Honors and Awards

Cancer drug dosing in kids, medication-related delirium, and battery swallowing take top honors at seminar

Fri May 18, 2012

Rifkind Award winners, left-to-right: Janel Long-Boyle, PharmD, PhD; Caroline Lindsay, PharmD; Elisabeth Birdsall, PharmD

Studies of cancer drug dosing in children, possible medication links to delirium in hospital patients, and how to decide when swallowed batteries may call for invasive removal took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s 14th annual Spring Research Seminar.

Koda-Kimble is honored by UCSF Medical Center

Mon May 14, 2012

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, was honored by the UCSF Medical Center on May 4, 2012 for her “exceptional vision as a leader, commitment to patients, compassion as a human being, an

Desai receives Dawson Biotechnology Award

Thu Apr 12, 2012

Tejal Desai, PhD

UCSF bioengineer Tejal Desai, PhD, will receive the 2012 Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) at the group’s annual meeting in July.

Artificial kidney project led by Roy chosen for accelerated FDA program

Mon Apr 9, 2012

Shuvo Roy, PhD with a model of the device

The effort led by UCSF bioengineer Shuvo Roy, PhD, to create an implantable artificial kidney for dialysis patients has been selected as one of the first projects to undergo more timely and collaborative review at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

PLS chapter wins national leadership challenge grant

Wed Apr 4, 2012

Phi Lambda Sigma—Beta Beta chapter cabinet

MacDougall honored for pharmacy leadership at APhA annual meeting

Tue Mar 27, 2012

Conan MacDougall, PharmD

UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member, clinical antibiotics expert, and prize-winning teacher Conan MacDougall, PharmD, is the 2012 recipient of the Albert B. Prescott / Glaxo SmithKline Pharmacy Leadership Award.

Partners in D program wins AACP Award for Student Community Service

Mon Jan 9, 2012

Partners in D student pharmacists counsel seniors.

Partners in D, the innovative program in which UCSF student pharmacists help both underserved seniors and fellow health professionals maximize the complex Medicare Part D drug benefit, has won a national award for community service.

Fischbach receives Packard Fellowship

Mon Oct 17, 2011

Michael Fischbach, PhD

Michael Fischbach, PhD, who studies drug-like molecules produced by human gut bacteria, has been awarded one the 16 prestigious 2011 Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering.

Huang receives NIH New Innovator Award

Wed Oct 12, 2011

Bo Huang, PhD

Bo Huang, PhD, a faculty member of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been named a recipient of a 2011 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award.

Shu awarded funding for infrared fluorescent protein research

Wed Aug 31, 2011

Xiaokun Shu, PhD

Xiaokun Shu, PhD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, has been awarded $165,000 in first-year funding under the UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (

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