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The June 17 by James Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerful SenatFinance Committee, has asked UCSF to supply documentsd on federal funding over the last five years, includinh details of an external revies by the KPMG accountinb firm. “If the financia integrity of UCSFis questionable,” Grassley said in a lettetr to the university, according to the L.A. “I am worried that similar problems regarding taxpayeer dollars may also exist at other campuses within theUC system, such as UC UCLA and UC Davis.” Grassley’ds comments come in during a continuing feud betweebn UCSF and David Kessler, former dean of its medica school, who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administrationb underPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medical school’s financia reporting. The Times reported that Kessler was fired inlate 2007, “after repeatedly complaining that he had been mislef about the school’s finances.” Kessler has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seeking to get his job along with lost pay, benefits and damages, the Times Grassley raised his concerns in an April letter to UC President Mark Yudof, according to the UCSF was awarded $444 million last year from the National Institutes of Health, with $383 million goingf to the medical school, which is also seekinvg a big chunk of federal stimulus University officials have said Kessle was fired for performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s article but they’re treating him as a Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayed pending the conclusionh of an administrative review, the Timew report said.
In a comment providedd Wednesday afternoon to the San FranciscoBusiness Times, UC reiterated that it has provided informatiob to Grassley’s office on the financial issues in questionb and that Kessler’s allegationw have been exhaustively and repeatedly investigated at the University’s Those investigations “have found no evidencs whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the books and records of the UC said in its written statement. UC officialsx also noted that a review released in March 2008 bythe U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector Generaol found thatUCSF “had complied with all Federap regulations for claiming reimbursement for administrativer and clerical expenses” connected to the NIH