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Dire financial times, budget tightens. San Diego satellite program to end. Honors and Awards: Benet, Giacomini, Kroetz, Winter, Day, Yokoyama, Soller, Vogt, Wang, Saraiya, Elmore, Clemens, Rocklin, Heller. New associate deans Santi and Kayser. New faculty: Gartner, Roy. Pharmacogenomics: Phillips, Ikediobi, Shin. UCSF Medical Center collaborations, Paulson. In the news: Bero, Rising, Bacchetti, Wells, Woolley. Ranked #1 again by U.S. News and World Report. Featherstone becomes School of Dentistry dean. Bishop to step down.

PharmD Program reaccredited through 2014 and funding problems; Science Squad; Program for Investigation and Training for Careers in Health; Summer Science Camp; Huntington and Schweitzer Fellowship; #1 in NIH funding again; California Poison Control System at risk; tobacco ban legislation; Ambrose in Beijing; New faculty: Galonić Fujimori, Jorgenson, Ashton, Balano, Feigal, Hessol, Greenblatt; Wells succeeds James as chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Youmans: appointed Associate Dean of Diversity, Malawi; Dill: elected to National Academy of Sciences, The Chemistry of Life; APhA-ASP Chapter of the Year Award; 1st place in AMCP National Pharmacy and Therapeutics Competition; Bero appointed to Advisory Committee on Health Research; Retirements: Finley, Rice, Sauer, Shetlar, Weibert.

New Strategic Plan: Pressing Ahead in New Directions: Strategic Course 2007-2012, Advancing Health Worldwide, PharmD Student Fee Increase, Honors and Awards: Day, Yokoyama, Ortiz de Montellano, Stroud, Dill, Shane, Vogt, Soller, Chan, Wang, Voigt, Wells. Papers: Sali, Sarino, Dang, Dianat, Djihanian, Natanian, Ambrose, Hudmon, Youmans, Shoichet, Feng. New faculty: Ahituv, Ikediobi, Kreager, Robinson, Shin. New Director of Pharmaceutical Services: Paulsen. In memory: Mizuno.

Fresno program to boost number of pharmacists. UCSF ranks 3rd in the United States in overall faculty productivity. California Poison Control System receives IN-AWE for "Don't guess. Be sure.". Preceptors survey and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). Drug Information Analysis Service closes. New Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) requirement. Articles of Interest. Tenure: Jacobson, England. Retirements: Hoener, Whitney, Winter. New Members of the Board of Advisors: Dow, Rodondi, Shane, Stalker. Honors and Awards: Wells, King, Brodsky, Szoka, Benet, Agard, Stroud, Tan. Campus Strategic Plan.

In Memory: Dean Jere Goyan. Student and staff honors and awards: Chinn, Farm, Almas, Beverage. Clinical scientist news and awards: Lee, Giacomini. Partners in D Outreach: Stebbins, Levens Lipton, Amgen. Chemistry and Chemical Biology Chemistry-Biology Interface grant renewal: Craik. American Course on Drug Development and Regulatory Sciences. Lee is new director of Center for Drug Development Sciences. New faculty: Ferrone. Diversity report: student URM down, faculty URM higher than United States average, staff URM up but behind UCSF overall, mission statement revised to formalize commitment. Fresno Satellite Pharmacy Education Program 5-year anniversary. American Pharmacist Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists receives Outstanding Chapter Award for the AA Division.

Seeking new funding sources for PhD programs. Thank you for alumni contributions. Meeting with PharmD alumni in industry. Faculty honors and awards: Ortiz de Montellano, Voigt, Wells, England, Hunt, Bero, Day. Global activity: McGee and Drysdale (Uganda), Nguyen (Ho Chi Minh City), Guglielmo, Gwaza, Monera, Benet, Wolfe, and UCSF ranked 9th among the top 100 global universities by Newsweek International. Li Foundation becomes partner in systems biology research (Peng, Tang). Helping seniors understand Medicare Part D (Stebbins, Cutler, Levens Lipton). Center for Consumer Self Care contributions: ClearRx Study, breast and prostate cancer screening, new residency program, telepharmacy service. Louie awarded Chancellor's Award for Public Service. Preparing for 2008 accreditation review. 40th Anniversary of clinical pharmacy.

Guglielmo named new department of clinical pharmacy chair. New faculty members: Boyd, Burchard, Cutler, Lee, MacDougall, Nkansah, Orrico, Tang, and Wells. Parfitt Pattie now oversees alumni relations in addition to fundraising. Research highlights. Honors and awards: Langridge, Giacomini, Herfindal, Gibson, Day, Nguyen, Zlott, Drysdale, and Allday. New PhD training program in systems biology. Postgraduate education of PharmD students. Employment trends of PharmD graduates. Homecoming scheduled for November 4, 2006. School at work in China, Vietnam, Japan, Uganda, and Guatemala. Lipton finishes sabbatical at One World Health. Victoria Hale to deliver commencement address to 2006 PharmD graduates. Strategic planning delayed by multiple factors. For 25th consecutive year, School tops other pharmacy schools in research funding from the National Institutes of Health. For second consecutive year, UCSF receives more federal funding for chemical research and development than any US peer. School exceeds campaign fundraising goal by 18%.