Laurel Legenza (PharmD ’13) leads two health-system improvement projects on two different continents in the name of global health.
Faculty
Nanoparticles Improve Tumor Treatment in Mice
Research by Professor Glen Kwon and former graduate student Tony Tam (PhD ’18) is working toward enhancing the efficacy of chemotherapy.
5 New Assistant Professors Advance School’s Research and Teaching
Three new hires and two new appointments strengthen the School’s Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences Divisions.
New Award Will Support Faster, More Powerful Drug Lead Development
The School’s Professor Weiping Tang is the principal investigator on the project that won funding from the UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative program.
Global Health Leader Connie Kraus Retires from the School of Pharmacy
Connie Kraus (BS ’75, PharmD ‘93)—quilter, fisherwoman, grandmother, world traveler, and pharmacist—is retiring from the School after 25 years.
PharmD Program Strengthens Interprofessional Education
The School’s IPE program includes a host of activities, including clinical simulations, designed to graduate career-ready, collaborative pharmacists.
PharmD Student Entrepreneurs Step into the ‘Shark Tank’
School of Pharmacy faculty and alumni came together to teach valuable entrepreneurial skills to PharmD students, and then tested the students’ mettle with a pitch to investors.
Taking Cues From Nature to Unlock Pharmaceutical Potential
Assistant Professor Jason Kwan, in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is researching microbialites in South Africa to unearth new pharmaceutical tools.
Searching the Sea, and Bacterial Battles, for New Antibiotics
The School’s Tim Bugni and Lingjun Li are using coculturing techniques to recreate aspects of real ecosystems to spur dormant and hidden antibiotic capacities into action.
Photo Gallery: Thank A Badger Day 2018
Every year, students, faculty, and staff at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy set aside time to write thank-you cards to our alumni donors.