Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Awards $13.7M for Collaborative Research Programs
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub announced awards of $13.7 million over three years for seven teams that include researchers from UC Berkeley, Stanford University and UCSF.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Unveils New Electric Shuttles, Moving Toward Goal of All-Electric Fleet
UCSF is adding 15 new all-electric, zero-emissions transit vehicles to the inter-campus shuttle network that serves UCSF employees, faculty, students, patients and guests.
To Address Homelessness Effectively, Clinicians are Learning What It Really Looks Like
To teach future doctors, nurses and pharmacists how they can advocate for systemic changes and how to improve their interactions with individual homeless patients, UCSF provides an elective course each fall.
With Virtual Reality, Dentistry Students Zoom Through 3-D Teeth
The UCSF School of Dentistry is adding virtual and augmented reality for its first-year students.
UCSF Incoming Class 2018: By the Numbers
This fall, UCSF welcomes over 900 new students. Check out an infographic highlighting some fun facts about this new crop of future clinicians and researchers.
Students Share Their Moments from 2018 Back-to-School Season
New and returning students are sharing their back-to-school experiences using the hashtag #UCSFBackToSchool – see what they are up to.
Wearable Defibrillator Lowers Sudden Cardiac Death, But Only When You Wear It
Researchers at UCSF find wearable cardioverter defibrillators lower mortality among those who wear it as prescribed.
Genetic Predictors of Lifespan Studied in Whites and Asians Don’t Apply to Black Youth
Nearly all studies of telomere genetics have been performed in adult populations of European or Asian ancestry, meaning that studies aiming to understand how early environmental exposures impact telomere length across different ethnic groups can’t easily assess the role of natural variations in telomere biology.