First Appeared Thursday, 03 April '08

inSites: What’s on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for March 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 March on the UCSF.edu website, in case you missed something the first time around.

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

Brain Man: A Conversation with Cognitive Neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley
As the oldest baby boomers reach 60, finding out what slows the brain down—and how to reverse or stall that aging process—has become both a social and a scientific imperative. UCSF's Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, might be on to something....

UCSF Launches New Strategic Plan Website
UCSF launched a website devoted to communicating how the University is implementing its first-ever campuswide strategic plan, which articulates its mission, vision and seven strategic directions over the next decade....

Turning the Tide of Liver Cancer Among Asians
Liver cancer rates are expected to climb, in part due to hepatitis B virus infection. The virus is common among Asian immigrants and their children. A UCSF physician works to stem the tide....

Give Me Some Space: A Conversation with Space Psychiatrist Nick Kanas
Will humans walk on other planets? UCSF psychiatrist Nick Kanas certainly hopes so. And if he has his way, these astronauts of the future won't be arguing about who goes first....

Does It Matter How You Lower Your Cholesterol?
While the marketing of a newer type of cholesterol-lowering drug is being scrutinized, cardiologists await more data. It's a good time to remember that cholesterol lowering is only a "surrogate" measure of success in preventing heart attacks....

News Center - News and Research for the Global UCSF Community

• • Key Factor in Brain Development Revealed, Offers Insight into Disorder
  
  
• • Tinkering with Cellular Circuits Sparks Synthetic Biology at UCSF
  
  
• • Does It Matter How You Lower Your Cholesterol?
  
  
• • UCSF Among 11 Hospitals Assessed Administrative Penalties
  
  
• • Gladstone Scientists Identify Role of Tiny RNAs in Controlling Stem Cell Fate
  
  
• • Foundation Touts UCSF Report on Health Differences
  
  
• • What Gets a Female's Attention -- At Least a Songbird's
  
  
• • Wealthier Women Get More Breast Cancer Screenings, Regardless of Benefit
  
  
• • UCSF School of Medicine Names New Vice Dean for Administration
  
  
• • UCSF Researchers Validate New Model for Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Multiple Ethnic Groups

UCSF Today - Campus News and Events

• • GLBT Leadership Award Nominations Deadline Extended to 5 p.m., March 31
  
  
• • Mayor Proclaims Gladstone Institutes Day in San Francisco
  
  
• • University of California Appoints New President Mark G. Yudof
  
  
• • Snapshot of APhA-ASP Serving our Community
  
  
• • Education Seminars, When Delivered the Right Way, Improve the Community’s Understanding of Health Information
  
  
• • Three to Receive Chancellor’s Award for Advancement of Women
  
  
• • Horton Wins 2008 Bressler Prize in Vision Science
  
  
• • UCSF Medical Center CEO Updates Regents on Mission Bay Hospital Project
  
  
• • UC Reaches Agreement with CNA on Three-Year Contract for University Nurses
  
  
• • UCSF Gains Positive Presence on YouTube, Social Networking Sites
  
  
• • UCSF Collaborative Resource Allocation Program Offers Second Round of Grants
  
  
• • UCSF Launches New Strategic Plan Website
  
  
• • UCSF Children’s Hospital, de Young Museum Partner to Provide Teens Platform for Artistic Expression
  
  
• • UC Regents to Discuss Student Mental Health and Campus Security at Upcoming Meeting
  
  
• • Mount Zion Invites Community to Health Fair on March 13
  
  
• • Giudice Receives 2008 Woman in Science Award
  
  
• • UCSF Volunteers Help Build Playground in One Day
  
  
• • UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center Welcomes New Advisors
  
  
• • School of Medicine Names New Vice Dean for Administration, Finance and Clinical Programs
  
  
• • Co-Author of Three Trillion Dollar War to Speak at UCSF
  
  
• • UCSF Stroke Expert Wins Award for Excellence
  
  
• • Two Women Prepare for Empire State AIDS Ride in Memory of their Brothers
  
  
• • Wells to Chair UCSF Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  
  
• • Gladstone Ranked #1 in the Scientist's Survey of Best Places for Postdoctoral Fellows to Work

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

• • Mar. 28, An Infectious Personality: A Conversation with Virologist Don Ganem, Part 1 of 2 (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • Mar. 21, Brain Man: A Conversation with Cognitive Neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • Mar. 14, Give Me Some Space: A Conversation with Space Psychiatrist Nick Kanas (Read it | Hear it)
  
  
• • Mar. 7, First Science Café Reader Survey (Read 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

• UCSF Blogs

inSites – Highlighting Stories from UCSF and Other UCSF Websites

• Pharmacy Dean, Faculty and Students Receive National Honors
School of Pharmacy

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

Motherhood and Memory Lapse

UCSF Science Café 67: A Conversation with Don Ganem

UCSF Science Café 66: A Conversation with Adam Gazzaley

UCSF Science Café 65: A Conversation with Nick Kanas

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

• March 31	• March 27	• March 26	• March 25
• March 24	• March 20	• March 19	• March 18
• March 17	• March 14	• March 13	• March 12
• March 10	• March 7	• March 6	• March 5
• March 4	• March 3