PharmD Degree Program

How we know it’s safe to get the vaccine

Thu Dec 17, 2020
A man wearing a mask measures vaccine in a syringe.
Susan Merrell

Preparing the Pfizer vaccine for injection.

UCSF experts address the safety of the new COVID-19 vaccines

Update from the Dean: Community during challenging times

Thu Nov 19, 2020
Guglielmo receives flu shot
Levi Gadye

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, received his annual flu shot from Joe Li, Class of 2021.

The School continues its vital work in research, education, and patient care.

Arkin named next chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Wed Nov 18, 2020
Arkin
Elisabeth Fall

Michelle Arkin, PhD

Arkin’s appointment to bolster collaborations between academia and industry for drug discovery.

Kroetz awarded the Jere E. Goyan Presidential Chair

Tue Nov 17, 2020
Kroetz

Deanna Kroetz, PhD

Kroetz honored for long career in pharmacogenomics

Jamming the gears of a deadly virus

Fri Nov 13, 2020
Spike protein
NIH

A 3D printed model of a SARS-CoV-2 viral particle (blue) dotted with the spike protein (red) that enables the virus to infect human cells. The spike protein is the target of research efforts to prevent and treat COVID-19.

Team efforts at the School and beyond produce two potential treatments for COVID-19.

Dean’s Apple Teaching Awards for summer 2020

Tue Nov 10, 2020
apples
Sydney Rae
The Dean's Apple Teaching Awards for summer 2020 were given to faculty and student instructors who received outstanding scores on student evaluations.

Annual Teaching Awards for 2019-2020

Tue Nov 10, 2020
Clinard shows a student how to administer a vaccine.
Elisabeth Fall

Valerie Clinard, PharmD, shows a student how to administer a vaccine.

PharmD classes bestow teaching awards and awards for preceptors.

Office 365 training now available

Mon Oct 26, 2020
Office 365
Get a handle on Office 365 tools enabling you to collaborate like never before.

Resistant bacteria meet their match with custom antibiotics

Mon Oct 26, 2020
Drug resistant bacteria
Paul Gunning (Cell Image Library)

A scanning electron micrograph image of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria.

“Molecular building blocks” give antibiotics an edge over drug-resistant bacteria.

QBI probes three lethal coronaviruses to find possible drug targets

Fri Oct 23, 2020
Blue dots show MERS-CoV particles on the surface of a cell
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) viral particles under an electron microscopic.

“This is looking across coronaviruses and finding the commonalities so we’re in a better position to attack SARS3 when it comes,” said Nevan Krogan, the director of QBI.

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