Blog: The Apothecary
Stories that Take You Inside Healthcare Innovation
A Career Dedicated to Childhood Cancer Outcomes
September 19, 2024
That drive to take untraditional paths fueled Koontz’s successful career, but she says she wouldn’t have had the foundation she needed without her degree from the College of Pharmacy.
Focusing AI on the Root Causes to Find Better Cancer Drugs
September 11, 2024
Duxin Sun, PhD, has dedicated his career to developing anticancer drugs, cancer vaccines and nanomedicines for cancer therapy.
Pharmacy Practice Experience Teaches P2s to Deliver Patient-Centered Care Through Interpreters
September 4, 2024
Through a required community outreach clinic, second-year PharmD students experience working side-by-side with an interpreter while providing primary care.
Leaning into Opportunity: Noah Poulin’s Road to a Career in Healthcare
August 15, 2024
Poulin credits the gamut of classes in the BSPS program for giving him the knowledge he needs for his life after his undergraduate studies.
Engineering Enhanced Payloads for Cancer-Fighting Antibodies
August 8, 2024
Dr. Bordeau, who joined the College faculty in December 2023 from the University of Buffalo, is working to overcome the known issues of antibody delivery.
Confirming Antibiotic Allergies Can Improve Care, Reduce Costs, Study Shows
August 2, 2024
Removing erroneous labels can potentially translate into improved outcomes and lower costs of care for thousands of patients each year.
Health Education Materials Need Better Translations, Study Shows
July 25, 2024
Patients with a Spanish language preference can ask for medication fact sheets and health information in the language of their choice at pharmacies and health centers, and they should get them. That’s the law. But will that information be clear and conveyed in a culturally relevant context? Maybe not.
Postdoctoral Collegiate Fellowship Program Puts Mercy Okezue on Track to a Career in Academia
July 15, 2024
Dr. Okezue’s successful postdoc and her promising future as a new faculty member builds on her rare combination of skills.
Leadership Opportunities at U-M’s College of Pharmacy Prove to be the Ingredient for Post-Grad Success
July 11, 2024
Blodgett says it’s the education and leadership experiences she gained at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy that prepared her for this next step.
Ensuring Safe Medication Use in Older Adults
July 9, 2024
Coe’s clinical research dives into understanding which medications a patient is taking and how it’s tracked to ensure patient safety.
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