“I initially got interested in research as I wanted to have a broader public health impact beyond the bedside, and...

Wearing my white coat with my stethoscope hanging around my neck, I knock. I introduce myself while going through a...

It’s hard to believe that only five and a half months ago I anticipated sacrificing all free weekends, dreaded walking...

The chair squeaked quietly as I fidgeted, swiveling left, right, left. I sat toward the back of a long wooden...

“Growing up in a more rural area of California, I was always curious about the greater world. I found the...

With a generous gift from the Helen Diller Foundation, UCSF has been able to finally answer the question, “What would...

“I go to sleep at 10 and wake up at 5. I try to eat healthy and to avoid eating...

In the fight against cancer, harnessing the natural defense mechanisms within the human body is gaining promise. Termed cancer immunotherapy...

If you were to ride the D.C. metro the morning after the election, you would have been overwhelmed with a...

"I have always been concerned about the harms of secondhand smoke, especially since I was diagnosed with asthma at a...

“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1826. What you consume...

Nearly 73,000 adults will be diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016, and for more than one third, their tumor...

As a member of the Science Policy Group, people frequently ask me what science policy entails. This is a difficult...

Dr. Martin Kampmann joined the faculty at UCSF in 2015 as the first openly LGBT professor at Mission Bay campus...

For thousands of years, explorers, adventurers, and conquerors have searched for the “fountain of youth,” a magical spring that grants...