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Youmans appointed vice dean of UCSF School of Pharmacy

Wed Aug 14, 2013

Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH

Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH, a pharmacist and educator with a deep commitment to pharmacy education and public health, has been appointed vice dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy. Her appointment was effective July 1, 2013.

Ahituv study provides new insights into enhancer gene regulation

Tue Aug 13, 2013

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Research led by UCSF scientists has provided fresh insight into the operation of DNA sequences in the genome that regulate gene expression.

UCSF School of Pharmacy adopts broad recommendation on tobacco

Tue Jul 16, 2013

The UCSF School of Pharmacy and the Purdue University College of Pharmacy have become the first U.S. pharmacy schools to adopt a broadly worded new professional practice recommendation aimed at reducing tobacco’s public health burden.

Early-life air pollution linked with childhood asthma in minorities

Wed Jun 26, 2013

Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH

In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers led by UCSF scientists found that infants in minority populations who are exposed to motor vehicle air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide (NO2), are more likely to develop asthma later in childhood.

Kroon named chair of the UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Susan Merrell

Lisa Kroon, PharmD

Lisa Kroon, PharmD, a pharmacist and educator as well as a clinical researcher in the fields of diabetes and tobacco cessation, has been named the new chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy within the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Posters tracking beta blocker side effects, antibiotic use, blood thinner adherence take top seminar honors

Wed May 22, 2013

Rifkind award winners (clockwise from upper left) Tony Huynh, PharmD; Alan Chuang, PharmD; Jaekyu Shin, PharmD; Michelle Shen, PharmD.

Studies of whether patients are taking a blood thinner as prescribed, whether antibiotic treatment of cancer patients’ fevers matches guidelines, and whether one form of a leading cardiovascular drug increases the risk for a serious side effect took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy...

Feature articles shine spotlight on Kidney Project

Fri Apr 26, 2013

Shuvo Roy, PhD, with silicon wafer and bioartificial kidney model

The San Francisco Chronicle and the Bay Area News Group, which includes the San Jose Mercury News and Oakland Tribune, have published feature articles this week focused on The Kidney Project, an effort to develop the first implantable bioartificial kidney to treat end-stage renal disease.

American Museum of Natural History video features research of Burchard

Thu Apr 4, 2013

a hand holds a pointed graduated cylinder.

A new video produced by the American Museum of Natural History features the work of Esteban Burchard, MD, MPH, and members of his laboratory.

Guglielmo named dean of UCSF School of Pharmacy

Thu Mar 21, 2013

B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, an honored UCSF professor and mentor as well as a leading pharmacist and clinical scientist specializing in antimicrobial therapies, will be the new dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Phillips leads national study of benefit/risk in emergent whole genome sequencing

Mon Mar 11, 2013

Kathryn Phillips, PhD

Improving technologies are rapidly cutting the cost of whole genome sequencing, a process that reveals the complete library of a patient’s genetic information. Indeed, the era of the $1,000 genome—a catchphrase for the test’s relative affordability—appears imminent.

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