Drs. Laressa Bethishou and Jelena Lewis will appear on the 2019 American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Pharmacy Practice & Management (APhA-APPM) election slate for the 2019 APhA Elections for their respective Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The APhA–APPM SIGs are member-driven groups focused on key areas of interest. Each faculty seeks election as SIG coordinator-elect.
Priya PatelClass of 2019 student pharmacist completed a rotation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Nov. 2018 and shares her views on the experience. What interested you in pursing an APPE rotation with the Food and Drug Administration? I have always had a strong interest in the pharmaceutical industry and was
Stephanie Fukunaga, PharmD candidate, was one of 12 students who received a 2018 Student Leadership Award from the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists at the Seminar 2018 meeting held in San Diego last month. The CSHP Student Leadership Award recognizes pharmacy students’ involvement in and contributions to CSHP and the profession of pharmacy. ”Stephanie contributed
Caring for a loved one diagnosed with cancer is not easy. During their treatment and when they pass on, what are the steps for family members or caregivers in handling the toxic anti-cancer medications and containers that remain? “There are no standardized guidelines for the home setting, and that’s a problem,” says Dr. Siu Fun
A law was passed in 2013 to allow pharmacists at locations like CVS and Rite Aid to initiate therapy and dispense birth control medications WITHOUT patients first seeing a physician or other healthcare provider. The law aims to make it easier for women to get hormonal contraceptives. That 2013 law was supposed to have been
Dr. Nancy Alvarez will be installed as President Elect of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) at the Baltimore APhA Annual Meeting in March 2016. Dr. Alvarez currently serves as CUSP’s Assistant Dean of Experiential Education and Continuing Professional Development, and as an Assistant Professor. Dean Ron Jordan remarked, “In what we believe is an unprecedented
Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP) faculty and students have been awarded over $1 million in the 2014-2015 grant cycle. Nearly thirty research projects were selected, ranging in topics from potential cancer cures to interactive learning. Founding Dean Ron Jordan says, “CUSP is proud to be starting our School of Pharmacy with a fairly unique
Chapman University MSPS Students have selected Dr. Keykavous (Key) Parang, Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs and Global affairs as CUSP’s FIRST AACP TEACHER OF THE YEAR! Dr. Parang’s nominators say, “He is a really supportive and helpful professor. He is available for his students all the time and his teaching methods motivate students to
Dean Ron Jordan says Chapman University’s work in planning Orange County’s first school of pharmacy was based on a number of optimistic views about future opportunities for pharmacists that came from operating a program in Rhode Island and seeing what was happening with those grads. “We never had a problem with