UCSF Mission Bay campus, 2003. Photo by Majed.

2000

School of Medicine radically redesigns the core curriculum to promote integration of disciplines, bringing cultural, social, and behavioral factors into the teaching of biomedical and clinical issues.

2000

School of Pharmacy establishes the Center for Consumer Self Care.

2000

The name of the Graduate Division’s M.S. and Ph.D. program in Medical Information Science is changed to the M.S. and Ph.D. program in Biological and Medical Informatics by approval of the Graduate Council and Chancellor Bishop.

2000

Ph.D. program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology is established in the Graduate Division.

2000

UCSF Certificate Program in Clinical Research is approved by the Graduate Council.

2001

The newly created International Dentist Program enrolls its first class of students.

2001

The Ph.D. program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics is established.

2002

The Master’s of Advanced Studies degree (MAS) in Clinical Research is established in the Graduate Division.

2002

Graduate Division establishes joint UCSF/San Francisco State University Doctorate in Physical Therapy Sciences (DPTSc).

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2003

School of Pharmacy establishes satellite clinical teaching programs in Fresno and South Bay.

2003

Genentech Hall opens at the Mission Bay campus. With more than 400,000 gross square feet, it houses programs in structural and chemical biology and molecular cell and developmental biology, the Molecular Design Institute, the Center for Advanced Technology, a library, an auditorium, and commercial space.

2003

The names of the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Oral Biology are changed to the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences with approval of the Graduate Council and Chancellor Bishop.

2004

Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Hall opens at the Mission Bay campus. It houses programs in human genetics, developmental biology, developmental neuroscience, and the Center for Brain Development.

2004

Revised curriculum implemented for the School of Dentistry, creating new interdepartmental courses developed around five thematic streams that emphasize and reinforce the integration of basic sciences and clinical sciences in dental education.

2004

Graduate Division establishes joint UCSF/San Francisco State University Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT).

2004

The Betty Irene Moore Doctoral Fellowship program launched in the School of Nursing.

2005

School of Dentistry re-aligns its departmental structure to form the departments of: Cell and Tissue Biology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orofacial Sciences, and Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences.

2005

Byers Hall, The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) opens as the home for the California Institute of Science and Innovation (Cal ISI) at the Mission Bay campus. This is the headquarters for the Institute, which is a partnership with UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. QB3 is one of the four California Institutes for Science and Innovation, developed at the initiative of Governor Grey Davis, and the only one focused on biomedical research to advance human health. Research here is intensely computational, integrating physical, mathematical and engineering sciences to tackle the complexities of genomics, proteomics, protein folding and interactions, and developing imaging systems of unprecedented power and resolution for diagnosis and treatment of disease.

2005

UCSF On-Line Certificate Program in Pain Management is approved by Graduate Council.

2006

Elizabeth Blackburn wins Albert Lasker Award for Medical Research for the prediction and discovery of the telomerase enzyme -- which plays a key role in cell aging and human cancer.

2006

UCSF establishes Clinical and Translational Science Institute as largest recipient of NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards.

2006

Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building breaks ground on the Mission Bay campus. It will contain research and development programs in neurological surgery, urology and cancer research.

2006

School of Dentistry celebrates its 125th anniversary.

2006

Graduate Division establishes Ph.D. program in Developmental Biology.

2006

UCSF Certificate Program in Global Health Sciences is approved by Graduate Council.

2006

School of Pharmacy is the #1 recipient among schools of pharmacy of NIH funding for the 27th consecutive year.

2006

The Schools of Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine and the Graduate Division offer the first inter-disciplinary class for all enrolled students.

2007

School of Medicine expands enrollment for first time in three decades with launch of the Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US,) aimed at educating and inspiring new physicians to address health disparities.

2007

School of Pharmacy establishes the Medications Outcomes Center.

2007

Graduate Division establishes joint UCSF/Fresno State Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT).

2007

School of Dentistry is the #1 recipient among schools of dentistry of NIH funding for the 16th consecutive year.

2007

School of Nursing celebrates its centennial anniversary.

2008

UCSF breaks ground on new building at Parnassus to house Institute for Regeneration Medicine, to be home for 25 stem cell and regeneration medicine researchers.

2008

School of Medicine establishes new academic Department of Emergency Medicine.

2008

Graduate Division establishes Master's of Science in Global Health Sciences.

2008

School of Pharmacy establishes satellite clinical teaching programs in North Bay.

2008

School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine establish a joint department: Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences.