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

  • Coverage, Access and Quality - California Nursing School Initiative Targets Hispanics, Asian-America (kaisernetwork.org)
    Kaisernetwork reports: "Enrollment in California community college nursing programs has increased by 60% over the past three years, with minority enrollment increasing by 13%, largely as a result of the three-year, $10 million Nursing Diversity Initiative, New America Media reports. Much of the minority student increase is among Hispanics. The University of California-San Francisco Center for California Health Workforce Studies evaluated the program."
  • Rajeev Venkayya Leads Health Delivery at Gates Foundation (India-West)
    India West reports: "Dr. Rajeev Venkayya has joined the Seattle, Wash.-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as director, Global Health Delivery, one of five teams in the foundation’s Global Health Program. ... Venkayya is assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, in the pulmonary and critical care medicine division."
  • Experience at work (San Francisco Business Times)
    The Business Times reports: "On the rollercoaster ride that is the biotech industry, Hollings Renton has had a seat in the front. In his 15 years as chief executive of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Emeryville, he's pulled off a rare feat for biotech executives: seeing a drug through concept, development and commercialization. In the dips and rises along the way, however, is where associates say Renton excels." "When he says, 'This is just a bump in the road. We're going to keep going' -- people stick with him," said Onyx co-founder Frank McCormick, director of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • Can riding a bike lead to erectile dysfunction? (CBS 5 Eyewitness News At 11 PM -- KPIX San Francisco)
    Dr. Tom Lue, a urologist at UCSF, explained on CBS 5 yesterday, how certain bike seats can cause erectile dysfunction in men. --- Air Times: 6 and 11 PM
  • State financial shortfall impacts SFGH services (NBC11 News: The Bay Area At 6 -- KNTV San Francisco)
    NBC 11 reports: “First at the state level, now at the city level, San Francisco is in a financial crisis that seems to be getting worse. Three months ago, the city was short $229 million for the upcoming fiscal year, now it turns out San Francisco is another $4 million in the red. And that does not include the governor's recent announcement of proposed cuts. In response, Mayor Newsom said to curb spending immediately by $18 million. ... Well, the mayor says the good news is most of those cuts will not impact anyone directly because they're coming from programs that haven't even begun such as alleyway restoration and street improvements. The biggest impact will likely be felt at San Francisco General Hospital where Newsom is ordering a reduction of elective surgeries, the closure of a popular homeless drop-in center and the shutdown of the workers' compensation clinic.” 00:07:56

UCSF HEADLINES

  • Breast Density and a Better Cancer Risk Model (UCSF Today)
    "An 'average' US woman has a one-in-eight lifetime chance of having breast cancer. UCSF researchers are using a measure of breast density to come up with a better model to gauge individual risk," reports Jeffrey Norris in UCSF Public Affairs.
  • Creating Change for UC Women (UCSF Today)
    UCSF Today reports: "When UC Associate President Linda Williams and Presidential Staff Fellow Amy Levine hit the road last year, they had one goal: Find out what UC women need to develop professionally and advance their careers. They found out. And they mean to do something about it."
  • Focus the Nation Featured on TV20 (UCSF Today)
    UCSF’s participation in the Focus the Nation teach-in, an educational initiative on global warming solutions for America on Jan. 31, was featured on TV20 recently.