Pharm Sci

Amal Alachkar

UCI study could explain why Parkinson’s drug improves, then diminishes quality of life

L-dopa-protein complex may cause cellular iron overload in brain, leading to side effects

UCI-led team develops new biopsy technology for analyzing multiple tumor tissue biomarkers

Mapping cellular spatial organization and interactions will advance personalized treatment

UCI-led study offers framework for including racism’s health effects in pharmacy curricula

Racism has been declared a national public health crisis by the American Public Health Association. With the minority population in the U.S. being the fastest-growing demographic, experts say, it’s essential that healthcare professionals recognize the social determinants of health among racial and ethnic minorities. Education and training, they say, should begin in school so that […]

UCI team develops recommended practices for study of adverse drug events using EHRs

UCI researchers have developed recommended practices for evaluating evidence generated by adverse drug event studies that use electronic health record databases. Their findings are published online in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. The availability of large EHR databases offers opportunities for big data analytics and machine learning to be applied in […]

Study authors Lamees Alhassen (left) and Olivier Civelli

UCI-led study finds medicinal plant extract to prevent morphine addiction

Findings point to herbal treatment to potentially help curb the opioid epidemic

Busola Oladeru gets her coat put on by Dean Hirsch.

Pharm.D. 41 make UCI history

Inaugural class welcomed at White Coat Ceremony

UCI Dean of School of Pharmaceurtical Sciences Jan Hirsch

UCI to welcome inaugural Doctor of Pharmacy class at White Coat Ceremony

Program prepares next generation of medication experts to care for whole patient

Cheryl Wisseh awarded grant to study racial disparities in diabetes drug regimens, results

Cheryl Wisseh, UCI assistant professor of clinical pharmacy practice, has received an 18-month, $10,000 grant from the ASHP Research and Education Foundation to study racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes-specific medication regimens and clinical outcomes among Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adults in South Los Angeles. Diabetes is a growing epidemic, especially in the Hispanic community, […]

says Joyce Yu-Chia Lee, UCI clinical professor of health sciences and an advanced practice pharmacist

UCI professor receives American College of Clinical Pharmacy award

Joyce Yu-Chia Lee is the first faculty member to earn the prestigious honor

UCI team gets $1 million Keck Foundation grant to develop tools for RNA observation

A multidisciplinary team of UCI professors has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to develop new molecular tools to identify ribonucleic acids essential in learning and memory formation. “Our project involves building luminescent RNA molecules, allowing us to observe their position and activity in the brain of a living, learning mouse,” […]