UCSF is participating in a live national webcast on November 17, an event that is open to anyone who has experienced a loss by suicide.

New studies just published in a special supplement to the Journal of General Internal Medicine examine the consequences of language barriers for patients who speak little, if any, English and the impact of the absence of language services in health care settings. Overall, the studies report that measurable disparities in quality of care result when patients and providers do not speak the same language.

Researchers at UCSF and the University of Toronto have identified a potential new way of fighting against HIV infection that relies on the remnants of ancient viruses, human endogenous retroviruses (HERV), which have become part of the genome of every human cell.

UCSF has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study Origins and Biological Consequences of Human Infertility.

The brains of full-term infants with congenital heart disease appear more similar to those of premature newborns than to the brains of normal term infants, a study conducted by researchers at UCSF has found.

"It's a great time and UCSF is a great place," Wyatt R. (Rory) Hume, UC provost and executive vice president, told students.

The recent appointment of Tracey Woodruff to UCSF will expand the understanding that environmental contaminants can have profound effects on reproductive and developmental health.

Members of the campus community recently welcomed Carlos Garcia, the new superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District.