In just a few short years, UC San Francisco’s Parnassus Heights campus will be transformed by the arrival of new, state-of-the-art buildings including the UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital and UCSF Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building.

“It’s very exciting to see the vision start coming together,” said Kelly Lyon, project manager in UCSF Real Estate’s Campus Design and Construction. “It’s the moment where it gets real to see it going vertical like that, where the buildings are actually taking a physical shape in the skyline. It will be much more real for everyone.”

The state-of-the-art structure will house research programs for cancer, microbiology, diabetes, immunology and cell biology, be the new home of the UCSF School of Nursing and support graduate-level education across UCSF. The building’s innovative space is designed to encourage collaboration between researchers across scientific disciplines to advance discoveries in health and science.

It’s scheduled to open in early 2028.

We are all very overwhelmed here at UCSF to have Newbuildshots follow along with us on this project and looking forward to see future updates!