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Courses and Course Chairs
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# Courses and Course Chairs

**Source**: https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/courses-and-course-chairs
**Parent**: https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/admissions/admissions-general-information

## Advanced Professional Practice

- [Jennifer M. Namba, Pharm.D., APh, BCPS](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/namba)
- [Niamh Higgins, PharmD, MSc, AAHIVP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/higgins)
- Stephanie Matinpour, Pharm.D.

## Anatomy for Pharmacists

- [Timothy Bassell, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/bassell)
- [Paul Kingston, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/kingston)
- [Jason Konop, M.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/sites/default/files/BIO - Jason Konop.pdf)

## Applied Pharmacoeconomics

- [Mark Bounthavong, Pharm.D., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/bounthavong)
- [Aryana Sepassi, PharmD, MAS](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/sepassi)

## Cannabis Pharmacology & Therapeutics

- [Jill Simonian, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/sites/default/files/Jill Simonian Bio.pdf)

## Cardiovascular System

- [William Penny, M.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/william.penny)

## Concepts of Pharmacy Practice

- [Irina Gutman, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/gutman)
- Christina Le, Pharm.D.

## Contemporary Topics in Pharmacology

- [April Lukowski, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/lukowski)
- [Chitra Mandyam, Ph.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/chitra.mandyam)
- [Ulka Vijapurkar, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/vijapurkar)

## Conversational Spanish for Pharmacy Students (Beginning & Intermediate)

- Xochitl Cortez Gonzalez, Ph.D., R.Pharm
- [Eduardo Fricovsky, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/fricovsky)

## Critical Care Medicine

- [Farivar Jahansouz, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/jahansouz)
- [Jennifer M. Namba, Pharm.D., APh, BCPS](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/namba)

## Current Concepts in Pharmacy Legislation

- Rachel Sperling, Pharm.D.

## Diabetes Care

- [Eduardo Fricovsky, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/fricovsky)

## Ecological and Medicinal Aspects of Natural Products

- [William Gerwick, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/node/142)

## Endocrinology, Reproduction, and Metabolism

- [Mai Hoang, M.D., FACOG](https://providers.ucsd.edu/details/33156/obstetrics-gynecology)
- [Nandi Shah, M.D.](https://providers.ucsd.edu/details/1538690235/endocrinology)

## Exploring the Intersection of Racism, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Vaccine Equity

- [Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, Pharm.D., MPH, AAHIVP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/abdul-mutakabbir)

## Free Clinic Management

- [Eduardo Fricovsky, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/fricovsky)
- [Alex Luli, Pharm.D., BCACP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/luli)

## Gastrointestinal System & Nutrition

- [Lars Eckmann, M.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/lars.eckmann)

## Hematology

- [Erin Reid, M.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/erin.reid)
- [Ida Wong-Sefidan, M.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/ida.wong-sefidan)

## Hepatitis Free San Diego Collaborative

- [Shirley M. Tsunoda, Pharm.D., FCCP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/tsunoda)

## Human Teratology

- [Christina Chambers, Ph.D., M.P.H.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/christina.chambers)
- [Annika Montag, Ph.D.](https://medschool.ucsd.edu/som/pediatrics/Divisions/dysmorphology/education/Pages/research-trainees.aspx)

## Immunology

- [Katharina Brandl, R.Ph., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/brandl)
- [Jack Bui, M.D](https://providers.ucsd.edu/details/11573/jack-bui-cancer-pathology-san_diego)

## Introduction to Clinical Oncology: The War on Cancer

- Linda Barnachea, M.D.
- [Ila M. Saunders, Pharm.D., BCOP, DipACLM, FHOPA](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/saunders)

## Introduction to Health Care Systems and Policy

- [Inmaculada (Inma) Hernandez, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/hernandez)
- [Aryana Sepassi, PharmD, MAS](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/sepassi)

## Introduction to Python for Healthcare Professionals

- [Mark Bounthavong, Pharm.D., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/bounthavong)

## Laboratory Medicine

- [Robert Fitzgerald, Ph.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/robert.fitzgerald)
- [Raymond Suhandynata, Ph.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/raymond.suhandynata)

## Law and Ethics

- [Steve W. Gray, Pharm.D., J.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/gray)
- [John Jones, J.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/jones)
- [Kenneth Schell, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/experiential-education-pediatrics)

## Managed Care

- Eric Borrelli, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

## Microbiology

- [Sinem Beyhan, Ph.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/sinem.beyhanpelvan)
- [Ahnika Kline, M.D., Ph.D.](https://prepare.ucsd.edu/our-team/faculty/ahnika-kline.html)

## Pain & Palliative Care

- [Rabia Atayee, Pharm.D., BCPS, APh, FAAHPM](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/atayee)

## Pediatric Pharmacotherapy

- [Ron D’Ulisse, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/sites/default/files/BIO - Ron DUlisse.pdf)
- [Gale Romanowski, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/romanowski)

## Pharmaceutical Chemistry

- [Ruben Abagyan, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/abagyan)
- Jonathan Hagopian, Ph.D.
- [Tracy Handel, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/handel)
- [Vivian Hook, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/hook)
- [Dionicio Siegel, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/siegel)
- [Dong Wang, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/wang)

## Pharmaceutics

- Maria De Risi, Pharm.D.
- Tarek El-Ansary, Pharm.D.
- [Jeremiah Momper, Pharm.D., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/momper)
- Yazdi Pithavala, Ph.D.
- [Chantal Reed, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/reed)

## Pharmacogenomics

- [Geoffrey Chang, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/node/136)
- [Joseph Ma, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/ma)

## Pharmacy Informatics

- [Nuno Bandiera, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/bandeira)

## Pharmacy Practice

- Maria De Risi, Pharm.D.
- [Eduardo Fricovsky, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/fricovsky)
- Christina Le, Pharm.D., BCPS
- [Alex Luli, Pharm.D., BCACP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/luli)
- [Nathan A. Painter, Pharm.D., CDCES, FADCES, FCCP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/painter)
- [Brittany Wright, PharmD, BCACP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/wright)

## Pharmacy Topics in Endocrinology

- [Chris Armour, M.D., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/armour)
- [Stephen Schneid, MHPE](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/stephen.schneid)

## Principles of Pharmacoepidemiology

- [Mark Bounthavong, Pharm.D., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Bounthavong)
- [Zaid Yousif, PharmD, MAS](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/yousif)

## Principles of Pharmacology and Physiology

- [Katharina Brandl, R.Ph., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/brandl)
- [Stephen Schneid, MHPE](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/stephen.schneid)

## Pulmonary System

- [Wael Elmaraachli, M.D.](https://providers.ucsd.edu/details/22323/pulmonology-(lung))
- [Tatum Simonson, Ph.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/tatum.simonson)

## Renal System

- [Dena Rifkin, M.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/dena.rifkin)
- [Tyler Woodell, M.D.](https://providers.ucsd.edu/details/33118/nephrology-(kidney))

## Solid Organ Transplant

- [Ashley Feist, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/feist)

## Special Topics in Psychiatry

- [Kelly C. Lee, Pharm.D., M.A.S., BCPP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/lee)

## Study Design & Biostatistics

- [Mark Bounthavong, Pharm.D., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/Bounthavong)
- [Zaid Yousif, PharmD, MAS](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/yousif)

## Substance Abuse Prevention

- [Nathan A. Painter, Pharm.D., CDCES, FADCES, FCCP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/painter)

## Team-Based Learning Program

- [Chris Armour, M.D., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/armour)
- [Stephen Schneid, MHPE](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/stephen.schneid)

## Therapeutics

- [Ashley Feist, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/feist)
- [Doug Humber, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/humber)
- [Farivar Jahansouz, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/jahansouz)
- [Jamie Kneebusch, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/kneebusch)
- [Jennifer Le, PharmD, MAS, FIDSA, FCCP, FCSHP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/le)
- [Nimish Patel, Pharm.D., Ph.D., AAHIVP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/patel)
- [Ila M. Saunders, Pharm.D., BCOP, DipACLM, FHOPA](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/saunders)
- [Kimberly Won, PharmD, APh, BCCCP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/won)

## Tobacco Cessation Medication Management

- [Timothy Chen, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/sites/default/files/BIO - Timothy Chen.pdf)
- [Alex Luli, Pharm.D., BCACP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/luli)

## Veterinary Pharmacy

- [Margo Karriker, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/karriker)

## VR Manipulations of Drug-Macromolecule Structural Interactions

- [Zoran Radic, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/radic)

## Wellbeing: A Dose of Vitamin Me

- [Desiree Shapiro, M.D.](https://profiles.ucsd.edu/desiree.shapiro)

[Listing of Faculty Textbook Authors](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty-textbook-authors)