Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, says that researchers should more closely scrutinize the cultural origins of attitudes toward food, weight and body image when studying obesity in Latino children.
Respected biochemist Bruce Alberts is serving as project director for a new $2.1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to further improve science education in San Francisco's public schools.
In late 1990, Michele Huddleston was a recent nursing graduate from Ohio State University. She was enjoying her first job, but saw commissioning as a naval officer as a means of getting specialized training as a nurse anesthetist.
While many college students use their senior year as a time to wrap up coursework and study for finals, Tori Sutherland chose this time to experience women's health hands on.
UCSF pediatric oncology specialists have developed a new tool in an effort to address the needs of survivors of childhood cancer: a pocket-sized "health passport" the size of a credit card.