Category: College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Drake University prides itself on its students that make a difference in their community and on campus.

Faculty members and students in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences had a strong presence at the recent 20th Annual Pharmacy Educational Expo. Held at the downtown Des Moines Marriott Jan. 22-24, the event was sponsored by the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) and the Collaborative Education Institute. The expo drew students, professors, professional...

Funds will be used to purchase laboratory equipment and expand its experiential learning in disease prevention and pharmacogenomics. 

A group of Drake University pharmacy students volunteered to help residents from Calvin Manor, a retirement community in Des Moines’ Beaverdale Neighborhood, at the Beaverdale Fall Festival Parade this month.

Opportunities for professional development will now be more accessible for students in Drake's Doctor of Pharmacy program, thanks to a new travel fund established as part of the college's White Coat sponsorship program.

Two Drake pharmacy students, assisted by members of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences faculty and staff, decorated a holiday tree for the 26th Annual Festival of Trees and Lights.

Kathryn McDonald, right, gathers with preceptor Kristen McKibban, director of Pharmacy at Medicap, Megan Friedrich, Medicap-GRX pharmacist and Drake professor and other Drake interns.   Seven pharmacy students are getting first-hand experience this summer at various retail and chain pharmacies — from the Midwest to the East Coast — as part of two new internship...

Tied for fifth place among private institutions in U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Graduate Schools."

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...

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...