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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2023-2024 |
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Jason Gestwicki | Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, The Protein Society |
Atul Butte | William W. Stead Award for Thought Leadership in Informatics |
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 |
2021-2022 |
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Shuvo Roy |
Medal of Excellence - Breakthrough Innovations by American Association of Kidney Patients, 2022 |
Shuvo Roy |
KidneyX Artificial Kidney Phase I Prize Winner by KidneyX (public-private partnership between ASN-HHS), 2021 |
Shuvo Roy |
Commendation for Exceptional Volunteerism and University Service - by Organized, Rapid, Intelligent Fabrication (ORIF) Team for UCSF's COVID-19 Pandemic Response, 2021 |
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 |
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 Organization |
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 |