Srivastava Recieves Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pediatrics
Cardiologist Deepak Srivastava, MD, has received the prestigious 2007 E. Mead Johnson Award from the Society for Pediatric Research.
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Boy's Wish Comes True to Help Cancer Patients Like Himself
A longtime UCSF Children's Hospital patient's wish came true to help make taking cancer medicine a little easier to swallow.
Blackburn Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Princeton
Princeton University awarded honorary degrees during Commencement exercises June 5 to seven distinguished individuals for their contributions to humanitarian efforts and athletic achievements, aerospace and public service, science, literature, medicine, history and the arts.
New bacterium discovered -- related to cause of trench fever
A close cousin of the bacterium that debilitated thousands of World War I soldiers has been isolated at UCSF from a patient who had been on an international vacation.
Baxter Receives Endocrine Society's Highest Award
John Baxter, professor of medicine in the UCSF Diabetes Center, is the 2007 recipient of the Endocrine Society's highest award — the Fred Conrad Koch Award.
CIRM awards new grant to UCSF human embryonic stem cell program
UCSF has received a $3,872,557 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to expand its nonfederally funded human embryonic stem cell research laboratory and establish a stem cell techniques course for scientists throughout Northern California.
Bakar Fitness Center Deemed "Best New Gym" by SF Weekly
In SF Weekly's recent "Best of San Francisco 2007" feature, UCSF Mission Bay's Bakar Fitness and Recreation Center takes the honors for "Best New Gym":