Research and Education

UC San Diego School of Medicine

• Received $37.2 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health, in 2010
• Celebrated 40th anniversary in 2009
• Region’s only medical school
• Faculty of more than 1,000 physicians and scientists, with 521 medical and 289 graduate students, 74 MD/PhD students, more than 600 interns and residents in 2010
• Ranked 15th in the country among research-intensive medical schools (U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools, 2012 Edition”)
• Joint degree programs with UC San Diego general campus and San Diego State University include public health, clinical psychology and audiology
• School of Medicine faculty rank consistently in the top two nationally in research funding per faculty member, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California, San Diego

• Established by the University of California Board of Regents in 2000
• Second public school of pharmacy in California and the only one in Southern California
• Admitted charter class in 2002 and graduated its first class in 2006
• Admits 60 students per year and promotes interdisciplinary education and cooperation through shared classes with UC San Diego School of Medicine students
• Partnered with pharmacy schools in Taiwan and Vietnam to create joint programs abroad

Research Buildings and Affiliated Programs Located on the UC San Diego School of Medicine Campus

• Leichtag Family Biomedical Research Facility (154,500 square feet)
• Cellular & Molecular Medicine Building complex, including the Palade Laboratories, with a total square footage in two buildings of 184,100 feet
• Stein Clinical Research Building, housing the Stein Institute for Research on Aging at 104,250 square feet
• Eleven Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers and seven Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research researchers are housed in 68,520 square feet throughout these buildings
• The Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System’s 232-bed hospital is located adjacent to UC San Diego School of Medicine and plays an integral role in UC San Diego Health Sciences’ educational, research and clinical missions; UC San Diego clinical faculty serve as its medical staff

UC San Diego Health Sciences Research

• School of Medicine is among 27 research institutions selected across North America to be part of the Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network, funded by the National Cancer Institute, which will establish a network of top academic immunologists to conduct multicenter research on agents that boost patient’s own immune systems to fight their cancer
• The National Institutes of Health awarded School of Medicine researchers an inaugural grant designed to fast-track development of a novel Alzheimer’s disease therapy as part of its $50 million Blueprint for Neuroscience Research
• UC San Diego Health Sciences and its expanding Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI) received a $37.2 million Clinical Translational Science Award grant to speed up the development of laboratory discoveries into effective treatments for patients
• Steve and Lisa Altman pledge $10 million towards the planned Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI) building in La Jolla — which will include research laboratories and clinical research space to support UC San Diego medical and bioengineering investigators — slated for completion in late 2016
• In 2010, combined direct and indirect research funding to Health Sciences faculty alone totaled more than $597 million

October 2011