UCSF News
Food Pharmacy Expanding to All UCSF Primary Care Clinics in San Francisco
By Jess Berthold on
The UCSF Department of General Internal Medicine’s food pharmacy gives out bags of fresh produce and a protein item twice a month and offers a cooking class and hot meals once a month for patients who experience food insecurity.
How Proteins Interact May Hold Key to Future Autism Treatments
By Robin Marks on
A new collaborative approach has begun revealing, in detail, how a set of around 100 autism spectrum disorder genes may lead to serious developmental problems. The technique involves looking beyond genes and their mutations, to the proteins they code for.
UCSF Entering 2024 ‘Amazingly Positioned’ to Lead in Health Care AI Revolution
By Eric Brooks on
It is clear the next year will be a pivotal one for UCSF’s place in the growth and application of artificial intelligence in health care.
Celebrating Betty Irene Moore, patient safety pioneer (1928 - 2023)
By Ashley Han on
The UCSF community grieves the loss of Betty Irene Moore, an advocate for patient safety and philanthropic leader, who passed away on Dec. 12, 2023, at age 95.
9 Tips to Cope with Stress and Cultivate Joy this Holiday Season
By Laura López González on
Elissa Epel shares tips on how we can make taking control of our stress — and cultivating joy — a habit this holiday season.
Why You Might Not Find Your Favorite Cold Meds at the Pharmacy
By Levi Gadye on
The FDA's recent ruling of phenylephrine as ineffective has led major pharmacies and retailers to pull common cold medicines from their shelves.
First-of-its-Kind Amputation Prevention Center Offers Hope for the Toughest Cases
By Laura López González on
As rates of limb amputations due to diabetes continue to rise, UCSF’s Center for Limb Preservation and Diabetic Foot provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary care to some of the Bay Area’s most severe cases.
Chancellor Sees UCSF Leading AI’s ‘New Era’ in Annual State of the University Address
By Eric Brooks on
UC San Francisco is well positioned to transform into a global leader in artificial intelligence enabled academic life sciences.
That was the message UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, delivered as he laid out his vision for safely, equitably and responsibly leveraging the power of AI across UCSF’s mission areas in his State of the University address on Thursday.
Campus Way Renamed The Feeney Way by UCSF
By Alissa Stallings on
UCSF will rename Campus Way, a primary thoroughfare on UCSF’s Mission Bay campus, in honor of longtime UCSF volunteer and philanthropist Chuck Feeney.
Tiny, Focused Shocks Help Many Patients Overcome Heart Arrhythmia
By Elizabeth Fernandez on
Pulsed field ablation is a cutting edge treatment that is shorter, faster and has fewer complications than traditional ablation.