• February 23, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-23

• February 22, 2005

Exhibit: 'Medical Center at Mount Zion: A Legacy of Health Care'

A new, permanent museum-quality exhibit has been entertaining and educating passersby at UCSF Mount Zion for the past month.

• February 22, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-22

• February 22, 2005

"Deep Brain" Patients Gather to Share Stories at Reunion

On Saturday, February 26, some 20 people will be honored guests in San Francisco at a very unusual reunion.

• February 18, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-18

• February 18, 2005

Gladstone Institutes Rank High in Survey of Best Places for Postdocs

The J. David Gladstone Institutes is among the top 15 institutional work environments for life sciences postdoctoral fellows, according to <i>The Scientist's </i>annual "Best Places to Work for Postdocs" survey.

• February 18, 2005

Computer reduces wait for women with urinary tract infections

Often, the worst part about getting treatment for a urinary tract infection is the wait to get an appointment with a physician to receive an antibiotic prescription. But UCSF Medical Center has instituted a program so that women can get assessment - and relief - much more quickly.

• February 17, 2005

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Is First to Increase Survival

A UCSF-led study has found that a novel immunologic therapy increases survival by nearly 18 percent in men with advanced prostate cancer that no longer responds to hormone therapy.

• February 17, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-17

• February 16, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-16

• February 16, 2005

UCSF Partners to Help Employees Access Tax Benefits

UCSF is again participating in a program designed to help people earning under $36,000 with tax preparation and securing tax refunds. A workshop will be held on Tuesday, March 1, noon to 1 p.m.

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• February 15, 2005

Bishop Named Winner of National Medal of Science

UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, was named by President George W. Bush as a recipient of the nation's highest honor for science and technology.

• February 15, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-15

• February 15, 2005

Diagnosis of Prions in Patients Should Utilize Novel Strategy, Team Says

A technique for detecting prions in tissue, developed by UCSF scientists, is significantly more sensitive than the diagnostic procedures now used to detect the lethal particles in brain tissue, finds a new study.

• February 15, 2005

Symposium on Women's Health

School-based sex education and preventing social aggression in girls are only two of the topics that will be discussed when the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health co-hosts a symposium on Saturday, Feb. 26, at UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center.

• February 14, 2005

UCSF Conducts Parnassus Campus Design Survey

Faculty, staff and students who want to voice their opinions on how the UCSF Parnassus Heights campus evolves in design and function in the future are encouraged to fill out an <a href="http://128.218.116.49:80/wsurveys/s/118-ffge/" class="tealLink" target="_blank"> online survey.</a>

• February 14, 2005

Diagnosis of prions in patients should utilize novel strategy, team says

A technique for detecting prions in tissue, developed in recent years by UCSF scientists, is significantly more sensitive than the diagnostic procedures currently used to detect the lethal particles in samples of brain tissue from patients, according to a study performed by a UCSF team.

• February 14, 2005

Professor to Give Presentation on Social Security, Feb. 15

Carroll Estes, founding director of UCSF's Institute for Health and Aging, says privatizing Social Security could have dire consequences. She'll present compelling information on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 7 to 8:45 p.m. on the Parnassus campus.

• February 14, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-14

• February 11, 2005

Gladstone Institutes rank high in the scientist survey of best places for postdocs

The J. David Gladstone Institutes, a group of UCSF-affiliated medical research institutes, is among the top 15 institutional work environments for life sciences postdoctoral fellows, according to The Scientist's annual "Best Places to Work for Postdocs" survey

• February 11, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-11

• February 11, 2005

UCSF professor to give presentation on Social Security privatization

Privatizing Social Security is akin to an organized run on the bank because the Social Security Trust Fund would be depleted by diverting payroll taxes into private accounts, according to Carroll Estes, PhD, UCSF professor of sociology, ...

• February 11, 2005

Blackburn to Present Gladstone Distinguished Lecture, Mar. 7

The J. David Gladstone Institutes has selected award-winning scientist Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, an expert on the role that telomeres has on aging and carcinogenesis, as this year's distinguished lecturer.

• February 10, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-10

• February 10, 2005

SF Fire Chief, firefighters at UCSF's Children's Heart Day on February 14

• February 9, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-09

• February 9, 2005

UC Academic Business Officers Group to Convene in San Francisco

UCSF is hosting the 37th Annual Systemwide Academic Business Officers Group Conference, slated for Sunday through Wednesday, April 3-6, at the Renaissance Parc 55 in San Francisco.

• February 8, 2005

UCSF Study Looks at Injured Hospital Workers

Researchers looking at work-related injuries of hospital employees are again asking for cooperation from those working at UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center to complete the study.

• February 8, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-08

• February 7, 2005

Short Takes - 2005-02-07