PharmD Degree Program

Making sure everyone makes the most of Medicare Part D

Mon Dec 9, 2019

Levi Gadye

PharmD student Kelsey Mott, Class of 2021 (right) looks up prescription insurance coverage information for a patient at the School’s Medicare Part D outreach event on December 3, 2019.

The School’s Medicare Part D outreach event lives on as part of our current PharmD curriculum.

Youmans to serve on Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

Fri Dec 6, 2019

Elisabeth Fall

Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH

Youmans led the development and implementation of the new PharmD curriculum.

Desai and Szoka named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Thu Dec 5, 2019

Tejal Desai, PhD, and Francis Szoka, PhD

The two faculty members have spent their careers working to improve therapies to treat disease.

Update from the Dean – November 2019

Thu Nov 14, 2019

Class of 2021 PharmD student Susanna Lee gave Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, his 2019 flu shot.

Dear UCSF School of Pharmacy Family and Friends:

Implantable bioartificial kidney achieves preclinical milestone

Thu Nov 7, 2019

Elisabeth Fall

Shuvo Roy, PhD

Scientists implanted a prototype kidney bioreactor in large animals without significant safety concerns.

Pharmacy alumna provides lifeline to displaced residents in aftermath of fire

Thu Nov 7, 2019

Noah Berger

Janet Balbutin, PharmD ’68, pharmacist and owner of Paradise Drug and Chico Pharmacy

When the Camp Fire roared through Paradise, CA, last November, the staff of Paradise Drug, a community pharmacy owned and operated by UCSF School of Pharmacy alumna Janet Balbutin, PharmD ’68, didn’t hesitate: they heroically saved a server containing patient data, and went on to provide pharmacy...

Two School members earn UCSF Chancellor’s Awards for Diversity

Wed Nov 6, 2019

Jacqueline Fabius (left) and Kwadwo (Kojo) Opoku-Nsiah

Jacqueline Fabius was given the Chancellor’s Award for Advancement of Women, and Kwadwo (Kojo) Opoku-Nsiah was given the Chancellor’s Award for Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership.

Donors unite to honor Toby Herfindal and his commitment to innovation in pharmacy

Wed Nov 6, 2019

Elisabeth Fall

Patt and Toby Herfindal, PharmD

The Toby Herfindal Presidential Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will be used to support faculty members and/or graduate students in the UCSF School of Pharmacy

In his quest to serve patients, ‘The only thing hindering me is my status’

Mon Nov 4, 2019

Assemi and Clinard assume new associate dean roles

Fri Nov 1, 2019

Elisabeth Fall

, Frank Farm

Mitra Assemi, PharmD (left) and Valerie Clinard, PharmD

Mitra Assemi and Valerie Clinard were appointed to new associate dean roles in the UCSF School of Pharmacy. Both roles support the School’s evolving doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree program.

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