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Two faculty members in the UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging recently received funding from National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Cancer Institute (NCI) for an exciting research project to study hyperpolarized (HP) carbon-13 (13C) metabolic MRI in prostate cancer

In a recently published study, Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD, Associate Director of Population Sciences for the Cancer Center, and co-authors explored the relationship between socioeconomic status and early onset of puberty. Below, Hiatt discusses the findings and their implications for breast cancer risk

On Saturday, August 7th Umoja Health, in partnership with community and faith-based organizations, celebrated its 1-year anniversary of providing free access to COVID-19 testing and vaccinations to Oakland’s most impacted neighborhoods serving the Black community. Mayor Libby Schaaf attended the

UCSF Medical Center has been recognized as the nation’s best hospital for neurology and neurosurgery, and among the country’s premier medical centers overall, in the 2021-22 Best Hospitals survey by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings, released July 27, 2021, placed UCSF among the top 10

Thirteen investigators were awarded grants in support of cancer research projects in the Spring 2021 cycle of the UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP). Funded by various agencies across UCSF, the awards span a range of topics from health equity to therapy resistance to developing new screening

Launched 15 years ago this week, Twitter has become one of the most powerful ways in the world to spread ideas. In its relatively short lifetime, Twitter’s reach and ability to influence have made it a critical communication tool in all areas of life and work.