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Two PSPG Students Recognized with PhRMA Foundation Fellowships

Thu Pham and Zizheng Li, both PhD candidates in UCSF's Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics program (PSPG), are recipients of the 2026 Predoctoral Fellowship in Translational Medicine from the PhRMA Foundation.

Bioengineering PhD student named UC Noyce Initiative Fellow

Soodabeh (Soo) Ghaffari, a UC San Francisco–UC Berkeley graduate student, was named an

Three from UCSF Head to Annual Lindau Nobel Meeting

Three UCSF trainees have been selected to participate in the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting as UC President’s Lindau Nobel Fellows for 2026. They will interact with dozens of Nobel laureates and hundreds of young scientists from around the world.

D’Anne Duncan recognized with Chancellor Award for Exceptional University Management

Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Affairs D’Anne Duncan was named a recipient of the UCSF Chancellor Award for Exceptional University Management.The Chancellor Distinguished Service Awards recognize individuals whose exemplary service reflects UCSF’s deep and sustained commitment to advancing its…

UCSF Postdoc Named Fulbright Scholar

One UC San Francisco (UCSF) postdoc has been named among the U.S.

Full House for Celebration at 2026 GEPA Commencement

The Division of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs returned to San Francisco’s historic Herbst Theatre for the 2026 Commencement Ceremony to celebrate 237 of this year’s master’s and PhD degree candidates.

PhD Student Elizabeth Chung Named 2026 Hertz Fellow

Elizabeth Chung, a MD-PhD student in the UCSF Tetrad program and the Medical Scientist Training Program, was named a 2026 Hertz Fellow, joining 19

UCSF Grad Slam 2026 is a Wrap!

At the conclusion of the 2026 UCSF Grad Slam competition on Tuesday, April 7, four PhD students nabbed prizes for their 3-minute talks, but all of the finalists engaged the audience with presentations on a wide range of research topics, all geared towards a general audience.

Three UCSF PhD Students Named 2026 Schmidt Science Fellows

Three talented young UCSF PhD students in the biomedical sciences have been named 2026 Schmidt Science Fellows, based not only on their records of achievement and potential for future leadership in science, but also their desire to pivot to a new research discipline in their postdoctoral training.

UCSF Hosts UC LEADS Symposium for First Time Since 2005

Over 200 people gathered at the UCSF Mission Bay campus on Saturday, February 28 for the 26th Annual Koret UC LEADS Research and Leadership Symposium, hosted by UCSF for the first time since 2005.