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

  • HIV dental clinic to close (Bay Area Reporter)
    The BAR reports: "A San Francisco dental clinic whose clients include low-income people living with HIV and AIDS will close June 30, in a climate where patients' prospects of finding other means of dental care appears tenuous." --- Dr. Anthony Pogrel, a professor and chairman of UCSF's department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, is quoted.
  • Group backs Fresno pharmacy school (Fresno Bee)
    The Fresno Bee reports: "A group led by a doctor, responding to a shortage of pharmacists in Central California, wants to open a pharmacy school in Fresno." --- Mitra Assemi, an associate professor of clinical pharmacy in the University of California at San Francisco School of Pharmacy, is quoted.
  • More doubts about echinacea for preventing colds (National Post/Reuters)
    UCSF researchers report in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, that "the popular herbal cold-fighter echinacea may not work as advertised," said Reuters.
  • A Day for Aaliyah (OurSports Central)
    Our Sports Central reports: " Chris Dixon, UIF All-Star QB for the Billings Outlaws, will be dedicating this Saturday night game against the Wichita Wild, to a young lady from Billings Montana. Aaliyah Morgan was born with Vein of Galen malformation (the veins get tangled in the center of the brain)." --- At 11 months old, Aaliyah was treated at UCSF Children's Hospital for a brain bleed.
  • Web Sites Expand Rating Information On Nursing Homes (Wall Street Journal)
    The Wall Street Journal reports: "The federal government on Thursday plans to identify some of the most troubled nursing homes in its public database, part of a trend toward giving consumers easier access to a trove of nursing-home information online. ... Some state governments also offer nursing-home information sites. ... A database maintained by the California HealthCare Foundation and the University of California at San Francisco provides detailed information about staffing, including nurses' wages, as well as how much nursing homes spend per resident."

UCSF HEADLINES

  • UCSF marks a milestone with 500th transplant in heart and lung program (UCSF News Office)
    UCSF marked a milestone this week with the 500th procedure in its Thoracic Transplant Program, which specializes in transplantation of the heart and lung. “We’re glad to reach this significant point in our program because it means that a great number of patients are receiving improvements to their health that could not otherwise be achieved without an organ transplant,” said Charles Hoopes, MD, director of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation at UCSF since 2002.
  • Study breaks ground in revealing how neurons generate movement (UCSF News Office)
    When the eye tracks a bird’s flight across the sky, the visual experience is normally smooth, without interruption. But underlying this behavior is a complex coordination of neurons that has remained mysterious to scientists. Now, UCSF researchers have broken ground in understanding how the brain generates this tracking motion, a finding that offers a window, they say, into how neurons orchestrate all of the body’s movements.
  • Benefit Fund Established for Guzman-Solari Family (UCSF Today)
    UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, School of Pharmacy Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, and Joseph B. Guglielmo, PharmD, chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, want to make the UCSF community aware of a fund that has been established to benefit the widow and children of Luis “Al” Solari, who was killed in a road-rage incident in early April.
  • UCSF to Offer Free Screening for Oral, Head and Neck Cancer on April 25 (UCSF Today)
    In observance of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, the UCSF Head and Neck Surgery/Oncology Practice will provide free drop-in exams on Friday, April 25.