Categories: Patient Care

On World Pharmacists Day, UCSF Health celebrates the one-year anniversary of two new outpatient pharmacies that show how pharmacists advance patient-centered care through innovation, integration, and education.

By dialing up a healthy gene, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Professor Nadav Ahituv, PhD and a team of UCSF scientists stopped seizures in mice with a common mutation found in neurodevelopmental disorders like epilepsy and autism.

From computational chemistry to protein engineering to small-molecule discovery, UCSF School of Pharmacy startups demonstrate how a culture of excellence and entrepreneurship combine with a strong translational infrastructure.

In collaboration with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Chair James Fraser, PhD, has uncovered new ways to restore the potency of drugs that had been losing...

A new dye screening process from the lab of Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professor Jason Gestwicki, PhD, could distinguish between different dementias more effectively and earlier in the disease process.

Inspired by sister’s leukemia treatment, Department of Clinical Pharmacy Professor and oncology researcher Janel Long-Boyle, PharmD, PhD, is reducting side effects and increasing survival rates for children with cancer.

Six years apart on their parallel paths, the Bulla sisters share a first-generation experience from becoming pharmacy technicians to patient care in clinical pharmacy.