School of Pharmacy

Alumni Spotlight: Psychiatric Pharmacy, Public Health and the Human Experience

Jacqueline Parizher, PharmD ’22, a psychiatric clinical pharmacist at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, is at the forefront of psychiatric and substance use disorder care, serving the city’s most vulnerable populations.

Alumni Spotlight: PharmD Excels in Industry Project Management

Playing to his interpersonal and technical strengths, Christopher Nowak, PharmD, PMP, Class of ‘22, says UCSF’s pharmacy curriculum has helped him thrive at AstraZeneca Rare Disease.

UCSF Health Opens New Outpatient Pharmacies in San Francisco

The retail pharmacies at Mission Bay and Parnassus will complement comprehensive and accessible health services and create opportunities for UCSF pharmacy students to complete part of their training with interprofessional teams that equipped to provide patient-centered care.

Student Spotlight: Blending Patient Care with Innovation

Isela Lopez, from Chula Vista, San Diego, studied physiology and metabolism at UC Berkeley before choosing UCSF to pursue her interest in pathways and drug action.

Remembering Robert L. Day, PharmD, Class of ’59

Over a career that spanned five decades, Robert L. Day, PharmD, ’59, significantly advanced pharmacy education, changed the lives of countless students and became the school’s resident historian.

Giacomini Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences

As the first female pharmacy-trained scientist and dean of a pharmacy school ever to be elected, Giacomini’s induction marks a historic milestone.

Vaccinate the Dean: The pharmacist’s role in preventing sick days

Two second-year PharmD students joined Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, in a School of Pharmacy tradition to amplify the importance of getting vaccinated.

Gender Care and Love Course Empowers Future Pharmacists With Empathy

Alexander Gilmer, PharmD, prepares future pharmacy professionals to be pioneers of change by teaching how to provide compassionate and competent care to transgender and nonbinary patients.

Alumni Spotlight: Clinical Practice and Public Health Come Together for Transplant Pharmacist

Rachael Gordon, PharmD, MPH, uses her background in statistics and analysis to extend her role beyond the clinical, informing research that she hopes will lead to a broader understanding of transplant medicine.

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