Research

Shape-Shifting Nucleosomes Open New Avenues for Epigenetics Research

Fri Oct 11, 2019

Pathogenic Landscape of HIV

Fri Oct 11, 2019

School scientists identify faulty molecular recycling as potential driver of Alzheimer’s disease

Fri Aug 9, 2019

School scientists recently uncovered how neurons normally recycle old proteins, and how this process goes awry in Alzheimer's disease, leading to the toxic building of protein fragments in the brain.

Impact of Curriculum Transformation Awards given for assessing new PharmD curriculum

Mon Jun 24, 2019

Students chat on their first day of class

Elisabeth Fall

A new PharmD curriculum was introduced in 2018.

Impact Awards support new ways of determining how the new PharmD curriculum is working, according to Vice Dean Sharon L. Youmans.

USAID photo exhibit on Zika launches QBI symposium on arthropod-borne diseases

Wed Jun 12, 2019

USAID’s “Stronger There, Safer Here” exhibit is on display June 12 to July 31, 2019, on the first floor of Mission Hall at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus.

A photo exhibition on the response by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Zika virus outbreaks in Latin America and the Caribbean was kicked off with a reception this June at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus.

Studies on adolescent drug abuse, antidepressants in the ER, and complications from heart pumps take top honors at annual seminar

Tue May 14, 2019

Joyce Rifkind (left) and Gary Rifkind, PharmD ’60

Research on topics ranging from drug abuse to heart pump complications took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s 21st annual Spring Research Seminar.

Study shows promise for hormonal contraception services in the community pharmacy setting

Tue Apr 30, 2019

Susan Merrell

Lisa Kroon, PharmD

A study shows the potential of hormonal contraceptives at pharmacies in California and Oregon.

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

Thu Apr 4, 2019

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.

UCSF sets new record for NIH funding

Fri Mar 15, 2019

UC San Francisco was the top public recipient of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2018, the 12th year in a row that UCSF claimed the top spot among public institutions, and the eighth straight year in which the University ranked second overall among institutions nationwide.

2019 Koda-Kimble Seed Award supports School of Pharmacy’s boldest ideas

Tue Mar 12, 2019

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.

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