Categories: Education

Remembering Robert L. Day, PharmD, Class of ’59

Wed Oct 9, 2024
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Robert L. Day, PharmD ’59

Over a career that spanned five decades, Robert L. Day, PharmD, ’59, significantly advanced pharmacy education, changed the lives of countless students and became the school’s resident historian.

Vaccinate the Dean: The pharmacist’s role in preventing sick days

Mon Oct 7, 2024
Pharmacy student in white coat administers flu shot to dean

Alisa Koay, vice president of policy for the UCSF American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), administers the flu vaccine to Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm.

Two second-year PharmD students joined Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, in a School of Pharmacy tradition to amplify the importance of getting vaccinated.

Gender Care and Love Course Empowers Future Pharmacists With Empathy

Thu Sep 26, 2024
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Alexander Gilmer, PharmD

Alexander Gilmer, PharmD, prepares future pharmacy professionals to be pioneers of change by teaching how to provide compassionate and competent care to transgender and nonbinary patients.

Student Committee Bridges Recreation, Education with Community Outreach

Tue Sep 10, 2024
Jacob holds and discusses a lung while kids watch intently

PCRA President Jerril Jacob in an interactive workshop with elementary school students.

Through the Pharmacy Committee of Recreational Activities (PCRA), a group of students is supporting wellness and fostering community while introducing elementary and high school students to the diversity of pharmacy roles in the health care system. 

PharmD Students Win First Place at SNPhA National Competition

Wed Sep 4, 2024
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Second-year PharmD students Isela Lopez and Rhea Misra in the class of 2026.

After teaming up previously in a local skills competition, second-year students Rhea Misra and Isela Lopez earned the opportunity to compete nationally in the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) National Clinical Skills Competition.

Dean’s Apple Teaching Awards 2023–2024

Wed Jul 24, 2024
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UCSF School of Pharmacy instructors, praised for their dedication, have received the Dean’s Apple Teaching Awards for excellent student evaluation scores across several terms in 2023 and 2024.

White Coat Ceremony welcomes PharmD Class of 2027

Mon Jul 22, 2024
First-year learners were welcomed to the pharmacy profession with a meaningful blend of tradition and celebration, surrounded by friends, family, faculty, and staff.

School of Pharmacy celebrates global drug development and regulatory science collaboration

Mon Jul 8, 2024
Wu, Benet, Peck, and Zhang

Yangfeng Wu, MD, PhD; Leslie Z. Benet, PhD; Carl Peck, MD, Dr. h.c. (Uppsala); and Peking University Clinical Research Institute Director of Department of Education and Training Sandy Zhang.

June 14, 2024, marked the 15-year collaboration of a Chinese course improving medical product development and regulation.

Postdocs, specialists, and researchers celebrated in symposium

Mon Jun 24, 2024
in a large, festively decorated atrium people eat and drink while discussing surrounding posters.
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PSRs being celebrated at Genentech Hall.

The inaugural annual event included a panel on career pathways moderated by Su Guo, PhD, and awarded prizes to four poster presenters.

From community college to PharmD residency via UCSF

Mon Jun 10, 2024
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Warif Kastoun, PharmD

Nearly a third of the University of California’s Class of 2024 started their higher education journey at California community colleges, including Warif Kastoun, PharmD, whose plans to run her own local pharmacy in Damascus, Syria, were interrupted by civil war.

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