Categories: Honors and Awards

Eleven Staff Members Honored for Contributions

Thu Dec 12, 2024
The UCSF School of Pharmacy is recognizing 11 staff members with a SPOT Award for their exceptional work and contributions. Part of UCSF’s STAR Program, SPOT Awards are $1,500 cash awards that honor significant employee achievements and contributions for a specific project or task over a short...

School of Pharmacy faculty recognized among Highly Cited Researchers 

Fri Dec 6, 2024
Giacomini, Manglik, Krogan and Shoichet

Giacomini, Manglik, Krogan and Shoichet

The recognition of Krogan, Shoichet, Manglik, and Giacomini underscores the school’s commitment to fostering groundbreaking research that addresses critical issues in health care and pharmaceutical sciences.

Dean’s Apple Teaching Awards for Summer/Fall 2024

Thu Dec 5, 2024
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The Dean's Apple Teaching Awards for summer/fall 2024 were given to faculty and student instructors who received outstanding scores on student evaluations.

Oni-Orisan and Tamraz Awarded STRIPE Double Helix Award for Contributions to Pharmacogenomics

Fri Nov 15, 2024
Oni-Orisan and Tamraz

Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, PharmD, PhD, and Bani Tamraz, PharmD, PhD

Oni-Orisan has been instrumental in developing clinical applications that bring pharmacogenomics (PGx) directly to patient care, with a focus on equity. Tamraz leads the UCSF PGx program, advocates for accessible precision medicine in California and conducts research focused on translating PGx...

UCSF Pharmacy Faculty, Students Honored for Innovation and Leadership

Thu Nov 7, 2024
Hsia and Wong receive a plaque from mentor

Left to right: Stephanie Hsia, PharmD, MAEd, BCPP; Shirley Wong, PharmD, APh; mentor.

A pharmacist-run ambulatory care telehealth clinic, founded by Stephanie Hsia, PharmD, MAEd, BCPP, and Shirley Wong, PharmD, APh, has won the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award.  

Annual teaching awards for 2023-2024

Fri Oct 25, 2024
PharmD students honor their outstanding teachers and preceptors.

Giacomini Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Tue Oct 8, 2024
Giacomini poses with her acceptance letter

Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, with her acceptance letter featured on the walls of the Academy’s headquarters.

As the first female pharmacy-trained scientist and dean of a pharmacy school ever to be elected, Giacomini’s induction marks a historic milestone.

PharmD Students Win First Place at SNPhA National Competition

Wed Sep 4, 2024
Lopez and Misra

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.

Manglik shares passion for cellular communication in UCSF Byers Award Lecture

Mon Aug 12, 2024
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Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry faculty member Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, was celebrated as a curiosity-driven scientist in the 29th annual Byers Award Lecture, where he shared how he fulfilled a research dream in his journey from Stanford University to UCSF.

Ahituv selected for American Society of Human Genetics Scientific Achievement Award

Tue Aug 6, 2024
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Nadav Ahituv, PhD

The director of the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics (IHG) is being recognized for his lab’s work investigating gene regulatory elements––their relationship to human diversity and disease and their utilization for gene therapy.

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