School of Pharmacy
Possible Breakthrough in Battle Against Drug-Resistant Diseases
Two UConn researchers have developed new compounds that appear to be effective against E. coli, MRSA, and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
July 23, 2014 | Colin Poitras
The ABC’s of Managing Your Medications
UConn Health pharmacists give valuable advice on how to take and store your medicines correctly.
April 18, 2014 | Chris Kaminski
Interprofessional Health Care
AHEC students work and learn in interprofessional teams to provide care for the urban underserved.
March 26, 2014 | Cathleen Torrisi
Helping the Uninsured
Nine pharmacy students are helping people enroll for health insurance as part of the Affordable Care Act.
March 24, 2014 | Colin Poitras
Making Pharmacists Part of the Primary Care Team
In a Health Affairs analysis, a UConn professor makes the case for increasing the role of pharmacists in providing front-line care.
November 5, 2013 | Carolyn Pennington
Expanding the Pharmacist’s Role in Mental Health Care
The School of Pharmacy sponsors a symposium on the role of community pharmacists in dealing with patients with mental illness.
May 30, 2013 | Colin Poitras
UConn Patented Instrument Helps Reduce Risks in Drug Development
A team of faculty and students from pharmacy and engineering has invented an instrument that could help pharmaceutical companies develop new medicines more efficiently.
November 3, 2011 | Colin Poitras
Expanding the Pharmacist’s Role in Health Care
Most people see their pharmacist only when they are dropping off a prescription or picking up medication. But new research by the School of Pharmacy and the Connecticut Pharmacists Association has found that allowing pharmacists to be more involved in the delivery of health care improves patient outcomes and reduces costly emergency room visits. It […]
July 1, 2011 | Colin Poitras ’85 (CLAS)
Faculty Member’s Role as Community Pharmacist Represents New Era
Lisa Holle’s community outreach is a new model for the role of pharmacists in health care.
May 11, 2011 | Colin Poitras