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Master’s Program in Global Health Celebrates 10 Years of Impact
From its first class in 2008, with just seven students, to the current class of 36, the Institute for Global Health Sciences master’s program has given its students the breadth of tools and skills they need to succeed in global health careers.
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Why Are Long-Acting Forms of Contraception Like IUDs Becoming More Popular?
UCSF’s Elizabeth Watkins wants to understand why there has been a recent uptick in the use of long-acting forms of contraception.
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New Community-Based Approach to Testing and Treating HIV Improves Health in East Africa
Model to treat HIV in rural East Africa led to 20% fewer HIV deaths, reduced the incidence of HIV and TB, and improved control of hypertension and diabetes.
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New Study Shows L-Glutamine Decreases Sickle Cell Pain Crises, Hospitalizations
New research demonstrates that therapy with L-Glutamine reduced the frequency of pain episodes in both pediatric and adult patients with sickle cell disease.
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New Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health Announced
The Atlantic Philanthropies announced a new cohort of Atlantic Fellows, including Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health. The new fellows will be based at The Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity College Dublin and UCSF.
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Disrupting Toxic Stress in Children to Prevent Long-Term Health Impacts
Clinicians and researchers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and UCSF are developing tools to combat negative health outcomes from toxic stress.
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UCSF Sustainability Awards: Eighth Annual Awards Celebrate Sustainability Champions
The eighth annual UCSF Sustainability Awards Ceremony honored more than 75 sustainability champions at UCSF.
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Scientists Develop New Method to Screen for Chemical Exposures
UCSF scientists found a way to screen people’s blood for hundreds of chemicals at once, a method that will improve our ability to better assess chemical exposures in pregnant women.
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Novel Nutrition Bar Improves Asthma Symptoms in Obese Teens
A pilot clinical trial by CHORI researchers has found that targeted nutrient therapy can improve lung function in obese individuals with asthma, without requiring weight loss
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CRISPR-Based Tool Maps Gene Function in Human Cells
UC San Francisco scientists have used a high-throughput CRISPR-based technique to rapidly map the functions of nearly 500 genes in human cells, many of them never before studied in detail.
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Genomic Landscape of Metastatic Prostate Cancer Unveiled in New Study
A comprehensive genetic analysis of metastatic prostate cancer has, for the first time, revealed a number of major ways in which abnormal alterations of the genome propel this aggressive form of the disease.
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Altruistic Viruses? Phages Fight Back Against CRISPR Defenses In Bacteria
Although CRISPR has made headlines as a powerful system for editing genes, it actually evolved as way for bacteria to defend themselves against infection by viruses.
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Gut's 'Taste Buds' Help School the Immune System in the Thymus
UCSF researchers discovered fully formed gut and skin cells in the thymus, the organ responsible for training the T cells of the immune system not to attack the body’s own tissues.
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Bruce Ovbiagele Appointed Associate Dean of the San Francisco VA Healthcare System
School of Medicine Dean Talmadge E. King, Jr. announced the appointment of Bruce Ovbiagele as the new Associate Dean of the San Francisco VA Healthcare System.
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UCSF to Use Dignity Health Digital Platform to Increase Health Access
Dignity Health and UCSF Health are collaborating to develop a state-of-the-art digital engagement platform that will provide information and access to patients when and where they need it.
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AIDS Walk San Francisco: Dedicated UCSF Community Joins 2018 Event
About 250 UCSF staff, faculty, students and supporters came out on a cold and foggy morning in Golden Gate Park to raise funds in the annual AIDS Walk San Francisco event.
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Interim Associate Dean of Clinical and Academic Affairs at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Appointed
School of Medicine Dean Talmadge E. King Jr. announced the appointment of Kelley Meade as the new Interim Associate Dean of Clinical and Academic Affairs at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland,
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Breast Cancer Follow-Up Imaging Varies Widely, Study Finds
Follow-up imaging for women with non-metastatic breast cancer varies widely across the country, according to a new study led by researchers at UCSF.
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UCSF Study Finds Simplified Systems Intervention Improves Blood Pressure Control in Safety-Net Settings
Study shows that a simplified intervention building on the hypertension treatment algorithm used in KP’s PHASE program can significantly improve rates of blood pressure control in the city’s safety net clinics.
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T Cell Engineering Breakthrough Sidesteps Need for Viruses in Gene-Editing
In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UCSF scientists have genetically reprogrammed human immune cells without using viruses to insert DNA
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