Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Study shows promise for hormonal contraception services in the community pharmacy setting

Tue Apr 30, 2019

Susan Merrell

Lisa Kroon, PharmD

A study shows the potential of hormonal contraceptives at pharmacies in California and Oregon.

Training computers to think more like scientists

Fri Apr 19, 2019

Machine learning algorithms can be trained to distinguish wolves from dogs in photographs, but sometimes these algorithms learn incorrectly by assuming that any animal pictured with snow in the background is a wolf (bottom right). Two School scientists argue that scientific applications of machine learning also need to be monitored to ensure they are working properly.

Michael Keiser, PhD, and Kangway Chuang, PhD, want to use machine learning to speed the pace of drug discovery. By digging into the work of another lab, the pair realized how machine learning could lead scientists astray—and came up with methods to avoid its worst pitfalls.

Dong receives Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award for exceptional career

Mon Apr 15, 2019

Betty J. Dong, PharmD ’72, is a world expert on HIV and hepatitis C medication therapy

Dong is a world expert on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C medication therapy

Making better pediatric chemo treatments, and delivering them to more children

Thu Apr 4, 2019

Elisabeth Fall

Janel Long-Boyle, PhD, PharmD, has spent her career making chemotherapy safe for young patients.

Janel Long-Boyle has spent her career advancing chemotherapy treatments for young patients.

Demanding change: 2019 Distinguished Alumnus Glen L. Stimmel, PharmD

Fri Mar 15, 2019

Glen L. Stimmel has had a distinguished career in pharmacy.

“Challenging the status quo leads to very good things,” said Glen L. Stimmel, PharmD ’72, who has spent a career doing just that. As a motto, it has served him, and his profession, quite well.

2019 Koda-Kimble Seed Award supports School of Pharmacy’s boldest ideas

Tue Mar 12, 2019

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, former dean of the School of Pharmacy

The 2019 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation will fund nine bold research projects, ranging from studies of the molecular underpinnings of cancer to focus groups designed to prepare PharmD students for experiential learning.

School of Pharmacy tops pharmacy schools in NIH funding for 39th straight year

Wed Feb 27, 2019

Kroetz and colleague review the results of an experiment

Elisabeth Fall

Deanna Kroetz, PhD (right) was among dozens of faculty members who contributed to the School of Pharmacy becoming the top recipient of NIH funding among all pharmacy schools in 2018.

Among all U.S. pharmacy schools, the UCSF School of Pharmacy earned the most research funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2018, totaling nearly $29 million dollars that will support studies spanning the basic to the clinical sciences.

CP159: Certificate in Resiliency Medicine Training: Immunizing for Stress

Wed Feb 13, 2019

About the course

We will explore the current research and demonstrate and practice resiliency building tools including a cross-section of mind-body interactions and internal narratives (story telling). Course completion requires teaching and modeling resiliency skills. Those who successfully...

Gift of $500,000 honors Jere E. Goyan, late UCSF School of Pharmacy dean

Tue Feb 12, 2019

UC Regents

Jere E. Goyan, PhD, was the longest-serving dean of the School of Pharmacy and commissioner of the FDA.

The endowment will provide funds for a recipient to focus on delivering breakthroughs in therapeutics-related research, education, and patient care.

Tamraz is featured PGRN Investigator

Tue Feb 5, 2019

Elisabeth Fall

Bani Tamraz, PharmD, PhD, is the featured Pharmacogenomics Research Network Investigator (PGRN) for February 2019. An article on the group’s website described his overall goal to build a patient-oriented program of pharmacogenetics research, teaching, and clinical practice that utilizes genetics...

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