Sandra Salazar
Grants Specialist
Vice Chanc Research
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Sandra’s career at UCSF began in February 2007 as a Study Coordinator. Over the years, she has held several key roles, including the Clinical Pharmacology T32 Program Administrator and a Project Manager for a variety of research studies, before transitioning to her current role in November 2022. Before joining the university, Sandra gained extensive experience at Wells Fargo Bank, where she specialized in bank balancing, legal administration, and high-profile client relations.

• Integrative genomic analysis in African American children with asthma finds three novel loci associated with lung function.
  Genetic epidemiology 2020 Goddard PC, Keys KL, Mak ACY, Lee EY, Liu AK, Samedy-Bates LA, Risse-Adams O, Contreras MG, Elhawary JR, Hu D, Huntsman S, Oh SS, Salazar S, Eng C, Himes BE, White MJ, Burchard EG
• On the cross-population generalizability of gene expression prediction models.
  PLoS genetics 2020 Keys KL, Mak ACY, White MJ, Eckalbar WL, Dahl AW, Mefford J, Mikhaylova AV, Contreras MG, Elhawary JR, Eng C, Hu D, Huntsman S, Oh SS, Salazar S, Lenoir MA, Ye JC, Thornton TA, Zaitlen N, Burchard EG,…
• Differential asthma odds following respiratory infection in children from three minority populations.
  PloS one 2020 Wohlford EM, Borrell LN, Elhawary JR, Plotkin B, Oh SS, Nuckton TJ, Eng C, Salazar S, LeNoir MA, Meade K, Farber HJ, Serebrisky D, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Kumar R, Thyne S, …
• Lung Function in African American Children with Asthma Is Associated with Novel Regulatory Variants of the KIT Ligand KITLG/SCF and Gene-By-Air-Pollution Interaction.
  Genetics 2020 Mak ACY, Sajuthi S, Joo J, Xiao S, Sleiman PM, White MJ, Lee EY, Saef B, Hu D, Gui H, Keys KL, Lurmann F, Jain D, Abecasis G, Kang HM, Nickerson DA, Germer S, Zody MC, Winterkorn L, Reeves C, Huntsman…
• Identification of CFTR variants in Latino patients with cystic fibrosis from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
  Pediatric pulmonology 2019 Zeiger AM, McGarry ME, Mak ACY, Medina V, Salazar S, Eng C, Liu AK, Oh SS, Nuckton TJ, Jain D, Blackwell TW, Kang HM, Abecasis G, Oñate LC, Seibold MA, Burchard EG, Rodriguez-Santana J
• Racial/Ethnic-Specific Differences in the Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroid Use on Bronchodilator Response in Patients With Asthma.
  Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2019 Samedy-Bates LA, Oh SS, Nuckton TJ, Elhawary JR, White M, Elliot T, Zeiger AM, Eng C, Salazar S, LeNoir MA, Meade K, Farber HJ, Serebrisky D, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Bibbins-…
• Ambient air pollution, asthma drug response, and telomere length in African American youth.
  The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2019 Lee EY, Oh SS, White MJ, Eng CS, Elhawary JR, Borrell LN, Nuckton TJ, Zeiger AM, Keys KL, Mak ACY, Hu D, Huntsman S, Contreras MG, Samedy LA, Goddard PC, Salazar SL, Brigino-Buenaventura EN, Davis A, …
• Genetic Determinants of Telomere Length in African American Youth.
  Scientific reports 2018 Zeiger AM, White MJ, Eng C, Oh SS, Witonsky J, Goddard PC, Contreras MG, Elhawary JR, Hu D, Mak ACY, Lee EY, Keys KL, Samedy LA, Risse-Adams O, Magaña J, Huntsman S, Salazar S, Davis A, Meade K, …
• Whole-Genome Sequencing of Pharmacogenetic Drug Response in Racially Diverse Children with Asthma.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2018 Mak ACY, White MJ, Eckalbar WL, Szpiech ZA, Oh SS, Pino-Yanes M, Hu D, Goddard P, Huntsman S, Galanter J, Wu AC, Himes BE, Germer S, Vogel JM, Bunting KL, Eng C, Salazar S, Keys KL, Liberto J, Nuckton…