Brookie Best

Dr. Brookie Best is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS) and the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine (SOM). She completed a Bachelor of Science degree at UCSD in Chemistry with an Emphasis in Chemical Education in 1994. She received her Pharm.D. Degree in 1999 from UCSF, and did her residency in Pharmacy Practice at the UCSD Medical Center in 2000. Dr. Best was an NICHD/NIH Fellowship recipient in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Research from 2001 to 2004, and completed a Masters of Advanced Studies (M.A.S.) in Clinical Research at UCSD in 2007.

Dr. Best specializes in pharmacokinetics - the processes by which a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized and eliminated by the body - and pediatric clinical pharmacology research. Her research efforts have focused on studying anti-HIV drugs in pregnant women, children and non-pregnant adults. She also studies drugs used to treat Kawasaki disease, the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children.

Dr. Best received a Young Investigator award in 2004-2005 to fund research on how genes affect the effectiveness of anti-HIV drugs. She was a National Center for Leadership in Academic Medicine Scholar and co-Valedictorian in 2006, and was honored as a young civic leader by the San Diego Metropolitan Uptown Examiner and Daily Business Report as one of their "Forty Under 40" Honorees. In 2010, she was honored by the SSPPS Class of 2013 as Professor of the Year.