Preparing independent, creative leaders in the pharmaceutical sciences and in the application of genetics and genomics to the development of safe, effective drugs for patients
Alumni
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 |
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Colin Germer | 2024 | Aparna Lakkaraju | |
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 | |
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 | Postdoc, 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 | Senior Scientist, 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 Affairs, Alector |
Rosa Chan | 2017 | Leslie Benet | Associate Director, Longboard Pharmaceuticals |
Aishwarya Jayagopal | 2017 | Deanna Kroetz, Shuvo Roy | Senior Consultant, Simon Kucher & Partners |
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 | Senior Research Scientist, 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 | Hematology/Oncology Clinical Development Lead, Jasper Therapeutics |
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 | Senior 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 | Director, CRISPR Therapeutics |
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 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 | President and Head of Research and Development, Alector |