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Silicon Valley

June 16

BoomTown/All Things Digital:
Title:YouTube and Mike Homer
Author: Kara Swisher
(This story also ran on yahoo finance)

ValleyWag:
Title: “Fight for Mike” moves to YouTube

CNET TV (go to 2:40 on counter) LOADED Show:
Title: Fight Brain Disease Online
Author: Natali Del Conte

GigaOm:
Title: A Personal Note: Pause & Read
Author: Om Malik

VentureBeat:
Title: YouTube and The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) launch brain
Author: Eric Eldon

June 25

San Jose Mercury News – siliconvalley.com (online):
Title: O’Brien: Harnessing Social Media to Find a Cure.
Author: Chris O’Brien

Chris O’Brien’s blog:
Title: More on my column about Mike Homer and the UCSF Social Media Campaign

July 13

SmartMobs (online):
Title: Roland’s Sunday Smart Trends #223: How to Recognize The Future When It Lands On You
Author: Roland Piquepaille

Business News Coverage:

July 4

San Francisco Business Times (online):
Title: UCSF links with patients, donors via YouTube
Author: Chris Rauber

July 7

San Francisco Business Times (print):
Title: UCSF links with patients, donors via YouTube
Author: Chris Rauber

National News/Blog Coverage:

June 18

Washington Post.com “The Check Up” Health Blog:
Title: YouTube put to Good Use
Author: Jennifer Huget

Bay Area News:

July 19

SFGate.com:
Title: Bay Area med centers develop tests for dementia
Author: Erin Allday

San Francisco Chronicle (print):
Title: Bay Area med centers develop tests for dementia
Author: Erin Allday

August 4

KGO-TV San Francisco / abc7news.com:
Title: UCSF creates popular YouTube channel
Author: Kristen Sze

Marketing & Media Coverage:

June 16

Crain’s Web Video Report:
Title: UCSF Launches "Dementia" Channel on YouTube
Author: Elizabeth Jensen

Cynopsis Marketing News:
Title: Awareness Shout Out
Author: Cynthia Turner

June 17

MarketingVox:
Title: UCSF Tackles Dementia with Video, Widget-Based Outreach

IgniteBLOG:
Title: YouTube channel, Facebook group aim to fight dementia, other diseases
Author: Fabio Gratton

Max Gladwell Social Media:
Title: UCSF and YouTube launch a New Video Channel Aimed at Defeating Brain Disease
Author: Max Gladwell

June 18

Open Culture:
Title: Learn about Memory and Aging on YouTube
Author: Dan Colman

PRWeek (print and online):
Title: UCSF’s dementia effort launches with YouTube
Author: Jaimy Lee

June 20

Marketing Shift:
Title: Medical School, YouTube Team to Fight Neurological Diseases
Author: Brad King

July 2

Daisy Whitney's New Media Minute/TVWeek (Video Broadcast - begins at 51 secs)
Title: Search Giants Rule Video

July 3

50-Plus Marketing
Title: Medicine and care: how the Web can help 

October 28

MarketingVox
Title: Clearspring Takes Top Spot Among Widget Networks

Health/Med Tech Coverage

June 18

BioMedicine on Display:
Title: Neurodegenerative brain diseases on YouTube display — the formation of biocitizenship through the participatory web
Author: Thomas

CommuniGate:
Title: YouTube helps UCSF in Launching Channel for Educating the Masses About Neurodegenerative Diseases
Author: Arvind Arora

ITNews:
Title: YouTube joins Silicon Valley's "Fight for Mike"
Author: Liz Tay

Solomon’s VoIP World:
Title: UCSF and YouTube create novel channel to drive medical research
Author: Olusola Oyewola

VoIPBuzz:
Title: UCSF and YouTube create novel channel to drive medical research
Author: solokay

Pimm- Partial Immortalization:
Title: UCSF Memory & Aging Center channel on YouTube & 'Fight for Mike'
Author: attilachordash

Healthedia:
Title: UCSF and YouTube Partner Up for Education on Dementia

MedicalExchange.com
Title: UCSF and YouTube create novel channel to drive medical research

Bio-Medicine:
Title: UCSF and YouTube Launch Channel Dedicated to Educating the Public About Neurodegenerative Diseases

PharmaLive:
Title: UCSF and YouTube Launch Channel Dedicated to Educating the Public About Neurodegenerative Diseases
(also carried by therapeuticsdaily.com)

GEN:
Title: UCSF and YouTube create novel channel to drive medical research

News-Medical.Net
Title: University of California, San Francisco embraces web 2.0 for health information

The Medical Quack
Title: Driving Medical Research via YouTube and Facebook

September 3

JAMA:
Title: Academic Medical Centers Embark on Public Outreach Through the Internet
Author: Tracy Hampton, PhD

Financial & News Wire Coverage

June 16

Bloomberg:
Title: UCSF and YouTube Launch Channel Dedicated to Educating the public about Neurodegenerative Diseases

Forbes:
Title: UCSF and YouTube Launch Channel Dedicated to Educating the public about Neurodegenerative Diseases

AOL Money and Finance:
Title: UCSF and YouTube Launch Channel Dedicated to Educating the public about Neurodegenerative Diseases

Reuters:
Title: UCSF and YouTube Launch Channel Dedicated to Educating the public about Neurodegenerative Diseases

Yahoo News:
Title: UCSF and YouTube Launch Channel Dedicated to Educating the public about Neurodegenerative Diseases

Topix:
Title: University of California, San Francisco embraces web 2.0 for health information

SF Examiner:
Title: University of California, San Francisco embraces web 2.0 for health information

Boston.com:
Title: UCSF launches Internet campaign to encourage early diagnosis of dementia and participation in clinical trials.

Education:

June 25

Converge Magazine:
Title: UCSF and YouTube Educate the Public about Neurodegenerative Diseases
Author: News Report

Neuro Blogs:

July 8
BrainBlog:
Title: News about our knowledge of the brain and behavior

September 4
Alzheimer's Reading Room:
Title: UCSF Memory and Aging Center