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| Faculty Name | Research Interests | |
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| SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY | ||
| Nina Agabian PhD Cell & Tissue Biology |
Candida pathogenesis | |
| Diane Barber PhD Cell & Tissue Biology |
Tumor metastasis | |
| Susan Fisher PhD Cell & Tissue Biology |
Structure-function relationships involving oligosaccharides, human placental biology, and human embryonic stem cells | |
| Stuart Gansky DPH Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci |
Biostatistics, data mining, health disparities, health literacy | |
| Stefan Habelitz PhD Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci |
Dentin mineralization | |
| Michael McMaster PhD Cell & Tissue Biology |
Disorders of pregnancy, human development, stem cell biology | |
| Daniel Ramos DDS PhD Orofacial Sciences |
Tumor cell biology/extracellular matrix; integrins | |
| Francisco Ramos-Gomez DDS MS MPH PhD / Orofacial Sciences | Pediatric dentistry | |
| Mark Ryder DMD Orofacial Sciences |
Tobacco effects on the host response, Clinical studies on periodontal disease treatment including systemic and local drug delivery, and regeneration approaches | |
| Brian Schmidt DDS MD PhD Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery |
Oral cancer | |
| Caroline Shiboski DDS MPH PhD Orofacial Sciences |
Oral HIV infection | |
| Margaret Walsh MS EdD Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci |
Tobacco prevention and cessation | |
| Jane Weintraub DDS MPH Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci. |
Oral epidemiology, dental public health, oral health disparities, clinical research focused on preventive methods | |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | ||
| Andrew Auerbach MD MPH Medicine/Hospitalist |
Translating widely accepted 'best-practices' in perioperative care into wide practice; medical consultation, inflammation, perioperative cardiac risk | |
| Colette Auerswald MD Pediatrics Adolescent Med |
Training outreach workers to test homeless youth for STIs and HIV in the field and to treat STI positive youth for their infections | |
| John Balmes MD Medicine/Occupational & Environmental Med |
Air pollutants, asthma | |
| Joshua Bamberger MD MPH Family & Community Med |
Homelessness, hepatitis C, HIV, housing and health care of the urban poor | |
| David Bangsberg MD MPH Medicine-SFGH/Epicenter |
HIV health and treatment outcomes in the homeless and urban poor with the following areas of interest: adherence, HIV antiretroviral resistance, mental health, drug use, health service use | |
| Larry Baskin MD Urology |
Prospective outcomes of children with urinary tract infections, hypospadias, genital tubercle differentiation and endocrine disruptors | |
| Harold Bernstein MD PhD Pediatrics Cardiology & CVRI |
Developmental biology | |
| Sigurd Berven MD Orthopaedic Surgery |
Clinical outcomes in orthopaedic surgery, basic science of intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration | |
| Andrew Bindman MD Medicine-SFGH/GIM |
Health care disparities, access to primary care, variation in practice, health policy | |
| Dennis Black PhD Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Osteoporosis, observational databases | |
| Jeffrey Bluestone PhD Medicine/Diabetes Center |
Understanding the basic processes that control T cell activation and tolerance | |
| Robert Brasch MD Radiology |
Development of new MRI contrast agents and imaging techniques to quantitatively monitor tumor angiogenesis, using primarily small animal models and computer modeling | |
| Paula Braveman MD MPH Family & Community Medicine Director, Center on Social Disparities in Health |
Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health, particularly maternal and infant health; measurement of health disparities; measurement of socioeconomic status/position | |
| Jeanette Brown MD Obstetrics, Gynecology & RS |
Lower urinary tract function in women | |
| Laura Bull PhD Medicine-SFGH/Liver Center |
Genetics of liver and intestinal disease in people and animal models | Peter Carroll MD Urology |
Prostate, bladder, kidney cancer, health outcomes, health-related quality of life |
| Henry Chambers MD Medicine-SFGH/Infectious Disease |
Animicrobial resistance, microbial pathogenesis, staphylococcal infections | |
| June Chan ScD Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Prostate cancer epidemiology, modifiable risk factors for incidence and mortality and quality of life | |
| Ben Cheyette MD PhD Psychiatry |
How Wnt signaling (an intercellular signaling pathway) contributes to mammalian brain development and mammalian behavior, especially with relevance to mental illness | |
| Mary Margaret Chren MD Dermatology |
Measurement and improvement of complex health outcomes for patients with multiple chronic conditions | |
| James Cleaver PhD Dermatology |
DNA repair, ultraviolet photobiology, skin cancer, human genetics, and neurodegeneration | |
| Fergus Coakley MD Radiology |
Endorectal MR imaging and MR spectrosopic imaging of the prostate | |
| Craig Cohen MD Emergency Medicine |
(1) women controlled STI/HIV prevention methods (2) Gender inequalities and socio-economic interventions for girls; (3) migration and reproductive health risks among youth; (4) STI and pregnancy risks associated with adolescents' social and sexual networks (5 ) STI immunopathogenesis | |
| Morton Cowan MD Pediatrics BMT |
Induction of tolerance to hematopoietic stem cells in fetal recipients and maturation of T and B cell immunity in severe combined immunodeficiency disease post transplantation and gene therapy | |
| Lindsey Criswell MD MPH Medicine/Rheumatology |
Genetics and epidemiology of human autoimmune diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus | |
| Philip Darney MD Obstetrics, Gynecology & RS |
Epidemiologic research and analysis; contraception and abortion studies | |
| John Davis MD MPH Medicine/Rheumatology |
Autoimmune disease, immunotherapy | |
| Eliana Delgado MD Orthopaedic Surgery |
Teaching healthcare providers (MD,PA, NR,MA, LVN etc) cultural competence in our increasingly cultural diverse population | |
| Raymond Deicken MD Psychiatry |
MRI and MRSI imaging in psychiatric disease | |
| Ivan Diamond MD PhD Neurology |
Cellular and molecular basis of alcoholism and addiction | |
| William Dillon MD Radiology |
Stroke and vascular imaging, head and neck imaging, spine imaging, brain tumor and spectroscopy | |
| Grant Dorsey MD PhD Medicine-SFGH/Infectious Disease |
Clinical & molecular studies of malaria in Africa | |
| Jacque Duncan MD Ophthalmology |
Retinal degeneration | |
| Edmond Eger II MD Anesthesia |
How do inhaled anesthetics act? | |
| Charles Epstein MD Pediatrics Genetics |
Downs syndrome, genetics, animal models | |
| Laura Esserman MD Surgery |
Breast cancer prevention | |
| John Fahy MD Medicine/Pulmonary |
Asthma, cystic fibrosis, genetics | |
| Sandy Feng MD PhD Surgery |
Organ allocation policy; descriptions of liver and kidney quality; interactions between liver and kidney organ quality and recipient disease severity; individualization of immunosuppression | |
| Donna Ferriero MS MD Pediatrics/Neurology |
Neuroscience — developmental brain injury, cerebral palsy, MRI and MR spectroscopy | |
| Robert Fletterick PhD Biochemistry |
Protein crystallography of human spindle proteins, thyroid hormone receptor | |
| Lawrence Fisher PhD Family & Community Med |
Diabetes, chronic illness, behavioral and outcomes research | |
| Anne Foster-Rosales MD Obstetrics, Gynecology & RS |
Maternal mortality and morbidity in Central America | |
| Alan Frankel PhD Biochemistry |
RNA-binding proteins, RNA-binding peptides | |
| Lynda Frassetto MD Medicine/GCRC |
Acid-base, electrolyte physiology | |
| Elena Fuentes-Afflick MD MPH Pediatrics-SFGH |
Perinatal epidemiology, pediatric health outcomes | |
| Michael German MD Medicine/Diabetes Center |
Diabetes, stem cells, islet development | |
| Claude Genain MD Neurology |
Immunology of demyelinating syndromes | |
| Ruby Ghadially MD Dermatology |
Basal cell carcinoma stem cells (cancer stem cells) | |
| Stanton Glantz PhD Medicine/Cardiology |
Secondhand smoke, tobacco control | |
| Orit Glenn MD Radiology |
Magnetic resonance imaging of fetal and pediatric brain development | |
| Deborah Grady MD MPH Medicine/CTSI |
Menopause and postmenopausal hormone therapy | |
| Kevin Grumbach MD Family & Community Med |
Primary care, access to care, health workforce, racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions, care of underserved populations, impact of managed care on physician practice, evaluation of quality improvement | |
| Daphne Haas-Kogan MD Medicine/Radiation Oncology |
Malignant glioma, signal transduction | |
| Hobart Harris MD Surgery |
Cellular stress response, pancreatitis, hepatitis, heat shock response | |
| Melvin Heyman MD MPH Pediatrics/Gastroenterology |
Pediatric GI, specifically pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (epidemiology, treatment trials, genetics) and gastroesophageal reflux disease; pediatric nutrition, focus on school nutrition, obesity (ethnic variation), infant nutrition, and nutrition in chronic disease | |
| Charles Higgins MD Radiology |
MRI-guided cardiovascular therapy | |
| Wen-Chi Hsueh MPH PhD Medicine/Genetics |
Genetic epidemiology of aging- and endocrine- related traits. Students interested in studying human genetics using large populations are encouraged to contact Dr. Hsueh for further discussion. Several excellent datasets are available for studies, including data from extended families in a founder population and large cohorts of unrelated individuals. Students will have choices in identifying their suitable projects, such as epidemiological analysis, linkage studies and genetic association studies, depending on their research interests and background. Students are welcome to participate in on-going projects or initiate a feasible pilot project. On-going projects include the following: 1) Genetic epidemiology of diurnal preference and its relationship with aging in a founder population 2) Candidate gene studies of obesity and type 2 diabetes 3) Genetic epidemiology of telomere length and its relationship with aging in a founder population |
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| Laurence Huang MD Medicine/Positive Health Program |
HIV-associated pulmonary Diseases; pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP); HIV/AIDS and pulmonary disease in resource-limited countries; see Research in Africa | |
| Michael Humphreys MD Medicine-SFGH/Nephrology |
Sodium metabolism, salt-sensitive hypertension, and the pathophysiology of edema formation | |
| Thomas Hunt MD Surgery |
Wound healing, wound infection, angiogenesis | |
| Nola Hylton PhD Radiology |
MRI imaging techniques for characterization of breast disease | |
| Mark Jacobson MD Medicine/Positive Health Program |
AIDS-related opportunistic infections, immune reconstitution in AIDS, cytomegalovirus disease, CMV and HIV vaccines | |
| Robert Jaffe MD MS Obstetrics, Gynecology & RS |
Angiogenesis and ovarian cancer | |
| Ronald Jensen PhD Lab Med and Cancer Center |
Molecular genetic analysis of human cancer | |
| Clay Johnston MD Neurology |
Epidemiology of cerebrovascular diseases | |
| Christopher Kane MD Urology |
Prostate cancer outcomes projects using the CaPSURE database; kidney cancer outcomes projects utilizing our urologic oncology database | |
| Chris Kiefer PhD Psychiatry |
Access to health care, underserved populations | |
| Hubert Kim MD PhD Orthopaedic Surgery |
Cartilage injury and repair, mesechymal stem cells, muscle degeneration | |
| Margaret Knudson MD Surgery |
Trauma/Critical Care including resuscitation; brain injury; injury prevention and control; simulation | |
| John Kornak PhD Radiology |
Statistical methods for medical imaging | |
| Thomas Kornberg PhD Biochemistry & Biohysics |
Gene expression, cell-cell signaling, organogenesis | |
| Miriam Kuppermann PhD MPH Obstetrics, Gynecology & RS |
Outcomes research, patient decision-making, prenatal genetic testing, women's health | |
| Nancy Lane MD UC Davis Medicine and Rheumatology |
Osteoarthritis, osteonecrosis, bone turnover | |
| Patricia Leake PhD Otolaryngology |
Cochlear implants, auditory system development and plasticity | |
| Hal Lee MD Medicine |
Assessing and improving access to subspecialty care | |
| Stanley Leong MD Surgery |
Outcome, genetics and immunotherapy studies of melanoma | |
| Jay Levy MD Medicine/Hematology Oncology |
HIV/AIDS | |
| Thomas Lietman MD Ophthalmology |
Trachoma | |
| Jeffrey Lotz PhD Orthopaedic Surgery |
Biomechanics, degeneration of intervertebal discs | |
| Sharmila Majumdar PhD Radiology |
Functional musculoskeletal imaging, diagnostic tools for osteoarthritis: serum biomarkers & MRI | |
| Jeffrey Martin MD MPH Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Infectious diseases clinical research | |
| Katherine Matthay MD Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology |
Pediatric neuroblastoma, therapy | |
| Keith McBurnett PhD Psychiatry |
ADHD and related disorders of learning and behavior | |
| Charles McCulloch PhD Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Statistical analyses, especially repeated measures or longitudinal data | |
| Joseph (Mike) McCune MD PhD Medicine-SFGH/CTSI |
Diversity of T cell receptors displayed by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and the impact of HIV disease | |
| James McKerrow MD PhD Pathology |
Development and clinical testing of diagnostic assays for assessing prostate and breast cancer progression, and drug design, development | |
| Michael McManus PhD Medicine/Diabetes Center |
Biological processes relating to RNA interference pathways, using the mouse as a model, including the study of small (18-26 nucleotide) regulatory RNAs of biological significance, such as microRNAs, and the genetic factors involved in small RNA genesis | |
| Patrick McQuillen MD Pediatrics Critical Care |
Early brain injury | |
| Bruce Miller MD Neurology and Psychiatry |
Degenerative dementias, the frontal lobes and behavior, neuroimaging | |
| Suellen Miller PhD CNM Obstetrics, Gynecology & RS/Global Health Institute |
International maternal mortality reduction | |
| Walter Miller MD Pediatrics Endocrinology |
Molecular biology of steroid hormone biosynthesis | |
| Mark Moasser MD Medicine/Hematology Oncology |
Characterization of a novel cell cycle substrate of src kinases | |
| Anna-Barbara Moscicki MD Pediatrics Adolescent Med |
Natural history of HPV and CIN 2 in adolescents and young women; specifically, factors associated with persistence or clearance of HPV such as hormonal influences and immune responses; also mucosal immune responses of the vagina/cervix to pathogens | |
| Edward Murphy MD MPH Laboratory Medicine |
Epidemiology of human retroviruses (HTLV and HIV) | |
| Payam Nahid MD MPH Medicine/Pulmonary |
Tuberculosis research — including clinical, translational, molecular epidemiologic, and programmatic projects | |
| Mayumi Nakagawa MD Laboratory Medicine |
Cell mediated immune response to human papillomavirus | |
| Willis Navarro MD Medicine |
Autologous stem cell transplant, flow cytometry | |
| Thomas Newman MD MPH Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Pediatrics |
Epidemiology of neonatal brain disorders including cerebral palsy, perinatal stroke, and kernicterus | |
| Linda Noble PhD Neurological Surgery |
Mechanisms of recovery after brain and spinal cord injury | |
| Jorge Oksenberg PhD Neurology |
Genetics of MS and pharmacogentics | |
| Dean Ornish MD Medicine |
Diet and lifestyle modification on disease processes | |
| Seymour Packman MD Pediatrics Genetics |
Epidemiology of neonatal brain disorders including cerebral palsy, perinatal stroke, and kernicterus | |
| Nancy Padian PhD Obstetrics, Gynecology & RS |
HIV, international health | |
| Joel Palefsky MD Medicine/Infectious Disease |
Human papillomaviruses, anogenital Neoplasia, genetics, HIV, EBV | |
| Catherine Park MD Radiation Oncology |
Radiation therapy | |
| Colin Partridge MD MPH Pediatrics Neonatology |
Obstetric and neonatology decision making | |
| Marion Peters MD Medicine/Gastroenterology |
Chronic liver disease: translational research | |
| Russell Pieper PhD Neurological Surgery |
Cell signaling events that lead to brain tumor formation and/or influence the response of brain tumors to targeted therapeutic agents | |
| Samuel Pleasure MD PhD Neurology |
Cortical and hippocampal development; disorders of neuronal development | |
| Jean Pouliot PhD Radiation Oncology |
Radiation therapy, prostate cancer | |
| Richard Price MD Neurology |
Neurology and neuorpathogenesis of HIV infection and AIDS | |
| Jennifer Puck MD Pediatrics Immunology/Rheumatology |
Gene defects, molecular mechanisms, natural history, early diagnosis and management of primary disorders of the immune system; particular interests in development of newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency | |
| Christian Puttlitz PhD Orthopaedic Trauma Center |
Biomechanics | |
| Louis Reichardt PhD Biochemistry & Biophysics |
Neurosciences, adhesion molecules | |
| Steven Rosen PhD Anatomy |
Downregulation of inflammatory response, L-selectins | |
| Philip Rosenthal MD Medicine-SFGH/Infectious Disease |
Malaria, drug resistence | |
| Michael Rowbotham MD Neurology |
Neuropathic pain | |
| Dean Schillinger MD Medicine-SFGH/GIM |
Health communication and literacy, chronic disease care, diabetes, primary care outcomes research | |
| Mary-Ann Shafer MD Pediatrics Adolescent Med |
Adolescents, STDs, chlamydia | |
| Kevin Shannon MD Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology |
Molecular genetics of childhood leukemia | |
| Dean Sheppard MD Medicine-SFGH/Lung Biology Center |
In vivo function of members of the integrin family; molecular mechanisms of lung disease | |
| Marc Shuman MD Medicine/Hematology Oncology |
NSAID intervention in men who are diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer but elect not to undergo definitive treatment | |
| Ida Sim MD PhD Medicine/GIM |
Bioinformatics | |
| Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD Radiology |
Prenatal diagnostic ultrasound, mammography outcomes | |
| Karen Smith McCune MD PhD Obstetrics, Gynecology & RS |
Cervical cancer spanning the basic pathophysiology, mucosal immunity, and intervention trials for treating precancers of the cervix | |
| James Sonner MD Anesthesia |
Mechanism of anesthetic action; molecular mechanisms underlying disorders of consciousness | |
| Robert Stamper MD Ophthalmology |
Clinical ophthalmology | |
| Michael Stryker PhD Physiology |
Physiology and anatomy of neural circuits, signaling, visual cortex function | |
| William Taeusch MD Pediatrics Neonatology SFGH |
ARDS, pediatric lung diseases | |
| Laurence Tecott MD PhD Psychiatry |
Central regulation of feeding and mood | |
| Thea Tlsty PhD Pathology Director, Cell Cycling and Signaling Program, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Regulation of genomic integrity, study of cellular systems which respond to DNA damage, stromal/epithelial interactions, cell cycle checkpoints, regulation of gene amplification and the formation of other chromosomal abnormalities, nuclear architecture and chemical carcinogenesis | |
| Sophia Vinogradov MD Psychiatry |
Cognition and schizophrenia | |
| Girish Vyas PhD Laboratory Medicine |
HIV vaccine development, cell-mediate immune response | |
| Frederic Waldman MD PhD Lab Med, Cancer Ctr, Urology |
Cancer genetics—genomic alterations in breast and genitourinary malignancies | |
| Steven Wang MD Otolaryngology |
Head and neck cancer progression and treatment resistance | |
| William Weiss MD PhD Neurology |
Neuroblastoma | |
| Zena Werb PhD Anatomy |
Proteases and angiogenesis in cancer | |
| Mary Whooley MD Medicine/GIM Heart and Soul Study |
Clinical research, cardiovascular disease, mental health in medicine | |
| Joseph Wiemels PhD Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Experiments and statistical analyses to explore a question on the etiology of leukemia, brain cancer, or lung cancer | |
| Max Wintermark MD Radiology |
Stroke CT and MR imaging research, including perfusion-CT; CT imaging of intracranial aneurysm; CT imaging of vasospasm; CT and MRI evaluation of carotid atherosclerotic diseases; Correlation of carotid and coronary artery imaging | |
| John Witte PhD Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Genetic epidemiology of prostate cancer | |
| David Wofsy MD Medicine-VAMC/Rheumatology |
Autoimmune rheumatic diseases | |
| Alan Wu PhD Laboratory Medicine |
The use and interpretation of clinical laboratory tests | |
| Yvonne Wu MD MPH Pediatric Neurology |
Risk factors for cerebral palsy, perinatal stroke, and neonatal encephalopathy; epidemiology of neonatal brain disorders | |
| Spencer Yost MD Anesthesia |
Liver transplant, pulse spectrophotometry | |
| William Young MD Anesthesia |
Cerebrovascular disease; integrative study of brain vascular malformations | |
| Lee Zane MD MAS Dermatology |
Acne vulgaris: pathogenesis, treatment, psychological effects, pharmaco-epidemiology of isotretinoin, health state utilities, hyperandrogenic states | |
| SCHOOL OF NURSING | ||
| Catherine Chesla RN DNSc Family Health Care Nursing |
Family health in chronic illness-type 2 diabetes; relationships and health; patient and family experience of illness; Interpretive (postmodern) methods | |
| Marylin Dodd RN PhD FAAN Physiological Nursing |
Oncology symptom management | |
| Susan Janson DNSc RN-CS Community Health Systems |
Asthma research | |
| Christine Miaskowski RN PhD FAAN Physiological Nursing |
Pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, depression in patients with cancer and their family caregivers; genetics of symptoms | |
| Geraldine Padilla PhD Associate Dean for Research |
Disease, treatment, and care predictors of quality of life in persons with cancer and other chronic illnesses; appraisal and adaptation, culture and environment, self-care, and symptom management; quality of life in long term cancer survivors; nursing research on HIV/AIDS health disparities; cancer prevention in the Philippines; and smoking cessation | |
| SCHOOL OF PHARMACY | ||
| Brian Alldredge PharmD Clinical Pharmacy |
Epilepsy, pharmacogenetics, medication/patient safety | |
| Francesca Aweeka PharmD Clinical Pharmacy |
HIV pharmacology | |
| Leslie Benet PhD Biopharmaceutical Sciences |
Enzyme-transporter interplay, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, high-throughput microfluidic systems to investigate drug metabolisms and transport in animals and humans | |
| Lisa Bero PhD Clinical Pharmacy |
Evidence-based practice, pharmaceutical policy, tobacco control policy | |
| Esteban Burchard MD PhD Biopharmaceutical Sciences |
Asthma genetics, pharmacogenetics, race/admixture | |
| Xin Chen PhD Biopharmaceutical Sciences |
Cancer genetics, genomics and pharmacogenomics | |
| Patrick Finley PharmD Clinical Pharmacy |
Women’s health | |
| Kathleen Giacomini PhD Biopharmaceutical Sciences |
Pharmacogenomics and particular focus on pharmacogenomics related to genetic variation in membrane transporters; a broad range of drugs are studied including anti-cancer, anti-viral and anti-diabetic agents; our group focuses on identifying a genetic basis for drug toxicity and efficacy | |
| Deanna Kroetz PhD Biopharmaceutical Sciences |
Pharmaco-genomics | |
| Jeff Lansman PhD Cellular & Molecular Pharm |
Calcium channels modulation in neurons Mechanosensitive ion channels Ion channels in degenerative disease or skeletal and cardiac muscle | |
| Kathryn Phillips PhD Clinical Pharmacy Health Economics and Health Services Research Institute for Health Policy Studies Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Health services research, quantitative policy analysis, and applied health economics; utilization and cost-effectiveness of preventive services (cancer screening) and pharmaceuticals; impact of managed care on access to care and utilization of services; economic implications of genetic screening and pharmacogenomics (the use of genetic information to individualize drug therapy); assessing patient preferences for care using willingness-to-pay methods; women’s reproductive health and access to contraceptives and abortion | |
| Russell Pieper PhD Pharmacy and Medicine/Neurological Surgery |
Cell signaling events that lead to brain tumor formation and/or influence the response of brain tumors to targeted therapeutic agents | |
| Leslie Wilson PhD Clinical Pharmacy |
Health economics and health policy: oncology; parasitic diseases and diagnostics; biotechnology drug economic and outcome evaluation; decision analysis and cost effectiveness analysis; cost utility analysis; California health policy such as workman’s compensation economics | |