Categories: Education

Medical and pharmacy students jointly tackle health care’s most pressing dilemmas

Fri Feb 22, 2019
Student in discussion with Rodriguez-Monguio
Levi Gadye

Pharmacy student Shafat Selim (right) discusses the complexities of the orphan drug market with School of Pharmacy faculty member Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, PhD, (left) during a mini-course session.

A two-week course brought first-year UCSF medical and pharmacy students together, for the first time, to grapple with controversies and challenges in health care using scientific evidence and faculty-led discussion.

Tamraz is featured PGRN Investigator

Tue Feb 5, 2019
Bani Tamraz, PharmD, PhD, is the featured Pharmacogenomics Research Network Investigator (PGRN) for February 2019. An article on the group’s website described his overall goal to build a patient-oriented program of pharmacogenetics research, teaching, and clinical practice that utilizes genetics...

Clinard, Tran, and Thompson-Quan discuss beneficial collaboration between School of Pharmacy and Medical Center

Mon Dec 10, 2018
Clinard, Tran, Thompson-Quan
Left to right: Valerie Clinard, PharmD; Judie Tran, PharmD; Ashley Thompson-Quan, PharmD
Valerie Clinard, PharmD, Judie Tran, PharmD, and Ashley Thompson-Quan, PharmD, recently collaborated in writing an article for the Journal of Pharmacy Practice about the implementation of a large-scale coordinated introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE) program at UCSF.

Update from the Dean – November 2018

Fri Nov 9, 2018
Guglielmo
Elisabeth Fall

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Curriculum transformation, An expanded role, Gaining recognition, Graduate match rate; School of Pharmacy scientists receive UCSF Medal: Founding fathers of drug discovery honored; Beyond drugs, Two artificial pancreas projects, Bringing prosthetics to patients; Beyond drugs, Two artificial...

Youmans inducted into Academy of Medical Educators

Wed Oct 24, 2018
Youmans holds her induction plaque next to Poncelet and Lucey.
Elisabeth Fall

At the induction ceremony (left to right): Ann Poncelet, MD, Director of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators; Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH; Catherine Lucey, MD, Executive Vice Dean and Vice Dean for Education, School of Medicine.

School of Pharmacy Vice Dean Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH, was inducted into the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators in September, in recognition of her leadership during the School's revamping of its PharmD curriculum.

Future pharmacists dedicate themselves to serving patients

Tue Sep 18, 2018
PharmD students recite the Oath of a Pharmacist
Elisabeth Fall

The Class of 2021T recites the Oath of a Pharmacist after receiving their white coats during the White Coat Ceremony.

The School of Pharmacy's newest cohort of PharmD students donned white coats and took the Oath of a Pharmacist at the 2018 White Coat Ceremony, committing themselves to a lifetime of learning and patient care.

School welcomes incoming PharmD class with bold new curriculum

Wed Aug 8, 2018
PharmD students arrive at UCSF for the first day of classes.
Elisabeth Fall

New PharmD students, including Asher Jeong (right), arrive at the UCSF Parnassus campus for the first day of their pharmacy education

A new class of UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students came together on July 25 at the Parnassus campus to inaugurate a new curriculum built on critical thinking, problem solving, and an inquiry habit of mind.

Update from the Dean – July 2018

Mon Jul 16, 2018
Health at the molecular level: Decoding cellular signals, A trigger for tissue repair, Seeding tomorrow’s science. The future of custom care: Tracking cancer drug resistance, Treating malaria and tuberculosis, Quantitative Biosciences Institute’s culture of inclusivity, The genetics of asthma....

Gruenberg receives sustainability award for second straight year

Fri Jun 29, 2018
Gruenberg
Susan Merrell

Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, BCPS

Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD ’15, BCPS, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, was awarded the 2018 Sustainability Award in the faculty category by the UCSF Academic Senate Sustainability Committee on June 27, 2018.

It’s in the DNA: pharmacogenetics class

Fri Jun 29, 2018
Professor Burchard Hosts Student Leaders at Lunch

Prof. Burchard with Class' Student Leaders

In BPS 115, (Genetics and Pharmacogenetics), first year PharmD students study themselves at a genetic level using pharmacogenetic testing, and volunteer to share their data with each other. Data is aggregated for selected drug metabolizing genes-of-interest.

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