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2025 News
Wed Apr 2, 2025
Pharmacy students volunteer for the Project Healthy Heart initiative, exposing San Francisco high school students to health-science careers.
To honor Graduate Student Appreciation Week, we’re zooming in on the dedicated learners at the UCSF School of Pharmacy who volunteer for student-led initiatives, amplifying and exemplifying UCSF’s values while making a tangible health impact on local communities.
UCSF is home to many registered...
Tue Apr 1, 2025
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Caitlin Calhoun, PharmD
Caitlin Calhoun, PharmD, a pharmacist and scientist with experience in basic science and clinical research, has been named the 2025 UCSF-Genentech Clinical Development Fellow.
A staff scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Calhoun has worked on pre-clinical studies for rare...
Mon Mar 31, 2025
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Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD
Eleven innovative projects with the potential to further the mission of the UCSF School of Pharmacy in new ways will garner a financial boost from the 2025 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation.
The annual award program...
Thu Mar 20, 2025
Tanja Kortemme, PhD
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences professor Tanja Kortemme, PhD, was awarded the prestigious International Feodor Lynen Medal in recognition of her contributions to the field of protein design and her innovation in integrating computational and experimental methodologies.
The...
Tue Mar 18, 2025
Every day, the California Poison Control System (CPCS) serves as a crucial safety net, responding to hundreds of calls daily about potential poison exposures. Operated by the UCSF School of Pharmacy, CPCS is the largest single provider of poison control services in the United States, offering...
Fri Mar 14, 2025
The UCSF School of Pharmacy is leading a new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine workshop — the first of its kind — that will bring together leaders and experts nationwide to address pressing workforce issues and formulate strategies that will shape the future of pharmacy.
The...
Tue Mar 11, 2025
Susan Merrell
Nevan Krogan, PhD, left, director of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute and founder of the UCSF Coronavirus Research Group, and Jiewei Xu, specialist in the department of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, worked around the clock mapping human proteins with the goal of finding a drugs to prevent COVID from replicating.
In the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the world scrambled to understand the virus behind a terrifying outbreak that would go on to infect some 100 million Americans and result in over one million deaths, researchers at the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute (...
Tue Mar 11, 2025
Susan Merrell
Tomas Diaz, a clinical fellow in the UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, gets a COVID-19 shot from Matthew Aludino, a fourth-year student in the School of Pharmacy.
As COVID-19 cases began rising in San Francisco, UCSF Health braced for impact. Among the first to respond was UCSF School of Pharmacy professor Katherine Yang, PharmD, MPH, an infectious disease expert. Yang had closely tracked the virus’s rapid spread and severe impact, and when the first...
Tue Mar 11, 2025
In early 2020, before the coronavirus took over global headlines, professor Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD, found herself in the unexpected role of receiving one of California’s first COVID-19 diagnoses, navigating uncharted territory as both a patient and a health care professional.
On COVID-19’s five-...
Tue Mar 11, 2025
National Institutes of Health
Five years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, pharmacists and researchers at UCSF continue to apply the critical insights gained from navigating an unprecedented public health crisis.
From securing emergency treatments and optimizing vaccine distribution to pioneering drug discovery...
Fri Mar 7, 2025
Video of School of Pharmacy Town Hall (March 6, 2025)
The School of Pharmacy's Town Hall on March 6, 2025 addressed the following topics: updates from Dean Kathy Giacomini, a update on the launch of the new Pharm Tech to PharmD Pathway Program, a discussion on the flexible work strategy, and...
Wed Feb 26, 2025
Noah Berger
Nevan Krogan, PhD, speaks with a research associate in his lab.
The UCSF School of Pharmacy continues to lead the country in competitive federal research funding among pharmacy schools, capturing $45.8 million in 2024 to fuel life-changing drug discoveries, bioengineering, pharmacokinetics and more.
The school ranked No. 1 out of 83 pharmacy schools across the...
Thu Feb 20, 2025
Fran Aweeka, PharmD
Fran Aweeka, PharmD, an expert in clinical pharmacology and infectious disease treatment, has dedicated her career to improving therapies for malaria, HIV and other global health threats.
Energized from her yearlong term as global chair at England’s University of Bath, she is staying engaged with...
Tue Feb 18, 2025
Serena Huntington, PharmD ’11, DABAT
Serena Huntington, PharmD ’11, DABAT, has dedicated her career to advancing public health by protecting against toxic exposures in her local community. As managing director of the California Poison Control System (CPCS) Fresno/Madera division, she also trains pharmacy students and residents in...
Thu Feb 13, 2025
Daniel Robinson, PharmD ’76, FASHP
Daniel Robinson, PharmD ’76, FASHP, has been named California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) 2025 Pharmacist of the Year, recognizing his five-decade career in pharmacy education, leadership and legislative advocacy.
Robinson, who is dean and professor emeritus at Western University of Health...
Wed Feb 12, 2025
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Kethen So, PharmD ’95, MBA
Kethen So, PharmD ’95, MBA, a beloved mentor, educator and leader in pharmacy, died on Feb. 10, 2025, leaving behind an extraordinary legacy that has shaped generations of pharmacists.
“Kethen was an incredible force in our pharmacy community — his leadership, mentorship and dedication to our...
Tue Feb 11, 2025
Elisabeth Fall
The UCSF School of Pharmacy celebrated the 30th anniversary of its long-standing partnership with the Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences program by hosting visiting faculty and students to learn about the advanced and evolving roles of pharmacy...
Tue Feb 4, 2025
Nadav Ahituv, PhD
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences professor Nadav Ahituv, PhD, is the senior author of a paper appearing Feb. 4 in Nature Biotechnology about a new approach to treating cancer that uses engineered fat cells to deprive tumors of nutrition.
UCSF researchers used the gene editing...
Fri Jan 31, 2025
Charles S. Craik, PhD, professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, is part of a team of UCSF scientists that has developed a way to deliver radiation just to cancerous cells.
While radiation is one of the most effective ways to kill a tumor, the therapies are indiscriminate and can...
Tue Jan 21, 2025
Holly Ly
Current and former FDA commissioners engage in the FDA Chiefs Chat at the CERSI Summit.
Leaders from the academic, industry and regulatory sectors engaged in thoughtful dialogue and addressed critical issues in regulatory science, health care and the development of medical products at the sixth annual UCSF-Stanford Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI)...
Wed Jan 15, 2025
Jonathan H. Watanabe, PharmD, PhD
What health care opportunities, trends and challenges await the pharmacy profession in the next five years?
Department of Clinical Pharmacy Chair Jonathan H. Watanabe, PharmD, MS, PhD, and 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Pamela Schweitzer, PharmD ’87, a former chief pharmacy officer and assistant...
Fri Jan 10, 2025
Elaine Law, PharmD ’08, shows her news CSHP president badge.
Elaine Law began participating in professional pharmacy organizations shortly after earning her PharmD degree from UCSF in 2008. When she noticed that she was one of the few in her age group, she set out to change that trend.
While completing her residency in 2009, Law joined the California...