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UCSF School of Pharmacy testing new ways to better manage patients’ medications

Tue Aug 17, 2010

An article in the August 13, 2010, issue of The New York Times, entitled “Pharmacists Take a Larger Role on Health Team,” points to the emerging role of pharmacists in the direct management of patients’ medications—a function that has been shown to improve health outcomes and decrease health care costs. Programs designed to test the...

Koda-Kimble holds award with Schell and Weisser.

Koda-Kimble honored by California State Board of Pharmacy

Wed Aug 11, 2010

For her decades of service to the pharmacy profession, Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, received the highest recognition from the California State Board of Pharmacy on July 28, 2010, during a board meeting in Sacramento, California. The presentation was made by Ken Schell, PharmD...

Fischbach receives young investigator grant for probiotics research

Fri Aug 6, 2010

Michael Fischbach, PhD, a faculty member in UCSF’s Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, is one of two recipients of the 2010 Young Investigator Grant for Probiotics Research. The announcement was made August 2, 2010, by The Global Products Council, which funds the program to contribute to the...

In memory of Olga Beyn, UCSF doctor of pharmacy student

Tue Aug 3, 2010

The UCSF School of Pharmacy, along with colleagues campuswide, mourn the death of 4th-year doctor of pharmacy student, Olga Beyn, who died Saturday, July 31, 2010, as the result of a water accident on the Kings River in Fresno, California. “Olga was an exceptionally bright and shining student. We miss her dearly and have a place for her in our...

Pharmacy school program aims to increase pharmacists in California’s Central Valley

Fri Jul 16, 2010

With the next school year only 2 months away, a UCSF School of Pharmacy program to encourage eligible high school students from the California Central Valley to pursue pharmacy careers enters its 4th year.

The Early Conditional Admissions Program (ECAP) is designed to help Central Valley students from 3 high schools proceed and succeed...

UCSF School of Pharmacy provides research expertise for new diabetes management program

Thu Jul 15, 2010

The launch of a new community pharmacy-based diabetes medication management pilot program for select members of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) was announced by CalPERS on July 15, 2010. The one-year Pharmacist Care for Diabetes program is based upon successful research results by the UCSF School of...

Scangos named CEO of Biogen Idec

Tue Jul 13, 2010

George Scangos, PhD, a member of the UCSF School of Pharmacy Board of Advisors, has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the global biotechnology company Biogen Idec, which is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Zug, Switzerland. The appointment is effective July 15, 2010. Scangos brings...

Genetic ancestry proven powerful in predicting lung function

Thu Jul 8, 2010

Genetic ancestry can tell more about a person's potential lung function than the self-identified racial profile commonly used to determine normal lung function reference standards, according to the results of research led by UCSF and Northwestern University. "When we force patients into an individual box, such as 'African-American' or '...

UCSF technology used to trigger cell death becomes basis of company’s cancer therapy research and development

Thu Jul 8, 2010

A technology developed in the laboratory of James Wells, PhD, chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF School of Pharmacy, will drive a new approach to cancer treatment that switches on or triggers, with small molecules, the enzymes called caspases that promote cell death. "Most drug discovery efforts are...