Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Ambrose named CSHP Pharmacist of the Year

Mon Jun 11, 2012

Peter Ambrose, PharmD, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Peter Ambrose, PharmD, a veteran clinician and educator with special expertise in clinical pharmacokinetics and sports pharmacy, has been named the 2012 California Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (CSHP) Pharmacist of the Year.

The Lancet profiles Lisa Bero’s “path of most resistance”

Fri May 18, 2012

Cindy Chew

Lisa Bero, PhD

Health policy expert Lisa Bero, PhD, is hailed in the latest issue of The Lancet for tackling hot-button subjects such as financial biases in drug research.

Cancer drug dosing in kids, medication-related delirium, and battery swallowing take top honors at seminar

Fri May 18, 2012

Rifkind Award winners, left-to-right: Janel Long-Boyle, PharmD, PhD; Caroline Lindsay, PharmD; Elisabeth Birdsall, PharmD

Studies of cancer drug dosing in children, possible medication links to delirium in hospital patients, and how to decide when swallowed batteries may call for invasive removal took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s 14th annual Spring Research Seminar.

Self care group supports researching non-prescription access by patients to urgent and chronic care drugs

Thu May 17, 2012

On March 22 and 23, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing to explore the idea of switching some medications to treat chronic conditions and health emergencies from prescription to over- and behind-the-counter status.

Koda-Kimble is honored by UCSF Medical Center

Mon May 14, 2012

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, was honored by the UCSF Medical Center on May 4, 2012 for her “exceptional vision as a leader, commitment to patients, compassion as a human being, an

Remembering Harry W. Hind - pharmacist, inventor, leader, benefactor

Wed May 9, 2012

Harry W. Hind, 1915–2012

Harry W. Hind, a 1939 graduate of the UCSF School of Pharmacy who invented solutions that revolutionized contact lens use, as well as a topical patch to treat pain from shingles, died on April 12 at age 96.

New NIH funding awarded to the Department of Clinical Pharmacy in 2011

Fri Apr 13, 2012

New research support awarded to the UCSF School of Pharmacy by the National Institutes of Health during the 2011 fiscal year included these on-going projects by faculty in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy:

UCSF School of Pharmacy’s 32nd year of top NIH funding includes many new projects

Fri Apr 13, 2012

School of Pharmacy NIH funding by fiscal year in millions (see below for full chart)

For the 32nd consecutive year, the UCSF School of Pharmacy received more research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any other pharmacy school in the United States.

Brock becomes president of pharmacy leadership society

Fri Apr 6, 2012

Tina Brock, BSPharm, MSPH, EdD

UCSF School of Pharmacy Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning Tina Brock, BSPharm, MSPH, EdD, became president of the national pharmacy leadership society,

Shoichet is the new director of the QB3 at UCSF

Tue Apr 3, 2012

Brian Shoichet, PhD

Computational chemist Brian Shoichet, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF School of Pharmacy, is the new director of the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences

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