School of Pharmacy

UCSF’s artificial kidney project wins major award, now one step closer to potentially changing lives

Mon Aug 10, 2020

School of Pharmacy welcomes Class of 2023 at a pivotal time

Fri Aug 7, 2020
Students on video call.

Members of the UCSF School of Pharmacy PharmD Class of 2023 participate in a virtual scavenger hunt during orientation.

The Class of 2023 begins its training in the pharmacy profession

QCRG and Subgroups Town Hall

Tue Aug 4, 2020
event poster
The evolving COVID-19 situation is prompting quick responses from within our local research community and labs. In order to keep UCSF researchers informed of changes to the research activities as well as current research related to COVID-19, the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) at UCSF is...

How does Toxoplasma gondii initiate infection in a new host?: a QBI online seminar with Pascale Guiton

Tue Aug 4, 2020
Guiton.
The QBI Online Seminar Series presents Pascale Guiton, assistant professor of biological sciences at the California State University East Bay. Pascale trained as a molecular microbiologist at Washington University in St. Louis and at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on...

Science in the Time of Corona: Could COVID-19 change the role of conferences in science?

Thu Jul 30, 2020
people in online meeting.
QBI presents Science in the Time of Corona, a live show where scientists discuss how COVID-19 has changed science. Join us for a discussion with two researchers in the QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG) about the transition to online conferences that has been made necessary by COVID-19 and...

Town Hall: Back-to-school plans

Thu Jul 30, 2020
School of Pharmacy - Back to School (July 30, 2020)
Join School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, for the latest on back-to-school plans.

Updates this week include:

Dozens of presumed inactive ingredients may impact human biology

Wed Jul 29, 2020
Various pills
Morguefile.com

School scientists have found that various inactive ingredients in drugs, known as excipients, may produce unwanted side effects in the human body.

School scientists identify excipients with potential to cause side effects

Science in the Time of Corona: Has COVID-19 changed how women and mothers do research, and what can we learn from this?

Wed Jul 29, 2020
people in online meeting.
Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) presents Science in the Time of Corona, a live show where scientists discuss how COVID-19 has changed science. Join us for a discussion with two researchers in the QBI Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG) about the unique impacts that COVID-19 has had on women...

The Kidney Project wins KidneyX Award to enable simpler, safer at-home dialysis

Wed Jul 22, 2020
The Kidney Project's iHemo offers patients a safer, in-home alternative to dialysis

The Kidney Project's iHemo implantable dialysis system received a $500,000 award to speed its development into an approved therapy for patients.

School's efforts to develop artificial kidney receive $500,000 boost

Student-taught education finds its footing in PharmD curriculum

Tue Jul 21, 2020
Ha with microphone and students
Levi Gadye

PharmD student Huy Ha, Class of 2021, second from left, helps introduce the student-taught education in pharmacy (STEP) program, along with fellow STEP instructors, to first-year students during orientation, August 2019.

Student teachers create new pillar of support for first-year pharmacy students

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