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Pharmacy students Mai Vestergaard, Ethan Chang, and Ming May Zhang

Student Team Takes 4th in National ACCP Clinical Research Challenge

A team of three UConn School of Pharmacy students took fourth place in this year’s American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Clinical Research Challenge.  Team members Ming Zhang, Ethan Wang, and Mai Vestergaard, all recent B.S. graduates in pursuit of their Pharm.D. degrees, presented their research entitled: Effects of  Clinical Pharmacy Program on Influenza Vaccination […]

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Quarterly Recap of Pharmacy Faculty Research Grants – FY2020 Q2 and Q3

Recapping the quarters beginning October 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020, the UConn School of Pharmacy congratulates the following Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice faculty and their teams for their research grant awards* totaling $6,002,715 : Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Robin H. Bogner, Ph.D. MedImmune Identifying the Causes for Long Reconstitution Times: Phase […]

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Myth Busters: the Facts on Dietary Supplements and COVID-19

Vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc, elderberry, and silver nutritional supplements have all made recent headlines in the fight against the coronavirus. But do they really work? UConn School of Pharmacy faculty pharmacists, Drs. Kathleen Adams, William Baler, and Diana Sobieraj crunched the evidence based data in a recent article in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. The […]

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2020 Pharmacy Faculty Promotions

UConn’s Board of Trustees recently approved the following promotions among School of Pharmacy faculty in recognition of their continued high quality contributions to the academic mission of the University. Bodhisattwa (Bodhi) Chaudhuri, Ph.D. has been promoted from associate professor to professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He currently holds associate professor positions in the Departments […]

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School of Pharmacy Holds First Virtual Commencement

On May 9 UConn’s School of  Pharmacy graduated 163 pharmacy students, conferring degrees (virtually via UConn’s feed) to four Doctors of Philosophy, seventy-four Doctors of Philosophy, and eight-five Bachelors of Science. It was a historic celebration caused by COVID-19 restrictions that worked to pull students and families across the globe together online to celebrate the […]

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Thomas Menighan, APhA VP, CEO is Pharmacy’s First Virtual Commencement Speaker

On Saturday, May 9 Thomas E. Menighan, B. S. Pharm, MBA, (Hon) ScD shared his thoughts in a virtual Commencement for three UConn School of Pharmacy graduating classes (Ph.D., Pharm.D., and B.S.) , their families and friends across the region, country and world.  It was a momentous occasion, a part of UConn’s larger University wide celebration, […]

C. Michael White

C. Michael White Named UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor

The UConn School of Pharmacy is pleased to announce that on April 29, 2020, Dr. C. Michael White, Head of Pharmacy Practice, was named a UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor. The Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor is the highest honor that the University of Connecticut bestows on faculty who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, […]

Liming Chen gives oral presentation at an ASPET meeting

Liming Chen is Molecular Pharmacology’s April 2020 Trainee Author

Liming Chen, a pre-doctoral trainee in the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been selected as Molecular Pharmacology ‘s highlighted trainee author for April 2020. This monthly feature highlights emerging scientific talent in the field of pharmacology. Molecular Pharmacology is the journal of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). Quoting the feature, “The […]

Andrea Hubbard Receives 2020 Robert L. McCarthy Award

The School of Pharmacy has named Andrea Hubbard, Ph.D., recipient of the 2020 Dean Robert L. McCarthy Faculty Service Award. This is an annual award presented to a full-time faculty member who has provided outstanding service to their department, school, the university, the profession of pharmacy, and the public. Hubbard is an Associate Professor of […]

Medication in the Time of COVID-19: Listen to the Experts

A panel of UConn experts cut through misinformation and rumor about drug treatments for COVID-19.