Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

School faculty members argue for the responsible use of genetic ancestry in health care

Wed Mar 10, 2021

Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, PharmD, PhD

Burchard and Oni-Orisan contribute to two opinion pieces grappling with issues of race and inequity in medicine

Gullatt delivers first session of the Equity and Inclusion Speaker Series

Tue Mar 2, 2021

Yvette Gullatt, PhD, Vice President, Vice Provost, and Chief Diversity Officer, University of California Office of the President

Yvette Gullatt, PhD, kicked off the first session of the Equity and Inclusion Speaker Series

Join our DEI committee

Wed Sep 30, 2020

Noah Berger

Learn about the goals of the department’s DEI committee and how you can participate.

Our focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Wed Sep 30, 2020

Chair Matt Jacobson, PhD, shares his perspectives on the department’s commitments and activities on addressing DEI issues and how you can help.

Update from the Dean: Confronting racism and health inequities

Fri Jun 19, 2020

Elisabeth Fall

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Our COVID-19 response: A commitment to anti-racist action

Dean Guglielmo and Vice Dean Youmans statement on the killing of George Floyd and recent protests

Thu Jun 4, 2020

Elisabeth Fall

, Eric Davila

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD (left), and Vice Dean Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH

We can fully accept that each of us must be part of the solution—and act.

For UCSF graduate, DACA gives a chance to fight cancer

Tue Jul 2, 2019

Angel Ku, PhD, recently earned his graduate degree from UCSF’s Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics program.

Ku earned his PhD this spring in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics (PSPG) from UC San Francisco.

20 years chasing the genetic roots of asthma

Tue May 1, 2018

Noah Berger

Marquitta White, PhD (left), and Esteban G. Burchard, MD, PhD

The UCSF Asthma Collaboratory celebrates 20 years of research on genetic factors in asthma.

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).

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