UCSF School of Pharmacy

Pharmaceutical Health Policy & Management Pathway

What Can You Achieve in Health Policy

Career Paths

There are many successful paths for PharmD students interested in pursuing a career in fields such as outcomes research, management, drug development, regulatory affairs and health policy, such as:

• Regulatory affairs in government (United States FDA) or industry (Pharma and Biotech) setting
• Outcomes researcher in a managed care organization or industry environment
• Formulary management
• Clinical development in industry
• Academic research and teaching.

Job Titles

Some of the job titles held by health policy and management leaders who are pharmacists with requisite health policy and management skill sets include:

• Vice President, Worldwide Business Development for the OTC division of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company
• Vice President, Clinical Research, Vision and Oral Health division of a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company
• Director of Global Regulatory Policy for a Fortune 500 Rx pharmaceutical company
• Senior Vice President, Pharmacy for a major California Chain Drug Store
• Director of Pharmacy affairs, Food and Drug Administration
• Faculty member of a leading School of Pharmacy
• Associate Dean of a leading School of Pharmacy
• Director, Global Outcomes Research, Fortune 500 Rx pharmaceutical company
• Director, Regulatory Affairs
• Director, Formulary Management/Pharmacy Benefit in Managed Care Organizations.

Many of those holding the positions listed above achieved the necessary skills through on-the-job experience, and did not have the opportunity during their formative educational years to create the solid footing they have.

Here at UCSF, you have that prospect -- the ability to learn at the beginning of your career the foundations of health policy and management from a committed high-quality faculty with your interests at heart and the public's need as their focus.

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