Olayinka Shiyanbola, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, and current NIH Mixed Methods Research Training Program Scholar has been selected by the UW Institute for Clinical and Translation Research (ICTR) as a …
Research
NIH grant allows Kwan and Rose to further antibiotic research
Jason Kwan, assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, will serve as Principal Investigator, with Warren Rose, associate professor (CHS), Pharmacy Practice Division as Co-Investigator for a grant from the NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases …
Vardeny awarded support for heart failure research
Orly Vardeny, associate professor (CHS), in the Pharmacy Practice Division is investigating the effect of sacubitril/valsartan on blood vessel lining, in patients with weakened hearts due to heart failure. In the Prospective comparison of an …
Senator Baldwin briefed on Global Pharmacy Fellowship
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) visited Rennebohm Hall in September to learn about the novel Comparative Health System Global Pharmacy Fellowship at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy. As antibiotic resistance is a growing global problem and …
Infectious disease research by Rose and colleagues is among most significant in 2014
A recent publication resulting from a collaboration with Warren Rose, associate professor (CHS), and colleagues from the departments of pharmacy and medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics was highlighted as the 6th …
Kwan is recipient of 2015 ASP Research Starter Grant
Jason Kwan, assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded a research starter grant by The American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) for the investigation of novel biofilm inhibitors made by symbiotic bacteria living in marine …
Researchers return from annual ASP Conference
Pharmacognosy (“a branch of pharmacology dealing with medicinal substances of biological origin…”) according to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary) is receiving high attention in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division with the research of faculty members Tim Bugni, …
Kreling and Chewning develop process for physician referrals to pharmacists
Pharmacists have many potential roles and contributions in direct patient care beyond dispensing. Some hospitals, health systems, and clinics integrate pharmacists into care teams where physicians rely on pharmacists for therapeutic input and decision making …
Hestekin and O’Driscoll recognized as publication authors
The research contributions of 2013 PharmD graduates, Heather Hestekin and Tristan O’Driscoll has resulted in publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the BMC Medicine Journal. Prevalence, risk factors and disability associated with fall-related …
School launches new Med Chem Center
A key translational research initiative for Dean and Professor Steve Swanson is realized this July as the Medicinal Chemistry Center (MCC) of the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy is launched.