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Making better pediatric chemo treatments, and delivering them to more children

Thu Apr 4, 2019
Long-Boyle
Credit: 
Elisabeth Fall

Janel Long-Boyle, PhD, PharmD, has spent her career making chemotherapy safe for young patients.

Janel Long-Boyle has spent her career advancing chemotherapy treatments for young patients.

Koda-Kimble Seed Award supports School of Pharmacy's boldest ideas

Tue Mar 12, 2019
Koda-Kimble
Credit: 
© Majed

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

The 2019 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation will fund nine bold research projects, ranging from studies of the molecular underpinnings of cancer to focus groups designed to prepare PharmD students for experiential learning.

School of Pharmacy scientists unearth a new target for treating Parkinson’s disease

Thu Mar 7, 2019
Neuronal protein with newly-identified drug target highlighted
Credit: 
England Lab/UCSF

A team led by Pamela England, PhD, identified a new target (yellow) for future Parkinson’s disease therapies within the Nurr1 protein (blue). 

Scientists in the UCSF School of Pharmacy recently identified the first drug-binding target site on a molecule known to play a role in Parkinson's disease, opening the door to a new generation of therapies for the condition.

Tejal Desai named the director of new UCSF bioengineering initiative

Thu Feb 28, 2019
Desai in the lab.
Credit: 
Majed Abolfazli

The Health Innovation Via Engineering (HIVE) program will be led by Tejal Desai, PhD.

The Health Innovation Via Engineering (HIVE) program is designed to inspire collaborations in bioengineering research.

School of Pharmacy tops pharmacy schools in NIH funding for 39th straight year

Wed Feb 27, 2019
Kroetz and colleague review the results of an experiment
Credit: 
Elisabeth Fall

Deanna Kroetz, PhD (right) was among dozens of faculty members who contributed to the School of Pharmacy becoming the top recipient of NIH funding among all pharmacy schools in 2018.

Among all U.S. pharmacy schools, the UCSF School of Pharmacy earned the most research funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2018, totaling nearly $29 million dollars that will support studies spanning the basic to the clinical sciences.

USP/UCSF Fellowship to support research in the quality and safety of medical products

Wed Feb 27, 2019
Pharmaceutical drugs
Credit: 
Majed Abolfazli

The UCSF Fellowship in Quality of Medical Products will support research into excipients, or inactive ingredients found in pharmaceutical drugs.

A new fellowship, funded jointly by UCSF-Stanford CERSI and the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), will support research into the inactive components of medications, which are known as excipients.

Creating an inexhaustible database for drug molecules

Mon Feb 11, 2019
Shoichet in his office
Credit: 
Elisabeth Fall

Brian Shoichet, PhD, brought his drug discovery software to an enormous database of small molecules.

School of Pharmacy researchers helped a free public database of potential drug molecules grow 100-fold.

Tamraz is featured PGRN Investigator

Tue Feb 5, 2019
Tamraz
Credit: 
Elisabeth Fall

Bani Tamraz, PharmD, PhD, is the featured Pharmacogenomics Research Network Investigator (PGRN) for February 2019. An article on the group’s website describes his overall goal to build a patient-oriented program of pharmacogenetics (PGx) research, teaching, and clinical practice that utilizes genetics for therapy optimization at UCSF and beyond. Read the full article here: Featured PGRN Investigators

QBI fellowship fosters curiosity and perseverance for women scientists

Mon Jan 28, 2019
Kyosiimire-Lugemwa
Credit: 
QBI

Jacqueline Kyosiimire-Lugemwa, PhD, was the first recipient of QBI's Scholarship for Women from Developing Nations in Biosciences. 

Jacqueline Kyosiimire-Lugemwa, the first recipient of QBI’s Scholarship for Women from Developing Nations in Biosciences, spent a year at UCSF in which her perseverance in the sciences was tested. She recently returned to her home country of Uganda more ready than ever to tackle big questions about HIV.

CRISPR-based obesity treatment shows promise for other diseases

Thu Jan 17, 2019
Ahituv, right, works in his lab with postdoc Fumitaka Inoue
Credit: 
Susan Merrell

Nadav Ahituv, PhD, right, was able to curb obesity in mice by tweaking two genes involved in controlling appetite.

A recent study by Nadav Ahituv, PhD, showed that obesity caused by a gene mutation could be treated in animal models.

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