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The June 17 story, by James Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerfu SenateFinance Committee, has asked UCSF to supply documents on federalp funding over the last five including details of an external review by the KPMG accountingf firm. “If the financial integrity of UCSFis questionable,” Grassleyt said in a letter to the university, accordingb to the L.A. Times, “Iu am worried that similaf problems regarding taxpayer dollars may also existy at other campuses within theUC system, such as UC UCLA and UC Grassley’s comments come in duringg a continuing feud between UCSF and David former dean of its medical school, who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administrationj underPresident Clinton, over allegationz involving the medical school’s financial reporting. The Time s reported that Kessler was fired inlate 2007, “aftedr repeatedly complaining that he had been misled about the school’s finances.” Kesslerr has filed a whistleblower lawsuig against the and is seeking to get his job back, along with lost pay, benefitz and damages, the Times reported. Grassleuy raised his concerns in an Apri letter to UC President Mark according tothe Times.
UCSF was awarded $444 millio last year from the National Institutes of with $383 million going to the medical school, whicjh is also seeking a big chunk of federal stimuluas funding. University officials have said Kesslerd was firedfor performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s article notes, but they’re treating him as a whistleblower. Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayed pendinh the conclusion of anadministrative review, the Timesz report said.
In a comment providec Wednesday afternoon to the San Francisco Business UC reiterated that it has provided informationto Grassley’sw office on the financiak issues in question and that Kessler’s allegations have been exhaustively and repeatedlyt investigated at the University’s expense. Thosse investigations “have found no evidenced whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the book s and records ofthe ,” UC said in its written UC officials also noted that a review released in Marcb 2008 by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General found thatUCSF “haxd complied with all Federal regulations for claiming reimbursement for administrative and clerical connected to the NIH funding.