Crystal Zhou, PharmD

Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Zhou
Marco Sanchez

Crystal Zhou, PharmD

[email protected]
Phone: +1 415 476-2354
Fax: +1 415 476-6632
521 Parnassus Avenue, Rm 3304
UCSF Box 0622
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

Links

UCSF Profiles Population Health & Health Equity Scholars

Affiliations

UCSF centers, institutes, and research programs

Pharmacist, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness Center

External affiliations

Advisor, The Cut Hypertension Program

What I do

I am a passionate pharmacy educator and clinician. I currently teach and direct a couple of the first year Applied Patient Care Skills courses and work as a clinical pharmacist for the Division of Cardiology. I am also working on implementing innovative models of pharmacy practice, such as treating hypertension in barbershops in the Bay Area, and hope to include our students in these efforts.

Departmental research area

clinical research
education research

My research expertise

multidisciplinary models of care on patient satisfaction and disease-related outcomes

Clinical expertise

primary care, family medicine, hypertension, lipid disorders, cardiovascular disease prevention

Professional background

Degrees

PharmD, University of California, San Diego
BA, Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University

Postgraduate training

PGY2, Ambulatory Care Residency, University of Washington
PGY1, Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of California, San Francisco

Training and professional development

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California San Francisco, 2021
Tea House Series Facilitator, University of California San Francisco, 2021

Research keywords

  • Secondary prevention
  • Dyslipidemia
  • heart failure
  • cardiology
  • Cardiovascular prevention
  • hypertension
  • Primary prevention
  • Neuropeptides
  • Serpins
  • pharmacy
  • smoking cessation
  • Venous Thromboembolism
  • tobacco cessation
  • Veterans
  • Telephone
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Protein Multimerization
  • Telemedicine
  • Text Messaging
  • pharmacists
  • Academic Medical Centers
  • Pharmacy Service, Hospital

Publications

Hsia SL, Mackey G, Mondal R, Zhou C. Student perceptions and outcomes from asynchronous versus synchronous remote learning in a pharmacy skills course. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2025 Feb 13; 17(5):102299.
Chong S, Huynh B, Wong S, Woldeyesus T, Faulks M, El-Amin K, Thibeaux J, Lewis J, Harlin R, Carter M, Shatara R, Zhou C, Oni-Orisan A. Preferences and Perspectives of Black Male Barbershop Patrons on Receiving Health Care in Nontraditional Settings. Health Equity. 2023; 7(1):835-842.
Fontil V, Khoong EC, Green BB, Ralston JD, Zhou C, Garcia F, McCulloch CE, Sarkar U, Lyles CR. Randomized trial protocol for remote monitoring for equity in advancing the control of hypertension in safety net systems (REACH-SNS) study. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 03; 126:107112.
Knueppel P, Bang SH, Troyer C, Barriga A, Shin J, Cadiz CL, Abdo C, McCart T, Huynh B, Stevens C, Zhou C, Yang NT, Wilson M, Pon T. Evaluation of standard versus reduced dose apixaban for the treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with severe renal disease (ESRD-VTE). Thromb Res. 2022 12; 220:91-96.
Hirsch JD, Kong N, Nguyen KT, Cadiz CL, Zhou C, Bajorek SA, Bounthavong M, Morello CM. Improved Patient-Reported Medication Adherence, Patient Satisfaction, and Glycemic Control in a Collaborative Care Pharmacist-Led Diabetes "Tune-Up" Clinic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 09 01; 18(17).
Zhou C, Pavlakos R, Clark M, Jue VI, Clinard VB. Pharmacy Telehealth Services: Perspectives From an Academic Medical Center. J Pharm Pract. 2023 Apr; 36(2):350-356.
Zhou C, Tran NG, Chen TC. Effect of Tobacco Cessation on Weight in a Veteran Population. J Prim Care Community Health. 2020 Jan-Dec; 11:2150132720963653.
Sarkar A, Zhou C, Meklemburg R, Wintrode PL. Local conformational flexibility provides a basis for facile polymer formation in human neuroserpin. Biophys J. 2011 Oct 05; 101(7):1758-65.