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Research areas

Research in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy focuses on the precise, personalized relationship between patients and their medications. It also examines broader relationships between patients and the health care and public policy environments that influence factors such as medication cost and access, health disparities, and pharmacy practice models.

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Pharmacy School in the Western U.S.

1st

The UCSF School of Pharmacy is the oldest pharmacy school in the West, advancing education, patient care and research for more than a century.

In NIH funding

No. 1

For 45 consecutive years, the UCSF School of Pharmacy has received more research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any other pharmacy school.

Calls per year

235,000

Operated by the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, the California Poison Control System is a critical safety net that responds to numerous calls about potential poison exposures every day.

Patient care

Department of Clinical Pharmacy pharmacist faculty members care for the medication needs of patients in many health care settings. In addition, they innovate and evaluate new models of pharmacy care. And because the department’s practicing pharmacists are academicians, their patient care and research responsibilities go hand in hand.

These clinicians draw on their patient care expertise to develop better ways of delivering care, while rigorously and routinely evaluating the effectiveness of new approaches. The ultimate goal is to promote improved, evidence-based ways of caring for the medication needs of patients.

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  • Acute and ambulatory care settings

    Department faculty pharmacists practice in acute care hospitals and ambulatory care settings with UCSF Health as well as in hospitals, clinics, community pharmacies, and physician group practices throughout California.

  • Beyond traditional settings

    The department’s faculty pharmacists also practice in unique settings, often with the goal of studying new models of efficient, effective patient care.

News

  • Suzan Revah

    Q&A with Akinyemi Oni-Orisan: Advancing Pharmaco-genetics for Everyone

    Overview

    Pharmacogenetics — the use of genetic information to guide medication prescribing decisions — is a foundation of precision medicine, with growing implications for safety, efficacy, and cost savings. At the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, PharmD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, conducts studies to help ensure that pharmacogenetics will benefit broad patient groups equitably.

  • Suzan Revah

    "Nontraditional" PharmD Students Answer the Call to Patient-Centered Care

    Overview

    Every year, the UCSF School of Pharmacy welcomes a new class of learners whose paths into the profession reflect the changing landscape of pharmacy. Among the Class of 2028 are a handful of "nontraditional" students who returned to school to pursue a PharmD degree after established careers.

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