Barbara Drew, who works to improve the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiovascular ailments, and Conan MacDougall, a clinical pharmacist and infectious disease specialist, will be honored for excellence in teaching on April 8.

If you were not responding to antidepressants, would you be willing to try antipsychotic medication?

UCSF recently hosted the first forum of its kind dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) health issues.

More than 250 diverse young women from 20 area high schools will attend a special summit exploring issues that impact their health and goals -- including relationship violence, suicide, and the evolution to leadership. The Young Women's Health Leadership Summit (YWHLS), sponsored by the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health in collaboration with the San Francisco Unified School District, was developed by a committee of young women for young women. The event includes inspirational speakers and performance art. The conference theme is “Strive, Struggle, Succeed: Bring Out the Somethin’ in You!”

Four individuals committed to advancing global health – whether in the lab, out in the community or through philanthropy – will receive UCSF’s most prestigious campus award on April 15.

Internationally recognized neurotrauma expert Geoff Manley, MD, PhD, and others are working to increase public awareness of traumatic brain injury and overhaul the way it is currently studied and treated.

Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center, said today that the clinical enterprise is looking for ways to reduce expenses and expects to know by the end of April whether layoffs will be necessary.

Every other Tuesday afternoon, UCSF experts hit the airwaves – with topics ranging from childhood obesity to heart disease – at a community radio station located a few blocks from the Mount Zion campus.