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News Headlines on January 17, 2009UCSF Student Pharmacist Becomes Agent of Change
In his academic journey at UCSF and nationally as a student pharmacist leader, Ashish Patel, creates lasting connections between his peers and the underserved, while paving the way for greater diversity within the profession. In his wake:
More: UCSF Pharmacy Student Promotes Diversity, Community Outreach on National Scale Kroetz Elected Fellow of American Association of Pharmaceutical ScientistsDeanna Kroetz, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member, has been elected as a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). Her election was announced during the November 2008 annual AAPS meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. AAPS Fellows are recognized for their professional excellence and outstanding contributions that elevate the stature of the pharmaceutical sciences. Kroetz, whose research encompasses drug metabolism, drug transport, and pharmacogenetics, is currently studying the functional effects of genetic variations, called polymorphisms, in specific membrane transporters that affect the movement of drugs and natural molecules into and out of cells. Read More: Kroetz Elected Fellow of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Benet Receives Magic Bullet Lifetime Achievement AwardLeslie Z. Benet, PhD, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member, received the 2008 Paul Ehrlich Magic Bullet Lifetime Achievement Award at the Second World Conference on Magic Bullets, which convened in Nuremberg, Germany, in early October. The award recognized Benet's scientific accomplishments in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Pharmacokinetics is the quantitative study of how drugs are taken up, biologically transformed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated from the body, while pharmacodynamics is the quantitative study of drug action. Read More: Benet Receives Magic Bullet Lifetime Achievement Award Bero and Team Reveal Incomplete Reporting of Clinical Drug Trial DataResearch by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member Lisa Bero, PhD, and UCSF colleagues Kristen Rising, MD, and Peter Bacchetti, PhD, have found that the information that is readily available to health professionals in the scientific literature on clinical drug trials is incomplete and potentially biased. The results of their observational study appeared in the open access journal PLoS Medicine, November 24, 2008 online and have subsequently attracted international media attention. Full Story
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