UC Announces Wage Increases for Lower-paid Employees
Some UC employees who earn less than $40,000 per year will see higher paychecks effective April 1.
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UC Expands Policy on Sustainable Practices
The UC Office of the President on Monday unveiled the long-awaited policy to further minimize the University's impact on the environment and reduce its dependence on non-renewable energy.
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$50 million gift to UCSF for cardiovascular research and treatment
UCSF has received a $50 million gift toward construction of a new building for cardiovascular research and clinical treatment at the University's Mission Bay campus.
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UCSF to Host Finance Day on April 17
Faculty and staff are invited to learn tips for financial security during Finance Day on April 17.
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Two Major Seismic Projects Set to Begin on Parnassus Campus
UCSF is now set to begin two major construction projects involving the Medical Sciences Building and Moffitt Hospital.
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How Do You Sleep? A Conversation with Tom Neylan, MD
Sleep disorder expert Tom Neylan explains what you lose if you don't snooze...
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UCSF Physical Therapist Shines in Dove's Pro-Age Spotlight
From meeting Annie Leibovitz to appearing on <i>Oprah</i>, UCSF's Wendy Katzman reflects on what it's like to be a celebrity.
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UCSF Director Calls for Open Communication at National LGBTI Conference
UCSF Director of LGBTI Resources Shane Snowdon called for open and honest communication to get equitable health care at last week's national summit.
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Health Care Costs of Iraq War Under Debate
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Plan Ahead to Save Lives from Heart Attack, Dracup Tells Australian Audience
Don't think twice, phone the ambulance about heart attack symptoms, UCSF School of Nursing Dean Kathleen Dracup told Australian audiences on March 19, in an interview with host Norman Swan of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's radio show, <i>The Health Report</i>.
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Elizabeth Blackburn in Conversation on Australian Radio
For the Australian Broadcasting Company, Robyn Williams interviews Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, about her work on telomeres, aging, stress, and about her involvement with politics—and her falling out with President George W. Bush—when she was part of the President's Council on Bioethics. Blackburn says she saw science presented in an unbalanced way and evidence ignored.
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Promising Vaccine Against Brain Tumor
Andrew Parsa, MD, PhD, speaks with host Norman Swan of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's radio show, <i>The Health Report</i>, about an experimental immunological treatment for the malignant brain tumor known as glioblastoma.
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UC Joins Research Institutions to Unveil Report Urging Congress to Support Funding of Biomedical Res
The University of California (UC) today joined a consortium of leading scientific and medical institutions around the country to warn that persistent flat-funding of biomedical research could thwart advances in treatments for such devastating diseases as cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
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UCSF Wins Big on Stem Cell Funding
UCSF was the biggest winner of grants awarded by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Friday, with seven grants worth nearly $17.4 million, and an additional $1.1 million going to UCSF and UC Irvine researchers for grants that had not been approved by the institute last month but were funded under the previous outlays. All of the new grants will fund "mature, ongoing studies," according to the stem cell institute.
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Helping Vets Cope with Trauma
Keith Armstrong, LCSW, co-author of the book <i>Courage After Fire</i>, which explores how troops readjust to civilian life after battle, talks about how to reach troubled soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan who may be extremely reluctant to receive therapy.
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Paul D. Blanc, MD, Discusses Toxic Products at Home and in the Workplace
UCSF medical school Professor and Chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Paul D. Blanc, MD, is a guest on AM1090 Seattle's <i>Eco Talk </i>program, to discuss his book <i>How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace </i> (University of California Press).
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UCSF Executive Receives Social Justice Award
Dixie Horning, a national leader in women's health, received the Helen Rodriguez-Trias Social Justice Award recently.
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Innovative Pediatric Asthma Care Program at SFGH Wins National Award
Treating pediatric asthma has long been appreciated as a complex endeavor requiring the collaboration of children, their families, health care providers and school officials, among others.
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Puberty, Obesity, Environment and Breast Cancer
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Nominations Sought for First Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award
Nominations are due April 17 for UCSF's first Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award.
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UCSF Team Battles Pediatric MS
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is typically thought of as a neurological disorder affecting adults. But children get it too.
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Carol Channing to star in comedy benefit for UCSF patient services
Actress Carol Channing will return to her home town of San Francisco to perform in "Love & Laughter...and Legends: Just What the Doctor Ordered," a benefit for patient services at UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center.
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UCSF human embryonic stem cell research fueled with CIRM funding
Eight UCSF faculty members intent on using human embryonic stem cells to explore treatment strategies for a variety of disorders -- heart disease, stroke, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and blood disorders -- were among the 29 scientists awarded major grants today by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
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Campus Seeks Nominations for GLBT Award
UCSF is seeking nominations for the annual Chancellor's Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and/or Transgender (GLBT) Leadership.
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Express Yourself: A Conversation with Chris Barker, Director of the Genomics Core Laboratory
Managing an array of tools is at the core of modern science...
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Princeton economist to address health care crisis at April 5 lecture
Uwe Reinhardt, PhD, an expert on health policy, will speak at UCSF on Thursday, April 5, as the third speaker in the UCSF Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture Series. The event is free and open to the public.
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UCSF Recruits Director of Academic Diversity
UCSF faculty members are encouraged to apply for a new position: director of academic diversity in the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
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UCSF Rideshare Program Offers Incentives for Vanpooling
Now it pays to take vanpools to work, thanks to a new pilot incentive program being offered through the UCSF Rideshare program.
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Bringing the War Back Home
A study published in the <i>Archives of Internal Medicine</i> by Karen Seal, MD, MPH, and colleagues at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, measures mental illness in injured vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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UCSF Fellow Honored for Cancer Prevention Research
A third-year postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology has been recognized for her breast cancer research.