Personalizing Prescriptions with Pharmacogenetics
January 24, 2025
By: Toni Shears   When she was in pharmacy school earning her PharmD in 2014, Amy Pasternak encountered a professor who taught a class in personalized medicine. At the time, she believed...
Drug Discovery Evolves: Patient-Focused Approaches and AI Integration Lead the Way
January 17, 2025
By: Toni Shears   Imagine that your doctor has diagnosed you with irritable bowel syndrome but is not sure what’s causing it or why you’re not responding to treatment. Working from a tiny...
Unlocking the Structure and Function of Cytochrome P450s
January 13, 2025
By Toni Shears   Of the 57 human cytochrome P450 enzymes, about half control normal physiological processes such as blood pressure, reproduction, inflammation and more. They produce steroid...
Professor Kathleen Stringer Searches for the Signals of and Treatments for Sepsis
January 6, 2025
By: Toni Shears   Each year, at least 1.7 million adults in America develop sepsis.* At least 20 percent of adults with this extreme, life-threatening response to infection die in the...
Pharmacists Bridging the Disparity Gap in Blood Pressure Control
December 10, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager Across the country, patients facing chronic conditions like hypertension (or high blood pressure) are experiencing high wait times and limited...
Reconsidering the Ancient Herb: A New Class Will Prepare Pharmacists for the Shifting Medical and Legal Cannabis Landscape
November 22, 2024
By: Toni Shears   Cannabis is America’s most popular self-prescribed herbal medicine. There is substantial evidence that it’s an effective treatment for chronic pain. It can reduce nausea...
Making Important Strides at the Intersection of Anesthesiology and Pharmacy
November 18, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager   If you ask Deb Wagner, PharmD, to describe a typical day in her role as a Clinical Pharmacist at Michigan Medicine, she probably can’t give...
PharmD Alum Donning Maize and Blue, but Committed to Being “Green”
November 11, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager Each year, approximately 6.3 billion prescriptions are filled in the United States – helping patients manage pain, symptoms and even saving...
A Pharmacist’s Crucial Role in Organ Transplant
November 8, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager   Whether you’re a young child or a grown adult, hearing the news that you need an organ transplant can be frightening and full of unknowns;...
Saying “Yes” to Filling Gaps in Cancer Drug Access
October 29, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager Each year, billions of dollars worth of unused cancer drugs are thrown out across the United States after patients no longer need them. At the...
Bringing Pharm to the Farm: Following a Passion for Veterinary Pharmacy
October 23, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager   Discovering a Passion for Medicine At just eight years old, Gabby Toreja was saddling up and riding horses at the stables down the road...
U-M PharmD Alum paving a brighter future for current students, residents
October 2, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager   A Passion for Pediatrics and Academia  Nour Kadouh, PharmD ‘22, sits at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy’s 2024 Commencement...
Sztain Deploys Computational Methods to Advance Drug Discovery, Protein Engineering
September 25, 2024
By: Toni Shears Our bodies are a swirling, dynamic universe of biochemical reactions, with billions of tiny molecules catalyzing or binding to others in constant biochemical reactions. ...
James Moon, PhD: Advancing the Frontier of Immunoengineering
September 20, 2024
By: Toni Shears   Every day, the human immune system is quietly working miracles in our bodies, maintaining health and curing illness. But when the immune system is overwhelmed — or when it...
A Career Dedicated to Childhood Cancer Outcomes
September 19, 2024
When Susannah Koontz, PharmD ‘96, reflects on her time at the U-M College of Pharmacy, she immediately thinks of the resources she had to help her become the pharmacy expert she is today...
Building a Connection with the Communities we Call Home
September 19, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager   The U-M College of Pharmacy’s commitment to pharmacy excellence spans much further than the classroom – providing students with...
Focusing AI on the Root Causes to Find Better Cancer Drugs
September 11, 2024
By: Toni Shears   Duxin Sun, PhD, has dedicated his career to developing anticancer drugs, cancer vaccines and nanomedicines for cancer therapy. Yet despite significant advances in his work...
Pharmacy Practice Experience Teaches P2s to Deliver Patient-Centered Care Through Interpreters
September 4, 2024
By: Toni Shears   Nearly 9% of people in the U.S. have limited English proficiency, and this can complicate healthcare interactions. That’s why medical interpreters are a necessary part of...
Leaning into Opportunity: Noah Poulin’s Road to a Career in Healthcare
August 15, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager   Most people can remember the day they were dropped off as a first-year college student. The jitters and excitement of a new environment...
Engineering Enhanced Payloads for Cancer-Fighting Antibodies
August 8, 2024
By: Toni Shears Some of our most promising new therapies in the fight against cancer and other diseases leverage the benefits of antibodies, which are one of the workhorses of the normal...
Confirming Antibiotic Allergies Can Improve Care, Reduce Costs, Study Shows
August 2, 2024
By: Toni Shears At least 10 percent of patients are reported to be allergic to penicillin, amoxicillin, or other drugs in a common class of antibiotics. The vast majority of them are not...
Health Education Materials Need Better Translations, Study Shows
July 25, 2024
By: Toni Shears Patients with a Spanish language preference can ask for medication fact sheets and health information in the language of their choice at pharmacies and health centers, and...
Ensuring Safe Medication Use in Older Adults
July 19, 2024
Dr. Antoinette Coe looks at improvements needed during transitions of care, vast need for medication reviews   By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager   Improving the Transition of...
Postdoctoral Collegiate Fellowship Program Puts Mercy Okezue on Track to a Career in Academia
July 15, 2024
By: Toni Shears   Her year as one of the College of Pharmacy’s inaugural Postdoctoral Collegiate Fellows still has a few months to go, but Mercy Okezue, Ph.D., has already expanded her...
Leadership opportunities at U-M’s College of Pharmacy prove to be the ingredient for post-grad success
July 11, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager   Think of your favorite family recipe – a dish that is a staple at holidays and get-togethers. It’s not any one ingredient that makes that...

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