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SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) has selected four promising medical researchers for the Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative. This initiative, currently in its second year, invests in early-career clinician-scientists to grow the pipeline of future leaders in medical research related to the health of Veterans, and preserve SFVAHCS legacy as a pre-eminent medical research institution.
The Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative is named for Carl Grunfeld, M.D., Ph.D., SFVAHCS s associate chief of staff for research and development. Dr. Grunfeld is a renowned clinician-scientist who has contributed over four decades of research excellence to the SFVAHCS.
Millie Hughes-Fulford, astronaut and UCSF scientist, dies at 75
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Millie Hughes-Fulford, astronaut and scientist in San Francisco, went into orbit in 1991 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.NASAShow MoreShow Less
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The crew of the Columbia enjoying weightlessness. Millie Hughes-Fulford is in back, to the right.NASAShow MoreShow Less
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Millie Hughes-Fulford took leave as a UCSF professor to be a astronaut and researcher on board the Columbia Space Shuttle in 1991.NASAShow MoreShow Less
In 1984, UCSF research professor Millie Hughes-Fulford took a leave from that position and left her Mill Valley home for Houston so she could become an astronaut and work on the Spacelab, a laboratory in Space Shuttle Columbia.