University of California San Francisco
UCSF is implementing a mandatory training program to comply with a new state law requiring sexual harassment prevention education for all supervisors.
James Wells, PhD, cofounder of the South San Francisco-based pharmaceutical company Sunesis and a pioneer in developing new drug discovery and protein engineering technologies, has been appointed professor in both the schools of pharmacy and medicine at UCSF
UCSF's schools of dentistry, nursing and pharmacy again rank No. 1 in the US for NIH funding while the School of Medicine ranks third in all research grants, awards and contracts.
Members of the UCSF community reached the finish line in the fourth annual AIDS/LifeCycle, a 585-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
UCSF was the fourth largest recipient of National Institutes of Health research dollars in 2004, receiving a total of $438.8 million from all awards in the nationally competitive process, according to rankings newly released by NIH.
UCSF will build and rent affordable housing for staff who meet specific income criteria if the University is allowed to proceed with plans for its new medical center facilities at Mission Bay.
Meredithe Mendelsohn, MPA, was installed as president of the Auxiliary of the UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion in a brief ceremony June 15.
Research shows that a non-invasive MRI technique is safer, more widely available and cheaper to use to distinguish types of dementia in patients.
Scientists believe they know why African Americans are more susceptible to prostate cancer as compared to whites.
A non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique called arterial spin labeling is just as accurate as invasive scanning techniques in distinguishing Alzheimer's disease from frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in the brains of elderly people
The campus community is invited to attend the awards ceremony for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) leaders on Wednesday, June 22.
Thanks to a $10,000 grant from Dell Inc., UCSF was able to recycle 27 tons of electronics during computer take-back days recently.
Among African-Americans with prostate cancer, a tumor-suppressing gene called GSTP1 is inactivated at a rate 3.5 times higher than among Caucasians, according to a study conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
A UCSF advisory committee has announced that nine scholars have been selected for the National Institutes of Health's latest mentorship program to train clinical and translational investigators.
UCSF is the first hospital in San Francisco recognized for its excellence as a Primary Stroke Center.
A young epidemiologist, who works to prevent HIV in India as part of a global research center based at UCSF, received the nation's top honor for scientists at the start of their own research career.
The campus community is invited to hear a dramatic reading of letters between pen pals -- critically ill adults and healthy teenagers -- on Monday, June 27.
Widely recognized for her scientific and clinical expertise, Linda Giudice will chair the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences beginning Oct. 15.
The University of California on Friday announced a $2 billion settlement with Citigroup in the Enron Corp. securities litigation.
Recognizing UCSF Medical Center's exceptional efforts to foster better outcomes in stroke care, the Joint Commission on Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) recently certified the hospital as a Primary Stroke Center.
UCSF's Donald Abrams, the first doctor authorized by the federal government to conduct research on the medicinal benefits of marijuana, talks to KPIX about his studies at San Francisco General Hospital. <img src="daily/2005/05/ucsfcamera.gif" alt="">
The first in a series of seminars to educate transplant recipients about their risk for skin cancer is scheduled for Monday, June 13 at UCSF.
The tenth annual UCSF Children's Hospital Pediatric Transplant picnic
Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, a nationally renowned physician-scientist focused on women's health, has been named the chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the UCSF School of Medicine
Researchers say gold nanoparticles can be used to detect cancer cells quickly and inexpensively.
Several young scientists were honored recently with the 2005 Kathryn Grupe Awards for Excellence in Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders.
Organ transplant recipients have a high risk of developing skin cancer, but information about this deadly link has not been readily available to patients. Now UCSF Medical Center is offering a program to remedy the problem.
AIDS Walk San Francisco is more than a month away, but campus officials are already challenging each other in a competition to win the first-ever UCSF trophy on July 17.
A new study based on previously secret internal tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris tried to appear socially responsible by seeking government regulation.