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Who Are You? Depends On How You’re Asked
A new UCSF study reveals that question format may determine how well personal identity corresponds with genetics.
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Artificial Kidney Will Save Millions of Lives, Scientists Say
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Doubt Is Raised Over Value of Surgery for Breast Lesion at Earliest Stage
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Does This Phylum Make Me Look Fat?
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New Center Will Advance Life-Saving Genome-Based Diagnostic Tools
Building on its research into the use of genomic technology to diagnose life-threatening diseases, UCSF has launched a research center to explore how this approach to critical care medicine could be integrated into healthcare settings.
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Theo Ndatimana: Thriving Through Education After Genocide
After narrowly surviving a genocide in his native Rwanda, Theo Ndatimana has been determined to thrive personally and professionally to make his late parents proud.
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When Personal Identity Really Matters: Donor’s Reported Ancestry Depends on Question Format
A UCSF study has found when self-identification matters most – in connecting bone marrow donors to patients – the format of the questions may determine how well the answers correspond to their genes.
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UCSF's Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Calls For Fall Cycle Applications
UCSF's Resource Allocation Program (RAP), which offers a single online application process for a wide variety of intramural grant offerings, is now inviting applications for the Fall 2015 cycle.
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IT Urges UCSF Employees to Secure Assets and Data
Recent cyberattacks have accelerated UCSF Information Technology to better secure the University's systems and strengthen network security across the enterprise.
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Agricultural Intervention Improves HIV Outcomes
A multifaceted farming intervention can reduce food insecurity while improving HIV outcomes in patients in Kenya, according to a randomized, controlled trial led by researchers at UCSF.
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Tool Boosts Accuracy in Assessing Breast Cancer Risk
A national risk model that gauges a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer has been refined to give a more accurate assessment.
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UCSF Ranks Among Top World Universities in 2015 Rankings
UCSF ranks among the world’s leading research universities for the ninth year in a row, according to the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
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UCSF to Participate in First National Study of Transgender Youths
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Scientists Uncover Nuclear Process in the Brain That May Affect Disease
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First U.S. Study of Transgender Youth Funded by NIH
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $5.7 million for a five-year, multicenter study, which will be the first in the U.S. to evaluate the long-term outcomes of medical treatment for transgender youth.
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UCSF Remembers Longtime Community Advisor Jim Meko
UCSF remembers longtime community advisor Jim Meko, who died on August 3.
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Matt Jacobson Named Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Renowned researcher and educator Matthew Jacobson, PhD, has been named the new chair of the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
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Michael Gropper Appointed Chair of Anesthesia
Michael Gropper has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, effective September 1, 2015.
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Common Class of ‘Channel Blocking’ Drugs May Find a Role in Cancer Therapy
Ion channel blockers, commonly used to treat cardiac, neurological and psychiatric disorders, might prove useful in cancer therapy, according to research findings in fruit flies and mice by UCSF scientists.
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Beat It: How Researchers Think Stem Cells Will Transform Heart Drugs
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Will Doctors Soon Be Prescribing Video Games For Mental Health?
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Task Force Named to Advise on 2016 Retirement Benefits
A systemwide task force of UC faculty, staff and administrators will develop a new set of retirement benefits options for UC employees hired on or after July 1, 2016 to comply with a new budget agreement.
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Are Microbes Stealing Your Mind?
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UCSF Students Win Human Rights Award for White Coats for Black Lives Movement
UCSF medical students were recognized this week with a “Hero Award" from the San Francisco Human Rights Commission for their efforts to advance civil rights by launching the national White Coats for Black Lives movement.
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UCSF Alerts Urology Patients to Equipment Issue
UCSF Medical Center issues a statement regarding its notification to patients whose bladders were examined this year at its Outpatient Urology Practice that a step was inadvertently omitted in the cleaning of equipment used in their procedure.
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Pembrolizumab Skin Reactions Tied to Better Cancer Survival
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Dental Care For Medicaid Patients Is Expanding, But A Study Says That Won’t Reduce ER Visits
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Bioengineering Lessons Aim to Inspire Girls to Become Surgeons, Engineers
The Perry Initiative, a nonprofit founded in 2009 by Lisa Lattanza and Jenni Buckley, aims to tackle gender imbalance in engineering and orthopaedics by providing bioengineering workshops for high school students.
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HEAL Initiative Aims to Address Global Shortage of Health Care Workers
The HEAL Initiative, aims to trains professionals as a response to worldwide shortage in health care workforce, recently welcomed its inaugural class of fellows to UCSF for a three-week boot camp.
