Categories: Research

Koda-Kimble Seed Award Fuels 11 Innovative Projects

Mon Mar 31, 2025
Eleven innovative projects with the potential to further the mission of the UCSF School of Pharmacy in new ways will garner a financial boost from the 2025 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation.

Kortemme awarded International Feodor Lynen Medal from the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Thu Mar 20, 2025
Kortemme

Tanja Kortemme, PhD

The school’s vice dean of research received the award at an annual event that fosters scientific exchange among experts in biochemistry and molecular biology, where she delivered a lecture that delved into her work on the creation of novel proteins and their applications in engineering molecular...

California Poison Control System: Protecting Public Health, One Call at a Time

Tue Mar 18, 2025
CPCS saved costs infographic
With call centers in Fresno/Madera, Sacramento, San Francisco and San Diego, the California Poison Control System (CPCS) serves as a crucial safety public health safety net, providing free, confidential and multilingual assistance on over 250,000 calls annually that range from accidental ingestions...

UCSF School of Pharmacy Leads National Academies Workshop on Future of Pharmacy

Fri Mar 14, 2025
The UCSF School of Pharmacy is leading a new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine workshop that will bring together leaders and experts nationwide to address pressing workforce issues and formulate strategies that will shape the future of pharmacy.

Decoding COVID-19: QBI Researchers Pave the Way for New Drug Discoveries to Combat Virus

Tue Mar 11, 2025
Krogan (left) in his lab with Xu (right)
Susan Merrell

Nevan Krogan, PhD, left, director of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute and founder of the UCSF Coronavirus Research Group, and Jiewei Xu, specialist in the department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, worked around the clock mapping human proteins with the goal of finding a drugs to prevent COVID from replicating.

The QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG) fast-tracked antiviral drug discovery by partnering with scientists around the globe and around the clock, deepening understanding of how viruses attack cells and shaping the future of pandemic preparedness.

Frontline Pharmacy: Rising to the Moment

Tue Mar 11, 2025
UCSF staff getting vaccinated by Hom
Susan Merrell

Tomas Diaz, a clinical fellow in the UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, gets a COVID-19 shot from Matthew Aludino, a fourth-year student in the School of Pharmacy.

As COVID-19 cases began rising in San Francisco, UCSF Health mobilized to vaccinate thousands of frontline workers; secured and rapidly deployed new therapeutics; and worked with public health and pharmacy leaders nationwide to share protocols and best practices as new therapies emerged, while...

Lessons Learned: Five Years of COVID-19 Research and Response at UCSF

Tue Mar 11, 2025
SARS-CoV-2
National Institutes of Health
UCSF School of Pharmacy experts share their perspectives on the lessons learned from the pandemic and the evolving role of pharmacy in strengthening public health, advancing scientific discovery and preparing for future global challenges.

How AI Drug Manufacturing Is Changing the Game

Thu Mar 6, 2025

UCSF School of Pharmacy Leads in NIH Funding for 45th Consecutive Year

Wed Feb 26, 2025
Krogan and lab member
Noah Berger

Nevan Krogan, PhD, speaks with a research associate in his lab.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy continues to lead the country in competitive federal research funding among pharmacy schools, capturing $45.8 million in 2024 to fuel life-changing drug discoveries, bioengineering, pharmacokinetics and more.

Aweeka: “Be More of a Global Pharmacist”

Thu Feb 20, 2025
Aweeka

Fran Aweeka, PharmD

Energized from a yearlong term as global chair at England’s University of Bath, Fran Aweeka, PharmD, is embracing the challenge of finding new ways to foster international collaboration in pharmaceutical sciences.

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