University of California San Francisco
UCSF has named a new director in its development department who will specialize in the international community, reflecting an institutional commitment to advance health-related programs throughout the world.
As of June 16, 2005, UCSF has 1,137 postdoctoral scholars, of which 65% are international and 35% are US Citizens.
Neurotrauma surgeon Geoffrey Manley was an honorary guest at a fundraiser for Ashlyn Dyer.
For the past three years, UCSF medical students have volunteered to discuss healthy choices and health care resources with teens and preteens at the Ernest Ingold Boys & Girls Club.
Allan Basbaum, well known for his pioneering observations in pain research, was elected recently to the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science.
The earliest-rising morning larks and the most extreme night owls may have a reason to blame genes — sometimes just one gene -- for their being out of sync with the rest of us.
UCSF's Jim Lowry and Jack Webster contributed their AIDS Walk T-shirts to a new display in the Medical Sciences lobby.
UCSF's Habit Abatement Clinic is testing a vaccine that enlists help from the immune system to keep nicotine away from the brain. The vaccine is designed to help smokers quit and to limit the urge to start smoking again.
By partnering with the community, UCSF has been able to address the health needs and concerns of all women.
Team Ronaldinho, otherwise known as Brasil, continues to build upon its early lead as UCSF's World Cup favorite in ucsf.edu's World Cup Mania poll.
The Ida & Joseph Friend Cancer Resource Center (CRC) is one of three cancer facilities nationwide that will benefit from a cross-country charity run.
Those interested in being mentored or mentoring at UCSF are encouraged to apply for the Turnaround Mentoring Program.
Thanks to a consortium of community-based agencies more residents of San Francisco are working on UCSF construction projects.
UCSF/SFGH joins other health Specialists that will provide free immunization services and blood tests to victims of Stephen Brian Turner, an unlicensed doctor who defrauded hundreds of immigrants.
Team Ronaldinho, otherwise known as Brasil, continues to build upon its early lead as UCSF's World Cup favorite in UCSF.edu's World Cup Mania poll.
UCSF Medical Center Chief Financial Officer Ken Jones was named a Bay Area CFO of the year last night.
Led by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, more than two dozen members of the Forum of Young Global Leaders got a close-up view of leading-edge science at the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
UCSF again is working with the Mayor's Youth Education and Employment Program to give 20 teenagers a summer job at the University.
UCSF scientists have begun studies aimed at creating cloned human embryos.
Here's a call for all creative types: Design a T-shirt for the UCSF AIDS Walk commemorating 20 years, and win a fabulous prize!
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, says that researchers should more closely scrutinize the cultural origins of attitudes toward food, weight and body image when studying obesity in Latino children.
Students in San Francisco's public schools are doing real science with the help of volunteers in the Science & Health Education Partnership.
Respected biochemist Bruce Alberts is serving as project director for a new $2.1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to further improve science education in San Francisco's public schools.
UCSF pediatric oncology specialists have developed a new tool in an effort to address the needs of survivors of childhood cancer: a pocket-sized "health passport" the size of a credit card.
In late 1990, Michele Huddleston was a recent nursing graduate from Ohio State University. She was enjoying her first job, but saw commissioning as a naval officer as a means of getting specialized training as a nurse anesthetist.
A mother of three is now a career employee at UCSF thanks in part to a community outreach program.
Twenty-five years ago, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published the first official document on the disease that later became known as AIDS.
While many college students use their senior year as a time to wrap up coursework and study for finals, Tori Sutherland chose this time to experience women's health hands on.