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HDFCCC Global Cancer Team Visits Tanzanian Partners
In September, Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH, assistant professor in hematology/oncology and director of the HDFCCC Global Cancer Program, led a group of UCSF faculty and trainees to Tanzania to meet with stakeholders at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and Ocean Road
Cell Mapping Initiatives Aim to Uncover Hidden Pathways of Disease
Nevan Krogan, PhD, is a mapmaker, but the object of his exploration is not any newfound continent or alien world. Instead, he and his colleagues map cells. Rather than cities, towns and interstates, these maps show proteins, genes, and the shifting, convoluted network of interactions between them
Anna Maria Nápoles Appointed Scientific Director of NIMHD
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) has appointed Anna Maria Nápoles, PhD, MPH, as scientific director of its Division of Intramural Research. Nápoles, a UC San Francisco behavioral epidemiologist, is the first Latina to be named a scientific director at the
Deadly Lung Cancers are Driven by Multiple Genetic Changes
A new UC San Francisco–led study challenges the dogma in oncology that most cancers are caused by one dominant “driver” mutation that can be treated in isolation with a single targeted drug. Instead, the new research finds one of the world’s most deadly forms of lung cancer is driven by changes in
Preventing Disease Through Social Media: UCSF Doctor Gets Creative with Health Interventions
Smartphones and emotional crises, social media and tanning beds are seemingly disconnected – but UC San Francisco researcher Eleni Linos, MD, DrPH, has started to make an impact on health by her focus on how technology can influence our behaviors. Watch Dreamforce Talk Eleni Linos, MD, DrPH, will be
UCSF at Dreamforce 2017: Precision Cancer Care and Public Health Tech
One of UC San Francisco’s groundbreaking cancer programs will be prominently featured at the 2017 Dreamforce conference through an interactive exposition and a talk by two researchers. UCSF at Dreamforce “Tech and Health: Connection as Cure” (live stream) Monday, Nov. 6 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Featuring
Survivors of Childhood Leukemia with Down Syndrome Have Unique Health Risks, Benefits
Doctors have long recognized that children with Down syndrome are significantly more susceptible to leukemia, and have believed that they also were at higher risk of treatment-related chronic conditions. Now, new research led by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, with data from the