UC PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CANDIDATE FOR UCSF CHANCELLOR
University of California President Mark G. Yudof will bring the names of two candidates to serve as chancellors of UC Davis and UC San Francisco to next week’s meeting of the UC Board of Regents, the university announced today (May 1). Both appointments are subject to approval of the Board of Regents and, if approved, would take effect this summer.
Yudof will recommend Susan Desmond-Hellmann – a physician, distinguished leader in cancer research, and biotechnology industry executive who most recently served as president of product development for Genentech – to become chancellor of UCSF, one of the world’s pre-eminent centers of health science teaching, research and patient care.
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