Making sure everyone makes the most of Medicare Part D
The School ' s Medicare Part D outreach event lives on as part of our current PharmD curriculum. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - December 10, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Youmans to serve on Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
Youmans led the development and implementation of the new PharmD curriculum. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - December 7, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Desai and Szoka named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
The two faculty members have spent their careers working to improve therapies to treat disease. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - December 5, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Update from the Dean – November 2019
Dear UCSF School of Pharmacy Family and Friends: (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - November 14, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Implantable bioartificial kidney achieves preclinical milestone
Scientists implanted a prototype kidney bioreactor in large animals without significant safety concerns. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - November 7, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Pharmacy alumna provides lifeline to displaced residents in aftermath of fire
When the Camp Fire roared through Paradise, CA, last November, the staff of Paradise Drug, a community pharmacy owned and operated by UCSF School of Pharmacy alumna Janet Balbutin, PharmD ’68, didn’t hesitate: they heroically saved a server containing patient data, and went on to provide pharmacy services for displaced residents for nearly a year. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - November 7, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Two School members earn UCSF Chancellor ’s Awards for Diversity
Jacqueline Fabius was given the Chancellor ’s Award for Advancement of Women, and Kwadwo (Kojo) Opoku-Nsiah was given the Chancellor’s Award for Martin Luther King, Jr., Leadership. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - November 6, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Donors unite to honor Toby Herfindal and his commitment to innovation in pharmacy
The Toby Herfindal Presidential Chair for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will be used to support faculty members and/or graduate students in the UCSF School of Pharmacy (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - November 6, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Assemi and Clinard assume new associate dean roles
Mitra Assemi and Valerie Clinard were appointed to new associate dean roles in the UCSF School of Pharmacy. Both roles support the School ’s evolving doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree program. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - November 1, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

PharmD students see to Dean Guglielmo ’s flu shot
Getting vaccinated for the flu not only lowers a person ’s chance of getting sick, it also helps protect their whole community. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - October 23, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

PharmD students see to Dean Guglielmo's flu shot
Getting vaccinated for the flu not only lowers a person ’s chance of getting sick, it also helps protect their whole community. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - October 23, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Kroon named CSHP Pharmacist of the Year
Kroon, who leads the School ’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy, researches diabetes and tobacco cessation. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - October 22, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

VR drug discovery makes precision therapy a reality
ChimeraX, virtual reality software developed at the UCSF Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization and Informatics, is now the tool of choice for computational structural biologists in the School of Pharmacy. The Jacobson Lab recently used ChimeraX to find a promising new cure for a drug-resistant case of pediatric leukemia. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - October 16, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Desai inducted into International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering
Desai was recognized for being a “pioneer in the use of micro and nanoscale materials to deliver protein and cell-based therapeutics.” (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - October 11, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Class of 2022 gets their white coats and takes the Oath of a Pharmacist
Members of the UC San Francisco doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2022 took a formal step into their new careers on August 30, symbolically donning the white coat of health care professionals and taking the Oath of a Pharmacist at a ceremony in Cole Hall on the UCSF Parnassus campus.“Today we officially become partners toward the goal of safe, effective drug therapy for all the world’s citizens,” said School of PharmacyDean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, as he welcomed students into their new profession. (Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News)
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - September 6, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news