Alumni, Donors, Friends

Adam Loyson, PharmD’14, shares his experience and advice as an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service. 
U-M Pharmacy: What was your most memorable learning experience or impactful faculty mentor?
Dr. Loyson: My most impactful faculty mentor was Dean Jim Stevenson. Among University of Michigan’s vast network of alumni, he was able to place […]

John Andrew Lee, PharmD’13, shares his experience and advice as a Medical Science Liaison. 
U-M Pharmacy: What was your most memorable learning experience or impactful faculty mentor?
Dr. Lee: Collectively, the most memorable learning experience has been the PharmD P4 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) Experiential rotations. The College has an amazing network of in-state and out-of-state APPE sites, and […]

Tiffany Porter, PharmD’12, shares her experience and advice as a staff pharmacist at CVS pharmacy and Olympian.  
U-M Pharmacy: What was your most memorable learning experience or impactful faculty mentor?
Dr. Porter: The late Dean Valener Perry had a profound impact on my journey to pharmacy. She helped me prior to pharmacy school to understand what the requirements and expectations […]

Ashley Wester, PharmD’14, shares her experience and advice as a Pediatric Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. 
U-M Pharmacy: What was your most memorable learning experience or impactful faculty mentor?
Dr. Wester: I had many memorable learning experiences and impactful faculty mentors, many of whom I have the pleasure to continue to work with today. My PharmD […]

JoAnn Sanborn, BSPharm’77, received the prestigious Bowl of Hygeia Award during the 2021 Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) virtual Annual Convention & Exposition held Feb. 26-27.
The Bowl of Hygeia Award, presented in cooperation with the American Pharmacists Association Foundation and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, is given to a pharmacist who has made outstanding […]

Dinesh Patel, PhD’79, has been honored with the Utah Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology Lifetime Achievement. 
Dr. Patel co-founded Utah-based TheraTech Inc., pioneering technologies used to administer controlled, time-release medicine, ultimately leading to a 1999 $350 million acquisition. Dr. Patel then co-founded Salus Therapeutics, a Utah biotechnology company that developed anti-sense pharmaceuticals, also ending in […]

The Rho Chi Society, now hosted at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, will celebrate its Centennial Anniversary in 2022, with national events from March 2021 through July 2022 at several professional pharmacy organization annual meetings.
Connect with Rho Chi and fellow society alumni: 

Update your Rho Chi member profile. Each member can choose to become a […]

Kyle Burghardt, PharmD’11, has been recognized by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) as a 2020 New Investigator Award winner.
The goal of the New Investigator Award is to highlight the research program of an ACCP member who has made a major impact in an aspect of clinical pharmaceutical science. Nominees must have a research […]

We are thrilled to announce the eight (8) U-M College of Pharmacy alumni that were elected by fellow classmates to represent them on the College’s Alumni Society Board of Governors. These individuals will serve a three-year term with the opportunity to run again.

The roles of the Board are to foster communication between the College and its […]

Recent Medicinal Chemistry PhD graduate Amy Fraley shares her perspective as she starts her career 
U-M Pharmacy: What have you been doing since you defended your dissertation in 2019?
Amy: Since defending my dissertation, I helped implement the Pharmaceutical Discovery course at the University of Michigan Biological Station. Field work is an incredibly important part of […]