People Listings

  • Kimberly Ngo

    Project Coordinator

    I’m a project coordinator supporting the Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Postdoctoral Training Program and UCSF Health Innovation via Engineering. I manage the programs’ finances and operations, organize gatherings/schedules, and provide overall support to these programs.

  • Rebecca Niznak

    Executive Business Admin

    In my role as executive business administrator, I provide administrative support to James Fraser, PhD, chair of the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, focusing on the department’s values, mission, and vision.

  • Frances Peterson

    Faculty Support Analyst

    I provide administrative support to faculty members Leslie Benet, PhD, Nancy Sambol, PhD, Anthony Hunt, PhD, Catera Wilder, PhD, Su Guo, PhD, Liang Zhao, PhD, Rada Savic, PhD, and their lab groups, and assist the department on special projects.

  • Joslyn Polzien

    Post Award Analyst

    As a Research and Finance Analyst, I provide accounting and post-award support for BTS PIs. Currently supporting: Willow Coyote-Maestas Sophie Dumont James Fraser Tanja Kortemme Nancy Sambol Rada Savic

  • Verna Rodriguez

    Executive Director

    As executive director, I oversee the administrative aspects of the MTM program to maintain an effective cross-campus program. My role also includes budget and campus administrative functions, marketing and student recruitment, acting as GSAO for students, helping to run the capstone course and more.

  • Victoria Ross

    Program Manager

    As a Program Coordinator, I manage the UCSF-UCB Joint Bioengineering Graduate Program and I provide administrative support for special projects in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences.
  • Shuvo Roy

    Shuvo Roy, PhD

    Professor

    I am a bioengineer working on medical device development to address clinical needs by leveraging my background in MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) along with advances in biomaterials, electronics, and nanotechnology to advance health world-wide.
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  • Andrej Sali

    Andrej Sali, PhD

    Professor

    I am interested in the structure, function, and evolution of proteins and their assemblies.
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  • Nancy Sambol, PharmD

    Associate Professor

    I focus on the use of models to describe drug disposition and effect in patient populations, and the use of these models to make predictions to improve drug therapy.
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  • Rada Savic

    Rada Savic, PhD

    Professor

    As a faculty member in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, I investigate optimal drug discovery and development approaches using computational methods. I integrate data and knowledge to determine the optimal choices of precise and personalized treatments.
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  • Seth Shipman, PhD

    Associate Professor

    My lab develops molecular biotechnology to overcome technical hurdles that prevent us from effectively understanding and treating disease. We're particularly interested in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease.
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  • Jimmy Sit

    Post Award Analyst

    I provide post-award support to the following labs/principal investigators: Leslie Benet, PhD, Tony Capra, PhD, Sophie Dumont, PhD, Anthony Hunt, PhD, Nancy Sambol, PhD, and Rada Savic, PhD (UM1).