Health care experts at the University of California, San Francisco highlight in a new report the hidden risks and complexities that compromise patient safety for ambulatory patients with chronic disease.

Chancellor Mike Bishop testified before the UC Board of Regents on July 15 on the impact of the current budget situation at UCSF.

June Chan, who specializes in the study of nutritional and hormonal risk factors for prostate cancer, has been named the Steven and Christine-Burd Safeway Endowed Chair.

Regulatory T cells prevent our immune systems from attacking our own tissues. However, these cells can turn against us if they lose a molecule called FoxP3.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote next Tuesday on UCSF’s proposal for a rooftop helipad so that helicopters can quickly transport critically ill patients to UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy has launched a Medication Management Service in Fresno to address the urgent need among California Central Valley residents and their health care providers for assistance in managing their prescriptions.

Ophir Klein, an assistant professor of Orofacial Sciences and Pediatrics in the UCSF School of Dentistry, has been named director of the UCSF Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology.

UCSF is accepting abstracts focusing on health disparities research that could be selected for presentation at the health disparities research symposium slated for October 23.