UCSF School of Pharmacy

School Profile

Dean

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

Departments

• Biopharmaceutical Sciences
  • Kathleen M. Giacomini, PhD, Chair
• Clinical Pharmacy
  • B. Joseph Guglielmo, Jr., PharmD, Chair
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • James A. Wells, PhD, Chair

Academic Programs

• PharmD Professional Programs
  Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Professional Degree with Pathways in:
  • Pharmaceutical Care
  • Pharmaceutical Health Policy and Management
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Master of Science in Clinical Research
• PharmD/PhD
• PharmD/MPH
• 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

Research

• Biomolecular Resource Center
• California Poison Control System (CPCS)
• Center for Consumer Self Care
• Center for Drug Development Science (CDDS)
• Center for Pharmacogenomics
• Computer Graphics Laboratory (CGL)
• Drug Product Services Laboratory (DPSL)
• Drug Research Unit (DRU)
• Drug Studies Unit (DSU)
• Mass Spectrometry Facility
• Medication Outcomes Center
• Molecular Design Institute (MDI)
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (NMR)
• Partners in D
• Peptide and DNA Synthesis / Sequence Analysis & Consulting Service (SACS)
• Program for Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Studies (ProPEPS)
• Small Molecule Discovery Center (SMDC)
• The San Francisco Cochrane Center

Major Partnerships

• California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3)
• Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
• UCSF Global Health Sciences (GHS)
• UCSF Medical Center

Instructional Facilities

• Basic Science Instruction Center (BSIC)
• Thomas A. Oliver Informatics Resource Center (IRC)

Numbers

as of August 2007

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