Dear alumni, students, and friends,
These challenging times can bring out the Leaders and Best. As our students and faculty have demonstrated, there are always opportunities to use our knowledge and skills to better our community, country, and global human health. We also celebrate the members of our community that we lost this year. It is […]

The American Chemical Society (ACS) named Shaomeng Wang, PhD, its 2020 Division of Medicinal Chemistry Award recipient and newest Hall of Fame inductee. Prof. Wang will present his award lecture at the ACS MEDI Virtual Award Session on June 29, 2021.
The Division of Medicinal Chemistry Award is given in even years, and the presentation and award […]

Gregory Eschenauer, PharmD, clinical associate professor, has been appointed to represent the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) on the National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Treatment Guideline Panel. His appointment is effective immediately. He replaces Susan Davis, PharmD’02, who stepped down in consideration of her new administrative role at Wayne State University.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director […]

See the original release on the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences’ website.
The European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is delighted to announce the winner of the EJPS 2020 Best Paper Award. The winning paper has been selected by the EJPS award committee and will be presented at the next EUFEPS Annual Meeting. 
WINNING PAPER
The role of pH and dose/solubility ratio on cocrystal dissolution, […]

Michelle Brinker-Bodley, PharmD’05, was named the 2021 Preceptor of the Year Award winner at the 17th Annual Preceptor Symposium, May 7, 2021.
Dr. Brinker-Bodley received her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy in 2005.  After completion of a PGY-1 residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Brinker-Bodley found her […]

Gordon Amidon, PhD, William I. Higuchi Distinguished University Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor of Pharmacy, will retire from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, effective April 30, 2021.
Prof. Amidon has received numerous national and international awards and three honorary degrees for his contributions to pharmaceutical sciences. He earned a […]

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, and […]

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 ambitious […]

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 member, […]