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Suzanna Martinez deepens commitment to college students’ well-being in newly funded work

By Cameron Scott on December 04, 2023
Students can’t learn if they have nothing to eat or nowhere safe to study and sleep.

Helping women by helping their care providers

By Dan Fost on November 16, 2023
CPIPE embedded champion facilitating a session during a training for the control group in Migori, Kenya. Photo by Patience Afulani

Poor night’s sleep can trigger atrial fibrillation the next day

By Elizabeth Fernandez on November 09, 2023
We all know that a lousy night’s sleep can leave us feeling drained the next day. Now a study by UC San Francisco has found another reason to catch more Z’s: poor sleep is tied to significantly higher odds of experiencing atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) – irregular heartbeats that can lead to blood...

Does suspending kids from school harm their grades and health?

By Jess Berthold on October 24, 2023
Excluding kids from classes disproportionately impacts Black and Latinx kids, whose GPAs drop nearly 1.5 points.

New care model delivers hepatitis C treatment to most vulnerable

By Victoria Colliver on October 23, 2023
Breakthrough treatments introduced over the last decade have transformed hepatitis C from a chronic and potentially deadly infectious disease into one that can be cured.

New center addresses global climate change impacts on water, energy, food and health systems

October 12, 2023
Waed Al-Delaimy (UCSD) and Margaret Handley (UCSF)

Faculty spotlight: Suzanne Dufault, PhD

August 17, 2023
Could you describe your research?

A secret in the blood: how PF4 restores youth to old brains

By Levi Gadye on August 16, 2023
Rendering by Dena Dubal and Ella Maru Studio

UCSF research scientist reveals disability after decades of sleeplessness

By Lisa Cisneros on July 25, 2023
Imagine being sleep deprived for almost 40 years. That’s the nightmare Mindy Hebert-DeRouen lived until she received treatment for Willis Ekbom Disease, otherwise known as Primary Restless Leg Syndrome, which causes severe sleep disorder.

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