Yuet Wai Kan, an internationally recognized leader in the field of genetics, was recently elected to the American Philosophical Society.

A special seminar at UCSF on Saturday, May 30, will focus on educating patients and families with inherited heart rhythm disorders about advancements in genetic research and treatment and the potential risks to these patients posed by certain medications and athletic activity.

After just one month of training with a new, high-tech mobility assistance device, a group of UCSF patients showed significant improvements in walking speed, balance, stride length and endurance.

UCSF is partnering with Silicon Valley companies and the United Nations Foundation to host the first in a series of forums to explore how mobile technology applications can be used to solve global health problems.

The campus community is invited to the premiere screening of a Public Affairs-produced film titled, “UCSF in India: Cigarettes Clouding the Economic Rise,” at the World No Tobacco Day event at UCSF on May 29.

The outcome of the May 19 state ballot propositions means that the University of California will be facing significant budget reductions in the 2009-10 fiscal year. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised state budget proposal alone calls for a cut of $322 million, and when combined with the state's underfunding of student enrollments and inflationary cost increases, UC's total budget gap would amount to $531 million.

A performance piece of works by teenage patients at UCSF Children’s Hospital offered an honest, no-holds-barred look at the experience of chronic illness and prolonged hospitalization.