News

Fri Nov 8, 2024
Nearly 40 percent of students at the UCSF School of Pharmacy are first in their families to graduate from college. In honor of National First-Gen Day on Nov. 8, read about our trailblazers and what their determination to succeed brings to our school’s diverse community.
Thu Nov 7, 2024

A pharmacist-run ambulatory care telehealth clinic, founded by Stephanie Hsia, PharmD, MAEd, BCPP, and Shirley Wong, PharmD, APh, has won the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award.  

The recognition highlights the clinic’s groundbreaking work to address hypertension, diabetes and...

Tue Nov 5, 2024
The first program of its kind in the United States, the MS in AICD3 is enabling its graduates to gain a competitive edge for some of the most desirable jobs in the biopharmaceutical industry and in academia.
Thu Oct 24, 2024
The Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS) chair is leading a multidisciplinary team that will receive federal funding to prevent side effects before drugs go to clinical trials.
Mon Oct 21, 2024
Jacqueline Parizher, PharmD ’22, a psychiatric clinical pharmacist at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, is at the forefront of psychiatric and substance use disorder care, serving the city’s most vulnerable populations.
Wed Oct 16, 2024
Playing to his interpersonal and technical strengths, Christopher Nowak, PharmD, PMP, Class of ‘22, says UCSF’s pharmacy curriculum has helped him thrive at AstraZeneca Rare Disease.
Mon Oct 14, 2024
The retail pharmacies at Mission Bay and Parnassus will complement comprehensive and accessible health services and create opportunities for UCSF pharmacy students to complete part of their training with interprofessional teams that equipped to provide patient-centered care.
Thu Oct 10, 2024
Isela Lopez, from Chula Vista, San Diego, studied physiology and metabolism at UC Berkeley before choosing UCSF to pursue her interest in pathways and drug action.
Wed Oct 9, 2024
Over a career that spanned five decades, Robert L. Day, PharmD, ’59, significantly advanced pharmacy education, changed the lives of countless students and became the school’s resident historian.