination Group, a global body of researchers, policy experts and country program managers, by the Global Health Group of UCSF Global Health Sciences.
The Visiting Professor Program at UCSF is described as a national model for research training that promotes the success of scientists conducting innovative research in minority communities in a paper appearing in the April 2009 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
State Senator Mark Leno, whose single-payer plan is moving through the state Legislature, says health care reform is urgent and encourages the campus community to help raise public awareness.
The UCSF School of Medicine ranks fifth among all medical schools in the nation in a new survey on “America’s Best Graduate Schools” conducted by “U.S. News & World Report.”
UCSF Children's Hospital will present “Tomorrow....A Better Day,” a performance piece based on teens’ experiences with chronic illness and hospitalization. The play is a compilation of writings by current and former teen patients at UCSF, adapted for the stage by teachers and students at the arts-focused Northwest School in Seattle. Healthy teens from the Northwest School will travel to San Francisco to perform the piece, which captures the many facets of how teens experience healthcare, and shows how creativity and artistic expression marshal the healing process.
A chemical precursor molecule of gasoline can be produced from biomass and salt, according to research by UCSF School of Pharmacy's Christopher Voigt, PhD, and UCSF colleagues.
An ongoing pilot study by researchers from the UCSF School of Nursing is the first to examine the effects of yoga on heart rate variability in patients with heart failure.
Richard Jordan, DDS, PhD, has been appointed the new associate dean for research in the UCSF School of Dentistry. The appointment will be effective May 1, 2009. Jordan will replace John Greenspan, BDS, PhD, who has stepped down after years of outstanding service in this role.
A melanoma may start out looking just a little different from a normal mole. But it may end up being every bit as deadly as cancers that first arise in vital organs. When melanoma is diagnosed late, the prognosis is bad. Better treatment is a must.
Faculty, staff, students and trainees will be able to enjoy fresh fruits at the new farmers’ market when it opens April 22 in the Mission Bay campus plaza.
During a visit to the Mission Bay campus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said UCSF represents the future of scientific advancement, and praised recent federal actions supporting the NIH and stem cell research…
Seeking to take its nursing education and training to the next level, a Japanese university received guidance from UCSF’s world-renowned School of Nursing.
During a visit to the Mission Bay campus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said UCSF represents the future of scientific advancement, and praised recent federal actions supporting the NIH and stem cell research.
UCSF will debut a show on April 30 featuring theater pieces, music, poetry and other forms of artistic expression created by current and former patients of UCSF Children’s Hospital.
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi will tour the University of California, San Francisco’s Mission Bay Campus and the J. David Gladstone Institutes.
Members of the campus community now have an opportunity to sign up for a new mass notification system that will alert them to life-threatening emergencies.
The common research worm, C. elegans, is able to use heat-sensing nerve cells to not only regulate its response to hotter environments, but also to control the pace of its aging as a result of that heat, according to new research at the University of California, San Francisco
World-renowned nursing and health policy advocate Judith Oulton is this year’s UC Presidential Chair at UCSF and will spend the next three months teaching at the UCSF School of Nursing.
Scientists are reporting the strongest evidence to date that neurodegenerative diseases target and progress along distinct neural networks that normally support healthy brain function. The discovery could lead to earlier diagnoses, novel treatment-monitoring strategies, and, possibly, recognition of a common disease process among all forms of neurodegeneration.
The 10th annual children’s art exhibition and a free movie are among the activities planned at UCSF during the Week of the Young Child, which begins on April 19.
UCSF Medical Center is sensitive to the needs of its patients, who get support from an inner circle that sometimes includes a beloved animal.
UCSF will award its highest honor—the UCSF Medal—to four civic and scientific leaders at a special event on Wednesday, April 15.
The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health recently hosted nearly 250 young women from local high schools at a summit designed to empower them to succeed.