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Ophir Klein has been awarded one of two inaugural grants from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research that are meant to encourage long-term ambitious and innovative research.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded UCSF’s Global Health Group’s Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) a four-year grant of $29 million to accelerate malaria elimination.

A group that includes UCSF, the City and County of San Francisco, and health care and community organizations has launched the San Francisco Cancer Initiative, a major public health effort to reduce cancer in San Francisco.

Continuing California’s groundbreaking effort to better treat and prevent diseases through advanced computing, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and UC San Francisco (UCSF) today announced six new projects have been selected for the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM).  

“These grant winners will harness the power of advanced computing to better treat and prevent diseases,” said Governor Brown.

UC San Francisco’s Center for Digital Health Innovation and GE Healthcare today announced a partnership to develop a library of deep learning algorithms.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded the UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (UCSF-Stanford CERSI) a five-year grant with up to $25 million in funding.

Next-generation sequencing for patients at UCSF Medical Center is prompting changes in brain tumor diagnoses for some children and a retooling of treatment plans in many cases.

UCSF has kicked of its 2016 Annual Campaign of the Employee Giving Program that enables faculty and staff members to support the causes they find most personally meaningful.

Steve Morin has been selected as the as recipient of the 16th annual Faculty Research Lectureship in Clinical Science, sponsored by the UCSF Academic Senate.

UC San Francisco awarded the UCSF Medal – the University’s highest honor – to four visionary leaders for their innovation, inspiration and impact in advancing health research and care.

UCSF's David Julius is the recipient of the 2017 Human Frontier Science Program Nakasone Award, which honors scientists who have made key breakthroughs in fields at the forefront of the life sciences.

UCSF held a veterans job fair and open house Nov. 7 to connect with veterans in our community seeking employment advice and opportunities.

Stephen McLeod has been appointed editor-in-chief of Ophthalmology, the official journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

University of California President Janet Napolitano and the UC chancellors issued a statement regarding the presidential election results.

Smartphone use directly correlates with sleep, with greater use demonstrating a significant association with shorter sleep duration and worse sleep efficiency, according to researchers at UCSF.

UCSF researchers are learning more about what guides the formation of crystals that malaria parasites leave behind so they can work toward new treatments.

Recreational marijuana is now legal in California, but it’s still prohibited at the University of California.

People who sleep five or fewer hours a night are likely to also drink significantly more sugary caffeinated drinks.

Children, teens and parents explored more than 150 hands-on science exhibits, games, experiments and shows at during the Bay Area Science Festival’s 6th annual Discovery Day at AT&T Park on Nov. 5.

Researchers at UCSF are pioneering a new technique, known as quantitative magnetic resonance imaging, or qMRI, that can reveal the earliest signs of cartilage damage, a precursor to osteoarthritis.