Patient Care

Targeting a key driver of cancer

Thu Jun 19, 2014

In the epic fight against cancer, a protein called Ras has been one of the arch-villains.

First identified in human cancers in the 1980s, this protein is responsible for roughly one-third of all cases, as well as some of the deadliest, including lung, colon and pancreatic cancers.

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...

Selling a Poison by the Barrel: Liquid Nicotine for E-Cigarettes

Sun Mar 23, 2014

UCSF team develops early-warning system for preterm labor

Wed Mar 19, 2014

Dean Guglielmo on tobacco sales in pharmacies: guest editorial

Mon Mar 10, 2014

A MedList clinic: perspectives of a pharmacist and a student pharmacist

Tue Mar 4, 2014

Elisabeth Fall

Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD, oversees student pharmacists Greg Balani and Patricia Kuang during MedList Clinic

UCSF, Walgreens open pharmacy to jointly explore new models of care

Tue Feb 25, 2014

Elisabeth Fall

Left to right: Daniel Wandres, UCSF Medical Center; Meen Kang, Walgreens; Bill Hose, Walgreens; Mark Laret, UCSF Medical Center; Susan Desmond-Hellmann, UCSF; B. Joseph Guglielmo, UCSF School of Pharmacy; Myra Pascua, Walgreens; Joel Wright, Walgreens.

A unique new pharmacy developed to explore more effective models of medication management and pharmacist-based patient care, improving drug safety and efficacy by reducing medication errors and lapses, officially opened with a ribbon cutting on the Parnassus campus on Tuesday.

Walgreens, UCSF to Help Manage Prescriptions

Tue Feb 25, 2014

New law could expand role of pharmacists as health care providers

Tue Nov 12, 2013

Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD

A bill signed into law last month by California Governor Jerry Brown and taking effect on January 1, 2014 could be an important first step toward changing how pharmacists practice, especially in community settings.

Brodowy named director of UCSF Medication Outcomes Center

Mon Aug 19, 2013

Bret Brodowy, PharmD

Bret Brodowy, PharmD, a leader in hospital pharmacy practice and management, has been named the new director of the Medication Outcomes Center in the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy. The appointment was effective August 12, 2013.

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