Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A passion for health equity: 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Kathleen B. Kennedy

Thu Apr 5, 2018

Kathleen Kennedy, PharmD ’78

Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD ’78, has been named our Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

Asthma drug response in racially diverse children

Wed Mar 7, 2018

Sam S. Oh

Senior Author Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

“Whole genome sequencing of pharmacogenetic drug response in racially diverse children with asthma” has been published by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (ARJCCM).

Student speaker Ana Cruz shares her path to pharmacy and activism

Thu Oct 19, 2017

Elisabeth Fall

Ana Cruz, Class of 2018

Ana Cruz knew, when she was very young, exactly what she wanted to do when she grew up, she told the UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2021 at their White Coat ceremony.

She wanted the same job as the woman in white.

Undocumented students remain in the shadows of the chemical sciences

Mon Apr 24, 2017

PSPG student Angel Ku is highlighted in a Chemical & Engineering News story about how undocumented immigrant youth in the U.S. are entering science and related fields, but their future remains bleak.

Black Genes Matter

Mon Mar 20, 2017

Genetic Insights About Health Risks Limited By Lack Of Diversity, Study Finds

Thu Aug 18, 2016

Burchard leads call for diversity in research workforce

Thu Jun 16, 2016

Noah Berger

Marquitta White (right), MS, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Burchard Lab, took on five young summer research students of diverse backgrounds, including Maria Contreras (left) and Oona Risse-Adams (center), a 16-year-old sophomore at Lowell High School in San Francisco.

The photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. hanging on the wall of the Asthma Collaboratory lab in UC San Francisco’s Rock Hall serves a reminder to all who toil there, purifying DNA samples or analyzing genetic, social or environmental data that their research is also part of a dream of equality and...

Categories: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A passion for health equity: 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Kathleen B. Kennedy

Asthma drug response in racially diverse children

Student speaker Ana Cruz shares her path to pharmacy and activism

Undocumented students remain in the shadows of the chemical sciences

Black Genes Matter

Genetic Insights About Health Risks Limited By Lack Of Diversity, Study Finds

Burchard leads call for diversity in research workforce

Why Are Health Studies So White?

Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies

Tales of African-American History Found in DNA

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