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.

Programs at Western University of Health Sciences and Duquesne University are showing young students what the pharmacist can do—and powering the pipeline in the process. Member schools are continuing to amp up efforts to recruit young adults to pursue pharmacy as a career and strengthen the pharmacy pipeline. Dr. Mario Jimenez knows such efforts work.

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.

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.

Hyatt Regency Dulles

The 2018 AACP Spring Institute will be held at the Hyatt Regency Dulles in Herndon, Va., less than five miles from the Dulles International Airport. The hotel address is 2300 Dulles Corner Boulevard, Herndon, Virginia.

Guest Amenities:

Research Mentor Role Description

Role

A Research Mentor is a senior research administrator who serves as a role model and coach to an individual Catalyst in a formal relationship at the home institution. A Research Mentor should create an environment that dissolves the limitations of history, expectation and assumption.

Catalyst Role Description

Definition

An individual accepted into the AACP Catalyst program,