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The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is unique among the nine campuses of the University of California in being devoted solely to biological and health sciences. UCSF is recognized as one of the nation's outstanding research centers and is presently the largest grantee of NIH. Convenient access to both the Berkeley campus and to Stanford University provides opportunities for collaborative research ventures between scientists at UCSF and the faculty at these other institutions.
Research is carried out at multiple sites throughout San Francisco. Frequent shuttle services link researchers at the various sites. For maps of most UCSF campuses in the city, click here. Sites related to the BMS graduate program are listed below.
Parnassus
Parnassus Heights is the original UCSF campus, dating from 1873, when the Toland Medical College and the California College of Pharmacy affiliated with the Berkeley campus. It consists of multiple research buildings, Moffitt Long Hospital, the Milberry Student Union, and the UCSF library .
Mission Bay
UCSF is in the midst of a historic building project on the eastern side of the city, constructing a new 43-acre campus for teaching and research at Mission Bay. The Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) opened in Winter 2004. The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the three Gladstone Institutes are also housed at this campus.
A map of Mission Bay can be found here.
Mount Zion Medical Center
Mount Zion Hospital was established in 1887 by the San Francisco Jewish community as a non-profit hospital to render "medical and surgical aid and service to the needy and distressed sick of the community ... without regard to race or creed." Today, Mount Zion is a part of the University of California, San Francisco and is a major teaching facility at UCSF, along with the Moffitt-Long Hospitals, San Francisco General Hospital, and the VA Medical Center of San Francisco.
A map of Mount Zion can be found here.
Gallo Center
The Gallo Center is a part of the Neurology Department at UCSF, and is devoted to the study of basic neuroscience and the effects of alcohol on the brain. It is located in Emeryville, right across the Bay Bridge.
San Francisco General
San Francisco General is located on the east side of the city, close to the new Mission Bay campus.
VA Medical Center
The VA Medical Center is located across Golden Gate Park from the Parnassus Heights campus.
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