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

  • Violence prevention strategy includes hate crimes (Bay Area Reporter)
    The BAR writes: "Violence prevention advocates [including Howard Pinderhughes, chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF] met in San Francisco last week to discuss best practices in stemming the tide of juvenile crime. Part of San Francisco's plan to reduce youth violence includes addressing interpersonal crimes sparked by sexuality and gender identity."
  • How to find a doctor online (CNN.com)
    CNN reports: "These days, many people are using electronic word of mouth. Put "doctor ratings" into a search engine and you'll come up with a list of sites where people rate physicians and make comments." --- Dr. Robert Wachter, associate chairman of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, is quoted.
  • Chew On This: Dental Fillings a Thing of the Past? (FOXnews.com)
    Foxnews.com reports: "Professor Sally Marshall of the University of California in San Francisco thinks she may have found a way to stop decay in its tracks."
  • Search for diarrhea cure gets boost (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "San Francisco's nonprofit drug developer, the Institute for OneWorld Health, said Thursday it will collaborate with Swiss drug giant Roche to find treatments for diarrhea, which kills 2 million children a year in developing countries. ... OneWorld Health was founded in 2000 by Victoria Hale, a pharmaceutical chemist trained at UCSF who formerly worked at Genentech Inc. in South San Francisco."
  • Doctor quit during probe of inmate's July death (Seattle Times)
    The Seattle Times reports: "A King County Jail physician responsible for treating a jail inmate who died from a perforated ulcer in July resigned while an investigation into the incident was ongoing, according to public-health officials." --- Dr. Lori Kohler, the director of the Correctional Medicine Consultation Network and a professor of clinical family and community medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, is quoted.
  • Term demeaning (Winnipeg Sun, The)
    Lisa Leung, a nursing student at the University of California, San Francisco, writes: "Thank you for your article on nurse practitioner-led clinics ('A practical solution: For four million Canadians who don't have a family doctor, so-called super-nurses could offer . . . ,'). Nurse practitioners have been successfully running clinics in North America for many years."
  • Mouth Swab May One Day Diagnose Lung Cancer (Yahoo! News/HealthDay)
    University of Texas researchers reported at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in San Diego Wednesday that "Doctors may some day be able to diagnose lung cancer with nothing more than a quick swab of the mouth." said HealthDay News. --- Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine and director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco, is quoted.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • Doggie DNA: Human Genetics through Dogs (KQED Quest)
    KQED Quest reports: "It's often said dogs and their owners resemble each other. Now, researchers at UC-San Francisco are looking for those connections on a whole new level. They're searching for the genes that cause common psychiatric problems in humans -- by looking at the DNA of dogs." --- KQED's Quest, an interactive website, HDTV and radio series, explores the stories behind Bay Area science, nature and environmental issues. --- Air Time: 10:20AM

UCSF HEADLINES

  • UCSF Prepares for the Worst in Aftermath of VA Tech Tragedy (UCSF Today)
    Last year, Senior Vice Chancellor Steve Barclay commissioned staff to assess UCSF’s capabilities to respond to and provide timely mass notification of an emergency under an “active shooter” scenario. A comprehensive emergency communications committee was created and co-chaired by Associate Vice Chancellors Randy Lopez and Steve Wiesenthal, who has since left UCSF. The committee comprised representatives of UCSF Police, Capital Programs and Facilities Management, Public Affairs, Office of Research and UCSF Medical Center.