Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) recently welcomed their newest cohorts of professional students: the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Class of 2028, the Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) Class of 2027, the Masters of Athletic Training Class of 2026, and the Nursing Class of 2025, the first cohort of the brand-new program. The College...
Drake University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS) is pleased to announce the creation of the Bill Burke Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship. Established in 2022 by Main at Locust Pharmacy, the Bill Burke Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship benefits third- or fourth-year Drake student pharmacists with financial need. Third-year student pharmacist Abigail Stumpner is the inaugural Burke...
Michaela Schick, a third-year student pharmacist, was awarded the inaugural Roger W. Lee Endowed Pharmacy Scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year. This scholarship recognizes first-generation pharmacists who are pursuing their PharmD within Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS). Originally from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Schick was drawn to the pharmacy profession because of...
McKenna Murcek, a third-year student pharmacist, was awarded the inaugural June Felice Johnson Pharmacy Scholarship for the 2023-24 academic year. This scholarship recognizes student pharmacists within Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) who have demonstrated preparation for and an interest in pursuing a career in diabetes patient care and education. Originally from...
Fourth-year student pharmacists in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) who are interested in completing residencies learned of their postgraduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency training “matches” on March 15, 2023. Twenty-three of thirty (77%) CPHS student pharmacists pursuing residencies matched in Phase I of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)...
Anisa Hansen, clinical pharmacist and professor in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), completed the Lumen Circles Belonging and Inclusive Teaching Fellowship in the fall of 2022. Lumen Circles are faculty professional development experiences that use virtual learning communities to connect faculty members with peers and help them hone their expertise as...
At the 2022 Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) Annual Meeting, held September 23-24 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, pharmacists and student pharmacists joined together for professional development and to recognize Iowa pharmacy’s spirit of service and its culture of professionalism. Associate professor of pharmacy practice Wendy Mobley-Bukstein served as a panelist for the September 23 keynote address...
Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences professor of pharmacy practice, Dr. Tim Welty, has been appointed chair of the newly formed International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Crisis Response Task Force. Dr. J Helen Cross, President of the ILAE and The Prince of Wales’s Chair of Childhood Epilepsy at Great Ormond Street Hospital in...
Sydney Blackmer, third-year student pharmacist, is a recipient of a Gateway to Research Award sponsored by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE). This award program seeks to provide student pharmacists with opportunities to participate in faculty-mentored research within the pharmaceutical sciences, leading to greater understanding of the importance of research and the implications of...
Shankar Munusamy, associate professor of pharmacology in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS), was accepted into the 19th cohort of the 2022-2023 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Academic Leadership Fellows Program (ALFP). Munusamy is the fourth current faculty member in the CPHS to be accepted into this program. Other faculty members...