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Skip to main content University of California San Francisco UCSF Health Search UCSF About UCSF Office of Research Search form Search... Home Administrative Units Services Initiatives Clinical Research Infrastructure News About Leadership Organizational Chart Research Overview Contact Us ReSearch ReSource Newsletter January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 Office of Research The Office of Research is the chief administrative unit and catalyst for advancing research at UCSF. Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) The mission of the OSR is to promote, support, strengthen and grow the research, clinical and education enterprise of UCSF. OSR Research Development Office (RDO) Promotes, supports, strengthens, and grows the research enterprise.Seeks to attract extramural research funding, increase institutional competitiveness, create research relationships, and foster innovation. RDO Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC) LARC Research Resource Program (RRP) Provides strategic planning and implementation of programs to support core facilities and other research resources. Also provides administrative, operational and financial management tools and support to core facilities. RRP Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) Provides guidance and services that promote health, safety, and environmental stewardship. EH&S The mission of the Office of Research is to promote research and improve health by providing high-quality service to investigators; fostering new research initiatives; and promoting translational discoveries into public benefit. The Office of Research provides leadership, direction, and management of campuswide research administration, infrastructure and services and oversees the operations of the following units: Research Infrastructure and Operations; Office of Sponsored Research; Industry Contracts Division; Research Development Office; Research Resource Program; Laboratory Animal Resource Center; Environment, Health and Safety, and the Office of Clinical Research. Peer Organizations Business Development, Innovation and Partnerships The goal of the Office of Business Development, Innovation and Partnerships is to facilitate translation of UCSF research and innovations for societal benefit. We're proud to be part of an organization that helps pave new paths for researchers to take discoveries from their labs or clinics to the commercial marketplace. We collaborate with all members of the UCSF community and with industry, catalyzing connections, relationships and the transfer of technology. We partner with industry on research and clinical programs. We support and market UCSF inventions to the commercial world. We nurture our research community in exploring the entrepreneurial potential of their discoveries by providing education and resources. We serve as a knowledgeable network and a bridge to the commercial world. Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) The Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) facilitates clinical and translational research to improve patient and community health. We do this by providing infrastructure, services and training to enable research to be conducted more efficiently, effectively and in new ways. To advance our mission, we develop broad coalitions and partnerships at the local, regional and national levels to enable a transformation of the research environment. Office of Ethics and Compliance The Office of Ethics and Compliance collaborates with the UCSF community and senior leadership to coordinate and guide compliance efforts across the campus. Our mission is to ensure institutional compliance with applicable laws and regulations; to promote ethical behavior and research integrity; to provide the tools, guidance, and oversight needed to adhere to all necessary regulatory requirements; and to provide UCSF expertise and support to achieve its mission of advancing health worldwide™. Our office promotes compliance by providing the leadership and guidance required to maintain the highest regulatory compliance and ethical standards in research. Contracts and Grants Accounting (CGA) Contracts and Grants Accounting supports UCSF research and education by providing collaborative and advisory post-award management and financial oversight of sponsored research. We work collaboratively with Principal Investigators, research administrators, the Office of Sponsored Research, other University units, and sponsors from award setup to close out; managing billing, collections, and financial reporting as well as monitoring post award compliance. Researcher of the Month 2020: Stephen Floor - January 2019: Ying-Hui Fu - November Linda Park - October Elissa Epel - September Jeffrey Lotz - August Sunita Mutha - July Peter Stock - June Yin Shen - May Shuvo Roy - April Kathy Giacomini - March Research News See more January 27, 2020 Simple Test Identifies Patients at High Risk for Future Dialysis or Transplant January 21, 2020 Opioid Prescriptions Affected by Computer Settings January 17, 2020 UCSF Releases Report on Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Testing Protocols January 16, 2020 ‘Living Fossil’ May Upend Basic Tenet of Evolutionary Theory © 2020 The Regents of the University of California...