UCSF Fresno Faculty Member to Receive Prestigious Kaiser Teaching Award
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on June 05, 2003
Bjorn Nilson, MD, director of pediatrics for the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, has been named a 2003 recipient of the prestigious Kaiser Teaching Award from the UCSF School of Medicine. UCSF FRESNO ANNOUNCES FIRST CLASS OF GRADUATES FROM SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL DOCTOR’S ACADEMY PROGRAM
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on May 02, 2003
“We are extremely proud of our first class of graduates,” said Katherine Flores, MD, director of the UCSF Fresno Latino Center. “These students serve as our measure of how successful the Doctor’s Academy Program has been for helping disadvantaged youth in our community to gain support and direction... UCSF Fresno Center for Consciousness Presents Renowned Author James Waller, PhD
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on April 09, 2003
Renowned author James Waller, PhD, Whitworth College Edward B. Lindaman Chair and Professor of Psychology, will present a lecture titled "Human Nature and Inhuman Evil: The Psychology of Genocide and Mass Killing" on Thursday, April 10 in Fresno.
The lecture will be held at 4 pm in... NATIONWIDE SEARCH RESULTS IN 57 NEW VALLEY DOCTORS AT UCSF FRESNO
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on March 18, 2003
From as far away as New York City, to our own backyard, UCSF Fresno’s nationwide search for the Valley’s future doctors-in-training will be officially announced on Match Day, March 20. Over the past six months, UCSF Fresno has interviewed more than 600 medical students to fill 57 positions. The new... UCSF FRESNO’S MEDICAL LECTURE SERIES AT BORDERS IN MARCH LOOKS AT BACK PAIN, SLEEP DISORDERS, HRT AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on February 25, 2003
UCSF Fresno will present its second medical lecture series titled “Family Health Today” at Borders in River Park, on Tuesdays during March, from 7pm to 8pm.
The series will feature four health issues. UCSF Fresno faculty members are presenting the lectures as part of the University public service... UCSF SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FORMALLY WELCOMES TWO DEANS TO FRESNO PROGRAM
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on February 06, 2003
The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine is formally welcoming Susan Wall, MD and Joan Voris, MD to their new roles as senior associate dean and associate dean, respectively, of the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program at the Fresno Art Museum on Friday, February 7, from 4pm... UCSF Fresno Names New Program Manager for Alzheimer’s Research Center
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on February 04, 2003
The UCSF Fresno Alzheimer's Research Center (ARC) has appointed Joy A. Grado as program manager. Prior to joining ARC, Grado worked for the Marjaree Mason Center as the director of program development, quality assurance and grants.
NATIONAL GROUNDHOG JOB SHADOW DAY ENCOURAGES FUTURE VALLEY PHARMACISTS
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on January 30, 2003
National Groundhog Job Shadow Day is tomorrow, January 31, and UCSF Fresno and Sunnyside High School Doctor’s Academy are partnering to interest area high school students in becoming a pharmacist.
The UCSF Fresno Pharmacy Education Program and the UCSF Fresno Latino Center are participating in the... HARVARD PROFESSOR ENCOURAGES STUDENTS AT SUNNYSIDE HIGH DOCTOR’S ACADEMY TO PURSUE HEALTH SCIENCE PROFESSIONS
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on January 28, 2003
Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, and program director for Multicultural Education and Affairs at Harvard University, will address Sunnyside High School Doctor’s Academy Students in Fresno on Wednesday, January 29, at 10am as a part of the visiting professorship series provided by the University of... UCSF Fresno Offers 16th Summer Biomedical Research Internships for High School
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on January 22, 2003
Applications are now available for Valley high school students to apply to the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program’s (UCSF Fresno) 16th Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program (SBI). High School students in their junior year may apply to work with... NEW DEANS NAMED FOR UCSF FRESNO
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on December 18, 2002
The University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) School of Medicine recently announced that Joan Voris, MD, has accepted the position of associate dean for UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program effective December 1, 2002. Voris succeeds Deborah Stewart, MD.
Latino Health Paradox in California—Challenges and Opportunities
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on December 10, 2002
On December 11, 2002, the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno (UCSF Fresno) Latino Center for Medical Education and Research will host a lecture titled Latino Health in California—Challenges and Opportunities by David Hayes-Bautista, PhD, founder and director of the Center for the Study... Calling All Future Doctors—Mark Your Calendar for the Doctor’s Academy Informational Meeting
December 04, 2002
On January 8, 2003, Sunnyside High School will make applications available for the highly competitive Doctor’s Academy Program. The Doctor’s Academy Program is a four-year high school preparatory program geared for students interested in a career in the health services professions. UCSF Fresno Presents Air Pollution Data Contributing to Valley Citizens’ Morbidity Rates
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on November 15, 2002
The University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program’s (UCSF Fresno) Department of Internal Medicine, will present a panel discussion titled, Air Pollution: Is it Killing You? The discussion will take place on Monday, November 18, at 5 p.m. in the UCSF Fresno Rowell... Try Breathing Through a Straw—Experience How Kids with Asthma Cope
October 11, 2002
On Tuesday, October 15 from 7pm to 8pm, the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) continues its Family Health Today medical lecture series at the Fresno Borders in River Park. The third part of the four part series is titled Take a Deep Breath—... LIVE BOTOX® DEMONSTRATION AT BORDERS BY UCSF FRESNO
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on September 24, 2002
The month of October is National Family Health Month. During the first four Tuesdays in October, from 7pm to 8pm, the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) will present Family Health Today, a medical lecture series open to the public. Mayor Welcomes UCSF Fresno’s First Endowed Chair to the City of Fresno
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on September 09, 2002
The University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) along with Mayor Alan Autry will welcome its first Endowed Chair, Michael W. Peterson, MD, to the City of Fresno tonight, September 9, 2002, at City Hall from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Michael W. Peterson, MD, joins... UCSF FRESNO GRADUATES CLASS OF 2002 RESIDENT PHYSICIANS THIS THURSDAY
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on June 05, 2002
The University of California San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno MEP) will graduate more than 60 physicians in a ceremony to be held Thursday, June 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Copper River County Club (11500 North Friant Road) in Fresno.
About 30 of the doctors will... UCSF FRESNO CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on May 15, 2002
Top experts in the field of neuroscience will present the latest information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of dementias at a conference sponsored by the UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s Research Center (ARC). The conference titled “Dementia: Translating Research into Practice” will be held Saturday... UCSF FRESNO CONFERENCE ENCOURAGES LOCAL STUDENTS TO BECOME THE VALLEY’S FUTURE DOCTORS
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on April 01, 2002
Of the roughly 1,500 physicians in Fresno County, only about 120 are Latino.
As part of larger efforts to help address the persistent shortage of Latino physicians in the Valley, UCSF Fresno’s Latino Center for Medical Education and Research will present a conference aimed at motivating local high... UCSF FRESNO ANNOUNCES ARRIVAL OF 56 NEW DOCTORS TO THE VALLEY
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on March 26, 2002
The University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) will introduce 56 new Valley doctors at the historic Match Day Celebration on March 28, at 4pm. The event marks the largest number of first-year residents entering UCSF Fresno’s seven residency programs to... Medical School Magnet Created in Fresno Unified—UCSF Fresno Docs Host Summer Med Camp
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on March 26, 2002
Just as Roosevelt High School is the official School of the Arts, McLane High School will be the official magnet school for medical education and research in Fresno Unified School District. Thanks to an approximate $9 million Federal grant, over 400 students from Fresno Unified School District can... UCSF Fresno Only California Program Named in Nationwide Model AAMC Study
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on February 25, 2002
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) will be sending a team to Fresno on March 6, 2002 to study the success of the University of California San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Programs’ regional medical school campus. The purpose of the study is to understand the structure,... UCSF Fresno accepting applications for paid high school summer internships
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on January 09, 2002
Do you know a high school junior interested in researching a diseased brain, learning about the human genome study, studying genetics through zebra fish, or mapping genes in plants? If so, be sure that he/she applies for the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Summer Biomedical Research... UC REGENTS APPROVE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER FOR UCSF FRESNO
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on November 16, 2001
The University of California Board of Regents handed down a unanimous decision late yesterday afternoon approving the building of the $26 million state-of-the-art medical education and research center for the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno). 
