Pediatric Neurosurgeon Victor Perry, MD, director of pediatric epilepsy surgery at UCSF, performs surgery on 15-year-old Sky Titus while perserving the family's Native American traditions.

A UCSF professor has received an award for defining the field of molecular steroidogenesis by integrating basic research with clinical observation.

A paper published in the July 1, 2006, issue of American Journal of Epidemiology reports that early-middle-aged people (38-50 years) appear to sleep much less than they should, and even less than they think they do.

Each year in the United States, approximately 80,000 children are born very prematurely.

UCSF researchers have found that the spread of melanoma can be inhibited by suppressing telomerase, the enzyme active in cancer cell growth.

The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center will co-sponsor a two-day celebration of life on Saturday and Sunday, September 9 and 10.

Two members of the UCSF community will address "Work and Integrity" at a Carnegie Foundation forum at Stanford University on Tuesday.

A free, light breakfast and concert featuring koto player June Kuramoto are part of upcoming staff appreciation events at Laurel Heights.

Three members of the UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology have been selected to become fellows of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), the society announced on June 28.

Beginning Wednesday, July 19, Erin Escobar of the Office of Community and Government Relations will be leading weekly tours of our developing Mission Bay campus.