Dean Sheppard Delivers Sixth Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Translational Science
Dean Sheppard has been selected as the recipient of the sixth annual Faculty Research Lecture in Translational Science.
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2016 Founders Day Awards Honor Exemplary Public Service, Staff Contributions
Eleven faculty and staff members received this year’s UCSF Founders Day Awards for their contributions in the areas of public service, exceptional service to UCSF and excellence in nursing.
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A Slight Increase in Pediatric Cancer Risk Seen with Infant Phototherapy
Phototherapy, increasingly used to treat jaundiced infants, could very slightly raise the risk of pediatric cancers, particularly myeloid leukemia, according to epidemiological research published, online Monday, May 23, in Pediatrics.
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Andre Campbell Highlights Social Justice, Diversity During Last Lecture
Andre Campbell delivered the 2016 Last Lecture, which contained the underlying theme of the importance of social justice and diversity.
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Deadly Fungus Uses Unexpected System To Control Its Virulence
A research team led by UC San Francisco scientists has discovered a cellular signaling system that regulates the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungus that has been estimated to cause nearly a million cases of meningitis worldwide per year, about 625,000 of which are fatal.
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Better Survival for Colon Cancer Patients with Left-Sided Tumors
A national study led by a UCSF oncologist has found that patients with metastatic colon cancer that develops on the left side of the colon survive significantly longer than those with cancer that develops on the right side.
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Graduate Division Publishes Call to Action on Tracking Postdoc Career Outcomes
The UCSF Graduate Division has published the first comprehensive study of career outcomes for UCSF’s postdoctoral scholars and possibly the largest single-institution study on the subject conducted to date.
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Hybrid Cancer Drug Could Be Resistance-Resistant
A team of cancer researchers led by scientists at UCSF and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York have developed a first-of-its-kind hybrid drug with the power to outsmart drug-resistant cancers.
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If You Get Colon Cancer, Your Prognosis Depends Partly On Where It Started
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First Elbow Transplant Between Same Patient's Arms Performed by UCSF Health Surgeons
UCSF Health doctors have performed a first-of-its-kind elbow transplant between the same patient's arms. Experts say the surgery could transform treatment for trauma patients, injured veterans and others with elbow and joint conditions.
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Sharmila Majumdar Awarded Gold Medal by Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Group
Sharmila Majumdar has been awarded the 2016 Gold Medal of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine for her innovative contributions to the development of quantitative imaging methods.
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COPD Symptoms Common in Current, Former Smokers Without Diagnosis
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2016 UCSF Alumni Weekend Draws Thousands for Reunions, Events
There were toasts, research talks, tours, awards and reunions for the more than 1,500 UC San Francisco alumni who gathered at the annual Alumni Weekend festivities on April 8 and 9.
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UCSF Researchers Reappraise Treatment for Belly Birth Defect
UC San Francisco researchers have shed light on how the immune system of a fetus can run amok, triggering inflammation in the developing intestines that protrude outside of the body through a hole beside the belly button.
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Many Consumer Telemedicine Sites Put Skin Disease Patients at Risk, Says UCSF Dermatologist
Direct-to-consumer commercial telemedicine sites remotely treating patients for skin disease engaged in practices that put patients’ health and safety at risk.
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Pioneering Elbow Transplant at UCSF
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For Software Entrepreneur, $10 Million BRCA Gift Is Personal
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New Family House Opens at Mission Bay
The Nancy and Stephen Grand Family House at Mission Bay has opened its doors, bringing the families staying there closer to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.
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NIH Grant to Support Study on Possible Fractures from Osteoporosis Drugs
UCSF has received a four-year, $2.4 million National Institutes of Health grant for an international study on the potential of femoral fractures from osteoporosis drugs.
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Most Asthma Research May Not Apply to African-American Children
Results from the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African-American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population, raising concerns for clinicians and scientists working to stem the asthma epidemic among African-Americans.
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UCSF Study: Smokers Quit and Health Care Costs Drop — in Next Year
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Lung Disease May Evade Diagnosis in Half of Heavy Smokers, Ex-Smokers
Approximately 50 percent of current and ex-smokers with normal lung function have chronic breathing symptoms and flare-ups that are similar to patients with a disease that is the nation’s third most common killer, according to a multisite study led by UCSF.
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Meet The Scientists Fighting For More Studies On Genes And Racial Differences In Health
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Health Care Costs Drop Quickly After Smokers Quit
A new national analysis by UCSF of health care expenditures associated with smoking estimates that a 10 percent decline in smoking in the U.S. would be followed a year later by an estimated $63 billion reduction in total national health care costs.
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Decade After QB3’s First Incubator, Lawmaker Wants to Fund More UC Innovation
Ten years after the QB3 Garage incubator launched, the idea has grown an innovation ecosystem and become the catalyst for state legislation that could help turn ideas at UC campuses into job-providing companies.
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UCSF and City Extend Support for New Generation Health Center
UCSFand the San Francisco Department of Public Health have committed to continue supporting New Generation Health Center for an additional year, enabling the center to provide reproductive health care in the community through June 2017.
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Women’s Health Center Celebrates 20 Years, Keeps Pushing Toward Health Equity
The UCSF National Center for Excellence in Women’s Health celebrated its 20th anniversary with a street fair to mark its accomplishments as well as to look forward to the work that remains for equality in health care.
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UCSF Class of 2016 Reflects on Achievements, Challenges as They Turn to Future
Before the Class of 2016 heads on to new endeavors and careers, we spoke to several of them about what they're taking from their experiences at UCSF.
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Three Medical Students Awarded HHMI Fellowships
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded three fellowships to UCSF medical students to allow them to conduct research for a full year in between their third and fourth years of medical school.
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Barbara Koenig Named Head of New Bioethics Program
UCSF is starting a campus-wide bioethics program led by the noted bioethics scholar Barbara Koenig to ensure that the rapid advances in biomedical technology are incorporated ethically into research and medicine.
