The UW School of Pharmacy is ranked #10 nationally and #3 globally for clinical medicine and pharmacy. It is part of the highly collaborative UW health sciences program. Recent highlights include the opening of the new Bracken Pharmacy Learning Center, and faculty receiving large grants for research on drug disposition during pregnancy and personalized medicine. Students and faculty have received numerous honors and awards, and the school participates in interprofessional education and extensive local and global outreach.

1. UW School of
Pharmacy

2. The UW School of Pharmacy is ranked No. 10 in the nation
by U.S. News & World Report. The UW was ranked No. 3 in
the world in 2012 in clinical medicine and pharmacy by
the Center for World-Class Universities.

3. The School of Pharmacy is part of a world-renowned
and highly collaborative health sciences program that
also includes the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing,
Public Health and Social Work.

4. Recent School Highlights

5. In 2012, the newly renovated Bracken Pharmacy Learning
Center opened. This PharmD student learning lab now
features many new additions to improve student
learning and provide state-of-the-art technologies.

6. In 2013, Professor of Pharmaceutics
Jashvant Unadkat secured a $4.7
million National Institute on Drug
Abuse grant to study drug disposition
during pregnancy, in an effort to
improve the health of pregnant
women and their babies. Other
faculty members on the project are
Gail Anderson, Rodney Ho, Nina
Isoherranen, Ed Kelly, Qingcheng
Mao and Joanne Wang.

7. Professor of Pharmacy Dave Veenstra
recently received a $1.9 million grant
from the NIH Common Fund to study the
economics of personalized medicine in
order to help increase knowledge
about which medicines have the
greatest benefit to individual
patients. Faculty members Josh
Carlson and Anirban Basu are project
co-investigators.

8. The School of Pharmacy participates
in an interprofessional education
training program in which
pharmacy students join other
UW health sciences students
for simulated trainings that
focus on clinical practice and
team skills.
Upper photo: May 2012 training event
Lower photo: October 2013 training
event

9. Student Highlights

10. William Canastero, graduate
student in the Pharmaceutical
Outcomes Research & Policy
Program (PORPP), was named
a 2013 UW Magnuson Scholar
for his academic
performance and potential
contributions to research in
the health sciences.

11. Nick Au, PharmD/PhD student
in medicinal chemistry, was
part of a team of UW graduate
students who took the Best
Innovation Idea prize in the
2013 UW Business Plan
Competition. Their idea? To
develop a “smart” polymer
contact lens to provide a
needle-free insulin delivery
platform for diabetics.

12. PharmD student Laura Hart, ’14, was named a 2013 Scholar in
the Paul Ambrose Program, a program that prepares health
professions students to address population health
challenges at the national and community level.

13. Student pharmacists Sheila
Shapouri, ’16, and Kyle
Sullivan, ’16, won the 2013
Washington State Pharmacy
Association “Know Pain, Know
Gain” Pharmacy Patient Pain
Counseling Competition -- for
their skills identifying pain
management medications and
describing common barriers to
pain management.

14. In 2013, PharmD student Tope Osiyemi, ’14, was selected as
Region V Facilitator of the Student National Pharmaceutical
Association. The organization is focused on pharmacy and
healthcare-related issues and minority representation in
health-related professions.

15. PORPP graduate student Kai
Yeung received a 2013 NIH
predoctoral clinical research
training grant through the
Institute of Translational Health
Sciences. His research is
evaluating the impact of a
value-based formulary on
medication use and
healthcare costs.

16. Solomon Lubinga and Marita Mann, PORPP graduate
students, received 2013 UW Thomas Francis, Jr., Global Health
Fellowships to support health research projects they’re
conducting in Uganda and Namibia, respectively.

17. PharmD student Eva Linh, ’15, was
chosen to participate in the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science’s 2013
Emerging Leaders in Science and
Society Program. This national
leadership program prepares
graduate students to contribute
to solutions for society.

18. Outreach & Professional
Development

19. Students are highly active in numerous award-
winning local and national organizations.
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) ~ American Pharmacists
Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) ~ American
Association of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) ~ American Society of
Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) ~ Bridges to Health Patient Advocacy
Center ~ International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) ~
Kappa Psi ~ Lambda Kappa Sigma ~ National Community Pharmacists
Association-Student Leadership Council (NCPA-SLC) ~ Pharmacy for
Reproductive Education and Sexual Health ~ Phi Lambda Sigma ~ Rho Chi
~ Unified Professional Pharmacy Organizations of Washington (UPPOW) ~
Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) ~ Student Providers
Aspiring to Rural and Underserved eXperience (SPARX) ~ Washington
State Pharmacy Association (WSPA)

20. Each year, UW and Washington State University pharmacy
students attend Legislative Day in Olympia to meet with
government officials, organize events and advocate for
the pharmacy profession and patients.
February 2013

21. Our student groups regularly lead and provide health
outreach, health education and patient advocacy
programs and services throughout the community.
A 2012 brown bag medication review at a Seattle retirement home

22. Students participate in dozens of academic and pharmacy industry
conferences around the region, nation and world each year to
network, present research, compete in academic
competitions and more.
American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student
Pharmacists Midyear Regional Meeting 2012

23. Significant international opportunities are available at the School of
Pharmacy. Our students conduct global health work through
partnerships with health organizations, international
rotations and more.
PharmD students
and faculty
member Don
Downing on a
2013 trip to India
focused on
helping India
enhance its
pharmacy care
model.

24. The School of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Alumni Association offer
events throughout the year that allow pharmacy students to meet
with alumni and practitioners — in an effort to help them build
their professional network and prepare for their career.
Pharmacy Alumni Association Student & Practitioner Meet & Greet,
October 2013

25. Our student pharmacists regularly organize and participate in
fundraisers for health-related organizations and causes.
St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital
Give Thanks Walk
fundraiser in Seattle,
November 2013

26. Faculty Highlights

27. Associate Professor of
Pharmacy Beth Devine was
recently elected a member of
the Society for Research
Synthesis Methodology, an
elective society of
scholars and practitioners
interested in the
development of research
synthesis methodology.

28. Professor of Medicinal Chemistry Carlos Catalano received a 2013
UW Medical Center Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Volunteer
Recognition Award for exemplifying a commitment to
community service that reflects Dr. King’s life of service.

29. In 2012, Acting Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Cathy Yeung
received a Norman S. Coplon Extramural Grant for $200,000
for her research into kidney disease and treatments.

30. Professor of Pharmaceutics
Rodney Ho received the 2013
Research Achievement Award in
Biotechnology from the American
Association of Pharmaceutical
Scientists. The award
recognizes the high quality
and impact of his work in
neuropharmacology, lipid
chemistry and translational
medicine.

31. Associate Professor of
Pharmaceutics Nina
Isoherranen received the
2013 Drug Metabolism
Division Early Career
Achievement Award from the
American Society for
Pharmacology and
Experimental Therapeutics
for her significant
accomplishments and
contributions to drug
safety research.

32. In 2013, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Lingtak-Neander Chan
received the Distinguished Nutrition Support Pharmacist Service
Award from the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
for his contributions to clinical nutrition and metabolism.

33. Associate Dean Nanci Murphy was installed as chair of the American
Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Leadership Development Special
Interest Group. This group supports the development of leaders
throughout the pharmacy profession.

34. Professor of Medicinal
Chemistry Bill Atkins was
named the inaugural Sid Nelson
Endowed Professor in Drug
Metabolism. Atkins received this
professorship, named after our
late dean emeritus, for his
distinguished career as a
researcher and teacher.

35. Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy
Andy Stergachis was named
the editor in chief of the Journal
of the American Pharmacists
Association, the publication for
an association that
represents more than
62,000 pharmacists,
pharmaceutical scientists
and student pharmacists.

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