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Linda Awdishu is a Professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. With a Pharm.D. from the University of Colorado and a Master's in Advanced Studies in Clinical Research from UC San Diego, she specializes in nephrology, focusing her research on pharmacokinetics and drug dosing implications for kidney disease. Awdishu leads a research program aimed at enhancing scientific understanding of drug exposure and toxicity related to kidney conditions. She has co-investigated the NIH-funded UAB-UCSD O'Brien Center for Acute Kidney Injury Research and developed acute kidney injury (AKI) registries. Her academic contributions include presenting on renal pharmacology and implementing clinical protocols for drug dosing in renal disease. She has received numerous awards for her mentorship and teaching, including the UCSD Health Sciences Division Excellence Mentoring Award and the Teacher of the Year Award from the UC San Diego School of Pharmacy. Additionally, she has played key roles in developing clinical faculty practice sites and implementing electronic reporting for renal function assessments at UCSD Medical Center.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).