Topics and Expertise: Gary Rifkind Award

Studies on adolescent drug abuse, anti­de­pres­sants in the ER, and complications from heart pumps take top honors at annual seminar

Tue May 14, 2019
Research on topics ranging from drug abuse to heart pump complications took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s 21st annual Spring Research Seminar.

Tumor analysis, prediction of transplant complications, and management of blood potassium levels take top honors at annual seminar

Fri Jun 8, 2018
The Gary Rifkind Awards recognize and celebrate clinical pharmacy research.

Classroom pharmacogenetics, post-hospital medications, and post-brain-surgery drugs take top honors

Thu May 26, 2016
Studies of pharmacogenetics testing of pharmacy students as a teaching tool, an improved system to resolve medication issues after patients go home from the hospital, and the prophylactic use of an antiseizure drug for brain surgery patients took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy...

Pharmacist interventions, formulary conversion tools, and warfarin discharge education take top honors at annual seminar

Wed May 20, 2015
Studies of pharmacist interventions during comprehensive medication reviews, the impact of new tools to aid drug selection from a hospital formulary, and a project ensuring that hospital patients receiving anti-clotting drugs are properly educated upon discharge took top honors at the Department of...

Label warnings, antibiotic measurements, cancer therapies, and smoking interventions take top honors at annual seminar

Thu May 22, 2014
Studies of improved over-the-counter acetaminophen warning labels, more accurate measurements of antibiotics in hospitalized patients, therapies for metastatic breast cancer, and methods for training pharmacy personnel to help smokers quit took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s...

Posters tracking beta blocker side effects, antibiotic use, blood thinner adherence take top seminar honors

Wed May 22, 2013
Studies of whether patients are taking a blood thinner as prescribed, whether antibiotic treatment of cancer patients’ fevers matches guidelines, and whether one form of a leading cardiovascular drug increases the risk for a serious side effect took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy...

Cancer drug dosing in kids, medication-related delirium, and battery swallowing take top honors at seminar

Fri May 18, 2012
Studies of cancer drug dosing in children, possible medication links to delirium in hospital patients, and how to decide when swallowed batteries may call for invasive removal took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s 14th annual Spring Research Seminar.

Clinical pharmacy spring seminar celebrates wide-ranging research

Wed May 18, 2011
The 13th annual Spring Research Seminar highlighting work by students, residents, and faculty members in the UCSF School of Pharmacy Department of Clinical Pharmacy—and featuring 48 project posters—was held May 3, 2011 on UCSF’s Parnassus campus.

Rifkind Award winners

The winners of the 4th...