More than 400 new additions to UCSF’s clinical and research enterprise arrived on campus June 30 to start the next phase of their medical careers.

Kimberly S. Topp has been named the chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science in the UCSF School of Medicine.

Eric Goosby, the new US Global AIDS coordinator, says he will work to promote education and prevention, build international partnerships and encourage country-driven efforts to fight the AIDS epidemic.

A rapid rise in unemployment can be linked to an increase in suicides, homicides, and alcohol abuse, but job programs can successfully mitigate these rates, according to a new study reported in the “Lancet” medical journal.

UCSF recently graduated 108 managers who had been trained in a leadership development program that is now accepting nominations for the class of 2010.

UCSF continues to invest in information technology services, including improved email service thanks to the recent upgrade of the campus exchange email system.

The California Poison Control System faces elimination due to state budget cuts.

Faculty and staff who are planning a trip abroad should make an appointment with the new UCSF Travel Medicine and Immunization Clinic first.

UCSF researchers have discovered inherited DNA that increases risk for the most deadly brain cancers.

Practice, practice, practice might get you to Carnegie Hall, but for aspiring musicians, there’s new evidence that genes may influence one’s ability to get there, as well.