Patient Care

Bringing artificial limbs to patients who need them

Thu Nov 8, 2018

Matheny demonstrates prosthetic arm to onlookers

Marine Corps Sgt. Drew Tech, U.S. Department of Defense

Johnny Matheny demonstrates how a modular prosthetic limb works during DARPA Demo Day 2016 at the Pentagon, May 11, 2016. Matheny is a test subject with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.

The patient perspective on prosthetic limbs currently doesn’t factor into the FDA approval process. Leslie Wilson and Matthew Garibaldi are surveying patient preferences to speed access to the next generation of prosthetics.

PharmD students make sure Dean Guglielmo gets his flu shot

Fri Oct 26, 2018

PharmD student prepares flu vaccine for the dean

Vivian Chen

PharmD student Janelle Agustin, Class of 2021, prepares a flu vaccine for School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD.

UCSF Flu Crew reminds San Francisco of the importance of vaccines by overseeing the vaccination of School of Pharmacy Dean Guglielmo.

The dean advocates for medication lists and pharmacist engagement in patient care

Tue Aug 21, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., trailing cancer and heart disease. Many of those errors can be traced to issues with medications.

More California kids are having pot-related health scares, poison control officials warn

Tue Jul 17, 2018

Update from the Dean – July 2018

Mon Jul 16, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

Health at the molecular level: Decoding cellular signals, A trigger for tissue repair, Seeding tomorrow’s science. The future of custom care: Tracking cancer drug resistance, Treating malaria and tuberculosis, Quantitative Biosciences Institute’s culture of inclusivity, The genetics of asthma....

Rapid genome sequencing could revolutionize health care for acutely ill babies

Mon Jun 11, 2018

Some Medicaid patients can’t get nicotine patches at pharmacies on first try

Tue May 29, 2018

Data for a difference

Tue May 22, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

Rada Savic, PhD

Low-cost drug treatments can cure TB and malaria. Why, then, do these diseases claim so many lives?

Research outlines challenges for adoption of new genetic tests

Fri May 11, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

Kathryn Phillips, PhD

Every day, on average, ten new genetic tests become commercially available to help doctors and patients make more informed decisions about health care.