University of California San Francisco
As state lawmakers continue to wrangle over the budget, UCSF is busy planning for all possible scenarios — from pay cuts to employee furloughs to a voluntary buyout program.
UCSF Children’s Hospital has been ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals in nine pediatric specialties, making it one of the top-ranked facilities in California, according to the new 2009 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” survey conducted by “U.S. News & World Report.”
Chancellor Mike Bishop issued an update on the worsening state financial crisis, saying that UCSF must prepare for a total cut of about 25 percent of state funds in fiscal year 2010.
With more than $8 billion in research grants up for grabs, UCSF has submitted hundreds of proposals and has already netted $8.7 million for projects focusing on autism, asthma and many other topics.
The NFL selected the UCSF Spine Center as one of five treatment programs across the country to offer spine care to retired players. Comprised of an orthopaedic spine surgeon, a neurosurgeon and a physiatrist, UCSF was selected for its expertise, high-quality service and stellar reputation.
A new <cite>JAMA</cite> study questions a link between a common gene variant and depression risk among people who have experienced stressful life events. Sorting out disease risk due to genes and environment remains challenging.
UCSF School of Dentistry Dean John D.B. Featherstone answers questions about the importance of Denti-Cal, a Medi-Cal program that faces elimination at the end of this month due to the state budget crisis.
Scientists have long thought that processes occurring during sleep were responsible for cementing the salient experiences of the day into long-term memories. Now, however, a study of scampering rats suggests that the mechanisms at work during sleep are also active while the animals are awake -- and that they encode events more accurately.
The 20-year-old San Francisco Injury Center, located at San Francisco General Hospital, has established itself as a local, national and international leader in injury treatment and prevention.
The University of California, San Francisco, has partnered with Abbott, a global health care company, to launch a first-of-its kind, non-profit viral diagnostics center near the UCSF Mission Bay campus to help identify unknown viruses from around the world.
A new prostate cancer risk assessment test, developed by a UCSF team, gives patients and their doctors a better way of gauging long-term risks and pinpointing high risk cases.
After a number of laptop and computer thefts on the Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses, faculty, staff, students and trainees are reminded to take steps to secure property and protect confidential data.
Josh Adler, MD, chief medical officer of UCSF Medical Center, today (June 11) issued a statement about the World Health Organization (WHO) raising the H1N1 influenza pandemic alert to its highest level.
The final staff appreciation event of this fiscal year will be on Friday at the UCSF Parnassus campus.
Longtime faculty member Claire Brindis has been appointed to direct the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.
New UCSF Faculty, June 2009
San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell introduced a resolution on June 9 that, if passed, will allow for the operation of a helipad at the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.
A UCSF research pioneer in breast cancer – a disease that still kills about 40,000 US women each year – will co-lead a new, $16.5 million effort to develop more effective, targeted therapies to vanquish various types of breast tumors, including cancers that are particularly unresponsive to current treatments.
A new device allows surgeons to enter the body through a single cut in the navel – a method that may result in less pain, fewer scars and a shorter recovery time than with traditional, multiple-incision procedures.
The death of neurons in stroke and brain trauma is caused by the malfunctioning of a cell signaling system that normally plays a part in laying down memories, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
The campus community is invited to honor three individuals who will receive the 2009 Chancellor’s Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and/or Transgender Leadership on June 10.
Dean Kathleen Dracup has received one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, commemorating nearly 40 years of teaching, research and patient care.