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David Adler: Expanding and enhancing pharmacy education and practice

Wed Aug 10, 2016

David Adler, PharmD ’70, Distinguished Pharmacy Alumnus 2016.

It was fortuitous that David Adler, PharmD ’70, began his studies at the UCSF School of Pharmacy in the fall of 1966, precisely when UCSF Medical Center’s Ninth Floor Project went into action.

Giacomini co-led study finds gene variant affecting response to leading diabetes drug

Tue Aug 9, 2016

Study co-lead author Sook Wah Yee, PhD, of Giacomini Lab

Metformin is the most widely used initial medication for controlling blood sugar (glucose) in type 2 diabetes, a disease affecting 350 million people worldwide. The drug helps reduce their risk of complications leading to heart, eye, and kidney disease.

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Edward Leong Way

Mon Jul 25, 2016

Elisabeth Fall

Edward (Eddie) Leong Way, BS ’38, MS ’40, PhD ’42, at his 100th birthday celebration

Edward (Eddie) Leong Way, BS, MS, PhD, celebrated his 100th birthday on July 1, 2016, with more than 70 colleagues, friends, and family at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center.

Peter Ambrose, esteemed faculty member, is mourned

Thu Jul 14, 2016

Kaz Tsuruta

Peter Ambrose, PharmD

The UCSF School of Pharmacy community mourns the passing of Peter Ambrose, PharmD ’80, an esteemed faculty member in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy.

Vogt teaches stress relief and resiliency medicine to San Francisco employees

Thu Jul 14, 2016

Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh

Over the past five years, School of Pharmacy faculty member Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh, has co-developed and implemented a program for hundreds of employees of the city and county of San Francisco that imparts tools to reduce stress and increase resiliency.

30th annual course on Pharmacokinetics for Pharmaceutical Scientists

Wed Jul 13, 2016

Context: The role of pharmacokinetics (PK) both within functional biology and within therapeutics.

Pharmacokinetics for Pharmaceutical Scientists is an annual course, now in its 30th year.

Honoring Tsinghua Scholars

Mon Jul 11, 2016

Giacomini honors visiting scholars from Tsinghua University.

The Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS) was pleased to present Certificates of Completion to Tsinghua University students who completed our Collaborative Education and Research Program.

White paper demonstrates the value of Comprehensive Medication Management

Mon Jul 11, 2016

Elisabeth Fall

Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD

A growing body of evidence is showing that comprehensive medication management (CMM) can be an important component in reaching the so-called triple aim of health care reform:

Helen Macfie, PharmD, Named Among Nation’s 50 Top Patient Safety Experts

Fri Jul 8, 2016

The scope of I.V. room errors

Wed Jun 29, 2016

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