Honors and Awards

So named ASHP fellow: “Pharmacy is a lifetime-learning career”

Tue May 7, 2024

Kethen So, PharmD, MBA

Department of Clinical Pharmacy volunteer faculty member Kethen So, PharmD, MBA, challenges students to continuously expand their practice and will be honored on June 11, 2024, as a fellow by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

Dean Giacomini elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Fri May 3, 2024

Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm

As one of the few pharmacist-scientists to be elected to the historic society, Giacomini represents excellence in the field as well as dedication to the Academy’s mission of engaging across disciplines and divides.

Kharbikar receives JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship

Tue Apr 30, 2024

Kharbikar (right) standing next to his mentor, Desai (left).

Bhushan Kharbikar, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratories of Professors Qizhi Tang, PhD, and Tejal Desai, PhD, has been awarded a prestigious JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship. JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.

School of Pharmacy shows out in Grad Slam storytelling competition

Tue Apr 16, 2024

Ruben Hogan speaks in front of graphics on screen.

Noah Berger

PhD student Hogan tied for third place.

Three students with ties to the School were finalists in the event, which challenges graduate students to explain their research to an audience of non-experts in just three minutes.

UCSF School of Pharmacy ranked 1st in California, 2nd in nation

Tue Apr 9, 2024

large group of students wearing white coats.

Elisabeth Fall

PharmD students gather on the day of the White Coat Ceremony.

Leadership in research and innovation paired with an ever-evolving course of study keeps pace with diverse and dynamic careers in pharmacy and beyond.

Sali to deliver UCSF Academic Senate’s 66th Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Basic Science

Wed Mar 6, 2024

Andrej Sali, PhD

Attend in person at Mission Bay or on Zoom at 3:30 p.m. Pacific on Tuesday, April 16. Reception to follow.

Manglik awarded 2024 Bowes Biomedical Investigator

Fri Mar 1, 2024

Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD

The GPCR and neuropsychiatric diseases researcher will receive $1.25 million over five years to explore new territory.

Cheng and Panahi top 132 other teams to win national clinical skills competition

Thu Jan 18, 2024

Linda Cheng and Siavash Panahi, both Class of 2024 PharmD students, won the 28th annual ASHP Clinical Skills Competition.

Linda Cheng and Siavash Panahi earn first-place honors in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) 28th Clinical Skills Competition.

School of Pharmacy faculty recognized among Highly Cited Researchers

Thu Dec 21, 2023

Clockwise from top left: Giacomini, Krogan, Manglik, and Shoichet

The recognition of Krogan, Shoichet, Manglik, and Giacomini underscores the School’s commitment to fostering groundbreaking research that addresses critical issues in health care and pharmaceutical sciences.

Executive Vice Dean Youmans honored with ASHP-ABHP Joint Leadership Award

Mon Dec 11, 2023

above a stage Sharon Youmans and her name appear on a screen with “Imagine the Possibilities.”

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)-Association of Black Health-System Pharmacists (ABHP) Joint Leadership Award winner Dr. Sharon Youmans is presented with the award during the ABHP Luncheon on December 5, 2023, at the 2023 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in Anaheim, California.

The award from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Association of Black Health-System Pharmacists recognizes efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

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