First Appeared Wednesday, 05 March '08

inSites: What’s on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for February 2008

Each weekday Public Affairs publishes online the news from and about UCSF — from the latest research in basic and clinical science to weekly Science Café conversations and podcasts, from stories that embody the UCSF tagline, advancing health worldwide™, to daily campus news and calendar events. Here's a handy index of the content we brought you in February on the UCSF.edu website, in case you missed something the first time around.

Feature Stories - The Big Picture on the UCSF.edu Homepage

HPV Vaccine for Men?
The new vaccine used to prevent sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) in women and girls could play the same role in men and boys....

Flu Season Approaches Peak, with Drug-Resistant Cases on the Rise
Flu season is reaching its annual peak. The vaccine does not cover some of the most common strains. In an increasing number of cases, the flu drug of choice is not effective....

Scales and Ladders: A Conversation About Social Status and Health with Psychologist Nancy Adler
What you think about yourself in relation to others can add years to your life or inches to your waistline. And as social health psychologist Nancy Adler has found, it's your subjective view — not your access to care — that seems to matter most....

Breast Density and a Better Cancer Risk Model
An "average" US woman has a one-in-eight lifetime chance of having breast cancer. UCSF researchers are using a measure of breast density to come up with a better model to gauge individual risk....

UCSF Message Goes Global and Gets Local
UCSF's message of hope and purpose — captured in the tagline advancing health worldwide™ — gets star billing beginning this month....

Mysteries of the Heart: A Conversation with Cardiologist and Researcher Robin Shaw
Gap Junction might sound like an Old West ghost town. But cardiologist and researcher Robin Shaw has found that gap junctions are where the trail to heart health really begins....

News Center - News and Research for the Global UCSF Community

• • Survival Rates Exceed National Averages for UCSF Heart, Lver and Lung Transplant Programs
  
  
• • UCSF Opens Multidisciplinary Marfan Clinic
  
  
• • Gladstone & UCSF Scientists Reactivate Immune Cell Production in HIV-Infected Adults
  
  
• • Experimental MS Drug Shows Promise, Offers New Window on Disease
  
  
• • Study Finds Overweight Children Have Less Elbow Range of Motion
  
  
• • Past Heroin Use Doesn't Bar HIV Therapy Compliance, Sudy Finds
  
  

UCSF Today - Campus News and Events

• • Dean Ushers in 101st Year of School of Nursing
  
  
• • Harvard Professor of Pediatrics to Lecture at UCSF Today, Tomorrow
  
  
• • HepB Free Project Joins with UCSF Staff to Offer Prevention Strategies to Community
  
  
• • UCSF to Raise Awareness of Eating Disorders This Week
  
  
• • UC Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against AFSCME
  
  
• • Leading Contributor to Human Genome Project to Speak at UCSF
  
  
• • UCSF University Community Partnerships Council Offers New Grants Program
  
  
• • New Mini Medical School for the Public to begin at UCSF
  
  
• • UCSF to Offer Workshop on Effective Communication in a Diverse Environment
  
  
• • Mayor Newsom Appoints Nursing Professor to San Francisco Health Commission
  
  
• • UCSF Works Toward a Healthy Environment
  
  
• • University of California to Establish School of Global Health
  
  
• • Global Health Sciences, CTSI to Host Town Hall Meetings on International Projects
  
  
• • NIAID Director Anthony Fauci Gives Merle Sande Memorial Lecture
  
  
• • UCSF School of Pharmacy Names First Associate Dean for Diversity
  
  
• • Creating Change for UC Women
  
  
• • UCSF to Host Valentine’s Activities at Several Locations
  
  
• • Developing UCSF’s Next Generation of Faculty Mentors
  
  
• • It’s Time to Get Out and Vote
  
  
• • Chief of Pediatric Surgery on Oprah
  
  
• • National Search for School of Medicine Dean Underway
  
  
• • UCSF to Offer Cultural Competency Training for Health Care Providers

Science Café - Weekly Conversations About the Culture, Conduct and Community of Science

• • Feb. 29 The Building Wave: A Conversation with Biochemist and Systems Biologist Orion Weiner (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • Feb. 22 Floss or Die?: A Conversation with Dental Scientist Mark Ryder
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• • Feb. 15 Scales and Ladders: A Conversation About Social Status and Health with Psychologist Nancy Adler (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • Feb. 8 Is Ergonomics a Science? A conversation with ergonomics expert and researcher David Rempel, MD (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • Feb. 1 Mysteries of the Heart: A Conversation with Cardiologist and Researcher Robin Shaw (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • Subscribe to the Science Café podcast in iTunes
  
  
• • Subscribe to the Science Café podcast and feed in your preferred newsreader

UCSF People / UCSF Blogs - UCSF Faculty, Staff and Students in Their Own Words

• Meet New UCSF Faculty

InSites – Highlighting Stories from UCSF and Other UCSF Websites

• What’s on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for January 2008

Spotlight / Multimedia - UCSF Faculty, Staff and Students "on the Air"

UCSF Science Café 64: A Conversation with Orion Weiner

UCSF Science Café 63: A Conversation with Mark Ryder

UCSF Science Café 62: A Conversation with Nancy Adler

UCSF Science Café 61: A Conversation with David Rempel

Focus the Nation Featured on TV20

UCSF Science Café 60: A Conversation with Robin Shaw

FYI... UCSF in the News - Daily summary of news stories that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University

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