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Fujimori unveils enzymatic process in bacteria that leads to antibiotic resistance

Thu Apr 15, 2010

Research results published from the UCSF research laboratory of Danica Galonić Fujimori, PhD, have revealed a radical approach employed by bacteria to alter their ribosomes and thereby evade antibiotics. These findings could ultimately lead to the development of ways to block this enzymatic transformation. Fujimori, who is a...

Tsourounis comments on downer drinks

Tue Apr 13, 2010

Candy Tsourounis, PharmD, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member and expert on herbal and dietary supplements, comments on consumer products called ”downer drinks” that are purportedly formulated to help people unwind and relax. Tsourounis warns that there is a dearth of research on these products and questions whether the...

Koda-Kimble named 2010 recipient of Chalmers Educator Award

Tue Apr 13, 2010

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, has been named by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) as the 2010 recipient of the Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award. The award will be presented during the 2010 AACP Annual Meeting and Seminars in...

Wells wins ASBMB-Merck Award

Fri Apr 9, 2010

James Wells, PhD, chair of the UCSF School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, has been named the 2010 recipient of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Merck Award for his pioneering studies in the field of protein engineering. The award has been given since...

Pong wins National Patient Counseling Competition

Fri Apr 2, 2010

Krystal Pong, third-year UCSF School of Pharmacy student pharmacist, has won the 2010 American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) National Patient Counseling Competition, which was held March 15, 2010, at the annual APhA meeting in Washington, DC. She won the California Patient...

Hessol receives Breslow Award

Mon Mar 22, 2010

Nancy Hessol, MSPH, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member, received one of three 2010 Lester Breslow Lifetime Achievement Awards from the UCLA School of Public Health and was inducted into the school's Alumni Hall of Fame on March 18, 2010, during a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills,...

Dill receives UCSF Academic Senate faculty research lectureship

Fri Mar 19, 2010

Ken Dill, PhD, an internationally recognized expert on protein folding and UCSF School of Pharmacy associate dean of research, has been named recipient of the 53rd UCSF Academic Senate Research Lectureship for his distinguished contributions to science. Dill's work solved the longtime mystery of the physical...

New model of student-pharmacist-led interdisciplinary teaching succeeds

Fri Mar 19, 2010

A student-pharmacist-led, California statewide teaching program for physicians, medical students, and other health care providers is successfully demonstrating the importance of health policy literacy and interprofessional education at a time in the U.S. that begs for systemic reforms. "At this point, we really have no choice but to look for...

New services launched by California Poison Control System

Fri Mar 19, 2010

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California Poison Control System Launches the First Ever Free, Bilingual Mobile Health Service for Poison Prevention—National Poison Prevention Week is March 14–21

San Francisco, CA (March 15, 2010) - As National Poison Prevention Week begins, the California Poison...