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November 13, 2008

UCSF Print and Online Coverage

  • Dr. Harry Weinstein - elder-care leader (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "Dr. Harry Weinstein, a San Francisco physician noted for his long dedication to the care of the elderly, the disabled and the homeless, has died at the age of 95. ... He had been a clinical faculty member at UCSF and director of medical education at Mount Zion Hospital for many years when it was the city's leading independent teaching hospital."

UCSF Television Coverage

  • Neuro-intensive care nursery opens at UCSF (ABC 7 Morning News at 4:30 AM - KGO-TV)
    UCSF Children’s Hospital has opened an innovative new clinical unit focusing on the infant brain that is the first facility of its kind in the United States. The unit brings together specialized treatment for infants who show signs of brain damage at birth – and are at-risk for developing cerebral palsy, mental retardation and other cognitive disorders – with clinical research. "Dr. David Rowitch helped develop the unit to specifically treat newborns with brain and neurological trauma," said ABC 7. --- Dr. Yao Sun from UCSF Children's Hospital, is also interviewed. --- Air Time: 6 PM
  • Researchers Explore New Technologies, Treatments for Dementia Patients (PBS: The News Hour With Jim Lehrer -- National)
    The Jim Lehrer News Hour (PBS - TV) focused on UCSF's leading dementia treatment and research program in a news segment on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The report included interviews with several members of the UCSF team -- neurologists Bruce Miller, Adam Boxer and Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner -- as well as several of their patients and their families. The story highlighted the various forms of dementia, which include Alzheimer's disease and the less well known frontotemporal dementia, among others; the strategies scientists are taking to understand the diseases, and the challenges they face in developing treatments. --- Air Time: 3 and 6 PM PT

UCSF Headlines

  • UCSF cited as "most improved" UC medical school for diversity (UCSF News Office)
    The UCSF School of Medicine continues to have one of the most diverse student bodies among California medical schools, according to a public policy institute study. Nearly one-third of students in last fall’s entering class -- 28 percent -- are from groups underrepresented in medicine. --- Front page: http://www.ucsf.edu/
  • UCSF team moves in on mechanism in stem cell growth, possibly cancer (UCSF News Office)
    A class of miniscule molecules called microRNAs has become a major focus of biomedical research. Now, UCSF scientists have identified multiple members of this class that enable embryonic stem cells to divide, and thus proliferate, much more rapidly than the mature, or specialized, cells of the adult body.
  • University Community Partnerships Program Requests Proposals for Grants (UCSF Today)
    The Grants Program of the University Community Partnerships Program is seeking proposals for grant funding to support projects that strengthen partnerships between UCSF and the San Francisco community.