Susan Desmond-Hellmann

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Name: Susan Desmond-Hellmann

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research to celebrate 15 years

May 23 event to feature top scientists, honor Marion Sandler.Herbert and Marion Sandler received the UCSF Medal in 2010 from UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann.A program that fosters basic science projects of potentially high impact that allow researchers ... [Published UC Newswire - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Marion Sandler, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Herbert Sandler, Doctor of Philosophy, Michael Krasny

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

There Are A Zillion Biotech Conferences. Which Should You Attend?

Luke TimmermanBiotech industry conferences are happening, somewhere on this green Earth, every day. If you’ve been around a while, and you’ve attended a few, chances are you get invitations, or marketing pitches, that ask you to attend a different meeting ... [Published Xconomy - May 20 2013]

Entities: Biotechnology, Xconomy Inc, Luke Timmerman, Seattle, Susan Desmond-Hellmann

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Want to Help Heal the World? Start by Sharing Your Health Data

Healthy Living Health News , Precision Medicine , Genomics , Health Data , Health Database , Health News , Health Technology , Personal Health Data , Sharing Health Data , Healthy Living NewsGet Healthy Living Alerts:What can you do ... [Published AOL Health - May 16 2013]

Entities: Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Telomere, Biome

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

David Price

Price named 'champion of science'

U.S. Rep. David Price is one of only 28 members of Congress named as “champions of science” by the Science Coalition, a nonprofit group of U.S. research universities.Leaders of some of the universities held an event in Washington Wednesday to thank the ... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - May 08 2013]

Entities: David Price, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Coalition, University of California San Francisco, Basic Research

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Chancellor?s TEDMED Talk Promotes Patient Empowerment

UC San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, sees a future in which health care consumers drive treatments and innovation.In her recent appearance at TEDMED, Desmond-Hellmann shared lessons from her career as a practicing oncologist, head ... [Published Noodls - May 08 2013]

Entities: Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Patient, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Genentech Inc, University of California San Francisco

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Marc Benioff

Marc Benioff, Mark Zuckerberg And Healthcare Movers Gather At UC San Francisco Summit

Call it a healthcare brain trust. About 175 leaders and innovators in healthcare and medical research spent the better part of two days at UC San Francisco late last week, drumming up concrete ideas on how to improve the use of data and technology to ... [Published Forbes.com - May 06 2013]

Entities: Marc Benioff, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, University of California San Francisco

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Physical by smartphone? Soon!

Blood pressure? Just plug the arm cuff into the phone for a quick reading.Heart OK? Put your fingers in the right spot, and the squiggly rhythm of an EKG appears on the phones screen. Plug in a few more devices and you could have photos of your eardrum ... [Published Journal-Gazette - May 03 2013]

Entities: Smartphone, Diabetes, Patient, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Eric Topol

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

HEALTHBEAT: Not 'Star Trek' tricorder, but new smartphone tools may help people monitor health

WASHINGTON Its not a Star Trek tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you could almost get a complete physical without the paper gown or even a visit to the doctors office. Blood pressure? Just plug the arm cuff into the phone ... [Published Washington Post - May 02 2013]

Entities: Smartphone, Star Trek, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Eric Topol

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

NIH and FDA Directors to Join UCSF Chancellor to Talk Precision Medicine

UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will join Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health, and Peggy Hamburg, MD, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, to talk about precision medicine in the lead ... [Published UCSF News - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: National institutes of Health, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Michael Krasny, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Francis Collins

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Chancellor Highlights Value of Academic-Industry Partnerships in Boosting Scientific Research

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH The pharmaceutical industry gets a bad rap for having a corrupting influence on clinical trials, but that perception undermines the many scientific breakthroughs that have come from industry-backed research, according ... [Published UCSF News - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Susan Desmond-Hellmann, University of California San Francisco, Clinical trials

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Cashes In $2.3 Billion in Options

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg earned $2 million in 2012, up from $1.7 million a year earlier, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.Zuckerberg also exercised $2.3 billion in options during the year.Sheryl ... [Published Hollywood Reporter - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook Inc, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, David Fischer

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 2 reports

After Eight Years On Facebook's Board, Jim Breyer Exits To Focus On His New Harvard Board Seat

Venture capitalist Jim Breyer is giving up his seat on Facebook’s board in June, which he’s held since April 2005. The split is amicable, and stems from his desire to concentrate on his new board seat with the Harvard University Corporation Board. ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Jim Breyer, Harvard University, Facebook Inc

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...the dots in a new data-driven way so we can better understand disease," and treat it more effectively, Desmond-Hellmann told the attendees. "iâm looking for a pace change. i know this could happen over decades, but people donât have that kind of time." She told the story of a patient she had in the early 1990s â a 28-year-old mother with an aggressive form of breast cancer that took the young womanâs...

Marc Benioff, Mark Zuckerberg And Healthcare Movers Gather At UC San Francisco Summit [Published Forbes.com - May 06 2013]

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