Department of Clinical Pharmacy

California Poison Control System warns against potassium iodide at this time

Fri Mar 18, 2011
potassium iodide
Taking potassium iodide in reaction to any perceived threat to California of radiation exposure from Japan is not advised for California residents at this time, according to Stuart Heard, PharmD, FCSHP, a faculty member in the

Robotic pharmacy aims to free the pharmacist, improve medication safety

Mon Mar 7, 2011
Pharmacy robot selects medications from drawers
Susan Merrell

Pharmacy robot selects medications from drawers.

Automated robots in a new, high-tech pharmacy now prepare medications for UCSF hospital patients with the aim of improving medication safety while freeing UCSF hospital pharmacists and nurses to spend more time caring directly for patients.

Update from the Dean - Fall/Winter 2011

Tue Mar 1, 2011
Koda-Kimble
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Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

US$1 billion budget gap, student fee increases likely to continue, Levens Lipton keynote address to CPhA, Nkansah and the Dr. Oz television show, Bero and The Cochrane Collaboration and the World Health Assembly, Roy unveils model of bioartificial kidney; Faculty awards: Huang, Galonić Fujimori,...

Bero represents The Cochrane Collaboration on the World Health Assembly

Tue Feb 22, 2011
Bero

Lisa Bero, PhD

Lisa Bero, PhD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy was named to represent The Cochrane Collaboration on the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) after the Collaboration was awarded an Assembly

Nkansah examines 5 misused over-the-counter drugs with Dr. Oz

Thu Jan 20, 2011
The Dr. Oz Show
Nancy Nkansah, PharmD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, appears with Mehmet Oz, MD, on The Dr. Oz Show to caution consumers about 5 over-the-counter-drugs that are often misused.

New mass spectrometer reveals human proteins in greater detail

Tue Jan 11, 2011
spectrometer
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The National Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource Center's new mass spectrometer, a device that breaks up molecules to identify their chemical compositions based on their mass and charge.

A box just four-feet square is the latest addition to the analytical armory of the National Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource Center, which is directed by Al Burlingame, PhD, a faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the UCSF School of P

Reflection: 30 years of top NIH funding for UCSF School of Pharmacy

Wed Dec 22, 2010
people discuss research results

Kathy Giacomini, PhD (center), co-chair of the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, discusses research results in the lab with postdocs Sook Wah Yee (left), and Amber Dahlin (right).

Table of contents


Introduction
Budget significance
Reasons for past success
A decade of funding for bioinformatics
New drug discovery directions attract support

Nkansah reveals common medicine mistakes

Thu Nov 18, 2010
Nancy Nkansah, PharmD, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, appears with Mehmet Oz, MD, on The Dr. Oz Show to correct 3 common medication mistakes made by consumers:

California Poison Control System pharmacist warns pot alternative harmful

Mon Nov 15, 2010
California Poison Control System (CPCS) pharmacist and toxicologist Kathryn Meier, PharmD, DABAT, cites hypertension, tachycardia, anxiety as among the symptoms seen in emergency room patients who have used synthetic cannabinoids.

Ortiz de Montellano named associate dean

Fri Nov 12, 2010
Ortiz de Montellano
Paul Ortiz de Montellano, PhD, is the newly appointed associate dean of research in the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

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