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September 17, 2009

Forbes article on women in science highlights UCSF Chancellor

UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, is one of several women leaders highlighted in a September 16, 2009 article on Forbes.com. The story, titled “Mythbusters: Who Says Women Can’t Do Math and Science?,” examines the increase in the number of women in science and engineering and the rise of some of these women to top leadership roles at corporations and universities. Desmond-Hellmann, an oncologist by training, was president of product development at Genentech Inc. before assuming the chancellorship of UCSF in August.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/16/female-ceo-science-executive-forbes-woman-power-women-mythbusters.html