Improving technologies are rapidly cutting the cost of whole genome sequencing, a process that reveals the complete library of a patient’s genetic information. UCSF School of Pharmacy's Kathryn Phillips, PhD, will lead the first national study to analyze how physicians and patients evaluate the benefits and risks posed by this profusion of information.

Leigh Morgan, an executive who has worked in both the public and private sectors in a number of leadership roles, has been named associate chancellor at UC San Francisco, reporting directly to Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH.

Fourteen members of the San Francisco community graduated recently from UCSF’s EXCEL Internship Program with new and enhanced skills and greater self-confidence to seek the employment needed to support their families.

The immune system’s T cells, while coordinating responses to diseases and vaccines, act like honey bees sharing information about the best honey sources, according to a new study by scientists at UCSF.