By Ann Zaniewski
Public Affairs
After a pandemic-related delay, the University of Michigan is moving forward with plans to construct a new teaching and research facility for the College of Pharmacy.
The Board of Regents approved the schematic design and a revised budget for the project Oct. 20. The board also authorized construction to begin.  
The 142,000-square-foot building […]

Leroy B. Townsend, Albert B. Prescott Emeritus of Medicinal Chemistry and professor emeritus of chemistry, died on October 15, 2022.
Born on December 20, 1933, Leroy was raised in Bronco, Texas. Early on he showed a love of education and graduated High School at just 16 years old. He spent his youth working on the family […]

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 Therapeutic […]

Mustapha Beleh, PhD, Director of Education and Collegiate Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry, has been named the 32nd Golden Apple Award recipient. The award recognizes outstanding teaching and is the University’s only teaching award bestowed by students. 
Recipients are invited to give the lecture they would want to give if it were the last one of their […]

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, currently […]

The University of Michigan Board of Regents have approved the appointment of Duxin Sun, PhD’02, as the College’s associate dean for research, effective September 1, 2022.
Dr. Sun earned his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences from U-M in 2002. He worked in academia and industry before returning to the College in 2008 as an associate professor. He […]

Effective September 1, 2022, Regina McClinton, PhD, will serve the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy as its first assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Dr. McClinton is a certified diversity professional committed to helping others achieve their intercultural competence and inclusion goals.  She earned her PhD in plant biology from the University of […]

Dear alumni and friends, 
As the new dean of the U-M College of Pharmacy, I am committed to listening and learning from our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. While there is still work to be done, one thing is clear: this is the best college at the University of Michigan, and I am proud to be […]

The laboratory of Peter Tessier, PhD, Albert M. Mattocks Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in collaboration with Dr. Jennifer Linderman’s laboratory in Chemical Engineering at Michigan, has published a novel approach for therapeutic antibody engineering in Nature Communications.
Antibody therapeutics, which are used to treat a wide variety of diseases, are expensive to develop.
“Contributing to the high […]