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       Key Initiatives
       2008-2009

 


Facts & Figures 2009

Highlights

  • Founded as Toland Medical College in 1864
  • Affiliated with University of California in 1873
  • Occupying seven major sites in San Francisco and Fresno with:
    • 28 academic departments
    • 9 organized research units
    • 8 interdisciplinary research centers
  • Ranked by US News & World Report* fifth in quality of research training and fifth in quality of primary care training. UCSF is the only medical school listed in the top 5 in both categories
  • Consistently ranked among top three US medical schools by NIH dollars awarded
  • Ranked first for active patents in UC system
  • Ranks among the top 10 in seven of eight medical school specialty programs, including first in AIDS medicine, second in women’s health, and third in internal medicine*.

Recent Accomplishments & Innovations

2009: The Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building opens at UCSF's Mission Bay campus.

2008: New Pathways to Discovery program streamlines training towards careers of inquiry, discovery and innovation.

2007: The Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US) expands medical school enrollment to educate and inspire new physicians to address health disparities.

2006: UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine** launched, comprising the existing Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology and the Program in Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology.

2004:
The Institute for Human Genetics established.

2003
: Genentech Hall opens the 43-acre Mission Bay campus, one of the most advanced health sciences centers in the world, now with three research buildings and a 160,000 sq. ft. community center.

2002
: National Center of Excellence in Women's Health opens a dedicated 8-story Women's Health Center.

2001
: New medical school curriculum and the Academy of Medical Educators are instituted. Both are now national models for medical education and for faculty development.

1999
: Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute as Comprehensive Cancer Center, the first in Northern California.

1997:
Nobel Prize awarded to UCSF's Stanley Prusiner for the discovery of prions.



Faculty & Staff

Faculty
Full-Time
Part-Time
Volunteer
1,921
75
3,099
Staff
Non-Faculty Academics
Staff employees
769
5,164
Scientific Society Memberships
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
53
17
64
36





Research Indicators

NIH Dollars (in millions)
NIH Grants
Active patents, US
Active patents, foreign

$410
821
770
881






Total Operating Budget

$1.390 billion


Tuition & Fees
State Appropriations
Extramural Grants & Contracts
Practice Plan
Gifts & Endowments
Hospital Agreements
SFGH Affiliation Contract
Sales & Services
Other

1%
7%
39%
27%
7%
6%
6%
4%
3%




Student Composition
School of Medicine Admissions
 
Applications Received
Interviews Granted
Students Accepted
6,030
503
257

2008 Entering MD Students

Total MD Students
PhD/MS. Students

152

595
649

Mean Undergraduate GPA
MCAT Score (Average Composite)
Underrepresented Minorities
Women
California Residents

Tuition & Fees
California Residents
Out-of-State Residents

3.71
11.5
28%
56%
80%


$25,562
$37,807

GME & Postdocs

 
Residents
Clinical Fellows

Postdoctoral Scholars
785
433

1,100
CME Students  

Live Course Students
Grand Rounds Students

Home Study Students

15,178
3,572

9,008





Facilities (at 9 sites)

Educational Space (shared)
Research Space

57,200 ASF
991,003 ASF


Affiliated Hospitals & Training Sites

Licensed beds/annual ambulatory care visits

UCSF Medical Center (Parnassus, Children's & Mount Zion Hospitals)
San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco VA Medical Center
Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
Fresno Medical Education Program

722/722,728

686/529,098
124/425,144
67/30,000
Multiple sites



Alumni & Development

Total Alumni
Alumni Association Membership
Alumni Gifts (cash)
Total Gifts (cash)
Endowment (Market Value)

7,344
3,186
$2,571,366
$290,428,098 $993,300,000

*Source: US News & World Report Best Graduate Schools 2010

**Renamed in 2009 as the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF

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