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Doubling Enrollment and Deepening Community Ties: A YETI Study Team Update

AIDS LifeCycle. A Final Ride. A Continuous Journey.

This June marked a historic moment for the AIDS/LifeCycle community as riders gathered for the final time to bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles in a seven-day, 545-mile journey dedicated to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Among the thousands of passionate participants were two UCSF faculty: Dr.

Proud Moments, Bright Futures. Honoring the DEB Class of 2025

On May 16, UCSF’s Graduate Division celebrated its largest-ever commencement, recognizing 195 master’s and PhD graduates across 24 programs—including graduates from our very own PhD in Epidemiology & Translational Science, MS in Clinical & Epidemiological Research, and MS in Health Data...

Improving Young Women’s Nutrition and Health in Nepal

Access to adequate food and nutrition is challenging for many newly married women in Nepal. Due to their lower social status, young married women frequently experience nutrient deficiencies that lead to them and their babies being malnourished. A new UCSF study seeks to intervene and improve young...

UCSF Epidemiologists and Biostatisticians to Lead NIH Project Focused on Dementia Prevention

Top-row, from left to right: Jacqueline Torres, PhD, MA, MPH; Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH; Tom Hoffman, PhD, MA; and Chiung-Yu Huang, PhD, MS Bottom-row, from left to right: Rebecca Graff, ScD; Fei Jiang, PhD, MS; Suzanna Martinez, PhD, MS; and Fan Xia, PhD

Biostatistics Grant for UCSF Aims to Catch Aneurysms Before They Rupture

A new UCSF study will take data gathered from a new machine and crunch it using modern machine learning to help predict which cerebral aneurysms are likely to rupture. The machine, known as a 4D Flow MRI, can create an image of an aneurysm in three physical dimensions and in the fourth dimension...

Pesticide Exposure Linked to Heart Risks in New UCSF Study

From left-to-right: Jacqueline Torres, PhD, MA, MPH, and Lucia Calderon, MPH, MCP

UCSF Health Atlas Expands Its Reach with Nationwide Mapping Tool

UCSF Health Atlas, an interactive mapping tool for measuring health inequities that debuted just as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, is relaunching this month with data from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, along with new climate and other data.

Cancer Misinformation Dominates Social Media. Here’s How Doctors Can Fight Back.

June Chan, ScD

How Newly Identified Biomarkers Could Reveal Risk Factors for SIDS

Researchers at UC San Francisco are getting closer to being able to predict sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.