diabetes

Gov. Newsom says California will make its own low-cost insulin

Fri Jul 15, 2022

Kroon named CSHP Pharmacist of the Year

Mon Oct 21, 2019

Kroon accepts the Pharmacist of the Year award.

Scott H. Takahashi

Lisa Kroon, PharmD, is instrumental in expanding the scope of practice for California pharmacists.

Kroon, who leads the School’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, researches diabetes and tobacco cessation.

The Kidney Project and the bioartificial pancreas: When inspiration strikes twice

Wed Sep 26, 2018

Roy holds a silicon filter used in his artificial kidney prototype.

Shuvo Roy, PhD, is trying to make the same type of silicon filter that powers his artificial kidney work in an artificial pancreas.

Inspiration can be a hard thing to find. The history of science is filled with elusive “eureka moments” taking place under unlikely circumstances—Archimedes’ jump in a bath to intuit displacement, Issac Newton’s observation of a falling apple to grasp gravity, and Nikola Tesla’s inspiration for the...

Tumor analysis, prediction of transplant complications, and management of blood potassium levels take top honors at annual seminar

Fri Jun 8, 2018

Joyce Rifkind (left) and Gary Rifkind, PharmD ’60

The Gary Rifkind Awards recognize and celebrate clinical pharmacy research.

Update from the Dean – March 2018

Thu Mar 1, 2018

A new PharmD curriculum; Implementing new practice opportunities for pharmacists; PharmD students shine in state and national clinical pharmacy competitions; A pioneer in pharmacogenomics; The NIH streak lives on; Improving adverse event reporting and medication therapy protocols; Big-data to cut...

Diabetes Treatments of the Future: Insulin-Producing Cell Implants

Mon Dec 11, 2017

Novel diabetes treatment developed in Desai Lab to power SF-area startup

Thu Oct 19, 2017

Encellin

The cell encapsulation device (right) that is being developed by Encellin, a San Francisco–based biotechnology company.

A UC San Francisco-created, insulin-generating implant that utilizes nanotechnology is closer to becoming a real treatment for diabetes, after being acquired by a San Francisco-based startup.

Giacomini to receive North American Scientific Achievement Award

Tue Sep 5, 2017

Noah Berger

Kathleen Giacomini, PhD

Kathy Giacomini, PhD, a leader in the field of pharmacogenomics, has been named the 2017 recipient of the North American Scientific Achievement Award, presented by the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX).

Giacomini honored with ASCPT Distinguished Service Award

Mon Oct 24, 2016

Kathy Giacomini, PhD

Kathy Giacomini, PhD, has been named the 2017 recipient of the Henry W. Elliott Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT).

Kroon named Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association

Wed Feb 3, 2016

Susan Merrell

Lisa Kroon, PharmD

Lisa Kroon, PharmD, chair of the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has been named a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM).

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