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Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Faculty & Staff

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Yang, Katherine Y., Pharm.D., MPH Yang, Katherine Y., Pharm.D., MPH

  • Current Title(s):
    • Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
  • First Year on UCSF Faculty: 2001
  • Education:
    • Bachelor of Sciences, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994
    • Doctorate in Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, 1998
    • Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of California, San Francisco, 1999
    • Infectious Diseases Residency, University of California, San Francisco, 2000
    • Masters in Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
    • Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, University of Cailfornia, San Francisco, 2001
  • Licensure:
    • Licenciate in Pharmacy, California, 1998
    • Licenciate in Pharmacy, Nevada, 1999
  • Specialty:
    • Epidemiology
    • Infectious Diseases

University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy  C-152, Box 0622, 521 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0622
Phone: (415) 502-6511,  Fax: (415) 476-6632,  Email: yangk@pharmacy.ucsf.edu


Professional Biography
Katherine Y. Yang is a Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacy in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy. She is also the Director of UCSF-South Bay Clerkship Program. Dr. Yang also lectures in various courses in the clinical pharmacy curriculum, and is co-coordinator of the third year clinical pharmacy therapeutics course in infectious diseases. Her main practice site is at the UCSF Children's Hospital, where she is involved with the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinical Consult Service. Dr. Yang's current research involves examining risk factors for pediatric post-surgical infections and infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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