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S. Claiborne Johnston, director of the Stroke Service at UCSF, has received an award for “significant achievement in the clinical investigation and management of stroke.”
Michael Hindery has been named the new vice dean for administration, finance and clinical programs at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He assumed his new post on February 28, 2008.
Two seasoned bicyclists are looking for folks to join the 560-mile Empire State AIDS Ride from Niagara Falls to Manhattan this August.
Linda J. Bilmes, who is widely considered one of the leading experts in US budgeting and public finance, will speak about the costs of the Iraq war tomorrow.
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a way to quickly estimate a woman's risk for invasive breast cancer.
Internationally recognized biochemist James Wells has been named chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
UCSF School of Nursing Dean Kathy Dracup, RN, FNP, DNSc, spelled out her priorities for 2008-2009: to revise the master of science in nursing curriculum, continue succession planning, increase space to grow programs and boost the diversity of faculty, staff and students.
One-year survival rates for patients receiving heart, liver and lung transplants at UCSF Medical Center exceed national averages at statistically significant levels, according to new data compiled by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).
Knowing how cells move might help stop cancer...
An expert in pediatric obesity and eating disorders will give grand rounds lectures this morning and tomorrow at UCSF.
The HepB Free Project is hosting a screening on Saturday, Mar. 1 at 2330 Post Street in San Francisco, from 9 am to noon. Interpreters will be available to provide translation in Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese.
Today UCSF kicks off a week-long campaign on campus to raise awareness of eating disorders.
The University of California has filed an unfair labor practice charge against patient care employees' union, according to the UC Office of the President.
Can flossing save your life? The answer might surprise you...
The campus community is invited to hear Eric S. Lander, PhD, who will present “Beyond the Human Genome Project” on March 5.
UCSF is now offering grants to support collaborative projects between the University and the San Francisco community.
The campus community is invited to a workshop on communicating in a diverse environment like UCSF on February 27.
How the status gap shortens your life and what you can do about it...
Mayor Gavin Newsom recently appointed Catherine Waters, RN, PhD, associate professor, UCSF School of Nursing, to the San Francisco Health Commission.
More than 100 members of the UCSF community recently took part in a national teach-in to discuss solutions to global climate change.