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Keith Yamamoto, PhD
Professor
Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy
Director, UCSF Precision Medicine
Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy
Director, UCSF Precision Medicine
School of Medicine
600 16th St, #S572D
San Francisco, CA 94158
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Education and Training
Overview
Dr. Yamamoto oversees strategic planning as well as research activities at UCSF's school of medicine. After earning a PhD at Princeton, he came to UCSF in 1973. He served as chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology from 1994 to 2003. Dr. Yamamoto is regarded as an international leader in studying the mechanisms of signaling and gene regulation by intracellular receptors. Dr. Yamamoto currently serves as the Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy and the Director of Precision Medicine at UCSF.
In 2022, Yamamoto was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest multidisciplinary scientific society in the world.
In 2022, Yamamoto was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the largest multidisciplinary scientific society in the world.