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Ucsf Reins in Faculty Research. Foundations Must Pay University, Open Books for Inspection.

Date: 07 Apr 1997
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US COMPREHENSIVE REQUEST 374
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Krieger, L.M.
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APR, 9.1997 12:02PY paFnmsin facuuyresc„ru N0, 2698 P, 13/23 Whtic lt we* 1990, wheu the policy was first put Into sYllet, end souQht oomp}'tanoe," ha ssW. "A8a Jul~ 1994, rwe were reelly st.rting to. Ydplaww. Bet,il+old of~eaple and aay, "fnough s ~ eaough. During this peAod Mmpeno's i~mdalioa wee hi[ed Aug aompenies to lest medioines desi~nod to reduca the nslc of efrploe SI ~y: it eetned mislione of dollats fram European deng ~ntp.nios to di~te at aieve8im 1D0hosy itals aroimd the world, iaaludtug Harvard ,, Columbu and Steuford, UC smys it euned not6'mg from the woclc. "The tremd now will be to not.raise moncy throvgh outaide~,ro bMntlnouQh the universitys development ol~'eice," eeid Patlason "We weoc toboast die QO level offhe univmsity - aud dono:a -thst we know veLereihe mouey 4a goW Supdfr Mae.a3ae
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APR. 9. 1997 12:02PM UCSF nwin kW1yMWrch N0, 2698 P. 11/23 moinum Am Mpft. Apcii 7,1997 • Poee A I BOWS kggw Rom kc.c 0197! Soe Pranelieo ESamnUw ain ini ll ~u:i l En[~ ~,ii~^ etGs .. _" or:src: I c,, rt, i, .~.,. UCSF reins in faculty research. , Foundations must pay anivenfty,'apea boolm for tnapecfiton LtaaFX.lA1~R MEDICAL WAM In an effort to gain control over faculty-nut teseareb fouud~ao:, UC-San Francisco Medieai . Ceahs has tonghmed its rules and cotloc~d an esbsnated $16.5 mtgiOn 5aa I g such groups. imivasity~~ also expocq to receive $32 milllop $~oon the pmmiaeot Anestbesia responding pattlyto wMni tiseai disaatma. Most recently, the Department of Anesdkesia's Dr. Dennis Mpigano failed to UCa~q uirod overhead and direcx cob oa an eatimated $48 miftioa wortb ~prw~tooonaactts.In Febwry, Maogano settled a iawsuit by agreeing to pay the university S mdlion. Until 1994, the eampus did oot require rta'rasatoit gtaips toamp ty whh a strict University of California requirement that they be awhoriaed and open their books to tbe university. Now, though, UCSF wants to "boast the ca®fideno4 iavel of the university and donors that the run modmator in thge o~ffi the of way vitix dwas uncelm~la fo~Uaiversity A~in s a11 od Plaing co . "Tbis administration considers this apri .: to move foiwud in an aggreaive menner and bring them Into c~Ipiiaoca,' she said. ~ Tbe foundations - and rolated "suppect gioupt':-q~e noopso6t, tax-t~n~ orgraizations of UC facuhy and ataftmembers wlw tuethp ns~e o~the uaive<sity, a medicai daperhneat, or madical specialty to raiae maoey to support n~search, tbnrLiaa, p.t=t eare activitiea and miaceiianeous expenses, from uudent loans to oflTCe redee~retiag. The virtue of foundations Foundations bave beea enamously popularon onppas beause tLey belp tetearcbers gain prestige, foundations get big-moneY c0 andpa~ get aoaaaa to sh~te~ol~the-art treatment The univemity, meanwhde, ga'ma fhvonble aua~oa wbea [aseerch findings are published. Some foundations mceive donations 5rom nladiqJ or patiented and their families 4theni ha~ro been famded by faathy ~feea,i drug tnals, research grants u and and swiinlttoce, money was ' tbroueh a co g education oomsc dw* cguise• The money, invated in short term badc•+aoouqts, is used to flmd anyddog the university is too alow to do ar witl not permit, cucb as &onity or student ioaas. A percentage of tbe mouey stwuWgo to the univasity In exchange for use of the UC name, staff, and &oiiities, according to university poiicy.'Ilut waf pot Viwaya the case.
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1997 12:02PM ldcsprclos;ef.aultymsarch N0, 2696 P. 12/23 'My sense is tiut if iCs done proper , s t parf~ely fim to~p," said br. Stanton Ci1sMz, a UCSF profassor of inedielne fimed set~qlt meo the.t~o„ oo Indtsay aad~ lio •healeh. "But people weco abaslag it, ehar~ng o>~'andiopere0e ootpants quitias.'I}k uaivmsity tua tried to bria4 t6em t6iogs moro undaetlw umbrella to avoid those ahuaes.... The Price You pay w~m you do tfiat is you t/~1se ~lits m1~0y." &iaqiffs complain about tha ~, that Independent fouodetiooc o~er them autonomy and the clmoe to qu' fund The unhwsity charges too much for"ind4act oort"' rainhwevueK requires too much f avvodc and will not allow cattan axpendituies, theX say~ And 9ay~ tlat donations may 3 off if donoss fear tbeir aronay will end up in the umveslty 6udget, ralhtt t6aa in labara0osiaa. "1Leir fimction was to peovide a source and a moehsoism of lywing f~~unds ~t roaearc,h," said Dr. William H.milton, former ~uir of the Depaptment of Amethesie. '"Ibe unir~pesity aever provided mneb moneyfor eeftrcb, per ae. Wa ruyed tbe monies." Fousteen famdtlioos remain .etive~ cegt~tto oontume raising money under the new ~staeo ,di°t~ ~~a~sddm~~t rad Ush ~~~and d~:` tax forms, &a~ ILe CardiwasoulerReseaach and Bdaoetiod:Pmdsdacn has ttstufei'r!S aboui$Z million to UC; Radiology Rmarch aad $duca6on, $5.9 milliaa;'Chet Uan May See, $3.3 millioa Uthera have dissolved, u~111io~ly with ts~lt [equasls md ather reqniremesAs.lhase inedude the SF. Fouodat f~ and $daeAtiorrin Orthopedic Susgery and the Surgery Fonndaoon. "People are eoteepranaurid.11~y ~waot to be orset[ve, 49 +~th no malicious i~t. It Is 1Le nature of faculty.` said a[ICSF seie~t, eoiplela~~~v~~ wue disbanding. "What heppens is t6at t6is eque~senousiel affort eooms in pon8iot with bme.ucnn.y. They don4 waet to haveto follow t6e eulea. No "sponsorad' metirch UCSF waats to keep flmd raiswpg itrhouse, faeuity~~caa to work with its devolopmeat o~ce raf6er thea tndependaoly~ hes pto4ibif~ lucrative "sponsored" by drug cotapanies, In which sowentlft are paid by indus4y to test new medicines and medical devives. The U~~C regaats were slow to address the issoo. Fldtlt}; in 19119 and again in 1990, they ~tablIshcd a strict "eatifioetion"prpccclurp In asenee, a license to use university tr,sources. ~ had prolifezated at all nioe UC campuses, ant116eee was a aeer-umnediate But UCSF didn't enforce the UC polioy for at last touryean atterthe r`vots' polky was adopoed6ecawe many campus deputmants alre.r'(uy~heti+re and CwmaaUy successtbl foundat~oa"s, ,~oa", wtqe Joe Cowan, t6ea-UCSF leppl cootdlns4or, in a oonfidential letter to the • ohanceuoria 1991. . , "Evm though the rogents' polioy defined suPP~ Y~Ps ~, ~'+mY ~4 ~ foondatiom met thsdefinrtioo, tLe (IJC3F) canspus4$f eot Mutm tbem to 0 orm to the . policy," he wrote. Faculty membeR routinely anteeed into dtftrahwd~y yFeemeaqnnag their ualversity afliliation to wie cootirade, oiEm us the univenp~`s °addrea - but witLout oonsulting the univers , WTfhout aatamg the uaivetsisjras p~tt ot"tl~ agreements and wi/hout diteCting revenua ftm etndles to the univecsity. a "No one hsd ever aded them to wmeiply, norisd we set up tha teooguitiaqProcOs that is t~imonq ~ in the the M~m ~gsueasa jstanfyice ahtup~xilor for admmistzatlon William Neff, in cwurt "The collective conclusion was tbat no one had rally eva gooe out to @uugorgaeizetioos after, I 2

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