Categories: Honors and Awards

Presenting 2018 Grad Slam Winner Yiqi Cao

Tue Mar 27, 2018
Yiqi Cao, Bioengineering, Don't Go Breaking My Heart…Again. Grad Slam, UC San Francisco, 2018 Winner.

Yiqi Cao, 1st Place Winner

Ten finalists battled for the Grad Slam Championship on 3/22/18. The competition was stiff, the crowd was raucous; but in the end, two BioEs swept the awards.

Babbitt named fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology

Fri Feb 23, 2018
Babbitt
Elisabeth Fall

Patricia Babbitt, PhD

Babbitt's election as a 2018 ISCB fellow highlights her contributions to the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics.

Microscopy illuminates life

Thu Jan 25, 2018
Huang at reception
Susan Merrell

Bo Huang, PhD, at Byers Award Lecture reception

Even with the best of microscopes, it's still a challenge to visualize the "inner life" of the cell.

Biopolymers Murray Goodman Memorial Prize Winner 2017: William F. DeGrado

Mon Nov 13, 2017

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.

Giacomini to receive North American Scientific Achievement Award

Tue Sep 5, 2017
Giacomini
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Kathy Giacomini, PhD

Kathy Giacomini, PhD, a leader in the field of pharmacogenomics, has been named the 2017 recipient of the North American Scientific Achievement Award, presented by the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX).

Donald Kishi: leader, mentor, friend

Thu Jun 15, 2017
Kishi at podium
“Find a need and fill it” was a popular slogan that graced the side of pink Kaiser Cement trucks around the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60s and 70s. But Donald Kishi, PharmD ’68, took the motto as his professional mantra.

UCSF School of Pharmacy celebrates Commencement 2017

Thu May 25, 2017
Guglielmo and graduate
Elisabeth Fall

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, places the hood on Phong Ho at 2017 commencement.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy conferred the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree on 120 graduates at its 2017 commencement on May 19 at Louise Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.

Grad Slam 2017 winners

Mon May 22, 2017
Ashley Smart
Noah Berger

Grad Slam runner-up Ashley Smart said the competition is a reminder that the scientific research done in labs is achieving a broader goal.

The third annual Grad Slam, held March 16, featured 10 UCSF graduate students competing to inform and entertain with three-minute science talks based on their own research. Their subjects ranged from the genetics of aging to the rewiring of injured neural circuits to spinal changes in astronauts.

Nordberg honored at Founders Day Luncheon

Mon May 15, 2017
Nordberg

Michael Nordberg, MPA/HSA

Michael Nordberg, MPA/HSA, was honored for his enduring professional accomplishments with the 2017 Chancellor Award for Exceptional University Management.

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