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...
It’s never too late to commemorate one of life’s great achievements
July 2, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager
After a long and rewarding career, Dr. Kishor Desai enjoys the reward of a relaxing retirement in his Cincinnati home – practicing...
With a PharmD from U-M, the possibilities are limitless
June 26, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager
A common myth is that a PharmD degree affords you a singular career path, but that misconception can easily be disproved by people like...
Bringing Pediatric Pharmacy to the Forefront
June 20, 2024
PharmD Candidate Carleigh Robinson awarded competitive scholarship for commitment to pediatrics
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager
If you would’ve told Carleigh Robinson,...
Genetic Testing is Key to Safer Chemotherapy
June 13, 2024
By: Toni Shears
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...
Turning Hardship into Hard Work
June 5, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager
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....
Bringing Pharmacists’ Expertise to the Fight to Save Wild Ecosystems
May 30, 2024
By: Toni Shears
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...
Connecting Community and Tribal College Students with the World of Pharmacy
May 28, 2024
By: Markie Heideman, Content Marketing Manager
From as close as Ypsilanti to as far as L’Anse, Michigan, nine students from community and tribal colleges across Michigan are spending the... 
