Center Expands Programs with Record Level of Funding
Center for Consumer Self Care
February 2007
The Center for Consumer Self Care surpassed the $ million dollar mark in cumulative funding for a range of projects relating to drug information, research, and pharmacist care services. Founded on a grant from the TJ Longs Foundation 5 years ago, and with the hiring of a permanent director in late 2003, the Center its faculty collaboration to include the following current services, research and health communication programs. The Center is located within the UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy.
Current Services
- Expert pharmaceutical care services to the UCSF Medical Center;
- California Blue Shield California Blue Shield Expert Advisory Reviews for drug monographs relating to decisions about CBS’ formulary;
- California Blue Shield Ask The Pharmacist Service Telepharmacy services for patients with diabetes attending St. Anthony’s Free Medical Clinic in San Francisco;
- CAlifornia Low-Cost Medicine (CALM) Program, in partnership with Longs Drug Stores to provide low cost medicines through a grant from the California State Attorney General office.
Current Research
Drug and Device Information Comprehension Studies
- California Pharmacists’ and Student Pharmacists’ Interpretations of Black Box Warnings
- Evaluation of Current and Revised Coding Instructions for Blood Glucose Meters
- Drug Information Comprehension Study of a New Vietnamese Language Label for Use in the Retail Community Pharmacy Setting
- Comparison of the Packaging and Labeling of Target ClearRx to Conventional Prescription Drug Packaging and Labeling (in press)
- Comparison of the Current and a Revised Patient Information Card (PIC) of Target ClearRx Packaging: Mall Intercept Study
- Signal generation approaches to drug-induced diseases using selected CDC databases
- Disclaimers in Print Advertising of Dietary Supplements Intended for Bodybuilding Dietary Supplement Advertisements in Magazines: Are Consumers at Risk?
Pharmacist Care Services in Medication Therapy Management
- Community Pharmacist Services in the Management of Diabetes: The Northern California Pharmacist Service Collaborative Project
- Streamlining the Implementation of the UCSF – St. Anthony’s Free Clinic Telecounseling Pharmacy Service
- Payer Perspectives of Medication Therapy Management Programs in California
Recent Faculty Collaborators
- Brian Alldredge, PharmD, Associate Dean and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
- Peter Ambrose, PharmD,
- Christine Cheng, PharmD,
- Timothy Cutler, PharmD,
- Jim Lightwood, PhD Assistant Adjunct Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
- Clifton Louie, PhD, DPA, Executive Director, Clinical Services, UCSF Medical Center
- Lorie Rice, MPH, Associate Dean for External Affairs and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
- R. William Soller, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Consumer Self Care and Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
- Eleanor Vogt, PhD, RPh, Health Sciences Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
- Glenn Yokoyama, PharmD, Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
Contact:
R. William Soller, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Consumer Self Care
Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
UCSF School of Pharmacy
521 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0622
TEL: (415) 502-7633
FAX: (415) 476-0226
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