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Sending Microbes to Space Could Improve Astronaut Health

UC San Diego researchers have created a map of the microbes aboard the International Space Station; results could improve astronaut safety.

Alum Spotlight: Meet Chris Lehmer, Pharm.D., M.B.A., ‘17

Alum Chris Lehmer, Pharm.D., M.B.A., ’17, executive director of specialty pharmacy at City of Hope®, one of the nation’s largest cancer research and treatment organizations, shares more about his current role, what drew him to pharmacy and more.

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Alum Chris Lehmer stands in front of a building

Medical and Pharmacy Students Present Innovative Research at Symposium

Each summer between their first and second years of medical school, students are encouraged to seek out research opportunities to expand their experience and knowledge base. More than 100 medical and pharmacy students shared their research posters at the Summer Research Symposium.

Room overview photo of groups of people looking at research posters.

No Shortage of Solutions

Pharmacists at UC San Diego are working hard to help with the nationwide drug shortage crisis.

Chief Pharmacy Officer Charles E. Daniels, PhD. (left) and Dean Brookie Best, PharmD (right)

UC San Diego Health Sciences Installs Wudu Station

The Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego recently spearheaded the installation of a new wudu station, providing a space for those who practice Islam to perform wudu prior to prayer.

Alum Spotlight: Meet Jennifer Han, Pharm.D., ‘17

Han is a board-certified clinical pharmacist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Syracuse, New York; and co-founder of Seen Nutrition, a company that has developed the first calcium chew made from real foods. She was inspired to found the company after fracturing her back two months after having her baby, and was diagnosed with pre-menopausal osteoporosis.