Author: Becky Klein (Becky Klein)

Recent Faculty & Student Awards and Publications Recent Publications: Craige Wrenn published a paper: C.C. Wrenn, A.M. Heitzer, A.K. Roth, L. Nawrocki and M.G. Valdovinos, Effects of clonidine and methylphenidate on motor activity in fmr1 knockout mice, Neuroscience Letters 585 (2015) 109-113. John Rovers and Aaron Beck, P3 student published a manuscript: John Gitua, Aaron...

Pneumonia, or infection of the lung(s), can be severely debilitating—even fatal—to those who are at risk. For people living with health issues such as diabetes, a heart condition, or an autoimmune disease, pneumonia can be particularly dangerous. “I think most people don’t think of pneumonia as a life-threatening disease, “ says Nicholas Lehman, assistant professor...

CPHS’s Jacqueline Chorzempa,was one of 10 recipients of the prestigious 2014 Kappa Psi Scholarship from the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Foundation. Among Jacqueline’s other significant achievements, she was recently re-elected to serve as Historian for the six states (9 chapters) of  the NPP (Northern Plains Province) for Kappa Psi Fraternity over the next year. Congratulations Jacki!...

Congratulations to the Incoming and Continuing 2014-2015 IPA Board of Trustee Members: Michele Evink, (Preceptor) Chair of the Board Iowa Health System, Director of Pharmacy Services at Clarke County Hospital Osceola Osceola, IA John Swegle, PH’92 President Staff Pharmacist Mercy Family Medicine Residency Program Associate Professor University of Iowa Mason City, IA Bruce Alexander, PH’74...

The 2014 Drake University Commencement Archive is now active and available at http://stream.drake.edu Video copies of all four ceremonies are available to view for free. In addition, viewers can download copies to their computer or mobile device by following the link to Drake University on iTunes U on the website.

The Leaders and Luminaries ceremony honors student leadership and achievement.  Students receive awards for outstanding leadership, community service, student employment and extracurricular involvement.  The top students in each class are honored as well as the prestigious Oreon E. Scott Award winner, whose recipient is considered to be the outstanding senior at Drake. Congratulations to the...

Tampa, FL, April 4, 2014 —  At the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 26th Annual Meeting & Expo in Tampa, FL, the AMCP Foundation announced that  Logan Brinn, PH’13, a pharmacy resident with CVS Caremark received the Best Resident or Fellow Poster, titled “Evaluation of Utilization Trends Associated with the Treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia”....

WASHINGTON – The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation has named Brian Wall, as the 2014-15 Knowlton Center Executive Resident in Association Management and Leadership. The residency, created by the Knowlton Foundation through the Center for Pharmacist-Based Health Solutions, seeks to prepare the next generation of leaders in the pharmacy profession. Wall will begin his year-long...

Drake Pharmacy Students decorated a tree in the annual Festival of Trees and Lights, benefiting the Blank Children’s Hospital Child Life and Advocacy & Outreach programs.  The Drake tree was decorated by Alyssa Gould, Janelle Behnke, and Kelsey Lawfer, all P3 students.  During the Gala event on Tuesday, November 26, the Drake tree was selected by Bankers Life,...

Wendy Duncan, the new dean of the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, comes from a family of pharmacists. Click here to read about Dean Duncan’s feature in the Des Moines Register. Or read here:  http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131202/LIFE02/312020021/Health-profile-Pharmacy-is-in-new-Drake-dean-s-DNA?Frontpage