Early work shows promise for treating devastating diseases like cancer and food allergies and offers hope for millions, showing the potential of powerful discoveries still to come.

In late August, first, second and third-year PharmD students took to community and hospital pharmacy locations all over southeast Michigan for the annual Pharmacy Community Connect Day.

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. 

Duxin Sun, PhD, has dedicated his career to developing anticancer drugs, cancer vaccines and nanomedicines for cancer therapy.

Through a required community outreach clinic, second-year PharmD students experience working side-by-side with an interpreter while providing primary care.

Poulin credits the gamut of classes in the BSPS program for giving him the knowledge he needs for his life after his undergraduate studies.

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.

Removing erroneous labels can potentially translate into improved outcomes and lower costs of care for thousands of patients each year.

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.

Dr. Okezue’s successful postdoc and her promising future as a new faculty member builds on her rare combination of skills.