UCSF is seeking input from the campus community about which trees should be featured in a new art project destined for the Parnassus campus.

UCSF’s Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research, which finances creative, risky projects that have the potential to transform their fields, has had an impressive track record.

Josh Alder, MD, chief medical officer at UCSF Medical Center, said today (Nov. 2) that UCSF Medical Center has received its first shipment of H1N1 vaccine and expects to get more within two weeks.

UCSF leaders recently joined in the celebration of the groundbreaking of a new, nine-story San Francisco General Hospital, where UCSF faculty and staff will continue to provide high-quality patient care and cutting-edge clinical research.

New UCSF Faculty, December 2010

In a study of 1,022 men and women with heart disease, those with post-traumatic stress disorder perceived the effects of their disease as more burdensome and disabling than did those without PTSD, even when their actual heart health was no worse by objective measures.

UCSF and the Aga Khan University signed a memorandum of understanding today to advance their common goal to promote equitable human advancement and social justice in the less privileged parts of the world.

UCSF placed second in the country in The Scientist magazine’s rankings of the “Best Places to Work in Academia.”

Open Enrollment begins today (October 29) and continues through November 24, giving faculty and staff an opportunity to make informed choices about their health and welfare plans.