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By Brandon R. Reynolds UC San Francisco has awarded UCSF Medals to three national leaders, all of whom have advanced diversity and inclusion, including through mentorship that has helped to place more underrepresented voices in the...

Participants Can Donate Their Google Location History to Promote a Safer Reopening By Laura Kurtzman Scientists at UC San Francisco are inviting the public to contribute the location data that Google collects from their mobile devices to a...

By Nina Bai As the flu season approaches in the United States, health experts are warning that the addition of another respiratory illness on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could overburden the health care system, strain testing...

By Ariel Bleicher Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD, studies how enzymes modify genetic material and other components of living cells. Photo by Susan Merrell UC San Francisco chemical biologist Danica Galonić Fujimori , PhD, has been named this...

Study Highlights Urgent Need for Access to Rapid Testing to Shorten Delays Between Infection, Test Results and Isolation, Researchers Say By Nicholas Weiler ​ Nurse Elia Moreno administers a COVID-19 test at the 24th Street Mission BART...

Hospital Receives Top Score on Annual National LGBTQ Survey By Kristen Bole UCSF Health has been named a 2020 “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest...

Study Reveals the Second X Chromosome Confers Protection By Laura Kurtzman Women with Alzheimer’s live longer than men with the disease, and scientists at UC San Francisco now have evidence from research in both humans and mice that this...

By Nina Bai In a special virtual town hall, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined UC San Francisco Chancellor Sam Hawgood , MBBS, to discuss the role of science and science advocacy in shaping federal policy during a global pandemic, her...

Nation’s Most Comprehensive Whole-Genome Screening Program Will Advance Inclusive Precision Medicine Across UCSF Health By Nicholas Weiler UC San Francisco scientists have launched a precision medicine initiative to offer free voluntary...

By Laura Kurtzman A UCSF partnership brought COVID-19 testing to the Akoma Farmer’s Market next to Eastmont Mall in Oakland on Sept. 9. The testing in the Oakland community is scheduled to return Sept. 26 and 27 to the La Clínica de La...