Archive: Academic Senate Names Distinguished Clinical Research Lecturer
Critical care expert Michael Matthay has been selected to deliver the Sixth Annual Distinguished Clinical Research Lectureship on October 17.
University of California San Francisco
Critical care expert Michael Matthay has been selected to deliver the Sixth Annual Distinguished Clinical Research Lectureship on October 17.
KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny discussed supermarket grocery pricing, availability, and quality with Toby Morris, a registered dietician at UCSF Medical Center.
Multiple sclerosis is increasingly being diagnosed in children and teens. Although physicians have long known that kids can come down with the disease, new technology and emerging awareness of the problem have led them to spot the kind of cases that previously had gone undetected until years later.
Ruth Malone, whose research focuses on studies using tobacco industry documents, was honored July 12 by the American Legacy Foundation.
David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, discusses Wednesday's federal approval of a single pill, taken once daily, that combines three drugs used to treat HIV.
Jocelia Adams, RN, a nurse who works in the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC), has been named this month's winner of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
H. Stephen Kaye, Susan Chapman, Robert Newcomer and Charlene Harrington used data from two federal surveys of the U.S. population to assess both the size of the workforce providing paid personal assistance services and the relative growth of that workforce compared with the population needing such services.
A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center has shown that extremely low doses of estrogen had no ill effects on the cognitive abilities or general health of older women over the course of two years.
Pediatric Neurosurgeon Victor Perry, MD, director of pediatric epilepsy surgery at UCSF, performs surgery on 15-year-old Sky Titus while perserving the family's Native American traditions.
A study by UCSF researcher Jocelyn Lehrer, ScD, and others suggests that sexually experienced middle school and high school teenagers with higher levels of depressive symptoms are more likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors.
Cookies, pies and peanut butter chocolate bars will be on sale tomorrow on the Parnassus campus to benefit the San Francisco AIDS Walk.
A paper published in the July 1, 2006, issue of American Journal of Epidemiology reports that early-middle-aged people (38-50 years) appear to sleep much less than they should, and even less than they think they do.
Each year in the United States, approximately 80,000 children are born very prematurely.
A UCSF professor has received an award for defining the field of molecular steroidogenesis by integrating basic research with clinical observation.
Beginning Wednesday, July 19, Erin Escobar of the Office of Community and Government Relations will be leading weekly tours of our developing Mission Bay campus.
UCSF researchers have found that the spread of melanoma can be inhibited by suppressing telomerase, the enzyme active in cancer cell growth.
Two members of the UCSF community will address "Work and Integrity" at a Carnegie Foundation forum at Stanford University on Tuesday.
A free, light breakfast and concert featuring koto player June Kuramoto are part of upcoming staff appreciation events at Laurel Heights.
The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center will co-sponsor a two-day celebration of life on Saturday and Sunday, September 9 and 10.
Three members of the UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology have been selected to become fellows of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), the society announced on June 28.
UCSF Biochemistry and Biophysics Professor Cynthia Kenyon, PhD, presented her research on roundworms last week, revealing insights into the cellular mechanisms of aging.
UC will be able to give salary increases to eligible faculty and staff as part of a plan to make salaries more competitive over the next 10 years.
UCSF Medical Center has risen to No. 9 among "America's Best Hospitals," and UCSF Children's Hospital has been recognized as one of the highest quality pediatric facilities in California and No. 19 in the United States.
UCSF Police are looking for two men who have been seen on the Parnassus campus, but have no legitimate reasons for being there.
Three UCSF pharmaceutical chemistry professors have recently been selected to receive high national recognition for their pioneering research.
John Maa, MD, has been named the winner of a special quiz that shows how UCSF faculty members have served in the nation's top health posts.
The UCSF School of Nursing is celebrating 100 years of nursing excellence with a year-long series of special events that honor the accomplishments of alumni and faculty and the leadership of nurses throughout the university.
Aspiring artist Ila May Fisher has recovered after a successful heart transplant at UCSF Medical Center.
Time is running out for those who may be procrastinating about joining or supporting the AIDS Walk.