School of Pharmacy

Three Kids, One PharmD: Lubna Khan Balances Family and Pharmacy School

Tue May 20, 2025

Lubna Khan, PharmD student, Class of 2025

Lubna Khan, a first-gen graduate in the Class of 2025, has managed to balance the demands of grad school with the challenges of motherhood (she welcomed her third child during final exams) thanks to her family support system and relentless determination.

Lopez Recognized With 2025 UCSF Alumni Humanitarian Service Award

Tue May 13, 2025

Illustration: John Jay Cabuay

Maria Lopez, PharmD ’01

Her transformative, positive contribution to the human condition through health care and science as a community pharmacy pioneer laid the groundwork for her responses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youmans Receives 2025 UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association Alum of the Year

Mon May 12, 2025

Illustration: John Jay Cabuay

Sharon Youmans, PharmD ’85, MPH

The Executive Vice Dean and Department of Clinical Pharmacy professor is being recognize for a career of thoughtfully directing brilliant minds toward their potential and ensuring equitable access for the next generation of health professionals.

Student Wins Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award

Fri May 9, 2025

UCSF PharmD student Emil Tran is a recipient of the prestigious Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award from the United States Public Health Service.

The award recognizes pharmacy students who make significant contributions to public health — beyond what is required by their school’s curriculum...

Proactive, Personalized, Precise: AI and Collaborative Research is Revolutionizing ALS Care

Thu May 1, 2025

Cindy Chew

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professors Steven Altschuler, PhD, and Lani Wu, PhD

Serendipitous teamwork between Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Professors and lab partners Steven Altschuler, PhD, and Lani Wu, PhD, and Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, MD, PhD, director of the ALS Center at UCSF, is developing a new approach to classifying and treating the complex neurodegenerative...

Pharmacy PhD Student Wins First Place in UC Grad Slam

Wed Apr 30, 2025

Sophia Miliotis won UC Grad Slam, and took home the Slammy trophy and a cash award.

Sophia Miliotis, a PhD student in the school's Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics (PSPG) program, took home the top prize at the University of California’s systemwide 2025 Grad Slam.

Could this Molecule be ‘Checkmate’ for Coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2?

Thu Apr 24, 2025

Charles Craik, PhD

Powerful drug candidates perform better than Paxlovid against SARS-CoV-2 and could head off future coronavirus pandemics. The research, from a team at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes that includes School of Pharmacy researchers, has stalled since the grant was cut.

Bridging borders in science: Q&A with Einstein Visiting Fellow Nevan Krogan, PhD

Wed Apr 23, 2025

The Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences professor will lead a new global research initiative with Freie Universität Berlin, establishing a Berlin-based lab to advancing cross-border collaboration and innovation in structural biology, infectious disease and therapeutic discovery.

How to Choose a Disease-Fighting Molecule

Mon Apr 21, 2025

Full Circle Symposium Brings Together Native and Indigenous Scientists

Fri Apr 11, 2025

Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Assistant Professor Willow Coyote-Maestas, PhD, MS

Led by Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Assistant Professor Willow Coyote-Maestas, PhD, MS, and presented by the school’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), the symposium — which is open to all — aims to build a thriving community for Native and Indigenous scientists in...

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