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NIH Funding Drives UCSF’s Pursuit of Better Health for All

1 month ago | ucsf.edu | Laura Kurtzman |Levi Gadye

UC San Francisco received $815 million in awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last year for research that will improve the lives of patients in the U.S. and around the world. The grants enable UCSF scientists to test new treatments for dementia and stroke, investigate the environmental causes of cancer and look for new ways to treat the world’s number one infectious disease killer, tuberculosis, which is becoming increasingly resistant to drugs.
John Clements, Whose Science Transformed Newborn Care, Dies at 101

Sep 9, 2024 | ucsf.edu | Laura Kurtzman

From nerve gas to a mysterious, life-saving substanceClements began his research career in 1949 at the Medical Laboratories of the Army Chemical Center in Maryland, where he was assigned to look at the effects of nerve gas on the lungs. Always drawn to fundamental questions, he began to ponder how the lungs could breathe out without collapsing like a deflated balloon.
Allen Institute Joins Weill Neurohub

Mar 6, 2024 | ucsf.edu | Laura Kurtzman

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Print this article The Allen Institute has officially become the newest member of the Weill Neurohub, a collaborative research network advancing treatments for neurological diseases. Founded in 2003 by philanthropist Paul G. Allen, the Allen Institute focuses on big questions in biology through a team-based, open science approach, and currently has moonshot projects in neuroscience, cell biology, and immunology institutes.
Pride Hall Opens, a Highlight of UCSF’s Partnership with the City

Sep 11, 2023 | ucsf.edu | Laura Kurtzman

Pride Hall, UC San Francisco’s new research and academic building at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG), celebrates the 150-year partnership of the two medical institutions and provides scientists and educators with state-of-the-art facilities for research and teaching. UCSF Pride Hall, which celebrated its opening on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, will house more than 800 UCSF employees, including about 200 physician-scientists and clinicians.
How artificial intelligence gave a paralyzed woman her voice back

Aug 25, 2023 | universityofcalifornia.edu | Edward T Chang |Robin Marks |Laura Kurtzman

Today, Ann is helping researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley develop new brain-computer technology that could one day allow people like her to communicate more naturally through a digital avatar that resembles a person. It is the first time that either speech or facial expressions have been synthesized from brain signals.
How Artificial Intelligence Gave a Paralyzed Woman Her Voice Back

Aug 23, 2023 | ucsf.edu | Robin Marks |Laura Kurtzman

At the age of 30, Ann suffered a brainstem stroke that left her severely paralyzed. She lost control of all the muscles in her body and was unable even to breathe. It came on suddenly one afternoon, for reasons that are still mysterious. For the next five years, Ann went to bed each night afraid she would die in her sleep. It took years of physical therapy before she could move her facial muscles enough to laugh or cry. Still, the muscles that would have allowed her to speak remained immobile.
Catherine Gilliss steps down as Dean of the UCSF School of Nursing

Jun 14, 2023 | ucsf.edu | Laura Kurtzman

Having led the UCSF School of Nursing through a significant period of growth and academic distinction, Dean Catherine Gilliss, PhD, RN, FAAN, has announced her plans to step out of the deanship at the end of December 2023. The School of Nursing is the nation’s top public recipient of National Institutes of Health grants in the field, and its graduate specialties are ranked among the top programs of their kind in the country.
US News Ranks Medical and Nursing Schools in Top 10

May 10, 2023 | ucsf.edu | Laura Kurtzman

UC San Francisco’s medical and nursing schools are among the best in the nation, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools [LINK]. UCSF’s School of Medicine remains the only school that is ranked in the top five for training in both research (tied for 5th) and primary care (5th). The UCSF School of Nursing was ranked 10th.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Opens Cell Therapy Facility at UCSF to Accelerate Development of Breakthrough Therapies

Mar 24, 2023 | ucsf.edu | Laura Kurtzman

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), will accelerate advanced cell therapies for difficult to treat conditions, including cancer, rare diseases, and other illnesses, from a newly opened cGMP manufacturing facility adjacent to UCSF Medical Center’s Mission Bay campus.
California’s anti-smoking push spurs big savings on health costs

Mar 17, 2023 | lakeconews.com | Laura Kurtzman

In the late 1980s, when smoking was still allowed on some airline flights, California boosted its tax on cigarettes from 10 to 35 cents a pack, devoting 5 cents to programs to prevent smoking. The newly created California Tobacco Control Program funded anti-tobacco media campaigns and community programs to try to improve public health, but some questioned whether the efforts were worth the cost.