Global Health represents more than a $75 billion impact on the California economy, according to a report by the newly formed University of California Global Health Institute. The report was released today during a conference on the importance of global health to California.

UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann issued a message to the UCSF community on Nov. 5 announcing two upcoming changes in leadership, among other important matters.

In response to the H1N1 flu, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children’s Hospital will implement a temporary change in their visitor that will take effect on November 9.

Members of the UCSF community are reminded to protect their computers and electronic devices following a recent series of thefts on the Parnassus campus.

Denise Rodgers, a national leader in health disparities, recently called upon her colleagues to “move away from the comfortable walls of academia and speak our truths about the adverse health consequences of racism, sexism, homophobia and poverty.”

In a study of 1,200 veterans of the Vietnam war, those who reported taking a life in combat had a higher incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder, violent behaviors, trouble with daily functioning, and other psychological problems than those who did not, even decades after their war experience.

UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children’s Hospital are implementing a temporary change to their visitor policy due to a recent increase in cases of H1N1 flu and the potential for the virus to spread.