UCSF

Alumni

The University of California, San Francisco, has produced many of the world’s leading researchers, clinicians, and educators for over a century. Graduates of the School of Pharmacy join a rich UCSF alumni community (UCSF Alumni Association) known for welcoming new alums with career-long social and professional support.

Find opportunities to mentor and network with UCSF Connect, the official networking platform for the UCSF community.

Video: In his 4th year of pharmacy school, Matthew D, Sugidono, PharmD ’19, left, used UCSF Connect to network with alum Renée L. Riley, PharmD ’12.

Giving

The School of Pharmacy supports scientists, pharmacists, and students in advancing health science and improving each patient’s care with a focus on equity and outcomes. Find out how your giving can support the School.

Events

Get involved with UCSF alumni events and many other options for engaging with your community.

Attend the annual Alumni Weekend in San Francisco or online each spring.

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Gregory Smith, PharmD ’92, talks with incoming students (left to right) Harini Bhat, Thalia McCann, and Christy Khouderchah. Smith is an area pharmacy director for Kaiser Permanente.

Pharmacy alumni

Since the UCSF School of Pharmacy graduated its first student in 1874, School alumni have brought their skills and compassion to patients and institutions worldwide.

Each year we are proud to induct dozens of young pharmacists into the UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association. We encourage them to stay connected, reinforcing the social bonds that enable our profession to maximize its benefits to communities near and far.

News

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Scholarship honors the life of Mark Baje, PharmD ’99
Thu Oct 20, 2022
PharmD students
The School of Pharmacy’s White Coat Ceremony returns to Cole Hall
Tue Sep 6, 2022
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PharmD Class of 2022 celebrates graduation in person
Tue Jun 7, 2022
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Jennifer La selected as 2022 Bowl of Hygeia winner
Tue Jun 7, 2022

Meet our alums

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Submit your story to the UCSF Alumni Association.

Graduate program alumni

The UCSF Graduate Division Alumni Association is the central network for the School’s PhD graduates.

Doctoral students from the five PhD programs in the Quantitative Biosciences Consortium (QBC) have a variety of career paths open to them upon graduation, ranging from academic research to industry science, government regulation, and science law, consulting, and management.

Labs

The School of Pharmacy’s three academic departments—the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences—are home to over a hundred research groups that help train tomorrow’s innovators in science and biomedicine. Graduate alumni can connect with their laboratories via our School of Pharmacy faculty list.

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