It is no small task to recount the major basic science and
clinical research accomplishments that span the history of UC
San Francisco. Here is a fairly comprehensive list that gives
credit to the researchers who took the lead to make these
discoveries dating back to 1914. UCSF’s Nobel laureates are,
from left, Shinya Yamanaka (2012), Elizabeth Blackburn (2009),
Stanley Prusiner (1997), and co-recipients J. Michael Bishop and
Harold Varmus (1989). Led an analysis of data on more than 1,600
older Americans and concluded that loneliness is independently
associated with an increased rate of death and functional
decline. Even those who live with partners may report that they
often feel lonely. Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS, found that
everything from inheritance, to how we eat, to whom we live with
now appears to affect aging. Concluded that short-term memory
loss may be due to distraction and that short-term memory and
multitasking can be improved through training in both the young
and old. (Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD