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  • Fate of California Poison Control System watched nationwide

    Fate of California Poison Control System watched nationwide child with pills Poison experts nationally are tracking the fate of the California Poison Control System, as California state legislators work to pass an already overdue budget. Operation of the …

  • Tsourounis selected to participate in international dietary supplement course

    Tsourounis selected to participate in international dietary supplement course dietary supplements Candy Tsourounis, PharmD , UCSF School of Pharmacy clinical faculty member and expert on integrative and complementary therapies, was chosen to participate …

  • Deans call for changes in PharmD accreditation

    Deans call for changes in PharmD accreditation UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD (image left), and Marilyn Speedie, UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD (image left), and Marilyn Speedie, PhD (image right), …

  • Impending close of California’s Poison Control System highlighted on public radio

    Impending close of California’s Poison Control System highlighted on public radio Poison Control Logos As California legislators continued to wrangle over the details of a state budget bill, National Public Radio's Kelley Weiss covered the impact of …

  • Hessol honored for public service

    Hessol honored for public service Hessol Nancy Hessol, MSPH , UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member, was honored on June 10, 2009 by the City and County of San Francisco with two awards for her service to the San Francisco Public Health Foundation. …

  • Burchard elected to ASCI

    Burchard elected to ASCI Esteban Gonzalez Burchard Esteban G. Burchard, MD , MPH , was elected in spring 2009 to the American Society of Clinical Investigation ( ASCI ). Established in 1908, the ASCI is one of the oldest medical honor societies in the US …

  • Yi receives award for GLBT leadership

    Yi receives award for GLBT leadership Thomas Yi , 4th-year student pharmacist in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, was honored by UCSF on June 10, 2009 with one of three Chancellor's Awards for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and/or Transgender Leadership. Yi has been …

  • Protein found that regulates glucose in humans, not in mice

    Protein found that regulates glucose in humans, not in mice Brodsky A team of scientists, who were led by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Frances Brodsky, DPhil , have found in humans a protein responsible for glucose metabolism that is not present …

  • Governor eliminates California’s Poison Control Service

    Governor eliminates California’s Poison Control Service mother with child on the phone San Francisco, CA (May 20, 2009)—Funding for poison control services has been completely eliminated from the California state budget. Beginning in September of 2009, …

  • Applying pharmacy school training to blindness prevention in India

    Applying pharmacy school training to blindness prevention in India Ashish Patel Ashish Patel , a 4th-year University of California, San Francisco student pharmacist, is one of the next generation of pharmacists choosing to apply his training and expertise …