On a recent Saturday afternoon, Ghaidaa Najjar, PharmD’98, PhD, research fellow at the Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education and staff pharmacist at Rite Aid, identified 144 COVID-19 doses of vaccines through Rite Aid Pharmacy that would need be wasted by Monday morning. Dr. Najjar immediately reached out to the Michigan Islamic Academy (MIA) principal, Fayzeh Madani, […]

Xiaoqi (Kevin) Sun, a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, has been awarded the 2021 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship. The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports exceptional doctoral candidates who are actively working on their dissertation research and writing. The competitive fellowship acknowledges students who have taken a risk and are working on particularly creative or […]

Twenty-Three Michigan Pharmacy students joined College alumni and other pharmacists at the Napoleon, Michigan fire station to help administer 550 vaccinations on Saturday, March 27. The clinic, one of several held at the station so far, came about from a collaboration of Brown’s Advanced Care, Schmidt and Son, and Country Market pharmacies, the Napoleon Township […]

Rima Mohammad, PharmD, has received the 2021 Teaching Excellence Award. This award recognizes exceptional teaching in the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy’s PharmD and PhD programs. Dr. Mohammad is a clinical associate professor at the College of Pharmacy and post-ICU and hepatology clinical pharmacist specialist at Michigan Medicine. “Throughout my career as a faculty […]

The College’s Research Forum, our yearly exposition of student-led research, went virtual for 2021. While we missed the energy of the College community exchanging ideas together on campus, the new format allowed for out-of-town supports to join in the celebration of our students’ hard work and for more one-on-one interaction. On March 17, nine BSPS […]

The College is pleased to announce the recipients of the P4 academic, professionalism, research, and service awards. Please join us in congratulating these deserving students! Dean’s Professionalism Award for outstanding professionalism, leadership and good academic performance Meghan Hoffman Valener L. Perry Award for outstanding contributions to student life at the College of Pharmacy Melanie Johnson Julia E. Emanuel Award for […]

Robert (Robbie) Hohlman, a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Program in Medicinal Chemistry, has been awarded the 2021 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship. The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports exceptional doctoral candidates who are actively working on their dissertation research and writing. The competitive fellowship acknowledges students who have taken a risk and are working on particularly creative […]

Melinda Su-En Lee, PharmD’21, co-founded Parcel Health in 2019, while studying at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. The company aims to solve the waste problem caused by traditional plastic prescription bottles. Melinda and partners pitched their business during the Michigan Business Challenge, the University’s annual campus-wide business plan competition. Parcel Health took home first […]

One of the enduring strengths of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy is its network of engaged alumni. Pharmacy professionals across the career spectrum gathered virtually with our P3 students to connect, mentor, and help hone key skills. Alumni were matched with a small group of students in 15-minute blocks; students had the opportunity […]

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 […]