Honors and Awards

Wells elected member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Wed Apr 22, 2015

James Wells, PhD

James Wells, PhD, chair of the School’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been elected as a member of the 2015 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Ferrone named CPhA Innovative Pharmacist of the Year

Fri Mar 13, 2015

Kaz Tsuruta

Marcus Ferrone, PharmD, JD

Marcus Ferrone, PharmD, JD, a faculty member in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has been named the California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) 2015 Innovative Pharmacist of the Year.

DeGrado receives Protein Society’s Stein and Moore Award

Wed Feb 11, 2015

Elisabeth Fall

William DeGrado, PhD

William DeGrado, PhD, faculty member in the School’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been named the 2015 recipient of The Protein Society’s Stein and Moore Award.

Innovation in Education Awards go to Shin, Jacobson, Ferrone

Thu Jan 8, 2015

The glass apple is awarded as a symbol of the Dean's Innovation in Education Award. Honorees also received $1,000.

The inaugural presentation of the Dean’s Innovation in Education Awards took place during the School of Pharmacy faculty meeting at Mission Hall on the Mission Bay campus on January 6, 2015.

Craik named a fellow of National Academy of Inventors

Thu Dec 18, 2014

Charles S. Craik, PhD

Charles S. Craik, PhD, whose innovative research has generated ten patents and helped launch two companies, has been named a fellow by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

UCSF Pharmacology tops U.S. News global university rankings

Thu Dec 18, 2014

UC San Francisco is among the top universities in the world yet again, ranking among the top five in seven subject areas, according to the inaugural U.S.

Walter receives the 2014 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

Mon Sep 8, 2014

Faculty member Peter Walter, PhD, has received the 2014 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, announced today. Popularly known as the “American Nobel,” this is one of the most prestigious honors in science and medicine.

Walter receives Shaw Price in Life Science and Medicine

Wed May 28, 2014

A UC San Francisco professor of biochemistry and biophysics has received Asia’s highest scientific honor, the 2014 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, for his groundbreaking discovery of a system that makes “life and death decisions” for the cell.

Label warnings, antibiotic measurements, cancer therapies, and smoking interventions take top honors at annual seminar

Thu May 22, 2014

Rifkind Award Winners (clockwise from upper left) Tien Ho, PharmD; Bao Dao, PharmD, MBA; Robin Corelli, PharmD; Alicia Harvey, PharmD.

Studies of improved over-the-counter acetaminophen warning labels, more accurate measurements of antibiotics in hospitalized patients, therapies for metastatic breast cancer, and methods for training pharmacy personnel to help smokers quit took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s...

DeRisi wins NAS award for extraordinary scientific achievements

Tue May 13, 2014

Two UCSF faculty members have been honored by the National Academy of Sciences for their “extraordinary scientific achievements.” Joseph DeRisi, PhD, who won the Carty Award, and Allison Doupe, MD, PhD, who won the Pradel Research Award, join 13 others in the fields of physical, biological and...

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