Jim Uchizono
At Pacific Since: 2000
James A. Uchizono, PharmD, PhD earned his bachelor of science in chemistry and bachelor of science in biology from University of California, Irvine. He earned his doctor of pharmacy and doctor of philosophy in pharmaceutical chemistry from University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Uchizono also interned and worked for Genentech, Inc. He joined the Pacific pharmacy family in 2000. He received the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy’s Teacher of the Year award in 2005 and Pacific’s Eberhardt Teacher/Scholar Award in 2006.
Dr. Uchizono has previously served Pacific as Director of the Pre-Pharmacy Advantage Program, Associate Dean of Pre-Health Programs, Associate Dean of Recruitment, Admission, Enrollment, Graduate Dean (interim) and Associate Provost for Research.
He is a member of American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American Pharmacists Association, California Pharmacists Association, California Society of Health-System Pharmacists and San Joaquin Pharmacists Association.
BS in Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 1985
BS in Biology, University of California, Irvine, 1985
PharmD, University of California, San Francisco, 1990
PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, 2001
Teaching Philosophy
“Teaching students to effectively traverse the unknowns of the educational and professional terrain that healthcare presents.”
Courses
PCSP 210 — Applied Physiochemical Principles
PCSP 223 — Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
PRAC 129 — Dynamics of Student Leadership
PRAC 118 — Professional Communications and Interviewing
Research Summary
"Our research group is primarily involved with the mathematical modeling of static and time-varying, linear and non-linear systems applied to pharmacological and biological cascades, mechanisms, and responses."
Research Interests
- Delayed onset of action of SSRI antidepressants
- Drug tolerance
Scholarly Activity
Tuhin, MTH, Liang D, Liu F, Aldawod H, Amin TU, Ho JS, Emara R, Patel AD, Felmlee MA Park MS, Uchizono JA, Alhamadsheh MA . Peripherally restricted transthyretin-based delivery system for probes and therapeutics avoiding opioid-related side effects. Nat Commun 13, 3590 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31342-z
Chan PG, Meerdink DJ, Uchizono JA. Potential role of the Virchow Robin space in the pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis. Medical Hypothesis 109(2017): 114-8.
Chan PG and Uchizono JA. “Clinical Pharmacokinetics”. in Advanced Pharmacology for Prescribers. Brent Luu, Gerald Kayingo, Virginia McCoy Hass Eds. Spring Publishing Company. 1/e. 2022 (ISBN: 978- 0826195463).
Uchizono JA and Chan PG. “Pharmacodynamics”. in Advanced Pharmacology for Prescribers. Brent Luu, Gerald Kayingo, Virginia McCoy Hass Eds. Spring Publishing Company. 1/e. 2022 (ISBN: 978- 0826195463).
Rodriguez CA*, Teuscher NS, and Uchizono JA, “Linking drug or phytochemical exposure to toxicity.” in Computational Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology. Rudy Richardson and Dale E. Johnson Eds. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK. 2017.
