UCSF Trains 40 More Campus Mediators to Resolve Disputes
The UCSF Campus Mediation Program recently trained 40 members of the campus community to help resolve conflicts on campus.
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Overweight adolescents projected to have more heart disease in young adulthood
A new study investigating the health effects of being overweight during adolescence projects alarming increases in the rates of heart disease and premature death by the time today's teenagers reach young adulthood.
Boys three times more likely to have growth delay with Crohn's
The largest study ever conducted of the effect of gender in children with Crohn's Disease, a chronic intestinal disorder, has found that boys were over three times more likely than girls to suffer one of the condition's most devastating effects: the failure to grow normally.
UCSF Mission Bay Symposium Honors Biotech Pioneer William Rutter
UCSF recently honored biotech visionary William Rutter with the renaming of the Mission Bay community center and a symposium bridging the gap between industry and academia.
UCSF launches "action tank" to advance promising global health strategies
UCSF Global Health Sciences is launching an "action tank," with start-up funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to promote and implement the most promising strategies against global health crises. The Gates Foundation is providing a $5 million grant for the initial phase.
Special "Nutcracker" for patients at UCSF Children's Hospital
Dancers in costume from the San Francisco Ballet production of "The Nutcracker" will give patients at UCSF Children's Hospital a special, command performance of the beloved holiday ballet
UCSF Medical Center using newest high-tech tool for brain disorders
The most advanced noninvasive, radiosurgery tool for treating a variety of brain disorders--including tumors--is now being used by specialists at UCSF Medical Center. The new machine expands UCSF's ability to provide state-of-the-art, specialized care to patients.
Leader of World Institute on Disability Provides Insight into Challenges Facing Disabled
More must be done to increasing understanding of those with disabilities, according to an expert who spoke at UCSF recently.
Yamanaka Reports Additional Success in Reprogramming Human Adult Cells into Embryonic-like Stem Cell
UCSF Exhibits X-Ray Project Depicting Human Toll of Terrorism
UCSF is exhibiting a photographic documentary at the library at the Parnassus campus of actual X-rays and CT-scans of survivors of terrorist attacks.
A Bug in Our Blood: A Conversation with UCSF Health Economist Leslie Wilson
Leslie Wilson knows what it costs to keep our blood supply safe from Chagas' disease...
Staff Advisors to Regents to Talk About their Role
UCSF staff members are invited to learn about the role of the staff advisors to the UC Board of Regents on December 3.