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Applications for the spring session of the UCSF Faculty Leadership Collaborative are due on October 30.
Nominations are due October 16 for the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Award, which recognizes efforts to achieve greater diversity at UCSF.
A UCSF research team has developed a simple tool that can improve the effectiveness of communication between doctors and patients about prescribed medications and result in dramatic improvements in health and safety.
UCSF Global Health Sciences hosted Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey who spoke about health challenges worldwide.
Damon Lew has joined UCSF to support workforce development initiatives between UCSF faculty, staff, students and community-based organizations.
A UCSF research team has developed a simple tool that can improve the effectiveness of communication between doctors and patients about prescribed medications and result in dramatic improvements in health and safety.
The level of education of one's parents is a key predictor of adult health status among members of the white and African-American communities, according to a study of more than 20 thousand adults aged 50 and older conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
The campus community is invited to the Annual Faculty and Staff Art Show, which runs from Monday through Friday, Oct. 1 through Oct. 5.
Members of the campus and community came together last week to view a display honoring soldiers and civilians who lost their lives in the Iraq war.
A UCSF employee was robbed of her purse about three blocks from the UCSF campus at Mount Zion last Wednesday afternoon.
Nanotech meets biotech in the UCSF laboratory of Tejal Desai...
Judith Mackay, an international crusader against smoking, will talk on October 9 about the worldwide effort to decrease the use of tobacco.
More than 25 organizations and vendors will participate in an eco-fair at UCSF Laurel Heights on September 26.
Gerald Friedland, who was among the first to recognize and report on the appearance of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in an HIV-infected person in South Africa, will be the featured speaker at a symposium on October 3.
Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD, an internationally respected expert in lung disorders, has been named chair of the UCSF School of Medicine's Department of Medicine, effective September 19.
In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, people experience mild memory loss and confusion. These challenges are significant, but people often maintain much of their normal capability and spirit. Now, a specialized support group program is being formed at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center ...
University of Southern California lecturer and author Kirk Snyder will explain the seven leadership principles of gay male executives at UCSF on Wednesday.
The campus community is invited to a symposium and celebration to honor former UCSF Chancellor Philip Lee on September 24 and 25 at the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
Joan Reede, dean for diversity and community partnership at Harvard Medical School, will deliver the keynote address on Monday at a celebration of new inductees to the Academy of Medical Educators.
As America struggles under the growing weight of Alzheimer's and obesity, two UCSF scientists at the affiliated Gladstone Institutes demonstrate why basic science might be our best hope...