News

COP in the News: Nov. 23, 2009
Find out who's talking about the College of Pharmacy by checking out our compilation of media hits.

FYI for COP - Nov. 23, 2009
Information about an upcoming panel discussion, an award and an act of charity.

In the Spotlight - Nov. 23, 2009
Click here to read about the recent accomplishments of Marie Chisholm-Burns, Laurence Hurley, Natalie Doetsch and Kateryna Yenina.

COP partners with UMC to offer new pharmacy residencies
The college’s Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science and University Medical Center will offer three new specialty residency positions in 2010 to pharmacists seeking a second year of post-PharmD training.

FYI for COP: Nov. 12, 2009
Check out the office news and new opportunities....

In the Spotlight: Nov. 12, 2009
Click here to read about the accomplishments of Shawn Wnek, Veronica Gonzalez, Monica Yellowhair, Marie Chisholm-Burns, Jeannie Kim Lee and Michael Katz.

UA Cares campaign kicks off at the college
UA Cares, the university’s annual campaign to raise money for charitable community organizations and university departments and projects, will kick off at COP within the next few days.

COP in the News: Nov. 4, 2009
Find out who's talking about the College of Pharmacy by checking out our compilation of media hits.

In the Spotlight: Nov. 4, 2009
Recent super-achievers include Lauren Bartoli, Mike Kimzey and Heather Magallon.

FYI for COP: Nov. 4, 2009
Read all about Pharmacy Day on the Mall, the Residency Showcase, and visiting faculty from a university in Costa Rica.

Homecoming will fill this Friday, Saturday
There will be festivities and awards galore this weekend -- including a university celebration of Wilbur Wildcat's 50th birthday. Don’t miss the fun!

Study to examine pharmacists’ influence on transplant patients
Marie Chisholm-Burns, professor and head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health of more than $1 million to study the effects of pharmacists’ involvement in renal transplant patients’ drug therapy.

Pilot project grants available
Nov. 13, 2009 is the deadline to apply for awards for pilot projects related to the mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center.

Stand up & cheer for worthy honorees
The college announces recipients of three more awards and a scholarship, all of whom will be honored during COP Homecoming events the evening of Friday, Nov. 6.

Business team takes second
A team of COP students took second place at a national competition for pharmacy-related business plans.

Welcome, new employees!
Six new employees have joined the COP ranks since August 2009. Meet them here.

FYI: Oct. 22, 2009
Click here to learn more about AdCats, the Henry and Phyllis Koffler Prizes and how to help victims of Hurricane Jimena...

In the Spotlight: Oct. 22, 2009
Click here to read about the accomplishments of Alexandria Lau, Jeannie Lee, Hanna Phan, Tracy Brooks, Jim Martin, John Pilgrim, Morgane Fisher, Jessica Patterson, Claire Strickland and Bill Jones.

COP in the News: Oct. 14, 2009
Find out who's talking about the College of Pharmacy by checking out our compilation of media hits.

FYI: Graduate student club hosts career development seminar
Alumnus Gary Ward spoke Oct. 9 at a career development seminar organized by the COP Graduate Student Council.

Course puts new twist on complex topic
The course “Medication Use and the U.S. Healthcare System” has been restructured and includes guest lecturers from a wider array of disciplines.

Researchers to study how dogs decrease asthma susceptibility
Serrine Lau and a team of UA researchers have received a grant to study how dogs present in the home near the time of a child’s birth decrease his or her chance of developing asthma.

In the Spotlight: Oct. 14, 2009
Mary Relling and Terry Urbine have been busy lately. Read on to learn of some of their most recent accomplishments.

COPers volunteer at drive-through flu shot clinic
About a dozen COPers volunteered along with other health sciences members at a drive-through flu shot clinic Saturday.

COP partners with TGen on new drug discovery center
The UA College of Pharmacy is a partner with the Translational Genomics Research Institute in a new federal grant that funds a drug discovery and development center.

In the Spotlight - Oct. 5, 2009
Click here to read about the recent achievements of Katherine Block, Mark Canet, J. Lyle Bootman and Philip Schneider...

Jackowski, Fankhauser to study mentoring programs
Two faculty members from the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science have received a grant to investigate faculty mentoring programs at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.

Going to Homecoming?
Homecoming is on the way, and College of Pharmacy employees are currently planning several events for alumni who come back to visit friends and mentors.

National Advisory Board to meet Oct 1-3
The College of Pharmacy's National Advisory Board will hold its 2009 meeting in Tucson Oct. 1-3. During the session, a new chairman will be introduced.

Employment outlook for pharmacists rosy -- sort of
According to new reports, the employment of pharmacists is expected to increase much faster than the national average of all occupations through 2016, but demand in Arizona is lower than in recent years.

In the Spotlight - Sept. 25, 2009
Click here to read about Kevin Boesen and Kappa Epsilon's achievements...

FYI: Learn to protect your bike, yourself
The University of Arizona Police Department will set up a bicycle clinic Sept. 29 at the Arizona Health Sciences Library.

COP employees: Are you going to get paid after Sept. 27?
Worried about those scary memos you've seen that say you might not get paid after Sept. 27? You are right to be concerned. Read on to learn how to avoid a nasty surprise.

COP to continue its old time reporting systems
The College of Pharmacy will continue to use its “old” time reporting systems in addition to the new UAccess system for an indefinite period after UAccess goes live Sept. 28.

FYI: UMC to offer free flu shots to COP workers
University Medical Center will offer seasonal flu shots to COP employees at DuVal Auditorium Sept. 22.

COP in the News: Sept. 16, 2009
Find out who's talking about the College of Pharmacy by checking out our compilation of media hits.

Chisholm-Burns and team complete study of pharmacists' value
Marie Chisholm-Burns, head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, and a team of researchers in July completed a comprehensive evaluation of existing studies that examined the value pharmacists bring to patient care.

PharmD application available online
The college is accepting applications for the PharmD program until Dec. 1, 2009. The application is available online.

Car sharing program introduced
The Hertz car-sharing program places rental cars in several garages and locations around campus and lets people take them out by the hour.

Pharm-Tox students receive fellowships
Two College of Pharmacy students have received predoctoral fellowships of $24,000 each to perform research in medicinal chemistry.

New scholarships established
Students who applied for scholarships this semester found some new possibilities.

In the Spotlight - Sept. 9, 2009
Find out what Jennifer Esch, Kevin Boesen and the Student Society of Health System Pharmacists have accomplished recently.

FYI: Sept. 9, 2009
Read short stories about a student letter campaign to lawmakers, COP on Facebook and Twitter, blogging poison center staff, and the college's annual report to the university.

Researchers seek safer cystic fibrosis test
Researchers from The University of Arizona colleges of pharmacy and medicine are teaming up to try to invent a novel non-invasive lung test for cystic fibrosis sufferers.

College to host new conference on medication errors
The College of Pharmacy will host a first-of-its-kind national conference on using health information technology to improve patient safety.

In the Spotlight - Sept. 1, 2009
Find out what Leslie Boyer, Kevin Boesen, Kathryn Mathias and several COP alumni have accomplished recently.

COPers to compete in the Tucson Half Marathon
You can still sign up to compete against the colleges of medicine and nursing in the Tucson Half Marathon.

COP in the News: Aug. 26, 2009
Find out who's talking about the College of Pharmacy by checking out our compilation of media hits.

New semester kicks off with record-setting class
The College of Pharmacy welcomed it largest class of doctor of pharmacy students the week of Aug. 17 to orientation events, and said hello to 18 new graduate students the week of Aug. 24.

Jacobsons to step down as tenured professors
Two long-term professors at the college will turn their attention primarily to research beginning in 2010.

Welcome, new employees!
For the Fall 2009 semester, the college welcomes a number of new employees.

In the Spotlight - Aug. 26, 2009
Click here to read about the recent achievements of COPers Robert Pittman, Ashley Sweaney, Benjamin Guthrie, Rachael Mead, Kara Herko, Nancy Colbert and Karen Palmer.

Bulletin gets new format
The College of Pharmacy Bulletin has changed from an e-newsletter formatted and distributed as one Web page to a collection of news stories housed on the COP Web site.

McNally, Rogers to retire
Two longtime College of Pharmacy employees, Jude McNally and Sandy Rogers, have announced their imminent retirements.

Pharmacy 325 getting new look
Construction crews are expanding the stage area and adding new white boards.

Alumni Association to honor COPers
The Arizona Alumni Association will honor College of Pharmacy employees Theodore Tong and Jude McNally during the 2009 Homecoming Weekend.

Alum cycles for charity
A recent COP graduate is bicycling across the country to fight against multiple sclerosis.

Middle-schoolers come to PharmCamp
Youth from Tucson area middle schools were at the College of Pharmacy early in June for PharmCamp, and another 25 took part in a similar session June 22-26 in Yuma.

Boyer and team publish research in The New England Journal of Medicine
A team of researchers led by Leslie Boyer, medical director of COP’s Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, has published the results of a study on antivenom in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Students win business plan competition
Class of 2012 students Benjamin Guthrie, Kara Herko, Rachael Mead and Ashley Sweaney won the 2009 COP Business Plan Competition in the course “Concepts of Pharmacy Business: Entrepreneurship.”

Two win Staff Awards for Excellence
Two COP members took home awards at the annual Staff Awards for Excellence event Tuesday, April 28.

College applies for funds to remodel Skaggs building
The College of Pharmacy will apply for $15 million from the National Institutes of Health to renovate and expand the Skaggs pharmacy building.

Looking sharp in white coats
At the White Coat Ceremony, the class of 2010 formally donned white coats for the first time, symbolizing their entry into the world of applied pharmacy.

Students in the Spotlight
The college chapter of the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation announces new officers for next year.

Students in the Spotlight
Jennifer Esch, Class of 2010, was presented with the United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award.

Faculty in the Spotlight
John Murphy, PharmD, associate dean, has been elected to the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished practitioner of pharmacy.

Faculty in the Spotlight
A clinical associate professor has been elected as an American Pharmacists Association Fellow by the APhA-Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management in 2009.

College receives grant to train pharmacists' tobacco cessation skill
COP’s continuing education office in March received a $20,000 educational grant from Pfizer, Inc., to continue to provide tobacco cessation training specifically for pharmacists and pharmacy students.

COP to require pharmacogenomics course
Beginning with the 2009-2010 academic year, the UA College of Pharmacy will require a three-unit course in pharmacogenomics, putting the college in a leadership position when it comes to pharmacogenomics education.

College signs contract with Saudi Arabian university
COP is about to start a program that will provide clinical training in Arizona to 24 faculty members from King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Pharmacy in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Differential tuition will not go up
The extra tuition students enrolled in the doctor of pharmacy program pay will not increase next academic year.

How do you teach a preschooler about poison safety? Use a porcupine!
Nicki Scovis of the Medication Management Center used a host of Spike the Porcupine puppets to teach preschoolers what objects are poisonous.

Patients and students learn at Women\'s Health Expo
About 60 College of Pharmacy students spent their Saturday promoting health and wellness at the Women’s Health Expo March 28. For the seventh year in a row, the UA chapter of Academy of Student Pharmacists put on the festival with multiple information booths, lectures and screenings.

Nominate for excellence by March 27
Nominations for Staff Awards for Excellence are due March 27. Recognize colleagues for their work now.

Osaka University delegation returns
The College of Pharmacy hosted a delegation from Osaka University the week of March 9.

Five tapped for pilot project grants
Five members of the Arizona Health Sciences Center were recently awarded 2009 Pilot Projects Research Grants.

Poisonings in Tots, Older Children
During 2008, the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center received 10,874 calls about possible poisonings of children under the age of 5. A 2007 study shows that 24 Arizona children died from preventable poisonings

Danish students studying at COP
Two visiting students from the University of Copenhagen are working on their master’s theses at the College of Pharmacy.

Poison center funding slashed
The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center has been notified that its state funding for this fiscal year was cut by $249,500.

College gets all souped up
We're announcing the winners of the first annual Poison and Drug Information Center Soup Cookoff.

Poison center lives to fight again
The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center will operate through June; what happens next is still murky.

College requests $700 tuition hike
The college has asked the Arizona Board of Regents to increase the additional tuition PharmD students pay for their education by $700 next year.

Rural health professions program booming
Applications to the college’s Rural Health Professions Program more than doubled between 2008 and 2009. This is great news for rural communities, who are feeling the pinch of the pharmacist shortage more than urban parts of the country.

Bootman elected to National Academies of Practice
J. Lyle Bootman, PhD, ScD, dean, has been elected to the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished practitioner of pharmacy.

Hurwitz earns fellowship to study OTC meds
Jason Hurwitz, assistant research scientist in the Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research, has been chosen to receive a postdoctoral fellowship in health outcomes from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation (PhRMA).

PharmD students present poster at ASHP midyear conference
Fourth-year PharmD students Patricia Ritz and Danielle Russell presented a poster at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Midyear Clinical Conference in December.

Alum leaves half of her estate to College of Pharmacy
Metta Lou Henderson, PhD, HonD, is leaving half of her estate to the UA College of Pharmacy to establish an endowed scholarship in her name.

UA closes for holiday break
The University of Arizona and the College of Pharmacy will be closed for regular business starting Dec. 24, 2008. Offices will reopen Jan. 5, 2009.

Accomplished alumni share expertise
Two college alumni visited COP recently at the invitation of Pharmacy Practice and Science, which has inaugurated a Guest Scholar Alumnus lecture series.

Sweden to base pharmaceutical study on COP model
Two representatives of the Swedish government visited COP Nov. 24-26 to discuss how to adapt techniques used in the college’s studies of the cost of drug-related problems to similar research in Sweden.

Associate dean heads ACCP
John Murphy, PharmD, associate dean of academic and professional affairs at The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, has been elected president of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

Grant to fund Valley Fever study
An associate professor is the principal investigator on a new grant to study dosing strategies of the valley fever drug nikkomycin Z, now in clinical trials at UA.

Katy visits kids in Phoenix
Katy the Kangaroo, COP’s ambassador to youngsters around the state, made a special appearance at Wildfire Elementary School in Phoenix Oct. 8.

Compounds donated to UA Foundation by Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) has donated to the University of Arizona (UA) Foundation 33 patents and accompanying intellectual property related to a portfolio of compounds that have been tested in preclinical studies and potentially may have application in the treatment of cancer, HIV and hepatitis C. Further research on these compounds will be conducted by the UA College of Pharmacy and the Arizona Cancer Center. Currently, millions of people worldwide suffer from cancer, HIV and hepatitis C.