Chancellor Highlights

  • Nurse Uses Innovative Program to Form Strong Bonds with Young Heart Patients

    By Eric Brooks on

    Pediatric cardiac ICU nurse Kathleen Cinelli, RN, created the Hearts at Home Program, offering holistic care to UCSF Health patients and families beyond the hospital.

  • Chancellor Celebrates UCSF’s ‘Momentum’ in 2024 State of the University Address

    By Eric Brooks on

    Defined as the product of mass and velocity, “momentum” is derived from physics. It also describes UC San Francisco’s journey in the past decade under Chancellor Sam Hawgood’s leadership. “When I delivered my first State of the University address in 2014 , I made the case that we were at an inflection point in our history that required thoughtful adaption to future forces reshaping our environment,” Hawgood , MBBS, said in his annual address. “Now, 10 years later, I am even more excited to be your chancellor. I believe the premise of my 2014 address has been borne out.” This year’s address

  • 3 Reasons You Won’t Want to Miss the Chancellor’s 2024 State of the University Address

    Chancellor Hawgood will reflect on a decade of growth, innovation, and addressing disparities at UCSF in his State of the University address on November 21.

  • Why This UCSF Physician is Determined to Serve, Mentor the Underrepresented

    By Eric Brooks on

    Manuel Tapia, MD, MPH, advocates and mentors underrepresented learners in medicine, from pre-health to medical school.

  • Celebrating Community, COVID Response Through a Colorful Mural

    By Eric Brooks on

    Pediatrician Dayna Long, awarded the 2024 Edison T. Uno Award, combines medicine with social justice to address healthcare disparities, focusing on community health improvements and founding the BLOOM Clinic for Black families.

  • John Clements, Whose Science Transformed Newborn Care, Dies at 101

    By Laura Kurtzman on

    John Clements, MD, whose scientific discoveries helped save millions of newborns around the world from respiratory distress syndrome and whose boundless appetite for learning helped create the interdisciplinary culture at UCSF, has died on Sept. 3, 2024 at the age of 101.

  • Matching Medicine, Social Justice for the Bay Area’s Black Community

    By Eric Brooks on

    Pediatrician Dayna Long, awarded the 2024 Edison T. Uno Award, combines medicine with social justice to address healthcare disparities, focusing on community health improvements and founding the BLOOM Clinic for Black families.

  • UCSF Tops Public Universities in NIH Research Funding in 2023

    By Levi Gadye on

    UCSF is a leading recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for research, with a focus on advancing health sciences and medicine.

  • UCSF Entering 2024 ‘Amazingly Positioned’ to Lead in Health Care AI Revolution

    By Eric Brooks on

    It is clear the next year will be a pivotal one for UCSF ’s place in the growth and application of artificial intelligence in health care. Chancellor Sam Hawgood , MBBS, spent a significant portion of his 2023 State of the University address outlining steps UCSF has taken in the last 12 months to lead the AI revolution across health care, emphasizing his desire that the University not simply be part of the AI wave, but that UCSF ultimately transform into “the leading AI-enabled academic life sciences university.” There’s a real sense the University has that opportunity at its fingertips

  • Celebrating Betty Irene Moore, patient safety pioneer (1928 - 2023)

    By Ashley Han on

    The UCSF community grieves the loss of Betty Irene Moore, an advocate for patient safety and philanthropic leader, who passed away on Dec. 12, 2023, at age 95.