UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, and Nobel Laureate Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, will be the highlight of the Commonwealth Club of California on August 4.

Being selected for a fellowship in pediatrics at UCSF is a rare distinction, but Chris Adrian, a UCSF pediatric fellow in hematology/oncology, also is one of the rare few named by the New Yorker as one of its “20 under 40” writers to watch.

Selna Lucille Kaplan, MD, PhD, a longtime leader in the field of pediatric endocrinology who helped build a world-class training program at the University of California, San Francisco, and who served as a role model for women in medicine across the United States, died on July 21, 2010, at age 83.

Larissa Podust, PhD, is working on a new drug for Chagas disease, a neglected scourge.

A novel technique created at UCSF to deliver a growth factor directly to brain cells has shown promising results in treating Parkinson's symptoms and could enter human clinical trials as early as next year.

Kathryn Lee, professor and Livingston Chair of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing, talks about her role as associate dean of research in nursing school.