Students from Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) attended the annual Bill Burke Student Pharmacists Leadership Conference at Wildwood Hills Ranch in St. Charles, Iowa September 20 – 22, 2019. The annual conference is coordinated by the Iowa Pharmacy Association and involves up to 30 P1 – P3 students from Drake’s CPHS and...
Drake University’s Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) program received an Assistive Technology Kit from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association Iowa Chapter’s Reeves Foundation Grant. Since 2017, Drake’s Occupational Therapy department has partnered with the ALS Association Iowa Chapter to initiate biannual Caregiver Learning Labs. The three-hour labs, hosted at Drake’s OTD facility, pairs ALS caregivers...
Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences recently welcomed the PharmD Class of 2023, continuing its tradition of enrolling high caliber students. The academic performance and demographics of the PharmD Class of 2023 reflect the intent of Drake to maintain its high academic standards for admitted student pharmacists, recruit a diverse cohort of students, and...
Drake University’s first cohort of students in the Masters of Athletic Training (MAT) program within the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) were formally welcomed into the profession during the inaugural Blue Coat Ceremony on October 5th in the Shivers Courtside Club of the Knapp Center. First-year MAT students Drew Orr, Frankie Porter, and...
Tabula Rasa HealthCare® (NASDAQ: TRHC), a healthcare technology company advancing the field of medication safety, will deepen its clinical intelligence footprint through subsidiary company SinfoníaRx’s strategic partnership with Drake University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. The College, located in Des Moines, Iowa, is a nationally ranked academic program known for leadership and innovation. The partnership...
The Iowa Clinic (TIC) recently presented the Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences with a $75,000 check. The payment is the result of shared revenues that has led to improved patient care and increased savings to patients and the health care system. This unique collaboration between the two entities is an example of...
Dr. Brian Gentry and Dr. Marc Busch were awarded a multi-year $390,000 Merck Investigator Studies Program (MISP) grant to study letermovir, an antiviral drug used to treat infections that occur in patients with compromised immune systems. The Drake researchers will be studying the disruption that letermovir causes on the virus that causes life-threatening infections....
Dr. Pramod Mahajan, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, received a $9,500 grant through the Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC). Mahajan received the funding for his project titled, “A Precision Medicine Continuing Education Curriculum for Iowa’s Health Care Professionals.” This is a collaborative project between Drake University and MercyOne. It’s complementary to and an extension of the curriculum...
Iowa is one of 27 states selected by the Community Pharmacy Foundation (CPF) to participate in the new “Flip the Pharmacy” grant program. The multi-year Flip the Pharmacy program, a five-year partnership of the CPF and Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN) USA, aims to transform community-based pharmacies from a product-driven business model focused on...
Drake University professor of health sciences, Kim Huey, was granted the prestigious title by the global leading society that expands knowledge related to biological function. Kim Huey, professor of health sciences and 2017 Troyer Research Fellow in the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, was recently named a fellow of the American Physiological...