Expanding Access
Pharmacists as Addiction Treatment Resources
Wisconsin’s rural areas lack access to formal addiction treatment facilities. John Lemke (PharmD ’15) and Jeff Kirchner (BS ’88) created a medication-assisted therapy program at Streu’s Pharmacy Bay Natural in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to help patients with opioid and alcohol misuse disorders and developed a partnership to help recently released inmates continue treatment.
Student Leaders
Alumni Scholarship Winners
Alumni and friends expand opportunities for the School of Pharmacy's exceptional Pharmaceutical Science and Health Services Research in Pharmacy graduate students. See this year's recipients.
Caring for the Caregiver
With an idea that won a national award, PharmD students in the Pharmacy Leadership Society create a training to teach informal Alzheimer's caregivers how to care for themselves.
Education Innovations
New Guiding Vision
The School of Pharmacy enacts a new strategic plan to empower the pioneering minds at the heart of health care, centered on three overarching goals: innovate, cultivate, and educate.
Simulating Future Practice
Two AACP-funded simulations, led by Associate Professor Andrea Porter (PharmD ’06) and Associate Professor Casey Gallimore (PharmD ’05, MS ’13), teach future pharmacists how to successfully work on a care team — even from miles away.
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Pharmacy Alumni Tailgate & Viewing Party
For the Badgers vs. Hawkeyes game at Camp Randall Stadium, the School of Pharmacy hosted our annual tailgate and viewing party at Union South, bringing together decades of alumni to reconnect, mingle, and root for the home team.
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Award-Winning Alumni
Citations of Merit Honor Pioneers in Research & Education
“These four individuals, as alumni and former School faculty, exemplify what this award and what the School of Pharmacy are all about — leading the profession of pharmacy, pharmacy education, and pharmaceutical research fearlessly forward,” says School of Pharmacy Dean Steve Swanson. This year’s honorees are Sanford Bolton (MS ’57, PhD ’58), former Dean Jeanette Roberts, Thomas Rosanske (PhD ’79), and Arthur Schuna (BS ’73, MS ’75).
Cancer Care
Treatment Tracker
The PharmD student winners of the School's 2019 SHARx Tank are taking their idea for a cancer treatment tracking app to the next level: They're founding a company to bring their app to market.
Carb-Cancer Link
Ovarian cancer is notoriously difficult to treat, and researchers believe that's because it can essentially hide from the immune system. Professor Weiping Tang is exploring how to use carbs to uncloak those cancerous cells.
From the Dean
Dean’s Corner
In this season of gratitude, UW–Madison School of Pharmacy Dean Steve Swanson shares the many ways that alumni and friends of the School contribute to the success of our faculty, staff, and students, as well as ways to stay connected to hear about new opportunities.
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Leading Research
Part 3: Overcoming Opioid Misuse
In the final installment of our three-part series devoted to research happening at the School of Pharmacy to curb the opioid crisis, learn about new projects testing psilocybin in treatment for opioid misuse disorder, creating educational opportunities for teens and pharmacists alike, and activating community members to design an intervention.
Student Research Goes National
Two PharmD students and a graduate student in the Health Services Research in Pharmacy PhD program present their research at the premiere infectious diseases meeting in the country: IDWeek.
Warren Rose Named IDSA Fellow
The Infectious Diseases Society of America inducts Associate Professor Warren Rose as a 2019 fellow — one of only three PharmDs to receive the honor — for his unique approach to antibiotic resistance.
Alumni Spotlight
Tradition of Pharmacy Leadership
Alumni from the School of Pharmacy have held nearly 50 president positions in seven national pharmacy organizations. Meet the Badger alumni leaders of AACP, ACPE, and Rho Chi.
Evolution of Drug Regulation
With his degree from the School of Pharmacy, John Swann (MS '82, PhD '85) became an FDA historian. Now, he tracks the complex past of pharmacists pushing for a safer drug supply.
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White Coat Ceremony
The School’s of Pharmacy’s first-year PharmD students recently passed an important milestone: the White Coat Ceremony, marking their dedication to professionalism and their education.
Those coats wouldn’t have been possible without our generous alumni.
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Research in Action
Skin in the Game
Skin is the largest organ in the body, and its first line of defense is inflammation. Assistant Professor Jun Dai explores this immune response in search of better treatments for skin conditions, including cancer.
Radical Psychiatry
Associate Professor Lucas Richert's new book highlights the radical ideas and therapies induced by the counterculture in the 1960s and '70s, including their influence on psychiatry and incorporating psychedelic drugs into treatment.
Mining for Molecules
The National Institutes of Health is giving Assistant Professor Jason Kwan new funding to the mine cultured and uncultured biosphere for new drug candidates.
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2019 Career Days
Alumni and practitioners flooded Rennebohm Hall for our annual Career Days — including alumni-led panel discussions, networking sessions, and a career fair — to connect our PharmD students with the people and opportunities that will accelerate their careers.
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Making Headlines
Class Notes
Winter 2019 Class Notes
From getting promotions and accolades to expanding families and pursuing personal passions, your former School of Pharmacy classmates are doing it all. Stay in the loop with your Badger Pharmacy peers through class notes.
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Upcoming Events
2020 PSW LEGISLATIVE DAY
Wednesday, February 12
Each year, the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin hosts a day of legislative action to bring pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and student pharmacists together to meet with Wisconsin legislators and learn about current issues in pharmacy.
APhA 2020: ALUMNI & FRIENDS RECEPTION | Date TBD
Join fellow Badger pharmacists at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, March 20-23. Time and location of reception TBD. Check back for more details.
PHARMD & PHARM-TOX RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM | Tuesday, April 14
Alumni are encouraged to visit the symposium in the Health Sciences Learning Center on the UW–Madison campus to see a showcase of research underway by the School’s PharmD and Pharmacology and Toxicology students. 12-2 pm.
Professional Development
Upcoming Pharmacy Events & Conferences
PharmaSki Symposium: Current Topics in Patient Care
January 24-25, 2019 | Wausau, Wis. | Early bird registration ends January 9
Learn about rural health and telepharmacy, advances in therapy for COPD/asthma, top 10 new drugs of 2019, and a CBD oil review.
Madison Clinical Conference: Autoimmune Diseases
April 10-11, 2019 | Hilton Garden Inn, Sun Prairie, Wis. | Registration is now open
Pharmacist Learning Opportunities
Injectable Medications (IM and Subq Non-Vaccine)
100% Online | Ends April 16, 2020
United Way Safe and Healthy Aging Initiative: Creating and Learning from Smart Meds
100% Online | Ends May 24, 2020
Deprescribing in the Older Adult
100% Online | Ends May 31, 2020
Industry Scientist Learning Opportunities
Principles of Solid Dosage Forms
Short Course | May 11-15, 2020 | Registration now open
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (PK-PD)
Short Course | May 18-21, 2020 | Registration now open
Basic Statistics and Practical Pharmaceutical Applications
100% Online | Ends July 1, 2020
DISCOVERx STAFF
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Photographer | Sally Griffith-Oh
Contributing Writers | Katie Ginder-Vogel, Andrea Mongler, Nicole Etter, Stephanie Blaszczyk
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Contributing Photographers | Ingrid Laas, Paul L. Newby II, Todd Brown
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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