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

  • UC launches new online library (East Bay Business Journal)
    The Business Times reports: "UC officials joined with the OCLC Online Computer Library Center to create what they describe as a "next-generation, shared online catalog" that allows computer users to view and find collections from each campus library, including UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-Santa Cruz and UCLA. ... "OCLC's vision for seamlessly integrating discovery of locally held library resources with resources held elsewhere across the international bibliographic network is similar to ours," Karen Butter, UC-San Francisco librarian and chairwoman of the UC/OCLC executive team, said in a statement."
  • UC looks to Public Employment Relations Board to avert strike (East Bay Business Journal)
    The Business Times reports: "University of California officials are looking to a quasi-judicial state agency, the Public Employment Relations Board, for help in averting a strike June 4-5 that could involve as many as 20,000 workers at university campuses and medical centers statewide." The strike would impact all UC campuses, including UCSF Medical Center.
  • Health losses and gains (Fresno Bee)
    Researchers from Central Valley Health Policy Institute at California State University, Fresno released a report Monday measuring the health of San Joaquin Valley residents. --- Dr. Cesar Vazquez, a pediatrician who teaches at the University of California, San Francisco, medical education program in Fresno, is quoted.
  • Two examples of shutting out a public that needs to know (Louisville Courier-Journal)
    A Louisville Journal columnist writes: "It's important that all gifts and grants to institutions of higher learning be open to public review. That's why we have argued, for example, that the details of all gifts to the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville -- including the names of donors -- should be revealed." --- Stanton A. Glantz, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, is quoted.
  • Church to raise money for injured Iraqi boy (Marin Independent Journal)
    The Marin IJ reports: "An event to raise money to provide speech therapy for a 3-year-old Iraqi boy who lost his hearing will be June 8 at the Westminster Presbyterian Church at 240 Tiburon Blvd. in Tiburon. ... The boy, Mustafa, lost his hearing when a bomb exploded near his home in Baghdad. He will be coming with his father to San Francisco to have a cochlear implant at the University of California at San Francisco."
  • Garcia Boxing dealing with ailment of trainer (Monterey County Herald)
    Max Garcia, who runs Salinas-based Garcia Boxing with his wife Kathy, will receive a kidney transplant at UCSF if a relative is deemed a compatible donor.
  • Major San Francisco Development Faces a Ballot Test (New York Times)
    The New York Times reports on two competing initiatives on the June 3 ballot for expanding development of Hunter's Point Shipyard and Bayview districts. -- Proposition G, a city-sponsored measure, will expand housing, research and commercial building; Proposition F, sponsored by supervisor Chris Daly, will limit the expansion to ensure affordable housing for Bayview residents. --- The UCSF Mission Bay development is mentioned.
  • She stood by her dream to walk again (Orange County Register)
    The Orange County Register reports: "Cecelia Ariaz, 64, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 24. Within a year and a half of the diagnoses she was confined to a wheel chair. An aspiring photojournalist, her future was bleak; doctors said she probably would not live past 30. By chance Ariaz met Dr. Sheldon Beral [in the cafeteria at UC San Francisco] who helped her regain her ability to walk again. After 20 years in a wheelchair Ariaz walks with the help of canes." --- This story was also published on MSNBC on 5/28/08.
  • Doctoring our privacy (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle writes: "Few things in life make us feel as vulnerable as seeking help at a hospital. The patient's feelings of vulnerability, fear and anxiety are why the medical profession has historically held itself to the highest standards when it comes to protecting patient privacy - and why it is so outrageous to discover that hospitals and other health care organizations have been using patient information - without explicit permission - for fundraising purposes." --- UCSF is mentioned.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • Pelosi visits SF VAMC (ABC 7 News at 11 AM - KGO-TV San Francisco)
    ABC 7 TV reports: "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will tour the San Francisco V.A. Medical Center today. The congresswoman and the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee plan to meet with patients and inspect conditions at the facility. The V.A. hospitals around the country have come under close scrutiny after decrepit conditions were revealed at the Walter Reed Army Hospital." --- Air Time: 6 AM
  • SFGH enforces smoke-free campus and patient areas (KTVU-TV CH 2 (FOX) San Francisco)
    FOX Ch. 2 reports: "In a month, San Francisco's General Hospital will become completely smoke free. On July 1st, they will enforce a no-smoking rule for the entire campus and patients will be asked to sign an agreement to refrain from smoking. Some staff members say it could be difficult to enforce because the hospital environment can be stressful." --- Air Time: 7 AM

UCSF HEADLINES

  • 85 Percent of Americans Are Right About Something (Science Cafe -- Blog)
    While it’s unlikely to match the size of the audience watching the American Idol finale, a presidential debate on science has won the endorsement of 85 percent of Americans, according to a poll commissioned by Research!America and ScienceDebate2008.com. Health care, climate change and energy top the list of topics preferred by poll respondents.
  • UCSF's Lim and Taunton Named New HHMI Investigators (UCSF Today)
    Wendell Lim, PhD, and Jack Taunton, PhD, have been selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators, joining 15 others at UCSF with that same distinction. Lim and Taunton were among 56 biomedical scientists from around the country who received notification today that they would be sharing in more than $600 million in research grants from the institute.
  • UCSF Community Shows Support of Earthquake Victims in China (UCSF Today)
    On May 22, the UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center (AHVC) held one of its regular monthly lecture events, featuring Chuk Kwan, MD, in the heart and stroke symptom recognition lecture, and Alisa Yee, NP, in the cancer symptom recognition lecture. What was so special about this event was that it acknowledged the sentiment of the Chinese community at large [following the earthquake tragedy.] Many of the class participants are Chinese immigrants with deep roots in their native country; some still have family