Advocacy Day 2024, hosted by CPhA and UNAC/UHCP 😷, offered our learners insight into legislation affecting the pharmacy profession, including a bill that would rein in anticompetitive practices by pharmacy benefit managers. tiny.ucsf.edu/pshEFN

🏆 Congrats to the UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy team in the Value of Industry Pharmacists (VIP) Case Competition, presented by Industry Pharmacists and the National Fellows Council (NFC), for taking the top spot––for the 2nd year in a row! tiny.ucsf.edu/NoaWmn

🏆 The UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy has ranked 2nd place nationally and 1st place in CA in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report survey of best accredited pharmacy schools and programs, recognizing our research and innovation leadership. tiny.ucsf.edu/WqNZy2

Congrats to IGHS Affiliate Rada Savic, PhD, of UCSF School of Pharmacy whose team has received a $30.8M grant from the NIH to establish a tuberculosis consortium of experts to research the most effective treatment options for future clinical testing.
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As a former Navy helicopter pilot, Diana Cowell, PharmD ’14, MBA, was accustomed to challenges. Today she integrates her experiences from global hot spots and the USNS Comfort as a clinical pharmacist practitioner in a New York VA Health Care System. tiny.ucsf.edu/PeC3DQ

In 2023, for the 44th year, the UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy received more research funding from the National Institutes of Health (@NIH) than any other pharmacy school in the country, with school researchers netting $36,769,061 million to fuel their efforts. tiny.ucsf.edu/i2CLne

The 5th annual Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit, hosted by the UCSF-Stanford CERSI (UCSF-Stanford CERSI) on Jan 7, 2024, gathered leaders from academia, the U.S. FDA, and industry to debate
the role of regulatory science & medical product development. tiny.ucsf.edu/vzG4ps

Congrats to Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, a UC San Francisco faculty member in the Dept. of Pharm Chem, who is the newly awarded 2024 Bowes Biomedical Investigator, a program that provides selected scientists with $1.25M over five years to further their research. tiny.ucsf.edu/oxPaHz

Channeling his passion for chemistry and computers into the ever-evolving landscape of pharmacy, @ucsf alum Zachary Hearns, PharmD, BCPS, carved out his own lane—from military service to innovative pharmacy leadership. tiny.ucsf.edu/FoyJE9

📷 Coding the Future of Medicine: We're launching a new MS in AI and Computational Drug Discovery & Development (AICD3)! This program will train the next gen of scientists, revolutionizing drug discovery and development. Starting in Fall '24 at UC San Francisco! 📷 tiny.ucsf.edu/FUYTPs

Congrats to PharmD students Linda Cheng and Siavash Panahi, who earned first-place honors in the 28th annual Clinical Skills Competition of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the 3rd time a team from the School has won. tiny.ucsf.edu/vFohQ8

Robert Langridge, PhD, a professor emeritus in the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry who was an icon in molecular computer graphics, has passed. Honored in 2018 with the UC San Francisco Medal, he pushed the field into the computational era. tiny.ucsf.edu/GdLAjE

Clinical pharmacy pioneer David Adler, PharmD ’70, passed away on Nov 4. A tribute is planned for Jan 13, 2024, and the Adler family has requested that remembrances be made as contributions to the David and Penny Adler Endowed Scholarship Fund. tiny.ucsf.edu/Yz3Ztl

Executive Vice Dean Sharon L Youmans, PharmD, MPH, a faculty member in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has been named a recipient of the ASHP-Association of Black Health-System Pharmacists (@MyABHP) Joint Leadership Award for 2023. tiny.ucsf.edu/N17oaA

In his State of the University address, Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, said UC San Francisco is well-positioned to transform into a global leader in AI-enabled academic life sciences. Hear him lay out his vision for responsibly leveraging the power of AI across UCSF. tiny.ucsf.edu/cIeZ3R

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Did you know that UC San Francisco recently launched the first #pharmacogenomics testing service in California? We're leveraging the #science of pharmacogenomics to benefit patients receiving care at UCSF: tiny.ucsf.edu/3uYQaJ

Over the summer, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy faculty members Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, MA, and Stephanie Hsia, PharmD, MA, were both named 2023 Emerging Teaching Scholars by AACP tiny.ucsf.edu/NEVfdM #PharmEd

Explore expanded opportunities for our #PharmD students, including a new MS in AI and Computational Drug Discovery and Development, expanded rotation slots at Genentech and Pfizer Inc., and an updated dual-degree application process. #pharmacyschool tiny.ucsf.edu/D3cnKt

#TBT : Last March, six first-year UC San Francisco #PharmD students visited Sacramento to meet with state representatives as well as pharmacists, fellow pharmacy students, and leaders in the field for #AdvocacyDay : tiny.ucsf.edu/G2AwbO

#PharmD students UC San Francisco apply the #research skills they've developed throughout #pharmacyschool to the Discovery Project in their 3rd year. Read about how Jaimie, Class of '23, brought her #psychology background to her team's research topic. tiny.ucsf.edu/nwMU8J