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 terms. […]

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 youngest kids was […]

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 Diversity, […]

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 with […]

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 this question is […]

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, Assistant […]

By Laura Bailey, 
Michigan News Service 
Medicines come from chemical reactions, and better chemical reactions lead to better medicines.
Yet, the most popular reaction used in drug discovery, called the amide coupling, makes an inherently unstable amide bond. Because the body excels at metabolizing medication, one of the most important and difficult goals of drug research is to […]

Dear alumni and friends,
I’m happy to report that we continue to have in-person classes and events. Most notably we held our White Coat Ceremony for our P1s and our P2s who were not able to have their ceremony last year. Also, we are honoring PhD students who will advance to candidacy on November 18 – see […]

University of Michigan College of Pharmacy student Annie Grech has been recognized by CEW+ with the Margaret E. Gnegy Scholarship.
Annie is earning her Doctor of Pharmacy with the guiding vision of a healthcare system that puts patients first, “acting as an excellent steward of their health, wealth, and time.” While working within inefficient and biased […]

By Kara Gavin, Michigan Health Lab 

Michiganders from multiple racial and ethnic backgrounds say their health has improved and they have access to regular care through a doctor’s office, after enrolling in the state’s Medicaid expansion for low-income adults, a new study finds.
The improvements were especially pronounced among low-income white, Black and Latino Michiganders. Some improvements were […]