University of California San Francisco

1990–2009

UCSF, aerial view, 1988
1990
UCSF acquires Mount Zion Hospital.
1990
Construction begins on Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology at SFGH.
1990
UCSF receives $3 million to establish the W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience.
1991
Millie-Hughes Fulford, UCSF research scientist, becomes part of space shuttle Columbia crew that conducts experiments on bone density loss.
1991
School of Nursing introduces the Master’s Entry Program in Nursing (MEPN).
1991
School of Nursing establishes the Research Center for Symptom Management.
1991
School of Dentistry establishes the NIH Pain Research Center within the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
1992
DNSc degree program in the School of Nursing closes admissions; PhD remains the only doctoral program.
1993
Gladstone Institute of Virology opens at SFGH.
1994
Valencia Pediatric Practice, later renamed with expanded services, Valencia Health Services, sponsored by the School of Nursing.
1995
Completion of ground floor classrooms, part of campus education center re-development, and enhanced mezzanine commons and café space in the School of Nursing building.
1995
School of Pharmacy establishes the San Francisco Branch of the United States Cochrane Center.
1996
Graduate Division combines Ph.D. programs in Anatomy, Endocrinology, Experimental Pathology, and Physiology to form a new Graduate Group and Ph.D. program in Biomedical Sciences.
1997
Stanley Prusiner wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of prions.
1997
UC Regents approve Mission Bay as the site for UCSF’s new campus and enter into an agreement with Catellus Development Corporation and the City and County of San Francisco for the donation of 43 acres of property in Mission Bay. The Mission Bay campus allows UCSF to double its research space, speed the pace of biomedical discovery, and help prepare a new generation of students. Phase 1 construction of $800 million included four research buildings, a campus community center, a student housing complex, two parking structures, and development of large open space. By 2006, about 1400 faculty, students, scholars and staff are located at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. At full build-out, 9,100 people are expected to work and study there.
1997
School of Pharmacy develops and establishes the California Poison Control System, a system for providing uniform poison services for the entire state via satellite centers at four locations throughout the State.
1997
UCSF Medical Center merges with Stanford Health Services to become UCSF Stanford Health Care. The merger is ultimately deemed unsuccessful and the 2 institutions de-merge in 2000.
1997
Glide Memorial Clinic, as a joint project of the School of Nursing and Catholic Healthcare West, begins operation.
1998
School of Dentistry creates Post-Baccalaureate Program, aimed at preparing disadvantaged students for entry into oral health care higher education.
1998
School of Pharmacy leads in the creation of three new cross-campus PhD programs: Biological and Medical Informatics, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics, and, with the School of Medicine, Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
1998
School of Pharmacy radically alters its Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum to establish innovative specialty pathways (Pharmaceutical Care, Pharmaceutical Health Policy and Management, Pharmaceutical Sciences).
1999
School of Dentistry completes modernization of all its Predoctoral Clinics.
1999
School of Nursing ranks first among nursing schools in NIH funding.
2000
De-merger of the UCSF Stanford Health Care.
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
Ph.D. program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology is established in the Graduate Division.
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
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.
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).
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.
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
Graduate Division establishes Ph.D. program in Developmental Biology.
2006
UCSF Certificate Program in Global Health Sciences is approved by Graduate Council.
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.
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 and School of Medicine establish a joint department: Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences.
2009
Susan Desmond-Hellman, MD, MPH becomes UCSF's 9th Chancellor and the first woman to serve in this position.
2009
Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, becomes UCSF's fourth scientist to recieve the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her co-discovery of telomerase.
2009
Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, UCSF Professor of Anatomy, receives the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for his stem cell discoveries .
2009
The University of California becomes the first public university in California to provide honorary degrees to Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals whose educations were interrupted when they were sent to internment camps during World War II.

Leadership
UCSF Chancellors:
- Julius R. Krevans (1982-1993)
- Joseph B. Martin (1993-1997)
- Haile T. Debas (1997-1998)
- J. Michael Bishop (1998-2009)

Deans (Dentistry):
- John C. Greene (1981-1994)
- Karin Vargervick, Interim (1994-1995)
- Charles N. Bertolami (1995-2007)

Deans (Graduate Division)
- Lloyd Kozloff, PhD (1981-1991)
- C. Clifford Attkisson, Ph.D., Interim (1991-1992); Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Academic Affairs (1992-2005)
- Patricia Calarco, Ph.D., Interim (2005-2007); Dean (2007-2011)

Deans (Medicine):
- Joseph Martin (1989-1993)
- Haile Debas (1993-2003)
- David Kessler (2003-2007)
- Samuel Hawgood, Interim (2007-2009); Dean (2009-present)

Deans (Nursing):
- Jane S. Norbeck: (1989-1999)
- Kathleen Dracup (2000-2010)

Deans (Pharmacy):
- Jere E. Goyan (1967-1992)
- George L. Kenyon (1993-1998)
- Mary Anne Koda-Kimble (1998-2012)

Directors (Medical Center)
- William B. Kerr (1977-2000)
- Mark R. Laret (2001-Present)


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