Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH

Professor
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
[email protected]
+1 415 514-9677
Research Description: 

Esteban González Burchard, M.D., M.P.H.
Distinguished, Endowed, Tenured Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Esteban González Burchard is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician-Scientist with expertise in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, Public Health, Genetics, Epidemiology, Pharmacogenetics, and early-phase clinical trials. He cared for complex, low-income, and diverse patients at San Francisco General Hospital, focusing on expanding our understanding of how variation in disease risk and drug response differs among racially and ethnically diverse children with asthma.

As the founder and director of the UCSF Asthma Collaboratory, Dr. Burchard led a diverse team of over 60 scientists and clinicians to build the largest and most comprehensive gene-environment study of asthma in African American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican children. His research integrated clinical, social, and environmental data from over 16,000 participants, advancing the use of minority population data in large-scale analyses, technology, and artificial intelligence.

Dr. Burchard has authored more than 370 peer-reviewed publications and secured over $100 million in research funding to investigate racial, ethnic, and genetic ancestry differences in disease risk and drug response. His work has provided the NIH and the global scientific community with the most racially diverse clinical and biological datasets, driving critical debates on race and genetic ancestry in medicine.

Dr. Burchard is a dedicated mentor who has supported diverse physicians, scientists, and students, fostering equity and inclusion in science and medicine. His research and leadership have transformed care for minority populations and set new standards for diversity in biomedical research.

Visit my lab page to learn more: https://pharm.ucsf.edu/burchard.

Primary Thematic Area: 
Human Genetics
Secondary Thematic Area: 
None
Research Summary: 
Pharmacogenomics and Genetic Epidemiology of Pulmonary Diseases

Websites

Publications: 

Whole genome sequencing analysis of body mass index identifies novel African ancestry-specific risk allele.

Nature communications

Zhang X, Brody JA, Graff M, Highland HM, Chami N, Xu H, Wang Z, Ferrier KR, Chittoor G, Josyula NS, Meyer M, Gupta S, Li X, Li Z, Allison MA, Becker DM, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Boorgula MP, Bowden DW, Broome JG, Buth EJ, Carlson CS, Chang KM, Chavan S, Chiu YF, Chuang LM, Conomos MP, DeMeo DL, Du M, Duggirala R, Eng C, Fohner AE, Freedman BI, Garrett ME, Guo X, Haiman C, Heavner BD, Hidalgo B, Hixson JE, Ho YL, Hobbs BD, Hu D, Hui Q, Hwu CM, Jackson RD, Jain D, Kalyani RR, Kardia SLR, Kelly TN, Lange EM, LeNoir M, Li C, Le Marchand L, McDonald MN, McHugh CP, Morrison AC, Naseri T, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, O'Connell J, O'Donnell CJ, Palmer ND, Pankow JS, Perry JA, Peters U, Preuss MH, Rao DC, Regan EA, Reupena SM, Roden DM, Rodriguez-Santana J, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Tiwari HK, Vasan RS, Wang Z, Weeks DE, Wessel J, Wiggins KL, Wilkens LR, Wilson PWF, Yanek LR, Yoneda ZT, Zhao W, Zöllner S, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Burchard EG, Carson AP, Chasman DI, Ida Chen YD, Curran JE, Fornage M, Gordeuk VR, He J, Heckbert SR, Hou L, Irvin MR, Kooperberg C, Minster RL, Mitchell BD, Nouraie M, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Benjamin Shoemaker M, Smith NL, Taylor KD, Telen MJ, Weiss ST, Zhang Y, Heard-Costa N, Sun YV, Lin X, Cupples LA, Lange LA, Liu CT, Loos RJF, North KE, Justice AE

Cross-cohort analysis of expression and splicing quantitative trait loci in TOPMed.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Orchard P, Blackwell TW, Kachuri L, Castaldi PJ, Cho MH, Christenson SA, Durda P, Gabriel S, Hersh CP, Huntsman S, Hwang S, Joehanes R, Johnson M, Li X, Lin H, Liu CT, Liu Y, Mak ACY, Manichaikul AW, Paik D, Saferali A, Smith JD, Taylor KD, Tracy RP, Wang J, Wang M, Weinstock JS, Weiss J, Wheeler HE, Zhou Y, Zoellner S, Wu JC, Mestroni L, Graw S, Taylor MRG, Ortega VE, Johnson CW, Gan W, Abecasis G, Nickerson DA, Gupta N, Ardlie K, Woodruff PG, Zheng Y, Bowler RP, Meyers DA, Reiner A, Kooperberg C, Ziv E, Ramachandran VS, Larson MG, Cupples LA, Burchard EG, Silverman EK, Rich SS, Heard-Costa N, Tang H, Rotter JI, Smith AV, Levy D, NHLBI TOPMed Consortium Multi-Omics Working Group, NHLBI TOPMed Consortium, Aguet F, Scott L, Raffield LM, Parker SCJ

African ancestry neurodegeneration risk variant disrupts an intronic branchpoint in GBA1.

Nature structural & molecular biology

Álvarez Jerez P, Wild Crea P, Ramos DM, Gustavsson EK, Radefeldt M, Damianov A, Makarious MB, Ojo OO, Billingsley KJ, Malik L, Daida K, Bromberek S, Hu F, Schneider Z, Surapaneni AL, Stadler J, Rizig M, Morris HR, Pantazis CB, Leonard HL, Screven L, Qi YA, Nalls MA, Bandres-Ciga S, Hardy J, Houlden H, Eng C, Burchard EG, Kachuri L, Lin CH, Black DL, Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2), Singleton AB, Fischer S, Bauer P, Reed X, Ryten M, Beetz C, Ward M, Okubadejo NU, Blauwendraat C

Epigenetic patient stratification via contrastive machine learning refines hallmark biomarkers in minoritized children with asthma.

Research square

Gorla A, Witonsky J, Elhawary JR, Chen ZJ, Mefford J, Perez-Garcia J, Huntsman S, Hu D, Eng C, Woodruff PG, Sankararaman S, Ziv E, Flint J, Zaitlen N, Burchard E, Rahmani E

Validation of human telomere length multi-ancestry meta-analysis association signals identifies POP5 and KBTBD6 as human telomere length regulation genes.

Nature communications

Keener R, Chhetri SB, Connelly CJ, Taub MA, Conomos MP, Weinstock J, Ni B, Strober B, Aslibekyan S, Auer PL, Barwick L, Becker LC, Blangero J, Bleecker ER, Brody JA, Cade BE, Celedon JC, Chang YC, Cupples LA, Custer B, Freedman BI, Gladwin MT, Heckbert SR, Hou L, Irvin MR, Isasi CR, Johnsen JM, Kenny EE, Kooperberg C, Minster RL, Naseri T, Viali S, Nekhai S, Pankratz N, Peyser PA, Taylor KD, Telen MJ, Wu B, Yanek LR, Yang IV, Albert C, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Bis JC, Blackwell TW, Boerwinkle E, Burchard EG, Carson AP, Chen Z, Chen YI, Darbar D, de Andrade M, Ellinor PT, Fornage M, Gelb BD, Gilliland FD, He J, Islam T, Kaab S, Kardia SLR, Kelly S, Konkle BA, Kumar R, Loos RJF, Martinez FD, McGarvey ST, Meyers DA, Mitchell BD, Montgomery CG, North KE, Palmer ND, Peralta JM, Raby BA, Redline S, Rich SS, Roden D, Rotter JI, Ruczinski I, Schwartz D, Sciurba F, Shoemaker MB, Silverman EK, Sinner MF, Smith NL, Smith AV, Tiwari HK, Vasan RS, Weiss ST, Williams LK, Zhang Y, Ziv E, Raffield LM, Reiner AP, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, TOPMed Hematology and Hemostasis Working Group, TOPMed Structural Variation Working Group, Arvanitis M, Greider CW, Mathias RA, Battle A