By Louise Chu from UCSF.edu
State budget cuts have strained UCSF’s resources over the past year, but the University is adapting to the challenges and continues to lead the way in health sciences research, education and patient care, the chancellor said Tuesday.
“Those last several years that we’ve been living in the midst of great change and financial constraints have put a lot of stress on the people of UCSF,” said Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH.
But, she added, “even though I want to acknowledge the challenges, I want to thank the people who are persevering in their excellence in these challenges. … I’m optimistic because the people at UCSF are the ones who make us great.”
In her third annual State of the University address since becoming the ninth UCSF chancellor in 2009, Desmond-Hellmann praised the past year’s progress toward achieving UCSF’s 2014-2015 Strategic Plan, and outlined areas of focus for the next year.
Among the highlights of the past year were:
- Ronald Vale, PhD, winning the 2012 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award;
- The successful rollout of APeX electronic health records system;
- Maintaining top ranking among medical schools; and
- Receiving the most National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding of any public institution in the country.
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