Dean- School of Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Kathy Giacomini, Dean of the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy, is a leader in the field of membrane transporters with a focus on genetic polymorphisms. She cloned, characterized and discovered the endogenous role of the human transporter, OCT1 (SLC22A1), and recently de-orphaned SLC22A24 and SLC22A15, discovering physiologic and pharmacologic substrates of both transporters. Together with others, she co-founded the International Transporter Consortium and the Pharmacogenomics Global Research Network. She is the Co-Principal Investigator of the UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Sciences and Innovation, funded by the Food and Drug Administration. She has received numerous awards including an honorary doctorate degree from Uppsala University and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Keynote: Health Disparities in Basic Science: Implications for Pharmacological Research
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET