Alum Ian Miller designs ‘smart toilet’ to capture health information from drug metabolism to exercise By Andrea Mongler When Ian Miller (PhD ’18), was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy, …
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Answering Healthcare’s ‘Big Picture’ Questions
Alumna Jia Pu’s research puts patients first and impacts national healthcare policy By Katie Ginder-Vogel For initiatives ranging from drug pricing transparency to interventions to improve cardiovascular disease outcomes, healthcare policies require rigorous research that …
UW–Madison School of Pharmacy Class of 2019 Scores Among the Best NAPLEX First-Time Pass Rates
On the 2019 North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam (NAPLEX), PharmD students from the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy had one of the highest first-time pass rates in the country. The NAPLEX first-time pass rate of 97.28 …
School of Pharmacy Alumna Leads Wisconsin’s Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network
Michelle Farrell plays key role in expanding community pharmacy into new areas statewide By Katie Ginder-Vogel Patient care can be uniquely served by community pharmacists. “Pharmacy students have a heightened interest in caring for patients …
Photo Gallery: Spring Clinical Instructor Meeting
Photos by Sally Griffith-Oh The UW–Madison School of Pharmacy Experiential Learning Program holds three clinical instructor meetings — two in Madison and Milwaukee, and one webinar in the month of March. Preceptors and clinical instructors …
Duane Kirking Receives APhA’s Hugo H. Schaefer Award
Alumnus honored for contributions to pharmacy and society By Katie Ginder-Vogel Duane Kirking (BS ‘74) always wanted to make an impact in his life. So when the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) honored him with its …
Badgers Shape Pharmacy Profession as National Leaders
Part 2: The stories of School of Pharmacy alumni who influenced pharmacy education and practice as presidents of professional pharmacy organizations By Katie Ginder-Vogel As we continue our three-part series introducing the alumni leaders of …
Photo Gallery: 2020 La Crosse Pharmacy Alumni & Friends Reception
Photos by Ingrid Laas School of Pharmacy alumni and friends came together for the La Crosse area reception co-hosted by Jenny Tempelis (PharmD ’03) and Ryan Miller (PharmD ’07) on March 1. Enjoying great food …
Making Drug Development Safer as a Risk Assessment Toxicologist
Like a detective hunting down clues, PharmTox alumnus Robert Jolly is solving questions to improve drug and occupational safety assessments By Katie Ginder-Vogel Living up in Winneconne Wis., Robert Jolly (BS ’87) says, “I always …
Drug Discovery Research Gets Boost With Anna Apinis Professorship
Anna Apinis’ healthcare career inspires her son to endow a professorship at the School of Pharmacy By Katie Ginder-Vogel When Anna Apinis emigrated from Latvia with her family during World War II, she had to …