College of Pharmacy students will start their school year with an important service to the community —raising public awareness of safe medication storage and disposal. During Orientation Week, the College will host Community Connect Days on Tuesday, Aug. 22, and Thursday, Aug. 24, dispatching pairs of all new and current pharmacy students to community pharmacies […]

Through a merger of artificial intelligence and chemical synthesis, the laboratories of Drs. Tim Cernak and Paul Zimmerman at the University of Michigan (UM) will partner to lower the cost of and increase access to critical tuberculosis medicines. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis, or TB, is a preventable and treatable bacterial infection […]

Hae Mi Choe, PharmD, associate dean for pharmacy innovations and partnerships, has been named chief population health officer for Michigan Medicine. In this role, Dr. Choe will lead and collaborate with leadership and staff throughout the health system and the community to develop programs and promote a culture to improve the health of populations and […]

Carrie Nemerovski, PharmD’07, was named the 2023 Preceptor of the Year at the College of Pharmacy’s annual Preceptor Symposium May 5, 2023. Dr. Carrie Nemerovski is a senior clinical content consultant at Wolters Kluwer Health, where she writes and maintains the Lexicomp drug interactions database, Lexi-Interact. She has held this position for over nine years […]

Dear alumni, faculty, students, staff, and friends,  Happy Spring! Within the next few months, I will be rounding out my first year as dean and I wanted to share with you in this special eintractions all that we have accomplished, none of which would have been possible without your continued support.   First and foremost we […]

Medicinal chemistry PhD candidate Jinghan Liu has earned a 2023 Barbour Scholarship. The award is among the oldest and most prestigious granted by the University of Michigan, offering funding to female students from Asia and the Middle East since 1917. The Barbour Scholarship celebrates women of the highest academic and professional caliber and covers full […]

We are thrilled to announce twelve (12) U-M College of Pharmacy alumni were elected by fellow classmates to represent them on the College’s Alumni Society Board of Governors. These individuals will serve a three-year term, with the opportunity to run again.  The roles of the Board are to foster communication between the College and its alumni, […]

Trisha Wells, PharmD, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy and clinical pharmacist, Michigan Medicine, is the recipient of the 2023 Teaching Excellence Award. This award recognizes exceptional teaching in the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy’s PharmD and PhD programs. “Dr. Wells is a very compassionate teacher who shows that she cares about her students’ progress. She […]

As the movement toward “deprescribing” medications among older adults grows, a new poll shows strong interest in the idea. A full 80% of adults aged 50 to 80 would be open to stopping one or more of the prescription medicines they’ve been taking for more than a year, if a health care provider said it […]

The Brown Family has been honored with the 2023 Alumni Service Award in Pharmacy. This award recognizes graduates of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy who have made significant contributions to the profession of pharmacy. “The Brown family exemplifies everything we inspire our students to achieve professionally,” says Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD, FCCP, FACNP, dean and […]