Originally published on November 15, 1990. Several prominent physicians who have devoted much of their working lives in recent years...

Asiri is one of the widows who attended our first meeting. In Dholuo, Asiri’s native language, the term widow is...

[Third place Storytelling Contest winner for photography.] Where does photography start, and where does it end? And how does a...

The student researcher union, Student Researchers United, is holding a strike authorization vote this week in response to the University...

In January, as I prepared to start my traditional “third year” clinical clerkships, I was feeling nervous. In particular, I...

The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. Strong Black Women Angry Black Women Resilient Black Women The...

Match McGregory’s “Excerpt from the Art of Amateur Sadness” debuts an unwritten anti- self-help book that lists the ways to...

Breathe, and let go. Another week, you got this. Keep it up. You can do it. It will be a...

[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling contest personal essay category.] Happy Pride! I’m writing this with a literal rainbow...

One of the most cataclysmic events in the 21 st century has a guttural, sonic signature. Burying more than 316,000...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 6, 2003.] What comes to your mind when you hear the words “forensic medicine?”...

UCSF has been a sight for many historic events: public health emergencies like the HIV/AIDS pandemic, social movements like White...

Mirror Need I scream even with this coat, you refuse to see me. my sweet alto

I have made a terrible mistake. I’m writing this to you, the readers of UCSF Synapse, to warn you against...

University of California Regents are refusing to acknowledge a union that graduate student researchers across the UC system have voted...