Theodore Kurtz was recognized recently for identifying genetic mechanisms that influence the risk for high blood pressure and diabetes.

UCSF has received a $1 million grant from the Amgen Foundation to provide 25 undergraduate students each year for four years the opportunity to engage in a fully funded, hands-on research experience during the summer.

Thomas Parker Vail, MD, has been named the new chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the UCSF School of Medicine. He will assume his new post in January 2007.

As part of our new On the Spot web feature, Dr. Donald Abrams, the new director of clinical programs at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and an expert in complementary therapies, agreed to answer your questions.

Interest in sustainability efforts is growing at UCSF, including grassroots efforts at the Cancer Research Building at Mount Zion.

Doctors are as likely to underprescribe medications for elders as they are to overprescribe, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

The health status of young adults is far worse than that of teens, with mortality rates more than double due in part to increased rates of injury, homicide and suicide, according to a new analysis by UCSF adolescent medicine researchers.

KQED's Forum with Michael Krasny discusses gender identity, assesses how it is constructed and challenged, and examines the role of biology, psychology, society and law in determining sexual categories.

The Graduate Students' Association and The Associated Students of UCSF are sponsoring a free ice cream social and voter registration drive tomorrow, October 17, from noon to 1 p.m. in Saunders Court.

UCSF will celebrate diversity week with a number of events and activities, including a keynote speech by Former UCSF Chancellor Phillip R. Lee on October 25.