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June 14, 2018
Faculty News: June 2018
Purdue University Grants Stephen Robert Byrn received $94,000 from National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education for “Methods for Evaluating ...
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May 11, 2018
Damage Control
Planning for the unexpected is a smart strategy for any institution. Last year’s fierce hurricanes put pharmacy schools’ disaster planning to the test and brought these resilient communities together to support each other.
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May 11, 2018
Lightboard Tech Illuminates Learning
Shenandoah’s Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy integrates new method for delivering video instruction.
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May 11, 2018
Pressing Play on Better Patient Care
A series of videos created by practitioners at OSU aim to help autism patients understand what to expect at an appointment, not only improving the healthcare experience for Ohioans but for patients across the country.
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May 11, 2018
Precision Medicine, Made for Pharmacists

No more one-size-fits-all drugs. As genetic screening becomes more affordable and pharmacogenetic research diversifies, pharmacists look to implement the therapeutic ...

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May 11, 2018
Breathing a Sigh of Relief
When it comes to treating teens and adults with persistent asthma, simpler is better, according to an analysis led by University of Connecticut researchers.
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May 11, 2018
“IN” the Know in Long Beach

Inspiration abounded at this year’s INterim Meeting, as attendees heard from expert speakers on leadership and took home fresh methods ...

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May 4, 2018
Faculty News: Spring 2018
Keck Graduate Institute School of Pharmacy Grants Talia Puzantian, principal investigator, was awarded $25,000 from California Health Care Foundation for ...
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March 16, 2018
APhA Honors AACP Executive Vice President and CEO with Top Mentorship Award
Lucinda L. Maine, Ph.D., R.Ph., AACP executive vice president and CEO, will receive APhA's Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award, recognizing her exemplary service as a role model and mentor, promoting and encouraging pharmacists to attain leadership positions.
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February 22, 2018
Tipping the Scales
The obesity crisis is one of the nation’s biggest health concerns. Pharmacists are on the front lines when it comes to helping patients shed and keep off extra pounds. As obesity becomes more prevalent among the U.S. population—more than a third of adults and one in five children are now considered to be obese—the effects on society are harder to ignore.
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February 22, 2018
Hiding in Plain Sight
UCSF School of Pharmacy scientists engineer drug delivery device that treats glaucoma directly inside the eye. Glaucoma, which affects over 60 million people worldwide, can seem easy to treat: medicated eye drops can be used to ease the buildup of fluid in the eye that underlies the condition. If glaucoma is caught early, eye drops can prevent irreversible blindness.
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February 22, 2018
Using Science to Aid Human Rights
A Mercer University professor shares her expertise with key groups to help prevent chemical weapons attacks. In a remote, mountainous region in western Sudan known as Jebel Marra in 2016, the rocket attacks came often and without warning. Homes were decimated. People and livestock were killed. Others, especially children, suffered horrible burns to their body.
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