Honors and Awards
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International honors and awards
Ebert Prize
American Pharmacists Association–Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APhA–APRS)
2013: Leslie Benet, PhD
North American Scientific Achievement Award
International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics
2017: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
2015: Leslie Benet, PhD
Paul Ehrlich Magic Bullet Lifetime Achievement Award
International Society of Anti-Infective Pharmacology and the German Pharmaceutical Society
2008: Leslie Benet, PhD
Sloan Research Fellowship
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2013: Ryan Hernandez, PhD
2013: Sophie Dumont, PhD
2005: Tanja Kortemme, PhD
WH & WL Bragg Prize
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
2020: James Fraser, PhD
National honors and awards
Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and Disposition
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
2020: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
Bristol-Myers Squibb Mentorship in Clinical Pharmacology Award
American College of Clinical Pharmacology
2019: Deanna Kroetz, PhD
Career Award
National Science Foundation (NSF)
2016: Sophie Dumont, PhD
2008: Tanja Kortemme, PhD
2013: Adam Abate, PhD
Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
2021: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
KidneyX
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Society of Nephrology
2021: The Kidney Project, Shuvo Roy, PhD
2020: The Kidney Project, Shuvo Roy, PhD
Kimmel Scholars Program
Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
2013: Sophie Dumont, PhD
Leon Goldberg Early Investigator Award
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT)
2021: Rada Savic, PhD
2014: Nadav Ahituv, PhD
2002: Deanna Kroetz, PhD
1990: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award
Biophysical Society
2016: Sophie Dumont, PhD
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
National Institutes of Health
2020: Seth Shipman, PhD
2015: Sophie Dumont, PhD
2014: Adam Abate, PhD
2010: Michael Fischbach, PhD
Oscar B. Hunter Memorial Award in Therapeutics
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT)
2010: Leslie Benet, PhD
Paul Dawson Biotechnology Award
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
2012: Tejal Desai, PhD
2005: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
2000: Frank Szoka, PhD
Pew Biomedical Scholar, Pew Charitable Trusts
2020: Seth Shipman
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
2016: Adam Abate, PhD
Rawls Palmer Progress in Medicine Award
American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT)
2022: Deanna Kroetz, PhD
2009: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
1995: Leslie Benet, PhD
Remington Honor Medal, American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
2016: Leslie Benet, PhD
Rita Allen Foundation Scholar (US)
2013: Sophie Dumont, PhD
Searle Scholar, Kinship Foundation
2014: James Fraser, PhD
2013: Sophie Dumont, PhD
U.S. Presidential Volunteer Service Award - Gold Medal
2022: Shuvo Roy, PhD
Volwiler Research Achievement Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
2018: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
1991: Leslie Benet, PhD
WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research, American Society for Cell Biology
2018: Sophie Dumont, PhD
W.M. Keck Foundation Medical Research Award
2013: Tanja Kortemme, PhD
State and regional awards
Shu Chien Early Career Award finalist
Bioengineering Institute of California
2021: Seth Shipman, PhD
Biohub Investigator Program, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The CZ Biohub Investigator Program funds research by world-renowned scientists, engineers, and technologists from UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University.
Tanja Kortemme, PhD
Rada Savic, PhD
Seth Shipman, PhD
Adam Abate, PhD
Sophie Dumont, PhD
Tanja Kortemme, PhD
Judith Pool Award, Association for Women in Science, Northern California Chapter
2020: Tejal Desai, PhD
2014: Deanna Kroetz, PhD
Medal of Excellence in the Breakthrough Innovators Special Recognition Category
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
2022: Shuvo Roy, PhD
University of Washington School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumnus Award for Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research
2018: Deanna Kroetz, PhD
William M. Heller Mentor of the Year Award
American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE)
2018: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
2016: Francis Szoka, PhD
UC San Francisco awards
Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Clinical Science
UCSF Academic Senate
2021: Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH
Bakar Aging Research Institute (BARI)’s Investigator Award
2022: Su Guo, PhD
Bowes Biomedical Investigator Program
2019: James Fraser, PhD
Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science
2021: Sophie Dumont, PhD
2020: James Fraser, PhD
2016: Michael Fischbach, PhD
Chancellor Awards for Diversity
Chancellor Award for the Advancement of Women
2021: Tejal Desai, PhD
Chancellor Awards for Diversity
Chancellor Award for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership
1994: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award
2018: Sophie Dumont, PhD
Sandler Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research
2020: Tanja Kortemme, PhD
School of Pharmacy awards
Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation
2022: Dmitry Kuchenov, PhD (postdoctoral scholar)
2021: Kai-Chun Chang, PhD (postdoctoral scholar), Stephanie Hsia, PharmD (faculty), Zhao Xiang, PhD (postdoctoral scholar), Linfeng Xu, PhD (postdoctoral scholar), Sook Wah Yee, PhD (postdoctoral scholar)
2020: Sook Wah Yee, PhD (postdoctoral scholar)
2015: James Fraser, PhD (faculty)
International and national fellows and members
American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Member
2024: Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow
2018: Deanna Kroetz, PhD
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow
2019: Tanja Kortemme, PhD
2017: Shuvo Roy, PhD
2011: Tejal Desai, PhD
Association of American Physicians (AAP)
2022: Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Postdoctoral Fellow
1999: Tanja Kortemme, PhD
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Graduate Fellow
1993: Tanja Kortemme, PhD
German National Academic Foundation ("Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”) Scholarship
1989: Tanja Kortemme, PhD
Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) Postdoctoral Fellow
2000: Tanja Kortemme, PhD
International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering, Fellow
2019: Tejal Desai, PhD
International Society for Computational Biology, Fellow
2018: Patricia C. Babbitt, PhD
National Academy of Inventors, Fellow
2019: Tejal Desai, PhD and Francis Szoka, PhD
National Academy of Medicine, Elected Member (formerly Institute of Medicine)
2015: Tejal Desai, PhD
2006: Kathy Giacomini, PhD
1987: Leslie Benet, PhD
National Academy of Sciences, Member
2018: Andrej Sali, PhD