DiscoveRx Magazine – Summer 2020

Masthead for the Summer issue of DiscoveRx magazine, featuring alums Tanvee Thakur, Moath Sarsour, and Tracy Laabs.

COVID Front Lines

A collage of photos from Aurora West Allis Medical Center
COVID-19 Response Commander

“I was born for this.” Alum Nick Ladell (PharmD ’11) leads Aurora West Allis Medical Center’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the Incident Command Team. Learn what it takes to get a hospital ready for a global health crisis.

Black Lives Matter

Photo Gallery: White Coats 4 Black Lives Rally

Alumni, students, faculty and staff of the School of Pharmacy joined health care professionals from around Wisconsin to show solidarity for Black lives and to raise awareness of how racism impacts patient care.

Racism is a Public Health Crisis, White Coats for Black Lives protest signs

Message of Solidarity

Dean Steve Swanson shares the steps the School of Pharmacy is taking to rededicate ourselves in advancing diversity and inclusion and to recommit our efforts to address our own conscious and unconscious biases.

Rennebohm Hall

Learn and Reflect

As part of the #ShutDownSTEM movement on June 10, the university compiled a list of resources for all community members to use as a launching point for self-reflection and education on racial justice and allyship.

#ShutdownSTEM graphic

Award-Winning Alumni

Honorary APhA President

Gregory Higby (MS ’80, PhD ’84) is a national resource on the history of the pharmacy profession. The American Pharmacists Association is recognizing his prolific career and contributions to pharmacy.

Greg Higby

Powering Neurotechnology

Alumna Tracy Laabs (BS '01), who has spent her career propelling advances in neuroengineering and neurotechnology, is the 2020 PharmTox Alum of the Year.

Tracy Laabs

Praiseworthy Precepting

Nick Zetes (PharmD '10), outpatient pharmacy coordinator at the American Family Children’s Hospital, is the 2020 recipient of the Larry Boh Clinical Instructor Excellence award.

Nick Zetes

Pharmacy's Future

Dave Mott, Bill Doucette, and graphs from their Pharmacist Workforce Study
Study Spots Growth Opportunities in Pharmacist Workforce 

The National Pharmacist Workforce Study got its start at the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy two decades ago. The latest survey, still led by faculty and alumni of the School, uncovers where the profession is headed and how it’s getting there. See the study’s three key trends. 

Program Spotlight

 

Research to Rethink Health Care

The Health Services Research in Pharmacy PhD program, previously named Social and Administrative Sciences in Pharmacy, at the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy provides the next generation of health services researchers the interdisciplinary training and tools to design the future of health care delivery. Hear from faculty, students, and alumni about the program’s catalyzing effects.

Improving Practice

Platinum Designation

The Madison VA is the first practice to receive the VA’s Clinical Pharmacy Platinum Practice Designation for their integration of clinical pharmacy specialists, including six School of Pharmacy alumni, on patient-aligned care teams.

Independent Pharmacy Champion

Alumnus Mike Flint (BS '81) created one of the first buying co-ops in Wisconsin — and that is just one of his many contributions to pharmacy.

Bill Mallatt and Mike Flint

Community Connection

Three years after graduating, Moath Sarsour (PharmD '16) opened his own pharmacy, prioritizing comprehensive patient consultations.

Moath Sarsour

From the Dean

Dean Steve Swanson

 

DEAN’S CORNER

The year 2020 has proven to be a transformative time, through both COVID-19 and the outpouring of rage over the killing of George Floyd. Dean Steven Swanson outlines what this means for the School and shares some reasons to celebrate.

Read his message

Legacy of Leadership

Ronald Borchardt (BS '67), Robert Buerki (BS ‘63, MS ’67), Eugene Fiese (BS '67, MS '68), and William Zellmer (BS '67) have all served either AAPS or AIHP as president.
Tradition of National Pharmacy Leadership

Read Part 3: Alumni of the School have held 50 president positions with national pharmacy organizations. Here are the stories of School of Pharmacy alumni who led AAPS and AIHP.

Class Notes

Class Notes collage featuring Sarah Sorum, Olivia Fahey, Jason Bergsbaken, and more.

Summer 2020 Class Notes

From getting promotions and national awards to expanding families, your former School of Pharmacy classmates are staying busy, even during the COVID-19 shut-downs. Keep in touch with your Badger Pharmacy peers through class notes.

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Event Update

Canceled: 22nd Annual PAA and WSPS Scholarship Golf Tournament
Friday, August 14, 2020

University Ridge is unable to host the event as all university in-person events and large gatherings are canceled through August 17.

Contribute to History

Building the Rennebohm Memorabilia Collection

Rennebohm Drug Store, aka “Rennie’s,” owned by former Governor Oscar Rennebohm, was a Madison institution. If you have old prescription bottles of other memorabilia from Rennebohm Drug Stores, consider helping the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy expand their collection.

Donate memorabilia >

COVID-19 Pandemic Pharmacy Historical Documentation Project

The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is documenting and preserving pharmacy stories and experiences during the COVID-19 global pandemic for the benefit of future historians and scholars, through pharmacy stories, photos, videos, artifacts, and other documentation.

Share your experience >

Professional Development

Drug Product Development Certificate Program

This program is for scientists and technical managers working at the drug discovery interface, responsible for lead optimization and candidate selection.

Learn more >

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DISCOVERx STAFF

Editor-in-Chief Katie Gerhards
Photographer
  |  Sally Griffith-Oh
Contributing Writers  |  Katie Ginder-Vogel, Jill Sakai
Editorial Interns | Mary Magnuson, Arushi Gupta, Iseult Gillespie 
Contributing Photographers  |  Paul L. Newby II
Editorial Advisors  |  Alyson Kim, David Mott

DiscoveRx magazine is a quarterly digital publication by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy.

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