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...
Category: College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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CPHS celebrates 26th Annual College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day
The event, organized by students in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), brought together current students, alumni, faculty, staff, and industry leaders to celebrate the 2014 CPHS award winners and discuss the Affordable Care Act.
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CPHS recognizes five outstanding alumni
The Alumni Achievement Awards are given to graduates of the college who have excelled in one or more of the following areas: service to the college, distinction in their career, and recognized civic and community contributions.
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Throwback Photo: Dean B.E. Benton and Fitch Hall, 1962
Check out these photos from the 1962 Quax. We’ve include the caption (italicized below) from the page, which discusses the various areas of study offered by the College at that time: It is little wonder that after five years of courses in Drake’s College of Pharmacy, a graduate should wince at the title “pill pusher.” Whether...
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Deputy Provost Raylene Rospond resigns after 17 successful years at Drake
Raylene Rospond’s strong work ethic and leadership skills have been invaluable to Drake University since joining the faculty in 1997 as associate professor and associate dean. She quickly advanced in her responsibilities, becoming chair of the pharmacy practice department in 1999. In 2003, she assumed the role of dean of the College of Pharmacy and...
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John Forbes, 2014 recipient of the Weaver Medal of Honor
John Forbes, PH’80, owner and manager of Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale, was selected to receive the 2014 Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor, the highest honor given by Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS). In addition to serving as owner and manager of the Medicap in Urbandale, Forbes is...
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“Script Your Future” promotes awareness of prescription medicine
On Saturday, Feb. 22 from 8 a.m. until noon, Drake Pharmacy Unified Group of Students (DRxUGS) and Rho Chi, an honorary pharmacy fraternity, will be concluding the Script Your Future campaign with a free health fair at Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines.
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Gentry earns NASA EPSCoR funding for pharmacotherapy project
Brian Gentry, assistant professor of pharmacology, received a grant for his project titled, “Pharmacological Enhancement of Anti-Viral Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Herpes Virus Infections.”
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Pharmacy student leadership program highlighted in special issue of national journal
“Impact of a Student Leadership Development Program,” written by Renae Chesnut and Jennifer Tran-Johnson in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, was one of seven manuscripts selected for the Leadership Issue of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE).
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CPHS professors continue drug delivery research with NASA grant
This collaborative project between Abebe Mengesha, assistant professor of pharmaceutics and Pramod Mahajan, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is a continuation of an earlier project also made possible through a grant from NASA’s EPSCoR program.