patient care

Kotis joins leadership of UCSF Health as chief pharmacy executive

Mon Sep 14, 2020

Desi Kotis, PharmD, is UCSF Health's chief pharmacy executive and an associate dean and faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Desi Kotis, PharmD, is committed to bringing the highest level of pharmacy care to patients at UCSF Health.

In clinical work and discovery science, the School takes on COVID-19

Tue May 12, 2020

Human cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus

NIAID/NIH

The UCSF School of Pharmacy is moving quickly against the COVID-19 pandemic, applying a scientific mindset to challenges being raised during the crisis.

Recovered virus patient says she tested positive for 50 days

Thu Apr 30, 2020

First Yolo County resident speaks about COVID-19 diagnosis, recovery

Thu Apr 30, 2020

PharmD degree program art highlights science, focus on patients

Thu Dec 19, 2019

The newly installed artwork can be found on the ninth floor of the UCSF Medical Sciences Building.

The UCSF School of Pharmacy recently installed wall art featuring the values of the School’s doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree program.

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.

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...

Vogt discusses patient safety efforts

Thu Nov 29, 2018

Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh

Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh, is interviewed in the Journal of Health Affairs about the role of the pharmacist in patient safety efforts.

School welcomes incoming PharmD class with bold new curriculum

Wed Aug 8, 2018

PharmD students arrive at UCSF for the first day of classes.

Elisabeth Fall

New PharmD students, including Asher Jeong (right), arrive at the UCSF Parnassus campus for the first day of their pharmacy education

A new class of UCSF doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students came together on July 25 at the Parnassus campus to inaugurate a new curriculum built on critical thinking, problem solving, and an inquiry habit of mind.