Talking About Palestine is an Exercise in Public Health
For the past 17 months, we have witnessed in real-time how a genocide unfolds and what the essential components of it are.
My Experience as a Black Man and Prospective Juror In San Francisco’s Hallowed Halls of Justice
It was a rainy and blustery Tuesday morning. Clutching a white, large-canopied umbrella, with rainwater splashing around my footsteps, I...
This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion
[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory...
Community Partnerships and Transformative Legislature: The Route to Equitable Abortion Access
It has been nearly one and a half years since Roe V. Wade was overturned by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
This Date in UCSF History: Abuses Told About Experiments on Prisoners
[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1977.] Inmates of California’s prison system are currently being used as subjects for...
Decolonizing Global Health: The Urgent Need for Diverse Authorship
Originally a method through which European colonizers exerted power over the colonized, the field of global health has taken different...
Women and Pain: A Case for Compassion in Medicine
Countless women are often told the pain will be “just a pinch” on the day of their Inter-Uterine Device (IUD)...
This Date in UCSF History: Whistleblower Describes Tragic ‘Study’
[Originally published in Synapse on Jan. 20, 1994.] In a Jan. 12 talk at UCSF, Peter Buxton described his efforts...
This Date in UCSF History: Men Should Own Up to ‘Women’s Issues,’ Says Former Pro Athlete
[Originally published in Synapse on December 19, 2003.] Why is the greatest insult one can hurl at a boy is...
This Date in UCSF History: Students Granted Political Asylum
[First published in synapse on October 22, 1989] Two Chinese dissident students, Hoy Yu Vi, 27, and Luo Jian Guang...