UCSF Retains Position as Top Public Recipient of NIH Funding
In 2017, UCSF received more biomedical research funding from the National Institutes of Health than any other public institution, continuing a seven-year trend.
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2017 NIH Funding: A Look at the Top-Funded Researchers and Their Work
UCSF received more than $593.9 million in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2017 for research across multiple health-science arenas at the University.
San Francisco Partnership Launches New Mental Health Center
UCSF is supporting the creation of a new center that will add 54 conservatorship beds to San Francisco’s system of mental health care.
Charles Wilson, One of America’s Great Neurosurgical Pioneers, Dies at 88
Charles Wilson, MD, a world-renowned neurosurgeon and UCSF professor emeritus, who served as chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery for nearly 30 years and founded the University’s Brain Tumor Research Center, has died. He was 88.
E-Cigarette Use Exposes Teens to Toxic Chemicals
Adolescents who smoke e-cigarettes are exposed to significant levels of potentially cancer-causing chemicals also found in tobacco cigarettes, even when the e-cigarettes do not contain nicotine.
UCSF Health, Sonoma Valley Hospital Sign Affiliation Agreement
UCSF Health and Sonoma Valley Hospital have signed an affiliation agreement to create an integrated health care network that will serve the needs of Sonoma Valley residents