Professor
University of California San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Jennifer Le is Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. As a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist with added qualification in infectious diseases since 2007, Dr. Le has been involved in clinical pharmacy services in pediatric infectious diseases and patient-oriented research over 20 years. She is an invited member of the federal advisory board for the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee that makes official recommendations to FDA about safety and efficacy of antibiotics for use in the United States. Dr. Le is an invited member for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and National Science Foundation.
Dr. Le’s primary research encompasses four domains: (1) antimicrobial stewardship in pediatrics, (2) clinical pharmacy, (3) clinical pharmacology, (4) precision medicine with therapeutic drug monitoring, and (5) safety and effectiveness of medications in resistant infections in pediatrics across the wide age spectrum from infancy to adolescence. She has published over 150 articles in reputable medical and pharmacy journals and serves as the second author of the 2020 national vancomycin guidelines endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Le was a past recipient K23 from the National Institutes of Health for her research in pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling of antibiotics in children. She also serves as an investigator for pharmacokinetic studies through the RO1, U54 & T32/34 awards funded by the National Institutes of Health. She was bestowed the honor of fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, American College of Clinical Pharmacy and California Society of Health Systems Pharmacists. Dr. Le is most proud of her passion and continued effort to improve pediatric health and wellness extending globally through her humanitarian work in Vietnam, Taiwan and for Jordan over the past 15 years.