FYI…UCSF in the News is a daily summary of news stories published worldwide that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University.  To read the full news story, click the individual headlines listed below.

On the second Wednesday of each month, FYI…UCSF in the News includes an additional "Research Roundup" section that lists research papers authored by UCSF faculty and published in the journals Cell, Health Services Research, JAMA, Lancet, Nature, NEJM, Nursing Research, and Science.

UCSF PRINT AND ONLINE COVERAGE

  • Latest research on MS set for round-table discussion (Los Angeles Daily News - Online)
    National researchers aiming to erase multiple sclerosis will hold a panel discussion Saturday in Los Angeles to mark the latest scientific advances. The Nancy Davis Center Without Walls will host a 15th annual MS Roundtable, a free public discussion with leading researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, the University of Southern California, Yale University and more.
  • Closing Arguments in Suit On Veterans' Mental Care (New York Times)
    The issue of whether veterans with mental health problems are neglected or whether their sheer numbers are overwhelming the system divided closing arguments on Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit in federal court here. Dr. Mardi Horowitz, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, provided expert testimony at the trial and is quoted in the article.
  • Skin cancer screening comes to Castro (Bay Area Reporter)
    San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty demonstrated the painless process of skin cancer screening as part of a promotion for a free skin cancer screening that will be conducted by UCSF and the Department of Public Health in the Castro on Saturday, May 10 to coincide with National Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Toby Maurer, chief of the dermatology department at UCSF, is quoted and screens Duffy.
  • The TIME 100: Shinya Yamanaka & James Thomson (Time Magazine)
    Last year, the announcement that it was possible to give adult human cells many of the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, avoided entirely the issue of whether embryos would be destroyed in the process. Shinya Yamanaka, 45, working in Japan's Kyoto University with mouse cells, made the iPS breakthrough. [UCSF isn't mentioned]
  • Unleash the energy (Modern Healthcare)
    With 47 million uninsured nationwide and millions more facing rising premiums for less coverage, the crisis facing the U.S. healthcare system has never been more urgent. Kathy Dracup, Dean of UCSF Schoolf of Nursing, is profiled along with five other leaders in healthcare education on their opinions in preparing healthcare students for the future. (Dean Dracup is on the cover of the April 28, 2008 issue.)[Subscription site]

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • Pittsburgh named nation's sootiest city (Cable News Network (CNN))
    In a recent study, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, overtook Los Angeles in the category that measures short-term particle pollution or soot. The study found that about 42 percent of residents nationwide live in counties with high levels of particle or ozone pollution. "When you think of the impact of ozone on our respiratory tracts, imagine putting acid right in your eye. It's that corrosive," said Tony Gerber, a pulmonary specialist and assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco. [AP Story; ran in many outlets]

UCSF HEADLINES

  • UCSF's Ken Dill Elected to National Academy of Sciences (UCSF Today)
    Kenneth (Ken) Dill, PhD, a national leader in research to clarify and predict the physical properties of proteins and other biological molecules, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Academy announced Tuesday.
  • UCSF Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Millberry Union (UCSF Today)
    “Culminating a fascinating history of 32 years, the long-awaited Guy S. Millberry Union opened on September 19, 1958. Upon completion of all construction, this unique combined structure will represent an approximate capital investment of $5,250,000 and an area over 410,000 square feet of space.” And so began the introduction of the first brochure touting the Millberry Union on the UCSF Parnassus campus as “one of the most outstanding and complete college unions in the entire West.”