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Give to UCSFNonsmoking adolescents who use e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or tobacco water pipes are more likely to start smoking conventional cigarettes within a year, according to new research by UCSF.
UCSF bioengineers have shown that many of the complex folded shapes that form mammalian body plans and internal tissue structures can be recreated with very simple instructions.
UCSF research finds that although young male songbirds are genetically predisposed to sound like their fathers, enriched early experience with a foster-father can overcome this genetic destiny.
A new app allows UCSF students to be notified when there is leftover food from an event – providing food for students and reducing waste.
UCSF’s 2017 Chancellor Diversity Awards honored 13 individuals who are leaders, activists and pioneers in the fields and communities that they serve for their work toward advancing equity and inclusion.
When Yan Kalika, DMD, MS ’01, arrived in San Francisco in 1989 from the former Soviet republic of Moldova, he didn’t speak English.
Sugar scientist and professor of health policy Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, explores the tactics corporations use to get people hooked on sugary products – and how she and her colleagues are fighting back. Carry the One Radio is produced by a dedicated band of young UCSF scientists, graduate students, and postdocs.
UCSF palliative care specialist B.J. Miller, MD ’01, asks big questions regarding how we think about death and honor life. Miller lost three limbs in an accident in college and drew upon his experiences to pioneer a new model of palliative care. His talk, viewed more than 6 million times, prompted so many responses that TED hosted a Q&A on Facebook for the many people eager to learn more about dying with dignity.
UCSF nephrologist and resident alumna Vanessa Grubbs, MD, traces her journey from kidney donor – her boyfriend desperately needed one – to kidney doctor. Along the way, she shares her discoveries about racial disparities in the way donated kidneys are allocated and how patients, families, and clinicians alike struggle with decisions about dialysis.
Neuroscientist Ashley Smart shares the wonders of the brain through art.