PharmD Degree Program

UCSF Student Recognized With CSHP Student Leadership Award

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

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

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

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.

Alum finds purpose in patient care through hematology at Genentech

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

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

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

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

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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