UCSF School of Pharmacy Unveils Its Strategic Course

The UCSF School of Pharmacy recently released a strategic plan that sets the direction for the nationally top-ranked school over five years.

The plan, released to the public on April 1, calls for actions focusing on three interlocking goals through 2012:
  • • Create a new framework for drug discovery and development
  • • Ensure that more patients get the best results from their drugs
  • • Shape the future of pharmacy, science, policy and education, and patient care by working in fresh and collaborative ways
"It is a plan that looks at today's medications and the needs of patients and lays out an agenda to meet those needs," says Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy.
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Mary Anne Koda-Kimble
A full story about the school's five-year strategic plan, called "Pressing Ahead in New Directions," is in the news section of the school's website. For more information about the school's planning process, visit the school's strategic planning website. "No single discovery or solitary action will determine our success," Koda-Kimble states in the plan's introduction. "Rather, our goals are being met through the relentless determination and persistence of our faculty and administrative leaders, who command an exceptional breadth of expertise. In our diversity, we share the common point of view that by pressing ahead in new directions, we will improve patient health through drugs and novel therapies." The pharmacy school's plan builds on past successes and complements the larger UCSF Strategic Plan, while retaining the flexibility the school needs to take advantage of new information in the health sciences as it constantly unfolds. Related Links: UCSF Strategic Plan UCSF School of Pharmacy Strategic Plan (PDF)