Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Radio show leads to campus invite for aspiring chef-pharmacist, age 10

Mon Sep 24, 2012
Future Chef and Pharmacist, Lita Hernandez
Audrey Dilling, KALW Local Public Radio 91.7FM

Future Chef and Pharmacist, Lita Hernandez

A community storytelling initiative by a public radio station has yielded a surprising connection between an East Oakland fifth grader and Sharon L.

Conflicts of interest significantly underreported in systematic reviews of drug efficacy, safety

Wed Aug 29, 2012
Bero
Cindy Chew

Lisa Bero, PhD

Systematic reviews seek to answer key questions about the relative effectiveness and safety of medical interventions by selecting, combining, and critically evaluating the research in published medical literature.

Guglielmo named interim dean of UCSF School of Pharmacy

Tue Jun 12, 2012
Guglielmo
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Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, has been named interim dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, and will take the reins of the school from outgoing Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

Ambrose named CSHP Pharmacist of the Year

Mon Jun 11, 2012
Ambrose

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.

The Lancet profiles Lisa Bero’s “path of most resistance”

Fri May 18, 2012
Bero
Cindy Chew

Lisa Bero, PhD

Health policy expert Lisa Bero, PhD, is hailed in the latest issue of The Lancet for tackling hot-button subjects such as financial biases in drug research.

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

Fri May 18, 2012
Long-Boyle, Lindsay, and Birdsall

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.

Self care group supports researching non-prescription access by patients to urgent and chronic care drugs

Thu May 17, 2012
On March 22 and 23, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public hearing to explore the idea of switching some medications to treat chronic conditions and health emergencies from prescription to over- and behind-the-counter status.

Koda-Kimble is honored by UCSF Medical Center

Mon May 14, 2012
Koda-Kimble

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

Remembering Harry W. Hind - pharmacist, inventor, leader, benefactor

Wed May 9, 2012
Hind

Harry W. Hind, 1915–2012

Harry W. Hind, a 1939 graduate of the UCSF School of Pharmacy who invented solutions that revolutionized contact lens use, as well as a topical patch to treat pain from shingles, died on April 12 at age 96.

New NIH funding awarded to the Department of Clinical Pharmacy in 2011

Fri Apr 13, 2012
New research support awarded to the UCSF School of Pharmacy by the National Institutes of Health during the 2011 fiscal year included these on-going projects by faculty in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy:

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