University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
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Advancing health through innovative research, evidence-based education, transformative practice initiatives, and community engagement.
Joel Farley, PhD, professor & interim head of the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems, & the Peters Endowed Chair in Pharmacy Practice Innovation, is the recipient of the APhA's 2026 Research Achievement in Pharmaceutical Sciences Award. Read more > https://bit.ly/4bOYagW
Dr. Joel Farley to receive APhA Research Achievement in Pharmaceutical Sciences Award
Dr. Joel Farley, professor and interim head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, and the Peters Endowed Chair in Pharmacy Practice Innovation, is the recipient of the American Pharmacists Association's (APhA) 2026 Research Achiev...
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January 23, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Joel Farley, PhD, professor & interim head of the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems, & the Peters Endowed Chair in Pharmacy Practice Innovation, is the recipient of the APhA's 2026 Research Achievement in Pharmaceutical Sciences Award. Read more > https://bit.ly/4bOYagW
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BTHX 5110/8110 | Ethical Issues in Pediatrics
There are seats still available for our spring semester course. Register today!
Learn more about the course: z.umn.edu/atx4
If you have any questions, please contact bthxed@umn.edu.
There are seats still available for our spring semester course. Register today!
Learn more about the course: z.umn.edu/atx4
If you have any questions, please contact bthxed@umn.edu.
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
BTHX 5110/8110 | Ethical Issues in Pediatrics
There are seats still available for our spring semester course. Register today!
Learn more about the course: z.umn.edu/atx4
If you have any questions, please contact bthxed@umn.edu.
There are seats still available for our spring semester course. Register today!
Learn more about the course: z.umn.edu/atx4
If you have any questions, please contact bthxed@umn.edu.
PhD student Mary Raphel Daniel’s winning 3-Minute Thesis is called "The Heart-Spleen Axis - A Tale of Two Organs,” focuses on the effect of chemotherapy drugs on the heart. Read about her experience as a PhD student in the full story on our website > https://bit.ly/3Nos9lH
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
PhD student Mary Raphel Daniel’s winning 3-Minute Thesis is called "The Heart-Spleen Axis - A Tale of Two Organs,” focuses on the effect of chemotherapy drugs on the heart. Read about her experience as a PhD student in the full story on our website > https://bit.ly/3Nos9lH
Dr. Reena Kartha, associate professor in the Department of Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology, is a 2025 winner of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Translational Science Education and Training Challenge. Read more: https://bit.ly/3L2wb2e
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Dr. Reena Kartha, associate professor in the Department of Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology, is a 2025 winner of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Translational Science Education and Training Challenge. Read more: https://bit.ly/3L2wb2e
Congratulations to alums Kate Smith and Alina Cernasev on being elected to these important leadership positions! #UMNproud #UMNalumni
📢🗳️ Congratulations to AACP's 2025 election winners, incl.:
✅ Dr. Pamela Heaton (University of Toledo) for President-elect;
✅ Dr. Jeremy Hughes (@uwpharmacy.bsky.social) for Council of Deans Chair-elect; and
✅ Dr. Michael Gonyeau (@northeasternu.bsky.social) for Council of Faculties Chair-elect.
✅ Dr. Pamela Heaton (University of Toledo) for President-elect;
✅ Dr. Jeremy Hughes (@uwpharmacy.bsky.social) for Council of Deans Chair-elect; and
✅ Dr. Michael Gonyeau (@northeasternu.bsky.social) for Council of Faculties Chair-elect.
December 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Congratulations to alums Kate Smith and Alina Cernasev on being elected to these important leadership positions! #UMNproud #UMNalumni
Food and crowds at the Minnesota State Fair make it an ideal location for Dr. Paula Rabaey to conduct her “Mealtime Madness” study on pediatric feeding and eating challenges. The research is helping advance the health and wellbeing of families in Minnesota. Read more > https://bit.ly/4psv2zw
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Food and crowds at the Minnesota State Fair make it an ideal location for Dr. Paula Rabaey to conduct her “Mealtime Madness” study on pediatric feeding and eating challenges. The research is helping advance the health and wellbeing of families in Minnesota. Read more > https://bit.ly/4psv2zw
Vaccines before the holidays? It's not too late, says Dr. Ann Philbrick. Read or listen to this important info for your holiday planning here > https://bit.ly/4pnKM6W
Vaccines before the holidays? It's not too late, pharmacist says
To find out what people should know about getting the COVID, flu and RSV vaccines ahead of the holiday season, Cathy Wurzer talked to Ann Philbrick, a doctor of pharmacy and professor in the University of Minnesota's College of Pharmacy.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Vaccines before the holidays? It's not too late, says Dr. Ann Philbrick. Read or listen to this important info for your holiday planning here > https://bit.ly/4pnKM6W
When alum Julia Wood told her supervisor that she aspired to work as an OT in the realm of Parkinson’s disease, they told her that role didn’t exist. Wood’s first thought: “Then I’ll make one.” That’s the mentality she’s brought to every stage of her career. Read more > https://bit.ly/4qCnuMg
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
When alum Julia Wood told her supervisor that she aspired to work as an OT in the realm of Parkinson’s disease, they told her that role didn’t exist. Wood’s first thought: “Then I’ll make one.” That’s the mentality she’s brought to every stage of her career. Read more > https://bit.ly/4qCnuMg
Congrats to Dr. Wendy St. Peter, lead author on the “Outstanding Paper of the Year” as awarded by the ACCP Ambulatory Care Practice & Research Networks. Dr. St. Peter is pictured with Dr. Joanna Hudson (right) from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy.
#UMNproud
#UMNproud
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Congrats to Dr. Wendy St. Peter, lead author on the “Outstanding Paper of the Year” as awarded by the ACCP Ambulatory Care Practice & Research Networks. Dr. St. Peter is pictured with Dr. Joanna Hudson (right) from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy.
#UMNproud
#UMNproud
Alum Dr. Holly Drone is tackling the opioid crisis systemically. As a clinical pharmacist in emergency medicine & in Hennepin EMS, she co-leads a team of six paramedics specially trained in caring for patients who have overdosed or live with opioid use disorder. Read more > https://bit.ly/4on9Lre
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Alum Dr. Holly Drone is tackling the opioid crisis systemically. As a clinical pharmacist in emergency medicine & in Hennepin EMS, she co-leads a team of six paramedics specially trained in caring for patients who have overdosed or live with opioid use disorder. Read more > https://bit.ly/4on9Lre
SMB Disability Solutions has partnered w/ the OT program as a community emerging practice site for four years. As MN's leader in health & healthcare, the U of M is proud of partnerships like this that help advance the skills of students and the health of the state. Read more > https://bit.ly/4nFdtLG
November 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
SMB Disability Solutions has partnered w/ the OT program as a community emerging practice site for four years. As MN's leader in health & healthcare, the U of M is proud of partnerships like this that help advance the skills of students and the health of the state. Read more > https://bit.ly/4nFdtLG
#UMNproud to sponsor these important health care conversations.
Please join us next week for our upcoming Ethics Grand Rounds webinar, “Moral Distress and Burnout Among OB-GYNs After Dobbs” with Mara Buchbinder, PhD.
🗓️: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CST)
Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apaf
🗓️: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
⏱️: 12-1 p.m. (CST)
Register Now! It’s free: z.umn.edu/apaf
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#UMNproud to sponsor these important health care conversations.
Dr. Carolyn Fairbanks leads a research team that has designed, synthesized, and characterized new molecules that could reduce chronic pain without the side effects often associated with opioids and other pain medications. Read more > https://bit.ly/3Jxd0gp
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Dr. Carolyn Fairbanks leads a research team that has designed, synthesized, and characterized new molecules that could reduce chronic pain without the side effects often associated with opioids and other pain medications. Read more > https://bit.ly/3Jxd0gp
“I thought it was really unique in that if I wanted to do med school, nobody else would have an MLS degree,” Dr. Chad Thompson, 2008 graduate of the Medical Laboratory Sciences program. “It's very rare, and it's a great clinical background to work as a physician." Read more > https://bit.ly/4oc7oqP
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“I thought it was really unique in that if I wanted to do med school, nobody else would have an MLS degree,” Dr. Chad Thompson, 2008 graduate of the Medical Laboratory Sciences program. “It's very rare, and it's a great clinical background to work as a physician." Read more > https://bit.ly/4oc7oqP
As MN's healthcare leader, the U of M is shaping the future of healthcare in the state. The college's new APPE rotations will bring pharmacy students to rural and underserved urban communities to help address workforce shortages and needs of these areas. Read more > https://bit.ly/4osgRdo
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As MN's healthcare leader, the U of M is shaping the future of healthcare in the state. The college's new APPE rotations will bring pharmacy students to rural and underserved urban communities to help address workforce shortages and needs of these areas. Read more > https://bit.ly/4osgRdo
Structural & systemic barriers have brought an indefinite pause to the college’s longstanding partnership with the Human Development Center, a certified community behavioral health clinic serving northern MN & WI. Learn more about the important work of this partnership. ▶️ https://bit.ly/4otzwWo
Unsustainable compensation impacts comprehensive medication management services in community mental health clinic
Despite the 7.7 million nonmetropolitan residents who reported having a mental illness and more than 16% of U.S. adults who reported taking prescription medication to help with mental health in 2023, access to medical and mental health services remains ...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Structural & systemic barriers have brought an indefinite pause to the college’s longstanding partnership with the Human Development Center, a certified community behavioral health clinic serving northern MN & WI. Learn more about the important work of this partnership. ▶️ https://bit.ly/4otzwWo
The 2025 Align Summit closed a few weeks ago but we still feel the excitement of the great connections & productive conversations. Thank you to the sponsors, exhibitors, participants, & planners. Online photo gallery > https://bit.ly/43rwxWb Visit z.umn.edu/CoPAlignSummit for an event summary soon!
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The 2025 Align Summit closed a few weeks ago but we still feel the excitement of the great connections & productive conversations. Thank you to the sponsors, exhibitors, participants, & planners. Online photo gallery > https://bit.ly/43rwxWb Visit z.umn.edu/CoPAlignSummit for an event summary soon!
Every 8 wks., pharmacists from rural practice settings across MN gather to tackle barriers to integrating pharmacists & #MTM services into rural health systems. Read how Rural Rx Alliance is helping rural pharmacists become more innovative and better reach patients across MN > https://bit.ly/43k4szZ
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Every 8 wks., pharmacists from rural practice settings across MN gather to tackle barriers to integrating pharmacists & #MTM services into rural health systems. Read how Rural Rx Alliance is helping rural pharmacists become more innovative and better reach patients across MN > https://bit.ly/43k4szZ
Welcome to the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy's Bluesky! Together, we lead innovative health education, research, and practice that leverages our programs in #PharmaceuticalSciences, #PharmacyPractice, #OccupationalTherapy, and #MedicalLaboratorySciences. We are #UMNproud!
October 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Welcome to the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy's Bluesky! Together, we lead innovative health education, research, and practice that leverages our programs in #PharmaceuticalSciences, #PharmacyPractice, #OccupationalTherapy, and #MedicalLaboratorySciences. We are #UMNproud!