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Asthma genetics study finds new gene

Mon Aug 29, 2011

A novel gene associated with the asthma susceptibility in African Americans was revealed by a U.S. consortium of asthma genetics researchers, including Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine. The study also revealed four genes associated with...

Williams named to lead UCSF School of Pharmacy IT

Mon Aug 29, 2011

Michael Williams, MA, is the first executive director of academic, administrative, and research technology for the UCSF School of Pharmacy, effective August 1, 2011.

“We created this position to harness and use information technology to make us more efficient and effective across the breadth of what we do in the School...

Update from the Dean - Spring/Summer 2011

Thu Aug 11, 2011

Faculty awards: Cutler, Fujimori, Huang, Wells. New faculty members: Abate, VanOsdol, Rodondi. Retiring faculty members: Kahl, Shafer, Wang, Kayser, Koo. PharmD students: Campbell, Wheeler, Ho, Lam, Campbell, Loucks, Marotto, Huynh, Luu, Chua, Stephens. PhD students: Gray. New appointments: Penick Brock, Williams. Research update: Giacomini,...

School of Pharmacy biotech symposium features case histories of future pharmaceuticals

Tue Aug 9, 2011

The 2nd Annual Bay Area Biotechnology Symposium, presented by the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Industry Outreach Program in coordination with the UCSF Postdoctoral Scholars Association at Mission Bay in late May 2011, fully lived up to its billing: “Pharmaceuticals of the Future: Case Histories and Challenges.”

The symposium featured slide...

Marilyn Stebbins (left) and William Soller (right)

Soller and Stebbins discuss drug savings and safety in LA Times

Fri Jul 29, 2011

William Soller, PhD, and Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD, faculty members in the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, were sources for a July 25, 2011 Los Angeles Times feature about the safety and effectiveness of saving money by splitting pills or taking medications after their...

Gray receives Krevans Award for outstanding dissertation

Wed Jul 27, 2011

Daniel Gray, PhD, is the recipient of the 2011 Julius R. and Patricia A. Krevans Distinguished Dissertation Award. The award, which honors the most outstanding doctoral dissertation by graduate department nominees who completed their PhDs at UCSF during the past year, is named for UCSF Chancellor Emeritus...

A patient lies on a bed next to an MRI machine.

Nelson and Ferrone explain how they are joining forces against prostate cancer

Fri Jul 8, 2011

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), used with a novel pyruvate chemical compound that is specially labeled to be read by the MRI machine, is being applied for the first time in humans to study the aggressiveness of prostate cancer in patients and the success of prostate cancer therapies. The chemical compound is energized, then quickly injected...

Fischbach and Desai focus on “micro” solutions to improve health with drugs

Thu Jun 30, 2011

Faculty members in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, share their research on the human microbiome and microfabricated drug delivery systems and their hopes for how their science will improve the health of patients. Michael Fischbach, PhD, discusses the naturally occurring, drug-...

Roy presents new research on artificial kidney membranes

Thu Jun 23, 2011

Shuvo Roy, PhD, a faculty member in the UCSF Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, presented initial results of research into a new type of silicon-based kidney filtration membrane at the annual conference of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs in Washington, D....