Eva Vivian, professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, was selected to serve on the Board of Directors of Access Community Health Centers. Vivian currently maintains a clinical practice at Access Community Health Centers in …
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Impacting Health Care: Family Caregivers and Medication Management
Family caregivers play a vital role in providing care to older adults and helping them remain in their homes and communities. Nearly 1 in 5 adults in the United States provides unpaid care to an …
deVilliers paper selected “Top Pick”
Melgardt de Villiers, professor (CHS) in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, is among the authors of a paper selected Editor’s Pick for the May issue of Expert Opinion of Drug …
Gabriel named inaugural Urdang Chair
Joseph M. Gabriel, PhD, an historian of medicine and the biomedical sciences, will become the first George Urdang Chair in the History of Pharmacy. Gabriel will also undertake a role in the activities of the …
Kolesar appointed co-leader of UWCCC working group
Pharmacy Practice Division faculty Jill Kolesar, professor (CHS) and Director, 3P Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory, UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC), was recently appointed co-leader of the Cancer Therapy Discovery and Development (CTD2) disease oriented working group. …
Kwan receives grant to study biofilm inhibitors
Jason Kwan, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded a research starter grant from the American Society of Pharmacognosy. The grant will support Kwan’s research in the investigation of novel biofilm inhibitors …
Vardeny named American Heart Association Fellow
Orly Vardeny, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, was elected as Fellow of American Heart Association (AHA) through The Council on Clinical Cardiology. Election as a Fellow of the American Heart Association provides …
Look and Margolis receive 2015 Curtis A. Johnson Award
Kevin Look, assistant professor, Social and Administrative Sciences Division and Amanda Margolis, lecturer, Pharmacy Practice Division, received the 2015 Curtis A. Johnson Award for their contributions to The Journal of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. …
Drug developed by Kwon receives granted orphan designation by FDA
Co-D Therapeutics, Inc., a pre-clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing agents for the treatment of cancer, was granted orphan designation for Triolimus for the treatment of Angiosarcoma. Triolimus technology was developed by Glen Kwon, professor in …
DeMuth Announced as Chair of Dosage Forms Expert Commitee
Jim DeMuth, professor and vice-chair of the Division of Pharmacy Professional Development, was re-elected at the USP Convention to the USP Council of Experts (CoE) for 2015-2020 cycle as chair of the Dosage Forms Expert …