UC BRAID

The 5 UC medical campuses, in collaboration with the UC Office of the President (UCOP) have identified system-wide collaboration in biomedical research as an opportunity to enhance clinical and translational research efforts. In response, they launched an initiative in 2010 to identify policy changes and areas of collaboration to accelerate biomedical research across the UC biomedical campuses. The UC Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration, and Development (UC BRAID) program, is this effort to accelerate clinical and translational research.


Areas of initial attention include:

• Biobanking
• Contracting
• Drug and Device Discovery and Development (D4)
• Informatics/ UC-Research eXchange consortium (UC ReX)
• Regulatory

"These are issues better solved together than separately,
not just because of efficiency
but also because of the
need for a force of will."
— Clay Johnston, UCSF
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute