Chapman University’s Dr. Jerika Lam, Assistant Professor and Clinical Faculty of the School of Pharmacy reports new hope for Hepatitis C patients. The chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is transmitted when blood from an infected person enters the blood of anther person who is not infected. HCV is a serious major public health problem estimated currently
The future of pharmacy isn’t what your mother thinks- In the last few years, there has been a shift in what licensed pharmacists can do that has opened doors into all corridors of healthcare. Obtaining your Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) allows graduate to work in all areas of health care, including hospitals, retail pharmacies, veterinary
Dr. Marco Bisoffi, associate professor at the Chapman University School of Pharmacy receives funding from DOD ($103,500) to determine whether prostate cancer exosomes generate a field effect leading to tumor multifocality. Results emerging from this work will justify more extended and mechanistic/functional studies in mouse models of prostate cancer in which we will attempt
Dr. Keykavous Parang , Professor and Associate Dean of Research at Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP) is an internationally respected anti-HIV, anti-Cancer medicinal chemist and biochemist researcher leading CUSP’s research programs. He is now co-author on a paper just published in ” Science ,” one of the most prestigious scientific journal publications in
A new Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP) professor has been a leader in the study of Cardiovascular disorders that are a prevalent problem in our society. Dr. Nauli’s research studies are designed to provide exciting and original concepts to examine the etiologies of hypertension and vascular disorder (such as aneurysm) with regard to mechanosensory
From graduating high school senior to Doctor of Pharmacy in just five years? It will become a reality soon for students in the new Chapman University School of Pharmacy, thanks to an innovative program and a generous grant from The Allergan Foundation. The Allergan Foundation has approved a $500,000 grant over five years to provide scholarships
Chapman University’s new School of Pharmacy, set to open its doors and enroll its first doctoral students in fall 2015, has cleared the first hurdle on its way to full accreditation, right on schedule. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the accrediting commission for senior colleges and universities in the western region of
Ronald P. Jordan, R. Ph., FAPhA, has been named founding dean of Chapman University’s new School of Pharmacy, which is planning to admit its first class in fall 2015. Jordan will assume his new duties at Chapman in February 2013 and will establish the first pharmacy school in Orange County on Chapman’s new Health Sciences
Chapman University’s continuing growth in the health sciences has been given a boost by a $15 million gift from Newport Beach couple Harry and Diane Rinker. The gift, announced at Saturday evening’s American Celebration gala, will name Chapman’s new health science campus in Irvine the Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus. The funds will
Lawrence “LB” Brown, PharmD, Ph.D., FAPhA, associate dean of student and academic affairs for Chapman University’s new School of Pharmacy, has been elected as the next president of theAmerican Pharmacists Association (APhA), the association has announced. The APhA is the largest professional association of pharmacists in the world. “Some of us former presidents used to