November 2018

Research points to individualized treatments for curing TB

Tue Nov 20, 2018

Tuberculosis is usually treated with a six month regimen of daily antibiotics, but millions of patients do not recover from the disease during treatment. Rada Savic’s team showed that adjusting the duration of this regimen based on disease severity could lead to better outcomes.

Shezar Saifee, MBA, MA

Education Coordinator

As a member of the Integrated Core Team, I provide pharmacy faculty, staff, and students with a variety of services to improve teaching and learning. Some of these services include:

Course administration EdTech/instructional design and services Data analysis, assessment and evaluations

My research interests includes new literacies in the classroom, multimedia based cognitive tools, and innovative learning methodologies.

School of Pharmacy emeriti Kollman, Kuntz, and Langridge honored with UCSF Medal

Thu Nov 15, 2018

Drug discovery today begins with computation rather than test tube experimentation. Three School of Pharmacy faculty emeriti, Robert Langridge, Irwin “Tack” Kuntz, and the late Peter Kollman, were awarded the UCSF Medal for creating computational tools for drug discovery that are now used worldwide.

Marisol Fratovich

Program Assistant

As the program assistant for the Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) program for the Southern California Program, my primary responsibilities are to coordinate APPE availability for our sites, track rotations and schedules for students, liaise with hospitals, ensure all APPE materials are updated in our Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) webpage, and track evaluations in E*Value. In addition, I support the Volunteer Faculty program in processing new appointments, renewals, and promotions.

Update from the Dean – November 2018

Fri Nov 9, 2018

Curriculum transformation, An expanded role, Gaining recognition, Graduate match rate; School of Pharmacy scientists receive UCSF Medal: Founding fathers of drug discovery honored; Beyond drugs, Two artificial pancreas projects, Bringing prosthetics to patients; Beyond drugs, Two artificial pancreas projects, Bringing prosthetics to patients; Advancing the fight against cancer, Combining drug therapies, Mapping cells; In memoriam: Robert D. Gibson A lifetime of pharmacy and advocacy

Samantha Valle-Oseguera, PharmD

Associate Professor

My clinical practice site is at Kaweah Health Medical Center, where I serve as an ambulatory care clinical pharmacist at a primary care rural clinic. In addition, I am a preceptor for Kaweah Health's PGY2 Ambulatory Care residents and UCSF APPE pharmacy students assigned to the Fresno Program. My areas of interest involve development of pharmacy service lines to care for underserved populations, interprofessional collaborations, and diabetes comanagement.