MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF to Break Ground on Major New Building
UCSF is breaking ground this Friday on “Mission Hall,” a new building for global health and clinical sciences.
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Give to UCSFUCSF is breaking ground this Friday on “Mission Hall,” a new building for global health and clinical sciences.
<p>A UCSF team has developed an ambitious online cardiovascular study using smartphones, with the goal of enrolling 1 million people from all over the world to improve heart health.</p>
Screening for breast cancer every two years appears just as beneficial as yearly mammograms for women ages 50 to 74, with significantly fewer “false positives” – even for women whose breasts are dense or who use hormone therapy for menopause.
<p>The American Cancer Society will pay tribute to Laura Esserman, MD, MBA, a nationally and internationally known leader in the field of breast cancer care and research, on March 19.</p>
<p>In the two years since the Madison Clinic for Pediatric Diabetes was established through an anonymous, $10 million gift, it has evolved into a state-of-the-art facility with innovative programs and a new home on the Mission Bay campus.</p>
<p>Leigh Morgan, an executive who has worked in both the public and private sectors in a number of leadership roles, has been named associate chancellor at UC San Francisco, reporting directly to Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH.</p>
<p>Improving technologies are rapidly cutting the cost of whole genome sequencing, a process that reveals the complete library of a patient’s genetic information. UCSF School of Pharmacy's Kathryn Phillips, PhD, will lead the first national study to analyze how physicians and patients evaluate the benefits and risks posed by this profusion of information.</p>
<p>Fourteen members of the San Francisco community graduated recently from UCSF’s EXCEL Internship Program with new and enhanced skills and greater self-confidence to seek the employment needed to support their families.</p>
The immune system’s T cells, while coordinating responses to diseases and vaccines, act like honey bees sharing information about the best honey sources, according to a new study by scientists at UCSF.
<p>UCSF's School of Medicine ranked fourth nationwide in both research and primary care education this year, according to a new survey conducted by <em>U.S. News & World Report</em>.</p>