Philp Receives American Academy of Pediatrics Research Grant

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Longtime UCSF leader Bobby Baron, MD, MS, a professor of clinical medicine, was recognized recently for his stellar service as co-chair of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Diversity (CACD).
Today, most studies that look at health concerns routinely identify racial, cultural and ethnic groups to advance health disparities research. At least one societal group, however, remains largely unstudied.
UCSF is using new tools and tactics to help keep track of the diversity and demographics of its faculty and those who seek faculty positions.
The majority of general internists and pediatricians in the United States are not comfortable serving as primary care providers for young adults with complex chronic illnesses that originate during childhood, according to findings from a new national survey.
A cadre of UCSF School of Nursing faculty members is leading the way to create a more welcoming environment for all people.
A national analysis of physician office and emergency department records shows that the types of skin infections caused by community-acquired MRSA doubled in the eight-year study period, with the highest rates seen among children and in urban emergency rooms.
People who have discussed their end-of-life care wishes with family, friends, and physicians before they are in need of such care are much more likely to have taken the next step of filling out an advance directive, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
In resource-limited settings where tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality among HIV patients and where a multidrug-resistant TB epidemic is emerging, researchers are pressing for approaches to integrate TB prevention and treatment into HIV care and treatment.
UCSF Science Café has begun exporting its online model to the world by creating a site for science communicators who want to develop their own version of UCSF's award-winning web weekly.
More than 3,000 attendees are now descending on Barcelona for the fourth Euroscience Open Forum.
Young adults with a low-level elevation in their blood pressure ("Prehypertension") before age 35 are more likely to have calcium in their coronary arteries later in life, predisposing them to a higher risk of strokes and heart attacks, according to a UCSF study...
Delivering drugs inside the brain just got easier...
The UCSF School of Nursing has received its second $4.25 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to continue the work of the Center for Personal Assistance Services (PAS).
UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation’s top 10 premier hospitals and is the best in the Bay Area, according to the new 2008 “America’s Best Hospitals” survey conducted by “U.S. News & World Report.”