Categories: Education

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

White Coat Ceremony Welcomes PharmD Class of 2028

First-year pharmacy students officially entered the profession with white coats, words of inspiration, and a warm welcome from the UCSF School of Pharmacy community.

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

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.

Alum Brings Different Brand of Patient Care to Foster and Critically Ill Children Through Baking

In her family of medical professionals, the expectation was that Rachelle Reyles-Derry, PharmD ’05, would become a nurse. Instead, she was drawn to pharmacy by her curiosity while growing up to understand the medications prescribed for her father’s chronic conditions.

Kortemme: How AI Can Help Us Make New Medicines Faster

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Professor Tanja Kortemme, PhD, offers insight into how federally-funded research has America on the cusp of a new dawn in pharmaceuticals, offering hope for curing the most heartbreaking diseases.

Ask the Expert: Chun on AI and Computational Drug Discovery and Development

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Professor Joanne Chun, PharmD ’93, PhD ’96 leads the MS in AICD3 program — the first of its kind in the nation focused on AI’s transformation of drug discovery and development. Learn more about how AI-based research benefit patients and how the...

Scholarships Help PharmD Students Thrive

Congratulations to these PharmD students who are among the 2025 scholarship recipients. Scholarships are a key part of financial support students receive to ensure that finances are not a barrier to their success.

The Quest to Reinvent Anesthesia

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professors Brian Shoichet, PhD ’91, and Jason Sello, PhD, are leading a collaborative research project to scour millions of compounds — with help from tiny zebrafish — to create anesthetics safe enough to use without an anesthesiologist.

Navigating the Pipeline: Alum Drives Drug Development at Eli Lilly

Muhammad Baluom, PhD, an executive director of clinical pharmacology at Eli Lilly and Company, reflects on his journey from becoming a pharmacist in Jerusalem to pursuing postdoctoral studies in the lab of the legendary Leslie Benet, PhD, and to leading the clinical pharmacology programs behind...

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