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Health and Medicine (Video)
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New Treatments for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Dr. Rahul Aggarwal presents emerging treatments for advanced prostate cancer, highlighting rapid advances in drug development. He outlines therapies t...
The Science of Bouncing Back: How Resilience Changes Across the Lifespan
Heather E. Whitson, MD, MHS explores how resilience—the ability to recover and adapt after stress or illness—changes across the lifespan. She explains...
Navigating Grief: What the Science of Resilience Teaches about Adaptation to Loss
Danielle K. Glorioso, LCSW, explores the complex nature of grief, emphasizing that it is a lifelong, evolving response to loss rather than something t...
Prostate Cancer Survivorship: Urinary and Sexual Wellness
Dr. Lindsay Hampson discusses urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction following prostate cancer treatment, emphasizing that both are common and tr...
Radiation Therapy for Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer
Radiologist Dr. Julian Hong plains how stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is used to treat oligometastatic prostate cancer—cases where cancer...
One Doctor's Journey Through the AIDS Epidemic
On his very first day at San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Paul Volberding met his first AIDS patient – a moment that shaped his career and left an...
Neuromodulation Pharmacogenetics and Imaging: Biological Approaches to Tailoring Therapy
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Dr. Elysa Marco talks about various biological approaches to therapy. Series: "Developmenta...
Sibling Support and Developmental Disabilities
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Emily Hill talks about how sibling support can be a catalyst for family empowerment. Series...
Supported Healthcare Decision-Making for People with Developmental Disabilities
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Judy Mark, Vivian Do, Miguel Lugo, all from Disability Voices United, talk about supported...
Active Surveillance for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer
Urologic oncologist Dr. Peter Carroll presents the latest research on active surveillance as a preferred approach for managing low-risk prostate cance...
Reproductive Immunology
Ina Stelzer, Ph.D., explores how the maternal immune system adapts to support a healthy pregnancy and how disruptions can lead to complications like p...
Glycobiology (GLOW)
Amanda Lewis, Ph.D. investigates how glycan-degrading enzymes contribute to bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common condition linked to infertility, preter...
Immunotherapy and Prostate Cancer
Immunotherapy expert Dr. David Oh explains how the immune system can be trained to recognize and fight prostate cancer. He outlines key immune players...
Imaging in Gynecologic Disorders
Rebecca Rakow Penner, M.D., Ph.D., is a body and breast imaging radiologist and MRI physicist advancing how pelvic pain and gynecologic cancers are di...
Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
Radiation oncologist Dr. Julian Hong explains how radiation therapy works and its central role in treating prostate cancer, both when the disease is l...
Supporting Immigrant Children with Special Health Care Needs
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Dr. Raul Gutierrez,
Associate Professor of Pediatrics at San Francisco General Hospit...
Managing Obesity with New Medications
Dr. Robert Baron explores current strategies for treating obesity, emphasizing evidence-based approaches to diagnosis, lifestyle change, medication, a...
Enhancing the Health of Adults with Disabilities in Community Fitness Facilities
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Allen Friedland,
Terri Hancharick and Jack Jadach talk about a collaborative approach...
Managing Diabetes
Dr. Robert Baron outlines major updates in type 2 diabetes care, emphasizing that blood sugar control alone does not significantly reduce cardiovascul...
Single-Cell and Spatial Multi-Omic Insights into the Human Placenta (HUBMAP)
Louise Laurent, M.D., Ph.D., presents new insights into placental biology using cutting-edge molecular and imaging technologies. As part of the NIH-fu...
Eat Smart Move More: 5 Takeaways for Prostate Cancer Health
UCSF researchers June Chan and Stacey Kenfield share evidence-based strategies for improving prostate cancer outcomes through exercise and diet. They...
Managing Lipid Disorders Like High Cholesterol
Dr. Robert Baron reviews best practices in lipid management for preventing cardiovascular disease, with a focus on statin use. He outlines the strong...
Adaptive/Para Sports for Children and Adolescents with Physical and Developmental Disabilities
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Dr. Mary Dubon of Harvard Medical School talk about adaptive and para sports for youth with...
Prostate Cancer: Optimizing Bone Health
Prostate cancer and its treatments can significantly impact bone health, increasing the risk of fractures and weakening the immune system. Dr. Terence...
Human Milk Institute (HMI)
Lars Bode, Ph.D., presents the Human Milk Institute at UC San Diego, the world’s first research center dedicated entirely to human milk. Established i...
Prostate Cancer: PSA Recurrence and Risk Assessment
Dr. Steven Seyedin presents an overview of PSA recurrence and risk factors for assessment. A PSA test is a blood test used to detect prostate-specifi...
Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome in Reproductive Age Women
Jennifer Anger, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. investigates interstitial cystitis (IC), also known as painful bladder syndrome, with a focus on improving care th...
Maternal and Infant Health: Clinical Landscape and OGRS Opportunities
Gladys (Sandy) Ramos, M.D. outlines the comprehensive maternal care services at UC San Diego, emphasizing clinical excellence, innovation, and communi...
Silverseq and Liquid Biopsy
Sheng Zhong, Ph.D. pioneers technologies that advance women’s reproductive health. Zhong develops a minimally invasive method to analyze extracellular...
REI: Fertility Infertility and So Much More
Antoni J. Duleba, M.D. outlines the broad scope of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, emphasizing care across a woman’s lifespan—from adolesc...
A Guided Meditation Exercise with Fadel Zeidan
Join Fadel Zeidan, Ph.D. for a guided meditation. Follow along as he teaches simple breathing techniques and short practices designed to build focus a...
Healthy Aging and Longevity in Women
Andrea Z. LaCroix, Ph.D. presents major public health trends affecting women across the lifespan, from rising maternal mortality and chronic disease r...
Therapeutic Approaches for Autistic Children and Adults
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Dr. Diane Cullinane talks about the spectrum of therapeutic approaches for working with peo...
Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
UCSF’s Dr. Cornelia Ding demystifies the prostate cancer pathology report and explains how to read and understand it. The report contains five key sec...
Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer
Dr. Samuel Washington presents an in-depth overview of prostatectomy, a surgical option for treating prostate cancer confined to the prostate gland. H...
Prostate Cancer Overview
Prostate cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer and second leading cause of cancer death among men in the U.S., with evolving screening and...
Prostate Cancer: The ABCs of Androgen Deprivation Therapy
In this presentation, UCSF’s Dr. Eric Small explains the role of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in prostate cancer treatment across various stages...
MotherToBaby
Gretchen Bandoli, Ph.D., highlights four major research initiatives within her division focused on maternal and child health. The Center for Better Be...
Advancing Pelvic Floor Disorder Research: NIDDK and NICHD Networks
Emily Lukacz, M.D., M.A.S. presents research from two national networks focused on female pelvic floor disorders. One project studies bladder health i...
Technology AI and People with Developmental Disabilities
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Yao Du from the Keck School of Medicine at USC, talk about the risks and benefits of techno...