School Profile

Dean

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

Departments

Academic Programs

PharmD Professional Programs
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Professional Degree with Pathways in:
PharmD/MPH
PharmD/MSCR
PharmD/PhD
PhD Graduate Programs
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Graduate Degrees in:
- Biological & Medical Informatics (BMI)
- Biophysics
- Chemistry & Chemical Biology (CCB)
- Pharmaceutical Sciences & Pharmacogenomics (PSPG)

Postdoctoral Programs

Postdoctoral PharmD Residencies as of 2008-2009 in:
- Ambulatory HIV/AIDS
- Infectious Diseases
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- Pediatrics
- Oncology
- Pharmacy Practice Management
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Visiting Professorships

Numbers

as of July 2009

Faculty
	Salaried			103
	Without Salary			684
Students
	PharmD			491
	PhD			351
		Biophysics	50
		BMI	29
		CCB	50
		PSPG	49
		UCSF/UCB JGGB	173
Postdoctoral
	Fellows			102
	Residents			15
Staff				265
Academic appointees				94
Alumni (living)
	PharmD (includes BS)			5,442
	MS			25
	PhD			652

The UCSF School of Pharmacy is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, which is the national agency for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy and providers of continuing pharmacy education.

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Science Specialties

Bioengineering
Bioinformatics
Bioorganic chemistry
Biomaterials
Chemical biology
Computational chemistry and biology
Drug delivery systems
Drug discovery and design
Drug metabolism and transport
Gene delivery and therapy
Mass spectrometry
Molecular targeting
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Personalized medicines
Pharmaceutical technology
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Pharmacogenomics and toxicogenomics
Protein engineering
Proteomics
Structural biology
Systems biology
Systems pharmacology
Synthetic biology
Toxicology

Clinical Specialties

Anticoagulation
Cardiology
Complimentary and alternative medicine
Critical care
Diabetes
Drug testing and doping control in sports
Endocrinology
Family practice / primary care
Gastroenterology
General medicine
Geriatrics
Hematology and oncology
HIV/AIDS
Infectious diseases
Investigational drugs
Neurology
Pain management
Pediatrics
Pharmacokinetics
Psychopharmacology
Respiratory medicine
Surgery
Solid organ transplant
Tobacco control and cessation
Toxicology / poison control
Women's health

Pharmacy Practice

Compounding
Consumer self care
Disparities in health care
Drug safety
Food and drug law and regulations
Health communications
Managed care
Models of effective pharmacy practice
Patient compliance
Pharmacogenomics
Pharmacy administration
Pharmacy informatics
Pharmacy law and ethics
Prescription drug policies
Pharmacoepidemiology and general epidemiology
Systems design and organizational change

Clinical Pharmacy Education

Models of pharmacy education -- didactic and experiential
Cultural competence

Health Policy and Outcomes

Disparities in health care
Evidence-based health care
Food and drug law and regulations
Health economics
Drug safety
Publication bias
Tobacco policy

Medication Outcomes

Evidence-based use of medications
Medication compliance models
Pharmacy practice and care
Medication therapy management
Safe and effective use of medications
Applied pharmacoeconomics