Focusing AI on the Root Causes to Find Better Cancer Drugs
September 11, 2024
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 and the field over...
Pharmacy Practice Experience Teaches P2s to Deliver Patient-Centered Care Through Interpreters
September 4, 2024
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 healthcare teams,...
Leaning into Opportunity: Noah Poulin’s Road to a Career in Healthcare
August 15, 2024
Most people can remember the day they were dropped off as a first-year college student. The jitters and excitement of a new environment waiting to be discovered, but also the opportunities to...
Engineering Enhanced Payloads for Cancer-Fighting Antibodies
August 8, 2024
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 immune system. ...
Confirming Antibiotic Allergies Can Improve Care, Reduce Costs, Study Shows
August 2, 2024
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 allergic at all, a...
Health Education Materials Need Better Translations, Study Shows
July 25, 2024
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 they should get...
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   Improving the Transition of Care  After many older adults are discharged from...
Postdoctoral Collegiate Fellowship Program Puts Mercy Okezue on Track to a Career in Academia
July 15, 2024
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 research into new areas...
Leadership opportunities at U-M’s College of Pharmacy prove to be the ingredient for post-grad success
July 11, 2024
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 dish unforgettable, it’s the perfect combination of...
It’s never too late to commemorate one of life’s great achievements
July 2, 2024
After a long and rewarding career, Dr. Kishor Desai enjoys the reward of a relaxing retirement in his Cincinnati home – practicing spirituality through in-person and Zoom meditation classes...
With a PharmD from U-M, the possibilities are limitless
June 26, 2024
A common myth is that a PharmD degree affords you a singular career path, but that misconception can easily be disproved by people like Thomas Senneff, PharmD ‘24, a recent graduate of the...
Bringing Pediatric Pharmacy to the Forefront
June 20, 2024
PharmD Candidate Carleigh Robinson awarded competitive scholarship for commitment to pediatrics   If you would’ve told Carleigh Robinson, a third year PharmD student at the University of...
Genetic Testing is Key to Safer Chemotherapy
June 13, 2024
Some cancer patients carry a genetic variant that can lead to a dangerous, sometimes fatally toxic response to a common chemotherapy drug. It’s possible to test for the variants and plan a...
Turning Hardship into Hard Work
June 5, 2024
In the small west Michigan village of Shelby, life is simple. It’s known as the place where up north begins and where the fine fruit grows. But for Katelyn Brown, growing up in Shelby was...
Bringing Pharmacists’ Expertise to the Fight to Save Wild Ecosystems
May 30, 2024
From the coasts of Maine to Chile and Argentina, avian influenza (H5N1) has killed tens of thousands of seals and sea lions. Green sea turtles are getting cancer, and bats are dying from...
Connecting Community and Tribal College Students with the World of Pharmacy
May 28, 2024
From as close as Ypsilanti to as far as L’Anse, Michigan, nine students from community and tribal colleges across Michigan are spending the first several weeks of their summer learning the...
Watch: BSPS Commencement 2024
May 15, 2024
For many of our Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences graduates, it seems like just yesterday they packed their bags, stepped onto campus, and moved into their residence halls. Now, they’re...
A Library of Endless Discoveries in Drug Development
May 7, 2024
We’ve all heard of The Magic School Bus – a fictional children’s program exploring the inner workings of science through a series of field trips. The Magic School Bus could go anywhere and...
Oncology Pharmacy Blends Science, Hope and Empathy
March 15, 2024
The field of hematology and oncology drew in Tracelyn Freeman '18, with its unique blend of science, empathy, and hope. The courses she took in this area of her undergrad intrigued her, and...
Case Study: Hypertension Improved by 66% in 3 Months with Pharmacist-Centric Care Model
February 27, 2024
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How Pharmacy and Wearable Tech Boost the “Hard Prescription” – Diet and Exercise
February 26, 2024
Drugs treat diseases effectively only when patients actually take them as prescribed. That’s why pharmacists are experts not only in the science of pharmacy but also in the art of counseling...

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