Tagged: PharmD Degree Program

UCSF Summer Science Camp

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Majed Abolfazli - © majedphoto.com

Each year, Summer Science Camp brings 55 fifth- and sixth-grade students to the UCSF campus for a free week of learning and fun.

Ten years ago at the inaugural UCSF Summer Science Camp, 10-year-old Najwa Anasse held a human brain in her hands—an “Aha!” experience that set her career path.

“I thought, ‘Oh my god, I want to study this.’ I was so excited,” says Anasse, who grew up in San Francisco’s Excelsior District and was a fifth grader at Alice Fong Yu Elementary School at the time.

Donald Kishi: Leader, mentor, friend

“Find a need and fill it” was a popular slogan that graced the side of pink Kaiser Cement trucks around the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60s and 70s. But Donald Kishi, PharmD ’68, took the motto as his professional mantra.

UCSF School of Pharmacy celebrates commencement 2017

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Elisabeth Fall

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, places the hood on Phong Ho at 2017 commencement ceremony.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy conferred the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree on 120 graduates at its 2017 commencement ceremony on May 19 at Louise Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.

Craik elected member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Charles S. Craik, PhD

Charles S. Craik, PhD, joins the 237th class of newly elected members of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences who will be inducted on October 7, 2017 at a ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Zoraida Quiroz

Student Affairs Assistant

As student affairs assistant, I oversee the front desk of the Office of Student and Curricular Affairs (OSACA) and serve as a resource for both enrolled and prospective students. I provide administrative support for unit staff, and assist with all major events sponsored by the office, including the White Coat Ceremony, the Awards Dinner, and the Graduation Ceremony. For the OSACA and the Office of Education and Instructional Support (OEIS), I am the liaison to accounting, purchasing, and the Office of Finance and Administration.

Let pharmacists empower patients and save lives

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Elisabeth Fall

B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

How do we give patients ready access to the expertise of pharmacists? How do we empower patients with medication knowledge?

UCSF School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for 37th year in a row

For the 37th consecutive year, the UCSF School of Pharmacy has received more funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any other pharmacy school in the United States. School researchers were awarded $28.2 million in grants during NIH’s 2016 fiscal year, from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016.

Frear solves medication problems at the systems level

With a pharmacist dad and a degree in biochemistry, Meghan Frear was certain that pharmacy school was a perfect fit for her. However, she says, “When I first entered UCSF, I could not have articulated for you that I wanted to be a systems-level pharmacist.” “In undergrad I took an economics of health care course, which sounds so nerdy,” Frear recalls. “But that's what really got me excited—there are these big problems and there are ways that we can solve them [despite] limited resources, and I can do this with pharmacy.”

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