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Soller comments on acetaminophen

Tue Jul 7, 2009

William Soller, PhD, UCSF faculty member and expert on food and drug law and regulations comments on the June 30, 2009 vote of a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee to lower the US maximum over-the-counter dose of acetaminophen and make the current maximum single dose of the drug be available by...

Fate of California Poison Control System watched nationwide

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Poison experts nationally are tracking the fate of the California Poison Control System, as California state legislators work to pass an already overdue budget. Operation of the System is dependent upon sufficient state funding, the prospects for which remain bleak.

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Poison Control Centers May Be Budget Victims

California Poison Control System layoff notices predicted

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Layoff notices are predicted by mid-July 2009 for California Poison Control System employees unless adequate funding for the System is both included in a new California state budget and a new budget is soon passed by the state legislature.

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California Poison Control System Faces Layoffs, Closure

Impending close of California’s Poison Control System highlighted on public radio

Thu Jun 25, 2009

As California legislators continued to wrangle over the details of a state budget bill, National Public Radio's Kelley Weiss covered the impact of potential cuts on the California Poison Control System. June 24, 2009 Morning Edition guests included Stuart Heard, PharmD, FCSHP, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty...

Deans call for changes in PharmD accreditation

Thu Jun 25, 2009

UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD (image left), and Marilyn Speedie, PhD (image right), dean of the College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, are advocating for immediate changes in how doctor of pharmacy programs are accredited in the United States. If these changes are not made,...

Tsourounis selected to participate in international dietary supplement course

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Candy Tsourounis, PharmD, UCSF School of Pharmacy clinical faculty member and expert on integrative and complementary therapies, was chosen to participate in an international practicum on dietary supplement research. The June 1-5, 2009 course was attended by 80 university faculty members and graduate students and held in...

Yi receives award for GLBT leadership

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Thomas Yi, 4th-year student pharmacist in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, was honored by UCSF on June 10, 2009 with one of three Chancellor's Awards for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and/or Transgender Leadership. Yi has been active in eliminating GLBT health disparities, improving GLBT awareness within the pharmacy school curriculum,...

Burchard elected to ASCI

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, was elected in spring 2009 to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Established in 1908, the ASCI is one of the oldest medical honor societies in the US. More than 2,800 physician-scientists from all medical specialties are elected members of the Society based upon...

Hessol honored for public service

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Nancy Hessol, MSPH, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member, was honored on June 10, 2009 by the City and County of San Francisco with two awards for her service to the San Francisco Public Health Foundation.

Hessol received a certificate of honor from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and a certificate...