UIC College of Pharmacy

We're celebrating the promotions of all of our amazing faculty members. Today we highlight Dr. Alice Hemenway who was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor. Congratulations!

Happy Labor Day! Today, we celebrate the hard work and dedication of all the workers contributing to our success. It's a day to recognize and honor their invaluable contributions.

We recently held the Rockford Welcome Mixer at Prairie Street Brewing along the Rock River. In attendance were incoming P1s, current students, preceptors, alumni, faculty, staff, & other friends of the College.

Over the past month, student pharmacists and faculty from the Rockford campus provided over 400 blood pressure screenings at local fairs in Stephenson, Boone, and Winnebago counties. Just another way that is serving the community!

Dr. Brian Murphy's lab was profiled by Hudson Robotics for its groundbreaking science and community outreach. You can view the case study video here: https://hudsonrobotics.com/mkt/uic-stem-lab-robotics-case-study/

📚👩‍⚕️ First day of class! Feel the excitement? It's dedicated student pharmacists preparing to help people live their healthiest lives. Let’s do this!

Help us celebrate the new name for the College of Pharmacy! Join Chancellor Miranda and Dean Schumock as they unveil the new building signage for the Herbert M. and Carol H. Retzky College of Pharmacy. The event starts at noon on September 13.

Register here: https://ow.ly/rCNy50T540Z

The Chicagoland Critical Care Conference is Saturday! There is still time to participate in person or virtually. More information is at the website: https://c4conference.uic.edu/

New student pharmacists and peer advisors at the Rockford Campus volunteered for the annual Day of Service. The group cleaned wild spaces with Natural Land Institute and ended the day with lunch at the Nicholas Conservatory. Just another way is serving the community!

The summer mini-symposium poster winners have been announced. SURF Scholar Ashley Dahlquist (mentor Jeremy Johnson) won the first poster session, and Riback Scholar Natalie Oh (mentor Brian Murphy) won the second poster session. Congratulations!

's Dr. Taylor Watterson was selected for the University of Illinois System's Public Voices Fellowship. The fellowship helps faculty "amplify their expertise in ways that can contribute to public conversations about pressing issues." Congratulations Dr. Watterson!

Happy 815 Day from the UIC College of Pharmacy Rockford 10-Year Anniversary Celebration! We're thrilled to be a part of the Rockford community!

Pozen Plaza is in full bloom and ready for our new students!

Today we celebrate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People! It is more than honoring the territories of the three fire peoples. Today we celebrate the contributions of indigenous communities to pharmacy and healthcare.

Happy ! Senior class corrdinator Otis Magnuson is taking a paws to celebrate with a strong cup of coffee! Share a photo of your favorite feline purrrrrrr-sonality!

graduate student Kanya Shah is starting her term as Chair of the ISPOR Student Network. Just another example of our students creating the future of pharmacy!

's Dr. Scott Benken graduated from the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program. The program allows Fellows to expand networking relationships with peers and colleagues in other institutions. Congratulations, Dr. Benken!

Student pharmacist Asia Banks was selected for the Scientist Mentoring and Diversity Program (SMDP). The program pairs biopharmaceutical industry mentors with diverse students nationwide in PhD and PharmD programs. Congratulations, Asia!

Join us for the annual Garden Walk and Farnsworth Lecture on August 2nd. The walk will be held from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden. The lecture will be by Dr. Elaine Elisabetsky, ethnopharmacologist and Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. More information can be found at the link below.

https://pharmacy.uic.edu/events/atkins-garden-walk-farnsworth/

Drs. Shura Mankin, Nora Vázquez-Laslop, and Yury Polikanov were interviewed by the Chicago Sun-Times about a new drug they developed to make drug resistance nearly impossible. "We think our knowledge will accelerate (clinical) efforts,” Makin said. You can read the article here: https://ow.ly/J4NE50SKsjR

Pharmacy Alumni Award nominations are now open. Apply by August 1 and awardees will be honored during Alumni Reunion on October 19, 2024.

https://alumnireunion.pharmacy.uic.edu/nominate/

Dr. Nancy Freitag was quoted in Everyday Health in an article on a listeria outbreak. You can read the article here: https://www.everydayhealth.com/food-safety/multistate-listeria-outbreak-linked-to-deli-meat/

Congratulations to all those who presented posters at the AACP convention!

's Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs Dale Rush was awarded the AACP AFO-SIG 2024 Excellence in Leadership Award. Congratulations, Dale! Your innovative leadership is an inspiration to us all!

Thanks to our friends at AAbbViefor letting us visit their offices. Our SURF and Riback scholars, as well as graduate students and postdocs, enjoyed the look inside the industry!

Thanks to all our friends, alumni, and colleagues for attending our reception at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy - AACP annual meeting! It was great to see everyone!

student pharmacist Mohammad Abdallah was selected as a distinguished Schweitzer Fellowship. The Fellowship is a year-long service-learning program where Fellows design and implement projects to address the needs of underserved Chicago communities. Abdallah is partnering with the To***co Treatment Center at UI Health to create a telehealth initiative.