A PhD Student Uses Artificial Intelligence to Aid Drug Discovery

Aakankschit Nandkeolyar, a PhD student in the Pharmacological Sciences program at the UC Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, wants to revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry using his background in automation and engineering.

Jonathan Watanabe Receives the Peter P. Lamy Memorial Lecture Award for Improving Care of Older Adults

In this year’s American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) Awards program, Founding Associate Dean of Pharmacy Assessment and Quality, Jonathan Watanabe, PharmD, PhD, is the 2021 recipient of The Peter P. Lamy Memorial Lecture Award.

UCI PhD Candidates Take Action to Mentor and Support Fellow Students

Alexandra Rogers, Brandon Latifi and Chelsea Marie T. Parrocha had founded the first Pharmaceutical Sciences Mentor Program at the UCI School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences.

UCI Team Develops Recommended Practices for Study of Adverse Drug Events Using Electronic Health Records

The review caters to a wide audience, including clinicians, heath informaticians and other non-clinician scientists to improve their knowledge in using EHR data for research studies with an aim to improve patient outcomes.

Karolina Kapustova Introduced as President of the Anteaters in Pharmacy Chapter

With University of California, Irvine providing the foundation for the start of Dr. Karolina Kapustova’s career journey, she is thrilled to give back to UCI students in her new role as President of the Anteaters in Pharmacy alumni chapter.

National Hispanic Heritage Month with Monica Padilla

Monica Padilla, a first-generation student in UCI's PharmD program, is featured in this Q&A roundup. She shares her family's Nicaraguan and Guatemalan background and offers advice to other Latinos in academia.

National Hispanic Heritage Month with Allan Argelagos

Allan Argelagos, a fourth-year PhD student in the Pharmacological Sciences program, is a first-generation college student with a mother and father who immigrated to the United States from Guatemala and Mexico.

National Hispanic Heritage Month with Cassandra Saucedo

Cassandra Saucedo, a graduate student in the Master of Science in Pharmacology program, continues our student highlights by sharing her family’s Mexican and Spanish background and offering advice to other Latinos and parents in academia.

Lauren Albrecht Joins UC Irvine as an Assistant Professor

Albrecht is passionate about striking a balance between translational and fundamental research. In her postdoctoral studies, Albrecht focused on how metabolites themselves impact cellular signaling pathways, including methylation and protein degradation in lysosomes.

National Hispanic Heritage Month with Gabriela Perez

Gabriela Perez, a first-generation student in UCI’s PharmD program, is featured in this Q&A as she shares her family’s Mexican background and offers advice to other Latinos in academia.

Women Pharmacist Day is Oct. 12

Join the UCI School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences in celebrating the women that make up our team of faculty.

UCI-led Study Finds Medicinal Plant Extract to Prevent Morphine Addiction and Potentially Help Curb the Opioid Epidemic

The extract of the plant Corydalis yanhusuo prevents morphine tolerance and dependence while also reversing opiate addiction, according to a recent study led by UCI.

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National Hispanic Heritage Month with Claudia Benavente

Claudia Benavente, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Developmental & Cell Biology and a member of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. In this Q&A, Benavente shares her family’s Chilean background and offers advice to other first-generation Latinos in academia.

National Hispanic Heritage Month Javier Loera

National Hispanic Heritage Month with Javier Loera III

Javier Loera III, a third-year student in the Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences program, kicks off our student highlights by sharing his family’s Mexican background and offering advice to other first-generation Latinos in academia.

PhD Candidate Wedad Alhassen Receives NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship

The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA program is to enable promising predoctoral students with potential to develop into productive, independent research scientists, and to obtain mentored research training while conducting dissertation research.

UCI Welcomes First PharmD Class at White Coat Ceremony

To wrap up the White Coat Ceremony, Founding Dean Jan Hirsch led the students through the Oath of a Pharmacist and a spirited chant of Zot! Zot! Zot! She also asked the PharmD class to turn and applaud their families, a special moment to recognize the support systems that have helped the students enter the challenging and rewarding career of pharmacy.

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