The One Question For Your Pharmacist
EDUCATION
Jan 16, 2020

The One Question For Your Pharmacist

A trip to the pharmacy should be simple. Pick up your medications and be on your way, right. But what about your medication’s potential side effects or interactions with other drugs?... Read More

Maliheh Free Clinic Spotlight
EDUCATION
Mar 14, 2019

Maliheh Free Clinic Spotlight

Maliheh Free Clinic is reversing the cycle of poverty and suffering created by poor health, by providing free quality medical care to low income and uninsured Utah families ... Read More

RECOGNITION, RESEARCH, EDUCATION
Apr 05, 2017

Outstanding Educator Award of Health Science Professional Students

Congratulations to Dr. Laura Shane-McWhorter for receiving the Outstanding Educator Award of Health Science Professional Students! She was also included in the Interprofessional Education Team Award! The College is honored to have such a dedicated and inspiring educator!... Read More

Sung Wan Kim to receive the University of Utah Distinguished Chemistry Alumni Award in 2016
RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
Sep 29, 2016

Sung Wan Kim

Sung Wan Kim to receive the University of Utah Distinguished Chemistry Alumni Award in 2016! As a former Ph.D. student of Henry Eyring at Utah, faculty Sung Wan Kim is recently selected to received the Chemistry Alumni Award at a ceremony in April, 2016.... Read More

RESEARCH, RECOGNITION
May 09, 2016

#5 in New NIH Ranking

The College of Pharmacy's NIH Funding ranking has moved up to #5 in 2015. This is the 41st consecutive year ranking among the top ten colleges of pharmacy.... Read More

RESEARCH, RECOGNITION
Feb 12, 2016

David Grainger has been announced as a 2016 Fulbright Fellow

Grainger's Fulbright Award will support his 4-month visiting faculty position to teach and perform research at the School of Pharmacy, Centre for Bioengineering and Nanomedicine, and Centre for Innovation at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946, the program seeks to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills.... Read More

Dr. Eric Schmidt Published in PNAS
RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
Feb 11, 2016

Dr. Eric Schmidt Published in PNAS

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) recently published Dr. Eric Schmidt's paper titled "Metabolic Model for Diversity-Generating Biosynthesis" and can be viewed on their website... Read More

Amy Barrios has been selected as a 2015 Teva Scholar
RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
Aug 05, 2015

Amy Barrios

We are very excited to announce that Amy Barrios has been selected as a 2015 Teva Scholar! The Teva Pharmaceuticals Scholars program is administered by the ACS Office of Research Grants. The program is a philanthropic grant program ... Read More

RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
May 25, 2015

Local Pharmacy in the future

How might your neighborhood pharmacy be different five or ten years from now? Dr. Mike Feehan, visiting professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah talks about how one day, you may be more likely to visit your local pharmacist for routine acute care than you would your doctor.... Read More

Dave Grainger Awarded Two Lectures
RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
Jan 07, 2015

Dave Grainger Awarded Two Lectures

Dave Grainger (Eccles Presidential Chair of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry was recently awarded two named lectures: 1) the “Dr. K.T. Dholakia” oration, “Challenges in translating antimicrobial technologies to orthopedic implants”, as part of the Bombay ... Read More

RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
Nov 24, 2014

Eric Schmidt Interview on The Scope

Eric Schmidt, Ph.D., professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Utah, searches marine organisms for novel compounds that could be transformed into therapeutics, such as medicines to combat pain or cancer.... Read More

RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
Oct 29, 2014

Tom Cheatham has Been Named Director of the CHPC

University Information Technology (UIT) is pleased to announce that after a competitive search, Professor Thomas E. Cheatham III has been named director of the Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC), which provides large-scale computer and networking resources to facilitate advances in academic disciplines that require computing and network capabilities beyond those existing in individual colleges, departments, and groups.... Read More

RESEARCH, RECOGNITION
Oct 27, 2014

Nathaniel Cordova Receives Scholarship From SACNAS

Nathaniel Cordova, a Hispanic student in the Class of 2018 at the College of Pharmacy, began researching with Dr. Mario Alburges, Diversity Committee Chair and Research Associate Professor from the Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, three years ago. They study the role of neuropeptides in mediating the effects of drug of abuse on rat CNS, and together with a team of other researchers, they published a paper on, “Responses of the Rat Basal Ganglia Neurotensin Systems to Low Doses of Methamphetamine.” Conference coordinators awarded Nathaniel with an all-expenses paid scholarship to present the paper at this year’s SACNAS Conference (Society for the Advancement of Chicos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) in Los Angeles.... Read More

RESEARCH, RECOGNITION
Sep 25, 2014

NACDS Point-of-Care Testing training program

University of Utah, College of Pharmacy, L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute is hosting the Community Pharmacy-Based Point-of Care Testing certificate & Train the Trainer program, NACDS’ two-day training opportunity for pharmacists.... Read More

RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
Sep 23, 2014

Geoff Miller

Congratulations to Geoff Miller who won best poster award at the UU Biosciences Symposium on September 23, 2014... Read More

RESEARCH, RECOGNITION
Aug 23, 2014

Brandon Jennings

Brandon Jennings (Associate Professor) in the Department of Pharmacotherapy was just named 2014 Pharmacist of the Year by the Utah Society of Health System Pharmacists.... Read More

RESEARCH, RECOGNITION
Jun 24, 2014

You Han Bae - Controlled Release Society College of Fellows 2014 Awardee

Professor You Han Bae is a Controlled Release Society College of Fellows 2014 awardee. His outstanding contributions to the field including thermosensitive polymers and hydrogels, material design for improving cellular drug delivery and to CRS with his service and leadership are many. The selection committee is very pleased to honor Professor You Han Bae with this most prestigious CRS award – induction into the CRS College of Fellows. The award will be presented at the CRS annual meeting in July.... Read More

RESEARCH, RECOGNITION
Jun 23, 2014

Professor Gary S. Yost

I am deeply saddened to inform you that my close friend and Colleague Gary S. Yost passed away this morning. Professor Gary Yost joined the faculty of the College in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1987. Throughout his career Gary maintained an active research group and was a mentor to many generations of students, postdocs and visiting scholars. Gary was always an an avid support of the College and ardent Ute fan. The family has asked me to pass along their thanks to the College for its support of Gary over the years and lifelong friendship. He will truly be missed. Information about services will be forthcoming. Our Best Wishes Go out to Barb and all of Gary's family.... Read More

RESEARCH, RECOGNITION
Jun 20, 2014

Presidential Scholars

The latest post to Ruth Watkins' Academic Insider blog features the six Presidential Scholars.... Read More

RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
Jun 04, 2014

JMCP

Please join us in congratulating Carrie McAdam-Marx, Brandon Jennings, Mukul Singhal, and Karen Gunning on the publication of the research in JMCP.... Read More

RECOGNITION, RESEARCH
May 29, 2014

Epilepsy Foundation Presents Lifetime Accelerator Award to H. Steven White, Ph.D.

LANDOVER, MD, May 29, 2014 – The Epilepsy Foundation announced today that H. Steven White, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and toxicology and principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored Anticonvulsant Drug Development Program at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Epilepsy Foundation’s Lifetime Accelerator Award, in recognition of his commitment and pioneering contributions to the field of epilepsy and seizures. Dr. White will be honored at the 4th Biennial Epilepsy Pipeline Conference 2014, being held June 5-7, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.... Read More

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