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2019 Koda-Kimble Seed Award supports School of Pharmacy’s boldest ideas

Tue Mar 12, 2019

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, former dean of the School of Pharmacy

The 2019 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation will fund nine bold research projects, ranging from studies of the molecular underpinnings of cancer to focus groups designed to prepare PharmD students for experiential learning.

School of Pharmacy scientists unearth a new target for treating Parkinson’s disease

Thu Mar 7, 2019

Neuronal protein with newly-identified drug target highlighted

England Lab/UCSF

A team led by Pamela England, PhD, identified a new target (yellow) for future Parkinson’s disease therapies within the Nurr1 protein (blue).

Scientists in the UCSF School of Pharmacy recently identified the first drug-binding target site on a molecule known to play a role in Parkinson's disease, opening the door to a new generation of therapies for the condition.

Desai named the director of new UCSF bioengineering initiative

Thu Feb 28, 2019

The Health Innovation Via Engineering (HIVE) program will be led by Tejal Desai, PhD.

The Health Innovation Via Engineering (HIVE) program is designed to inspire collaborations in bioengineering research.

School of Pharmacy tops pharmacy schools in NIH funding for 39th straight year

Wed Feb 27, 2019

Kroetz and colleague review the results of an experiment

Elisabeth Fall

Deanna Kroetz, PhD (right) was among dozens of faculty members who contributed to the School of Pharmacy becoming the top recipient of NIH funding among all pharmacy schools in 2018.

Among all U.S. pharmacy schools, the UCSF School of Pharmacy earned the most research funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2018, totaling nearly $29 million dollars that will support studies spanning the basic to the clinical sciences.

USP/UCSF fellowship to support research in the quality and safety of medical products

Wed Feb 27, 2019

The UCSF Fellowship in Quality of Medical Products will support research into excipients, or inactive ingredients found in pharmaceutical drugs.

A new fellowship, funded jointly by UCSF-Stanford CERSI and the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), will support research into the inactive components of medications, which are known as excipients.

Medical and pharmacy students jointly tackle health care’s most pressing dilemmas

Fri Feb 22, 2019

Student in discussion with Rodriguez-Monguio

Levi Gadye

Pharmacy student Shafat Selim (right) discusses the complexities of the orphan drug market with School of Pharmacy faculty member Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, PhD, (left) during a mini-course session.

A two-week course brought first-year UCSF medical and pharmacy students together, for the first time, to grapple with controversies and challenges in health care using scientific evidence and faculty-led discussion.

Gift of $500,000 honors Jere E. Goyan, late UCSF School of Pharmacy dean

Tue Feb 12, 2019

UC Regents

Jere E. Goyan, PhD, was the longest-serving dean of the School of Pharmacy and commissioner of the FDA.

The endowment will provide funds for a recipient to focus on delivering breakthroughs in therapeutics-related research, education, and patient care.

Creating an inexhaustible database for drug molecules

Mon Feb 11, 2019

Elisabeth Fall

Brian Shoichet, PhD, brought his drug discovery software to an enormous database of small molecules.

School of Pharmacy researchers helped a free public database of potential drug molecules grow 100-fold.

QBI fellowship fosters curiosity and perseverance for women scientists

Mon Jan 28, 2019

QBI

Jacqueline Kyosiimire-Lugemwa, PhD, was the first recipient of QBI’s Scholarship for Women from Developing Nations in Biosciences.

Jacqueline Kyosiimire-Lugemwa, the first recipient of QBI’s Scholarship for Women from Developing Nations in Biosciences, spent a year at UCSF in which her perseverance in the sciences was tested. She recently returned to her home country of Uganda more ready than ever to tackle big questions about...

CRISPR-based obesity treatment shows promise for other diseases

Thu Jan 17, 2019

Ahituv, right, works in his lab with postdoc Fumitaka Inoue

Susan Merrell

Nadav Ahituv, PhD, right, was able to curb obesity in mice by tweaking two genes involved in controlling appetite.

A recent study by Nadav Ahituv, PhD, showed that obesity caused by a gene mutation could be treated in animal models.

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