School of Pharmacy

Faculty member Xiuling Lu speaks with a student in a laboratory inside the UConn School of Pharmacy

UConn Professor Invents Nanocapsule for Image-Guided Cancer Treatment

Xiuling Lu has invented a nanocapsule with potential applications for imaging techniques such as CT scans and ultrasound, and cancer treatments

A fall morning aerial view of the Wilbur Cross Building on Oct. 18, 2021.

UConn Welcomes Outstanding New Class, Including Many First-Gen Students

The Class of 2026 will be the most diverse in UConn history

Knock, Knock: UConn Students Making Hartford House Calls with COVID Vaccines

The community initiative is a partnership of CT AHEC, based at UConn Health, with the City of Hartford Department of Health and Human Services, Harriott Home Health Services, and the Hispanic Health Council

Suraj Fanse with Dr. Ben J. Boyd, President of Controlled Release Society. (Also, professor in Drug Delivery Sciences at Monash University, Australia

Ph.D. student Suraj Fanse Earns Best Poster at ’22 CRS Meeting

Suraj  Fanse (expected Ph.D. '23) was awarded best research poster at the Controlled Release Society's (CRS) annual meeting in Montreal, Canada.

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Student News from Sartor Lab – Summer 2022

Congratulations to the following students working in the Sartor Lab this summer.

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UConn Health Specialty Pharmacy: 2 Years of Success and Still Growing

Patients who require specialty drugs have an ally to help coordinate their care and remove barriers to obtaining their medications quickly, safely, and affordably.

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Stephanie Gernant Elected to APhA APRS Office

Stephanie Gernant, Pharm.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, was recently elected chair of the  American Pharmacists Association (APhA),  Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APRS)

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In Memoriam Karl A. Nieforth

Emeritus professor and emeritus dean of the UConn School of Pharmacy, Dr. Karl A. Nieforth passed away on June 18, 2022.

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Student Team Takes 2nd Place in ACCP Clinical Research Challenge

The student team of Molly Csere, Kelly Carucci, and Anagha Gogate, with faculty advisor, Bill Baker, Pharm.D.,  took second among 82 teams, in the recently concluded 2022 ACCP Clinical Research Challenge Awards. 

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OVPR Announces SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund Recipients for 2022-23

Five researchers were awarded internal funding through the competitive program.