Soon-to-Be PharmDs Teach Part D to Nursing Students
Before a crowded room of sometimes astonished first- and second-year nursing students, five doctor of pharmacy students delivered the "good, bad and ugly" facts about Medicare Part D.
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Firefly project features live reading of letters from patients and their teenage pen pals on May 31
Members of the public are invited to attend a live reading of letters composed by critically ill patients and their healthy teenage pen pals at the annual Firefly Project Adaptation on Wednesday, May 31.
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Gladstone Distinguished Lecturer to Talk About Building Molecules to Spy on Cells and Tumors
Award-winning researcher will talk about "Building Molecules to Spy on Cells and Tumors," on Monday, May 8 at the Gladstone building at Mission Bay.
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Free skin cancer screening at UCSF on Saturday, May 6
Members of the public are invited to undergo free skin cancer screenings at a UCSF community event that is part of a national effort to set a new Guinness world record.
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Media invited to courses on 'The Promise of Modern Medicine'
"BRINGING SCIENCE TO LIFE: THE PROMISE OF MODERN MEDICINE" – The state of modern medical research relating to such topics as cancer, addiction and stem cells. (Wednesdays 7-8:45 PM, except where indicated)
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MRI May Be Key in Assessing Knee Injuries
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may become an important tool for diagnosing knee injuries and monitoring recovery after surgery, according to UCSF researcher Benjamin Ma.
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Better Understanding of Melanoma and UV Risk by UCSF Cancer Experts Confirms Danger of Sun Exposure
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Campus to Appreciate Staff Year-Round Beginning Next Week
UCSF will kick off staff appreciation events next week, when the campus hosts events on May 9 and 10 on the Parnassus campus.
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San Francisco VA Medical Center invites public to celebrate VA research week
The US Department of Veterans Affairs will celebrate National VA Research Week, May 7-13, 2006.
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Study shows newborns with jaundice at no greater risk of developmental problems
Newborn babies who are diagnosed with and treated for jaundice are no more likely than other babies to suffer long-term developmental problems, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Campus Seeks Input on Strategic Planning Process
UCSF will conduct a series of town hall meetings and an online survey to obtain input into UCSF's Strategic Planning Initiative.
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Empowering Women in a Land Run by Men
Maureen Chirwa was one of the women at Bellagio and is one of the team leaders of the stigma study being done in partnership with UCSF.
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UCSF Boosts Security Following String of Garage Burglaries
UCSF police have implemented a number of strategies to prevent crime following a rash of burglaries in the parking garages on the Parnassus campus.
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Multilingual Pharmacy Students Hit the Road With Medicare Part D Workshop for Seniors
How do you say "Medicare Part D" in five languages? UCSF doctor of pharmacy students answered that question and hundreds of others Saturday in a multilingual workshop for seniors at San Francisco's Mercy Housing Mission Creek Community complex.
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Kids at Work in the Digital Age
Several girls got hands-on experience producing a video for the web as part of kids at work day at UCSF.
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Health Policy Expert Reads Mixed Signals on Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan
In the first interview with health policy expert Helene Levens Lipton, PhD, Professor of Health Policy in the UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy and the Institute for Health Policy Studies, she outlined the threat to independent pharmacies posed by slow and reduced reimbursement.
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Video Features UCSF Medal Winners
A video depicting the four recipients of the UCSF Medal was featured at the Founders Day banquet at the-Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Francisco last night.
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Comment Sought on Proposed Extension of Military Pay Policy
Faculty and academic appointees may comment on the proposed extension of the policy on supplement to military pay by Friday, May 12.
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NIH wrongly blamed for reduced success rate of grant applications
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Mothers often have inaccurate perceptions of their children's body weight, study shows
Latina mothers of preschool-aged children frequently have inaccurate perceptions of their children's body mass index and believe they are healthy when they are overweight, according to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco.
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UCSF Home Health Care Partners on National Project
UCSF Home Health Care has announced that it is partnering with Lumetra, Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) in California and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) Center for Home Care Policy and Research (CHCPR) in a demonstration project aimed at reducing the number of avoidable hospitalizations for home health patients.
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Dental School to Offer Periodontal Medicine Course
Faculty clinicians from the schools of dentistry, medicine and nursing are welcome to attend a continuing education course on the implications of periodontal medicine in clinical practice.
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UCSF Neurologist Leads Study that Quantifies Benefits of Clinical Trials
A study in the April 22, 2006, issue of <i>Lancet</i> finds that estimated conservatively, the economic benefit in the United States from just eight National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded clinical trials exceeded $15 billion over the course of 10 years.
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A New Look for ucsf.edu
A year-long review of audience needs and wants, changing web trends and growing capabilities culminate today with the debut of a modified look and organization for www.ucsf.edu.
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UCSF Celebrates Milestone Service
Chancellor Mike Bishop was among campus leaders to recognize and express appreciation for staff for their personal contributions and years of service to UCSF.
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UCSF Team Claims Prize in Life Science Competition
Two hundred people witnessed the 2006 Global Life Science Innovation Competition Finals Event last Friday April 21 at the UCSF Mission Bay Community Center.
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Avian Flu - Infected Birds to Appear in a Neighborhood Near You?
When UCSF hosted an avian flu symposium in December, outbreaks of the avian flu virus H5N1 were limited to China and Southeast Asia. The virus had killed dozens of people. Officials from those nations and the World Health Organization were grappling with how to cope and obtain funding.
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Symptom Management Still a Primary Care
The overwhelming impact on people's lives — the way the disease remains a death sentence for so many in Africa — is reminiscent of 1985 here," says Holzemer
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Crisis in Primary Care Is Focus of UCSF-Kaiser Permanente Partnership
Two of the nation's leading health care institutions, the University of California, San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente, have formed a partnership to help solve problems related to the practice of primary care – an issue that poses a serious threat to the health of millions of Americans.
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UCSF's Jason Miller Helps Pen New Sudan Divestment Editorial
Often in our history college students have been ahead of governments in recognizing and fighting for important issues.