Ronald D. Vale, PhD, professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at UCSF, has been named executive director of the Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and an HHMI vice president, effective in early 2020.

A program offering group support, acupuncture, mindfulness, massage and gentle exercise may help prevent patients on prescription opioids from spiraling down to drug misuse, overdose and death.

The gift established the endowed Jere E. Goyan Presidential Chair for the Advancement of Pharmacy, which honors the longest-serving dean of the School of Pharmacy.

UCSF scientists have used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system to create the first pluripotent stem cells that are functionally “invisible” to the immune system.

The Health Innovation Via Engineering program will be led by Tejal Desai.