Jacobson named interim head of Department of Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology
August 10, 2026
Pam Jacobson, PharmD, FCCP, distinguished professor and director of the Institute of Personalized Medicine, has been named the interim head of the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, effective July 6, 2026.
Jacobson joined the U of M College of Pharmacy as a professor in 1998. She was named a distinguished professor in 2016 and has led the Institute of Personalized Medicine since 2014. Jacobson has also served as an associate department head for the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology since 2012 and is a senior member of the department's graduate program.
Jacobson is a clinical pharmacologist whose research focuses on the clinical pharmacology of immune suppressants and anticancer agents. Specifically, she studies how genetic variation and the microbiome influences drug pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, efficacy and toxicity.
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