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

By Dan Fost on November 14, 2024
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

By Dan Fost on November 12, 2024
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

By Leah Rosenbaum, MPH, MA on October 22, 2024
From left-to-right: Jacqueline Torres, PhD, MA, MPH, and Lucia Calderon, MPH, MCP

UCSF Health Atlas Expands Its Reach with Nationwide Mapping Tool

By Victoria Colliver on October 11, 2024
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.

By Leah Rosenbaum, MPH, MA on September 30, 2024
June Chan, ScD

How Newly Identified Biomarkers Could Reveal Risk Factors for SIDS

By Leah Rosenbaum, MPH, MA on September 12, 2024
Researchers at UC San Francisco are getting closer to being able to predict sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Welcomes New Faculty Member Janne Boone-Heinonen

By Leah Rosenbaum, MPH, MA on September 12, 2024
Janne Boone-Heinonen, PhD, MPH

COVID Disrupted Hep C Elimination in San Francisco, But Housing and Services May Help Get It Back on Track

By Leah Rosenbaum, MPH, MA on September 04, 2024
From left to right: Meghan Morris, PhD, MPH; Sheena Patel; Erin Wilson, DrPH, MPH; and Willi McFarland, MD, PhD, MPH

Loic Yengo, PhD, Named UCSF Presidential Chair, Beginning in 2025

By Traci Farrell on September 03, 2024
Loic Yengo, PhD, has been named a recipient of the 2024-2025 UCSF Presidential Chair Award and will be appointed as a distinguished visiting associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics from January 1–March 31, 2025.

Address Mauakowa Malata, FAAN, PhD, MSc, BSc, Named UCSF Presidential Chair Through June 30, 2025

By Traci Farrell on September 03, 2024
Address Mauakowa Malata, FAAN, PhD, MSc, BSc, has been named a recipient of the 2024-2025 UCSF Presidential Chair Award and will be appointed as a distinguished visiting professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics through June 30, 2025.

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