At least 49 new medical, pharmacy and dentistry students will benefit from $159,000 in federal funds over the 2009-2010 academic year.

UCSF will once again participate in the American Heart Association’s “Heart Walk” on September 18 and 26 to raise money for the fight against heart disease and stroke.

Sam Hawgood, interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, answered faculty and staff questions about the UC-mandated furlough/salary reduction plan at a town hall meeting on Aug. 26.

UCSF is evaluating guidance from federal, state, and local agencies to plan for the impact of the flu season.

Sam Hawgood, interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, will host a town hall meeting on August 26 to answer questions about implementing the furlough/salary reduction plan.

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is looking for input as it seeks renewed funding to promote research and education in translational and clinical science at UCSF in partnership with the larger health care community.

Twelve young UCSF patients were among the players in a life-sized game of Candy Land on Aug. 19, marking 60 years since the game was created by a woman recovering from polio.

Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia can either suppress or promote this skin cancer, depending on the mutation triggering the disease.

UCSF scientists have discovered that a tiny filament extending from cells, until recently regarded as a remnant of evolution, may play a role in the most common malignant brain tumor in children.

Laura van ’t Veer, PhD, has changed the way physicians look at breast cancer.