Herbert Menjivar: Celebrating Community in Two Hometowns
To Herbert Menjivar, a senior custodian at UCSF, his community is the center of his life, both here and in his native country of El Salvador.
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How the Finch Changes Its Tune
Researchers at UCSF have discovered a neurological mechanism that could explain how songbirds refine and alter their songs, a finding that could have long-term implications for treating neurological conditions.
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California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine Announces Funding for 2 Projects
Two demonstration projects that aim to yield quick results for patients have been selected by the new California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine, a public-private effort launched by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
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How A Scientist's Slick Discovery Helped Save Preemies' Lives
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Common Medications for Dementia Could Cause Harmful Weight Loss
Medications commonly used to treat dementia could result in harmful weight loss, and clinicians need to account for this risk when prescribing these drugs to older adults, a new UCSF study says.
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Not-For-Profit Hospitals May Not Trump For-Profits in Providing Uncompensated Care
According to a study of California medical centers, not-for-profit hospitals do not always provide as much subsidized care for patients living in poverty as their for-profit counterparts.
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Judith Hellman Wins Anesthesia Award to Study Sepsis
Judith Hellman has won the 2015 Frontiers in Anesthesia Research Award to explore novel ways of understanding and combating sepsis.
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Paralyzed Patients Move Again With New, Non-Surgical Stimulation
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Cost of Physician Board Recertification Fuels Questions About Best Outcomes for Patients
As physicians push back against new requirements for maintaining medical board certifications, a study by UCSF and Stanford University finds the costs of implementation will be an estimated $5.7 billion over the next 10 years.
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UCSF Leaders Present Capital Strategy to UC Regents
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood last week presented a plan to a UC Regents committee to invest in four projects that are critical to achieving the University’s overall capital strategy.
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Mild Hypothermia in Deceased Organ Donors Improves Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Mild hypothermia in deceased organ donors significantly reduces delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients when compared to normal body temperature, according to UCSF researchers and collaborators.
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UCSF Tops $100K in Fundraising for AIDS Walk 2015
Thanks to individuals like DK Haas and Robert Mansfield, UCSF teams have raised more than $100,000 in AIDS Walk 2015, holding position as one of the city’s top fundraisers.
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In CRISPR Advance, Scientists Successfully Edit Human T Cells
In a project spearheaded by investigators at UCSF, scientists have devised a new strategy to precisely modify human T cells using the genome-editing system known as CRISPR/Cas9.
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Minority Training Program Aims to Eliminate Cancer Disparities
UCSF has one of the nation's longest-running programs to encourage master’s level public health minority students to continue on to doctoral degrees and cancer disparities research careers.
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This Phone App Lets You Contribute To Research On Your Own Disease
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Lifestyle Changes May Guard Aging Brain Against Memory Loss
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UCSF Encourages Community to Support Proposal to Ensure Patient Safety in Warriors Arena Plan
UCSF supports the City’s plan to build a new arena for the Golden State Warriors, but only if traffic concerns are adequately addressed to ensure that patients, visitors and health care providers can safely and efficiently access UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.
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UCSF Support for Warriors Arena Project Contingent on Securing Access to Mission Bay Hospitals
Emphasizing the need to protect patient safety by ensuring access to UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, UCSF announced that its support for the Golden State Warriors arena project is contingent on a binding agreement to address traffic concerns for overlapping events occur at AT&T Park and the proposed arena.
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UCSF's Gail Martin, Allan Balmain Admitted to Royal Society
Researchers Gail Martin and Allan Balmain are UCSF's newest members of the Royal Society.
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5 Lifestyle Changes To Protect Your Brain
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For Prostate Cancer Patients, Risk-Specific Therapies Now More the Norm
After decades of overtreatment for low-risk prostate cancer and inadequate management of its more aggressive forms, patients are now more likely to receive medical care matched to level of risk, according to a UCSF study.
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Community-Living Older Adults with Dementia at High Risk of Having Pain
Older adults with dementia who live at home are at high risk of having pain, according to UC San Francisco researchers, and creative interventions and programs such as home-based palliative care are needed to manage their pain adequately.
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Chancellor Emeritus Julius Krevans, a Transformative Leader at UCSF, Dies at 91
Chancellor Emeritus Julius “Julie” R. Krevans, MD, a distinguished physician, educator and one of the transformative leaders who propelled UCSF into greatness during the past generation, has died. He was 91.
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Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Fail to Sway Smokers
Smokers who successfully lowered their nicotine intake when they were switched to low-nicotine cigarettes were unable to curb their smoking habits in the long term, according to a study by UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
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UCSF Medical Center Ranked 8th Best Hospital in the Nation
UCSF Medical Center is one of the nation’s premier hospitals for the 14th consecutive year, ranking as the eighth best hospital in the country in the 2015-2016 Best Hospitals survey from U.S. News & World Report.
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Diane Sklar, MD ’79: Providing care around the globe
Diana Sklar, MD ’79, has completed more than 20 medical missions to far-off destinations during her 30-year career.
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Your Body on Sugar
How too much sugar can make you sick.
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Faculty Mentors Honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards
Faculty members Eliseo Pérez-Stable and Zena Werb were honored with the Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award.
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Researchers Receive Nearly $3M from Allen Family Foundation to Study Alzheimer’s Disease
Two groups of UCSF researchers have been awarded Allen Distinguished Investigator grants of more than $1 million each for Alzheimer’s disease research.
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Laurel Heights Volunteer Team Boost Staff Morale Through Events And Activities
Activities organized by Campus Life Services' Arts & Events volunteers are the primary way to provide fun activities and boost staff morale in the workplace.
