About the UCSF MSK Center

A Skeleton for Integrated Research at UCSF

The MSK Center is a collaborative hub with resources and approaches to help investigators unlock new roles for musculoskeletal tissues in health, aging, and disease. 

The MSK innovation 'ecosystem' integrates basic and clinicial research, connecting investigators to industry, to improve MSK health. 

The MSK Center advances ongoing basic and translational collaborations through the NIH P30 supported UCSF Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM) and other centers

 

 

UCSF MSK Center Values

Brave

Challenge ourselves to be authentic, creative, and collaborative and to create an environment that supports courageous work

Engaged

Foster connection at every level within and beyond the musculoskeletal research community to improve health and make change

Excellent

Apply the highest level of rigor and performance for discovery and leadership

Just

Exercise our resources to enact transformative change