UCSF Urology #1 in NIH Funding for 6th Consecutive Year

Rankings of National Institutes of Health (NIH) biomedical research funding put UCSF in first place for urology funding...

UCSF Cancer Biologist Awarded $1 Million Grant From Prostate Cancer Foundation

Hao Nguyen, MD, PhD, holds the Goldberg-Benioff Endowed Professorship in Cancer Biology and is associate professor in UCSF’s Department of Urology, will use the funding over the course of the next...

Luke Gilbert, PhD, Wins Wachtel Cancer Research Award

The award honors early-career investigators who have performed outstanding work in the field of cancer research.

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News & Highlights

Jan 17, 2014

Research
Education
Cancer

Welcome Nynikka Palmer, DrPH, MPH

The Department of Urology is pleased to welcome Nynikka Palmer, DrPH, MPH to a part time Assistant Professor appointment to further her work in prostate cancer health disparities research. Her work explores racial/ethnic disparities in prostate cancer, specifically examining treatment decision-m

Dec 21, 2013

Patient Care
Research
Education
Cancer

UCSF Urologic Oncology Program Recognized for Prostate Cancer Research by new Website

Using javascript and big data search capabilities, a new website, expertscape.com, ranks UCSF's urologic oncology program – urology, medical oncology, radiology and radiation oncology - as one of the top institutes for prostate cancer.

Dec 13, 2013

Research
Education

International Visitors Advance Health Worldwide

Thanks to its reputation for excellence, the UCSF department of urology receives regular requests from international physicians...

Dec 11, 2013

Research
Urologic Subspecialties

UCSF KURE and P20 team in Washington DC

UCSF KURe scholars, Hillary Copp, Tom Chi, Ben Breyer, Nadia Roan, Shewta Choudhry (not pictured), UCSF KURe program director Laurence Baskin and P20 Program director Marshall Stoller

Dec 06, 2013

Patient Care
Research
Education
Cancer

UCSF Wins Grant from Department of Defense to Transform Treatment of Prostate Cancer

UCSF Urology has been awarded a major federal grant to “transform and revolutionize”...

Dec 03, 2013

Patient Care
Children

Erica Martinez Joins Pediatric Urology

Erica Martinez recently joined UCSF Department of Urology as practice assistant to Laurence S. Baskin, Professor of Urology, and Chief of the Pediatric Urology Program. As practice assistant, Martinez handles the busy clinic and surgery schedules for Dr.

Nov 13, 2013

Patient Care
Research

Maxwell Meng named Chief of Urologic Oncology

Professor Maxwell V. Meng, MD, has been named chief of urologic oncology for the department of urology overseeing UCSF’s highly regarded...

Nov 01, 2013

Patient Care
Research
Cancer

Prostate Active Surveillance Study (PASS) Reaches Initial Goal of 200 Patients

UCSF Urology is one of nine clinical sites across the US and Canada that have collaborated with the Canary Foundation to recruit Active Surveillance patients for the Prostate Active Surveillance Study (PASS). The initial goal of 200 locally recruited cancer patients was reached in November 2013