The School of Medicine (SOM) Space Committee is an advisory body to the Dean. The Committee's focus is on aligning the SOM's space policies at all levels of the organization with the School's and UCSF's mission and strategic goals. While the Committee provides counsel and recommendations about these matters to the Dean, decision making authority resides with the Dean.

The Committee is tasked with providing counsel and recommendations to the Dean on principles, processes, and issues regarding space management for all school space, such as space designations for emerging research programs, reassignment of released space, and criteria to evaluate space productivity. Service on this Committee requires members to be open to a broad range of ideas, to think at an institutional level, and to act upon the decisions that come out of the Committee discussions.

Within the School of Medicine, Departments are responsible for managing the space assigned to them. Space assignments are not permanent.

• Download the School of Medicine policy
• Visit the UCSF School of Medicine website.

School of Medicine Space Committee Members

Bruce Wintroub, SOM Space Committee Chair and Vice Dean, School of Medicine

Dave Morgan, Vice Dean for Research, School of Medicine

Basis Science Department Chairs
Dyche Mullins, PhD, Chair, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Geeta Narlikar, PhD, Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
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Clinical Department Chairs
Michael Gropper, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Anesthesia
Andy Josephson, MD, Chair, Department of Neurology
Jacque Duncan, MD, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Andrea Jackson, MD, Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Catherine Park, MD, Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, Chair, Department of Surgery
Bob Wachter, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine

Organized Research Unit Directors

​​​Shelley Adler, PhD, Director, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Joanne Spetz, PhD, Director, Institute for Health Policy Studies

ZSFG Representatives
Jeff Critchfield, MD, Interim Vice Dean, ZSFG

Laurae Pearson, Associate Dean for Administration, ZSFG

Department Administrator Representative
Mounira Kenaani, Chief Administrative Officer, Dermatology; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Radiation Oncology; Diabetes Center; Immune Tolerance Network; Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute

Staffed by:
Karin Wong, Director of Space Strategy, School of Medicine

Ashley Heermann, Space Strategy Project Manager, School of Medicine

Updated March 2025

The UCSF School of Nursing Dean's Council developed and approved space use guidelines effective January 2019. Download the guidelines.

Members of the School of Pharmacy Space Committee are listed below. Download SOP space guidelines.

Fran Aweeka, Professor, Chemical Pharmacy
Michael Fischbach, Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
Matt Jacobson, Chair of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Michael Nordberg, Chair of Committee, Associate Dean, Finance and Administration