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

  • Books - Dissecting 'Gray's Anatomy' (Bay Area Reporter)
    Author Bill Hayes audited classes at the UCSF School of Medicine in researching his book, "The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy." The book is reviewed as a combination of a biography of Henry Gray, the author of GRAY'S ANATOMY -- which celebrate's it's 105th anniversary this year -- and memoir.
  • UCSF researchers studying cognition in older HIVers (Bay Area Reporter)
    The BAR writes: "With many people who have HIV and AIDS living longer, thanks to advances in medications, a group of researchers and doctors at the University of California, San Francisco is looking at how having HIV might affect cognitive health in people over 60. ... 'We'd like to know if they're likely to have more problems with memory and thinking, and if they are, why?' said Dr. Victor Valcour, adjunct clinical instructor at the Memory and Aging Center at UCSF, where the research is being done."
  • Claude Rosenberg, Advocate for Philanthropy, Is Dead at 80 (New York Times)
    The New York Times reports: "Claude Rosenberg, who made a fortune managing other people’s money and then began persuading the rich that they could significantly increase their charitable giving while also shrinking their tax bill, died Saturday near his home in San Francisco. He was 80." --- Medical research at UCSF was one of Rosenberg's philanthropies.
  • $271 Million for Research on Stem Cells in California (New York Times)
    The New York Times reports: "California has awarded $271 million in grants to build 12 stem cell research centers in the state, even as one of the political rationales for the building program might soon disappear." --- Dr. Arnold Kriegstein, director of the [UCSF] stem cell program, is quoted.
  • A clue on a rare cancer (Philadelphia Inquirer)
    The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: "Using DNA samples donated by thousands of patients at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, doctors have found a lead in their hunt for the causes of neuroblastoma, the baffling cancer that killed Alex of Alex's Lemonade Stand at age 8." --- Kate Matthay, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, is quoted.
  • Next UC president - homey image, hefty mission (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "The first University of California president to be hired from outside the system since 1899, Mark Yudof does not fit the regal profile of past UC leaders." --- Stanton Glantz, a UCSF researcher and former chair of the UC Committee on Academic Planning and Budget, is quoted.
  • State labs get millions for stem-cell research (San Jose Mercury News)
    The Mercury News reports: "California's stem-cell agency Wednesday awarded nearly $271 million in grants to build stem-cell laboratories statewide, with more than $126 million of that designated for universities and other research institutions in and around the Bay Area." --- Arnold Kriegstein, director of the Institute for Regeneration Medicine at UC-San Francisco, is quoted.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • Ernest Kinney, a popular Fresno attorney dies (ABC 30 -- Fresno)
    ABC in Fresno reports: "One of the most high profile and passionate defense attorneys in the Valley has died." Ernie Kennedy was treated for leukemia at UCSF Medical Center.
  • Fairfield Goes High Pitch To Fight Loitering Teens (KTVU Channel 2 San Francisco)
    The Fairfield Police Department is using a device that produces an intolerable noise only young people can hear to deter teenagers from loitering. Dr. Lawrence Lustig, director of the UCSF Cochlear Implant Center, is interviewed in the video segment.

UCSF RADIO COVERAGE

  • $271 Million in Grants for Stem Cell Research (KCBS-AM)
    KCBS reports: "Stanford, UCSF, the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato and the Berkeley Stem Cell Center are among the dozen projects vying for about $800 million in grant money from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to build state-of-the-art labs throughout the region."
  • For Prospective Moms, Biology and Culture Clash (NPR -- Morning Edition)
    NPR reports: "More women...are putting off childbearing to attend college and launch careers. But some experts see a tension between that societal trend and reproductive realities. Biologically speaking, the longer women wait to get pregnant, the more difficult it is to conceive. Fertility seems to peak at about age 22, says Marcel Cedars, director of reproductive endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. After that, it gradually declines, and past the age of 35, pregnancy is much harder to achieve."

UCSF HEADLINES

  • Giudice Joins NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (UCSF Today)
    Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, a nationally renowned physician-scientist focused on women's health, has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (ACRWH).
  • New Stem Cell Research Building Nears (UCSF Today)
    UCSF’s stem cell research program received a ringing endorsement from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today with the announcement that CIRM is awarding $34.9 million toward the construction of a stem cell research building on the Parnassus campus. [See news release.]