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In Memoriam: Dorothy Rice
Dorothy Rice Dorothy Pechman Rice, professor emerita of health economics at the UC San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing, passed away on February 25, 2017. A pioneer in medical economics and health statistics and an inspiration to...
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Community
A Day in UCSF PRIME - The Soda Tax
Legos.jpg We PRIME students gather regularly to discuss caring for the underserved. Recently, after a morning filled with renal physiology, the San Francisco Health Improvement Partnerships (SFHIP) let us play with LEGOs on the third floor...
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Research
UCSF Zika Symposium Brings Together Bay Area Experts to Pool Latest Information
Alarmed by the rapid spread of the Zika virus across the Americas, experts gathered at UC San Francisco to explore the many issues raised by the epidemic and to share information with other researchers and health care providers. With...
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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Touts Covered California Successes in Treating Patients
Covered-California1.jpg Nearly 1.3 million people have received access to vital treatment at top hospitals through the health insurance program known as Covered California since it launched in January 2014, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi...
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Education
UCSF/Macy Conference Highlights GME Innovations, Commitment to Health Care Equity
GME_cover_inside.jpg Despite myriad challenges facing graduate medical education (GME), “change is already happening” through diverse innovations across the US, said Macy Foundation President George Thibault, MD, at the UCSF/Macy...
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With UCSF Lab Experience, High School Seniors Pursue Big Ideas & College Goals
event1.jpg High school student Olivia Tambou presents her poster on diabetes. Photos: Mark Wooding Nearly three decades ago, in 1989, the UCSF Science and Health Education Partnership (SEP) launched an internship program designed to give...
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Laura Esserman Named to TIME 100 List of Most Influential People in the World
Laura-Esserman2.jpg Time magazine has named internationally renowned breast cancer oncologist Laura Esserman , MD, MBA, to the 2016 TIME 100 , the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Esserman has been at...
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Healthcare
Scalp Cooling Can Help Some Breast Cancer Patients Retain Hair
senior-woman-chemotherapy-infusion-nurse.jpg Scalp cooling can lessen some chemotherapy-induced hair loss – one of the most devastating hallmarks of cancer – in certain breast cancer patients, according to a new multicenter study from UC...
Continuing Medical Education Program
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Leadership
UCSF School of Nursing Faculty Honored as part of Mayoral Women's History Month Celebration
martha1-580x210.jpg The UCSF School of Nursing is proud to share that Family Health Care Nursing (FHCN) volunteer faculty Martha Ryan, NP, MPH , will be honored by the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women and Mayor Edwin M. Lee...