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Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Leslie Z. Benet, Professor and past Chairman of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, received his AB, BS and MS from the University of Michigan, PhD from UCSF, as well as 9 honorary doctorates. His recent studies have addressed the theoretical and experimental inadequacies of IVIVE (in vitro-in vivo extrapolation), misconceptions concerning the model dependence of clearance and limitations of the extended clearance model when transporters are incorporated. In 1987 he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences. He has published >600 scientific papers, holds 12 patents and has been listed by Clarivate Analytics among the most highly cited pharmacologists worldwide with his peer reviewed publications being referenced >29,000 times, with Google Scholar citations totalling >81,000. He is a member of the International Transporter Consortium and a past recipient of Rawls-Palmer and Hunter awards of ASCPT.
Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award Lecture
Friday, May 30, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time