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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
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Steven Woolf will deliver a plenary lecture, titled “The Meaning of Translational Research and Why It Matters,” at a March 13 symposium at UCSF.
UCSF researchers have found that examining levels of antiretroviral drugs in hair samples taken from HIV patients on therapy strongly predicts treatment success.
A new generation of cancer drugs designed to starve tumors of their blood supply – called “angiogenesis inhibitors” -- succeeds at first, but then promotes more invasive cancer growth -- sometimes with a higher incidence of metastases, according to a new study in animals. The research clarifies similar findings in other animal studies and is consistent with some early evidence from a small number of clinical trials with cancer patients.
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.
During a recent lecture at UCSF, outspoken public health activist Sidney Wolfe, MD, recounted his 40-plus years as a thorn in the side of the pharmaceutical industry and federal drug regulators.
Microbiologist Francoise Perdreau-Remington, PhD, has received France’s highest civilian award for her work in identifying, mapping and tracking drug-resistant staph infections.
An innovative mentoring program at the UCSF-Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology Center for AIDS Research is providing vital support for the development of the next generation of HIV/AIDS researchers and clinician scientists.
Ongoing research by UCSF doctors refutes conventional wisdom and offers good news to many HIV-infected patients at risk of organ failure.
Joseph DeRisi, inventor of the ViroChip, a microarray that is used to detect every known virus and helps researchers identify and describe unknown viruses, will receive the Eli Lilly and Company Research Award from the American Society for Microbiology in May.
UCSF Student Health Services and the Center for Gender Equity, among several departments, are co-sponsoring Body Image Awareness Week from Feb. 23 to Feb. 27.
The new Orthopaedic Trauma Institute at San Francisco General Hospital will allow UCSF physicians and surgeons to continue providing world-class treatment, but in a space that allows for greater interaction and collaboration among doctors, researchers and support staff.
A drug prescribed for male and female infertility and menstrual disorders could hold the key to a more effective treatment for alcoholism, according to a study by researchers at the UCSF-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center.
The state budget adopted by the Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for the rest of 2008-09 and the 2009-10 fiscal year contains $115 million in new permanent funding reductions for the University of California system and, by virtue of other growing costs not addressed in the budget, extends the university's total immediate state budget challenge to $450 million.
The first-of-its-kind event “Healthy Hearts, Healthy Smiles” offered health services and counseling to UCSF’s nighttime custodial staff, while also giving students from different programs a chance to learn from one another.
An additional $10 billion for the NIH under the economic stimulus package could breathe new life into stalled UCSF projects in areas such as stem cell research and brain function, researchers say.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that was signed into law this week by President Barack Obama includes an increase that allows UCSF employees to take money out of their paycheck now, before taxes are deducted, to pay for transportation.