University of California San Francisco
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Dean's Column
Team-Based Health Care
A couple weeks ago, we announced that UCSF Dentistry is forming a clinical partnership with UCSF Health — an important step in our vision of embedding oral…
Dean's Column
Mask Your Face, Not Your Voice This Election
Fall has arrived. Like everything about 2020, this fall is unlike years past because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted everything from the…
Dean's Column
Spotlight: Today's Dentistry Calls for Precision Medicine
When we consider common diseases, dentistry and other health care fields tend to focus on the delivery of care as a major component of health. In dental…
Dean's Column
Why Great Universities With Academic Health Centers Must Be Research Leaders
The importance of basing decisions on research data is evident to everyone in the world today as we continue to confront coronavirus on a global scale. The…
Dean's Column
History Repeats Itself
They say history repeats itself. I'd have to agree with that statement, given the last month since the unjust killing of George Floyd on May 25 by…
Dean's Column
Daring to Move Greatly Into the Future
Graduation is a time of excitement, as former students move on to their next phase of life. In that moment, the thrill of finishing a monumental task collides…
Dean's Column
New Approaches to Special Needs Dentistry
A few months ago — before our lives were upended by COVID-19 — the School of Dentistry hosted a summit on special needs dentistry. We were excited to convene…
Dean's Column
Researching for Bright Spots in Time of Crisis
In what seems like the blink of an eye, almost everything in our daily lives has changed. The way we work, how we go about our business, with whom and how we…
Dean's Column
Gender Equality: Progress, but Work Remains
Writing this on March 8, International Women's Day, has given me an opportunity to take stock of the progress that's been made. I'm also…
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