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

  • The Education of Eliot Spitzer (CounterPunch)
    Counterpunch reports: "When New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was campaigning to become governor in the summer of 2006, he expressed opposition to a bill being considered by the legislature that would legalize-somewhat-the medical use of marijuana. Backers of the bill thought they had lined up Spitzer's support and were dismayed. As explained by New York Magazine, Aug. 6." --- A study by Donald Abrams, an oncologist, AIDS specialist, and professor of medicine at UC San Francisco, is mentioned.
  • A healthy recipe for Passover (Los Angeles Times)
    Daphne Miller, a doctor and associate clinical professor at UC San Francisco, discusses the Passover diet.
  • Brain tumor can't keep runner from Boston Marathon (Monterey County Herald)
    Will Tarantino, 24, of Monterey, diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and currently in remission, ran in the Boston Marathon today. Dr. Michael McDermott at the University of California, San Francisco removed Tarantino's brain tumor last year.
  • Flurry of new products offered (North Bay Business Journal)
    The North Bay Business Journal reports: "Recent ratings have proved that property and casualty premiums have continued to dive in 2008, extending the soft market and forcing insurance carriers to find new ways of attracting business." --- UCSF is mentioned.
  • San Francisco Nurse Carries Flame of Hope (Nurse.com)
    Nurse.com reports: "Lisa Hartmayer, RN, BS, a staff nurse at UCSF Medical Center, carried the Olympic Torch April 9 through San Francisco as part of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay."
  • UCSF Project Reduces Errors at California Hospitals (Nurse.com)
    Nurse.com reports: " A demonstration project led by UCSF researchers and funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has resulted in a 56.8% reduction in medication administration errors at some California hospitals, Healthcare IT News reports."
  • Chief says student's attack on officer was 'suicide by cop' (Police One)
    Police.one reports: "A high school sophomore [Jesus "Jesse" Carrizales, 17] who attacked a police officer with a sawed-off bat on Wednesday wanted to die, Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said Thursday." --- Dr. Karen Kraus, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and coordinator of child and adolescent training at the University of California, San Francisco-Fresno Medical Education Program, comments on an antidepressant Jesse was taking.
  • Utah boosts effort to treat birth defects (Salt Lake Tribune)
    Liz Sanders' daughter, Scarlett, underwent EXIT surgery during birth at University Hospital in Utah, to create an airway obstructed by a growth on her neck. The Salt Lake Tribune mentions that the EXIT procedure was invented at UCSF.
  • Researchers envision stem cell lab (San Diego Union-Tribune - Online)
    The San Diego Tribune reports: "San Diego's four largest research institutes plan to build the nation's first-of-its-kind stem cell center, which scientists have dubbed a 'collaboratory,' in La Jolla." --- UCSF is mentioned.
  • 1-pound Oqo PC faces a huge challenge (San Francisco Chronicle)
    Robert Lukas, a quality assurance coordinator at UCSF Medical Center, is interviewed about a personal computer named Oqo (pronounced O-Q-O), made by a team of former Apple and IBM engineers at a warehouse in Hunter's Point, "that weighs 1 pound, clips onto a belt like a cell phone and runs any Windows program," reports the Chronicle.

UCSF HEADLINES

  • State Senator Yee to Talk About Health Care Reform at UCSF Today (UCSF Today)
    As part of the 2008 Legislative Day event, California State Senator Leland Yee, PhD, will come to UCSF today (April 21) to talk about the state of health care reform, including an update on SB 840. Yee’s presentation is from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in the School of Nursing, room N 225, at the UCSF Parnassus campus.