Patient Care

First Yolo County resident speaks about COVID-19 diagnosis, recovery

Thu Apr 30, 2020

My COVID-19 journey

Thu Apr 16, 2020

As we absorb the daily news of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us—especially in California where an order to shelter in place was declared early on by Governor Gavin Newsom—have little first-hand knowledge of what it’s like to be a COVID-19 patient in the midst of the pandemic. Marilyn Stebbins,...

PharmD students organize PPE drives for hospitals to fight COVID-19

Thu Apr 9, 2020

PharmD students and pharmacy staff in front of pharmacy

UCSF PharmD students partnered with TIN Rx, a pharmacy in the Castro District of San Francisco, to collect PPE during the COVID-19 shelter-in-place. From the right: Adriana Gardner, Class of 2022; Leena Dolle, Class of 2021; Marianne Duran, Class of 2022; and three employees of TIN Rx.

Student pharmacists collect protective gear for front-line health care providers during the pandemic.

FDA, academia, and industry join forces to shepherd new therapies to patients

Thu Jan 23, 2020

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Kathy Giacomini, PhD, is co-director of UCSF-Stanford CERSI.

UCSF-Stanford CERSI brings together scientists, industry, and government regulators to get new therapies to patients sooner.

Pharmacists uniquely poised to reduce unnecessary prescriptions

Mon Dec 30, 2019

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UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, argues that pharmacists can help reduce the use of unnecessary medications.

PharmD degree program art highlights science, focus on patients

Thu Dec 19, 2019

The newly installed artwork can be found on the ninth floor of the UCSF Medical Sciences Building.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy recently installed wall art featuring the values of the School’s doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree program.

Making sure everyone makes the most of Medicare Part D

Mon Dec 9, 2019

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PharmD student Kelsey Mott, Class of 2021 (right) looks up prescription insurance coverage information for a patient at the School’s Medicare Part D outreach event on December 3, 2019.

The School’s Medicare Part D outreach event lives on as part of our current PharmD curriculum.

Pharmacy alumna provides lifeline to displaced residents in aftermath of fire

Thu Nov 7, 2019

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Janet Balbutin, PharmD ’68, pharmacist and owner of Paradise Drug and Chico Pharmacy

When the Camp Fire roared through Paradise, CA, last November, the staff of Paradise Drug, a community pharmacy owned and operated by UCSF School of Pharmacy alumna Janet Balbutin, PharmD ’68, didn’t hesitate: they heroically saved a server containing patient data, and went on to provide pharmacy...

PharmD students see to Dean Guglielmo’s flu shot

Wed Oct 23, 2019

Bulla, Wisniewski, Guglielmo, Lee and Li read the proclamation.

From left, Sabrina Bulla, Jessica Wisniewski, present Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, with Mayor London Breed’s proclamation, as Susanna Lee, and Joe Li watch.

Getting vaccinated for the flu not only lowers a person’s chance of getting sick, it also helps protect their whole community.

IRS Greenlights Tax Breaks for Buyers of 23andMe Genetic Tests

Thu Aug 1, 2019

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