When Jennifer (Jen) Hagopian, PharmD, BCPS, BCTXP, selected a solid organ transplant APPE as a pharmacy student, she wasn’t planning her future career. She simply wanted to explore an area she didn’t know much about. That one rotation changed everything.
“I just tried to pick things that I didn’t really know too much about,” Dr. Hagopian […]

When the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy began designing its new home, every detail was considered with purpose — from innovative research spaces to collaborative areas where students, faculty, alumni and visitors could connect.
The building itself was envisioned as more than a place to learn and discover. It would also tell the story of […]

For 150 years, the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy has been leading at pharmacy’s edge. While groundbreaking discoveries, pioneering programs and historic firsts have defined our legacy, the true story of our College is a story of people.
Faculty members who challenged conventional thinking. Alumni who transformed industries. Researchers whose discoveries improved patient care around […]

For years, diabetes management has centered on a single metric: A1C. However, for patients living with type 2 diabetes, that number only tells part of the story.
At the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, faculty are helping broaden the conversation around diabetes care. Through clinical practice, education, research and statewide collaboration, leaders like Dr. Heidi […]

When Ben Korman, PharmD ’15, enrolled at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, he was beginning a second career and stepping into a future he hadn’t fully mapped out.
“I started pharmacy school at 35,” Ben said. “At the time, I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to do.”
Like many pharmacy students, Ben initially considered […]

As the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy celebrates 150 years of advancing healthcare, we look not only to where we’ve been — but where we’re going.
At the center of that future is Dean Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD, FCCP, FACNP, a nationally recognized researcher, leader and the first woman to serve as dean in the College’s 150-year […]

On a crisp fall afternoon in Ann Arbor, surrounded by the energy of a packed stadium, John Osborn found himself in a place that would unexpectedly connect past and present. Sitting in a suite at the Big House, he struck up a conversation with then-Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Jim Dalton. What began as […]

We regularly talk about the many career paths a pharmacy degree can launch – community, clinical practice, industry, etc. But what if your PharmD could take you somewhere a little…higher? Have you ever considered that you could be a pharmacist for NASA and work in spaceflight? Well, once upon a time, a 16-year-old had a […]

When Shawna Kraft, PharmD ’06, began her career as a clinical pharmacist specializing in cancer treatments, a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma meant very limited survival. Today, with advances in immunotherapy, she sees patients live with the disease for a decade or more. 
But that usually requires years of treatment, careful management of side effects and still […]

After 20 years as a clinical pharmacist specializing in bone marrow transplantation, David Frame, PharmD, is an expert in dialing down the body’s immune response. That’s essential in therapies where you are basically replacing the patient’s immune system. Unchecked, the transplanted cells will attack not only the disease, but the host. 
Frame, a Clinical Associate Professor […]