School of Pharmacy

Alum Returns to UCSF to Teach New Students, Centering Representation and Holistic Care

As a neurodivergent, genderqueer, and transmasculine faculty member in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS), Tristan Storm, PharmD ’21, is bridging research and practice while reminding us all: patients are people first.

Watanabe Studies Shifting Diabetes Treatment Patterns

Analysis by Department of Clinical Pharmacy Chair Jonathan Watanabe, PharmD, MS, PhD, reveals encouraging trends, but also highlights a persistent treatment gap.

More Than 20 Staff Members Recognized for Contributions During First Half of 2025

The staff awardees include individuals in many different roles and functions across the school.

Alum Brings Different Brand of Patient Care to Foster and Critically Ill Children Through Baking

In her family of medical professionals, the expectation was that Rachelle Reyles-Derry, PharmD ’05, would become a nurse. Instead, she was drawn to pharmacy by her curiosity while growing up to understand the medications prescribed for her father’s chronic conditions.

When Prescriptions Change Behavior: Q&A with Danea Horn

Danea Horn, PhD, an associate professional researcher in the clinical pharmacy department at UCSF’s Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS), has investigated how prescription medications and drug pricing programs influence patient and provider behaviors and...

Kortemme: How AI Can Help Us Make New Medicines Faster

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Professor Tanja Kortemme, PhD, offers insight into how federally-funded research has America on the cusp of a new dawn in pharmaceuticals, offering hope for curing the most heartbreaking diseases.

Ask the Expert: Chun on AI and Computational Drug Discovery and Development

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Professor Joanne Chun, PharmD ’93, PhD ’96 leads the MS in AICD3 program — the first of its kind in the nation focused on AI’s transformation of drug discovery and development. Learn more about how AI-based research benefit patients and how the...

Scholarships Help PharmD Students Thrive

Congratulations to these PharmD students who are among the 2025 scholarship recipients. Scholarships are a key part of financial support students receive to ensure that finances are not a barrier to their success.

The Quest to Reinvent Anesthesia

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professors Brian Shoichet, PhD ’91, and Jason Sello, PhD, are leading a collaborative research project to scour millions of compounds — with help from tiny zebrafish — to create anesthetics safe enough to use without an anesthesiologist.

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