Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Antibody Network partners with Celgene to develop cancer therapies

Tue Sep 15, 2015

James Wells, PhD

A new collaboration between Celgene Corp. and the Recombinant Antibody Network (RAN) will support the development of next-generation, antibody-based cancer therapies.

Roy receives JDRF funding to develop implants to treat type 1 diabetes

Tue Sep 1, 2015

Silicon nanopore membranes developed in the Roy Lab will provide material to encapsulate pancreatic islets.

UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Shuvo Roy, PhD, has received a three-year $1 million grant to create surgically implantable capsules of donor pancreas cells to free type 1 diabetes patients from daily insulin injections and the disease’s potentially life-threatening complications.

MacDougall named to Academy of Medical Educators

Wed Aug 19, 2015

Elisabeth Fall

Conan MacDougall, PharmD, MAS, BCPS

Conan MacDougall, PharmD, MAS, BCPS, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and an award-winning teacher in the School’s doctor of pharmacy degree program, has been named a new member of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators.

Jacobson named chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Wed Aug 12, 2015

Elisabeth Fall

Matt Jacobson, PhD

Renowned researcher and educator Matthew Jacobson, PhD, has been named the new chair of the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. His appointment by Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, will be effective January 15, 2016.

Valerie Clinard, PharmD

Mon Aug 10, 2015

Marco Sanchez

Associate Dean and Professor

As associate dean of experiential education and professional development, I oversee the Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) programs. I work with preceptors, students, faculty, and staff to develop and implement new experiential...

Clinard appointed director of experiential education

Fri Aug 7, 2015

Valerie Clinard, PharmD

Valerie Clinard, PharmD, has joined the UCSF School of Pharmacy as director of experiential education and as an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy. She comes to us from Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in North Carolina, where she served on the...

California’s SB 493 implementation:  Three, two, one … blast-off!

Wed Jul 8, 2015

Sali named associate dean of research

Tue Jun 30, 2015

Andrej Sali, PhD

Andrej Sali, PhD, has been appointed associate dean of research of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, effective July 1, 2015. The appointment is in addition to Sali’s full professorship in the School’s Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences.

Study discovers simple rules underlying complex brain development in fly

Mon Jun 29, 2015

Langen et al. / Cell 2015

A fruit fly’s compound eye contains 800 prism-like facets whose six distinct photoreceptor cells capture light coming in from different angles in space. These signals must all find their way to different spots in the fly brain’s visual map of the world.

How does brain circuitry organize itself during development? In at least one case—the seemingly complex visual system of the fruit fly, which connects its 800-facet compound eyes to its brain—the answer lies in just three simple rules.

Taking a road less traveled: 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Pamela Schweitzer

Mon Jun 29, 2015

RADM Pamela Schweitzer, PharmD ’87

The 2015 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year is Rear Admiral Pamela Schweitzer, PharmD ’87. The recognition by the Pharmacy Alumni Association is given to the School graduate who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy, to society, and/or to UCSF.

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