Categories: Patient Care

Students lead charge to provide context for race in pharmacy education

Tue May 3, 2022
Rambaran and Sofeso

Laura Rambaran, Class of 2022, left, and Temi Sofeso, Class of 2022, served as two of seven of the School’s Health Equity Interns over the last two years, working with faculty members to improve how the PharmD program handles issues of race and equity.

The School’s Health Equity Interns have partnered with faculty to dismantle bias in the PharmD program

Pharmacist roles expanding in cardiovascular medicine

Thu Apr 14, 2022

School community bids farewell to an impactful dean

Wed Apr 13, 2022
Guglielmo
Elisabeth Fall

B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Guglielmo leaves a legacy spanning pharmacy, science, sustainability, and DEI.

2022 Koda-Kimble Seed Awards fuel the School’s most innovative ideas

Tue Apr 5, 2022
Koda-Kimble
Elisabeth Fall

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, former dean of the School of Pharmacy

This year’s Seed Awards will support projects ranging from the discovery sciences and patient care to sustainability and diversity, equity, and inclusion

Residencies open the door for diverse careers in pharmacy

Fri Mar 4, 2022
Burbige and Alcala

Eugene Burbige, PharmD, left, and Francesca Alcala, PharmD, both pursued specialties in pharmacy via UCSF residencies.

Newly-minted pharmacists gain specialized skills through residencies.

From haircuts to high blood pressure management

Thu Feb 17, 2022
Two pharmacists walking past two barbers and their clients in a barbershop
Elisabeth Fall

Crystal Zhou, PharmD, carrying a box of COVID-19 vaccines, walks into the Chicago 2 Barbershop alongside Sarah Chong, PharmD. The two pharmacists are collaborating with the Cut Hypertension Program to provide health care services free of charge to barbershop clients.

Crystal Zhou, PharmD, teams up with the Cut Hypertension Program to provide medication management and COVID vaccines in Black-owned barbershops.

UCSF researchers develop a new drug regimen to combat malaria in children

Thu Dec 16, 2021
Child sitting on a bed surrounded by a bed net
UK Department for International Development

A child sits on a bed surrounded by a bed net intended to prevent mosquito bites that could transmit malaria, Kenya. A new drug regimen developed at UCSF offers children improved protection against the disease.

Study shows that monthly doses of two common anti-malarial drugs for the first few years of life can provide 95 percent protection against the disease.

UCSF pharmacy students vaccinate Dean Guglielmo against the influenza virus

Mon Nov 8, 2021
Guglielmo
Sarah de Jesus and Kera Jewett

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) student Lynna Davis, Class of 2023, administers the flu vaccine to Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD.

PharmD students organized the annual Vaccinate the Dean event and administered the influenza vaccine to Dean Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD.

New Alzheimer’s drug is for those with mild cognitive impairment. But who has that disorder?

Fri Oct 8, 2021

Data-driven drug dosing speeds tuberculosis treatment to four months

Mon Aug 30, 2021
bacterial cells
NIAID/NIH

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of tuberculosis

A large trial of a new drug regimen for tuberculosis, designed in part by School researchers, leads to a new WHO recommendation for treating the disease.

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