PharmD Degree Program

The dean advocates for medication lists and pharmacist engagement in patient care

Tue Aug 21, 2018

School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., trailing cancer and heart disease. Many of those errors can be traced to issues with medications.

School welcomes incoming PharmD class with bold new curriculum

Wed Aug 8, 2018

PharmD students arrive at UCSF for the first day of classes.

Elisabeth Fall

New PharmD students, including Asher Jeong (right), arrive at the UCSF Parnassus campus for the first day of their pharmacy education

A new class of UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students came together on July 25 at the Parnassus campus to inaugurate a new curriculum built on critical thinking, problem solving, and an inquiry habit of mind.

Stopping cancer in its tracks

Thu Jul 19, 2018

Cecil Fox, National Cancer Institute

Cancerous breast tissue, with normal connective tissue (pink) and cancer cells (blue).

Cancer, fundamentally, is a problem of too much growth. For decades, health care providers have tried and failed to slow tumor growth using drugs that interfere with a particular signaling pathway, called PI3K, which is known to operate in proliferating cancer cells.

Creating the tools to build a Human Cell Atlas

Wed Jul 18, 2018

Natalie Prigozhina

Human hair follicle cells, cytoskeletons in green and nuclei in blue.

If it’s hard to take an accurate census of the 325 million people living in the US, it’s even more daunting to survey the 37.2 trillion or so cells that make up the human body. The brain alone, for instance, contains nearly 90 billion neurons, which can be classified into over a thousand distinct...

Update from the Dean – July 2018

Mon Jul 16, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

Health at the molecular level: Decoding cellular signals, A trigger for tissue repair, Seeding tomorrow’s science. The future of custom care: Tracking cancer drug resistance, Treating malaria and tuberculosis, Quantitative Biosciences Institute’s culture of inclusivity, The genetics of asthma....

Drilling down to the details of opioid signaling

Wed Jul 11, 2018

Study captures an opioid drug binding to a µ-opioid receptor

Antoine Koehl (Manglik lab)

Study captures an opioid drug (orange) binding to a µ-opioid receptor (green) and activating various signaling proteins (cyan, purple, gold), which produce the effects of opioid drugs, like pain relief and addiction.

Despite using opioids for centuries for pain management, we still don’t have a complete understanding of how drugs like morphine and oxycodone actually work. And that’s a problem for patients, who must weather side effects that can range from nausea and constipation to cognitive impairment,...

Gruenberg receives sustainability award for second straight year

Fri Jun 29, 2018

Susan Merrell

Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, BCPS

Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD ’15, BCPS, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, was awarded the 2018 Sustainability Award in the faculty category by the UCSF Academic Senate Sustainability Committee on June 27, 2018.

Julie Reed

Mon Jun 18, 2018

PharmD Advisor

As a member of the Office of Student Affairs (OSA), I am the Student Learning Director and PharmD advisor. In my advising role, I support students’ personal and professional development throughout their time at UCSF. I provide academic and learning support, career exploration, personal coaching,...

Showcasing School science and change at Alumni Weekend 2018

Fri Jun 15, 2018

Levi Gadye

B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, addressed Half Century Club Luncheon attendees.

Sessions include: quickly identifying molecules that show potential as drugs; improving access and treatments for AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis; why curiosity and imagination are taking the place of memorization the PharmD curriculum. Honoring the Class of 1968. Kennedy receives Distinguished...

Kennedy delivers Alumnus of the Year Award address at Alumni Weekend pharmacy gala

Fri Jun 15, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD

On June 2, 2018, Kathleen B. Kennedy, PharmD ’78, received the 2018 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from the UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association, for her “outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy, to society, and/or to UCSF.”

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