Health care regimens for older adults often include the use of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medication. Among older adults at risk of a major adverse drug event, nearly half of the instances were because of …
Social & Administrative Sciences
Shiyanbola selected for NIH health sciences scholars program
Olayinka Shiyanbola, assistant professor, Social and Administrative Sciences Division, has been accepted to the first cohort of NIH Scholars of the Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences. The goal of the program …
Impacting health care: focus on older adults
As our population ages, attention focuses on ways to improve health outcomes for older adults, and to prevent injuries and harm. For older adults, falls are common and costly. Falls are caused by many things, …
Chui to lead grad students in writing boot camp
Michelle Chui, associate professor, in the Social and Administrative Sciences (SAS) Division, has developed a writing boot camp for graduate students in the SAS Division. Modeled after the boot camp offered by the UW Writing …
Aboneh recognized for global scholarship
Ephrem Aboneh, a graduate student in the Systems Approach to Medication Safety (SAMS) lab of Michelle Chui, Social and Administrative Sciences Division, embodies the spirit of the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy. Aboneh was awarded a …
Bonnie Svarstad receives 2014 APhA Wiederholt Prize for best published paper
Professor Emerita Bonnie Svarstad received the 2014 American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Wiederholt Prize, an honor that recognizes the best paper published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA) within the past two calendar …
Patient communication is symposium focus
Betty Chewning, professor, Social & Administrative Sciences Division and Director of the Sonderegger Research Center, and Beth Martin, professor (CHS), Pharmacy Practice Division presented a symposium at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare held …
SAS Faculty Candidates to Visit Campus
Four faculty candidates for the the Social & Administrative Sciences Division have been invited for a two day visit to the UW-Madison campus. Each candidate will hold a public presentation highlighting their research. The candidates …
Amin says medicine and fasting need not conflict
Nearly a quarter of the world’s population is celebrating Ramadan this month, but many of them are fasting in observance of the Muslim holy month at unnecessary risk to their health. For those with chronic …
Award recognizes global effort for medication safety
Ephrem Aboneh, PhD graduate student working with Michelle Chui, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, is the recipient of a Global Health Institute Award to identify hazards, strategies, and recommendations to improve …