Tutors & Lecturers

The course is taught by Dr. Leslie Z. Benet alongside a faculty of current and former Benet Group members working across industry and academia. Each tutor leads a small-group workshop and brings their own research experience to the daily problem sets. Region badges indicate the course(s) each tutor has taught or is scheduled to teach.

Dr. Leslie Z. Benet

Leslie Z. Benet, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine
EU 2026 US 2026

Dr. Benet is one of the founding figures of modern pharmacokinetics. Nine honorary doctorates. 632 peer-reviewed publications. Google Scholar H-index of 110. Over nearly four decades of teaching, he has trained more than 2,700 pharmaceutical scientists working today across industry, regulatory agencies, and academia worldwide. He leads the lectures across all regional courses.

Workshop Faculty

Dr. Christine Bowman

Dr. Christine Bowman

Genentech
US 2026

Principal Scientist, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

Dr. Jasleen K. Sodhi

Dr. Jasleen K. Sodhi

Septerna Inc.
EU 2026 US 2026

Director, DMPK & Clinical Pharmacology

Dr. Marc Anthony R. Yago

Dr. Marc Anthony R. Yago

Amgen
US 2026

Scientific Associate Director, Clinical Pharmacology, Modeling & Simulation

Dr. David Lau

Dr. David Lau

Septerna Inc.
EU 2026 US 2026

Vice President, DMPK & Clinical Pharmacology

Dr. Justine Lam

Dr. Justine Lam

Erasca Inc.
US 2026

Executive Director, Clinical Pharmacology

Dr. Miki Susanto Park

Dr. Miki Susanto Park

University of the Pacific
EU 2026 US 2026

Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr. Jae Chang

Dr. Jae Chang

Gilead
US 2026

Senior Director, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

Dr. Chi-Yuan Wu

Dr. Chi-Yuan Wu

Topalliance Biosciences
US 2026

Executive Director of Clinical Pharmacology

Dr. Shufang Liu

Dr. Shufang Liu

Daiichi Sankyo Inc.
US 2026

Manager, Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology, Precision Medicine

Dr. Laurent Salphati

Dr. Laurent Salphati

Genentech
US 2026

Senior Fellow, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

Dr. Maribel Reyes

Dr. Maribel Reyes

Korsana Biosciences
US 2026

VP, Clinical Pharmacology and Translational Science

Dr. Carolyn Cummins

Dr. Carolyn Cummins

University of Toronto
US 2026

Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Associate Scientific Director, PRiME
Director, Collaborative Specialization in Next-Generation Precision Medicine

Additional Lecturers

Dr. James A. Uchizono

Dr. James A. Uchizono

University of the Pacific
EU 2026 US 2026

Specialty lecture: PK/PD Modeling.

Dr. Sara Kenkare-Mitra

Dr. Sara Kenkare-Mitra

UCSF
EU 2026 US 2026

Specialty lecture: Macromolecular Pharmacokinetics.