School of Pharmacy

A Quest: Insulin-Releasing Implant For Type-1 Diabetes

Tue Nov 7, 2017

UCSF School of Pharmacy joins data-sharing partnership to speed cancer drugs

Thu Nov 2, 2017
supercomputers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A supercomputer in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will be used in Project ATOM, a new public-private project that aims to speed discovery of new drug therapies.

A pioneering public/private consortium is poised to turn the marathon of drug discovery into a team relay, maybe even a short one.

Avoid these common drugs if you’re over 65

Wed Nov 1, 2017

Computer models speed UCSF scientists toward psychiatric drug discoveries

Mon Oct 23, 2017
graphic model of molecule
For decades, scientists have wanted to be able to study dopamine receptors one by one. The brain’s dopamine receptors are responsible for a variety of behaviors, such as reward seeking, and are also involved in psychiatric illnesses like schizophrenia.

Novel diabetes treatment developed in Desai Lab to power SF-area startup

Thu Oct 19, 2017
device alongside a quarter to show size
Encellin

The cell encapsulation device (right) that is being developed by Encellin, a San Francisco–based biotechnology company.

A UC San Francisco-created, insulin-generating implant that utilizes nanotechnology is closer to becoming a real treatment for diabetes, after being acquired by a San Francisco-based startup.

Student speaker Ana Cruz shares her path to pharmacy and activism

Thu Oct 19, 2017
Cruz
Elisabeth Fall

Ana Cruz, Class of 2018

Ana Cruz knew, when she was very young, exactly what she wanted to do when she grew up, she told the UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2021 at their White Coat ceremony.

She wanted the same job as the woman in white.

Class of ’21 joins ranks of pharmacy at White Coat Ceremony

Wed Oct 18, 2017
student Leung with vice dean Youmans
Elisabeth Fall

First-year student Carmen Leung receives her white coat from Vice Dean Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH.

For the UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2021, October 13 was the day they officially entered the profession. In a ceremony on the Parnassus campus, each student donned a white coat, a symbol of health care professionals for more than 100 years.

Silicon isn’t just for computers. It can make a pretty good kidney, too.

Mon Oct 9, 2017

Wired magazine visits The Kidney Project

Fri Oct 6, 2017
Roy and Oruganti
Elisabeth Fall

Shuvo Roy, PhD, and researcher Anusree Oruganti.

Kidney failure is a debilitating and ultimately deadly illness, and a health policy crisis. With 468,000 people on dialysis in the U.S., costing the government $31 billion dollars a year, very little money is spent on researching alternatives to current treatments.

Alumni give PharmD Class of 2021 a warm welcome, and some advice

Tue Oct 3, 2017
Smith with Bhat, McCann, Khoderchah
Barbara Ries

Gregory Smith, PharmD ’92, talks with incoming students (left to right) Harini Bhat, Thalia McCann, and Christy Khouderchah. Smith is an area pharmacy director for Kaiser Permanente.

Somewhere between the pleasant September evening in San Francisco, the lively conversation about the profession of pharmacy, and the excellent wine, there were potential long-term professional connections in the making.

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