Thursday, December 14, 2006
Last Updated: November 5, 2009
From students documenting their first year at the University and student groups offering updates on campus events, to UCSF-trained nurses and physicians recording their experiences in such far-flung locations as Malawi and Swaziland, UCSF faculty, staff and students have joined the blogging revolution in force.
If you maintain a UCSF-related blog not on this list, and would like to see it included here, please let us know.
We provide links to these blogs as a courtesy to our readers. The views and beliefs expressed in these blogs are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views and beliefs of the University of California, San Francisco or the Regents of the University of California. UCSF Public Affairs reserves the right to add or remove links to this list at any time, for any reason.
Life According To Jed
Jed is a med student who also writes for Synapse.
The One Year Nurse
Done by a student in his first year of the Master’s Entrance Program of Nursing (MEPN) at UCSF.
The next several student blogs listed below are a service of Synapse, the UCSF student newspaper; more information about these blogs and their authors is available on the Synapse blogs page.
Asclepion
Craig Chen, second-year student, UCSF School of Medicine
Eisha’z Inner World
Eisha, first-year student, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical Musings: An Inside Look from UCSF Medical Students
Jason Hom, third-year student, UCSF School of Medicine
UCSF Pharmacy Experience
Justine, first-year student, UCSF School of Pharmacy
Be the Change You Wish to See
Shirley, second-year student, UCSF School of Pharmacy
UCSF Synapse Med1: The Life of a Second-Year UCSF Medical Student
Stephanie, second-year student, UCSF School of Medicine
Year One of UCSF Pharmacy School
Tina, first-year student, UCSF School of Pharmacy
Nursing Zen
An anonymous student in her first year of the Master’s Entry Program of Nursing (MEPN) at the USCF School of Nursing
Emotional Brain Training – EBT
A blog demystifying the power of emotional brain states by Laurel Mellin, MA, RD
Balitang Pascual
ICC Nurse Jonathan Pascual. Pascual’s blog includes his thoughts and experiences after his diagnosis, Jan. 27, 2007, of a brain tumor.
On the Brain
Michael Merzenich, PhD, the Francis A. Sooy, M.D., Chair in Otolaryngology; Professor, departments of Otolaryngology and Physiology; and a member of the Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience at UCSF
Wachter’s World
“Lively and iconoclastic ruminations on hospitals, hospitalists, quality, safety and more…” by Robert Wachter, MD, professor of medicine and associate chairman of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, and chief of the medical service at UCSF Medical Center.
Babycatcher
Joanne Jorissen, nurse-midwife, Lilongwe, Malawi
Mwana
Kevin Clarke, MD, graduate of the UCSF pediatrics residency program. Kevin currently is a physician working with the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Pediatrician in Swaziland
Ryan Phelps, MD, former UCSF pediatrics resident, Swaziland
The Campus Compass
Campus Christian Fellowship at UCSF
Snooping on Sonrise
Sonrise Christian Fellowship at UCSF
UCSF’s Native American Health Alliance
Native American Health Alliance (NAHA) at UCSF
Synapse student blog: A Tooth to Grind
Jeremy, first-year student, UCSF School of Dentistry
Volunteer Expeditions
Rebecca S. Yu, MD, clinical instructor in hand surgery, UCSF/SFGH Orthopaedic Trauma Center, volunteer in Wenzhou, March-April 2007
Chile: Julie and Nate’s Adventures in Chile
Science and Friendship: the North Meets the South Symposium, October-November 2006
T Cells in Space
Tammy Chang, Millie Hughes-Fulford, Chai-Fei Li, Lab of Cell Growth, September 2006
Christie Robinson, September 2005-January 2006
DeRisi Lab in Uganda
May-August 2005
