Winter 2023 Virtual Courses
MLL23011
Low Back Pain: What You and Your Doctor Should Know
Tuesday Evenings, February 21 - March 28, 2023
7pm-8:30pm PT
MLL23012
Optimizing Your Primary Care: Best Practices for Preventing Disease and Treating Common Illnesses
Wednesday Evenings, February 22 - March 29, 2023
7pm-8:30pm PT
Fall 2022 Virtual Courses
MLL23001
Heart Health: Advances in Preventing and Treating Heart Disease
Tuesday evenings, October 25 – December 6 (no class November 22)
7:00 to 8:30 pm PT
MLL23003
How Can We Keep Up With the Organ Shortage?
Thursday evenings, October 27 – December 8 (no class November 24)
7:00 to 8:30 pm PT
Spring 2022 Virtual Courses
MLL22024
The Human Microbiome - Exploring the Potential to Predict, Prevent and Treat Disease
Tuesday evenings, May 3 - June 7, 2022
7:00 – 8:30 pm PT
MLL22025
Transforming Cancer Care with Integrative Oncology
Wednesday evenings, May 4 - June 8, 2022
7:00 – 8:30 pm PT
MLL22026
Health Policy in 2022: Restoring the Health and Well-Being of Californians
Thursday evenings, May 5 - June 9, 2022
7:00 – 8:30 pm PT
BASF - Bay Area Science Festival: Your Immune System In Health And Disease
April 27, 2022, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
A message from Anthony L. DeFranco, PhD
Winter 2022 Virtual Courses
Cancer Today: Same Disease, New Hope
Tuesday evenings, February 22 - March 29, 2022
7:00 – 8:30 pm PT
Yoga for Self-Transformation: Awakening to the Possibilities Within
Wednesday evenings, February 23 - March 30, 2022
7:00 – 8:30 pm PT
Frontiers in Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological Diseases
Thursday evenings, February 24 - March 31, 2022
7:00 – 8:30 pm PT
Fall 2021 Virtual Courses
Combatting Systemic Racism in Health Care
Monday evenings, October 25 - December 6, 2021
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PT
Optimizing Wellness: UCSF Orthopaedics Keeping You in the Game
Tuesday evenings, October 26 - December 7, 2021
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PT
Advances in the Understanding and Treatment of Pain
Wednesday evenings, October 27 - December 8, 2021
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PT
Spring 2021 Virtual Courses
What’s Next 2021: COVID-19, Science, and the Public Health
Tuesday evenings, May 11 – June 15, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 pm PT
The Eyes Have It: Maintaining Vision in Health and Disease
Wednesday evenings, May 12 – June 16, 2021
7:00 – 8:30 pm PT
Creative Expression For Mind-Body Health
Thursday evenings, May 13 – June 17, 2021
6:00 – 7:30 pm PT (NOTE earlier time)
Winter 2021 Virtual Courses
Environmental Justice and Human Health: Creating Systemic Solutions
Tuesday evenings, February 23 – March 30, 2021
Space Medicine and Its Influence on Earth: Out of this World Healthcare
Wednesday evenings, February 24 – March 31, 2021
Family Health: Practices for Wellbeing during the Pandemic
Thursday evenings, March 4 – April 8, 2021
Fall 2020 Virtual Courses
The Health Emergency of Our Changing Climate Part 2: Public Health Strategies in the 21st Century
Tuesday evenings, October 20 - December 8, 2020
What’s Next: COVID-19, Science, and the Public Health
Wednesday evenings, October 21 - December 9, 2020
Innovations In Cancer Treatment: Radiation Therapy in the Modern Era
Thursday evenings, October 22 - December 10, 2020
Spring 2020 Virtual Courses
THE HEALTH EMERGENCY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Tuesday evenings, April 28 – June 2, 2020
WHAT’S NEXT?: UCSF Scientists Outline What’s to Come
Wednesday evenings, April 29– June 10, 2020
Winter 2020
Global Health and Emergency Medical Care: A View From Around the World
Tuesday evenings, February 11 – March 17, 2020 / Course# MLL20011
Asian Health: Unique Challenges / Unique Solutions
Wednesday evenings, February 12 – March 25, 2020 (No session on February 19) / Course# MLL20012
Improving Health Outside the Hospital Walls
Thursday evenings, February 13 – March 19, 2020 / Course# MLL20013
Fall 2019
ORGAN FAILURE AND REPLACEMENT: Why Organs Fail and What Therapies are Available for Organ Replacement
Wednesday evenings, October 16 – November 20, 2019 / Course# MLL20002
NEXT: UCSF Scientists Outline What’s to Come
Thursday evenings, October 17 – November 21, 2019 / Course #MLL20003
Spring 2019
Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Brain: Forget What You Thought You Knew!
Tuesdays, April 23 - June 4, 2019 / Course# MLL19021
Everybody Hurts: How We Understand and Treat Pain and Addiction
Wednesdays, April 17 – May 22, 2019 / Course #MLL19022
Aging Bones and Joints: Cutting-Edge Preventative and Regenerative Approaches in Orthopaedics
Thursdays, April 18 – May 30, 2019 (NO Session on May 9) / Course #MLL19023
Winter 2019
Diabetes
Wednesdays, Feb. 13 – Mar. 27, 2019 / Course #MLL19012
Embracing Life Challenges: Finding Balance through Integrative Mental Health Care
Thursdays, Feb. 14 – Mar. 28, 2019 / Course #MLL19013
Fall 2018
Common Medical Complaints: When Should I Worry?
Tuesdays, Oct. 23 – Dec. 4, 2018 / Course #MLL19001
Innovators and Innovation at UCSF: The Shape of Things to Come
Thursdays, Oct. 25 – Dec. 6, 2018 / Course #MLL19003
Spring 2018
Aging Bones: Understanding Fractures, Healing, and Repair
Tuesdays, May 15 – June 19, 2018 / Course# MLL18021
Aging, Activity, and Community: The Science Behind Function and Social Connections in Older Age
Thursdays, May 17-June 28 / Course# MLL18023
Winter 2018
The Science Behind Optimal Metabolic Health and Nutrition: Adding Years to Your Life and Life to Your Years
Tuesdays, February 20 to March 27, 2018 / Course# MLL18011
Cycling to Health: How to Improve Wellness, Decrease Injury and Maximize Performance
Wednesdays, February 21 to March 28, 2018 / Course# MLL18012
Improving Function and Performance: Orthotics and Prosthetics
Thursdays, February 22 to March 29, 2018 / Course# MLL18013
Fall 2017
The Care of Vulnerable Patients: Partnering to Achieve Health Equity
Tuesdays, October 17 – Dec 12, 2017 (No session October 31 and November 21) / Course# MLL18001
Educating Physicians for the 21st Century: How UCSF is Advancing Medical Education to Meet the Needs of Future Patients
Wednesdays, October 18 - December 6, 2017 (No session November 8 and November 22) / Course# MLL18002
Personalized Medicine Powered by Precision Imaging
Thursdays, October 12 - November 16, 2017 / Course# MLL18003
Spring 2017
Move Better, Feel Better: What Can Physical Therapy Do For You
Tuesdays, April 25 – May 30, 2017 / Course# MLL17021
Wilderness Medicine: Avoiding And Managing Outdoor Medical Emergencies
Wednesdays, April 26 – May 31, 2017 / Course# MLL17022
Conversations with UCSF Authors: Inspiration and Expertise
Thursdays, April 27 – June 8, 2017 (no session May 4) / Course# MLL17023
Winter 2017
Winning The War On Women’s Cancer: Advances In Prevention, Treatment, And Survival
Tuesdays, February 21 – March 28, 2017 / Course# MLL17011
Staying Healthy in a Toxic Environment: Poisonings, Overdoses, and Toxic Exposures
Wednesdays, February 22 – March 29, 2017 / Course# MLL17012
Bones And Joints: Keeping Them Healthy And Healing Them When Injured
Thursdays, February 23 – March 30, 2017 / Course# MLL17013