Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences

School’s PharmD program rises to second place in national rankings

Tue Mar 17, 2020
Students in front of a pillar with a "UCSF" banner
Elisabeth Fall

The School of Pharmacy’s new ranking comes on the heels of last year’s update to the PharmD curriculum.

The new ranking comes on the heels of the School's recent update to its PharmD curriculum.

How artificial kidneys and miniaturized dialysis could save millions of lives

Fri Mar 13, 2020

UCSF features expertise in kidney care and work on artificial kidney

Fri Mar 13, 2020
An illustration of the kidneys inside the body.
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Kidney disease affects more than 37 million Americans.

A team of kidney experts talk about kidney disease and share their hopes for the future.

UCSF’s first engineering fellowship announces 2020 postdocs

Mon Mar 2, 2020
Fernandez Vila, Finbloom, and Martyn selected

Thriving under stress: a QBI seminar with Kathleen Boris-Lawrie

Thu Feb 13, 2020
Boris-Lawrie
Nuclear proteins activate mTOR-resistant translation of select HIV-1 and host mRNAs

26th Annual Spring Research Seminar

Tue Feb 4, 2020
In the annual Spring Research Seminar, current scientific posters created by School of Pharmacy faculty, staff, fellows, residents, and students are presented. During the seminar, the creators of four posters are selected to receive the Gary Rifkind Award, each of which includes a prize of $1,000...

Giacomini honored with Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Thu Jan 30, 2020
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Kathy Giacomini, PhD

Giacomini earned the Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and Disposition

Sample medications and detailing visits add to costs, Guglielmo argues

Wed Jan 29, 2020
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Elisabeth Fall

UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Free samples of medications and “detailing visits” are costly, B. Joseph Guglielmo argues in JAMA.

FDA, academia, and industry join forces to shepherd new therapies to patients

Thu Jan 23, 2020
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Kathy Giacomini, PhD, is co-director of UCSF-Stanford CERSI.

UCSF-Stanford CERSI brings together scientists, industry, and government regulators to get new therapies to patients sooner.

Modulation of innate immunity by arboviruses; beyond the STING: a QBI seminar with Ana Sesma

Wed Jan 22, 2020
Sesma
The QBI Seminar Series presents Ana Sesma, PhD, professor with tenure in the Department of Microbiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is interested on the modulation of innate immunity by viruses of human health interests, such as dengue, influenza, human immunodeficiency virus...

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