School of Pharmacy Alumni COVID-19 Experiences
Our alumni are working on the front lines of the pandemic and experiencing the impact of the public health crisis firsthand. Read some of their stories in their own words.
Alumni COVID-19 Stories
Our strength runs generations deep.
Around the world, Pharmacy Badgers are setting the standard for excellence and innovation. From every class there are health care professionals, researchers, and executives who exemplify the Wisconsin Idea and are changing the world for the better every day. UW–Madison School of Pharmacy graduates are improving lives, taking intellectual risks and changing what we know about science, medicine, and patient care. And, with the help of the School of Pharmacy Alumni Association, they’re staying connected to a network of fellow alumni that stretches across the country and around the globe.
Help shape the future of pharmacy and develop tomorrow's pharmacy professionals by becoming a preceptor.
Become a Preceptor
UW–Madison preceptors are integral to helping our graduates transition from the classroom to the real world of healthcare. Join us and show tomorrow’s pharmacists how to become patient care leaders like you. You’ll get the opportunity to teach future pharmacists and foster lifelong learning. Plus, you'll receive the benefits of access to UW Library resources and discounted continuing education.
Alumni Volunteer Opportunities
Shape the future of pharmacy by sharing your time and talent. See the many ways you can make a difference for the next generation of pharmacists and scientists. Give back as an admissions interviewer or pay it forward as a mentor — or simply inspire students with an encouraging letter.
Recognizing Alumni Volunteers
The School is deeply grateful to alumni and friends who volunteer to lead discussion panels, provide their expertise as guest lecturers, host events, interview prospective students, mentor students, and so much more.
Alumni Shape Growing Specialty Pharmacy Field
Specialty pharmacists play an important and expanding role in helping patients manage chronic and complicated conditions. Alumni Scott Canfield (PharmD ’13), Joe Cesarz (PharmD ’10, MS ’12), Sharon Faust (BS ’07, PharmD ’11), and Bruce Scott (BS ’79) are helping innovate services and programs that empower pharmacists to practice at the top of their license and provide the most effective and efficient care possible.
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His Path to Research
Ephrem Abebe (MS ’14, PhD ’16) came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy from Ethiopia, driven by the motivation to improve medication safety and pivot his career plans from pharmacy practice to research. He recently joined Purdue University College of Pharmacy as an assistant professor.
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In the Crime Lab
PharmTox alumna Melisa Wittkowske (BS ’06) oversees the DNA Databank Unit of the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory. Her team processes DNA samples and enters them into the FBI-owned Combined DNA Index System to help uncover investigative leads.
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Alumni Spotlight: Julie Bartell
Ambulatory care pharmacists are critical in improving patients’ health in outpatient clinical settings. Julie Bartell, a clinical pharmacotherapist, PGY1 ambulatory residency program director, and Pharmacy Badger explains how she makes a difference every day in the lives of so many.
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From Wisconsin PhD Student to Pharmaceutical Industry Leader in Jordan
Ibrahim Jalal (PhD ’78), a 2018 Citation of Merit honoree, embodies the Wisconsin Idea as a pharmaceutical leader for more than 40 years. Hear his perspective on how his pharmaceutical sciences doctorate became a foundation of his success.
Watch his speech
Alumni Events
Interested in networking or getting together for activities with other Badgers? Join us in Madison or at special alumni events around the country.
Stay in Touch
We welcome updates to your contact information with the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
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Submit Alumni Class Notes for DiscoveRx Magazine
Share your personal and professional news to stay in touch with your fellow alumni peers by submitting a Class Note in DiscoveRx, UW–Madison School of Pharmacy's alumni quarterly digital magazine.
Wear Your Alumni Pride
Show your Pharmacy Badger pride with new alumni apparel available to order online.
Pharmacy Diploma Frame
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