Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

Harry Wm. and Diana V. Hind Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences II
Burchard
Phone: +1 415 514-9677
Fax: +1 415 514-4365
1550 Fourth Street, Rm 584B
UCSF Box 2911
San Francisco, CA 94158
United States

Affiliations

What I do

I am a physician-scientist with training in pulmonary medicine, genetics, and epidemiology. My research and academic interests center on identifying disease risk factors specific to racial groups, most especially those related to asthma and drug response. I am engaged in a new, international field of study relating ancestry and genetic susceptibility to specific diseases and varying drug response.

Departmental research area

My research expertise

asthma, pharmacogenetics, admixture, population genetics, race/ethnicity and genetics, pulmonary and critical care medicine, underserved populations, minority recruitment

Professional background

Biography

Esteban González Burchard, M.D., M.P.H.
Distinguished, Endowed, Tenured Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Esteban González Burchard is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician-Scientist with expertise in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, Public Health, Genetics, Epidemiology, Pharmacogenetics, and early-phase clinical trials. He cared for complex, low-income, and diverse patients at San Francisco General Hospital, focusing on expanding our understanding of how variation in disease risk and drug response differs among racially and ethnically diverse children with asthma.

As the founder and director of the UCSF Asthma Collaboratory, Dr. Burchard led a diverse team of over 60 scientists and clinicians to build the largest and most comprehensive gene-environment study of asthma in African American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican children. His research integrated clinical, social, and environmental data from over 16,000 participants, advancing the use of minority population data in large-scale analyses, technology, and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Burchard has authored more than 370 peer-reviewed publications and secured over $100 million in research funding to investigate racial, ethnic, and genetic ancestry differences in disease risk and drug response. His work has provided the NIH and the global scientific community with the most racially diverse clinical and biological datasets, driving critical debates on race and genetic ancestry in medicine.

Dr. Burchard is a dedicated mentor who has supported diverse physicians, scientists, and students, fostering equity and inclusion in science and medicine. His research and leadership have transformed care for minority populations and set new standards for diversity in biomedical research.

Visit my lab page to learn more: https://pharm.ucsf.edu/burchard.

Research keywords

  • immunology
  • precision medicine
  • pharmacogenetics
  • genetics
  • diversity
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Mexican Americans
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Puerto Rico
  • Forced Expiratory Volume
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Albuterol
  • Bronchodilator Agents
  • Anti-Asthmatic Agents
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • asthma
  • Genetics, Population
  • Minority Groups
  • Human Genome