School of Pharmacy

Study shows cigarette makers shifted stance on nicotine patches, gum

Fri Aug 18, 2017

Finding better ways to reduce serious drug side effects

Wed Aug 9, 2017
Shoichet
Elisabeth Fall

Brian Shoichet, PhD

Many of the medicines we depend on to treat disease—and even to save our lives—pose potentially serious risks along with their benefits. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that about 40,000 deaths yearly in the United States may be attributable to the side...

Rocket science? For these kids, pressure is fun

Fri Jul 7, 2017
kids building bottle rocket

Javier Chavez, left, and Sebastian Mederos, fifth grade, work together to design their bottle rocket.

Every good scientific exploration starts with questions, and at UCSF’s 2017 Summer Science Camp, the recent “bottle rocket engineering and launch day” was no different.

Remembering Edward Leong Way

Thu Jul 6, 2017
Edward Leong Way at birthday celebration
Elisabeth Fall

Edward Leong Way celebrated his 100th birthday in July 2016, surrounded by friends, family, and UCSF colleagues.

Edward (Eddie) Leong Way, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy alumnus, UCSF faculty member, and dear friend, died peacefully at home in San Francisco on June 12, 2017, four weeks before his 101st birthday.

Camp founder continues quest to bring science to kids

Thu Jun 29, 2017
Hertema
Cindy Chew

Heather Hertema, PharmD ’10, founder of UCSF Summer Science Camp, returned for the camp’s 10th anniversary.

As a first-year UCSF PharmD student, Heather Hertema, PharmD ’10, had a big idea: a free summer camp for kids who might not otherwise be exposed to the creative problem-solving and making-things-explode fun of science.

Students take part in UCSF’s science summer camp

Wed Jun 21, 2017

A decade of launching rockets, cardboard boats—and kids into STEM

Tue Jun 20, 2017
kids raising hands
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Each year, Summer Science Camp brings 55 fifth- and sixth-grade students to the UCSF campus for a free week of learning and fun.

Ten years ago, at the inaugural UCSF Summer Science Camp, 10-year-old Najwa Anasse held a human brain in her hands—an “Aha!” experience that set her career path.

“I thought, ‘Oh my god, I want to study this.’ I was so excited,” says Anasse, who grew up in San Francisco’s Excelsior District and was...

Donald Kishi: leader, mentor, friend

Thu Jun 15, 2017
Kishi at podium
“Find a need and fill it” was a popular slogan that graced the side of pink Kaiser Cement trucks around the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60s and 70s. But Donald Kishi, PharmD ’68, took the motto as his professional mantra.

Two scientific teams independently make key biological advance

Tue Jun 13, 2017

UCSF School of Pharmacy celebrates Commencement 2017

Thu May 25, 2017
Guglielmo and graduate
Elisabeth Fall

Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, places the hood on Phong Ho at 2017 commencement.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy conferred the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree on 120 graduates at its 2017 commencement on May 19 at Louise Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.

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