PharmD Degree Program

Cell-folding research opens door to building with biology

Thu Jan 4, 2018
illustration of mouse embryo and folded tissue shapes
Gartner Lab/UCSF

Scientists used contractile mesenchymal cells from mouse embryos to power self-folding living tissues.

Researchers were able to coax layers of cells to form shapes not found in nature, such as cubes.

Study shows sugar industry buried evidence of health risks

Fri Dec 1, 2017
spoon of sugar and sugar cubes on a table
UCSF
“UCSF has put its stake in the ground on exposing industry manipulation of science.”

UCSF lab sends filters to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

Mon Nov 27, 2017
staff member holds one water filter and a thank you note.
Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico

Clinic staff member at Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico’s largest pediatric pulmonary clinic, expressed thanks for the delivery of 484 water filters. Each filter can clean up to 295 gallons of water per day.

Burchard Lab colleagues step up to help residents of the island get fresh water.

Hiding in plain sight

Tue Nov 21, 2017
closeup of human eye
A tiny implant promises to simplify how glaucoma drugs are administered, making life easier for aging patients.

Advanced practice pharmacists are ready

Thu Nov 9, 2017
Kroon
Elisabeth Fall

Lisa Kroon, PharmD, professor and chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF School of Pharmacy

Pharmacists are going to be more integral to health care teams in the future.

UCSF School of Pharmacy joins data-sharing partnership to speed cancer drugs

Thu Nov 2, 2017
supercomputers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A supercomputer in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will be used in Project ATOM, a new public-private project that aims to speed discovery of new drug therapies.

A pioneering public/private consortium is poised to turn the marathon of drug discovery into a team relay, maybe even a short one.

Computer models speed UCSF scientists toward psychiatric drug discoveries

Mon Oct 23, 2017
graphic model of molecule
For decades, scientists have wanted to be able to study dopamine receptors one by one. The brain’s dopamine receptors are responsible for a variety of behaviors, such as reward seeking, and are also involved in psychiatric illnesses like schizophrenia.

Novel diabetes treatment developed in Desai Lab to power SF-area startup

Thu Oct 19, 2017
device alongside a quarter to show size
Encellin

The cell encapsulation device (right) that is being developed by Encellin, a San Francisco–based biotechnology company.

A UC San Francisco-created, insulin-generating implant that utilizes nanotechnology is closer to becoming a real treatment for diabetes, after being acquired by a San Francisco-based startup.

Student speaker Ana Cruz shares her path to pharmacy and activism

Thu Oct 19, 2017
Cruz
Elisabeth Fall

Ana Cruz, Class of 2018

Ana Cruz knew, when she was very young, exactly what she wanted to do when she grew up, she told the UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2021 at their White Coat ceremony.

She wanted the same job as the woman in white.

Class of ’21 joins ranks of pharmacy at White Coat Ceremony

Wed Oct 18, 2017
student Leung with vice dean Youmans
Elisabeth Fall

First-year student Carmen Leung receives her white coat from Vice Dean Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH.

For the UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2021, October 13 was the day they officially entered the profession. In a ceremony on the Parnassus campus, each student donned a white coat, a symbol of health care professionals for more than 100 years.

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