2021 News

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PhD students and postdoctoral researchers earn the 2022 Presidential Trainee Award
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Scientists at the UCSF Quantitative Biosciences institute developed a new approach for understanding cancer and applied it to breast cancer and cancers of the neck and head
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The dean’s final update, including a major advance in tuberculosis treatment and leading UCSF on energy-efficient freezers.
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Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, delivered the 20th Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Clinical Science on November 2.
Laboratory bottles and boxes covered in frost in a freezer
The UCSF School of Pharmacy and Supply Chain Management work to halve the carbon footprint of ultra-low temperature storage
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PharmD students organized the annual Vaccinate the Dean event and administered the influenza vaccine to Dean Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD.
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Giacomini earns the highest honor given by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
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Research unearths new details about the protein networks that keep cells healthy
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Honor recognizes outstanding commitment and service to the advancement of women
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Kroetz brings expertise in both science and pharmacy education to her new role as department chair.
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The Kidney Project earned a $650,000 award for a successful demonstration of its artificial kidney
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A large trial of a new drug regimen for tuberculosis, designed in part by School researchers, leads to a new WHO recommendation for treating the disease.
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School leadership changes, our ongoing fight against COVID-19, and the latest accomplishments of students, faculty members, and staff members
Helium recycling equipment
The School is now recycling much of the helium used in its NMR facilities.
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Research on Neanderthal DNA reveals new details about our evolutionary cousins
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Faculty members have until May 14 to apply for “risky and innovative research” funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub.
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A task force brainstorms new ways to make the PharmD curriculum anti-racist, equitable, and inclusive
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The Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation will fuel eight bold research projects across the School this year
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All the latest on COVID-19 vaccinations, a careful return to in-person education, science, and more.
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Burchard and Oni-Orisan contribute to two opinion pieces grappling with issues of race and inequity in medicine
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Collaborative effort ensures precision medicine will be based on the genetics of a diverse pool of people
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The School community celebrated the establishment of the Bob Day Student Center and the Bob Day Student Support Fund.
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A one-year Fellowship within HIVE seeks to inspire and encourage bioengineers to address grand challenges of health care.
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Over $40 million in 2020 NIH funding to the School supported research ranging from the genomics of asthma to new malaria treatments
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Pharmacy students, technicians, faculty members, and providers all pitched in to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.
DNA double helix
Advance opens up new possibilities for CAR T-cell therapy to treat a variety of cancers