Clinical Pharmacy

As the movement toward “deprescribing” medications among older adults grows, a new poll shows strong interest in the idea. A full 80% of adults aged 50 to 80 would be open to stopping one or more of the prescription medicines they’ve been taking for more than a year, if a health care provider said it […]

Heidi Diez, PharmD’04, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy and clinical pharmacist specialist at Domino’s Farms Family Medicine, Michigan Medicine, received the prestigious Bowl of Hygeia Award during the 2023 Michigan Pharmacists Association Annual Convention & Exposition in Detroit, Michigan.  The Bowl of Hygeia Award, presented in cooperation with the American Pharmacists Association Foundation and the […]

The Michigan Pharmacy community came together on Friday, February 9 at the College’s annual Research Forum event. Karen Farris, PhD’93, associate dean for faculty affairs and graduate and undergraduate education, Charles R. Walgreen III Professor of Pharmacy Administration, welcomed attendees at the morning presentation session at the North Campus Research Complex. Two fellows and four […]

A key focus of Precision Health, drug gene interactions (DGIs) occur when a patient’s genome impacts how their body processes a drug.  “Reducing DGIs is important because it could help to decrease the likelihood that an individual experiences side effects to some medications or could help identify a medication that is more likely to work […]

Dr. Varsha Bhatt-Mehta, retired clinical professor of pharmacy, died on February 16, 2023. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Manish Mehta; sons, Anshul (Shreena), Vishal (Manali-fiancée); and Belle (pet dog) who were all by her side in her last days, as well as a large family based in London, U.K. Read her obituary.  Dr. […]

Ana Lopez Medina, PharmD’22, fourth-year clinical pharmacy translational science PhD candidate, has been named a National Hispanic Latino Cardiovascular Collaborative (NHLCC) Scholar. Established within the American Heart Association (AHA), the NHLCC aims to provide opportunities for the next generation of health care professionals of Hispanic Latino descent and those serving the Hispanic Latino communities in […]

Kathleen Stringer, PharmD’85, FCCP, has been selected by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) to deliver the association’s prestigious 2022 Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture. The award and lecture will be presented in San Francisco, California, on Sunday, October 16, during the ACCP Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy awards and recognition ceremony. According to ACCP, the […]

The University of Michigan Board of Regents have approved the appointment of Karen Farris, PhD’93, as the College’s associate dean for faculty affairs and graduate and undergraduate education, effective September 1, 2022. Dr. Farris earned her PhD in pharmacy from the University of Michigan in 1993. She joined the College of Pharmacy faculty in 2010, […]

By Kara Gavin  For more than 15 years, Medicare Part D plans have paid for eligible older adults to meet with a pharmacist or other healthcare provider and go over all the medicines and supplements they take, so they can look for safety risks and ways to save money or streamline their doses. But a […]

Jolene R. Bostwick, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, is the recipient of the 2022 Teaching Excellence Award. This award recognizes exceptional teaching in the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy’s PharmD and PhD programs. Dr. Bostwick is the assistant dean for co-curriculum and professional development and clinical professor at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. She […]