Sara Newton and Dean Raylene Rospond MEDIA CONTACT: Tory Olson, 515-271-1834, tory.olson@drake.edu Recent Drake University graduate Sara Weirather Newton has received Drake’s third Karbeling Memorial Leadership Award for her leadership and outstanding contributions to the University and the pharmacy profession. The award was presented at Drake’s May 15 College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Hooding...
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Pharmacy Professor Receives Grant for Pharmacogenomics Lab
04/07/2009 News Photo Pramod Mahajan CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, 515-271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu The Iowa Board of Regents has awarded a $60,000 grant from the Grow Iowa Values Fund to Pramod Mahajan, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Drake University, for a new laboratory for training and research in pharmacogenomics. Pharmacogenomics(PGx) is a relatively new discipline of heath...
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Rho Chi Society Inducts New Members
Twenty-four students were inducted into Drake University’s Gamma Theta chapter of the Rho Chi Society at a banquet on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009. The Rho Chi Society is a national pharmacy honor society that acknowledges the academic achievements of the top twenty percent of each pharmacy class. The students inducted into the Gamma Theta chapter...
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Don Davidson Lab
Don Davidson (left), Dean Raylene Rospond (center) and President David Maxwell (right) celebrate the lab at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. New technology enhances lab for pharmacy students The transition from classroom to work force will be easier for Drake University pharmacy graduates thanks to a number of up-to-date resources in the Donald F. Davidson Pharmacy Practice...
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Students benefit from state-of-the-art technology and tools
Students practice in a setting similar to those found in retail pharmacies. “This environment is the same as real-life pharmacies — the same equipment, software and process — eliminating the worries about technology and allowing the students to focus on patient care,” said Heidi Price, instructor of pharmacy practice, who instructs students at all levels...