UCSF Chancellor: Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH

Chancellor Recounts Path to Realizing Her Childhood Dream

Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, shared a heart-felt story about her life and lessons learned to students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered to hear what was billed as UCSF's inaugural “Last Lecture.”

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Priorities

Chancellor Desmond-Hellmann has outlined five key priorities to guide UCSF in its pursuit of continued excellence. Read more

Patients

Patients: Key to What We Do

UCSF Medical Center and its health care professionals are consistently ranked among the nation’s best. When a patient needs complex treatment, UCSF is the place to go.

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Discovery

Leveraging Innovative Science to Benefit Patients

UCSF’s success is measured in part by the visible impact scientists and scholars make daily to improve health worldwide.

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Education

Fostering an Academic Culture at the Forefront of Health Sciences Education

Providing a world-class education, UCSF attracts the best and brightest students, offering them a strong curriculum taught by professors who are experts in their fields.

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People

People Are a Priority

UCSF strives to recruit and retain the very best employees by creating a supportive environment and cultivating strong and capable managers.

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Business

UCSF Aims to Achieve Fiscal Strength and Operational Excellence

To achieve UCSF’s mission and vision, the University must have a well-run institution that prizes excellence across the enterprise.

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Future of UCSF

UCSF's 2014-2015 Plan

UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann and her leadership team developed a three-year action plan with a vision for UCSF to become the world's preeminent health sciences innovator and five goals.
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UCSF's Mission

In her third year as Chancellor, Susan Desmond-Hellmann unveiled an action plan for UCSF that builds on its meritorious mission of advancing health worldwide.   
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UCSF Vision, Goals and Strategies

“My vision for UCSF is that we are the world’s preeminent health sciences innovator,” Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann said during her State of the University address on Oct. 4, 2011. 
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News about the Chancellor

UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann On How Healthcare Is Changing

“In drug development we’ve had this really incredibly linear process: start with an idea and … 15 years later go to the FDA with a pile of papers. What I see that I’m excited about is a much more dynamic way of thinking about product development...”

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UCSF Chancellor Issues Call-To-Arms to Patient Advocates

In November 2011, a National Academy of Sciences committee issued a report calling for the creation of a “Google Maps”-like data network intended to revolutionize medical discovery, diagnosis and treatment. 

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UCSF Chancellor Discusses “New Social Contract” for Patients with The Wall Street Journal

UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, spoke with The Wall Street Journal reporter Amy Marcus about her vision of a “new social contract” for patients participating in the health care system.

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