PharmD Degree Program

UCSF Student Recognized With CSHP Student Leadership Award

Thu Oct 16, 2025
Mackenzie Lee in White Coat

Mackenzie Lee, PharmD candidate, Class of '26

The annual award celebrating pharmacy students who exemplify leadership, service, and commitment to advancing pharmacy practice was given to Mackenzie Lee, a PharmD candidate in the Class of 2026

Vaccinate the Dean: Pharmacists Keep the Focus on Prevention

Mon Oct 6, 2025
Giacomini gets vaccinated by Vuong

Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, receives her annual flu shot second-year pharmacy student Andrew Vuong.

Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, received her flu shot from a second-year PharmD student, calling attention to the pharmacist’s role in safeguarding public health and kicking off American Pharmacists Month.

Preparing Pharmacy Students to Lead in the Age of AI

Thu Sep 4, 2025
MacDougall at podium

Conan MacDougall, PharmD, MAS

Department of Clinical Pharmacy Professor Conan MacDougall, PharmD, MAS, says tomorrow’s pharmacy leaders will be defined not by the tools they use, but by how thoughtfully they use them — and that education will have to adapt.

Sisters in Pharmacy: Collaboration and Inspiration

Wed Aug 27, 2025
Lizzy Bulla (left), and sister Sabrina Bulla (right)

Lizzy Bulla, PharmD candidate Class of 2027 (left), and sister Sabrina Bulla, PharmD, a Class of '21 alum (right)

Six years apart on their parallel paths, the Bulla sisters share a first-generation experience from becoming pharmacy technicians to patient care in clinical pharmacy.

More Than an Rx: Healing Through A Trauma-Informed Model of Care

Tue Aug 26, 2025

Alum finds purpose in patient care through hematology at Genentech

Wed Aug 13, 2025
Montez

Melissa Montez, PharmD

From her early specialization in oncology to her transition into industry, Melissa Montez, PharmD ’00, built a career rooted in patient impact and now mentors UCSF pharmacy students to imagine broader futures.

White Coat Ceremony Welcomes PharmD Class of 2028

Wed Jul 23, 2025
First-year pharmacy students officially entered the profession with white coats, words of inspiration, and a warm welcome from the UCSF School of Pharmacy community.

Alum Returns to UCSF to Teach New Students, Centering Representation and Holistic Care

Tue Jul 15, 2025
Storm

Tristan Storm, PharmD ’21

As a neurodivergent, genderqueer, and transmasculine faculty member in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS), Tristan Storm, PharmD ’21, is bridging research and practice while reminding us all: patients are people first.

Alum Brings Different Brand of Patient Care to Foster and Critically Ill Children Through Baking

Wed Jul 2, 2025
Reyles-Derry in white coat cutting a cake

Rachelle Reyles-Derry, PharmD ’05

In her family of medical professionals, the expectation was that Rachelle Reyles-Derry, PharmD ’05, would become a nurse. Instead, she was drawn to pharmacy by her curiosity while growing up to understand the medications prescribed for her father’s chronic conditions.

Ask the Expert: Chun on AI and Computational Drug Discovery and Development

Mon Jun 23, 2025
Chun
Anastasiia Sapon for UCSF Magazine

Joanne Chun, PharmD ’93, PhD ’96

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Professor Joanne Chun, PharmD ’93, PhD ’96 leads the MS in AICD3 program — the first of its kind in the nation focused on AI’s transformation of drug discovery and development. Learn more about how AI-based research benefit patients and how the...

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