precision medicine

Emily Mrig, PhD

Tue Sep 13, 2022

David Schmidt

Assistant Adjunct Professor

I am a member of the Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS). I am interested in the ways that insurance coverage and health policy shape differential access and uptake of precision medicine. I am particularly interested in applying my research towards efforts...

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

Genomes from over 50,000 people to help bring precision medicine to all

Mon Mar 8, 2021

Elisabeth Fall

Ryan Hernandez, PhD

Collaborative effort ensures precision medicine will be based on the genetics of a diverse pool of people

Jeroen Jansen, PhD

Wed May 6, 2020

Associate Professor

I am a member of the Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS). I work on applied and methods research to understand the clinical and economic value of drugs and other health technologies.

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).

Burchard leads call for diversity in research workforce

Thu Jun 16, 2016

Noah Berger

Marquitta White (right), MS, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Burchard Lab, took on five young summer research students of diverse backgrounds, including Maria Contreras (left) and Oona Risse-Adams (center), a 16-year-old sophomore at Lowell High School in San Francisco.

The photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. hanging on the wall of the Asthma Collaboratory lab in UC San Francisco’s Rock Hall serves a reminder to all who toil there, purifying DNA samples or analyzing genetic, social or environmental data that their research is also part of a dream of equality and...

Classroom pharmacogenetics, post-hospital medications, and post-brain-surgery drugs take top honors

Thu May 26, 2016

Elisabeth Fall

Gary Rifkind, PharmD, Class of 1960.

Studies of pharmacogenetics testing of pharmacy students as a teaching tool, an improved system to resolve medication issues after patients go home from the hospital, and the prophylactic use of an antiseizure drug for brain surgery patients took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy...

Burchard Lab study finds most asthma research may not apply to African American children

Thu May 12, 2016

Noah Berger

Marquitta White (left), MS, PhD, and Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH. Photo by Noah Berger

Results from the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population.

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for 36th year in a row

Thu Mar 31, 2016

UCSF News

For the 36th consecutive year, the UCSF School of Pharmacy has received more funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any other pharmacy school in the United States.

UC San Francisco establishes Quantitative Biosciences Institute

Wed Mar 16, 2016

Susan Merrell

Nevan Krogan, PhD

UC San Francisco today announced the establishment of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI).

Topics and Expertise: precision medicine