# Drug Discovery & Development in Pharmaceutical Sciences

**Source**: https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/research/faculty
**Parent**: https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/admissions/meet-our-students

### Drug Discovery & Development in Pharmaceutical Sciences

[Ruben Abagyan, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/abagyan)

Computational Drug Design

[Thibault Alle, PhD](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/alle)

[David N. Bailey, M.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/bailey)

Analytical Toxicology

[Nuno Bandeira, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/bandeira)

Computational Mass Spectrometry in Drug Discovery and Proteomics Biomarkers

[Katharina Brandl, R.Ph., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/brandl)

Pharmacology, Educational Research

[Conor Caffrey, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/caffrey)

Neglected Tropical Diseases

[Edmund Capparelli, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/capparelli)

Pharmacometrics

[Geoffrey Chang, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/chang)

Structural Biology of Transporters and Molecular Evolution of Probes

[Anjan Debnath, Ph.D., M.A.S.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/debnath)

Drug Development for Parasitic Diseases

[Pieter Dorrestein, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/dorrestein)

Analytical Mass Spectrometry

[Sylvia Evans, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/evans)

Cardiology, Cardiac Stem Cells

[Fleur M. Ferguson, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/ferguson)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

[Michael K. Gilson, Ph.D., M.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/gilson)

Computer-Aided Drug Design, Biophysical Theory and Modeling

[David J. Gonzalez, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/gonzalez)

Host-Microbe Interaction

[Tracy M. Handel, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/handel)

Structural Studies of chemokines and their G Protein-Coupled Receptors

[Vivian Hook, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/hook)

Protease-Peptide Pharmacology, Neurological & Degenerative Disease

[Irina Kufareva, Ph.D](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/kufareva)

Architectural Principles of Cell Signaling

[James McKerrow, Ph.D., M.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/mckerrow)

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD’s)

[Tadeusz Molinski, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/molinski)

Natural Products Drug Design

[Bradley S. Moore, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/moore)

Marine Genomics & Drug Development

[Victor Nizet, M.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/nizet)

Infectious Disease & Immunology, Antimicrobial Drug Discovery

[Anthony O’Donoghue, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/odonoghue)

Proteolytic Enzymes that are Involved in Disease

[Zoran Radić, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/radic)

Cholinesterase Catalysis, Drug Discovery

[Dionicio Siegel, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/siegel)

Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Chemical Biology

[Jair L. Siqueira-Neto, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/siqueira-neto)

Tropical Diseases

[Palmer Taylor, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/taylor)

Molecular Recognition in the Cholinergic Nervous System

[Dong Wang, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/wang)

Transcription, DNA damage & Repair Anticancer Drugs

[Elizabeth Winzeler, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/winzeler)

Drug Development for Microbial Pathogens

### Clinical Pharmacy

[Jacinda (JAM) Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH, AAHIVP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/abdul-mutakabbir)

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

Pain and Palliative Care

[Linda Awdishu, Pharm.D., MAS](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/awdishu)

Kidney Diseases and Kidney Transplantation

[Brookie Best, PharmD, M.A.S.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/best)

Pharmacokinetics, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases

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

Pharmacoeconomics

[Charles E. Daniels, B.S. Pharm, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/daniels)

Pharmacoeconomics, Medication Use Systems, Pharmacy Technology

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

Solid Organ Transplant

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

Diabetes, Ambulatory Medicine

[Inmaculada (Inma) Hernandez, Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/hernandez)

Clinical Outcomes of Anticoagulants

[Doug Humber, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/humber)

Cardiology, Acute Care, Critical Care

[Jamie Kneebusch, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/kneebusch)

Psychiatry and Substance Use Disorders

[Jennifer Le, PharmD, MAS, FIDSA, FCCP, FCSHP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/le)

Infectious Diseases and Clinical Pharmacology

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

Psychiatry, Burnout, Well-Being, Suicide, Pharmacogenomics

[Alex Luli, Pharm.D., BCACP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/luli)

Community and Ambulatory Care Pharmacy

[Joseph D. Ma, Pharm.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/ma)

Pain and Palliative Care, Pharmacokinetics, Drug metabolism

[Christina Mnatzaganian, Pharm.D., BCACP, APh](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/mnatzaganian)

Community and Ambulatory Care Pharmacy

[Jeremiah D. Momper, Pharm.D., Ph.D.](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/momper)

Kidney Transplantation, Drug Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics

[Candis M. Morello, Pharm.D., APh, CDCES, FCSHP, FASHP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/morello)

Diabetes, Experiential Education

[Jennifer M. Namba, Pharm.D., APh, BCPS](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/namba)

Acute Care/Intensive Care, Transitions of Care

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

Family Medicine, Diabetes

[Nimish Patel, Pharm.D., Ph.D., AAHIVP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/patel)

Infectious Diseases Outcomes Research and Pharmacoepidemiology

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

Hematology/Oncology and Blood & Marrow Transplant

[Raymond Suhandynata, Ph.D., DABCC](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/suhandynata)

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

Liver Transplantation, Drug metabolism, Pharmacokinetics

[Andrew Willeford, PharmD, PhD, BCCP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/willeford)

[Brittany Wright, PharmD, BCACP](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/wright)

[Zaid Yousif, PharmD, MAS](https://pharmacy.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty/yousif)