Patient Care

Sisters in Pharmacy: Collaboration and Inspiration

Wed Aug 27, 2025

Lizzy Bulla (left), and sister Sabrina Bulla (right)

Lizzy Bulla, PharmD candidate Class of 2027 (left), and sister Sabrina Bulla, PharmD, a Class of '21 alum (right)

Six years apart on their parallel paths, the Bulla sisters share a first-generation experience from becoming pharmacy technicians to patient care in clinical pharmacy.

More Than an Rx: Healing Through A Trauma-Informed Model of Care

Tue Aug 26, 2025

Rethinking Pharmacokinetics With Les Benet, PhD

Thu Aug 21, 2025

Les Benet, PhD

The UCSF School of Pharmacy legend, who helped shape the field of pharmacokinetics, introduces a simplified, physics-inspired approach to help future pharmacists make better-informed dosing decisions. 

Alum finds purpose in patient care through hematology at Genentech

Wed Aug 13, 2025

Melissa Montez, PharmD

From her early specialization in oncology to her transition into industry, Melissa Montez, PharmD ’00, built a career rooted in patient impact and now mentors UCSF pharmacy students to imagine broader futures.

Renslo Boosts Search for New Malaria Drugs

Tue Aug 12, 2025

Elisabeth Fall

Adam Renslo, PhD

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professor Adam Renslo, PhD, is part of a team of UCSF chemists that has remodeled the structures of new malaria drugs to make them more soluble — while maintaining their effectiveness against drug-resistant parasites.

Helping African Infectious Disease Researchers Take the Lead

Thu Jul 31, 2025

QBI Team (from left to right: Abby Kim, Alexa Rocourt, Bailor Barrie, Dan Kelly, Saumya Gopalkrishnan, Nevan Krogan, Jacqueline Fabius, Celine Perier, Gina Nguyen, and Krystal Fontaine).

A new initiative led by the school's Quantitative Biosciences Institute will support mentorship and research capacity, platforms for knowledge exchange, and an international exchange program for promising early-career African scientists.

Cancer Drug Discovery: Reaching for the High-Hanging Fruit

Wed Jul 30, 2025

Synthesizing Science, Policy, and Precision Medicine: A Conversation with Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD

Mon Jul 28, 2025

Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD

The founder and director of the UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS), who is receiving the UCSF Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecture, discusses her cross-disciplinary journey, the evolution of precision medicine, and what’s next for health policy...

Is It Safe to Split My Pills?

Tue Jul 22, 2025

Alum Returns to UCSF to Teach New Students, Centering Representation and Holistic Care

Tue Jul 15, 2025

Tristan Storm, PharmD ’21

As a neurodivergent, genderqueer, and transmasculine faculty member in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS), Tristan Storm, PharmD ’21, is bridging research and practice while reminding us all: patients are people first.

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