Introduction
Approximately 60 principal investigators, both laboratory and clinical researchers, including molecular biologists, immunologists, pharmacologists, biochemists, physicists, epidemiologists, behavioral scientists, biostatisticians, and computer scientists work within the Research Institute and the Medical Center. Biomedical research is conducted in such diverse areas as aging, arthritis, epilepsy, diabetes, neurobiology of pain, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, organ transplantation, mechanisms of drug addiction, neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), cancer, AIDS, hepatitis and other infectious diseases. Some of these scientists are engaged in research that will help us understand the function of certain human cells, genes, proteins and other fundamental structures within our bodies.
Over 300 clinical trials, primarly funded by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, are currently conducted at the Medical Center. California Pacific also has one of the few medical center based programs in the United States in which complementary or alternative medicine approaches to treatment for specific health problems are studied.
The Institute also has an active behavioral medicine group that pursues research questions about an individual’s or family member's response to diagnosis and treatment of diseases as well as the psychosocial consequences of illness.
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What We Do
- Basic Science Research
- Behavioral Medicine Research
- Centers for Research in Clinical Excellence (CRCLE)
- Clinical Trials
- Complementary Medicine Research
- Da Costa International Funds for Breast Cancer Prevention
- Microsurgical Research
- Mind-Body Medicine Research Group
- Pharmacokinetics of Addiction
- SF Coordinating Center
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Director Research Operations