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The 15 winners were selected for their distinguished service in research and education, transforming care delivery, or improving access to advance health equity.

Six labs were recognized for their commitment to safety practices and their constant attention to laboratory safety compliance.

The University of California has been notified of a one-day strike across the UC system by the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union for its Research Support Professionals, Technical and Health Care Professionals Units (RX and TX).

More than 150 people have signed up to shave their heads at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland on March 16, to support the 12th annual Brave the Shave fundraiser for pediatric cancer research.

Tobacco conglomerates that used colors, flavors and marketing techniques to entice children as future smokers transferred these same strategies to sweetened beverages when they bought food and drinks companies.

Properly caring for the skin with a moisturizing cream may lower inflammation levels and potentially prevent age-related diseases, according to a new clinical pilot study.

UCSF was the only medical school to be ranked in the top five in the nation in both research and primary care, the categories the magazine uses to assess medical education.

Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, is committed to tackling the public health effects of gender inequality and helping to improve cervical cancer screening in Kenya.

The team behind a K Scholar Team Science Award designed a pilot study to shine light on fertility after liver transplant and the subsequent need for improved family planning counseling.

Ethnographer Stacy Torres, PhD, is shedding a unique light on how we think about social ties and social relationships among older people.

After a heart attack, the heart tissue is often irreparably damaged. According to UCSF study, the issue may date back to our earliest mammalian ancestors.

UCSF researchers developed a strategy for targeting a key molecule implicated in Parkinson’s disease, opening up a potential new treatment strategy for the currently incurable movement disorder.

UC President Janet Napolitano has issued a statement reaffirming the University of California’s commitment to upholding the values of free expression.

UCSF is now offering some patients the options of local anesthetic instead of general anesthesia, which can help make surgeries faster and speed in the recovery process.

The awards, given by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, recognize outstanding achievement in graduate studies in the biological sciences.

UCSF School of Nursing are increasing efforts to train nurse practitioners and empower them to practice in rural communities.

UCSF lab found that a chemical that acts as a neurotransmitter in the nervous system is essential for cytonemes to mediate cell-to-cell communication between non-neural cells.

It was the 12th year in a row that UCSF claimed the top spot among public institutions, and the eighth straight year in which the University ranked second overall among institutions nationwide.

More than a thousand projects across the University received federal funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2018, totaling more than $647.8 million.

Researchers at UCSF say Google Translate is trustworthy when translating written medical advice, but there are some caveats.