Categories: Alumni

Remembering Robert D. Gibson

Tue Aug 21, 2018
Gibson

Robert D. Gibson, PharmD ’58, wearing his Remington medal at an event in 2010

A beloved educator and alumnus of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Robert D. Gibson, PharmD ’58, died on July 19 at the age of 93. Gibson had an illustrious career over five decades at UCSF and was a strong national leader for diversity in the pharmacy profession.

Showcasing School science and change at Alumni Weekend 2018

Fri Jun 15, 2018
Guglielmo speaks at podium.
Levi Gadye

B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, addressed Half Century Club Luncheon attendees.

Sessions include: quickly identifying molecules that show potential as drugs; improving access and treatments for AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis; why curiosity and imagination are taking the place of memorization the PharmD curriculum. Honoring the Class of 1968. Kennedy receives Distinguished...

Kennedy delivers Alumnus of the Year Award address at Alumni Weekend pharmacy gala

Fri Jun 15, 2018
Kennedy
Elisabeth Fall

Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD

On June 2, 2018, Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD ’78, received the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from the UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association, for her “outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy, to society, and/or to UCSF.”

A passion for health equity: 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Kathleen B. Kennedy

Thu Apr 5, 2018
Kennedy

Kathleen Kennedy, PharmD ’78

Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD ’78, has been named our Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

Advanced practice pharmacists are ready

Thu Nov 9, 2017
Kroon
Elisabeth Fall

Lisa Kroon, PharmD, professor and chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF School of Pharmacy

Pharmacists are going to be more integral to health care teams in the future.

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.

CCB alumna receives HHMI Hanna Gray Fellowship

Tue Sep 19, 2017
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute today announced the selection of 15 exceptional early career scientists as the first group of HHMI Hanna Gray Fellows. These recent PhD recipients will continue their training as postdoctoral fellows at 11 institutions in the U.S.

Meet BTS Alum Adam Mendelsohn

Mon Aug 14, 2017
Mendelsohn
© David Dat Nguyen

Adam Mendelsohn, PhD

The startup cofounder and CEO shares his company’s goal of developing dermal implants to deliver medicine for diabetes and more.

Remembering Edward Leong Way

Thu Jul 6, 2017
Edward Leong Way at birthday celebration
Elisabeth Fall

Edward Leong Way celebrated his 100th birthday in July 2016, surrounded by friends, family, and UCSF colleagues.

Edward (Eddie) Leong Way, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy alumnus, UCSF faculty member, and dear friend, died peacefully at home in San Francisco on June 12, 2017, four weeks before his 101st birthday.

Camp founder continues quest to bring science to kids

Thu Jun 29, 2017
Hertema
Cindy Chew

Heather Hertema, PharmD ’10, founder of UCSF Summer Science Camp, returned for the camp’s 10th anniversary.

As a first-year UCSF PharmD student, Heather Hertema, PharmD ’10, had a big idea: a free summer camp for kids who might not otherwise be exposed to the creative problem-solving and making-things-explode fun of science.

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