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

  • With spring comes Art and Wine fest, Monte Carlo (Novato Advance)
    The Novato Advance reports: "Michael Iniguez, a 17-year-old student from St. Vincent’s High School in Petaluma, fell ill a few weeks ago and is currently in a coma at UCSF. ... Circle Bank wishes to reach out to the community to ask for donations for the Michael Iniguez Medical Fund."
  • UCSF School of Medicine names vice dean to supervise $1B operating budget (San Francisco Business Times)
    The Business Times reports: "The University of California, San Francisco, said Wednesday it's named Michael Hindery as the new vice dean for administration, finance and clinical programs at its School of Medicine."
  • Stem cell therapy advance (San Francisco Chronicle)
    Dr. Deepak Srivastava, director of the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, and colleagues at UCSF reported in the journal Cell Stem Cell yesterday that "small regulatory molecules called microRNAs can influence embryonic stem cells to produce heart muscle cells," said the Chronicle.
  • A primer on health claims and ingredients (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
    The Sun-Sentinel reports: "With so many products on the market promoting wonder ingredients that will fight heart disease, beat cholesterol, bust fat and make you regular, wellness should be just a supplement away." --- Robert Baron, a physician and associate dean at UC San Francisco, is interviewed.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • MRSA 'Superbug' Becoming More Resistant (ABC National -- Nightline)
    Dr. Chip Chambers, chief of the Infectious Diseases Division at San Francisco General Hospital, talks to ABC about methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant staph infection that is appearing more frequently outside of hospitals. --- The written story can be found at: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4393692&page=1. Air Time: 11:35 PM, Duration: 00:08:23
  • Education and income impact life expectancy (KTVU-TV CH 2 (FOX) San Francisco)
    KTVU reports: " UCSF researchers have done a study on how education and income impact life expectancy, and found people with a college degree live on average 6 years longer than those with a high school diploma, and the affluent live 2 years longer than those in the middle class. Access to health care, pollution in poorer neighborhoods and workplace dangers in blue collar jobs reduce the lifespan of less-educated lower income Americans." Air Time: 6 PM, Duration: 00:09:12

UCSF HEADLINES

  • Gladstone Scientists Identify Role of Tiny RNAs in Controlling Stem Cell Fate (UCSF Today)
    Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco have identified for the first time how tiny genetic factors called microRNAs may influence the differentiation of pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells into cardiac muscle.
  • UCSF Stroke Expert Wins Award for Excellence (UCSF Today)
    S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD, director of the Stroke Service and professor of neurology and epidemiology at UCSF, was honored with the William Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke by the American Stroke Association at the International Stroke Conference 2008.