UCSF Health, December 5 2022.
Dr. Shawn Torres is a primary care doctor with expertise in preventing, diagnosing and treating chronic disorders. She has a special interest in relieving chronic conditions through lifestyle changes. Her approach is to see her patients as whole people, taking their physical, mental and social health into account while working to understand and address any illness. Read More >
Stanford Medicine, October 24 2022.
William LeRoy Heinrichs, MD, PhD, a professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology at the Stanford School of Medicine, died Sept. 21. He was 90.
Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1976 until 1984, Heinrichs pursued minimally invasive surgical techniques, took an early interest in fertility and hormone treatments as well as surgical treatment of endometriosis, and was a champion of virtual medical training technologies. Read More >
Stanford Medicine, May 20 2022.
Hugh McDevitt, MD, a professor emeritus of microbiology and immunology at the Stanford School of Medicine who unraveled the genetic controls of the immune system, died April 28 in Stanford, California, from pneumonia and sepsis. He was 91.
McDevitt was a dynamic leader and a pillar of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, according to his colleagues, who added that he was generous with his time and intellect. He was a smart and effective negotiator who fought for his department, said GreteSønderstrup, his wife of 38 years and a senior research scientist in the department. Read More >
UCSC Inquiry magazine, October 14 2021
The Nobel Prize weighs about six ounces, but it feels much heavier if you’re female. Only 23 women—about 3 percent of the total—have won a Nobel Prize in the sciences. One of these select few is distinguished professor of molecular, cell and developmental biology Carol Greider, UC Santa Cruz’s first Nobel laureate.
Feeling the weight, Greider has wielded her influence as a laureate to advocate for increased diversity in the research community, working to help ensure women and other scientists from historically disadvantaged groups are free from discrimination and harassment. To this end, throughout her long career, she has spoken out, signed letters, authored op-eds, and joined working groups, in addition to serving as a committed mentor to many students. Read More >
The Scientist magazine, October 2010.
Structural virologist Ekaterina Heldwein, who goes by Katya, has followed a less-than-direct path to success in science. As a Russian chemistry undergraduate with a desire to live abroad but little money, she headed to the biochemistry graduate program at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) in 1994. But she had to find it first.
“I was only worried she could find Portland,” said her graduate advisor, OHSU structural biologist Richard Brennan. While planning her trip, Heldwein had accidently bought a ticket to Portland, Maine, and didn’t notice her mistake until right before she boarded the plane in New York. Read More >