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Third-year student pharmacist Abigail Stumpner poses for a portrait at the 2021 White Coat Ceremony for Drake University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

CPHS Announces Bill Burke Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship and Inaugural Burke Scholar 

Drake University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS) is pleased to announce the creation of the Bill Burke Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship. Established in 2022 by Main at Locust Pharmacy, the Bill Burke Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship benefits third- or fourth-year Drake student pharmacists with financial need.  Third-year student pharmacist Abigail Stumpner is the inaugural Burke...

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Schick Receives Inaugural Roger W. Lee Endowed Scholarship for First-Generation Pharmacists

Schick Receives Inaugural Roger W. Lee Endowed Scholarship for First-Generation Pharmacists

Michaela Schick, a third-year student pharmacist, was awarded the inaugural Roger W. Lee Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year. This scholarship recognizes first-generation pharmacists who are pursuing their PharmD within Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS). Originally from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Schick was drawn to the pharmacy profession because of...

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Murcek Receives Inaugural June Felice Johnson Pharmacy Scholarship 

Murcek Receives Inaugural June Felice Johnson Pharmacy Scholarship 

McKenna Murcek, a third-year student pharmacist, was awarded the inaugural June Felice Johnson Pharmacy Scholarship for the 2023-24 academic year. This scholarship recognizes student pharmacists within Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) who have demonstrated preparation for and an interest in pursuing a career in diabetes patient care and education. Originally from...

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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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Hansen Completes Inclusive Teaching Fellowship 

Hansen Completes Inclusive Teaching Fellowship 

Anisa Hansen, clinical pharmacist and professor in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), completed the Lumen Circles Belonging and Inclusive Teaching Fellowship in the fall of 2022. Lumen Circles are faculty professional development experiences that use virtual learning communities to connect faculty members with peers and help them hone their expertise as...

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CPHS Students, Alumni, and Faculty Awarded at 2022 IPA Annual Meeting

CPHS Students, Alumni, and Faculty Awarded at 2022 IPA Annual Meeting

At the 2022 Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) Annual Meeting, held September 23-24 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, pharmacists and student pharmacists joined together for professional development and to recognize Iowa pharmacy’s spirit of service and its culture of professionalism.   Associate professor of pharmacy practice Wendy Mobley-Bukstein served as a panelist for the September 23 keynote address...

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Welty Chairs International Epilepsy Crisis Response Task Force; Student Pharmacists Involved in Ukrainian Emergency Response 

Welty Chairs International Epilepsy Crisis Response Task Force; Student Pharmacists Involved in Ukrainian Emergency Response 

Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences professor of pharmacy practice, Dr. Tim Welty, has been appointed chair of the newly formed International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Crisis Response Task Force. Dr. J Helen Cross, President of the ILAE and The Prince of Wales’s Chair of Childhood Epilepsy at Great Ormond Street Hospital in...

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Blackmer Receives AFPE Gateway to Research Award 

Blackmer Receives AFPE Gateway to Research Award 

Sydney Blackmer, third-year student pharmacist, is a recipient of a Gateway to Research Award sponsored by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE). This award program seeks to provide student pharmacists with opportunities to participate in faculty-mentored research within the pharmaceutical sciences, leading to greater understanding of the importance of research and the implications of...

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Munusamy Accepted to AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program 

Munusamy Accepted to AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program 

Shankar Munusamy, associate professor of pharmacology in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), was accepted into the 19th cohort of the 2022-2023 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Academic Leadership Fellows Program (ALFP). Munusamy is the fourth current faculty member in the CPHS to be accepted into this program. Other faculty members...

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McCreedy Receives Inaugural Alexander Scholarship for Rural Iowa Health

McCreedy Receives Inaugural Alexander Scholarship for Rural Iowa Health

McKenna McCreedy, a third-year student pharmacist, was awarded the inaugural Joe and Gordon Alexander Pharmacy Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes a student pharmacist within Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) who is from rural Iowa and plans to return to rural Iowa health following graduation.  McCreedy is from Tiffin, Iowa, and plans to return to rural Iowa after graduating...

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