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About UCSF Magazine

UCSF Magazine aims to inform, inspire, and engage alumni and donors of the University of California, San Francisco through accessible, authentic storytelling about the biomedical sciences and human health. The magazine is produced twice a year by the UCSF Office of University Development and Alumni Relations.

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Cover of UCSF Magazine: top reads “UCSF Magazine, Summer 2025”. Text below reads: "The Plastic Within: What scientists are discovering about the plastic inside our bodies." Sculpture of the anatomical insides of a human body, made entirely out of pieces of colorful plastic.
Cover of UCSF Magazine: top reads “UCSF Magazine, Winter 2025”. Text below reads: "Evolution Revolution: Looking to the past to uncover the genetic roots of human disease." Painting depicts the evolution of man from ape to human, with figures from ape to man walking in a line. The first human is nude and holds a primitive tool; the next human is a female, early 20th-century nurse; next is a man in a doctor's coat, holding a model of a double-helix; next is a woman wears a virtual reality headset.
Cover of UCSF Magazine: top reads “UCSF Magazine, Summer 2024”. Text below reads “Brain Detectives: How neuroscientists are solving the biggest mystery of all” Illustration shows Illustration of a dark maze; the inner circle is the shape of a profile of a human head. People walk around the maze in white coats investigating. One figure wears a fedora and see footprints. Another figure shines a flashlight where the brain would appear on the head silhouette
Cover of UCSF Magazine: top reads “UCSF Magazine, Winter 2024”. Text below reads “The Road to Rejuvenation: Can science slow aging?” Illustration shows strips of a woman's face. From left to right, each strip shows that the woman has visibly aged.
Cover of UCSF Magazine: top reads “UCSF Magazine, Summer 2023”. Text below reads “Inside the Distressed Teen Brain: Rethinking treatment for adolescent depression”. Illustration of a teenager with images of cell phones, social media like icons, pills, basketball, leaves, and flowers flowing out of their head.
Cover of UCSF Magazine: top reads “UCSF Magazine, Winter 2023”. Text below reads “Could psychedelic therapy go mainstream?”. Illustration of a person laying down with waves of colorful, psychedelic mushrooms flowing around and over them.

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Email

[email protected]

Phone

415-476-3480

Mail

UCSF Magazine
University Development & Alumni Relations
UCSF Box 0248
2001 The Embarcadero, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143

Editorial Team

  • Editor: Anne Kavanagh
  • Senior Creative Director: Audrey Feely
  • Visual Art Director and Digital Strategy: Stephanie Koch
  • Senior Design Adviser: Nada Hansen
  • Cover Design Consultant: Pentagram
  • Video Production: Walter Zarnowitz
  • Copy Editors: Dana Cook Grossman, Mark Goldstein
  • Printing: Lane Press
  • Assistant Vice Chancellor, External Relations: Jane Feledy
  • Executive Director, Advancement Communications: Cyril Manning

Behind the Cover

Summer 2025