Summer 2016

Cover of UCSF Magazine: left corner reads “UCSF Magazine, Summer 2016”. Photo of a teenage boy, smiling. Text next to photo reads: “Free to be Oliver”. Text below photo reads: “MS Breakthrough; Science Goes 3-D; The End of AIDS?”

Learn about how UCSF is helping a growing number of transgender youth, read about a major breakthrough against multiple sclerosis, explore how 3-D technology is making detecting colon cancer easier, and join UCSF scientists as they strive to finally defeat AIDS.

About this Issue:

Vol. 5, No. 1
Editorial Team

Features

Oliver Bishop with drumline equipment at his high school track field.

Health Summer 2016

Free To Be He, She, They

Helping young people navigate gender identity

Dr. Stephen Hauser, examining a patient, gestures for her to look straight ahead.

Science Summer 2016

Wrapping Up Multiple Sclerosis

Research assistant Donald Chau demonstrates the 3-D technology that radiologist Judy Yee pioneered.

Health Summer 2016

3-D Virtual Reality Colonoscopy

Photo of renowned AIDS expert Paul Volberding (second from right) with members of the cure team on Ward 86 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General; numbers 9–0 surround the photo.

Science Summer 2016

Countdown to a Cure: The Effort to Finally Defeat AIDS

Health

Weighing the Costs of Care

A new effort at UCSF seeks to increase the appropriate use of care.

A doctor listening to female patient at clinic.

Insights & Voices

Ask the Expert

Looking for a Better Way to Die

Six UCSF health care experts share what California’s new End of Life Option Act law might mean for patients and providers.
Ask the Expert

Healthy Aging

Several UCSF experts weigh in on how to thrive as an older adult.

Photo of Gina Intinarelli outside the UCSF School of Nursing.

Alumni Stories
Summer 2016

The Nurse as Activist

Gina Intinarelli, MS, PHD ’13, never loses sight of her nursing roots.

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