Dr. Barral Sánchez oversees UCSF Fresno’s medical education, faculty and staff development, research growth, and strategic partnerships. Before joining UCSF, he was a professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Science at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. He also previously served as a professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Barral Sánchez is committed to faculty mentorship, trainee development, and strengthening the health care workforce in the San Joaquin Valley. He earned his medical degree at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and his doctoral degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed his postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry.
