Award recognizes global effort for medication safety

Ephrem Aboneh, PhD graduate student working with Michelle Chui, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, is the recipient of a Global Health Institute Award to identify hazards, strategies, and recommendations to improve …

WSPS recognized for MedDrop work

The Wisconsin Society of Pharmacy Students, organization received the Safe Communities 2012 Be Safe Award for Innovation. The award recognizes the students’ work with Cheryl Wittke, Safe Communities, on area MedDrop Events. The Safe Communities …

Students raise dollars for chance to go first

Students in the Sterile Products Lab course of Mel de Villiers, professor (CHS), Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, and Bonnie Fingerhut, Dispensing Laboratory Coordinator, got creative about waiting. After students finish their dry lab activity, they typically …

WSPS students receive video award

Wisconsin Society of Pharmacy Students from UW-Madison representing the Midyear Regional Meeting group achieved first place in the the 2nd Annual Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Student Video Contest. The Olympic-themed video spotlighted Ben Heiser, PharmD, …

Faerber recognized with research award

Adrienne Faerber, recent SAS PhD graduate, earned the Joseph Wiederholt Consortium for Research in Administrative Pharmacy Award at the 2012 Midwest Social & Administrative Pharmacy Conference, held in Madison in August. Faerber’s presentation at the …

Odukoya recognized at APhA annual meeting

Olufunmilola Odukoya, graduate student studying with Michelle Chui, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, received the Best Post-Graduate Poster Presentation Award for her work titled, “Human Factors Analysis of Patient Safety Concerns …

Giving back to the future of pharmacy

Hussain Harun, PharmD Class of 2012 president, and Adam Macguire, vice president, are leading the effort to raise funds for the 2012 graduating class gift. The goal is to raise more than $10,000 in scholarship …

Students make their mark behind the camera

School of Pharmacy students and student organizations made videos showcasing their studies and lives in and out of pharmacy school. The students’ creativity was celebrated at the Video Contest Premiere Event this February where Oscar …

Thorson lab continues breakthrough sugar research

The work of Jon Thorson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, Richard Gantt, graduate student, Pauline Peltier-Pain, postdoctoral fellow, and William J. Cournoyer, PharmD ’11, has been published online in Nature Chemical Biology. The study …