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
Faculty Honors and Awards
Recipient | Honor or award | ||||||||||||||
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2024-2025
2023-2024 |
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Nadav Ahituv | American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Scientific Achievement Award 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Jason Gestwicki | Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, The Protein Society | ||||||||||||||
Atul Butte | William W. Stead Award for Thought Leadership in Informatics | ||||||||||||||
Atul Butte | Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence | ||||||||||||||
Kyle Cromer | American Society of Hematology Junior Faculty Scholar Award | ||||||||||||||
Peter Turnbaugh | Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Lani Wu | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Steven Altschuler | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | 2023 Roger Tsien Award for Excellence in Chemical Biology from the World Molecular Imaging Society | ||||||||||||||
Les Benet | Lifetime Achievement Award, Frankfurt Foundation Quality of Medicines, Frankfurt, Germany | ||||||||||||||
Les Benet | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Michelle Arkin | Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Akinyemi Oni-Orisan | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Rada Savic | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Amelia Deitchman | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Bani Tamraz | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Fran Aweeka | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Sook Wah Yee | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Jason Sello | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Su Guo | Dean’s Apple Teaching Award, UCSF School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
2021-2022 |
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Shuvo Roy |
Medal of Excellence - Breakthrough Innovations by American Association of Kidney Patients, 2022 |
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Shuvo Roy |
KidneyX Artificial Kidney Phase I Prize Winner by KidneyX (public-private partnership between ASN-HHS), 2021 |
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Shuvo Roy |
Commendation for Exceptional Volunteerism and University Service - by Organized, Rapid, Intelligent Fabrication (ORIF) Team for UCSF's COVID-19 Pandemic Response, 2021 |
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Deanna Kroetz | Rawls Palmer Progress in Medicine Award, ASCPT | ||||||||||||||
Les Benet | Keynote Speaker International ISSX/MDO Meeting, Seattle, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Katie Pollard | National Academy of Medicine, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Michelle Arkin | Fellow, Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening | ||||||||||||||
Aparna Lakkaraju | Edward and Estelle Alexander Chair for Vision Research | ||||||||||||||
Rada Savic | Co-Vice Dean for Graduate Pharmacy Education Programs, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Rada Savic | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator | ||||||||||||||
Jennifer Rosenbluth | Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator | ||||||||||||||
Alan Wu | ZSFG Department of Medicine Robert Lull, MD Award, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Dean Sheppard | UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring, 2021 | ||||||||||||||
Dean Sheppard | Elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Les Benet | Graduation Speaker at the UCSD School of Pharmacy Ceremony 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Katie Pollard | Chan Zuckerberg Senior Investigator | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | Rawls Palmer Progress in Medicine Award, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | ||||||||||||||
Trever Bivona | Chan Zuckerberg Senior Investigator | ||||||||||||||
Katie Pollard | Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering | ||||||||||||||
Jennifer Yokoyama | Mary Oakley Foundation Endowed Professor in Neurodegeneration | ||||||||||||||
Dean Sheppard | UCSF Council on Faculty Life Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award | ||||||||||||||
Rada Savic | ASCPT Leon I. Goldberg Early Investigator Award Lecture | ||||||||||||||
Natalia Jura | Byers Award in Basic Science, Sandler Foundation | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist award, AAPS | ||||||||||||||
Carlo Condello | John A. Watson Faculty Scholar Award, UCSF School of Medicine, Dean's Diversity Fund | ||||||||||||||
Atul Butte | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Pui-Yan Kwo | Chen Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Human Genetic and Genomic Research, HUGO (Human Genome Organization) | ||||||||||||||
Pui-Yan Kwo | Elected Fellow of UNESCO’s The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for Advancement of Science in Developing Countries | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences | ||||||||||||||
2020 |
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Sabrina Ronen | Negendank Memorial lecture at the ISMRM MR | ||||||||||||||
Akinyemi Oni-Orisan | Darrell Abernethy Early Stage Investigator Award | ||||||||||||||
Steven Altschuler | Aspire Award - Mark Foundation | ||||||||||||||
Tejal Desai | Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) | ||||||||||||||
Aimee Kao | Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award - American Neurological Association | ||||||||||||||
Tejal Desai | Judith Pool Award from Northern California Association for Women in Science | ||||||||||||||
Michelle Arkin | Dean's Apple Teaching Award, School of Pharmacy, University of California Can Francisco | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | Dean's Apple Award for Teaching, School of Pharmacy, University of California Can Francisco | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | Bristol-Myers Squibb Mentorship in Clinical Pharmacology Award, American College of Clinical Pharmacology | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | Dean's Apple Award for Teaching, School of Pharmacy, University of California Can Francisco | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | Challenge Award, Prostate Cancer Foundation | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | Distinguished Investigator Award, The Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research | ||||||||||||||
Jennifer Yokoyama |
Alzheimer's Association Excellence in Neuroscience Mentoring Award |
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Katie Pollard | Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology | ||||||||||||||
Natalia Jura | ASBMB Women in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Leadership Award | ||||||||||||||
Pui-Yan Kwo | Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | Patient Advocate Hero of Cancer Award, Inspire2Live | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | Giants of Cancer Care, OncLive | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | Luminary Award, Precision Medicine World Conference | ||||||||||||||
2019 |
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Shuvo Roy | Dean's Apple Award from School of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
Atul Butte | Elected into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) | ||||||||||||||
Tejal Desai | Fellow of International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) | ||||||||||||||
Stephan Sanders | Theodore Reich Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics | ||||||||||||||
Jeremy Willsey | Young Investigator Award, Tourette Association of America | ||||||||||||||
Michelle Arkin | Briggs Lecture, University of Texas Health San Antonio | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | Mentor Award, American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | Dean's Apple Award for Teaching, School of Pharmacy, University of California Can Francisco | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | LAM Foundation pilot award | ||||||||||||||
Su Guo | Dean's Apple Award: Recognition of Excellence in Teaching | ||||||||||||||
Katie Pollard | Mentoring Award, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA | ||||||||||||||
2018 |
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Esteban Burchard | Apple Teaching Award | ||||||||||||||
Esteban Burchard | San Francisco State University Alumni Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||
Esteban Burchard | Lifetime Achievement Award National Medical Association Allergy and Immunology Section | ||||||||||||||
Brian Shoichet | Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher | ||||||||||||||
Aimee Kao | Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging” from the Glenn Foundation for Medical | ||||||||||||||
Andrej Sali | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences | ||||||||||||||
Michelle Arkin | Ono Pharma Foundation Breakthrough Chemical Biology Award | ||||||||||||||
Michelle Arkin | Webster-Sibilsky Keynote Lecture, University of Illinois, Chicago | ||||||||||||||
Michelle Arkin | Dean's Apple Teaching Award, School of Pharmacy, University of California Can Francisco | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | University of Washington School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumnus Award for Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | Dean's Apple Award for Teaching, School of Pharmacy, University of California Can Francisco | ||||||||||||||
Pui-Yan Kwo | Academician, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | One of 32 Amazing Women Inventors, 24/7 Wall Street | ||||||||||||||
2017 |
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Charles S. Craik | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | ||||||||||||||
Jeremy Willsey | Top 5 Research Articles, Neuron | ||||||||||||||
Jeremy Willsey | Trailblazer Award, Weill Institute of Neurosciences, UC San Francisco | ||||||||||||||
Jeremy Willsey | Bold and Basic Award, QBI, UC San Francisco | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | American Brain Tumor Association Discovery Award | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | TS Alliance research award | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | American Cancer Society Research Scholar | ||||||||||||||
Dean Sheppard | Translational Science 2017 American Academy of Arts and Sciences | ||||||||||||||
Su Guo | Cutting-Edge Basic Research Awards (CEBRA) in Drug abuse (NIDA) | ||||||||||||||
Katie Pollard | 75 Most Influential Alumni, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA | ||||||||||||||
Pui-Yan Kwo | Distinguished Service Award, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | ECCO Clinical Research Award 2017, European Cancer Organisation | ||||||||||||||
2016 |
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Les Benet | UCSF Graduate Students' Association (GSA) Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award - UCSF GSA | ||||||||||||||
Charles S. Craik | Protein Society Emil Thomas Kaiser Award | ||||||||||||||
Les Benet | Remington Honor Medal American Pharmacists Association | ||||||||||||||
Bruce Conklin | Distinguished Alumni Award, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine | ||||||||||||||
Lauren Weiss | Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | Dean's Apple Award for Teaching | ||||||||||||||
Dean Sheppard | UCSF Faculty Research Lecturer | ||||||||||||||
2015 |
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Tejal Desai | National Academy of Medicine | ||||||||||||||
William Weiss | Ross K. MacNeill Foundation Award | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Distinguished Investigator Award American College of Clinical Pharmacology | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | E. Mead Johnson Award - Society for Pediatric Research | ||||||||||||||
Esteban Gonzales Burchard | Advisor to the NIH Director Presidential Precision Medicine Initiative | ||||||||||||||
Allan Balmain | Fellow of the Royal Society | ||||||||||||||
Jim Wells | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | European Inventor Award, Category Small-Medium Enterprises, European Patent Office | ||||||||||||||
2014 |
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Mark Von Zastrow | Royer Award for Academic Excellence in Neurology and Psychiatry | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | Larry L. Hillblom Distinguished Professor in Craniofacial Anomalies | ||||||||||||||
James Fraser | Packard Fellow | ||||||||||||||
James Fraser | Pew Scholar | ||||||||||||||
James Fraser | Searle Scholar | ||||||||||||||
Nadav Ahituv | ASCPT Leon I. Goldberg Young Investigator Award | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | Northern California Association for Women in Science Judith Pool Award for Mentoring | ||||||||||||||
Michael Fischbach | Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Award | ||||||||||||||
Matthew Jacobson | Sloan Fellow in Computational Biology | ||||||||||||||
Charles S. Craik | National Academy of Inventors | ||||||||||||||
James Fraser | Pew Scholar | ||||||||||||||
James Fraser | Packard Fellow | ||||||||||||||
Matthew Jacobson | PharmD Dean's Innovation in Education | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | European Union Prize for Women Innovators, 2nd prize | ||||||||||||||
2013 |
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Ophir Klein | CIRM Physician Scientist Award | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | American Society for Clinical Investigation | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | UCSF Graduate Students' Association (GSA) Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award - UCSF GSA | ||||||||||||||
Alan Wu | Honorary Professor - TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital - Tianjin Medical University | ||||||||||||||
Esteban Gonzales Burchard | American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Documentary | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | Poster Award, World Molecular Imaging Congress | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | David H. Koch Young Investigator Award, Prostate Cancer Foundation | ||||||||||||||
Katie Pollard | Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences | ||||||||||||||
Katie Pollard | Alumna of the Year, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA | ||||||||||||||
2012 |
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Kathy Giacomini | DeWitt Stetten Lecturer National Institute of General Medical Sciences 50th Anniversary | ||||||||||||||
Matthew Jacobson | QB3 Briding the Gap Award | ||||||||||||||
Shuvo Roy | Innovation Pathway Award - FDA's End Stage Renal Disease Innovation Challenge | ||||||||||||||
Shuvo Roy | Rising Star Award - BayBio Pantheon | ||||||||||||||
Alan Wu | Simon Dack Award for Outstanding Scholarship - Journal of the American College of Cardiology | ||||||||||||||
Alan Wu | Simon Dack Award for Outstanding Scholarship - Journal of the American College of Cardiology | ||||||||||||||
Michael Evans | Pathway to Independence Award, NCI | ||||||||||||||
2011 |
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Mark Von Zastrow | Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Medicine) U.S. National Academies | ||||||||||||||
Melanie Ott | Heinrich Pette Institute Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology Scientific Advisory Board Member | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Scheele Award Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Scientists | ||||||||||||||
Brian Shoichet | Society for Biological Screening Accomplishment Award | ||||||||||||||
James Fraser | Nicholas Cozzarelli Prize for the Best Dissertation MCB - UC Berkeley | ||||||||||||||
James Fraser | Early Independence Award NIH | ||||||||||||||
Michael Fischbach | Packard Fellow | ||||||||||||||
Michael Fischbach | Medical Research Award W.M Keck Foundation | ||||||||||||||
Bruce Conklin | California Academy of Sciences Fellow | ||||||||||||||
2010 |
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Ophir Klein | NIH New Innovator Award | ||||||||||||||
Lauren Weiss | NIH New Innovator Award | ||||||||||||||
Lauren Weiss | NARSAD Young Investigator Award | ||||||||||||||
James Fraser | Warren DeLano Award for Structural Bioinformatics | ||||||||||||||
Michael Fischbach | Sandler Foundation Opportunity Award - Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research | ||||||||||||||
Michael Fischbach | NIH New Innovator Award | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Outstanding Science Award | ||||||||||||||
2009 |
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William Weiss | UCSF Institute for Molecular Medicine Founding Member | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Outstanding Mentor Award Postdoctoral Scholars Association - University of California San Francisco | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Starter Award - March of Dimes Foundation | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | Harold M. Frost Young Investigator Award - American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) | ||||||||||||||
Lauren Weiss | AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar | ||||||||||||||
Esteban Gonzales Burchard | American Society of Clinical Investigators | ||||||||||||||
2008 |
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Melanie Ott | Thomas N. Burbridge Award | ||||||||||||||
Melanie Ott | UCSF Chancellors Award for Public Service | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | Society for Pediatric Research - Elected member | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | Society for Pediatric Research - Elected member | ||||||||||||||
Lauren Weiss | Staglin Family Assistant Professorship | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists - Elected Fellow | ||||||||||||||
Bruce Conklin | Scientific American 50 Award | ||||||||||||||
2007 |
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Kathy Giacomini | Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology Japan International Woman Scientist Award | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress Research Achievement Award | ||||||||||||||
Shuvo Roy | Cleveland Clinic Innovator | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | Lifetime Achievement Award for Translational Research in Breast Cancer, European Society Medical Oncology | ||||||||||||||
2006 |
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William Weiss | Burroughs Wellcome Translational Research Award | ||||||||||||||
Melanie Ott | Hellman Family Award | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences Elected Member | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Distinguished Scientist Award in Drug Metabolism | ||||||||||||||
Matthew Jacobson | UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean’s Recognition for Excellence in Teaching | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | European Breast Cancer Research Award | ||||||||||||||
2005 |
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William Weiss | UCSF Sandler Program in Basic Sciences Research Award | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Award American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Paul Dawson Biotechnology | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | Society for Pediatric Research Fellow Basic Research Award | ||||||||||||||
Laura Vantveer | Medal of Honor, Lyon, France, International Agency for Research on Cancer | ||||||||||||||
2004 |
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Mark Von Zastrow | American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Elected Member | ||||||||||||||
Mark Von Zastrow | NIH Merit Award | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | American Academy of Pediatrics Fellow | ||||||||||||||
Ophir Klein | Pediatric Scientist Development Program NICHD Fellow | ||||||||||||||
Matthew Jacobson | NSF CAREER Award | ||||||||||||||
2003 |
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Brian Shoichet | NSF CAREER Award | ||||||||||||||
Bruce Conklin | American Society for Clinical Investigation | ||||||||||||||
Jim Wells | Hans Neurath Award | ||||||||||||||
2002 |
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Kathy Giacomini | Distinguished Bill Abram's Lectureship U.S. Food and Drug Administration | ||||||||||||||
Deanna Kroetz | American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics - Leon I. Goldberg Young Investigator Award | ||||||||||||||
2001 |
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Mark Von Zastrow | Friends of Langley Porter Endowed Chair for Psychiatric Research UCSF | ||||||||||||||
Brian Shoichet | Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence | ||||||||||||||
1999 |
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Mark Von Zastrow | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers United States Office for Science and Technology Policy | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Scientist of the Year International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Recognition Award for Distinguished Achievement of a Filipino at UCSF University of California San Francisco | ||||||||||||||
1997 |
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Kathy Giacomini | Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women University of California San Francisco | ||||||||||||||
1996 |
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Deanna Kroetz | American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Young Investigator Award in Pharmacokinetics - Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism | ||||||||||||||
1995 |
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Deanna Kroetz | Josephine S. Failer Alumn Award - Ohio State University College of Pharmacy | ||||||||||||||
1994 |
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Mark Von Zastrow | NARSAD Young Investigator Award | ||||||||||||||
Mark Von Zastrow | American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Diplomate | ||||||||||||||
Kathy Giacomini | Martin Luther King Jr. Award for the Advancement of Minorities University of California San Francisco | ||||||||||||||
1990 |
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Kathy Giacomini | American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Leon Goldberg Young Investigator Award |