Beatriz Manzor Mitrzyk, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, clinical assistant professor, has won a 2022 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy New Investigator Award. Sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), the New Investigator Award provides start-up funding for the independent research programs of early-career pharmacy faculty. Funds from the award will support the […]

With the 2020 Advance to Candidacy ceremony postponed, the College recognized both those who earned candidacy in 2020 and 2021 in a joint ceremony. Thirty-seven students from the Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry, and Clinical Pharmacy departments were celebrated for their academic achievement. Reaching candidacy is an important milestone and accomplishment, signifying that a student has […]

Donald G. Therasse, BSPharm’78, MD, passed away on Sunday, February 13 at his home in Spring Lake, Michigan. Dr. Therasse joined the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy Dean’s Advisory Committee in 2003 and served for over 18 years.  He was awarded the College’s Alumni Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. Read Dr. Therasse’s obituary.  […]

On February 12, 2022, the College of Pharmacy hosted Research Forum, our yearly exposition of student and postdoctoral fellow-led research. Held both remotely and in person, the event included virtual platform presentations, an alumni networking and panel discussion, and poster presentation exhibition.  Dean Vicki Ellingrod hosted the morning’s virtual session, welcoming those in attendance and […]

The U-M College of Pharmacy is currently accepting new member nominations for the Alumni Society Board of Governors. Collecting nominations is the first step to the College’s election process that is completed before the start of their first term in June of 2022. Board members must be a College of Pharmacy Alumni and are elected to three-year […]

Originally posted on the Michigan News Services website.  FACULTY Q&A The FDA will consider authorizing two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5 on an emergency basis, with the possibility for a third. It’s anticipated that a third dose may be needed because the antibody response with two doses in some of these […]

On January 17, the College of Pharmacy and the Martin Luther King Jr. Health Sciences Committee presented the 2022 MLK Health Sciences Lecture, entitled: “This is America: Confronting Health Inequities…Writing Prescriptions for Change.” The keynote lecture was delivered by Dr. Lakesha Butler, PharmD. Dr. Butler is a Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice and the Director of […]

Precision Health at the University of Michigan recently announced its 2021 Investigators Awardees, which include a project led by Pharmacy’s Amy Pasternak. The project, titled Assessing the Impact of Germline Pharmacogenetics (PGx) on Medication Outcomes and Clinician Prescribing Decisions in Patients with Cancer, will be supported by a $200k grant over two years. “Many patients […]

By Laura Bailey, Michigan News Service In a viral infection, what’s the signal from the virus that alerts the immune system to produce protective neutralizing antibodies? That’s a big question that scientists seek to answer when trying to understand disease or develop drugs to treat or vaccinate against COVID-19 and other viruses. “The answer to […]

Nour Kadouh, P4, has won the 2021 Exemplary Student Award, presented by the Southeastern Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SMSHP). Nour was presented with award during a virtual ceremony on November 10. “Nour is one of the most ambitious and driven students I have met in my 16-year career in academia,” says Jolene Bostwick, PharmD’04, […]