People Listings

  • Nadav Ahituv, PhD

    Professor

    My research focuses on understanding how nucleotide variation in gene regulatory elements can lead to human disease and other phenotypes.

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  • Sourav Bandyopadhyay, PhD

    Professor

    I seek to understand, at the systems level, how biological networks within cancer cells are fundamentally different from those in normal cells. Using a variety of experimental techniques, I design new platforms for the rational application of personalized medicine and the design of combination…

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  • Leslie Benet, PhD

    Professor

    Dr. Benet, Professor and former Chairman (1978-1998), Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, received his A.B. (English), B.S. (Pharmacy), M.S. from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. from the University…

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    Diego Calderon, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    My lab studies how DNA is translated into life and how genetic mutations can lead to disease using cutting-edge computational and experimental techniques. Recently, I have been excited to apply deep learning and other machine learning approaches to interpret results from massively parallel…

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  • Christina Chen

    Post Award Analyst

    I provide accounting and post-award support for BTS PIs, including Drs. Kathy Giacomini, Adam Abate, Sourav Bandyopadhyay, Les Benet, Ryan Hernandez, Shuvo Roy, and Seth Shipman. I also support CERSI (UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and…

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    Joanne Chun, PharmD, PhD

    Director, MS in AICD3

    As director of post­graduate education programs, I spearhead the creation and de­vel­op­ment of new edu­ca­tion­al programs, enhancing our educational initiatives and creating unparalleled op­por­tun­i­ties for graduates in the field of drug discovery and de­vel­op­ment. My passion is anchored in…

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  • Willow Coyote-Maestas, PhD, MS

    Assistant Professor

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  • Tejal Desai, PhD

    Professor

    I am a bioengineer focusing on micro and nanofabrication techniques to create new devices for drug and cell delivery as well as biomaterials for cell and tissue regeneration. I also chair the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences.

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  • Sophie Dumont, PhD

    Professor

    Our lab is interested in how the properties of individual molecules give rise to the mechanics and function of large cellular machines. We focus on the machines that drive cell division, asking how they build themselves through self-organization, and how they generate and respond to force to…

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  • Ignacia Echeverria Riesco, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    Our research investigates the structural diversity of protein assemblies by developing integrative modeling methods based on in vivo (in cells), in situ (in their cellular environment), and solution data. Our approach allows us to study difficult-to-isolate…

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  • James Fraser, PhD

    Department Chair and Professor

    The long-term goals of our research are to understand how protein conformational ensembles are reshaped by perturbations, such as mutation and ligand binding, and to quantify how these perturbations impact protein function and organismal fitness. To accomplish these goals, we create new…

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  • Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm

    Dean and Troy C. Daniels Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

    As dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, I set the School’s strategic agenda and ensure it has the resources and organizational structure required to succeed in its mission. I bring my scientific expertise and background in pharmacy in support of our groundbreaking research, individualized patient…

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