Two HIV prevention interventions developed by UCSF researchers have been selected as additions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2008 Compendium of Evidence-based HIV Prevention Interventions.

In African American women with breast cancer, high blood pressure lessens the chances of survival compared with white women, a new UCSF study finds.

UCSF’s Victor I. Reus, who is considered an expert in training the next generation of mental health professionals, will receive a national award in October.

The deadline to apply for fall 2009 entry into the Master’s Program in Global Health Sciences is Jan. 30.

Scientists have discovered a novel way by which a much-studied cancer-promoting gene accelerates the disease. The finding suggests a new strategy to halt cancer’s progress.

Children with newly diagnosed cases of inflammatory bowel disease have higher concentrations of folate in their blood than individuals without IBD, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley. The findings bring into question the previously held theory that patients with IBD are prone to folate – also known as folic acid – deficiency.

A partnership between UCSF and a San Francisco high school earned the team certificates of honor from the city Board of Supervisors and the California Legislature.

Members of the community can nominate a colleague for the Milton and Helen Pearl Award for Outstanding Service.