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CDC flu vaccination campaign awards UCSF video

Tue Feb 22, 2011

For her public service announcement video entry, You vs. the Flu, UCSF student pharmacist Madalene Mandap received the grand prize in a U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) competition to encourage the public to get vaccinated for the 2010-2011 flu season. The competition supports the CDC's U.S. flu...

Bero represents The Cochrane Collaboration on the World Health Assembly

Tue Feb 22, 2011

Lisa Bero, PhD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy was named to represent The Cochrane Collaboration on the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) after the Collaboration was awarded an Assembly seat on January 23, 2011. The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organization that promotes...

Craik recognized as an AAAS fellow

Tue Feb 22, 2011

Charles S. Craik, PhD, a UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member, has joined the ranks of elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He, along with four UCSF colleagues, was recognized on February 19, 2011 during the Fellows Forum at the AAAS annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Election is...

Fischbach explains his search for antibiotic-producing bacteria in the human gut

Thu Jan 20, 2011

The bacteria in the human gut that produce antibiotics are the focus of a US$1 million W. M. Keck Foundation grant being led by Michael Fischbach, PhD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

He explains here the goal of the project: to identify antibiotics produced by gut bacteria and determine how these...

Nkansah examines 5 misused over-the-counter drugs with Dr. Oz

Thu Jan 20, 2011

Nancy Nkansah, PharmD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, appears with Mehmet Oz, MD, on The Dr. Oz Show to caution consumers about 5 over-the-counter-drugs that are often misused.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) Antihistamines Proton pump inhibitors Acetaminophen Multi-...

Gartner to lead study on the interactions of cells in breast cancer

Tue Jan 18, 2011

Zev Gartner, PhD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, will lead a US$3.2 million grant to study the interaction of different types of cells in breast cancer at its earliest stages. Research results might ultimately identify new classes of targets for anticancer drugs. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of...

New mass spectrometer reveals human proteins in greater detail

Tue Jan 11, 2011

A box just four-feet square is the latest addition to the analytical armory of the National Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource Center, which is directed by Al Burlingame, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

The diminutive US$1 million mass...

Reflection: 30 years of top NIH funding for UCSF School of Pharmacy

Wed Dec 22, 2010

Table of contents Introduction Budget significance Reasons for past success A decade of funding for bioinformatics New drug discovery directions attract support Research stalwarts draw funding for decades New directions in translational research attract support Expansion of the School’s research agenda brings support New roads to...

Murphy and Bermingham win ASHP Clinical Skills Competition

Mon Dec 13, 2010

The national winners of the 2010 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Clinical Skills Competition are Jennifer Murphy and Rachelle Bermingham, student pharmacists from the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

The ASHP competition involves both a written and oral evaluation of a...