Roy shares promise of bioartificial kidney Roy Shuvo Roy, PhD , an engineer and research scientist, is leading a U.S. project to build the world’s first bioartificial kidney to treat end stage renal disease. The goal is to surgically implant this …
California Poison Control System pharmacist warns pot alternative harmful California Poison Control System (CPCS) pharmacist and toxicologist Kathryn Meier, PharmD , DABAT , cites hypertension, tachycardia, anxiety as among the symptoms seen in emergency …
Teaching old drugs new tricks at the Small Molecule Discovery Center: arthritis drug could treat dysentery The UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Small Molecule Discovery Center (SMDC) provided a key assist to researchers seeking to repurpose existing drugs to …
Ortiz de Montellano named associate dean Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD , is the newly appointed associate dean of research in the UCSF School of Pharmacy. The associate dean of research advises the UCSF School of Pharmacy dean and leaders on research …
Huang receives Packard Fellowship Huang Bo Huang, PhD , a faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF School of Pharmacy, has received one of 17 prestigious 2010 Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering, which supports …
Guglielmo notes steps needed for community pharmacists to expand access to health care Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD In an invited commentary in the October 11, 2010, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine , entitled A Prescription for Improved Chronic …
Kusaka wins CSHP Student Leadership Award Melissa Kusaka , a fourth-year student pharmacist at the UCSF School of Pharmacy, will join a peer from each pharmacy school in the state as she receives a 2010 Student Leadership Award from the California Society …
UCSF ranked among the top globally in clinical medicine and pharmacy academic ranking UCSF , Harvard University, and Stanford University have been ranked as the top three world universities in the broad subject fields of clinical medicine and pharmacy in …
Giacomini to receive Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture Award Giacomini Kathy Giacomini, PhD , co-chair of the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, will receive the 2010 Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture …
Animation shows bioartificial kidney in action A national research project is under way to develop an surgically implantable bioartificial kidney using the latest advances in science and technology with the goal of both improving the health and lives of …