Jill M. Kolesar, professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, has been elected treasurer of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners, (ISOPP). The mission of ISOPP is to promote and enhance oncology pharmacy practice …
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Thorpe recognized as exceptional journal reviewer
Joshua Thorpe, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, has achieved the distinction of “Exceptional Reviewer” for Medical Care for 2009. Exceptional Reviewer designation includes the top 5% of its peer reviewers. Top …
Hayney and Ladell receive good government accolades
Mary Hayney, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, and Nick Ladell, DPH-3 student, are recipients of the 2010 Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) Good Government Award. The award is presented to a PSW …
Grant supports first large study for bacterial infections
Warren Rose, assistant professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, has been awarded funding from Cubist Pharmaceutics, Inc. for a clinical study of a unique combination of antibiotics for the treatment of deep-seated Gram-positive infections. …
Chui honored as top journal reviewer
Michelle Chui, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, has achieved the distinction of “Top Reviewer” for Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy (RSAP) for the year 2009. Only twenty of the journal’s …
Engage award brings technology to the classroom
Beth Martin, assistant professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, and Lauren Shawl, instructional technology consultant from the School of Pharmacy, were featured in an article entitled “Crash course in cyber collaboration” in a recent …
Johnson recognized as AACR Scholar in Training
Jeremy Johnson, assistant scientist in the Pharmacy Practice Division, received an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scholar In Training Award for his abstract titled “Dietary xanthones for prostate cancer chemoprevention: From fruit extract to …
Funding awarded for lung cancer research
Jill M. Kolesar, professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, has received funding to support two clinical trials on lung cancer research from the Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation, Inc. (FSTRF) Based at UW …
Research continues on Staph infection
Warren Rose, assistant professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, received funding to further his research on staphylococcus aureus (S. aureas) biofilms and the barriers to antimicrobial therapy. S. aureas is an epidemic pathogen in …
Research focus is smoking cessation and diabetes
Eva Vivian, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, is co-investigator of a P-50 grant from the National Cancer Institute that will advance treatments for smokers with diabetes. “Engineering Effective Interventions for Tobacco Use: …