Research

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for the 43rd straight year

Mon Feb 20, 2023

Michelle Arkin, PhD, uses a handheld model of a small molecule bound to a protein to illustrate how her research group thinks about drug discovery. Arkin was one of the School of Pharmacy’s top NIH grant earners in 2022.

School research into health, disease, and medicine earned the most NIH research dollars of any U.S. pharmacy school for the 43rd consecutive year.

Closing the equity gap in science

Tue Feb 14, 2023

Ce’Aysia, a high school senior, conducted research at UCSF as an intern in the Bay Area Youth Science (BAYS) program.

The UCSF Bay Area Youth Science (BAYS) program prepares high school students from historically excluded backgrounds for STEM careers.

Celebrating women in discovery science

Tue Feb 14, 2023

Noah Berger

Catera Wilder, PhD, left, and Balyn Zaro, PhD

Zaro and Wilder share their passion for science as part of International Women and Girls in Science Day.

TRANSPERS and UCSF Precision Medicine join forces with Access and Value Program

Wed Feb 8, 2023

Karen Shuster

Kathryn Phillips, PhD

Initiative seeks to translate advances in precision medicine into changes in health care policy and practice

Ahituv appointed director of UCSF Institute for Human Genetics

Tue Feb 7, 2023

Elisabeth Fall

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Leader in genetics and genomics will helm collaborative efforts across UCSF

AI has designed bacteria-killing proteins from scratch—and they work

Thu Jan 26, 2023

How one private biotech seized on JPM to emerge from stealth and tell its story

Wed Jan 25, 2023

UCSF-Stanford CERSI hosts summit of regulatory science leaders

Wed Jan 25, 2023

Giacomini, Hartman, and Gupton sit in front of microphones on a conference stage

Dan Hartman, MD (center), speaks during a panel on global regulation of medical products at the 2023 CERSI Summit, along with Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm (left) and Frank Gupton, PhD (right).

Academia, government, and industry come together to address today’s most pressing issues in the regulation of medical products, from diversity in clinical trials to misinformation.

Giacomini, Krogan, Shoichet, and Manglik recognized among most influential scientists

Thu Dec 8, 2022

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

Four School of Pharmacy faculty members rank in the top 1 percent of researchers for their highly cited work

Genentech-UCSF School of Pharmacy Diversity Fellowship opens doors for PhD careers in industry

Wed Dec 7, 2022

Fellows will conduct 8 weeks of research at Genentech as part of a year long program.

New program to sponsor two graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds annually

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