The Real Patient
Wearing my white coat with my stethoscope hanging around my neck, I knock. I introduce myself while going through a...
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One Eighth An MD
It’s hard to believe that only five and a half months ago I anticipated sacrificing all free weekends, dreaded walking...
Failure to Communicate Part 1: Words Can Never Hurt Me
The chair squeaked quietly as I fidgeted, swiveling left, right, left. I sat toward the back of a long wooden...
Humans of UCSF: Global Insight
“Growing up in a more rural area of California, I was always curious about the greater world. I found the...
A Modest $100M Proposal
With a generous gift from the Helen Diller Foundation, UCSF has been able to finally answer the question, “What would...
Humans Of UCSF: Life Best Lived
“I go to sleep at 10 and wake up at 5. I try to eat healthy and to avoid eating...
Using the Body to Fight Cancer
In the fight against cancer, harnessing the natural defense mechanisms within the human body is gaining promise. Termed cancer immunotherapy...
The Morning After: Science in a Trump Administration
If you were to ride the D.C. metro the morning after the election, you would have been overwhelmed with a...
Humans of UCSF: Breathing Easier
"I have always been concerned about the harms of secondhand smoke, especially since I was diagnosed with asthma at a...
Diet Against Disease
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1826. What you consume...
Increasing Brain Tumor Survival
Nearly 73,000 adults will be diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016, and for more than one third, their tumor...
What is Science Policy?
As a member of the Science Policy Group, people frequently ask me what science policy entails. This is a difficult...
One-on-one with Martin Kampmann
Dr. Martin Kampmann joined the faculty at UCSF in 2015 as the first openly LGBT professor at Mission Bay campus...
Finding the Fountain of Youth
For thousands of years, explorers, adventurers, and conquerors have searched for the “fountain of youth,” a magical spring that grants...
The Turkey Drop
It’s not uncommon to find students coming into UCSF with a full-fledged relationship — one of those we’ve-been-steady-for-two-years types. But...