Stay in touch with your fellow UW–Madison School of Pharmacy alumni across the country by checking (and sharing) Class Notes in each DiscoveRx digital magazine issue.
Alumni
Dave’s Corner: Spring 2023
Associate Dean for Advancement David Mott shares what the School is grateful for and how alumni can help support the next generation of Badger pharmacists.
School’s Advisory Board Adds Two New Alumni Experts
Brent Eberle (BS ’98) and Mehran Yazdanian (MS ’88, PhD ’90) bring rich experience in industry and managed care pharmacy to the Board of Visitors.
In the Rink and in the Pharmacy
Alum Ed Lebler (BS ’81), NCAA champion and two-time Olympian, followed his dual passions for hockey and pharmacy.
Touring Pharmacy in the Wild West
In the Ouray Alchemist, Colorado-based Nancy Haggar (BS ‘81) and her husband Curt operate a museum of rare pharmacy artifacts.
Innovating Pulmonary Treatments for Preemies
Funded by multiple grants, alum Russ Lehrman (PhD ‘81) is developing a new therapeutic to revolutionize pulmonary care, starting with preterm infants.
Alum Leads a Global Alliance for Digital Therapeutics
Megan Coder (PharmD ’09) helped found the international Digital Therapeutics Alliance to weave digital therapeutics into healthcare.
School of Pharmacy Researchers Earn 2022 Best Paper Award for Pioneering CancelRx Study
The winning paper by Professor Michelle Chui, alum Taylor Watterson (MS ’18, PhD ’22) and collaborators explores impactful changes to pharmacist and prescriber workflow.
UW–Madison PharmD Student Awarded First-of-its-kind Scholarship to Improve Rural Healthcare
New rural health scholarship honors School of Pharmacy alumnus and pharmacist Lyle Vandenberg In partnership with the American Medical Association Foundation (AMAF) and the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association, Brian Vandenberg, Homeward general counsel and chief …
Patient Outcomes Research to Improve Care
From government programs to life sciences companies, Karishma Desai (PhD ‘16) focuses on research to improve healthcare for patients By Katie Ginder-Vogel “When I became a pharmacist, my key focus was on patients and the …