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Updated: Friday, 21 January 2011

  • Outreach director cultivates potential scientists

    Marti Lindsey, director of director of community outreach for the College of Pharmacy Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, tirelessly works to find young students and ignite their love of science and pharmacy.

  • Whitney Shields, Class of 2010

    Whitney Shields did not come to the UA to study pharmacy; she came to study math and science – and compete on the track team. Read about this alumna with the "can-do" attitude here.

  • Daniel Massey, Class of 2009

    Dan Massey was not your typical pharmacy student. Read about his challenging route to a PharmD here.

  • Charles Kendrick, Class of 1955

    It was a difficult road to becoming a pharmacist for Charles Kendrick. But this Class of 1955 graduate had a dream, so he persevered and succeeded.

  • Outreach director cultivates potential scientists

    Marti Lindsey, director of director of community outreach for the College of Pharmacy Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, tirelessly works to find young students and ignite their love of science and pharmacy.

  • Student pharmacists reach out in big way

    Student pharmacists serve local and even international communities by providing free health screenings, hosting educational seminars, raising money for charitable causes and volunteering in hospitals and other settings.

  • APhA-ASP chapter enters national PharmFlix contest

    The college’s chapter of the American Pharmacists Association—Academy of Student Pharmacists has created a video and entered it into the 2011 APhA-ASP PharmFlix Video Contest.

  • Homecoming 2011 was a hoot!

    And a grand time was had by all. This year's Homecoming was Red, Blue -- and oh, so BOLD!

  • Bootman selected for PPSI Distinguished Person of the Year Award

    J. Lyle Bootman, senior vice president for health sciences and dean of the College of Pharmacy at UA, has been selected to receive the Distinguished Person of the Year Award for 2012 from Pharmacists Planning Service, Inc.

    PPSI is a California non-profit corporation that offers a large number of health awareness programs to promote public health and education.

    The organization selected Bootman for the honor because of his many contributions to the profession of pharmacy. The award will be presented during the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans March 11.

  • National Foundation for Cancer Research funds critical TGen-UA cancer research

    National Foundation for Cancer Research funds critical TGen-UA cancer research

    Pancreatic cancer targeted by specific therapies with fewer side effects

    PHOENIX, Ariz. — Jan. 31, 2012 — The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the University of Arizona (UA) have received a three-year, $600,000 grant to study targeted cancer therapies from the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR).

  • Students to provide health screenings, information to state legislators

    MEDIA ADVISORY
     

    TOPIC:                   Pharmacy Day at the State Capitol

    Student Pharmacists Academy members from the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and Midwestern University College of Pharmacy – Glendale, along with the Arizona Pharmacy Alliance, will provide informational booths on topics such as poison control and smoking cessation and health screenings for conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma.
     

    WHEN:                  Wednesday, January 25, 2012

                   11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

  • Call the Arizona Poison & Drug Information Center about potential problems with opiates from Endo Pharmaceuticals

    Healthcare professionals and patients who have questions about a potential problem with opiate products manufactured and packaged for Endo Pharmaceuticals may call the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center for help identifying affected products.

  • COP in the News: Feb. 10, 2012

    Check out a list of stories about COP that have appeared in the media recently.

  • In the Spotlight: Feb. 10, 2012

    Today's edition of "In the Spotlight" features Laurence Hurley, John Murphy, Walt Klimecki, Donna Zhang and Dick Wiedhopf.

  • FYI for COP: Feb. 10, 2012

    Venom and poison and drugs -- Oh, my! Read this issue of FYI to learn about The President's Club touring the poison center and seeing venomous critters such as the bark scorpion (left), nominations for the Tong award, the B2 Science & Society Fellowship, the AHSC campus possibly going smoke-free, an opportunity to go with Cats to the capitol and a service learning workshop coming this summer.

  • 'New' COP website turns 1

    It’s been a year since the College of Pharmacy’s new website went live on January 28, 2011. So who’s been using the site? How much? What pages have they visited? How have they found us? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this story.