AUGUST 2012
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UNIVERSITY NEWS
UCSF Names New Vice Chancellor for University Development
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John B. Ford has been named Vice Chancellor, University Development and Alumni Relations at UCSF. Ford brings more than 40 years of experience to the position, including 30 years at Stanford University, where he helped organize and successfully implement three campaigns with goals of more than $1 billion, including the first billion-dollar campaign in support of undergraduate education in the United States. Read more
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PATIENT CARE
Web-Enabled Bathroom Scale Could Monitor Heart Failure from Home
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Can a retrofitted bathroom scale costing less than $100 save lives and improve the health of millions of Americans living with heart failure while cutting billions of dollars in annual health care spending? A team led by UCSF MD/PhD student Mozziyar Etemadi has been awarded $110,000 to find out. Read more | Watch the video
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RESEARCH
Epilepsy Drug Could Help with Alzheimer's-Related Memory Loss
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Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have discovered that an FDA-approved anti-epileptic drug reverses memory loss and alleviates other Alzheimer’s-related impairments in an animal model of the disease. Read more
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PHILANTHROPY
In the Battle against Prostate Cancer, It’s Beard On
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September is a time of tremendous growth for Art Wagner. It starts small – as stubble – and with a little luck and a whole lot of testosterone, ends with a Septembeard. Now embarking on its second year, Septembeard.org is a nonprofit organization created by Wagner to raise money for prostate cancer research. Read more
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EDUCATION
Free Online UCSF Courses Attract Thousands of Students
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In the first 24 hours after announcing UCSF’s first online classes through the website Coursera, more than 2,500 students signed up, signaling what could be a significant expansion in UCSF’s ability to reach a wide audience with its health science courses. Read more
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