About UCSF University of , is the leading university exclusively Through advanced biomedical research, focused on health. graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care, UCSF is leading revolutions in health worldwide.

Economic Impact In an age of remarkable scientific and technological advancements, UCSF stands as one of the principal economic engines in San Francisco and the nine-county Bay Area. UCSF Chancellor Education UCSF generates nearly 43,000 jobs and produces an estimated Sam Hawgood, MBBS, became UCSF’s UCSF is the only campus in the $8.9 billion economic impact when 10th chancellor on July 17, 2014. A 10-campus including operations, construction, pediatrician, scientist and educator, system that is exclusively focused on salaries, and local purchases by Dr. Hawgood was previously dean of the health sciences. employees, students and visitors, the UCSF School of Medicine, the only UCSF trains health professionals and according to a 2016 economic medical school that ranks in the top five graduate students in the biomedical impact report. in both research and primary care. and population sciences. It has top- ranked programs in , medicine, Top Employer Areas of Excellence nursing, pharmacy, basic science, UCSF is a powerful contributor to social science and global health. UCSF’s reputation for excellence in San Francisco’s energy, innovation numerous areas has contributed to its U.S. News & World Report consistently and diversity. UCSF is the second- continued national and international ranks UCSF’s professional programs largest employer in San Francisco, recognition in patient care, research among the most outstanding after the City and County of San and education, including: nationwide. Francisco, and the fourth-largest employer in the Bay Area. UCSF’s • Cancer UCSF has approximately: paid workforce comprises 24,140 • Children’s Health • 3,300 students in degree programs employees, including nearly 3,000 faculty. • Diabetes • 1,500 residents

• Heart & Vascular • 1,000 postdoctoral scholars. UCSF Budget • Immunology & Infectious Diseases A $5.9 billion enterprise, UCSF Training takes place at UCSF Health’s receives 60 percent of its revenue – • & and clinics, Priscilla Chan and nearly $3.5 billion – from clinical ser- Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco Gen- • Stem Cells vices provided by UCSF Health, and eral and Trauma Center, the $1.3 billion in grants and contracts. • Transplant Services San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical UCSF receives $193 million in state Center, Community Regional Medical • Women’s Health funds, which equals 3 percent of its Center in Fresno and numerous clinics total budget. throughout Northern California. Patient Care • UCSF Dental Center operates 21 Scientific Discoveries clinics at three San Francisco sites, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF providing comprehensive dental • Discovered that certain normal Benioff Children’s Hospital San services from routine care to the genes can mutate to become Francisco, part of UCSF Health, ranks most sophisticated oral health care cancer-driving oncogenes, a among the nation’s best hospitals. available today. discovery that transformed Together, these hospitals had 43,127 • UCSF Helen Diller Family scientists’ understanding of total hospital admissions and generated cancer, and revolutionized the 1.1+ million outpatient visits in 2015. Comprehensive Cancer Center ranked as the #1 cancer hospital for approach to detection and On February 1, 2015, UCSF Medical adults and children in Northern Cali- treatment. (Nobel Prize 1989) Center at Mission Bay opened its doors fornia and one of only two centers in • Demonstrated that a class of rare to serve women, children and cancer the region to receive the prestigious but deadly neurodegenerative patients. designation of “comprehensive” from diseases was caused not by UCSF Health care providers are leaders the National Cancer Institute. changes in DNA or RNA but by in virtually all specialties, including changes in the shape of a normal cancer, heart disease, neurological Research protein, upending a tenet of disorders, immunological disorders, modern biology. The role of UCSF is recognized as one of the HIV/AIDS and organ transplantation, misfolded proteins is now a focus world’s great research universities, as well as specialty services for women of study in more common with a strong culture of collaboration. and children. neurodegenerative diseases, Basic scientists and clinical researchers including Parkinson’s disease, In 2014, UCSF Benioff Children’s across disciplines work together to find Alzheimer’s disease and Lou Hospital affiliated with Children’s solutions for preventing and treating Gehrig’s disease. (Nobel Prize1997) Hospital & Research Center Oakland, disease. creating UCSF Benioff Children’s • Co-discovered the telomerase enzyme and pioneered research on Hospitals – with locations in San NIH Funding Francisco and Oakland – creating the telomeres – protective bits largest network of children’s medical UCSF is the nation’s top public recipient of DNA that cap the ends providers in Northern California. of funding from the National Institutes of chromosomes – advancing of Health (NIH). For 2015: research in age-related diseases, Highlights including cancer, cardiovascular • UCSF received $560 million through disease, and wound healing. • UCSF Medical Center exceeds the 1,217 NIH research and training (Nobel Prize 2009) most widely used patient satisfaction grants in 2015. • Co-discovered how to transform and safety measures in the nation. • The UCSF School of Medicine ranked ordinary adult skin cells into cells The UCSF Health system also works #1 nationwide in NIH support, with that, like embryonic stem cells, closely with other Bay Area providers $501.1 million in grants. are capable of developing into and maintains numerous primary care any cell in the human body. and specialty clinics throughout San • The UCSF School of Pharmacy (Nobel Prize 2012) Francisco and Northern California. ranked #1 for the 36th consecutive year, with $27.0 million in grants. • Played leading role in the field • UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, of HIV/AIDS from the outset, with locations in San Francisco • The UCSF School of Dentistry ranked discovering the protease and Oakland, treat more than 65 #1 for the 24rd consecutive year, with inhibitors now widely used to different pediatric medical specialties $16.9 million. treat HIV, and taking on an and subspecialties including • The UCSF School of Nursing ranked international leadership role in transplant, sickle cell, orthopedics, #1 for the 10th time, with $14.0 AIDS treatment. neurology, , and asthma million in NIH support. and diabetes care. • Developed novel treatments in diabetes to suppress the immune system’s attack on the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, and are world leaders in clinical trials to prevent type 1 diabetes and stave off the disease in newly diagnosed patients.

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