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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....

prescription medications on shelves in pharmacy

Medicaid could cut costs, provide better meds, UCSF School of Pharmacy researchers find

Wed Jun 22, 2011

A study by researchers with the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy finds that the Medicaid program is likely paying far more than necessary for medications and not offering patients the most effective ones available. The study, to be published in the American Journal of Public Health and posted online June 16,...

Prioritizing drug label warnings called for by UCSF School of Pharmacy authors

Wed Jun 8, 2011

In the current issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, two faculty members of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy issue a call for prioritization in prescription labels’ increasingly long lists of adverse drug events (ADEs).

In their invited Archives commentary, Christine Cheng, PharmD...

Finley provides medication therapy management to patients with depression

Thu May 26, 2011

Psychiatric pharmacist Patrick Finley, PharmD, BCPP, spends his days not behind the pharmacy counter, but in the clinic interviewing patients with depression, determining the provisional diagnosis, selecting and prescribing medications, and working with patients over the long haul to make sure their medications are right for...

Pharmaceutical chemistry postdoc job fair draws crowd

Thu May 19, 2011

A job fair to help postdoctoral fellows and final-year PhD graduate students in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF School of Pharmacy connect with private industry amid a brightening job market drew a packed house on UCSF’s Mission Bay campus on May 10, 2011.

The department-sponsored event included a job panel discussion...

Clinical pharmacy spring seminar celebrates wide-ranging research

Wed May 18, 2011

The 13th annual Spring Research Seminar highlighting work by students, residents, and faculty members in the UCSF School of Pharmacy Department of Clinical Pharmacy—and featuring 48 project posters—was held May 3, 2011 on UCSF’s Parnassus campus.

Rifkind Award winners

The winners of the 4th annual Gary Rifkind Spring Research Seminar...

Brock talks about her new role as associate dean of teaching and learning

Thu May 5, 2011

Education researcher Tina Penick Brock, BSPharm, MSPH, EdD, became the UCSF School of Pharmacy associate dean of teaching and learning, effective March 11, 2011. She joined the School’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy faculty in July 2010. Her credentials include:

a doctorate in education from the University of North...