University of California San Francisco
The UCSF Women's Global Health Imperative (WGHI) will sponsor a special briefing on March 8 on the importance of incorporating measures to address both poverty and gender inequities into efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
An expert on surmounting myriad challenges to address issues of diversity and equality in academia, Joan Reede, dean for Diversity and Community Partnerships at Harvard Medical School, says it is absolutely vital to have leaders to champion the cause.
The link between secondhand smoke and sudden infant death has been discredited in the last few years in scientific articles paid for and influenced by cigarette manufacturers, according to a new study of once-secret industry documents.
David Toczyszki of UCSF's Cancer Research Institute has added his voice to the protest over NIH funding priorities.
UCSF School of Nursing Dean Kathy Dracup talked about her priorities for the future at her annual address to faculty and staff last Friday.
Faculty, staff and students who are serving the community are asked to fill out an online survey to document the efforts across the campus.
Longtime campus communicator Andy Evangelista, considered a fountain of institutional wisdom, is leaving UCSF for seven months to serve a fellowship for the UC Office of the President.
Physicians who specialize in screening mammography and who have at least 25 years of experience are more accurate at interpreting the images and subject fewer women to the anxiety of false positives for cancer
More than 1,400 teen-aged girls from San Francisco and San Mateo counties will attend the Fifth Annual Young Women's Health Conference on Wednesday, March 9th, in San Francisco.
Three women have been selected to receive this year's Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women.
Aiming to improve drug safety and efficacy and to significantly boost the efficiency of drug development, the School of Pharmacy has added the Washington, DC-based Center for Drug Development Science to its research enterprise.
Thanks to a new kiosk at UCSF Medical Center, women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections can access an interactive computer instead of waiting to see a physician to get a prescription.
Aiming to improve drug safety and efficacy and to significantly boost the efficiency of drug development, the UCSF School of Pharmacy has reached across the country to add the Washington, DC-based Center for Drug Development Science to its research enterprise.
On Saturday, February 26, some 20 people will be honored guests in San Francisco at a very unusual reunion.
A new, permanent museum-quality exhibit has been entertaining and educating passersby at UCSF Mount Zion for the past month.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.