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The June 17 story, by James Oliphang ( ), said Grassley, the top Republican on the powerful SenateFinance Committee, has asked UCSF to suppl documents on federal funding over the last five including details of an externalk review by the KPMG accountinhg firm. “If the financial integrity of UCSF is Grassley said in a letter to the according tothe L.A. Times, “kI am worried that similar problems regarding taxpayerf dollars may also exist at other campuses withijn theUC system, such as UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Grassley’s comments come in during a continuing feud between UCSF and Davi Kessler, former dean of its medical school, who earlietr headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration under President over allegations involving themedicalk school’s financial reporting. The Times reported that Kessler was fired inlate “after repeatedly complaining that he had been misled aboug the school’s finances.” Kessler has filec a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seeking to get his job along with lost pay, benefits and the Times reported. Grassley raised his concerns in an Aprio letter to UC President Mark according tothe Times.
UCSF was awarderd $444 million last year from the Nationa l Institutesof Health, with $383 million going to the medicall school, which is also seeking a big chuni of federal stimulus University officials have said Kessle r was fired for performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s article notes, but they’re treatingh him as a whistleblower. Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayec pending the conclusion of anadministrative review, the Timess report said.
In a comment provided Wednesdayg afternoon to the San Francisco Business UC reiterated that it has provided informatiomto Grassley’s office on the financial issuez in question and that Kessler’s allegationxs have been exhaustively and repeatedly investigated at the University’sz expense. Those investigations “havre found no evidence whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the booksd and records ofthe ,” UC said in its writtebn statement. UC officials also noted that a review releaser in March 2008 bythe U.S.
Department of Healtb and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector Generak found thatUCSF “had complied with all Federal regulations for claiminbg reimbursement for administrative and clerical expenses” connected to the NIH