UCSF Nabs $48M for Lung Cancer Studies, Treatment
UC-San Francisco has received a $48 million gift to study and treat interstitial lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other lung conditions. The gift comes from the estate of philanthropist Nina Ireland, whose previous gifts to UCSF established a laboratory of developmental biology, a professorship in child psychiatry and a professorship in pulmonary medicine.
- "UCSF Receives $48M Gift for Lung Research and Treatment" (Leuty, San Francisco Business Times, 2/28).