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A simple, inexpensive method for preventing type 2 diabetes that relies on calling people and educating them on the sort of lifestyle changes they could make to avoid developing the disease has proven effective in a…

Dr. Rob Slaughter, since 1993 the School's Director of Research and Information Technology, passed away on Friday, June 15, 2012, following an eight-year battle with melanoma. In addition to his administrative…

SOCIAL SECURITY: FIXING THE GLARING GAP FOR WOMEN

After a lifetime of lower wages and time out of the labor market for caregiving, women typically receive less from Social Security than men, with millions of widows…

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (ASF) is thrilled to announce the selection of the 2012-13 Bay Area Schweitzer Fellows — two of whom are students at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing…

Featured on the CBS Interactive / CBS News SmartPlanet web site (see link below):
Glenna Dowling's research on video game software (on home gaming console equipment) as an alternative format of physical therapy…

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF has announced an expansion of its current board to more fully reflect the campus-wide community that it serves. New board members include deans from…

Dean David Vlahov is profiled in the Sunday, March 11, 2012, edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. See link below for the complete article.

DEAN DAVID VLAHOV PHOTOGRAPHED AT GLIDE…