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Bannasch" /></div> </div> </div> Marcos Contreras, PharmD ’05, MBA, transitioned from medicinal chemistry to pharmacy after an interview at UCSF School of Pharmacy. Leveraging his sterile compounding skills, he moved into nuclear pharmacy and earned an MBA, leading to his role as director of pharmacy at UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/11/maddie-blaauw-jacqueline-williams-named-2025-genentech-ucsf-school-pharmacy-diversity">Maddie Blaauw, Jacqueline Williams Named 2025 Genentech-UCSF School of Pharmacy Diversity Fellows</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Wed Nov 13, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/blaauw_and_williams.jpg?itok=k2e0T5EY" alt="Blaauw and Williams" /></div> </div> </div> PhD students Maddie Blaauw and Jacqueline Williams have been awarded the 2025 Genentech-UCSF School of Pharmacy Diversity Fellowship. This one-year fellowship provides industry experience, new research skills, and the chance to apply for a Genentech summer research internship.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/11/honoring-journey-first-generation-pharmd-students-persevere-succeed">Honoring the Journey: First-Generation PharmD Students Persevere, Succeed</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Fri Nov 8, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"> Nearly 40 percent of students at the UCSF School of Pharmacy are first in their families to graduate from college. In honor of National First-Gen Day on Nov. 8, read about our trailblazers and what their determination to succeed brings to our school’s diverse community.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/10/alumni-spotlight-psychiatric-pharmacy-public-health-human-experience">Alumni Spotlight: Psychiatric Pharmacy, Public Health and the Human Experience</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Mon Oct 21, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/5q2a9546_0.jpg?itok=jkHsbN_6" alt="Parizher stands in front of SFDPH building" title="Cindy Chew" /></div> </div> </div> Jacqueline Parizher, PharmD ’22, a psychiatric clinical pharmacist at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, is at the forefront of psychiatric and substance use disorder care, serving the city’s most vulnerable populations.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/10/alumni-spotlight-pharmd-excels-industry-project-management">Alumni Spotlight: PharmD Excels in Industry Project Management</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Wed Oct 16, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/christopher_nowak_hi_res_0.jpg?itok=Hw3c_IFA" alt="Nowak" /></div> </div> </div> Playing to his interpersonal and technical strengths, Christopher Nowak, PharmD, PMP, Class of ‘22, says UCSF’s pharmacy curriculum has helped him thrive at AstraZeneca Rare Disease.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/10/student-spotlight-blending-patient-care-innovation">Student Spotlight: Blending Patient Care with Innovation</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Thu Oct 10, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/isela_lopez_0.jpeg?itok=5U0loT5I" alt="Lopez head shot in white coat" /></div> </div> </div> Isela Lopez, from Chula Vista, San Diego, studied physiology and metabolism at UC Berkeley before choosing UCSF to pursue her interest in pathways and drug action.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/10/vaccinate-dean-pharmacists-role-preventing-sick-days">Vaccinate the Dean: The pharmacist’s role in preventing sick days</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Mon Oct 7, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/2024.1003_vax_the_dean_1.jpg?itok=47f3fdeF" alt="Pharmacy student in white coat administers flu shot to dean" /></div> </div> </div> Two second-year PharmD students joined Dean Kathy Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm, in a School of Pharmacy tradition to amplify the importance of getting vaccinated.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/09/gender-care-love-course-empowers-future-pharmacists-empathy">Gender Care and Love Course Empowers Future Pharmacists With Empathy</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Thu Sep 26, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/alex_gilmer_0.jpg?itok=3K_gHFIY" alt="Gilmer" /></div> </div> </div> Alexander Gilmer, PharmD, prepares future pharmacy professionals to be pioneers of change by teaching how to provide compassionate and competent care to transgender and nonbinary patients.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/09/alumni-spotlight-clinical-practice-public-health-come-together-transplant-pharmacist">Alumni Spotlight: Clinical Practice and Public Health Come Together for Transplant Pharmacist</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Wed Sep 25, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/5q2a5786.jpg?itok=AmrZttDq" alt="Gordon" title="Cindy Chew" /></div> </div> </div> Rachael Gordon, PharmD, MPH, uses her background in statistics and analysis to extend her role beyond the clinical, informing research that she hopes will lead to a broader understanding of transplant medicine.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/09/student-committee-bridges-recreation-education-community-outreach">Student Committee Bridges Recreation, Education with Community Outreach</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Tue Sep 10, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/pcra_school_picture_0.jpg?itok=QQAis0jg" alt="Jacob holds and discusses a lung while kids watch intently" /></div> </div> </div> Through the Pharmacy Committee of Recreational Activities (PCRA), a group of students is supporting wellness and fostering community while introducing elementary and high school students to the diversity of pharmacy roles in the health care system. </span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/09/pharmd-students-win-first-place-snpha-national-competition">PharmD Students Win First Place at SNPhA National Competition</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Wed Sep 4, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/snpha2_0.jpg?itok=41_R2Tvb" alt="Lopez and Misra" /></div> </div> </div> After teaming up previously in a local skills competition, second-year students Rhea Misra and Isela Lopez earned the opportunity to compete nationally in the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) National Clinical Skills Competition.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/07/white-coat-ceremony-welcomes-pharmd-class-2027">White Coat Ceremony welcomes PharmD Class of 2027</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Mon Jul 22, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/ucsf-240719-091420_pharmacy-whitecoatceremony-mrz_0.jpg?itok=uGYjtUBz" alt="students take a selfie." title="Maurice Ramirez" /></div> </div> </div> First-year learners were welcomed to the pharmacy profession with a meaningful blend of tradition and celebration, surrounded by friends, family, faculty, and staff.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/06/community-college-pharmd-residency-ucsf">From community college to PharmD residency via UCSF</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Mon Jun 10, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/warif-kastoun_0.jpeg?itok=LUOGK-7H" alt="Kastoun" /></div> </div> </div> Nearly a third of the University of California’s Class of 2024 started their higher education journey at California community colleges, including Warif Kastoun, PharmD, whose plans to run her own local pharmacy in Damascus, Syria, were interrupted by civil war.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/05/pomp-circumstance-pride-class-2024-commencement">Pomp, circumstance, and pride at Class of 2024 commencement</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Mon May 20, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/20240516-82.jpg?itok=e4ZZHoiL" alt="grad and chancellor shake hands." title="Elisabeth Fall" /></div> </div> </div> Overcoming a neighborhood power outage to receive their PharmD degrees, 120 graduates representing a global village celebrated their official entry into the profession of pharmacy.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/05/so-named-ashp-fellow-pharmacy-lifetime-learning-career">So named ASHP fellow: “Pharmacy is a lifetime-learning career”</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Tue May 7, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/kethen_so_president-elect_pic_final.jpg?itok=nhQ_h-kW" alt="So" /></div> </div> </div> Department of Clinical Pharmacy volunteer faculty member Kethen So, PharmD, MBA, challenges students to continuously expand their practice and will be honored on June 11, 2024, as a fellow by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-16 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/05/dean-giacomini-elected-american-academy-arts-sciences">Dean Giacomini elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Fri May 3, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/kathy_headshot_0.jpeg?itok=-onMGQHk" alt="Giacomini" /></div> </div> </div> As one of the few pharmacist-scientists to be elected to the historic society, Giacomini represents excellence in the field as well as dedication to the Academy’s mission of engaging across disciplines and divides.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-17 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/04/new-pathway-programs-funded-california-health-care-foundation">New pathway programs funded by the California Health Care Foundation</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Tue Apr 30, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/youmans_mitrovic_square.jpeg?itok=gIIrhLvK" alt="Youmans and Mitrovic" /></div> </div> </div> The programs are aimed at reducing the health care disparities of pharmacy deserts by cultivating interest in pharmacy careers among underserved communities.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-18 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/04/first-year-students-go-state-capital-advocacy-day-2024">First-year students go to state capital for Advocacy Day 2024</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Fri Apr 12, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/advocacy_day_2024_pbm_reform_now.jpg?itok=dAoDuyWM" alt="about 4 dozen people on stage, screen behind them says PBM REFORM NOW." /></div> </div> </div> The California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) and the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) hosted a grassroots event to offer insight to legislation affecting the profession of pharmacy.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-19 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/04/ucsf-school-pharmacy-ranked-1st-california-2nd-nation">UCSF School of Pharmacy ranked 1st in California, 2nd in nation</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Tue Apr 9, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/rs33639_20230612-1_artbar_16x9_0.jpg?itok=t7Bg0zKC" alt="large group of students wearing white coats." title="Elisabeth Fall" /></div> </div> </div> Leadership in research and innovation paired with an ever-evolving course of study keeps pace with diverse and dynamic careers in pharmacy and beyond.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-20 views-row-even node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/03/one-womans-perspective-navy-helicopter-pilot-clinical-pharmacy-care-veterans">One woman’s perspective: From Navy helicopter pilot to clinical pharmacy care for veterans</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Thu Mar 28, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/thumbnail_img_8210_0.jpg?itok=rT5c56vN" alt="Cowell stands on a dock adjacent to a large ship" /></div> </div> </div> Diana Cowell, PharmD, MBA, leveraged her military and pharmacy experience from around the world to provide comprehensive medication management and become a specialist in pain management for veterans. </span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-21 views-row-odd node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/03/school-pharmacy-leads-nih-funding-44th-straight-year">School of Pharmacy leads in NIH funding for the 44th straight year</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Mon Mar 18, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div class="content"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/pharmd.ucsf.edu/files/styles/pharmacy_square_sixth/public/featured/orig-rs1129-sookwahyee-kg-lab.jpg?itok=HX57x8ig" alt="women in a laboratory discuss a project." /></div> </div> </div> School researchers netted $36.7M from 65 grants, fueling efforts spanning drug discovery, bioengineering, pharmacokinetics, clinical pharmacy, and more.</span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-22 views-row-even views-row-last node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <h2 class="field-content"><a href="/news/2024/01/cheng-panahi-top-132-other-teams-win-national-clinical-skills-competition">Cheng and Panahi top 132 other teams to win national clinical skills competition</a></h2> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content submitted">Thu Jan 18, 2024</span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="field-type-image"> <div class="file-image"> <div 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