While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as we know it, what has not changed is the commitment of Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) students to provide services to patients in various practice settings. They are on the frontlines of health care, continuing to be committed to patient care while...
Rita Hammer, a third-year student at the Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS), was selected by a panel of Drake pharmacy alumni as the 2020-2021 recipient of the C. Boyd Granberg Student Excellence Scholarship Award. In honor of the award’s namesake, this honor recognizes a rising P4 student who has demonstrated leadership...
National pharmacy leader, Charlie Porter, PH’70, of Ellston, Iowa has been selected to receive the 2020 Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor, the highest honor given by Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS). The Weaver Medal of Honor recognizes an individual’s dedication to making a substantial impact on the...
During the annual Health Professions Day (formerly Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day), held on February 27, 2020, the College of Pharmacy and Health Science presented various awards to faculty members who demonstrate outstanding teaching, mentorship, scholarship, and professional involvement within their fields. Nominations for the awards are sought from students and colleagues alike from within...
During the annual Health Professions Day (formerly Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day), held on February 27, 2020, the College of Pharmacy and Health Science presented various awards to preceptors and fieldwork educators who demonstrate outstanding teaching and mentorship to students at their practice sites. Nominations for the awards are sought from students within the college....
Drake University’s pharmacy program, part of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, improved its ranking among private school programs from a fifth-place tie in 2017 to a fourth-place tie in the 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” Drake’s score in the rankings increased from 2.9 to 3.2 on...
The College’s annual Alumni Achievement Awards were presented at Health Professions Day on February 27th. This year’s outstanding alumni included Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient, Aubrey Frette, PH’14, and Alumni Award Recipients, Sanela Bilic, PH’03, GR’03, and Gregg Brown, PH’78, LW’81. “Our 2020 Alumni Achievement Awardees are a distinguished group of individuals with many achievements,”...
Dr. Eliza Dy-Boarman, associate professor of pharmacy practice in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, successfully completed the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Leadership and Management Certificate Program requirements. The Leadership and Management Certificate is one of many programs offered by the ACCP Academy. The Academy, established in 2006, provides high-quality, flexible,...
Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new online degree program, the Master of Science in Health Informatics and Analytics (MS HIA), that will equip students with the technical and leadership skills necessary to thrive in the rapidly growing fields of healthcare informatics and data analytics. Health information technology...
Renae Chesnut, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Dean, has been elected by her peers as chair-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Council of Deans. Chesnut will begin the duties of chair-elect at the Association’s annual meeting in July and will become chair of the Council in July 2021. In addition...