Harold R. Collard, MD, MS | Vice Chancellor, Research

Harold R. Collard, MD, MS, was named vice chancellor for Research at UCSF in 2022. In this role, Collard oversees and stewards UCSF’s research mission. His priorities for UCSF include ensuring, enabling, and positioning its research community for success across the spectrum of disciplines and departments; making UCSF a partner of choice for clinical trials; ensuring curiosity-driven science remains a foundational component of research activities; and growing relationships with community partners and policymakers to prioritize and promote health research. Collard also is strongly committed to UCSF PRIDE Values and building a community of trust and opportunity for all.

Collard is a professor of Medicine and Health Policy in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine. He joined UCSF’s faculty in 2005 and served for 12 years as director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program. 

Collard received his AB cum laude in Biochemical Sciences and Molecular Biology from Harvard College, and his MD from Duke University. He completed internship, residency, and chief residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF and completed a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado. As part of his research training, Collard earned a Certificate in Clinical Science from the University of Colorado and an MS in Health Law and Policy from the UC Hastings College of the Law and UCSF. 

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