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Young Women's Health Summit
About the Summit The Young Women's Health & Leadership Summit is a day created by young women of San Francisco, for young women of San Francisco. Every year our Youth Steering Committee works together from August to March to organize a...
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Leadership
Three Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By Nina Bai UC San Francisco cancer biologist Alan Ashworth , PhD, structural biologist Yifan Cheng , PhD, and molecular physiologist Holly Ingraham , PhD, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ashworth is...
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Healthcare
Dolby Family Gift Launches New UCSF Center for Mood Disorders
By Lindsay Boeger A $20 million gift from longtime UC San Francisco donors Dagmar Dolby and her son, David, will establish the UCSF Dolby Family Center for Mood Disorders within the Department of Psychiatry. “This new center will build on...
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Research
Forum Calls for Action on Climate Change to Protect Health
By Jessica M. Scully Nearly 300 hundred experts gathered Wednesday at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus to discuss the global health emergency that is climate change and to call for action to protect human health and well-being. The Global Climate...
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Research
Six UCSF Scientists Awarded NIH Grants for High-Risk, High-Reward Research
By Jason Alvarez The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded six NIH Director’s Awards to early-career UC San Francisco scientists – a record number for the University. Recipients of the highly competitive grants were announced Oct...
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Leadership
4 UCSF Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2018
By Nina Bai Four UC San Francisco faculty members are among the 75 new members and 10 international members elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Membership in...
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Leadership
2018 Chancellor Diversity Awards Recognize Work to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
By Barbara Sanchez UCSF Chancellor Diversity Awardees (back row from left) Elaine Hsiang, Amber Fitzsimmons, Nerissa Ko, Sophia Levan, Lisa Shwartz, and (front row starting second from left) Cortlyn Brown, Denise Davis, Wilson Vincent (who...
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Community
Chancellor Highlights UCSF’s Commitment to the Community in 2018 State of the University
By Nina Bai UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, delivers his 2018 State of the University address in Cole Hall at the Parnassus Heights campus. Photo by Susan Merrell UC San Francisco has a “social and moral responsibility” to get involved...
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Community
2018 Bay Area Science Festival Culminates in Discovery Day at AT&T Park
By Nina Bai Under sunshine and blue skies, thousands of children and families packed AT&T Park to experience first-hand the excitement of science at Discovery Day on Nov. 3. The event capped off the eighth annual Bay Area Science...
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Leadership
2018 UCSF Medals Honor Luminaries in Health and Science
By Kate Vidinsky Chancellor Sam Hawgood gives introductory remarks during the 2018 UCSF Medals ceremony at the Mission Bay Conference Center. Photo by Sonya Yruel UC San Francisco has awarded three UCSF Medals – the University’s highest...