Rupa Tuan, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

[email protected]

Phone: +1 415 514-3426

513 Parnassus Ave, MSB, Rm 1210C

UCSF Box 0450

San Francisco, CA 94117

United States

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Educational programs

PharmD Degree Program

What I do

As an assistant professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, I teach pharmacy students basic science pharmacology concepts throughout their didactic curriculum. I also direct the Renal Theme and the Neuroscience & Therapeutics Theme, which are integrated core courses in the first and second year. My research interests are in pharmacology education and, along with Stephanie Hsia, PharmD, I am developing and implementing the Health Equity Curriculum thread in the School of Pharmacy.

Degrees

PhD, Physiology and Pharmacology, Georgetown University

BS, Psychobiology, University of California, Los Angeles

Research keywords

Somatostatin
Dendrites
Neuronal Plasticity
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials
Education, Pharmacy
pharmacy
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials
Students, Pharmacy
Motor Cortex
Receptors, Dopamine D2
Receptor, EphA7
Dendritic Spines
health equity
Parkinson Disease
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Publications

Hsia SL, Landsfeld A, Lam K, Tuan RL. Implementation and Evaluation of a 10-Week Health Equity Curriculum for Pharmacy Students. Am J Pharm Educ. 2021 10; 85(9):8579.

Gu Y, Servello D, Han Z, Lalchandani RR, Ding JB, Huang K, Gu C. Balanced Activity between Kv3 and Nav Channels Determines Fast-Spiking in Mammalian Central Neurons. iScience. 2018 Nov 30; 9:120-137.

Xu T, Wang S, Lalchandani RR, Ding JB. Motor learning in animal models of Parkinson's disease: Aberrant synaptic plasticity in the motor cortex. Mov Disord. 2017 04; 32(4):487-497.

Guo L, Xiong H, Kim JI, Wu YW, Lalchandani RR, Cui Y, Shu Y, Xu T, Ding JB. Dynamic rewiring of neural circuits in the motor cortex in mouse models of Parkinson's disease. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Sep; 18(9):1299-1309.

Wu YW, Kim JI, Tawfik VL, Lalchandani RR, Scherrer G, Ding JB. Input- and cell-type-specific endocannabinoid-dependent LTD in the striatum. Cell Rep. 2015 Jan 06; 10(1):75-87.

Clifford MA, Athar W, Leonard CE, Russo A, Sampognaro PJ, Van der Goes MS, Burton DA, Zhao X, Lalchandani RR, Sahin M, Vicini S, Donoghue MJ. EphA7 signaling guides cortical dendritic development and spine maturation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Apr 01; 111(13):4994-9.

Grosser S, Queenan BN, Lalchandani RR, Vicini S. Hilar somatostatin interneurons contribute to synchronized GABA activity in an in vitro epilepsy model. PLoS One. 2014; 9(1):e86250.

Lalchandani RR, Vicini S. Inhibitory collaterals in genetically identified medium spiny neurons in mouse primary corticostriatal cultures. Physiol Rep. 2013 Nov; 1(6):e00164.

Lalchandani RR, van der Goes MS, Partridge JG, Vicini S. Dopamine D2 receptors regulate collateral inhibition between striatal medium spiny neurons. J Neurosci. 2013 Aug 28; 33(35):14075-86.

Orefice LL, Waterhouse EG, Partridge JG, Lalchandani RR, Vicini S, Xu B. Distinct roles for somatically and dendritically synthesized brain-derived neurotrophic factor in morphogenesis of dendritic spines. J Neurosci. 2013 Jul 10; 33(28):11618-32.

Lonskaya I, Partridge J, Lalchandani RR, Chung A, Lee T, Vicini S, Hoe HS, Lim ST, Conant K. Soluble ICAM-5, a product of activity dependent proteolysis, increases mEPSC frequency and dendritic expression of GluA1. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7):e69136.