Topics and Expertise: biotechnology

Prien and MacWilliam bequests establish new endowed professorships

Wed Dec 7, 2016
Prien, MacWilliam
Foresight, newsletter of UCSF Office of Gift & Endowment Planning

Ernest Prien, BS ’34 and Mary MacWilliam, EdD, UC Berkeley, 1956

The UCSF School of Pharmacy has established new endowed faculty positions to be held by the chairs of two School departments.

Three generations reflect shifts in nation, pharmacy profession

Wed Oct 19, 2016
Mother and daughter on steps, laughing
Cindy Chew

Sharon (McPartland) Leaf, PharmD ’81, with her daughter, first-year student pharmacist Megan Lau.

When Megan Lau donned her white coat with fellow student pharmacists in the incoming class of 2020 last week, it was more than your standard rite of professional passage.

Scangos named CEO of Biogen Idec

Tue Jul 13, 2010
Scangos
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George Scangos, PhD

George Scangos, PhD, a member of the UCSF School of Pharmacy Board of Advisors, has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the global biotechnology company Biogen Idec, which is headquartered in Cambridge,