More than 100 School of Pharmacy students embraced the opportunity to attend the annual Legislative Day hosted by the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin.
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Badgers + San Francisco = APhA
School of Pharmacy faculty and students will have a strong showing at the upcoming APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco in March.
Vivian participates in healthcare mission to Cambodia
Eva Vivian, professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, joined 28 healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, dentists, medical assistants, and a chiropractor for a one week medical and dental outreach in January in Cambodia.
Organ Donor Awareness Group Receives Award
School of Pharmacy students participating in the Organ Donation Awareness (ODA) group, one of the community outreach efforts of the Wisconsin Society of Pharmacy Students (WSPS) is the recipient of a Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Organ Donation …
Hofer contributes to study on the opioid epidemic
Alissa Hofer, a fourth year Doctor of Pharmacy student, was the lead author in a study exploring pharmacists’ role in addressing the opioid epidemic. Hofer collaborated with addiction medicine experts in the UW Department of …
Shiyanbola to address health literacy at upcoming summit
Olayinka Shiyanbola, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, is among the invited presenters for the 8th Patient Adherence and Access Summit to be held in Philadelphia in March.
Pharmacy students staff MenB vaccine clinics
Pharmacy students have been instrumental in immunizing 13,000 undergraduates at UW-Madison. UW-Madison recommends that all undergraduate students be vaccinated against meningococcal disease serogroup B following the identification of three cases on campus.
Recent grad showcases the expanded role of pharmacists
Anita Kashyap, a 2012 PharmD graduate and a clinical pharmacist at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital in Madison, Wis. was featured in a recent USA Today article highlighting the expanded role of pharmacists
Flury’s work garners recognition by Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
A paper entitled “Interdisciplinary Approach to Reducing the Burden of Lyme Disease in Rural Wisconsin” written by Jonathin Flury, a fourth year pharmacy student, was recently published online by the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health.
Students give back while on summer break
A break from didactic coursework paired with a community outreach initiative allowed student pharmacists Christina Tran, Eric Friestrom, and Lindsey Hoff to provide essential medication and disease state counseling to patients, caregivers, and other health …