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KQED's <em>Forum with Michael Krasny </em>discusses gender identity, assesses how it is constructed and challenged, and examines the role of biology, psychology, society and law in determining sexual categories.
UCSF will celebrate diversity week with a number of events and activities, including a keynote speech by Former UCSF Chancellor Phillip R. Lee on October 25.
A team of researchers led by UCSF nursing professor Mary Blegen, RN, PhD, has launched a two-year study to measure nursing quality in acute inpatient units.
The Graduate Students' Association and The Associated Students of UCSF are sponsoring a free ice cream social and voter registration drive tomorrow, October 17, from noon to 1 p.m. in Saunders Court.
What women put on their plates may actually help reduce their risk of developing breast cancer. NBC11's medical reporter Marianne Favro interviewed UCSF biochemist Clyde Wilson, PhD, who recommends that breast cancer patients make four simple changes to help boost their immune systems and reduce the risk of reoccurrence.
Karina Walters, MSW, PhD, said succinctly at Wednesday's first annual Lesbian Health Institute that, "It's not about coming out; it's about becoming what we've always been."
The campus community is invited to hear an update on the state of UCSF Medical Center at three upcoming presentations, beginning Oct. 31.
More than 2,500 former patients and their families have been invited to attend the annual reunion of the UCSF Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Clifford Roberts has been named to the role of interim associate vice Chancellor in the Office of Research, effective October 16.
Science literacy in the US remains as elusive as ever. But before wringing our hands raw, let's define what literacy means and ponder how becoming literate can be fun.
Scientists and staff gathered on Oct. 5 to honor Elizabeth Blackburn, who recently was honored with the nation's most distinguished award for basic medical research.
NBC health correspondent Robert Bazell interviews Jon Levine, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery and a prominent pain researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, on his new research that is showing the differences between how men and women experience pain.
The time has come to ban smoking in all workplaces -- in fact, in all public places in general, UCSF pulmonologist Mark Eisner, MD, MPH, writes in an editorial in the <i>Journal of the American Medical Society</i>. Eisner wrote the editorial to comment on a study published in the same issue of <i>JAMA</i> that shows the effects of Scotland's national ban on smoking.
The over 2 million adolescents in juvenile detention in California now have a better chance of receiving the critical health care services they need upon reemergence from incarceration in large part because of the efforts of a first-year UCSF Pediatrics Department resident.
UCSF researchers routinely publish groundbreaking research, write books, and provide context and commentary for scientific and medical news. Our job is to tell their stories, showcase their accomplishments, and highlight the implications and global consequences of their research for our readers.
Funded by a $63,000 gift from the New York-based Li Foundation to the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Chinese scientists from Peking University will study the emerging field of systems biology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
One of the biggest challenges lesbians face when seeking health care is the complexity of talking openly about health issues with a clinician without the stigma of judgment, disapproval, and condemnation or the fear of having care withheld.
Four UCSF faculty scientists are among the 65 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute announced today.
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have identified a previously unknown function of APOBEC3G (A3G), a protein that acts against HIV, a finding that may lead to new approaches for controlling HIV infection.
Leading scientists from UCSF, UC Berkeley and Stanford will come together at Mission Bay on October 14 to talk about advances in cancer imaging.
The public is invited to join the conversation with the world's leading experts in medicine and the health sciences at UCSF's Mini Medical School for the community, which begins October 24.
New evidence surfaced Wednesday that a high-tech drug developed in the Bay Area offers significant hope to those afflicted with macular degeneration, a disease that can cause blindness.
David Julius, PhD, a pioneer in research clarifying the molecular basis of the sense of pain and temperature, has been named chair of the Department of Physiology in the UCSF School of Medicine.
This past Saturday night, UCSF's Asian Heart and Vascular Center offered free cardiovascular screenings to the public during the Chinatown Night Fair in Portsmouth Square, San Francisco.
UCSF and the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) have collaborated with Nikon Instruments Inc. to open the UCSF Nikon Imaging Center at the Mission Bay campus.
In a press conference at Stanford on Monday, and reported later in the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>, one of the scientists who received the Nobel Prize for discovering how RNA can turn genes off credited early experiments by UCSF's Su Guo, PhD, for sparking the research.
Max Seibold, a son of the soil, left Oklahoma for a UCSF laboratory three years ago. What has happened since says much about the combustive power of science, stubbornness and stamina.
After six months of treatment at UCSF Children's Hospital, a teen is feeling better and learning to live with Multiple Sclerosis.