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2019 Diversity Awards Honor Outstanding Efforts to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
By Barbara Sanchez 2019-diversity-awards-awardees.jpg The recipients of the 2019 Diversity Awards pose for a photo with Chancellor Sam Hawgood and Vice Chancellor Renee Chapman Navarro. Clockwise from top left: Kwadwo (Kojo) Opoku-Nsiah,...
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Healthcare
UCSF Medical Center Ranks Among Nation’s 10 Best Hospitals for 2020-21
U.S. News & World Report Lists UCSF in 15 Adult Specialties and Best in West in 4 By Elizabeth Fernandez Praveen Mummaneni MD, performs a spine surgery at UCSF Medical Center, which ranked No. 2 in Neurology & Neurosurgery in this...
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Research
Older Adults Who Can Really Smell the Roses May Face Lower Likelihood of Dementia
Vision, Hearing, Touch, Olfaction Linked to Cognition, UCSF Study Shows By Suzanne Leigh Seniors who can identify smells like roses, turpentine, paint-thinner and lemons, and have retained their senses of hearing, vision and touch, may...
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Leadership
Ellen Goldstein Named Director of UCSF Office of the Ombuds
By Nina Bai Ellen Goldstein, MA, CO-OP Ellen Goldstein , MA, CO-OP, has been named the new director of UC San Francisco’s Office of the Ombuds. She will replace Maureen Brodie, MA, CO-OP, who is retiring. “Ellen’s extensive training and...
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Research
New Model of Breast Cancer’s Causes Developed by UCSF-led Team
‘Paradigm II’ Interactively Illustrates the Complex, Dynamic Relationships Between Causes By Elizabeth Fernandez A new model of the causes of breast cancer, created by a team led by researchers at UC San Francisco, Genentech and Stanford...
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Leadership
Michael V. Drake to become 21st president of the University of California
The University of California Board of Regents announced today (July 7) the appointment of Michael V. Drake, M.D., as the 21st president of UC’s world-renowned system of 10 campuses, five medical centers, three nationally affiliated labs,...
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Leadership
‘Scientifically Fearless’ Cancer Researcher Zena Werb Dies at 75
By Nicholas Weiler Zena Werb, PhD Colleagues are mourning the passing of Zena Werb, PhD, a giant in the field of cancer biology whose four decades of research at UC San Francisco informed the rise of immunotherapy and other modern...
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Community
A Crisis-on-Top-of-a-Crisis: Homelessness in the Time of COVID‑19
Q&A with Margot Kushel, national expert on homelessness By Silver Lumsdaine For nearly 25 years, Margot Kushel, MD , has cared for people who are homeless. She realized early on that the most important thing for her patients’ health...
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Community
An Epidemic of Inequality
By Elizabeth Daube Communities of color have been hit hardest by COVID-19. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in an outcry against police brutality and racism. Both issues have roots in the same problem...