Strong performance in new national rankings is the latest evidence of UCSF’s stepped-up effort to maintain the integrity and independence of its curriculum, research programs and clinical practice.

Sam Hawgood, interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, issued an email on August 5 outlining the principles that will guide implementation of the UC furlough plan.

Longtime UCSF Professor of Medicine Susan Folkman will be honored on September 11 at a conference featuring world-renowned experts in the field of psychological stress and coping.

Allegations by CNA that a UCSF nurse was terminated because of comments made about unsafe patient care practices related to H1N1 are unfounded. This individual was a patient care nurse who was still in her probationary period, and she was released due to performance factors that occurred during this period. CNA has filed a grievance on behalf of this individual, and UCSF is proceeding through appropriate channels to address the situation.

Dean Kathy Dracup joined US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius last week for the announcement that $200 million is available to support the training of health care professionals, including nurses.

Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health diagnoses have two to three times the rate of heart disease risk factors compared with veterans without such diagnoses, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

Sue Desmond-Hellmann, UCSF’s ninth chancellor and first woman named to the prestigious post, arrived at her office for work today announcing her first appointment before noon.

UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann has named Carol Moss to the new position of vice chancellor of University Development and Alumni Relations at UCSF.

Jeremy Reiter, assistant professor of biochemistry, is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the nation’s highest honor for scientists at the outset of their professional careers.