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Look to Michigan For Change Makers In Pharmacy
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Michigan Pharmacy Has and Continues to Make a Real Difference in the World in Multiple Ways.
YES, all that impact on healthcare has and continues to come out of your College of Pharmacy.
- Discovering new therapies and advancing drug delivery.
- Developing and implementing cutting-edge clinical trials.
- Creating and advancing innovative care models adopted by the CDC.
- Leading research that results in FDA labeling changes.
Leaders for 150 Years and Ready to Lead for the Next 150
The time is now. We have two big and bold goals:
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Cover tuition for EVERY student across all of our programs at the College of Pharmacy, making Michigan accessible to all.
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Increase research funding so our faculty have the freedom to take greater risks in their research to accelerate scientific discoveries and innovations in care.
Why Partner With Pharmacy?
Your investment fuels the people shaping the future of pharmacy. We aim to:
to be the next generation of change makers in pharmacy.
Pharmacy isn't one path -- it's many. Our students are entrepreneurs, practitioners, advocates, researchers, and leaders in every corner of healthcare.
A gap in funding exists between early discovery and clinical trials, where many therapies stall due to lack of funding—not science, resulting in promising innovations that don't make it out of the lab and our world never benefits.
advancing pharmacy practice and creating new care models.
Advance pharmacist integration into care teams, test innovative care models, generate real-world evidence for better, safer medication use that improve patient outcomes.
Tim Cunniff, PharmD '89
Ara G. Paul Philanthropic Distinction Award Recipient
"I look back at my pharmacy school and I’ve never forgotten that my education was paid for by my parents. Having been the recipient of that good fortune, I want to give back. I had great deans, professors and classmates. I feel a deep sense of connection to Michigan. Supporting scholarships and activities through the College of Pharmacy is my way of giving back."
Tuba Jaherun
PharmD Alumna
"The College of Pharmacy provided me with personal and professional growth, offering leadership roles, deep friendships and hands-on experience in pediatrics that solidified my passion for patient care. Thanks to donor-funded scholarships, I lived out my dream of attending the University of Michigan, and I am profoundly grateful for the support shown by donors."
Mohamad Ismail
Clinical Pharmacy Translational Science, PhD Student
"My research focuses on cancer in Arab American patients managing oral anticancer medications. Receiving the Joy Scholar Award has been invaluable, covering expenses for a Mixed-Methods Research certificate and enabling me to share my work internationally, which has greatly enriched my academic and professional growth."
Kristen Flaharty
PharmD '87
"You don’t have to make a major gift to make a major impact. Every gift and every act of support helps fuel the innovation at Michigan."
Elizabeth Kershaw & Grim Family Foundation
"We donate to the College of Pharmacy in honor of my father, who earned his PhD there in 1959 with my mother by his side. Our family's wish is to support young scientists, like my dad, to launch their career paths of doing good and saving lives."
Susannah Koontz
PharmD '96
"When I was a student, the College invested in me. I firmly believe the experiences I had and the education I received in Ann Arbor helped to set me up for the success and fulfillment I have realized in my career. Now it is time for me to pay it forward by investing back into that same program."
Jay Carter
BS Pharm '81
"The amazing difference that a Michigan Pharmacy education made for me in my career AND the opportunity to help students who desire a non-traditional career derived from pharmacy."
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