Core Team

Shalini (Shal) Lynch is involved in the development of Medication Use Evaluations for the UCSF Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. She also precepts student and resident pharmacists in the Medication Outcomes Center. Shal lectures in the School of Pharmacy curriculum on various drug information topics and inflammatory bowel disease.

Trang Trinh has extensive clinical and research training in infectious diseases pharmacoepidemiology. Currently, her research focuses on the epidemiology and clinical outcomes of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. Through collaborations with the UCSF Medical Center antimicrobial stewardship program, Trang brings an analytical pharmacotherapy perspective to optimize antimicrobial use in patients with limited treatment options.

In her work with the MOC, Candy Tsourounis is involved in providing evidence-based reviews of recently approved prescription medications, gene, and cellular therapies. These reviews help inform the UCSF Medical Center community, UCSF Health, and UC Systemwide on the role and value these therapies offer. Working with her medical center colleagues, Candy also performs medication utilization analyses. 

In her work at the MOC, Elise Wozniak supports the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (P&T Committee) which is a subcommittee of the Executive Medical Board. She assists with the triaging of formulary addition requests and extensions for medication use in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Elise works with clinical pharmacists and learners to prepare evidence-based reviews of medications being brought to the P&T Committee for review. Elise also assists the Chair of the P&T Committee in leading the P&T Committee meetings.