Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Aweeka co-leads new study of drugs to prevent malaria in young children, pregnant women

Mon Mar 9, 2015
Malaria parasite
Ute Frevert, false color by Margaret Shear

The plasmodium parasite that causes malaria

Francesca Aweeka, PharmD, a faculty member in the School’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, will co-lead a new five-year, $3.4 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address one of the world’s most vexing health problems—preventing malaria, especially in the most...

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for 35th year in a row

Thu Feb 26, 2015
Mugridge
Elisabeth Fall

Jeffrey Mugridge, PhD, postdoctoral scholar in the Gross Lab

For the 35th consecutive year, the UCSF School of Pharmacy has received more funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any other pharmacy school in the United States.

School researchers were awarded $31.8 million during the 2014 fiscal year, from October 1, 2013 to September 30,...

Robert Gibson: alumnus, educator, advocate

Mon Feb 23, 2015
Gibson

Robert Gibson, PharmD, in 1976

School of Pharmacy alumnus Robert Gibson, PharmD '58, has been a tireless advocate for equality in education and in the profession of pharmacy, and is still active as a board member of the California Pharmacists Association Education Foundation.

It’s About A Billion Lives Symposium

Mon Jan 26, 2015
Koval.

Keynote speaker: Robin Koval, President and CEO, American Legacy Foundation

Celebrating Tobacco Research and Education at UCSF

Liusheng Huang, PhD

Fri Jan 9, 2015
Co-Dir, Drug Research Unit

As codirector of the Drug Research Unit (DRU), I bring nearly 20 years experience in analytical development and focus on development of novel methods for some of the most critical but understudied drugs in the world, such as drugs for malaria. My research interest is in optimizing these methods so...

Innovation in Education Awards go to Shin, Jacobson, Ferrone

Thu Jan 8, 2015
glass apple

The glass apple is awarded as a symbol of the Dean's Innovation in Education Award. Honorees also received $1,000.

The inaugural presentation of the Dean’s Innovation in Education Awards took place during the School of Pharmacy faculty meeting at Mission Hall on the Mission Bay campus on January 6, 2015.

Ferrone appointed to UC President’s LGBT advisory council

Wed Dec 17, 2014
Ferrone
Kaz Tsuruta

Marcus Ferrone, PharmD, JD

Marcus Ferrone, PharmD, JD, a faculty member in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has been appointed as a member of the University of California President’s Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Students, Faculty, and Staff.

Tiffany Pon, PharmD

Wed Dec 10, 2014
Glocke
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy

I completed specialty training in cardiology and currently practice inpatient internal medicine. My primary clinical research focus is in anticoagulation. I also have educational research interests in experiential education.

Most recent School of Pharmacy primary faculty hires, by department

Tue Dec 9, 2014
Altschuler and Wu
Elisabeth Fall

Steven Altschuler, PhD and Lani Wu, PhD are a husband-and-wife research team who recently moved their joint lab to UCSF. They are faculty members in the School's Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

The most recently hired faculty members to join the UCSF School of Pharmacy have research interests that range from the treatment of blood clots to mapping biological networks in cancer cells to understanding the molecular workings of ion channels in cell membranes. But they all share the common...

Study finds depression in pregnancy, postpartum is overlooked and undertreated

Mon Dec 1, 2014
About 10 to 20 percent of women suffer from new-onset depression during pregnancy or after giving birth. Untreated, the impact of such illness can be profound, ranging from substance abuse, poor prenatal care, and miscarriages to impaired infant bonding and developmental delays.

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