School of Pharmacy

Hiding in plain sight

Tue Nov 21, 2017
closeup of human eye
A tiny implant promises to simplify how glaucoma drugs are administered, making life easier for aging patients.

Biopolymers Murray Goodman Memorial Prize Winner 2017: William F. DeGrado

Mon Nov 13, 2017

Implantable Artificial Kidney Moves Closer to Reality

Mon Nov 13, 2017

Advanced practice pharmacists are ready

Thu Nov 9, 2017
Kroon
Elisabeth Fall

Lisa Kroon, PharmD, professor and chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF School of Pharmacy

Pharmacists are going to be more integral to health care teams in the future.

A Quest: Insulin-Releasing Implant For Type-1 Diabetes

Tue Nov 7, 2017

UCSF School of Pharmacy joins data-sharing partnership to speed cancer drugs

Thu Nov 2, 2017
supercomputers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A supercomputer in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will be used in Project ATOM, a new public-private project that aims to speed discovery of new drug therapies.

A pioneering public/private consortium is poised to turn the marathon of drug discovery into a team relay, maybe even a short one.

Avoid these common drugs if you’re over 65

Wed Nov 1, 2017

Computer models speed UCSF scientists toward psychiatric drug discoveries

Mon Oct 23, 2017
graphic model of molecule
For decades, scientists have wanted to be able to study dopamine receptors one by one. The brain’s dopamine receptors are responsible for a variety of behaviors, such as reward seeking, and are also involved in psychiatric illnesses like schizophrenia.

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.

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