Several dozen Ph.D. and M.S. students matriculated through the program during that time. Because of the departure of several key faculty and ensuing budget limitations, the program was inactivated but not disestablished in June 1987. In 1997, with broad support from the Chancellor and from faculty from all four Schools at UCSF, the BMI Program was revitalized and reactivated. Three students have already graduated with M.S. degrees, and as of fall 2000, eighteen Ph.D. students will be enrolled in the program.
Future enrollment is projected at forty students.