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paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph-text-block"> <p class="feature-text">We have been creating opportunities for exploration and collaboration for more than 150 years. Whether it’s major scientific awards or innovations that improve the care of patients, each achievement ignites a renewed energy for the future of what's possible.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph-text-block"> <div style="padding-left:50px;"> <p class="feature-text">Explore the following achievements:</p> <ul class="no-bullets"> <li><a class="link--cta" href="#honors">Honors & Awards</a></li> <li><a class="link--cta" href="#rankings">Rankings</a></li> <li><a class="link--cta" href="#discoveries">Discoveries</a></li> <li><a class="link--cta" href="#breakthroughs">Breakthroughs & Innovations </a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner__image subbanner-right" style="background: url('/sites/default/files/2019-04/induced-pluripotent-stem-cells-from-normal-adult-human-tissue.jpg') top left no-repeat transparent;"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner__content"> <h2 class="full-bleed-subbanner__title"><a name="honors"></a> <div class="field field-banner-section-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Honors & Awards</div> </h2> <div class="full-banner-subbanner__subtitle"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-banner-section-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>UCSF has won nearly every leading prize in the health sciences, and our faculty members have been honored with inclusion in the world’s most esteemed scientific organizations.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="layout-columns__4 bg-white" style=""> <h2 class="layout__heading">Nobel Prize</h2> <div class="field field-content-wrapper-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="nobel-card"> <div class="field field-nobel-winner-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/nobel_winner_card/public/2019-03/noble-prize-bishop-varmus.jpg" width="272" height="272" alt="Photo of J. Michael Bishop, MD, & Harold Varmus, MD" class="element-fade"/> </div> <p class="nobel-card__date">1989</p> <h3 class="nobel-card__title">J. Michael Bishop, MD, & Harold Varmus, MD</h3> <div class="nobel-card__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-nobel-winner-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For discovery of proto-oncogenes, showing that normal cellular genes can be converted to cancer genes.</p> <p class="small-text"><a class="link--cta" href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1989/summary/" target="_blank">Learn more about the 1989 Nobel</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="nobel-card"> <div class="field field-nobel-winner-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/nobel_winner_card/public/2019-03/noble-prize-prusiner.jpg" width="272" height="272" alt="Photo of Stanley Prusiner,  MD" class="element-fade"/> </div> <p class="nobel-card__date">1997</p> <h3 class="nobel-card__title">Stanley Prusiner,  MD</h3> <div class="nobel-card__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-nobel-winner-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For discovery of prions, an entirely new biological principle of infection and disease. Prions cause degenerative brain disorders, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in people and mad cow disease.</p> <p class="small-text"><a class="link--cta" href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1997/summary/" target="_blank">Learn more about the 1997 Nobel</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="nobel-card"> <div class="field field-nobel-winner-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/nobel_winner_card/public/2019-03/noble-prize-blackburn.jpg" width="272" height="272" alt="Photo of Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD" class="element-fade"/> </div> <p class="nobel-card__date">2009</p> <h3 class="nobel-card__title">Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD</h3> <div class="nobel-card__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-nobel-winner-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For discovery of an enzyme, called telomerase, that plays a key role in normal cell function as well as in cell aging and most cancers. She shared the award with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak.</p> <p class="small-text"><a class="link--cta" href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2009/summary/" target="_blank">Learn more about the 2009 Nobel</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="nobel-card"> <div class="field field-nobel-winner-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/nobel_winner_card/public/2019-03/noble-prize-yamanaka.jpg" width="272" height="272" alt="Photo of Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD" class="element-fade"/> </div> <p class="nobel-card__date">2012</p> <h3 class="nobel-card__title">Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD</h3> <div class="nobel-card__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-nobel-winner-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For discovery of how to transform ordinary adult skin cells into cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any cell in the human body. He shared the prize with John B. Gurdon.</p> <p class="small-text"><a class="link--cta" href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2012/summary/" target="_blank">Learn more about the 2012 Nobel</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="layout-columns__4 bg-white" style=""> <div class="field field-content-wrapper-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="nobel-card"> <div class="field field-nobel-winner-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/nobel_winner_card/public/2021-10/David-Julius-black-and-white.jpg" width="272" height="272" alt="Portrait of David Julius" class="element-fade"/> </div> <p class="nobel-card__date">2021</p> <h3 class="nobel-card__title">David Julius, PhD</h3> <div class="nobel-card__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-nobel-winner-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For the discovery of receptors for temperature and touch, in conjunction with Ardem Patapoutian.</p> <p class="small-text"><a class="link--cta" href="/node/421476">Learn more about the 2021 Nobel</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph-text-block"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph-text-block"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph-text-block"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="js-tabs layout-left-30-70 vertical-tab-alt"> <ul class="vertical-tab__title js-tablist field-column-30"> <li role="presentation"> <a href="#tabs-1"> Lasker Awards </a> </li> <li role="presentation"> <a href="#tabs-2"> Shaw Prizes </a> </li> <li role="presentation"> <a href="#tabs-3"> National Medals of Science </a> </li> <li role="presentation"> <a href="#tabs-4"> Breakthrough Prize in Life Science </a> </li> </ul> <div class="js-accordion"> <h3 href="#tabs-1" class="js-accordion-header">Lasker Awards</h3> <div id="tabs-1" class="field-column-70"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-tab-unscrollable-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Since 1945, The Lasker Foundation has recognized the contributions of scientists, physicians and public servants who have made major advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of human disease. UCSF has won a total of 13 awards, including the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award and Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award.</p></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-tab-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><ul class="line--list"> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2016</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/discoveries-dna-replication-and-leadership-science-and-education/" target="_blank">Bruce Alberts, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2014</h3> <p><a href="https://laskerfoundation.org/winners/unfolded-protein-response" target="_blank">Peter Walter, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2012</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/motor-proteins-that-contract-muscles-and-enable-cell-movements/" target="_blank">Ronald Vale, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2009</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/nuclear-reprogramming-converting-specialized-cells-into-early-stem-cells/" target="_blank">Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2006</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/telomerase-and-its-implications-for-aging-and-cancer/" target="_blank">Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">1994</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/surfactant-therapy-for-premature-infants/" target="_blank">John Clements, MD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">1994</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/prions-as-a-cause-of-chronic-neurodegenerative-diseases/" target="_blank">Stanley Prusiner, MD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">1991</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/diagnosis-of-genetic-diseases-by-dna-technology/" target="_blank">Yuet Wai Kan, MD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">1982</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/oncogenes-that-transform-normal-cells-into-cancer-cells/" target="_blank">J. Michael Bishop, MD, and Harold Varmus, MD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">1980</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/cloning-genes-by-recombinant-dna-technology/" target="_blank">Herbert Boyer, MD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">1962</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/isolation-of-six-pituitary-hormones/" target="_blank">Choh Li, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">1951</h3> <p><a href="http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/show/mechanism-of-parasites-infection/" target="_blank">Karl F. Meyer, PhD</a></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <h3 href="#tabs-2" class="js-accordion-header">Shaw Prizes</h3> <div id="tabs-2" class="field-column-70"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-tab-unscrollable-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Shaw Prize, widely regarded as the "Nobel of the East," was established in 2002 to honor individuals who have achieved significant breakthrough in academic and scientific research or applications and whose work has resulted in a positive and profound impact on mankind.</p></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-tab-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><ul class="line--list"> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2017</h3> <p><a href="https://www.shawprize.org/prizes-and-laureates/life-science-and-medicine/2017/autobiography-of-ronald-d-vale" target="_blank">Ronald Vale, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2014</h3> <p><a href="https://www.shawprize.org/prizes-and-laureates/life-science-and-medicine/2014/autobiography-of-peter-walter" target="_blank">Peter Walter, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2010</h3> <p><a href="https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/life-science-medicine/2010" target="_blank">David Julius, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2008</h3> <p><a href="https://www.shawprize.org/prizes-and-laureates/life-science-and-medicine/2008/autobiography-of-shinya-yamanaka" target="_blank">Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2004</h3> <p><a href="https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2004-life-science-medicine/?type=Essay&laureate=1" target="_blank">Herbert Boyer, MD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2004</h3> <p><a href="https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2004-life-science-medicine/?type=Essay&laureate=2" target="_blank">Yuet Wai Kan, MD</a></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <h3 href="#tabs-3" class="js-accordion-header">National Medals of Science</h3> <div id="tabs-3" class="field-column-70"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-tab-unscrollable-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Bestowed by the President of the United States, the National Medal of Science honors scientists in the fields of the physical, biological, mathematical, engineering, social and behavioral sciences. It was established by Congress in 1959.</p></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-tab-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><ul class="line--list"> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2014</h3> <p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=5300000000492" target="_blank">Bruce Alberts, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2009</h3> <p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=5300000000467" target="_blank">Stanley Prusiner, MD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2003</h3> <p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=5000000000423" target="_blank">J. Michael Bishop, MD </a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2001</h3> <p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=372" target="_blank">Harold Varmus, MD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">1990</h3> <p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=50" target="_blank">Herbert Boyer, MD</a></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <h3 href="#tabs-4" class="js-accordion-header">Breakthrough Prize in Life Science</h3> <div id="tabs-4" class="field-column-70"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-tab-unscrollable-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences honors transformative advances toward understanding living systems and extending human life. The prize was founded in 2013 by tech titans, including Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner and launched at UCSF.</p></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-tab-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><ul class="line--list"> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2020</h3> <p><a href="https://breakthroughprize.org/News/54" target="_blank">David Julius, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2018</h3> <p><a href="https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/2/L3824" target="_blank">Peter Walter, PhD</a></p> </li> <li> <h3 class="eyebrow-title">2013</h3> <p><a href="https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/2/L36" target="_blank">Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD</a></p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"><div class="memberships"> <div class="memberships__content"> <h2 class="memberships__title">Esteemed Memberships</h2> <div class="memberships__subtitle"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-membership-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The number of UCSF faculty who have been named members or fellows of the following prestigious scientific honorary organizations:</p></div> </div> </div> <ul class="memberships-cards"> <li class="memberships-cards__card"> <h3 class="memberships-cards__title">81</h3> <p class="memberships-cards__subtitle">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</p> </li> <li class="memberships-cards__card"> <h3 class="memberships-cards__title">68</h3> <p class="memberships-cards__subtitle">American Association for the Advancement of Science</p> </li> <li class="memberships-cards__card"> <h3 class="memberships-cards__title">22</h3> <p class="memberships-cards__subtitle">Howard Hughes Medical Institute</p> </li> <li class="memberships-cards__card"> <h3 class="memberships-cards__title">114</h3> <p class="memberships-cards__subtitle">National Academy of Medicine</p> </li> <li class="memberships-cards__card"> <h3 class="memberships-cards__title">62</h3> <p class="memberships-cards__subtitle">National Academy of Sciences</p> </li> <li class="memberships-cards__card"> <h3 class="memberships-cards__title">14</h3> <p class="memberships-cards__subtitle">The Royal Society</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner__image subbanner-left" style="background: url('/sites/default/files/2019-03/rankings-bg.jpg') top left no-repeat transparent;"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner__content"> <h2 class="full-bleed-subbanner__title"><a name="rankings"></a> <div class="field field-banner-section-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Rankings</div> </h2> <div class="full-banner-subbanner__subtitle"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-banner-section-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>By many measures, UCSF is among the best in the world in research, patient care and education. Here are some highlights from some of the leading benchmarks.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="layout-columns__3 bg-white" style=""> <div class="field field-content-wrapper-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="fact-card"> <div class="icon-education"></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-fact-card-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>U.S. News Best Graduate Schools</h3> <ul> <li>Tier 1, School of Medicine, Primary Care (last ranked in 2024)</li> <li>Tier 1, School of Medicine, Research (last ranked in 2024)</li> <li>#12 (tie) School of Nursing, Master’s Program (last ranked in 2024)</li> <li>#2 (tie) School of Pharmacy (last ranked in 2024)</li> <li>#9 (tie) Graduate Program in Biological Sciences (last ranked in 2022)</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="fact-card"> <div class="icon-hospital"></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-fact-card-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h3 class="null">2024-25 U.S. News Best Hospitals Survey</h3> <ul> <li>#1 (tied) in California</li> <li>#1 San Francisco Metro Area</li> <li><i>Best in the West</i> for Neurology and Neurosurgery</li> <li><i>Best in Northern California</i> for Cancer</li> </ul> <p><a class="link--cta" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="284bb376-6c03-4aa4-967d-27453951fcd3" href="https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/07/428046/ucsf-medical-center-ranks-among-nations-exceptional-hospitals" title="UCSF Medical Center Ranks Among Nation’s Exceptional Hospitals">Learn more</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="fact-card"> <div class="icon-patient-care"></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-fact-card-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>2024-25 U.S. News Best Children’s Hospitals Survey</h3> <ul> <li>11 pediatric specialties nationally ranked</li> <li>Best in Northern California: <ul> <li>Cancer Care</li> <li>Cardiology and Heart Surgery</li> <li>Urology</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><a 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field-fact-card-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>2023 National Institutes of Health Research Funding</h3> <ul> <li>#3 most-funded university</li> <li>#1 most-funded public university</li> <li>#1 School of Medicine</li> <li>#1 School of Pharmacy</li> <li>#1 School of Dentistry</li> <li>#3 School of Nursing</li> <li>#3 Graduate Division</li> </ul> <p><a class="link--cta" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="30bd6390-3234-446a-842c-d185b6ff9cb6" href="https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/02/427121/ucsf-tops-public-universities-nih-research-funding-2023" title="UCSF Tops Public Universities in NIH Research Funding in 2023">Learn more</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="fact-card"> <div class="icon-research"></div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-fact-card-content field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>2024-25 U.S. News Best Global Universities</h3> <ul> <li>#15 Overall</li> <li>#2 in Oncology</li> <li>#2 in Neuroscience and Behavior</li> <li>#4 in Biology and Biochemistry</li> <li>#4 in Cell Biology</li> <li>#4 in Clinical Medicine</li> <li>#4 in Molecular Biology and Medicine</li> <li>#8 in Immunology</li> <li>#8 in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging</li> <li>#10 in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health</li> <li>#11 in Surgery</li> <li>#13 in Infectious Diseases</li> <li>#13 in Microbiology</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner__image subbanner-right" style="background: url('/sites/default/files/2019-04/lab-beakers_0.jpg') top left no-repeat transparent;"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner__content"> <h2 class="full-bleed-subbanner__title"><a name="discoveries"></a> <div class="field field-banner-section-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Discoveries</div> </h2> <div class="full-banner-subbanner__subtitle"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-banner-section-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>UCSF’s research discoveries have transformed the landscape of human health, from the key findings that enabled physicians to control the AIDS epidemic to stem cell developments that laid the groundwork for today’s biotechnology industry.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="layout-columns__1 bg-white" style=""> <div class="field field-content-wrapper-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph-text-block"> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Discovered that B cells orchestrate the inflammation of myelin that <strong>causes multiple sclerosis</strong>, leading to a new B-cell targeting therapy that is effective for both relapsing-remitting and primary progressive forms of the disease.<em> (Stephen Hauser, MD, 2008 and 2016)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Identified receptors in cells of the peripheral nervous system that play key roles in the body’s ability to sense heat and cold, providing major insights into <strong>how the body experiences pain</strong> – findings that are valuable for development of pain therapeutics.<em> (David Julius, PhD, 2002 and 1997)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Determined that <strong>chronic pain</strong> is a medical condition and not just a symptom, leading to improved strategies of management.<em> (Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, 2001)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Discovered genes that can double the lifespan of the roundworm <em>C. elegans</em>. These genes encode components of a conserved hormone signaling pathway, and have now been linked to <strong>exceptional longevity</strong> in flies and mammals, including humans. <em>(Cynthia Kenyon, PhD, 1993)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Discovered the regulatory machinery of the <strong>"unfolded protein response,"</strong> a signaling pathway that controls protein folding in the cell.  Improper protein folding is the biological basis for numerous diseases, including cancer, diabetes  and neurodegenerative disorders. <em>(Peter Walter, PhD, 1993)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Identified oral lesions as <strong>one of the first signs of AIDS</strong>, leading to major research breakthroughs in the oral aspects of AIDS and the role of viruses in oral lesions. <em>(John Greenspan, BDS, PhD; and Deborah Greenspan, BDS, DSc, 1984)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Co-discovered the AIDS virus – known as <strong>HIV, human immunodeficiency virus</strong> – originally calling it AIDS-related retrovirus (Jay Levy, MD, 1983), and discovered that the virus could be transmitted through blood transfusions, leading to new methods of screening donors. <em>(Arthur Ammann, MD; Diane Wara, MD; and Morton Cowan, MD, 1982)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Co-discovered <strong>embryonic stem cells</strong> in mice and coined the term embryonic stem cells, laying the groundwork for worldwide research on human embryonic stem cells to treat disease. <em>(Gail Martin, PhD, 1981)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Reported for the first time that elevated blood sugar caused abnormal structures in cells, helping to pioneer the intensive glucose control strategies now used throughout the world for <strong>managing diabetes</strong>. <em>(John Karam, MD, and Gerold Grodsky, PhD, 1980)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Isolated the gene for insulin, leading to the mass production of <strong>genetically engineered insulin</strong> to treat diabetes. This was recognized as the first major triumph using recombinant DNA technology. Later, discovered the recombinant DNA techniques that led to the creation of the hepatitis B vaccine. <em>(William Rutter, PhD, 1978, 1981)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Discovered that a missing protein called <strong>surfactant</strong> is the culprit in the deaths of newborns with respiratory distress syndrome. This led to development of a synthetic substitute for surfactant, reducing infant death rates significantly. <em>(John Clements, MD; William Tooley, MD; and Roderic Phibbs, MD, 1961 – 1980)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Created the first <strong>recombinant organism through DNA splicing</strong>, an achievement that spawned the entire biotechnology industry and has led to development of numerous lifesaving treatments. <em>(Herbert Boyer, PhD, with colleague Stanley Cohen of Stanford University, 1973)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>First to <strong>link obesity to type 2 diabetes</strong>, a finding that resulted in revolutionary changes in diabetes treatment and prevention. <em>(John Karam, MD; and Gerold Grodsky, PhD, 1963)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Discovered <strong>vitamin E</strong>.  <em>(Herbert Evans, MD, during the period when the basic science departments were based at UC Berkeley, 1923)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Conducted initial studies on liver metabolism and the relationship between the liver and blood components, leading to successful treatment of <strong>pernicious anemia</strong>, a usually fatal form of the disease.<em> (George Whipple, MD, who left UC in 1921, later received the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this body of research)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner__image subbanner-left" style="background: url('/sites/default/files/2019-04/lim-lab-kilobots_0.jpg') top left no-repeat transparent;"> <div class="full-bleed-subbanner__content"> <h2 class="full-bleed-subbanner__title"><a name="breakthroughs"></a> <div class="field field-banner-section-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Breakthroughs & Innovations</div> </h2> <div class="full-banner-subbanner__subtitle"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-banner-section-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span>A pioneering spirit has been an integral part of UCSF since its founding days in the Gold Rush. From creative academic approaches to breakthrough disease treatments, UCSF is pushing forward the health sciences on many fronts.</span></span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="layout-columns__1 bg-white" style=""> <div class="field field-content-wrapper-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="layout-column"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--column-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field-column-content-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph-text-block"> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Led the world’s first clinical trial using blood <strong>stem cells transplanted prior to birth</strong>, leading to the live birth of an infant with a normally fatal fetal condition called alpha thalassemia. <em>(Tippi Mackenzie, MD, 2018)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Conducted first-ever <strong>genome editing inside a human body</strong>, aiming to treat a severe inherited disease called mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II), also known as Hunter syndrome. <em>(Paul Harmatz, MD, 2018)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Led a National Academy of Sciences Committee that recommended the creation of an extensive data network to revolutionize medical discovery, diagnosis and treatment, and coined the term <strong>“precision medicine.”</strong> <em>(Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, and Keith Yamamoto, PhD, 2011)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Pioneered techniques in <strong>brain mapping</strong> to safely remove tumors without harming language and other pathways of the brain. <em>(Mitchel Berger, MD, mid-1990s - 2008)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Developed the <strong>ViroChip</strong>, a microarray that contains DNA from every known virus and a valuable diagnostic tool for identifying previously unknown viruses in both humans and animals. The tool was first used in 2003 to confirm the identity of the virus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as SARS. <em>(Joseph DeRisi, PhD, and Don Ganem, MD, 2002)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Established the <strong>Legacy Tobacco Documents Library</strong> to house and maintain tobacco industry internal corporate documents produced during litigation between 46 states and the seven major tobacco industry organizations. Today, the library has more than 80 million pages. <em>(Stanton Glantz, PhD, 2002)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Created two of the first <strong>human embryonic stem cell lines</strong> in the world, enabling scientists to study how stem cells might be used to treat such diseases and disorders as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and birth defects. <em>(Roger Pedersen, PhD, 2001)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>First to use the X-ray structure of HIV protease to identify an inhibitor that effectively blocks the enzyme's activity, the same method used today to design <strong>protease inhibitor drugs</strong>. <em>(Charles Craik, PhD, 1990)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Produced clear, dramatic images of the soft tissues of the body, using <strong>nuclear magnetic resonance</strong> (now known as MRI). UCSF researchers went on to direct some of the first clinical placements in the country of devices that provided the images. <em>(Leon Kaufman, PhD, and Larry Crooks, PhD, 1983)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Established the first <strong>special care units for AIDS patients </strong>in 1983 at San Francisco General Hospital, which led to the “San Francisco Model” that is now used worldwide.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Performed the <strong>first successful fetal surgery</strong>, which involves correcting a life-threatening birth defect on a still in the mother's womb. <em>(Michael Harrison, MD; Mitchell Golbus, MD; and Roy Filly, MD, 1981)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Conducted groundbreaking studies on the importance of <strong>gender-based health care research</strong> that was instrumental in shaping the field of women's health. <em>(Virginia Olesen, PhD, 1981)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Developed a <strong>cochlear implant device</strong> that enables the deaf to hear. <em>(Michael Merzenich, PhD; Robert Schindler, MD; and Robin Michelson, MD, 1979)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Developed the first prenatal tests for <strong>inherited blood diseases</strong> such as sickle-cell anemia and thalassemia. <em>(Y.W. Kan, MD, DSc, 1976)</em></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column3" slot="column3" style="--column3-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column3-size: var(--size-33); --column3-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Pioneered the field of <strong>“clinical pharmacy”</strong> that positioned pharmacists as active members of the health care team, working side by side with physicians and nurses, and trained as drug therapy specialists rather than simply drug dispensers. <em>(Jere Goyan, PharmD; Eric Owyang, PharmD; Sidney Riegelman, PharmD; and Donald Sorby, PhD, 1966)</em></li> </ul> </div> </dom-threecolumn-layout> <dom-threecolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="33" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="33" data-column3-color="transparent" data-column3-size="33"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-33); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>First university west of the Mississippi to offer a <strong>doctoral degree in nursing</strong>.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-33); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <ul> <li>Developed basic sterilization and hygiene procedures for the U.S. canning industry to <strong>prevent botulism</strong>, thereby safeguarding consumers and saving the industry. <em>(Karl F. 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