School of Pharmacy

White Coat Ceremony welcomes PharmD Class of 2027

Mon Jul 22, 2024

First-year learners were welcomed to the pharmacy profession with a meaningful blend of tradition and celebration, surrounded by friends, family, faculty, and staff.

School of Pharmacy celebrates global drug development and regulatory science collaboration

Mon Jul 8, 2024

Yangfeng Wu, MD, PhD; Leslie Z. Benet, PhD; Carl Peck, MD, Dr. h.c. (Uppsala); and Peking University Clinical Research Institute Director of Department of Education and Training Sandy Zhang.

June 14, 2024, marked the 15-year collaboration of a Chinese course improving medical product development and regulation.

Postdocs, specialists, and researchers celebrated in symposium

Mon Jun 24, 2024

in a large, festively decorated atrium people eat and drink while discussing surrounding posters.

Shawna McCarroll

PSRs being celebrated at Genentech Hall.

The inaugural annual event included a panel on career pathways moderated by Su Guo, PhD, and awarded prizes to four poster presenters.

Krogan Q&A: Collaboration and the new era of science

Fri Jun 14, 2024

Nevan Krogan, PhD

In the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) Coronavirus Research Group (QCRG), Nevan Krogan, PhD, built a transdisciplinary, multi-lab, multi-institutional, multi-national, multi-sector open-science consortium in which over a thousand trainees and senior investigators worked together—overcoming...

From community college to PharmD residency via UCSF

Mon Jun 10, 2024

Warif Kastoun, PharmD

Nearly a third of the University of California’s Class of 2024 started their higher education journey at California community colleges, including Warif Kastoun, PharmD, whose plans to run her own local pharmacy in Damascus, Syria, were interrupted by civil war.

Phillips explores policy, ethics, and precision medicine

Fri May 24, 2024

Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD

Department of Clinical Pharmacy faculty member Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD, is tackling the intersection of policy, ethics, and precision medicine in a series of collaborations with global impact.

Benet honored in symposium with endowed professorship

Tue May 21, 2024

Elisabeth Fall

Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, and Leslie Z. Benet, PhD

The pioneering career of one of the School’s most influential faculty members was honored on his 87th birthday.

Pomp, circumstance, and pride at Class of 2024 commencement

Mon May 20, 2024

Elisabeth Fall

A graduate poses with UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, upon receiving her PharmD.

Overcoming a neighborhood power outage to receive their PharmD degrees, 120 graduates representing a global village celebrated their official entry into the profession of pharmacy.

Meet the School of Pharmacy 2024 Alum of the Year: Ruth Arnold Smarinsky, PharmD ’83

Mon May 13, 2024

John Jay Cabuay

Ruth Arnold Smarinsky, PharmD ’83

Whether she’s adding pharmacy services to safety-net clinics or giving the field a bigger foothold in disaster relief, Smarinsky has consistently found new ways to put pharmacy skills into practice. “I always like going into programs that haven’t existed before. UCSF gave me the confidence to do...

So named ASHP fellow: “Pharmacy is a lifetime-learning career”

Tue May 7, 2024

Kethen So, PharmD, MBA

Department of Clinical Pharmacy volunteer faculty member Kethen So, PharmD, MBA, challenges students to continuously expand their practice and will be honored on June 11, 2024, as a fellow by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

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