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 service workers strike over pay (Los Angeles Times)
    The LA Times reports: "Hundreds of service workers at the University of California's 10 campuses and five hospitals began a five-day strike Monday in a dispute over wages." --- Sheila Antrum, chief nursing officer at UC San Francisco Medical Center, is quoted.
  • UC service workers begin five-day strike (Oakland Tribune)
    The Oakland Tribune reports: "UC service workers started the first of a five-day strike Monday to gain higher wages while university officials threatened disciplinary action against those who do not return to work. The strike comes six months after the expiration of the workers' contract and nearly a year after the start of negotiations." --- UCSF is mentioned.
  • William R. Murray - innovative orthopedic surgeon at UCSF (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "Dr. William R. Murray, an innovative orthopedic surgeon, died July 4 at home in San Francisco with his family by his side. He was 84. Dr. Murray was a professor and chairman emeritus of the department of orthopedic surgery at UCSF. During his 32 years at the university, he pioneered many groundbreaking procedures in orthopedics, including total hip, elbow, ankle and knee replacements."
  • UC workers on strike despite judge's ruling (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "Thousands of striking University of California workers face suspension and other disciplinary action for walking off their jobs Monday despite a judge's ruling barring them from doing so, UC officials said. The strike, which was expected to last through Friday, affected all 10 campuses and five medical centers, including UC Berkeley and UCSF."
  • Teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. are up. Surprised? (Shine.com/Yahoo)
    The NIH reports that teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. increased slightly, from 21 live births for every 1,000 girls in 2005, to 22 per 1,000 in 2006. --- Dr. Philip D. Darney, Professor and Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at San Francisco General Hospital, and co-founder/co-director of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health Policy at the University of California, San Francisco, is quoted.
  • Ribs lost -- and careers saved (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
    Colorado Rockies pitcher Aaron Cook, diagnosed with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in 2004, is now back on the field after receiving a specialized surgery by Washington University vascular surgeon Robert W. Thompson. "Thompson first learned about the operation during his fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco," said the Post-Dispatch.
  • It's Not the Answers That Are Biased, It's the Questions (Washington Post)
    The Washington Post reports: "When a scientist is hired by a firm with a financial interest in the outcome, the likelihood that the result of that study will be favorable to that firm is dramatically increased. This close correlation between the results desired by a study's funders and those reported by the researchers is known in the scientific literature as the 'funding effect.'" --- Lisa Bero of the University of California at San Francisco, is quoted.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • UC Medical Wildcat Strike (KNTV-TV CH 11 (NBC) San Francisco)
    KNTV 11 reports that University of California hospital workers are on strike over wages. American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (ASME) union workers are shown walking picket line outside UCSF Medical Center. KGO: Nicole Savickas, UC spokesperson, talks to ABC 7 about hiring extra staff for the strikes; Richard Sandoval, UCSF Medical Center worker and union spokesman, said service workers make so little that they qualify for state aid. --- Air Times on 7/14: KNTV - 5 AM, 5 and 11 PM; ABC 7, KGO - 6 and 11 AM, and 6 PM; KRON-TV CH 4 (My Network TV) - 4 PM; KPIX-TV CH 5 (CBS) San Francisco - Noon; KTVU-TV CH 2 (FOX) San Francisco - 8 AM and 12 Noon;

UCSF HEADLINES

  • The First Headache Clinic in the West (UC Office of the President -- Science Today)
    Science Today reports: "The first headache clinic in the West with an inpatient component for diagnosis and treatment is located at the University of California, San Francisco. It's led by Dr. Peter Goadsby, a world expert on headaches." The audio interview is available.
  • Incubating the Future at UCSF’s Mission Bay Campus (UCSF Today)
    The start-up incubator space at the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, or QB3, is called the Garage by the scientists and inventors working on UCSF’s Mission Bay campus, who are hoping to make that difficult first step from research bench to biotech start-up.
  • Final Days to Raise Funds for AIDS Walk San Francisco (UCSF Today)
    UCSF teams are in the final week of rallying the campus community to do what it can to support HIV/AIDS research and treatment.