University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco is a world-leading health sciences institution, with areas of excellence in medicine, dentistry, nursing, biological sciences and pharmacy.
The partnership between the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and King’s College London has been established to explore opportunities for scholarly interaction, cooperative research, faculty and student exchange and other forms of academic collaboration.
The relationship between the two institutions will be overseen and coordinated by Sam Hawgood, MBBS, Dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for medical affairs, and Ellen Solomon, Research Dean and Head of the Division of Genetics & Development at King’s College London.
“We are delighted to pursue this strategic partnership because we believe our faculty and students will benefit from the intellectual and cultural exchange with their colleagues at King’s College London,” Hawgood said. “It is part of UCSF’s vision to foster fruitful research and academic collaborations with other institutions as the University works to fulfill its mission of advancing health worldwide.”
Robert Lechler, King’s Vice-Principal (Health) and Executive Director of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre commented, ‘King’s is very excited about partnering with UCSF, one of the world’s leading academic health science centres. Like UCSF, we have an outstanding history of research success, and strive to integrate this seamlessly with clinical care. We too have a global vision of healthcare, and have every expectation that this collaboration will lead to real breakthroughs in healthcare around the world.’
Among the initial ideas for possible research collaboration are genetics, immunology and global health.
Contact Professor Ellen Solomon, Genetics at King’s for more information about this partnership.
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