School of Pharmacy

UCSF Student Recognized With CSHP Student Leadership Award

Thu Oct 16, 2025
The annual award celebrating pharmacy students who exemplify leadership, service, and commitment to advancing pharmacy practice was given to Mackenzie Lee, a PharmD candidate in the Class of 2026

Treat, Teach, Innovate: Why This Pharmacist Never Has a Dull Day

Thu Oct 16, 2025
Zhou smiles with 4 people in front of barbershop
Noah Berger

Crystal Zhou, PharmD, with Cut Hypertension Program workers and B&F Barbershop staff.

At the UCSF School of Pharmacy, innovation in patient care often starts beyond clinic walls. Through programs like Cut Hypertension, Director of Community-Based Practice Innovation, Crystal Zhou, PharmD, is closing gaps in access to care and improving health outcomes while shaping the next...

NIH Honors School of Pharmacy Scientists for Exceptional Creativity

Fri Oct 10, 2025
Kortemme left) and Cromer right

Tanja Kortemme, PhD, and Kyle Cromer, PhD

Vice Dean of Research Tanja Kortemme, PhD, and Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Assistant Professor Kyle Cromer, PhD, are among seven UCSF scientists recognized with prestigious NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Awards for 2025.

Vaccinate the Dean: Pharmacists Keep the Focus on Prevention

Mon Oct 6, 2025
Giacomini gets vaccinated by Vuong

Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, receives her annual flu shot second-year pharmacy student Andrew Vuong.

Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, received her flu shot from a second-year PharmD student, calling attention to the pharmacist’s role in safeguarding public health and kicking off American Pharmacists Month.

UCSF Health Pharmacies Redefine Patient-Centered Care

Thu Sep 25, 2025
Nicole Ng, PharmD, counts pills at UCSF Health Parnassus Pharmacy
Cindy Chew

Nicole Ng, PharmD

On World Pharmacists Day, UCSF Health celebrates the one-year anniversary of two new outpatient pharmacies that show how pharmacists advance patient-centered care through innovation, integration, and education.

Pharmacy Postdoc Wins First Place in Postdoc Slam

Mon Sep 22, 2025
Dey holding giant check overhead
Noah Berger

Atreya Dey, PhD

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences postdoctoral scholar Atreya Dey, PhD, recalled mischievously unraveling his grandmother’s knitting yarn as a child — then paralleled the anecdote to the six-foot strand of DNA that exists in every cell.

New CRISPRa Approach Brings Hope for Epilepsy and Autism

Fri Sep 19, 2025
Inoue (left) in lab with Ahituv, PhD, (right)

Nadav Ahituv, PhD, in his lab with assistant researcher Fumitaka Inoue.

By dialing up a healthy gene, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Professor Nadav Ahituv, PhD and a team of UCSF scientists stopped seizures in mice with a common mutation found in neurodevelopmental disorders like epilepsy and autism.

From Lab to Launch: How UCSF School of Pharmacy Startups Translate Discovery into Therapies

Thu Sep 18, 2025
Mission Bay aerial view with skyline
From computational chemistry to protein engineering to small-molecule discovery, UCSF School of Pharmacy startups demonstrate how a culture of excellence and entrepreneurship combine with a strong translational infrastructure.

The Kidney Project: Building an Implantable Bioartificial Kidney

Mon Sep 15, 2025

Fraser Lab Uses Synchrotron Power to Outpace Antibiotic Resistance

Fri Sep 12, 2025
Fraser

James Fraser, PhD

In collaboration with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Chair James Fraser, PhD, has uncovered new ways to restore the potency of drugs that had been losing...

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