Events
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Kreminar – Accessing the History of Health, Pharmacy, and Medicines in Madison
Recent events as diverse as America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid crisis, the anti-vaccine movement, the debate over the legalization and regulation of marijuana and other personal use drugs, struggles over drug prices and accessibility, among others, all have roots in the history of pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, drugs, medicines, and healthcare. The wide-ranging public debates about these topics vividly demonstrate the vital importance of grounding contemporary public health discussions in a clear understanding of their relevant histories -- and in evidence.
Madison Innovators Reception
The School of Pharmacy will host an evening reception for Madison-area alumni and friends, featuring a program of alumni and faculty who are innovating in their fields.
Kreminar – “What is the Soft Drug Problem?”: Gatekeeping, Pharmacist Authority, and the Pharmaceutical Industry, 1950-1975
In light of contemporary court cases about the legal and ethical responsibility of pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy chains to protect patients and consumers from psychoactive and intoxicating substances, this Kreminar highlights the internal debates between pharmacists about their need to balance profits with public health concerns related to so-called "dangerous drugs" and "magic bullets.”
Kreminar – “Come On In, The Water’s Fine!”: A Brief History of Healing Springs & Medical Tourism
Geothermal baths and healing springs have a millenia-spanning history of medical tourism, from the ancient Roman baths to the spas of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, considered to be the golden age of the so-called “water cure”.
Kreminar – “Stories of Chinese Students in the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy”: A tale of success and exchange
In the early 20th Century, the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy had a small contingent of Chinese students who worked on traditional Chinese medicine, researching the plants that had been used for thousands of years.
2023 Pharmacy Summer Program
The Pharmacy Summer Program (PSP) is a five-day summer program for rising high school juniors and seniors interested in learning more about pharmacy careers and the UW-Madison Doctor of Pharmacy Program. PSP targets rising high school sophmores, juniors, and seniors from traditionally underrepresented groups in the health science fields.
PhD Defense: Connor Blankenship
Thesis title: Uncovering the multifunctional roles of O-GlcNAc transferase’s cryptic intervening domain