Speaking Engagements
The Chancellor speaks regularly at many events, bringing UCSF’s story to wider audiences. Significant speaking engagements are covered below.
Chancellor Addresses 230th Class at Induction into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, who was inducted into the 230th Class of Scholars of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 9, called on the scientists to “set the bar high” to speed the translation of discoveries into treatments so that patients “can live a full life without pain and suffering.”
Desmond-Hellmann was among the world’s most distinguished scholars, artists and institutional leaders inducted into the academy at a ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she was one of five to address the 210 new fellows and foreign honorary members. She focused on today’s unprecedented opportunities to understand human biology and improve human health.
UCSF Celebrates Commencement 2010
In annual rites of passage symbolizing academic triumph, UCSF students in the Graduate Division, the School of Medicine and the School of Pharmacy celebrated commencements with family and friends in separate ceremonies recently. Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, made the rounds at graduation festivities and delivered her first commencement address ever to the graduates of the School of Pharmacy.
Stem Cell Researchers Get Advice on Clinical Trials from UCSF Chancellor
Whenever she finds herself weighing priorities, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, told a recent gathering of stem cell scientists, she reminds herself, “Patients are waiting.”
Speaking recently to scientists at the frontier of biomedical research, Desmond-Hellmann urged researchers to focus on the primary goal – making new treatments broadly available to benefit patients. Watch the video of that speech on YouTube.
Watch the videoSusan Desmond-Hellmann: Innovation & HealthCare Reform
Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann gives keynote presentation at the Jewish Community Endowment Fund luncheon on October 27, 2009 in San Francisco. She discusses "From Bench to Bedside: Innovation in the Era of Health Care Reform."
Chancellor Describes “Secret Sauce” Behind California’s Leadership in Innovation
At a recent conference on the future of California, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, discussed the key ingredients that have combined to make the state a world leader in technological innovation.
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