UCSF Chancellor Aims To Loosen Ties With UC System

Last week, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann told the UC Board of Regents that she would prefer to loosen ties between UCSF's clinics, hospital, medical school and research facilities and the main UC system. According to Desmond-Hellmann, UCSF could become a leading health innovator worldwide if it took on a more autonomous role. The regents said they would task a committee to study the proposal and report back in July with recommendations.

• "UCSF Seeks To Ease Ties With UC" (Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 1/20).
• "Desmond-Hellmann: UCSF Wants New Structure" (Leuty, "Bay Area Biz Talk," San Francisco Business Times, 1/20).