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 or […]

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 place […]

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 outstanding […]

Congratulations to Dr. Varsha Bhatt-Mehta, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Medical School; and Clinical Pharmacist, Michigan Medicine, who has announced her retirement from the University of Michigan after 31.5 years of service to pursue a new job opportunity.
As Dr. Bhatt-Mehta begins her new role in a […]

After many grueling months of the COVID-19 pandemic, hope arrived at Michigan Medicine via UPS.  Last month, Stan Kent, RPh, MS, FASHP, Chief Pharmacy Officer at Michigan Medicine and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, wheeled the first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine into the hospital’s pharmacy.
Dean Kent […]

Henry (Hank) Mosberg, PhD, Tom D. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, will retire from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, effective January 31, 2021.
Dr. Mosberg received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1971 from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and his PhD in 1976 from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He was a […]

Hanna Phan, PharmD, clinical associate professor, has been named to the 6th cohort of the Interprofessional Leadership (IPL) Fellows program at the University of Michigan. 
“The sixth cohort of IPL fellows will be building on the incredible success of their predecessors,” said Frank Ascione, director of the Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education. “They will benefit from the experience […]

The multinational biopharmaceutical company Amgen has announced it will pay $240 million in upfront cash and milestone payments for molecules targeting autoimmune conditions from Ann Arbor, MI-based Evoq Therapeutics, a spinoff of research from the University of Michigan. Evoq, founded by Profs. Anna Schwendeman and James Moon, is named for the targeted dendritic cells the company uses to “evoke” […]

Emily E. Scott’s, PhD, appointment as the F.F. Blicke Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy has been approved by the Regents of the University of Michigan. Her term is effective Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2025.
The F.F. Blicke Collegiate Professorship was established in 2008 to honor Prof. Fredrick Franklin (F.F.) Blicke, whose research and educational contributions […]