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.

Risha Irby-Irvin received this year’s Community Service Recognition Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges for her work with disadvantaged Los Angeles teens.

UCSF Global Health Sciences and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a public forum titled, “A Center of Excellence for Global Health: Why Global Health Matters to California.” The event will focus on the future of U.S. and California leadership in global health and the release of a report on the multi-billion-dollar impact of global health on California.

UCSF HIV researchers have received two NIH grants of $1 million each to study the use of web-based, patient controlled personal health records to improve health and HIV prevention outcomes for HIV positive patients.

School-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley.