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School of Pharmacy leads in LivingGreen certifications
The School’s Dean’s Office received Platinum LivingGreen certification for reducing waste, energy, and water usage.
For UCSF graduate, DACA gives a chance to fight cancer
Ku earned his PhD this spring in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics (PSPG) from UC San Francisco.
UCSF Magazine inside the California Poison Control System
Every day, 700 Californians turn to the California Poison Control System for treatment advice and information about potential, or real, exposures to poisons.
Impact of Curriculum Transformation Awards given for assessing new PharmD curriculum
Impact Awards support new ways of determining how the new PharmD curriculum is working, according to Vice Dean Sharon L. Youmans.
USAID photo exhibit on Zika launches QBI symposium on arthropod-borne diseases
A photo exhibition on the response by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to Zika virus outbreaks in Latin America and the Caribbean was kicked off with a reception this June at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus.
Cynthia Watchmaker honored with university award
Cynthia Watchmaker, the School of Pharmacy’s associate dean of student affairs, was awarded the UCSF Chancellor’s Award for Exceptional University Management.
Studies on adolescent drug abuse, antidepressants in the ER, and complications from heart pumps take top honors at annual seminar
Research on topics ranging from drug abuse to heart pump complications took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s 21st annual Spring Research Seminar.
The Kidney Project earns KidneyX award to make home dialysis better for patients
A team led by Shuvo Roy, PhD, recently won an award that will fund the development of an easy-to-use, safe, and effective home dialysis system.
School reflects on legacy of achievement at Alumni Weekend 2019
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni celebrated the School of Pharmacy's long history of achievement in the discovery and clinical sciences, and clinical practice, at Alumni Weekend 2019.
Study shows promise for hormonal contraception services in the community pharmacy setting
A study shows the potential of hormonal contraceptives at pharmacies in California and Oregon.
Training computers to think more like scientists
Michael Keiser, PhD, and Kangway Chuang, PhD, want to use machine learning to speed the pace of drug discovery. By digging into the work of another lab, the pair realized how machine learning could lead scientists astray—and came up with methods to avoid its worst pitfalls.
Dong receives Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award for exceptional career
Dong is a world expert on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C medication therapy
Making better pediatric chemo treatments, and delivering them to more children
Janel Long-Boyle has spent her career advancing chemotherapy treatments for young patients.
Kortemme and Desai honored at annual meeting of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
School of Pharmacy faculty members Tanja Kortemme and Tejal Desai both received honors at the annual meeting of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.