Talmadge King Jr., longtime UCSF School of Medicine dean and physician-scientist, will step down after 11 years, leaving a legacy of trusted leadership, mentorship, and institutional excellence.

I added UCSF’s student-run eye clinic delivers free vision care, glasses, and referrals to San Francisco’s unhoused residents, improving independence, health, and opportunities.

A study looked at how ultraprocessed foods (UPFs), like Lunchables, are designed—and why they may lead to overeating and weight gain. Using internal company documents, the study showed that Lunchables were influenced by strategies from the tobacco industry, specifically Philip Morris, which once owned Kraft.

Two decades ago, children with stroke were falling into this gap between stroke providers who didn’t treat children and child neurologists who were uncomfortable with stroke. Today, UCSF is at the forefront of pediatric stroke care and research.

UCSF research shows that international rules for biosimilars, mimics of biologic drugs like Ozempic and insulin, need to improve and match each another to encourage biosimilar development, testing, and approval. This would dramatically improve drug affordability just like generics has done.

About 6% of asymptomatic adults have a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease and are already showing very subtle signs of the disease that would not come to light in a standard cognitive test.

Using AI on mammograms can identify patients at highest risk for breast cancer and get them same-day follow up care, eliminating stressful waiting times.

A team at UCSF developed a multitask deep learning framework that can effectively predict Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, cognitive scores, and future cognitive decline using only baseline MRI and demographics.

Mark Anderson, MD, PhD, a pioneer in diabetes research and professor of medicine at UCSF, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences — one of the highest honors in American science.

Pairing vulnerable, low-income patients with asthma coaches can improve outcomes and may also reduce costs associated with avoidable health care use.