“We were pleased to welcome San Diego’s biotechnology leaders to this special event,” said Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Corinne Peek-Asa, Ph.D. “UC San Diego is proud to be a research powerhouse and a trusted partner to the life sciences community. With hundreds of clinical trials underway and a culture of collaboration, our university supports innovation that directly benefits patients and public health.”
Joining Chancellor Khosla, Best and Peek-Asa, were Barbara Jung, M.D., dean of the UC San Diego School of Medicine, as well as many other campus and health system leaders including Chris Longhurst, M.D., chief medical and digital officer at UC San Diego Health; Nick Macchione, M.P.H., director of San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency and Chief Health Officer at UC San Diego Health; Chuck Daniels, B.S. Pharm., Ph.D. associate dean for professional practice at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and chief pharmacy officer at UC San Diego Health; and Alexander Khalessi, M.D., chair of Neurological Surgery at UC San Diego Health.