Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Reimbursements
Pam Fletcher-Rice
pfletcherrice@health.ucsd.edu
858-822-6854
Human Resources
Mandi Garhartt (formerly Walker)
mjwalker@health.ucsd.edu
858-246-0080
Dr. Yousif’s research is broadly interested in adverse drug events, with a particular interest in drug-induced kidney injury (DI-AKI) in adult and pediatric patients. Current research efforts are focused on utilizing electronic health record (EHR) data and real-world evidence (RWE) from large nationwide data repositories to elucidate the risk factors of DI-AKI in patients treated with nephrotoxic drugs. Additionally, Dr. Yousif’s research aims to apply statistical and machine learning methods to predict health outcomes across various diseases and health conditions.
Education: Doctor of Pharmacy, UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS) (2018); Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Biomedical Informatics, UC San Diego School of Medicine (2021); Master’s in Advanced Clinical Research, UC San Diego (2021); Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Economics and Outcomes Research, University of Illinois Chicago School of Pharmacy and Takeda Pharmaceuticals (2022).
Awards and Honors: Becton Dickinson Pharmacy Informatics Recognition (2020), Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society (2016), Walgreens Diversity Scholarship Award (2016).
- Co-chair, SPPS 206 – Study Design and Biostatistics I
- Co-chair, SPPS 208 – Study Design and Biostatistics II
- Led the conceptualization and development of a first-of-kind relational database to standardize medications concepts across medical devices data.
- Led the conceptualization and development of statistical predictive models using machine learning techniques across several diseases, including acute kidney injury and refractory epilepsy.
- Conceptualized and executed health economics and outcomes research analyses across various diseases and disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease, immunodeficiency, and autoimmune disorders.
- Transitioned the biostatistics courses in SSPPS to use R as the main statistical analysis software.
- Yousif, Z., & Awdishu, L. (2023). Drug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury Risk Prediction Models. Nephron, 147(1), 44-47.
- Fricovsky, E., Z. Yousif, J. Garcia-Sarzosa, L. Ngo, B. Choi, M. Garcia, G. Estevez, and M. I. Arain. “Student Pharmacist Led International E-Learning Collaborative and Educational Experience: Understanding the Role of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Curriculum in Mexico and USA”. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, vol. 34, no. 29B, Apr. 2022, pp. 46-54,
- Myers-Turnbull, D., Bliven, S. E., Rose, P. W., Yousif, Z. K., Youkharibache, P., Bourne, P. E., & Prlić, A. (2014). Systematic detection of internal symmetry in proteins using CE-Symm. Journal of molecular biology, 426(11), 2255-2268.
- Pharmacy and biomedical informatics
- Statistical and machine learning application in pharmacy and medicine
- Health economics and outcomes research