Although the vast majority of Americans understand the importance of taking part in clinical research to advance medical science, three in four adults have little to no knowledge about how clinical research works or how to participate. UCSF is trying to bridge that information gap.

National expert Harold Sox, an active professor emeritus at Dartmouth, will visit UCSF on November 28 to speak about "Comparative Effectiveness Research: Is it Fulfilling Its Promise?"

UCSF staff are invited to attend a special holiday appreciation breakfast at three different locations this December.

A National Academy of Sciences committee co-chaired by UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, recommends the creation of a Google maps-like data network that could transform the future of medical discovery, diagnosis and treatment.