Did you know that at all 10 UC campuses faculty, students and staff are translating ideas to improve health around the world? Read about some of these activities, and submit information about your own.

The estimated community benefit of UC Health’s five medical centers totaled $3.3 billion last year. It’s the first time UC Health has measured the collective impact it has in improving access to care, enhancing community health, advancing medical knowledge and reducing the burden of government. Read more.

UC administers state-funded research programs on AIDS, breast cancer and tobacco-related diseases.

All 10 UC campuses conduct stem cell research. UC and its affiliates have received more than half of the $1.3 billion in grants awarded so far by the state’s stem cell agency.

UC Health has affiliations with more than 100 county, Veterans Affairs and community-based health facilities.

UC administers three statewide health-related helplines: the CTIS Pregnancy Health Information Line: (800) 532-3749; the California Smokers’ Helpline: (800) NO-BUTTS; and the California Poison Control System: (800) 222-1222.

The University of California’s Center for Health Quality and Innovation launched in October 2010. The center is designed to promote, support and nurture innovations at UC medical center campuses and hospitals to improve quality, access and value in the delivery of health care.

UC Health — UC’s five academic medical centers and 16 health professional schools — plays a major role in UC’s economic contribution to California, generating about 117,000 jobs in the state, $12.5 billion in contribution to gross state product and $16.7 billion in economic activity.

The University of California has 16 health professional schools – five in medicine; three in nursing; two each in dentistry, pharmacy and public health; and one each in optometry and veterinary medicine. Next in line: the UC Riverside School of Medicine, whose opening has been delayed for a year until 2013 because of state funding issues.

The University of California again has the West’s top two hospitals and all five medical centers rank among the nation’s best hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey.

The University of California had 685 students graduate from medical school this year — UC Davis: 101, UC Irvine: 105, UCLA: 187, UC San Diego: 149, UCSF: 143.

UC trains 60 percent of medical students and nearly half of all medical residents in California.