Sleuthing, Slaying, and the Cough: Postdoc Slam Returns
A sleuthing scientist tracking down culprits of dementia landed the top prize at the 5th annual UCSF Postdoc Slam 2022...
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The Third Wheel
Grey skies, grey bay - it’s a new day It’s sirene: the wind has not been keen
This Date in UCSF History: Birth Control Aborted in United States
[ Originally published in Synapse on October 4, 1990.] Americans have fewer choices in practicing birth control than people in...
From Patient to Student at UCSF
In the summer of 2012, I was a healthy 16-year-old cloaked with naïve invincibility. So, when I was waking up...
Once I Climbed a Hill
Once I climbed a hill And looked down with triumph at what I had done. I saw sands stretched long...
Phd F****ery
The Phd program sucks the life out of me, It’s like jumping on a treadmill and not being able to...
This Date In UCSF History: Necessary Dialogue
[ Originally published in Synapse on September 29, 1993.] A campus forum on “Interracial Racism,” held Sept. 21 in Toland...
Letters of Gratitude
How can we thank those who've donated their bodies to our medical education?
Terrible Things
I never knew you before the coma, Before bacteria seeded your brain.
This Date in UCSF History: Professors Stir Drug Debate
[Originally published in Synapse on September 20, 1990.] A high-level state advisory panel, including four UCSF faculty members, ignited the...
To Be Laid Out
Nina Djukic’s story won first prize in the Synapse storytelling contest nonfiction category. There are things we cannot know until...
The Heimlich Helper Sends the Wrong Message
Imagine choking in a room full of doctors and nurses, most of them even wearing scrubs, and being cordially directed...
Llamas Bring Joy to UCSF
How does even a short stint relaxing with some llamas help trainees and staff reduce stress?
A Message from Synapse’s Editors-in-Chief
Hello to all the new and returning UCSF students!
Saffron, Saint of Spices: UCSF Library Artist in Residence Pantea Karimi
The UCSF Library Artist in Residence program promotes health humanities by exposing and re-purposing historical materials preserved in the Archives...