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Creating the tools to build a Human Cell Atlas

Wed Jul 18, 2018

If it’s hard to take an accurate census of the 325 million people living in the US, it’s even more daunting to survey the 37.2 trillion or so cells that make up the human body. The brain alone, for instance, contains nearly 90 billion neurons, which can be classified into over a thousand distinct cell types. But these numbers are informed...

Update from the Dean – July 2018

Mon Jul 16, 2018

Health at the molecular level: Decoding cellular signals, A trigger for tissue repair, Seeding tomorrow’s science. The future of custom care: Tracking cancer drug resistance, Treating malaria and tuberculosis, Quantitative Biosciences Institute’s culture of inclusivity, The genetics of asthma. Ensuring the best possible care: Using the right drugs...

Study captures an opioid drug binding to a µ-opioid receptor

Drilling down to the details of opioid signaling

Wed Jul 11, 2018

Despite using opioids for centuries for pain management, we still don’t have a complete understanding of how drugs like morphine and oxycodone actually work. And that’s a problem for patients, who must weather side effects that can range from nausea and constipation to cognitive impairment, addiction, and, at high doses, even death.

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Gruenberg receives sustainability award for second straight year

Fri Jun 29, 2018

Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD ’15, BCPS, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, was awarded the 2018 Sustainability Award in the faculty category by the UCSF Academic Senate Sustainability Committee on June 27, 2018.

Gruenberg works with UCSF internal medicine clinics on the proper disposal of...

Showcasing School science and change at Alumni Weekend 2018

Fri Jun 15, 2018

Sessions include: quickly identifying molecules that show potential as drugs; improving access and treatments for AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis; why curiosity and imagination are taking the place of memorization the PharmD curriculum. Honoring the Class of 1968. Kennedy receives Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award.

Kennedy delivers Alumnus of the Year Award address at Alumni Weekend pharmacy gala

Fri Jun 15, 2018

On June 2, 2018, Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD ’78, received the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from the UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association, for her “outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy, to society, and/or to UCSF.”

As the dean of the College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, she has been a...

Manglik named 2018 Pew Biomedical Scholar

Thu Jun 14, 2018

Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, the newest member of the faculty of the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, was named a Pew Biomedical Scholar on June 14. The award supports early career faculty members who have demonstrated “outstanding promise as contributors in science relevant to human health,” and provides each...

The epic journey to better medicines

Wed Jun 13, 2018

UCSF School of Pharmacy scientists, across all three departments and in widely divergent fields, are continually questioning the status quo.

Seiple named a 2018 Beckman Young Investigator

Tue Jun 12, 2018

The Beckman Young Investigator award provides research support to the most promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.