School of Pharmacy

UCSF student pharmacists win division in Clinical Skills Competition

Tue Aug 16, 2016
Golahi and Fang

Michelle Fang and Stephanie Golahi

UCSF student pharmacists Stephanie Golahi and Michelle Fang, both class of 2019, took first place in Division I of the 2016 Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA)/Kroger Clinical Skills Competition held in Atlanta in late July.

David Adler: Expanding and enhancing pharmacy education and practice

Wed Aug 10, 2016
Adler
Elisabeth Fall

David Adler, PharmD ’70, Distinguished Pharmacy Alumnus 2016.

It was fortuitous that David Adler, PharmD ’70, began his studies at the UCSF School of Pharmacy in the fall of 1966, precisely when UCSF Medical Center’s Ninth Floor Project went into action.

Giacomini co-led study finds gene variant affecting response to leading diabetes drug

Tue Aug 9, 2016
Yee
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Study co-lead author Sook Wah Yee, PhD, of Giacomini Lab

Metformin is the most widely used initial medication for controlling blood sugar (glucose) in type 2 diabetes, a disease affecting 350 million people worldwide. The drug helps reduce their risk of complications leading to heart, eye, and kidney disease.

Celebrating the 100th birthday of Edward Leong Way

Mon Jul 25, 2016
Edward Leong Way
Elisabeth Fall

Edward (Eddie) Leong Way, BS ’38, MS ’40, PhD ’42, at his 100th birthday celebration

Edward (Eddie) Leong Way, BS, MS, PhD, celebrated his 100th birthday on July 1, 2016, with more than 70 colleagues, friends, and family at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center.

Vogt teaches stress relief and resiliency medicine to San Francisco employees

Thu Jul 14, 2016
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Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh

Over the past five years, School of Pharmacy faculty member Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh, has co-developed and implemented a program for hundreds of employees of the city and county of San Francisco that imparts tools to reduce stress and increase resiliency.

White paper demonstrates the value of Comprehensive Medication Management

Mon Jul 11, 2016
Stebbins
Elisabeth Fall

Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD

A growing body of evidence is showing that comprehensive medication management (CMM) can be an important component in reaching the so-called triple aim of health care reform:

Helen Macfie, PharmD, Named Among Nation’s 50 Top Patient Safety Experts

Fri Jul 8, 2016

The scope of I.V. room errors

Wed Jun 29, 2016

Three Ways to Build an Artificial Kidney

Wed Jun 29, 2016

Fulton receives Innovation in Education Award

Fri Jun 17, 2016
Fulton
Eric Davila

Tracy Fulton, PhD

The 2016 Dean’s Innovation in Education Award was presented to Tracy Fulton, PhD, on Thursday during the School of Pharmacy faculty meeting on the Parnassus campus.

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