School of Pharmacy

Novel diabetes treatment developed in Desai Lab to power SF-area startup

Thu Oct 19, 2017
device alongside a quarter to show size
Encellin

The cell encapsulation device (right) that is being developed by Encellin, a San Francisco–based biotechnology company.

A UC San Francisco-created, insulin-generating implant that utilizes nanotechnology is closer to becoming a real treatment for diabetes, after being acquired by a San Francisco-based startup.

Student speaker Ana Cruz shares her path to pharmacy and activism

Thu Oct 19, 2017
Cruz
Elisabeth Fall

Ana Cruz, Class of 2018

Ana Cruz knew, when she was very young, exactly what she wanted to do when she grew up, she told the UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2021 at their White Coat ceremony.

She wanted the same job as the woman in white.

Class of ’21 joins ranks of pharmacy at White Coat Ceremony

Wed Oct 18, 2017
student Leung with vice dean Youmans
Elisabeth Fall

First-year student Carmen Leung receives her white coat from Vice Dean Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH.

For the UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2021, October 13 was the day they officially entered the profession. In a ceremony on the Parnassus campus, each student donned a white coat, a symbol of health care professionals for more than 100 years.

Silicon isn’t just for computers. It can make a pretty good kidney, too.

Mon Oct 9, 2017

Wired magazine visits The Kidney Project

Fri Oct 6, 2017
Roy and Oruganti
Elisabeth Fall

Shuvo Roy, PhD, and researcher Anusree Oruganti.

Kidney failure is a debilitating and ultimately deadly illness, and a health policy crisis. With 468,000 people on dialysis in the U.S., costing the government $31 billion dollars a year, very little money is spent on researching alternatives to current treatments.

Alumni give PharmD Class of 2021 a warm welcome, and some advice

Tue Oct 3, 2017
Smith with Bhat, McCann, Khoderchah
Barbara Ries

Gregory Smith, PharmD ’92, talks with incoming students (left to right) Harini Bhat, Thalia McCann, and Christy Khouderchah. Smith is an area pharmacy director for Kaiser Permanente.

Somewhere between the pleasant September evening in San Francisco, the lively conversation about the profession of pharmacy, and the excellent wine, there were potential long-term professional connections in the making.

‘Meds-to-beds’ programs aim to prevent re-hospitalization

Tue Sep 26, 2017

School of Pharmacy welcomes Class of 2021

Mon Sep 25, 2017
Koreic, Trinh, Patel
Elisabeth Fall

New PharmD students at Orientation Week: left to right, Nathan Koreic, Marylynn Trinh, and Anjali Patel.

The newest UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) class gathered for the first time on Wednesday, September 20, in San Francisco’s foggy Golden Gate Park. Although it was their first time meeting in person, class members have been getting to know each other online for months.

Pharmacists Are Now Poised To Ease Physician Shortage—If Only They Could Get Paid For It

Wed Sep 20, 2017

Update from the Dean - September 2017

Wed Sep 20, 2017
Guglielmo
Strategic plan progress report. Research: Driving the development of innovative and precise drugs, medical devices, and diagnostic tests. Flu treatments; Tackling antimalarial resistance; Attacking hard targets; Plotting cell maps; Safer opioid pain killer; Cellular construction; New products...

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