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A UCSF research team has developed a technique to distinguish benign moles from malignant melanomas by measuring differences in levels of genetic markers. Standard microscopic examinations of biopsied tissue can be ambiguous and somewhat subjective, the researchers say, and supplementing standard practice with the new technique is expected to help clarify difficult-to-diagnose cases.
The majority of adolescents in the United States do not obtain the appropriate level of preventive health care services, despite broad professional consensus recommending annual doctor visits for this age group, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
The UCSF Founders Day Banquet on April 15 will honor four recipients of the 2009 UCSF Medal and six UCSF faculty members, who will be recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research and mentoring.
The Advisory Committee for the Selection of the Chancellor of UCSF reports on its search activities and provides information about the projected timeline for the weeks ahead.
The campus community is invited to celebrate the accomplishments of three members who have championed the advancement of women at UCSF at a ceremony on Monday.
The UCSF School of Medicine could face a combined loss of nearly $50 million on a $1.3 billion operating budget in fiscal year 2010, according to Interim Dean Sam Hawgood.
Barbara Drew, who works to improve the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiovascular ailments, and Conan MacDougall, a clinical pharmacist and infectious disease specialist, will be honored for excellence in teaching on April 8.
If you were not responding to antidepressants, would you be willing to try antipsychotic medication?
More than 250 diverse young women from 20 area high schools will attend a special summit exploring issues that impact their health and goals -- including relationship violence, suicide, and the evolution to leadership. The Young Women's Health Leadership Summit (YWHLS), sponsored by the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health in collaboration with the San Francisco Unified School District, was developed by a committee of young women for young women. The event includes inspirational speakers and performance art. The conference theme is “Strive, Struggle, Succeed: Bring Out the Somethin’ in You!”
UCSF recently hosted the first forum of its kind dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) health issues.
Internationally recognized neurotrauma expert Geoff Manley, MD, PhD, and others are working to increase public awareness of traumatic brain injury and overhaul the way it is currently studied and treated.
Four individuals committed to advancing global health – whether in the lab, out in the community or through philanthropy – will receive UCSF’s most prestigious campus award on April 15.
Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center, said today that the clinical enterprise is looking for ways to reduce expenses and expects to know by the end of April whether layoffs will be necessary.
Every other Tuesday afternoon, UCSF experts hit the airwaves – with topics ranging from childhood obesity to heart disease – at a community radio station located a few blocks from the Mount Zion campus.
Disease linked to untreated risk factors in early adult years As many as 1 in 100 black men and women develop heart failure before the age of 50, 20 times the rate in whites in this age group, according to new findings published in the March 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine by a UCSF research team.
San Francisco officials paid tribute to the late children’s health advocate on Arbor Day, and her legacy lives on through a recently established scholarship fund at UCSF and the new Ellen Wolfe Children’s Center at San Francisco General Hospital.
The Symphony Parnassus concert on March 29 in San Francisco will feature 12 current and former UCSF students, faculty and staff.
Researchers with the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, a five-year, nationwide, longitudinal study of possible markers of Alzheimer’s disease, announced that a genomic analysis of the 800 participants in the study is more than 95 percent complete, and that the data will be shared with scientists around the world for further analysis.
Mammography is widely used to screen for tumors in young women – even women in their 20s – who inherit a genetic mutation that confers a very high risk for breast cancer. But new research now suggests that exposing the youngest of these women to even small doses of radiation via screening mammograms might do more harm than good.
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.
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.
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.
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.
M. Anthony Pogrel will oversee the School of Dentistry’s interactions with UCSF Medical Center and affiliated hospitals.
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.