Dr. Zaid Yousif

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Zaid Yousif is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. His research primarily focuses on adverse drug events, with particular emphasis on drug-induced acute kidney injury (DI-AKI) in both adult and pediatric patients. Dr. Yousif leverages electronic health record (EHR) data and real-world evidence (RWE) from large nationwide data repositories to elucidate risk factors for DI-AKI among patients treated with nephrotoxic drugs. He applies statistical machine learning methods to predict health outcomes related to various diseases and health conditions. Dr. Yousif has earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree and has completed post-doctoral fellowships, including in biomedical informatics and health economics outcomes research. He has contributed significantly to the development of relational databases and predictive models using machine learning techniques for health-related applications. He also transitioned biostatistics courses in SSPPS to utilize R as the primary statistical analysis software.

Research Interests

Awards

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Becton Dickinson Pharmacy Informatics Recognition

2020-01-01
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Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society

2016-01-01
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Walgreens Diversity Scholarship Award

2016-01-01

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
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  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).