Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics Graduate Program (PSPG)

2019 Koda-Kimble Seed Award supports School of Pharmacy’s boldest ideas

Tue Mar 12, 2019

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, former dean of the School of Pharmacy

The 2019 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation will fund nine bold research projects, ranging from studies of the molecular underpinnings of cancer to focus groups designed to prepare PharmD students for experiential learning.

Behind enemy lines

Wed Apr 18, 2018

UCSF

Sourav Bandyopadhyay, PhD, is senior author of the paper.

New research promises to take the guesswork out of matching individual cancer cases to the most effective choices of chemotherapy.

Is “Junk DNA” What Makes Humans Unique?

Tue Jan 30, 2018

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Job Fair

Fri Jul 7, 2017

All postdocs and final-year graduate students are invited.

Space is limited to 50. To sign up or for more information, contact Alma Agorilla: [email protected].

Lunch is provided.

Event Highlights

Career panel discussion

Guests from both small and large companies

#ScienceSoWhite Threatens The Health Of People Of Color, Researchers Say

Thu May 12, 2016

Research: pediatric meningitis dosing; cancer drug resistance; gene-testing economics

Fri Apr 29, 2016

Clockwise from top left: Rada Savic, PhD; Steven Altschuler, PhD; Lani Wu, PhD; Kathryn Phillips, PhD

Computer models provide optimal dosing for pediatric TB meningitis

Ahituv Lab research finds how bats grow wings, with implications for human limb development

Mon Mar 28, 2016

Mandy K. Mason, University of Cape Town

Natal long-fingered bat embryo (Miniopterus natalensis) stained to highlight bone (red) and cartilage (blue).

Researchers in the laboratory of UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Nadav Ahituv, PhD, study the roles of gene regulatory elements—DNA segments that tell genes when, where, and to what extent to turn on and off—including in human conditions ranging from limb malformations to epilepsy and autism.

Medication Revolution: FDA Approves 3-D Printing For Pills

Fri Nov 20, 2015

Major funding for The Kidney Project from NIBIB Quantum Program

Tue Nov 3, 2015

Elisabeth Fall

Bioartificial kidney prototype and components.

The research journey toward building a fully functioning, surgically implantable artificial kidney as an alternative to kidney transplant and dialysis just took another step forward with the announcement of a $6 million grant to The Kidney Project, headquartered at the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Desai elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Tue Oct 20, 2015

Cindy Chew

Tejal Desai, PhD

UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Tejal Desai, PhD, has been newly elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly known as the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

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