More than 150 UCSF professional students participated in a “white coat die-in” where they lay down in their white coats to bring attention to the impact of racial disparities in health care.

Browse through a collection of photos marking 30 of the biggest moments and milestones that UCSF saw this year in research, patient care and education.

Immune cells perform a previously unsuspected role in the brain that may contribute to obesity, according to a new study by UCSF researchers.

UCSF's Brie Williams, MD, was one of five faculty members across the entire University of California system—and the only one from UCSF—to receive the President’s Research Catalyst Awards, chosen from a pool of almost 200 proposals. UC President Janet Napolitano made the announcement on Dec. 10.

More than 1,000 employees who are scheduled to work at the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay were treated to a special employees-only event on Dec. 3.

An American doctor who contracted Ebola while caring for patients in Sierra Leone spoke at UCSF about his experience after a touch-and-go, 40-day battle with the virus.

UCSF leadership released a statement in response to recent events in Ferguson and New York City, which have brought national attention to long-felt issues surrounding systemic inequalities that disproportionally impact underrepresented minorities, particularly black men.

Mentors and mentees, promote faculty mentoring at UCSF with a series of sessions and workshops throughout January.

UCSF's Steven Pantilat, MD, has received the 2014 Ritz E. Heerman Memorial Award by the California Hospital Association (CHA). He is being recognized for his efforts to improve the quality of care provided by palliative care services.

In the most comprehensive look yet at the safety of abortion, researchers at UCSF have concluded that major complications are rare, occurring less than a quarter of a percent of the time.