Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, people with severe mental illness who receive psychiatric services from Dr. Fumi Mitsuishi’s clinic in San Francisco are dying at a rate 13 times higher than that of the general population. After the death of one of her own patients, Dr. Mitsuishi struggles to process the loss of a life that reminds her in many ways of her own. Her journey leads her deeper inside herself, where she confronts the common humanity that fuels her life’s work.
 

[00:52] Story by Fumi Mitsuishi, MD, MS, director of UCSF’s Division of Citywide Case Management Programs and an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
 

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UCSF Division of Citywide Case Management Programs

Citywide teams turn to telehealth to continue care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Thank you to host Liz Neeley and to Matt Logan for providing his original song for the credits music. Mr. Logan helps hospitalized children manage pain, build resilience, and find joy as a board-certified music therapist for the Music Therapy Program at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.

Bedridden by an infection, 7-year-old Sue Lynch discovers the wondrous world of microbes in the pages of her family encyclopedia. Her fascination with fungi, bacteria, and other microscopic organisms leads her from her childhood home in rural Ireland to California to study microbiology and its impact on human health. Frustrated by the field’s limitations, however, she forges her own path to become a pioneer in the burgeoning field of microbiome medicine.
 

[00:46] Story by Susan Lynch, PhD, a UCSF professor of medicine and director of the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine.

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UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine

Research linking childhood asthma to infant microbiome

UCSF: The Campaign

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Thank you to host Liz Neeley and to Matt Logan for providing his original song for the credits music. Mr. Logan helps hospitalized children manage pain, build resilience, and find joy as a board-certified music therapist for the Music Therapy Program at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.

Moments before flying home from a family vacation, Dr. Peter Chin-Hong receives devastating news: A protégé and former student of his has been killed in a shooting. Paralyzed by grief, Dr. Chin-Hong struggles to once again open his heart to the students and trainees he cares so deeply about.

[00:52] Story by Peter Chin-Hong, MD, UCSF’s associate dean for regional campuses and a professor in the UCSF School of Medicine  

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In Memorium: Shane Colombo

SF BUILD

Dr. Chin-Hong named UCSF associate dean for regional campuses to help build the physician workforce in California’s Central Valley

UCSF: The Campaign

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Thank you to host Liz Neeley and to Matt Logan for providing his original song for the credits music. Mr. Logan helps hospitalized children manage pain, build resilience, and find joy as a board-certified music therapist for the Music Therapy Program at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.