Dear UCSF Community,

I am pleased to share that the University of California Board of Regents approved two projects today: one that will bring together all of our mission areas in a new development south of Mission Bay and a second that is integral to our effort to revitalize the Parnassus Heights campus.

The new UCSF Clinical and Life Sciences Building will be the anchor tenant in the Dogpatch Power Station project, a mixed-use development along the San Francisco waterfront.

Designed by the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, the building will be a stunning glass and steel structure that will house an innovation hub and life sciences incubator for startup companies that grow out of our own labs. It will also offer four floors of space for new primary and specialty care clinics, and a proton therapy center to treat pediatric and adult head, neck, and spine cancers.

The building brings together renowned patient care, innovative biomedical research, and opportunities for graduate-level training onto one site. To learn more about the building concept, read the story in our UCSF News Center.

The Regents also approved an important element in our effort to revitalize our Parnassus Heights campus. The Parnassus Central Campus Site Improvements Project will provide a pedestrian promenade and extend the critical utility infrastructure needed for the new Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building.

I want to thank Brian Newman, our chief real estate officer and senior associate vice chancellor, and his teams for their leadership on these important projects that shape how UCSF delivers on its mission.

Sincerely,

Sam Hawgood, MBBS
Chancellor
Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor