Jenny Nguyen, a third-year earning her BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences, sits down with PharmSci to talk about becoming a Pharmacy Technician while maintaining a full-time schedule as a student.

“Why wait until medical school when I could learn about these subjects in my undergraduate career?”

UCI Pharmaceutical Sciences is proud to welcome Sarah McBane, PharmD, CDE, BCPS, FCCP, FCPhA, APh as the Associate Director and Founding Associate Dean for Pharmacy Education

Pharmaceutical Sciences Welcomes Brian Paegel The future of drug discovery is miniaturization. Brian Paegel, PhD – a professor who began his career working on the Human Genome Project – joined the ranks of the UCI Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty. Paegel joins Pharmaceutical Sciences this past fall from Scripps Research, where he developed new technologies for drugRead more about UCI Pharmaceutical Sciences Welcomes Brian Paegel[…]

Pharmaceutical Sciences Welcomes Founding Chair to New Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice

Pharm Sci’s Robert Spitale wins Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Award Robert Spitale, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is one of five winners of 2019 Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Awards, intended to accelerate high-risk and high-reward science research projects that could lead to discoveries, solutions and potential breakthrough treatments for patients. The award isRead more about Pharm Sci’s Robert Spitale wins Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative Award[…]

University of California, Irvine researchers have developed and tested on mice a therapeutic treatment that uses engineered stem cells to target and kill cancer bone metastases while preserving the bone.  This new approach, reported in the journal EBioMedicine, equips engineered mesenchymal stem cells with targeting agents that drive them to bone metastatic sites, where they offloadRead more about UCI team pioneers cancer treatment that targets bone metastases while sparing bone[…]

PharmSci Graduate Students Awarded Faculty Mentor & Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Awards Congratulations are in order to two of PharmSci’s PhD students Jenaro Soto (Melanie Cocco’s lab) and Luiz Moreira Passalacqua (Andrej Luptak’s lab). Jenaro Soto was named the 2019 Faculty Mentor Program (FMP) Awardee. The FMP fellowship caters to PhD students and expects fellows to participateRead more about PharmSci Graduate Students Awarded Faculty Mentor & Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Awards[…]

PPS at UCI Wins The Spirit of Relay Award at Relay For Life 2019 The department of Pharmaceutical Sciences would like to congratulate the Pre-Pharmacy Society (PPS) at UCI for winning the Spirit of Relay at Relay For Life 2019 on April 13th-14th! Relay For Life is a 24-hour cancer event hosted by the AmericanRead more about PPS at UCI Wins The Spirit of Relay Award at Relay For Life 2019[…]

2019 UCI Giving Day  This year on Wednesday, April 24th, Pharmaceutical Sciences will participate in the 3rd annual UCI Giving Day. Giving Day is a 24-hour digital fundraising campaign, that is geared toward focusing on the number of gifts collected. This year UCIs goal is to raise 2,400 gifts in total. Our goal as a department isRead more about 2019 UCI Giving Day […]