Faculty

  • Jonathan Watanabe, PharmD, MS, PhD

    Jere E. Goyan Presidential Chair for the Advancement of Pharmacy

    I serve as the Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy. Providing guidance on responsibilities and goals in the realms of Strategic Leadership, Research and Scholarship, and Education to support the Departmental and School faculty in achievement of clinical care, research aims, and teaching…
  • Jim Wells

    Jim Wells, PhD

    Harry Wm. and Diana V. Hind Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences I

    My research focuses on developing enabling technologies for protein engineering and drug discovery to understand biology and pave roads to therapeutics.
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  • Catera Wilder, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    I am a biomedical engineer and systems biologist who combines my understanding of signaling system networks in innate immunity with my expertise in molecular biology and tissue remodeling to address pressing questions about immunity and immunopathogenesis.
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  • Leslie Wilson

    Leslie Wilson, PhD

    Professor

    My research focuses on the economics of health care services, measurement of outcomes, comparative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, utility measurement, decision making under uncertainty, and patient preference when weighing risks and benefits.
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  • Beth Apsel Winger, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    My research is translational and informed by my clinical experience. In my lab we experimentally study mutant kinases discovered by clinical Next Generation Sequencing in patients with vascular anomalies and cancer, with the goal of understanding how these mutant kinases cause disease and can be…
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  • Lani Wu

    Lani Wu, PhD

    Professor

    In my lab, I seek to understand design principles of biological systems and how biological networks rewire during disease progression. I bring to my biology research a blend of experimental science, engineering, and mathematics. Projects in my lab integrate advance technology, experiment, machine…
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  • Katherine Yang

    Katherine Yang, PharmD, MPH

    Professor

    Along with Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD, MAS, I assist in developing new models of pharmacy practice and foster patient care partner­ships with UCSF Health and external stakeholders in community pharmacy, public health, and other pharmacy schools. As a clinical pharmacist, I specialize in the…
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  • sharon youmans

    Sharon Youmans, PharmD, MPH

    Executive Vice Dean

    As Executive Vice Dean, I partner with the Dean to drive the School’s strategic priorities. From the Dean’s Office, I oversee and lead the School’s DEI efforts; manage global partnerships, liaise with the School’s Pharmacy Practice Partnerships associate deans, serve as an advisor to the faculty…
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  • Balyn Zaro

    Balyn Zaro, PhD

    Associate Professor

    Our lab takes a chemical biology and proteomics approach to optimizing drug selectivity and studying the immune system and blood formation.
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  • Liang Zhao

    Liang Zhao, PhD, MAS, MBA

    Professor

    Liang Zhao, PhD, MAS, MBA, is a professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences in the Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He previously served as director of the Division of Quantitative Methods and Modeling (DQMM) in the…
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  • Crystal Zhou

    Crystal Zhou, PharmD

    Associate Professor

    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…
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