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Gladstone Investigator Receives the 2019 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise
By Françoise Chanut, Julie Langelier / Gladstone News Jeanne Paz is one of three recipients of the 2019 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. Jeanne T. Paz, PhD, assistant investigator at the Gladstone Institutes, has...
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Research
Hana El-Samad Delivers 2019 Byers Award Lecture on Designing Smart Cells
By Nina Bai Photo by Susan Merrell Hana El-Samad, PhD, delivers the 2019 Byers Award in Basic Science lecture, titled “The Engineer's Journey: Untangling Feedback Loops to Design Smart Cells,” to a full house in Byers Hall at the Mission...
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Education
Two UCSF Graduate Students Named 2019 Weintraub Awardees
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has announced the 2019 recipients of the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in graduate studies in the biological sciences. Biomedical Sciences (...
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Education
Talk on a Blood Test for Concussions Wins 2019 UCSF Grad Slam
By Nina Bai David Wu delivers his talk, "A Blood Test to Uncover Concussion," which won the 2019 UCSF Grad Slam. Photo by Susan Merrell Last year, a million Americans went to the emergency room after falling and hitting their heads. Many...
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Leadership
‘40 Under 40’ Lists Honor Two UCSF Fundraisers
By Ariel Bleicher Who are the people shaping the future? In the Bay Area, it’s easy to look to up-and-comers in the tech industry. But the next Sheryl Sandbergs and Marc Benioffs aren’t the only leaders changing the world, according to the...
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Healthcare
New Grant Program Supports Innovators at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
By Kate Vidinsky The new awards will enable staff members across every level of the organization to translate their ideas into measurable actions that address some of the key challenges facing UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland ...
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Community
Corinne Woods, Tireless Community Advocate, Dies at 72
She Served on UCSF's Community Advisory Group for Over 20 Years By Nina Bai Corinne Woods (center) at a UCSF Community Advisory Group meeting in 2011 where UCSF staff presented future plans for the University. Corinne Woods, a longtime...
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Healthcare
Making better pediatric chemo treatments, and delivering them to more children
By Grant Burningham Credit: Elisabeth Fall Janel Long-Boyle, PhD, PharmD, has spent her career making chemotherapy safe for young patients. On her first Christmas Eve, when Janel Long-Boyle, PharmD, PhD , was a few months old, her two-year...
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Leadership
Kortemme and Desai honored at annual meeting of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Kortemme inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows; Desai elected president of AIMBE By Levi Gadye, PhD Credit: UCSF Precision Medicine New and established AIMBE fellows (left to right): Shuvo Roy, PhD, Julius Guccione, PhD, Thomas Link, PhD...
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Research
UCSF Study Aims to Increase Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials
Collaboration with Lazarex Cancer Foundation Tests New Ways to Erase Cost Barriers in Major Public Health Issue By Elizabeth Fernandez UC San Francisco is collaborating with the nonprofit Lazarex Cancer Foundation on a three-year study to...