Categories: Patient Care

Vaccinate the Dean: The pharmacist’s role in preventing sick days

Mon Oct 7, 2024
Pharmacy student in white coat administers flu shot to dean

Alisa Koay, vice president of policy for the UCSF American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), administers the flu vaccine to Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm.

Two second-year PharmD students joined Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, in a School of Pharmacy tradition to amplify the importance of getting vaccinated.

Alumni Spotlight: Clinical Practice and Public Health Come Together for Transplant Pharmacist

Wed Sep 25, 2024
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Cindy Chew

Rachael Gordon, PharmD 2022, MPH

Rachael Gordon, PharmD, MPH, uses her background in statistics and analysis to extend her role beyond the clinical, informing research that she hopes will lead to a broader understanding of transplant medicine.

Building Better DNA Editors: Retrons Raise the Bar for Gene Research

Wed Sep 18, 2024

New Technology Could Lead to Alternative Treatments for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Mon Sep 9, 2024

Manglik shares passion for cellular communication in UCSF Byers Award Lecture

Mon Aug 12, 2024
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Sonya Yruel

Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry faculty member Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, was celebrated as a curiosity-driven scientist in the 29th annual Byers Award Lecture, where he shared how he fulfilled a research dream in his journey from Stanford University to UCSF.

Ahituv selected for American Society of Human Genetics Scientific Achievement Award

Tue Aug 6, 2024
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Nadav Ahituv, PhD

The director of the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics (IHG) is being recognized for his lab’s work investigating gene regulatory elements––their relationship to human diversity and disease and their utilization for gene therapy.

$25 million federal defense grant funds anesthesia innovation

Fri Jul 26, 2024
Sello and Shoichet
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry faculty members Brian Shoichet, PhD, and Jason Sello, PhD, combine collaboration, curiosity, and innovation to discover molecules that can become anesthetics administered without specialized training.

Krogan Q&A: Collaboration and the new era of science

Fri Jun 14, 2024
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Nevan Krogan, PhD

In the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), Nevan Krogan, PhD, built a transdisciplinary, multi-lab, multi-institutional, multi-national, multi-sector open-science consortium in which over a thousand trainees and senior investigators worked together—overcoming...

Phillips explores policy, ethics, and precision medicine

Fri May 24, 2024
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Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD

Department of Clinical Pharmacy faculty member Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD, is tackling the intersection of policy, ethics, and precision medicine in a series of collaborations with global impact.

Meet the School of Pharmacy 2024 Alum of the Year: Ruth Arnold Smarinsky, PharmD ’83

Mon May 13, 2024
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John Jay Cabuay

Ruth Arnold Smarinsky, PharmD ’83

Whether she’s adding pharmacy services to safety-net clinics or giving the field a bigger foothold in disaster relief, Smarinsky has consistently found new ways to put pharmacy skills into practice. “I always like going into programs that haven’t existed before. UCSF gave me the confidence to do...

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