Touro University California is a private non-profit health professions graduate school located on Mare Island in Vallejo, a city in the northern San Francisco Bay Area, in the U.S. state of California. The university was founded in 1997 and was originally established in San Francisco as an independent, Jewish-sponsored institution, but relocated to Vallejo. Today, the university confers degrees in graduate studies of various disciplines including education, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant studies, nursing, and public health. The school’s campus consists of 44 acres (18 ha) and 23 buildings of the former Mare Island naval base located east of the San Pablo Bay.
Although sponsored by a Jewish organization, the school has a diverse student body of about 1400 students as well as 100 faculty members. Touro University California is a member of the Touro College and University System, which includes Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Medical College, Touro University California, and Touro University Nevada. The university is jointly administered with its sister campus Touro University Nevada. In 2014, the U.S. News & World Report ranked Touro University California sixteenth in percentage of graduates who chose to enter primary care specialties among all United States medical schools.
Established in 1997, Touro University California was originally located in San Francisco with its inaugural class composed of 67 students. In 1999, officials decided to relocate to the southern area of Mare Island due to its large capacity and restored two naval quarters buildings originally built in the 1930s and had the lease option to renovate ten other buildings intended to become diagnostic and research laboratories. Touro University California’s main buildings are Farragut Inn, named in honor of Commander David G. Farragut, Wilderman Hall in honor of Commander Alvin Wilderman, and Lander Hall named in honor of Dr. Bernard Lander, the founder of the Touro College system. AfterWestern University of Health Sciences’ College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific received accreditation in 1982; Touro University California’s College of Osteopathic Medicine became the second osteopathic medical school program to open in the state of California.
The colleges of Touro University California include the College of Osteopathic Medicine which offers the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree, the College of Pharmacy which offers the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), the College of Education and Health Studies which offers three types of degrees, including a Master of Arts in Education, a Physician Assistant degree currently offered as a dual degree (MSPAS/MPH), and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree. Additionally, students may pursue dual degrees such as D.O./M.P.H. or Pharm.D./M.P.H. Since 2010, Touro University California has offered the Master of Science in Medical Health Science degree (MSMHS) which provides specific training towards the preparation for the College of Osteopathic Medicine. In contrast, the Master of Science in Medical Health Sciences degree with emphasis in research in pharmaceutical sciences is now offered with the aim of preparing students for the College of Pharmacy.Tuition for full-time students in 2012 was $43,090.
Faculty members of Touro University California’s Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and Pharmacy specialize in a wide range of basic and applied research in fields including:aging, anatomy and clinical imaging, cognitive aging, diabetes, immunology, infectious diseases, ion channels, longevity, neuroscience, metabolism/nutrition, and vaccine research.
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