Sam HAWGOOD

Chancellor, UCSF

Sam Hawgood, MBBS, has served UC San Francisco for 33 years as a clinician, researcher, teacher, mentor and leader. He has been UCSF Chancellor since July 17, 2014. Hawgood was dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and vice chancellor for medical affairs from 2009-2014. His distinguished career at UCSF includes serving as chair of the Department of Pediatrics and associate director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute. Hawgood joined UCSF as a research fellow in 1982 and has maintained his own laboratory since 1984. His focus on the proteins associated with pulmonary surfactant has led to a multi-disciplinary Program Project Grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which has supported his work continuously since then and gained him an international reputation in neonatology research. Numerous organizations and publications have recognized Hawgood’s scientific contributions over the past few decades. Hawgood is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Association of Physicians, and in 2010 was elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), part of the National Academy of Sciences. As dean of the School of Medicine, the school became the top medical school in the nation in research funding from the National Institutes of Health ($439.6 million in 2013), reflecting the caliber of scientific research on campus. In that time, the school also became the only medical school in the nation to rank in the top five in both research and primary care education (#4 in each), in the US News & World Report’s annual assessment of graduate schools. As chancellor, Hawgood oversees the entire $4 billion UCSF enterprise, which also includes top-ranking schools of dentistry, nursing and pharmacy, as well as a graduate division and affiliated hospitals. A native of Australia, Hawgood graduated medical school with First Class Honors from the University of Queensland in Brisbane. He trained in pediatrics as a resident, followed by specialization in neonatology as a fellow.