Archive: Nominations Due Jan. 16 for Chancellor's Public Service Award
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Archive: UCSF Faculty Get Insiders' Look at Cuban Health Care System
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Archive: Colon Cancer and Heredity: A Conversation with Amie Blanco
Colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is the nation’s fourth most common cancer in both men and women. Like other forms of cancer, colon cancer has a hereditary component, and individuals who are genetically predisposed to colon cancer have a lifetime risk of at least 80 percent.
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Archive: UCSF and Muhimbili University launch initiative to strengthen Tanzanian health workforce
The University of California, San Francisco has received a $7.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to address the shortage of healthcare workers in Tanzania. The two-year grant will support a strategic collaboration between UCSF Global Health Sciences and the Muhimbili University of Health Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania to develop, implement and document strategies to enable MUHAS and other African institutions to meet their countries’ health workforce needs.
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Archive: Drug Design Caution for Biotech and Pharma Firms That Target Kinases
Drug design is never easy, and few drug candidates make it through the development pipeline and into the medicine cabinet. Side effects loom large among potential bugaboos. In the Dec. 14 online edition of the leading scientific journal Nature, a UCSF laboratory research team now reports another unintended consequence of drugs targeted against enzymes, known as kinases, within the body.
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Archive: UCSF's Blackburn featured in SF Chronicle, discussing impact of lifestyle on cell aging
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Archive: Renee Y. Hsia joins Emergency Medicine Department
New UCSF Faculty, January 2009
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Archive: Lauren Weiss joins Institute for Human Genetics
New UCSF Faculty, January 2009
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Archive: 2008 Year in Review
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Archive: Silicon Valley Blogger and UCSF Heart Patient Shares Lessons Learned
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Archive: UCSF Study Aims to Protect Joints, on Earth and Off
Starting in January, a UCSF postdoctoral researcher will launch the first-ever study of the effects of prolonged nonuse on human cartilage.
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Archive: Flores Wins Maybelline New York Beauty of Education Award
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Archive: UCSF Women's Health Radio Discusses Obama's Plans for Healthcare Reform
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Archive: UCSF Named Among 15 Top Places to Work in Academia
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Archive: Nominations Due by January 6 for the Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women
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Archive: School of Dentistry Tackles Oral Health Disparities with Largest-Ever Grant
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor Reports on Budget Woes, Charges Executive Budget Committee to Prepare Financial Plan
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Archive: Parkinson's Researcher Wins Prestigious Award to Study Disease's Origins
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Archive: UCSF Medical Center CEO Shares Plan to Meet Budget Challenges
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Archive: Medical Center CEO Talks About New Strategy for 2009
Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center, says he is optimistic that even in this difficult economic environment, “we can achieve our financial goal for this fiscal year.”
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Archive: UCSF Researchers Shed Light on Genetic Factors Behind Alcohol Dependence
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Archive: Governor, Chancellor Salute Broad Foundation Gift to Support UCSF Stem Cell Research
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Archive: UCSF Children's Hospital pediatrician offers toy safety tips
The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) released its 23rd annual toy safety survey – “Trouble in Toyland” – on Nov. 25, at a press conference in San Jose.
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Archive: PTSD and Heart Disease in Veterans: A Conversation with Beth Cohen
Many veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder. Over time, the effects may be physical as well as mental. Beth Cohen, MD, a UCSF researcher and physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, is exploring a link between PTSD and heart disease.
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Archive: NIH Recognizes Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program for Successful Diversity Strategies
The National Institutes of Health is recognizing UCSF’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry for its notable record of recruitment and retention of underrepresented students.
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Archive: Researcher Discovers New Role for a Molecule That May Prevent Cell Death
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Archive: UCSF/SFGH Study on Medicaid coverage interruptions & hospitalization rates reported in New York Times
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Archive: American Cancer Society Recognizes UCSF's Glantz as International Tobacco Control Leader
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Archive: UCSF receives $24.4 million to fight early childhood cavities
The UCSF School of Dentistry has received the largest grant in its history: $24.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to address socio-economic and cultural disparities in oral health.
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Archive: University, state & local officials to announce multi-million dollar gift to UCSF stem cell program
University, state and local officials, philanthropists and community leaders will announce a multi-million dollar gift from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to the Institute for Regeneration Medicine at UCSF.