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Matthew State Awarded Sarnat Prize for Mental Health Research
Matthew State is one of three recipients of the 2017 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health given by the National Academy of Medicine.
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2 UCSF Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2017
Two UCSF faculty are among the 70 new members and 10 international members elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2017.
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UC Leaders to Congress: Protect the Nation’s Dreamers
University of California officials, including the chancellors from all 10 UC schools, have sent an urgent appeal to California’s congressional delegation, pressing them to take the lead in building bipartisan support for legislation to protect the nation’s Dreamers.
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UCSF Shows Courage and Community in Response to Wildfires
UCSF community members are responding to the Northern California in several ways.
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Brain Imaging Results Skewed by Biased Study Samples
A new UC San Francisco–led study shows that failure to follow this basic principle of population science can profoundly skew the results of brain imaging studies.
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UCSF to Hold Events in October for National Cyber Security Awareness Month
In order to help UC San Francisco faculty, staff, students and trainees protect their digital information, as well as UCSF’s, the University is celebrating National Cyber Security Awareness Month with a series of outreach and educational events that run through this month.
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Congress Supports the NIH, But Questions Remain About Key Federal Funding Stream
Congress has supported NIH funding for the current fiscal year, but issues around key types of funding remain.
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Allergy Drug Improves Function in Patients with Chronic Injury from Multiple Sclerosis
UCSF scientists have successfully completed a Phase II clinical trial showing that an FDA-approved antihistamine restores nervous system function in patients with chronic MS.
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Chancellor to Address Key Step for UCSF’s Future at State of the University
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood will announce a significant step toward ensuring the future of UCSF during his annual State of the University address on Oct. 27.
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Hard-Core Smokers are Softening Over Time
Study shows, over the course of 19 years, the hard core group smoked progressively fewer cigarettes per day and tried to quit in increasingly greater numbers, along with every other group of smokers in the US.
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Atul Butte Appointed to Governor’s Advisory Committee on Precision Medicine
Atul Butte has been appointed to the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Precision Medicine, a new group of experts that will contribute to the state’s continuing efforts to use advanced computing and technology to better understand, treat and prevent disease.
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Deepak Srivastava Appointed President of Gladstone Institutes
Deepak Srivastava has been appointed president of Gladstone Institutes. His term will begin on Jan. 1, 2018.
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Two UCSF Scientists Win NIH New Innovator Awards
Two UCSF scientists have been awarded NIH New Innovator Awards, which support unusually innovative research from early career investigators.
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Flashing Neurons in Worms Reveal How the Brain Generates Behavior
UCSF researcher Saul Kato is using a new high-resolution whole-brain imaging technique to see how the entire nervous system of a worm works together to generate behavior.
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Many Hospitals Still Not Using Digital Patient Health Information
U.S. hospitals are making slow progress in ensuring that their providers have access to and use patients’ complete electronic health records when those patients have also received care from outside providers.
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Study Shows Promise for Children with Severe Form of Epilepsy
A new formulation of a drug that was used to treat children with a rare neurological condition in the 1980s, and later became half of a widely used diet-drug combination, may offer promise for pediatric patients with a severe seizure disorder, following a large-scale trial led by UC San Francisco
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Protein Pair Keeps Brain Function Stable
UCSF have discovered that two molecular partners interact at synapses to maintain stable neuronal function.
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3D Imaging Reveals Secrets of Immune Cells' Agility
Newly developed microscopy techniques have allowed UC San Francisco researchers to observe white blood cells in action in unprecedented detail.
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UCSF Incoming Class 2017: By the Numbers
This fall, UCSF welcomes nearly 1,000 new students. Check out an infographic highlighting some fun facts about this new crop of future clinicians and researchers.
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‘Mighty Tooth’ Talk Wins Second Annual Postdoc Slam Competition
Sarah Engelberth won the second annual UCSF Postdoc Slam for her talk about research to generate a material that mimics natural enamel.
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