Honors and Awards

Vale receives 2012 Lasker Award

Wed Sep 19, 2012

Ronald Vale, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), was one of three scientists awarded the 2012 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. The researchers’ work, beginning more than three decades ago, has helped illuminate several critical aspects of life — how the...

Shu receives NIH New Innovator Award to study protein interactions

Fri Sep 14, 2012

Xiaokun Shu, PhD

Xiaokun Shu, PhD, has been named a recipient of the 2012 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator award, which will provide up to $1.5 million in research funding over the next five

Q&A with UCSF student pharmacist winners of national Clinical Skills Competition

Wed Aug 29, 2012

Student pharmacists Katie Alvarez and Matthew Chang

Matthew Chang and Katie Alvarez, UCSF School of Pharmacy student pharmacists, are the winners of the 2012 Clinical Skills Competition held during the national meeting of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (

Ambrose named CSHP Pharmacist of the Year

Mon Jun 11, 2012

Peter Ambrose, PharmD, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Peter Ambrose, PharmD, a veteran clinician and educator with special expertise in clinical pharmacokinetics and sports pharmacy, has been named the 2012 California Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (CSHP) Pharmacist of the Year.

Nelson honored with Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award

Fri Jun 1, 2012

Sarah Nelson, PhD

Sarah Nelson, PhD, was selected by the UCSF Graduate Students Association and Graduate Division Alumni Association as the winner of the 2012 Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award.

Cancer drug dosing in kids, medication-related delirium, and battery swallowing take top honors at seminar

Fri May 18, 2012

Rifkind Award winners, left-to-right: Janel Long-Boyle, PharmD, PhD; Caroline Lindsay, PharmD; Elisabeth Birdsall, PharmD

Studies of cancer drug dosing in children, possible medication links to delirium in hospital patients, and how to decide when swallowed batteries may call for invasive removal took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s 14th annual Spring Research Seminar.

Koda-Kimble is honored by UCSF Medical Center

Mon May 14, 2012

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, was honored by the UCSF Medical Center on May 4, 2012 for her “exceptional vision as a leader, commitment to patients, compassion as a human being, an

Desai receives Dawson Biotechnology Award

Thu Apr 12, 2012

Tejal Desai, PhD

UCSF bioengineer Tejal Desai, PhD, will receive the 2012 Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) at the group’s annual meeting in July.

Artificial kidney project led by Roy chosen for accelerated FDA program

Mon Apr 9, 2012

Shuvo Roy, PhD with a model of the device

The effort led by UCSF bioengineer Shuvo Roy, PhD, to create an implantable artificial kidney for dialysis patients has been selected as one of the first projects to undergo more timely and collaborative review at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

PLS chapter wins national leadership challenge grant

Wed Apr 4, 2012

Phi Lambda Sigma—Beta Beta chapter cabinet

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