Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Soller defines the roadmap for Rx-to-OTC switches7

Tue Nov 29, 2011
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William Soller, PhD

If you are a pharmaceutical company seeking to switch your prescription medication to one sold directly to consumers—as an over-the-counter or OTC drug—William Soller, PhD, has your road map.

UCSF Robotic Pharmacy ranked “Best of What’s New” 2011 by Popular Science9

Thu Nov 17, 2011
Pharmacy robot selects medications from drawers

Pharmacy robot selects medications from drawers.

The robotic pharmacy at the UCSF Medical Center is the recipient of a 2011 Best of What’s New (Archived) designation by Popular Science.

Bero heads new WHO center studying, promoting global access to vital drugs10

Wed Nov 9, 2011
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Lisa Bero, PhD

The office of Lisa Bero, PhD, on UCSF’s Laurel Heights campus has long been a key portal between the School of Pharmacy and the world at large, including countries where billions of people cannot get even the most vital life-saving drugs.

Nordberg becomes associate dean, finance and administration12

Fri Oct 28, 2011
Nordberg

Michael Nordberg, MPA/HSA

Michael Nordberg, MPA/HSA, is the newly appointed associate dean of administration and finance for the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Drug information resources may miss parts of boxed warnings13

Wed Sep 28, 2011
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An analysis by UCSF faculty members from the Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine has found that the half-dozen most reputable electronic drug information resources—tools commonly used by clinicians to make prescription and patient monitoring decisions—may not provide key elements of some medications’...

Williams named to lead UCSF School of Pharmacy IT14

Mon Aug 29, 2011
Michael Williams, MA
Michael Williams, MA, is the first executive director of academic, administrative, and research technology for the UCSF School of Pharmacy, effective August 1, 2011.

Update from the Dean - Spring/Summer 201115

Thu Aug 11, 2011
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Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

Faculty awards: Cutler, Fujimori, Huang, Wells. New faculty members: Abate, VanOsdol, Rodondi. Retiring faculty members: Kahl, Shafer, Wang, Kayser, Koo. PharmD students: Campbell, Wheeler, Ho, Lam, Campbell, Loucks, Marotto, Huynh, Luu, Chua, Stephens. PhD students: Gray. New appointments: Penick...

School of Pharmacy biotech symposium features case histories of future pharmaceuticals16

Tue Aug 9, 2011
Mission Bay
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The 2nd Annual Bay Area Biotechnology Symposium, presented by the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Industry Outreach Program in coordination with the UCSF Postdoctoral Scholars Association at Mission Bay in late May 2011, fully lived up to its billing: “Pharmaceuticals of the Futur

Soller and Stebbins discuss drug savings and safety in LA Times17

Fri Jul 29, 2011
Marilyn Stebbins (left) and William Soller (right)
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Marilyn Stebbins (left) and William Soller (right)

William Soller, PhD, and Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD, faculty members in the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, were sources for a July 25, 2011 Los Angeles Times feature about the safety and effectiveness of saving money by splitting pills or taking medications after their...

Nelson and Ferrone explain how they are joining forces against prostate cancer18

Fri Jul 8, 2011
A patient lies on a bed next to an MRI machine.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), used with a novel pyruvate chemical compound that is specially labeled to be read by the MRI machine, is being applied for the first time in humans to study the aggressiveness of prostate cancer in patients and the success of prostate cancer therapies.

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