Categories: Honors and Awards

The recognition of Krogan, Shoichet, Manglik, and Giacomini underscores the school’s commitment to fostering groundbreaking research that addresses critical issues in health care and pharmaceutical sciences.

The director of the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics (IHG) is being recognized for his lab’s work investigating gene regulatory elements––their relationship to human diversity and disease and their utilization for gene therapy.

The pioneering career of one of the School’s most influential faculty members was honored on his 87th birthday.

Bhushan Kharbikar, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratories of Professors Qizhi Tang, PhD, and Tejal Desai, PhD, has been awarded a prestigious JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship. JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.

QBI publishes breakthrough on COVID-19 variants; Nevan Krogan recognized as trailblazer.

This ninth year of awards focuses on research advancing health and furthering understanding related to cancer, diabetes, HIV testing, immune response, and more.

Award from her alma mater recognizes Giacomini as a leading scientist and pharmacogenomics expert.

On June 12, The Kidney Project was awarded a $1 million Artificial Kidney Prize from KidneyX for advancing its prototype bioartificial kidney toward a full-sized, human scale, with manufacturing and ultimately clinical trials on the horizon.

Leslie Benet, PhD, was recognized for outstanding contributions in the fields of biopharmaceuticals and pharmacokinetics.

Graduate student in the Dumont Lab is honored for research on the mitotic spindle.