PSPG graduates have chosen diverse career options. Of the 75 former students who received their PhD between 2010 and 2020:
- 29 (40%) are working in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry
- 20 recent graduates (27%) are working in genomic technology/bioinformatics companies
- 5 (7%) hold faculty positions in Schools of Pharmacy or Medicine
- 5 (7%) are working as scientists in academic laboratories
- 5 (7%) are postdoctoral fellows
- 4 (5%) have recently graduated and are seeking employment
Of the remaining graduates:
- 1 is an MD
- 1 is working in business development
- 1 is working as a reviewer at the FDA
| Name | Graduated | PI | Current affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Al khafaji | 2025 | Laura Van 't Veer, Rada Savic | |
| Jaysón Davidson | 2025 | Atul Butte | |
| Ketrin Gjoni | 2025 | Katie Pollard | |
| Ian Jones | 2025 | Yin Shen | |
| Brenda Melano | 2025 | Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, Hani Goodarzi | |
| Whitney Tamaki | 2025 | Trever Bivona | Post-Doc, UCSF Bivona Lab |
| Colin Germer | 2024 | Aparna Lakkaraju | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UCLA Health |
| Zachary Hoisington | 2024 | Dorit Ron | Consultant, Blue Matter |
| Caroline Jonson | 2024 | Jennifer Yokoyama | Data Scientist, Data Tecnica |
| Nilsa La Cunza | 2024 | Aparna Lakkaraju | |
| Yaqiao Li | 2024 | Marina Sirota | Post Doc, Gladstone Institutes |
| Xujia Zhou | 2024 | Nadav Ahituv, Kathy Giacomini | Post-Doc, Savic Lab, UCSF |
| Emily Connelly | 2023 | Charles Craik | Senior Scientist, Regeneron |
| Janice Goh | 2023 | Rada Savic | Senior Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, A*STAR, Singapore |
| Ki Kim | 2023 | Wendell Lim | |
| Mikayla Richter | 2023 | Faranak Fattahi, Deanna Kroetz | Interim Postdoc, UCSF |
| Capria Rinaldi | 2023 | Lani Wu, Steven Altschuler | Associate Consultant, McKinsey & Company |
| Tia Tummino | 2023 | David Kokel, Brian Shoichet | Postdoctoral Scholar, Shoichet Lab at UCSF |
| Chase Webb | 2023 | Brian Shoichet, Aashish Manglik | Postdoc, Jonathan Javitch's Lab, Columbia University |
| Dina Buitrago Silva | 2022 | Kathy Giacomini | Interim Postdoc, UCSF |
| Annamarie Bustion | 2022 | Katie Pollard | CERSI Postdoc Fellow, UCSF/Genentech |
| Vincent Chang | 2022 | Rada Savic | Clinical Pharmacologist, Gilead Sciences |
| William Connell | 2022 | Michael Keiser | Machine Learning Research Scientist, Vevo Therapeutics |
| Jacqueline Ernest | 2022 | Rada Savic | Pharmacometrician, UCSF |
| Emma Hughes | 2022 | Francesca Aweeka, Rada Savic | Gilead |
| Reid Kinser | 2022 | Su Guo | |
| Megan Koleske | 2022 | Kathy Giacomini | Postdoc, UCSF |
| Mikhail Vysotskiy | 2022 | Lauren Weiss | Innovative Genomics Institute |
| Michelle Wang | 2022 | Atul Butte | Assistant Professor, UCSF |
| Meghan Whalen | 2022 | Philip Rosenthal, Francesca Aweeka | Clinical Pharmacist, UCSF |
| Stella Belonwu | 2021 | Marina Sirota | Science Communications, Genentech |
| Marcus Chin | 2021 | Michelle Arkin, Aimee Kao | Scientist, Denali Therapeutics |
| Julia Cluceru | 2021 | Janine Lupo | Clinical Imaging Scientist, Genentech |
| Jeffrey Gha-Hyun Kim | 2021 | Su Guo | Research Scientist, Color |
| Adam Melgoza | 2021 | Su Guo | User Experience Researcher, Xolo Ltd. Freelance |
| Kendra Radtke | 2021 | Rada Savic | Genentech |
| Arielle Shkedi | 2021 | Jason Gestwicki | Consultant, Clearview Healthcare Partners |
| Serena Tamura | 2021 | Nadav Ahituv | Scientist, 64x Bio |
| Bianca Vora | 2021 | Kathy Giacomini | Scientist, Genentech |
| Emmalyn Chen | 2020 | John Witte | Computational Biologist, Freenome |
| Darya Cheng | 2020 | David Kokel | Technical Advisor/Patent Agent, Bozicevic, Field, and Francis |
| Katherina Chua | 2020 | Deanna Kroetz | Bioinformatics Scientist, Tempus |
| Jessica Enogieru | 2020 | Kathy Giacomini | Scientist, Amgen |
| Marjorie Imperial | 2020 | Rada Savic | Postdoc, Jura Lab, UCSF |
| Kathleen Keough | 2020 | Katie Pollard, Bruce Conklin | Senior Scientist, Computational Biology, FaunaBio |
| Megan Lo | 2020 | Natalia Jura, Ophir Klein | Postdoc, Jura Lab, UCSF |
| Jasleen Sodhi | 2020 | Leslie Benet | Associate Director, Septerna |
| Michael Song | 2020 | Yin Shen | Scientist, Monte Rosa Therapeutics |
| Reed Stein | 2020 | Brian Shoichet | Computational Chemist, Frontier Medicines |
| Christine Bowman | 2019 | Leslie Benet | Principal Scientist, DMPK Department, Genentech |
| Hayley Donnella | 2019 | Sourav Bandyopadhyay | Director, Computational Oncology, Recursion |
| Angel Ku | 2019 | Sourav Bandyopadhyay | Senior Scientist, Discovery Oncology, Varian Medical Systems |
| Elizabeth Levy | 2019 | Tejal Desai, Deanna Kroetz | Senior Scientist, gRED, Genentech |
| Joel Mefford | 2019 | Noah Zaitlen | Postdoc, UCLA |
| Beau Norgeot | 2019 | Atul Butte | Staff VP, Clinical AI, Anthem, Inc |
| Jasper Williams | 2019 | Wendell Lim | ArsenalBio |
| Deanna Brackman | 2018 | Kathy Giacomini | Senior Clinical Pharmacokineticist, AbbVie |
| Aaron Dolor | 2018 | Frank Szoka | Life Sciences Consultant, Putnam Associates |
| Kenneth Hallenbeck | 2018 | Michelle Arkin | Scientist, Avitide |
| Sam Ivry | 2018 | Charles Craik | Director, AbbVie, Innovation |
| Pei-Rong Lee | 2018 | Laura Van 't Veer | Data Science Fellow, Insight |
| John Bruning | 2017 | Robert Fletterick, Matthew Jacobson | Senior Scientist, Treeline Biosciences |
| Jessie Carr | 2017 | Yadong Huang | Regulatory Strategy, Corcept Therapeutics |
| Rosa Chan | 2017 | Leslie Benet | Associate Director, Longboard Pharmaceuticals |
| Aishwarya Jayagopal | 2017 | Deanna Kroetz, Shuvo Roy | |
| Megan Li | 2017 | Deanna Kroetz | Clinical Genomics Scientist, Invitae |
| Danny Park | 2017 | Noah Zaitlen | Co-Founder & Executive Director, Spectrum Biobank |
| Ann Ryu | 2017 | Nadav Ahituv | Senior Project Manager, Abbott |
| Hsin-Fang Wu | 2017 | Leslie Benet | Investment Director, Emerson Collective |
| Matthew Chang | 2016 | Barry Taylor | Senior Director, Discovery Bioinformatics, Loxo Oncology |
| Ryan Conrad | 2016 | Melanie Ott | Senior Scientist Researcher, Genentech |
| Cade Fox | 2016 | Tejal Desai | Senior Scientist, Abbott |
| Chelsea Hosey | 2016 | Leslie Benet | Clinical Pharmacologist, Vertex |
| Xiaomin Liang | 2016 | Kathy Giacomini | Principal Scientist II DMPK, Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
| Julia Seaman | 2016 | James Wells | Director of Research, Bay View Analytics |
| Adrian Stecula | 2016 | Kathy Giacomini, Andrej Sali | Discovery Team Lead, Atomwise |
| James Blau | 2015 | Michael McManus | Principal Scientist II, Roche Sequencing Solutions |
| Daniel Capurso | 2015 | Mark Segal | Associate Research Scientist, JAX |
| Nina Gonzaludo | 2015 | Pui-Yan Kwok | Pharmacogenomics & HLA Market Development, Global Lead, Pacific Biosciences |
| Srijib Goswami | 2015 | Kathy Giacomini | Founder/CEO, InsightRX |
| Kyle Halliwill | 2015 | Allan Balmain | Principal Scientist, AbbVie |
| Lawrence Lin | 2015 | Kathy Giacomini | Chief of Staff, UCSF School of Pharmacy |
| Sophia Majeed | 2015 | Frances Brodsky | Executive Director, Clinical Development, Mirum Pharmaceuticals |
| Michael Martin | 2015 | Deanna Kroetz | Engagement Manager, Prescient Healthcare Group |
| Peter Westcott | 2015 | Allan Balmain | Postdoc, Jacks Lab, MIT |
| Marc Anthony Yago | 2015 | Leslie Benet | Senior Scientist, Amgen, Clinical Pharmacology, Modeling & Simulation |
| Eugene Chen | 2014 | Kathy Giacomini | Principal Scientist, Genentech |
| Aparna Chhibber | 2014 | Deanna Kroetz | Translational Bioinformatics, Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Janine Micheli | 2014 | Deanna Kroetz | Senior Research Scientist, PPD |
| Rachel Eclov | 2013 | Deanna Kroetz | Director, Development Project Leader, Kriya Therapeutics |
| Jason Fernandes | 2013 | Alan Frankel | Biomedical Scientist, Scribe Therapeutics |
| Jennifer Gajan Asmussen | 2013 | Neil Shah | Postdoc, Baylor |
| Ethan Geier | 2013 | Kathy Giacomini | Staff Scientist, UCSF |
| Christopher Gignoux | 2013 | Esteban Burchard | Associate Professor, Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado |
| Mee Jean Kim | 2013 | Nadav Ahituv | Director, Clinical Development, Mirum Pharmaceuticals |
| Caroline Larregieu | 2013 | Leslie Benet | Pharmacologist, FDA |
| Joseph Lee | 2013 | Neil Risch | Lead Statistician, Evidera |
| Margaret Lowe | 2013 | Mike McCune | Professional Researcher, UCSF |
| Kari Morrissey | 2013 | Kathy Giacomini | Executive Director, Clinical Pharmacology, Project Team Leader, Amunix Pharmaceuticals |
| Jonathan Sockolosky | 2013 | Frank Szoka | Scientist, Antibody Engineering, Genentech |
| Simone Tchu | 2013 | Research Associate, UCSF | |
| Matthew Tiffany | 2013 | Frank Szoka | Senior Scientist, Sangamo Therapeutics |
| Alan Barber | 2012 | Patricia Babbitt | Software Lead, Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| Katherine Drake | 2012 | Esteban Burchard | Data Science Lead, Computational Biology, Verily |
| Anita Grover | 2012 | Leslie Benet | Senior Director, Pharmacology, ACELYRIN, INC. |
| Ernest Lam | 2012 | Pui-Yan Kwok | Director, Bioinformatics, Epic Sciences |
| Michael Mysinger | 2012 | Brian Shoichet | Principal Scientist, Atomwise |
| Lindsay Reynolds | 2012 | Wen-Chi Hsueh | Assistant Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine |
| Daniel Sirkis | 2012 | Robert Edwards | Staff Scientist, UCSF |
| Somayeh Ahmadiantehrani | 2011 | Dorit Ron | Research Professional, University of Chicago |
| Michael Hicks | 2011 | Patricia Babbitt | Research Scientist, Human Longevity, Inc |
| Howard Horng | 2011 | Leslie Benet | Clinical R&D Scientist, Chemistry, Kaiser Permanente |
| Eva LaDow | 2011 | Steven Finkbeiner | Senior Lecturer, U of Texas Dallas,Neuroscience |
| Marilyn Mok-Giacomini | 2011 | Dean Sheppard | Scientist, Gilead |
| Laura Serwer | 2011 | Thomas James | Senior Director, CRISPR Therapeutics, Fore Biotherapeutics |
| Lillian Seu | 2011 | Mike McCune | Director, Revolution Medicines |
| James Ezechiel Shima | 2011 | Kathy Giacomini | |
| Matthew Spindler | 2011 | Bruce Conklin | Postdoc, BMT & Immune Genomics, Stanford |
| Bani Tamraz | 2011 | Pui-Yan Kwok | Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF-Department of Clinical Pharmacy |
| Melissa Calton | 2010 | Christian Vaisse | Associate Director, Program Leader, Translational Medicine, 4D Molecular Therapeutics |
| Tai Ning Lam | 2010 | C. Anthony Hunt | Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Shuanglian Li | 2010 | Kathy Giacomini | Global Medical Lead, Takeda Pharmaceutical |
| Stacy Musone | 2010 | Pui-Yan Kwok | District Sales Manager, PacBio |
| Maribel Reyes | 2010 | Leslie Benet | Director, Clinical Pharmacology, QED Therapeutics |
| Jennifer Yokoyama | 2010 | Steven Hamilton | Assistant Professor, UCSF, Department of Neurology |
| Baran Ersoy | 2009 | Christian Vaisse | Assistant Professor of Metabolism in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
| Cynthia Kosinski | 2009 | Xin Chen | Product Scientist, 23andMe |
| Susie Lee | 2009 | Xin Chen | Senior Research Information Scientist, Bayer |
| Kareen Riviere | 2009 | Frank Szoka | In Memoriam: https://pharmacy.ucsf.edu/news/2015/11/loving-memory-kareen-riviere-phd |
| Sarah Beth Shugarts | 2009 | Leslie Benet | Technical Director Toxicology, Kaiser Permanente Regional Laboratory |
| Veena Thomas | 2009 | Brian Shoichet | Postdoc, Stanford University |
| Leslie Chinn | 2008 | Deanna Kroetz | Senior Director, Clinical Pharmacology, Principa Biopharma Research Intensive |
| Cheryl Cropp | 2008 | Kathy Giacomini | Associate Professor, Samford University |
| Joseph Custodio | 2008 | Leslie Benet | Director, Head of Clinical Pharmacology, Corcept Therapeutics |
| Laura Hodges | 2008 | Steven Hamilton | Contract Research Scientist, Genome Medicine Institute El Camino Hospital |
| Jeffrey Kraft | 2008 | Steven Hamilton | Clinical Pharmacology Reviewer, Genomics at FDA |
| Benjamin Lauffer | 2008 | Mark Von Zastrow | Senior Research Associate, Genentech |
| Ray Nagatani | 2008 | Patricia Babbitt | Partnerships, X, the moonshot factory |
| Joshua Park | 2008 | Frank Szoka | Senior Scientist & Lab Leader, Denali Therapeutics |
| Nathan Salomonis | 2008 | Bruce Conklin | Research Investigator, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| Max Seibold | 2008 | Esteban Burchard | Associate Professor, Director of Regenerative Medicine and Genome Editing Program, Co-Director of the Mucosal Inflammation Program, National Jewish Health, Pediatrics |
| Kim Fife | 2007 | Deanna Kroetz | Clinical Pharmacologist, Gilead Sciences |
| Jason Gow | 2007 | Deanna Kroetz | Scientist, Clinical Pharmacology at Genentech |
| Keerthi Krishnan | 2007 | Su Guo | Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Eric Peters | 2007 | Steven Hamilton | Associate Director, Companion Diagnostics, Genentech |
| Thomas Urban | 2007 | Kathy Giacomini | Researcher, Labcorp |
| Ilaria Badagnani | 2006 | Kathy Giacomini | Associate Vice President – DMPK, DICE Therapeutics |
| Peter Chang | 2006 | Bruce Conklin | Senior Scientist, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals |
| Sharon Haynes Meakin | 2006 | David Julius | Director of Global Medical Affairs Training, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals |
| Jason Held | 2006 | Brad Gibson | Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology and Dept. of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis |
| Justine Lam | 2006 | Leslie Benet | Principal Scientist, Pfizer |
| Yvonne Lau | 2006 | Leslie Benet | Associate Director, Novartis, Oncology Clinical Pharmacology |
| Yan Shu | 2006 | Kathy Giacomini | Associate Professor, U of Maryland School of Pharmacy |
| Shoshana Brown | 2005 | Patricia Babbitt | Associate Specialist, Babbitt Lab, UCSF |
| Robert Gage | 2005 | Mark Von Zastrow | Lab Manager, Kirschner Lab, Harvard Medical |
| Jennifer Gray | 2005 | Kathy Giacomini | |
| Yong-Hsin Valerie Ng | 2005 | Deanna Kroetz | Engineer, Genentech, Manufacturing Sciences and Technology |
| Tan Duy Nguyen | 2005 | Deanna Kroetz | Scientific Director, Allgenesis, Taiwan |
| Jae Chang | 2004 | Leslie Benet | Senior Scientist, Genentech |
| Winnie Kim | 2004 | Leslie Benet | Principal Scientist, Amgen, Inc. |
| Julie Lucas | 2004 | Mentor, Wolfgang Sadee | |
| Yuanyuan Xiao | 2004 | C. Anthony Hunt | Assistant Adjunct Professor, Division of Biostatistics, UCSF |
| Zhigang Yu | 2004 | Deanna Kroetz | Medical Director, Therapeutic Area Head, General Medicine, Amgen, China |
| Chi-Yuan Wu | 2003 | Leslie Benet | Principal Scientist, MedImmune |
| Carolyn Cummins | 2002 | Leslie Benet | Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy |
| Chunze Li | 2002 | Leslie Benet | Senior Scientist, Genentech |
| Lara Mangravite | 2002 | Kathy Giacomini | HI-Bio, VP, Data Partnerships & Translational Genetics |
| Wendy Putnam | 2002 | Leslie Benet | Scientist, Genentech |
| Miki Susanto | 2002 | Leslie Benet | Associate Professor, Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry, University of the Pacific |
| Karin Miller Gerstin | 2001 | Kathy Giacomini | Patent Agent, Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
| Leslie Kenna | 2001 | Lewis Sheiner | Pharmacologist, FDA |
| Matthew Lee | 2001 | Peter Kollman | Research Advisor, Eli Lilly |
| James Uchizono | 2001 | Frank Szoka | Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry, University of the Pacific |
| Lisa Uyechi | 2001 | Frank Szoka | Scientist, Product and Process Development |
| Sherry La Porte | 2000 | Robert Stroud | Research scientist, CytomX |
| Lee Barron | 1999 | Frank Szoka | Director, Project Management, Portola Pharmaceuticals |
| Shawn Flanagan | 1999 | Leslie Benet | Senior Director Clinical Pharmacology, Cubist |
| Lingling Guan | 1999 | Leslie Benet | Clinical Pharmacologist, Teva Pharmaceuticals |
| Dolly Parasrampuria | 1999 | Leslie Benet | Scientific Director, Janssen Research & Development (Johnson & Johnson) |
| Lara Michel Tolbert | 1998 | Lameh | Senior Medical Writer, Juno Therapeutics |
| Saraswati Kenkare | 1994 | Leslie Benet | Head of Research and Development, Alector |