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2023 pharmacy graduate award winners pictures left to right: Adam Butzler, Ashlie Bunten, Grace Dahlen, Ellie Hodapp, Sneha Cyriac, Jamie Rusan, CPHS dean and professor Renae Chesnut

CPHS 2023 Commencement Ceremonies 

The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) held the annual Professional Hooding and Commencement Ceremony for professional program students on Friday, May 12th, 2023. The 63 Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences undergraduate students participated in the University Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony held on Saturday, May 13th.  Receiving their degrees and doctoral hoods during the...

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Left to right: Josie Svoboda, Kieu Pham, Jana Kay Lacanlale, Isaac Ramos, Bri Brewster, Delaney Taylor, Megan Kearns

Students Honored During Annual Recognition & Pinning Ceremony 

Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) held its annual Recognition and Pinning Ceremony on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The Ceremony marks students’ transition to final year internships, fieldwork, and rotations for third-year undergraduate health sciences students, first-year master of athletic training students, second-year occupational therapy doctoral students, and third-year doctor of pharmacy...

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Nora Stelter named Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association

Nora Stelter named Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association

Nora Stelter, PharmD, CHWC, associate professor of pharmacy practice in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), was named Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). Stelter was selected for the APhA Award by the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM). Stelter, who is also the coordinator of introductory pharmacy practice experiences...

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CPHS Student Pharmacists and Alumni Have Phase I Residency Match Day Success 

CPHS Student Pharmacists and Alumni Have Phase I Residency Match Day Success 

Fourth-year student pharmacists in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) who are interested in completing residencies learned of their postgraduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency training “matches” on March 15, 2023. Twenty-three of thirty (77%) CPHS student pharmacists pursuing residencies matched in Phase I of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)...

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Reiman Receives Nita Pandit Research Award 

Reiman Receives Nita Pandit Research Award 

Drake University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS) is pleased to announce that second-year student pharmacist Kathryn Reiman was selected as the 2023 recipient of the Nita Pandit Student Research Award. Established in 2022, this award honors CPHS students who are involved in hands-on research with a CPHS faculty member. Dr. Nita Pandit was...

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Third-year student pharmacists Shannon Dicken and Peyton Braun presented with the 2023 Granberg Awards by dean and professor Renae Chesnut during Health Professions Day.

Braun and Dicken Receive 2023 Granberg Award 

Peyton Braun and Shannon Dickon, third-year student pharmacists in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS), were selected as the 2023-24 recipients of the C. Boyd Granberg Student Excellence Scholarship Award. In honor of the award’s namesake, this honor recognizes rising fourth-year student pharmacists who have demonstrated leadership in advancing the profession and...

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Drake Women's Basketball teammates Courtney Becker, Katie Dinnebier, Sarah Beth Gueldner, Ava Hawthorne, Ashley Iiams, Taylor McAuley, Anna Miller

Drake Women’s Basketball Players Prepare for Future Healthcare Careers 

The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is well represented on the Drake Women’s Basketball Team, as seven (7) of the 12 players on the team chose health sciences or pharmacy as their future career paths. Courtney Becker, Katie Dinnebier, Sarah Beth Gueldner, Ava Hawthorne, Ashley Iiams, Taylor McAuley, and Anna Miller must balance the...

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Drs. Decker and Reinoso Join Drake OTD Program 

Drs. Decker and Reinoso Join Drake OTD Program 

The Drake University Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) Program in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences adds to its faculty with the additions of Dr. Thomas Decker, OTD, OTR/L, and Dr. Gustavo Reinoso, Ph.D., OTR/L.  Drs. Decker and Reinoso join Drake from the Department of Occupational Therapy at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Dr. Pallavi Patel...

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Dr. Alisa Drapeaux shows real human anatomy in 3D form on an Anatomage Table to a student.

CPHS Obtains Interactive 3D Anatomage Table 

Students in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Drake University have access to new interactive 3D virtual technology for learning human anatomy and physiology. Drake is one of the few institutions in Iowa to have an Anatomage Table, the most technologically advanced 3D anatomy visualization and virtual dissection tool for anatomy and physiology...

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CPHS Alumni Achievement Awards Announced 

CPHS Alumni Achievement Awards Announced 

The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences‘ annual Alumni Achievement Awards were presented at Health Professions Day (formerly Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day) on February 23, 2023. This year’s outstanding alumni included Young Alumni Achievement Award recipients Emmeline Paintsil (PH’18, ED’21), and Sydney Marshman (OT’19), and Alumni Achievement Award Recipients CoraLynn Trewet (PH’03) and Todd...