College of Pharmacy
December 2, 2021
Students Chosen for Geriatric Student Scholars Program
The Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has chosen students for its 2022 Geriatric Student Scholars Program.
October 20, 2021
COP’s Johnson elected to Executive Committee of American Pharmacists Association Academy
Christopher Johnson, Pharm.D., M.Ed., was recently elected as a member-at-large on the executive committee for the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management – one of three academies within the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).
October 7, 2021
College of Pharmacy Class of 2025 Dons White Coats During Ceremony
The UAMS College of Pharmacy recognized the entering Class of 2025 during its 19th annual White Coat Ceremony. The Arkansas Pharmacists Association has sponsored the event since 2003.
October 5, 2021
College of Pharmacy Adds New Faculty for 2021-2022 Academic Year
The UAMS College of Pharmacy welcomed five new faculty members for the 2021-2022 academic year.
UAMS and Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Key to Unlocking Molecular Cancer Therapies
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and the Mayo Clinic have discovered a way to supercharge molecular cancer treatments to destroy more cancer-causing proteins in cells. The research findings of UAMS’ Hong-yu Li, Ph.D., the Helen Adams and Arkansas Research Alliance Endowed Chair in Drug Discovery and…
September 1, 2021
Grant Funds Interprofessional Training to Combat Opioid Overdose
Researchers from the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Health Professions’ Physician Assistant program are combining efforts to battle the opioid epidemic through overdose education.
August 26, 2021
Alumna Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., Returns to College of Pharmacy as Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy alumna Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., MPH, BCACP, has joined the Department of Pharmacy Practice as an associate professor. Murphy returns to UAMS after most recently serving as an associate professor at Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy since 2012. “I’m very excited. Coming back to UAMS and coming back home was always the…
August 24, 2021
New Pharmacy Students Mask Up For First In-Person Orientation in Two Years
Dean Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D., of the UAMS College of Pharmacy let out a sigh of relief before she officially greeted the Class of 2025 at the college’s first in-person orientation in two years. Her sigh represented the long-anticipated return of face-to-face classes and events. “This is amazing. My jaw is dropped if you can’t see…
August 19, 2021
UAMS Researcher Leading $3.1 Million Preschool Intervention to Reduce Obesity and Cancer in Arkansas, Louisiana
UAMS is leading a major new effort to reduce cancer by addressing eating habits in early childcare and education settings. The project, led by UAMS’ Taren Swindle, Ph.D., will reach about 5,000 children and 500 teachers across Arkansas and Louisiana.
August 16, 2021
UAMS’ Lanita White, Pharm.D., Chosen for National Pharmacy Leadership Program
LITTLE ROCK — Lanita White, Pharm.D., of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been selected to the Academic Leadership Fellows Program by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
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