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The campus community is invited to join a discussion titled “The Medical Experience of Patients with Disabilities” in the UCSF School of Nursing on January 24.
A team of scientists in the United States, South Korea, and Switzerland has uncovered a vast, complex network of 160,000 genetic interactions within yeast cells that changes dramatically when the cells are subjected to stress.
Sanofi-Aventis and UCSF have formed two research and development collaborations that join together leaders from academia and industry to more rapidly advance groundbreaking innovation from the lab to the patient.
In a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, a new cognitive training method significantly improved the ability of patients with chronic brain injury to maintain attention on goals and execute tasks – skills that these patients often lack as a result of their injuries.
A medication commonly prescribed as a muscle relaxant shows promise as a potential treatment for alcoholism, based on a study in rats by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
Noah Hawthorne, a second-year medical student at UCSF, won first place in a student photography contest for his photo titled “Celestial Patriarch.”
Joe Olivares Hernandez, a fourth-year medical student, will be taken off like support, pending arrangements for organ donation, according to Dean Sam Hawgood.
Carmen A. Peralta, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the UCSF School of Medicine, was recognized recently with a 2010 Nickens Faculty Fellowship.
UCSF will celebrate the opening of a new Teaching and Learning Center at the Parnassus from January 18 to 21.
Cancer is a price we pay for evolving into complex creatures. Cancers evolve, too, but a UCSF researcher aims to understand their evolution and to stop their adaptation to natural defenses and treatment.
In response to Gov. Brown’s proposed budget, released today (Jan. 10), University of California President Mark Yudof issued the following open letter to California: This is a sad day for California.
<p>John Roberts, chief of the UCSF Transplant Service, talks about the risks and benefits of living donor liver transplants in a recent interview.</p>
Funding from the Amgen Foundation will enable undergraduates to gain critical hands-on experience with UCSF faculty members to help advance the next generation of scientists.
<p>Sarah Paris is the director of communications for the UCSF School of Medicine, the largest school at the University.</p>
Dan Henroid directs Nutrition and Food Services at UCSF Medical Center, which provides more than 3 million meals annually.
A UCSF employee since 1986, Victoria Kleemann directs Volunteer Services for UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
With advances in dental practice, kids today are getting fewer cavities, right?
Susan Hyde, an award-winning professor and scientist with the UCSF School of Dentistry, promotes practices that preserve oral health and quality of life for both patients and practitioners.
Parkinson’s disease researcher Robert Nussbaum, a human geneticist and neuroscientist at UCSF, has been named to receive the prestigious Klaus Joachim Zülch Neuroscience Prize for 2011.
Following recent media reports about a letter by 36 University of California executives regarding pension benefits, UC Board of Regents Chairman Russell Gould and University President Mark Yudof issued a statement on January 4. The statement is <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/24746">posted on the UC website</a>.
The campus community is invited to view 30 photographs on display on January 6 at the Faculty Alumni House and vote on the top three.
Several milestones shaped 2010 for the University of California, many of which happened right on the UCSF campus.
The first faculty prize winners were drawn for the 2010 UCSF Charitable Giving Campaign, themed “The Heart of UCSF.”
This past year UCSF has furthered its mission of advancing health worldwide from the groundbreaking of a medical center at Mission Bay, and continuing to make major medical advances through scientific breakthroughs, leading patient care and innovative campus expansions.