Profession Leaders
Leading Through a Pandemic
In a Q&A, the first female CEO of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, Sarah Sorum (PharmD ’05), discusses her leadership journey, crucial inflection points in her career, and how COVID-19 has impacted her mission at PSW.
ASHP Honor
Tom Woller (BS '84, MS '86) receives ASHP's Webb Lecture award for a career spent enhancing health-system pharmacy through leadership. Read about his contributions to the field.
Influencing Standards
The directors of the School's Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station, Ed Elder and alumnus Mark Sacchetti (MS ’90, PhD ’92), have been appointed to expert committees for the US Pharmacopeia.
Community Pharmacy Icon
For a career spent in service, third-generation independent pharmacist William Scharringhausen (BS '56) is honored by the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Student Success
Award-Worthy Outreach
The School's Wisconsin Society of Pharmacy Students is being honored by the APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists for their community outreach through diabetes and drug misuse education. See what sets their outreach apart.
Student Chapter of the Year
The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists recognizes the School's student chapter with an award for their outstanding community outreach and professional development opportunities. Learn about their unique events.
From the Dean
DEAN’S CORNER
Amid the pandemic and other challenges, 2020 has been an historically difficult year. Costs have climbed while revenue has declined, but with the support of our alumni and friends and the hard work of our faculty and staff, the School has remained a leading research institution with a top PharmD program. Dean Swanson shares the details.
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Innovating Education
Integrated, Experiential Learning
The School introduced two key changes that remodel PharmD students’ first year, providing immersive, progressive, and foundational experiences.
Antimicrobial Stewardship PharmD Focus
The School's new Path of Distinction in Antimicrobial Stewardship prepares student pharmacists to improve practice and reduce resistance in any environment.
Residency Program Expansion
Adding three more sites, the School's Community Pharmacy Residency Program now has a record number of practice sites, giving residents more opportunities.
Alumni Reflections
Alumna Ashley Carstens (PharmD ’13), pharmacist with the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, describes what she loves about practicing pharmacy in a collaborative environment focused on patient care.
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Alumni Entrepreneurs
Modernizing Pharmacy
Rod Ammerman (BS ‘78) got his first taste of health-system information technology as a pharmacy tech at UW Hospital. That early experience spurred a long career in developing new platforms and services to enhance practice and patient care.
Handling Drug Waste
“Nobody knew there was a problem, but we needed to come up with a solution,” says Charlotte Smith (BS ‘68). She founded two companies to help hospitals responsibly deal with hazardous pharmaceutical waste.
Vaccine Mobile
Well-timed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lance Moran (BS ’88, MS ’91) delivers vaccinations to mobility-challenged populations in Madison through a new startup.
Research in Action
Potent New Antifungal
Professor Tim Bugni and his collaborators recently discovered a powerful new antifungal, turbinmicin, that has proven to be exceptionally effective against a slate of 39 fungi, including fungi that have evolved resistance to existing drugs. His findings were recently published in Science. Read how this antifungal, isolated from a sea squirt microbiome, could be a game-changer.
Overcoming Drug-Resistant Cancer
With a grant from the Department of Defense, Professors Lingjun Li and Weiping Tang are developing tools to tackle breast cancers that no longer respond to traditional therapies.
Redesigning Pharmacies for OTC Safety
Professor Michelle Chui is expanding a project to help older adults make safer decisions about over-the-counter medications. See her intervention and the results it has delivered so far.
Developing Coronavirus Therapeutics
Professor Weiping Tang receives an NIH grant to work toward novel antiviral drugs to target a variety of coronaviruses. Here are three things to know about this project.
Alumni Spotlight
Connecting the Class of 2020
With COVID-19 limiting networking opportunities, the School of Pharmacy created a new program to connect our recent graduates with established alumni for mentoring and support as they build their careers.
Science in the Court
From baby powder to food flavorings, when chemicals end up in court, PharmTox alumna Heidi Reamer (BS '12) is behind the scenes, looking at the science to help experts form their opinions.
Improving Practice
Unlocking EHRs
Electronic health records contain important context about patients and their prescriptions. So why don't community pharmacists have access? School of Pharmacy researchers are investigating the barriers and best practices for expanding EHR access.
Fighting Pharmacist Fatigue
Using wearable technology, School of Pharmacy graduate student Taylor Watterson is exploring if and when pharmacists are experiencing occupational fatigue. But first, what does pharmacist fatigue look like?
Measuring Med Sync
As one of the School's Community Pharmacy residents, Ahamed Ahamed led a project to evaluate the impact of medication synchronization on pharmacist workflow. His collaborators: four industrial engineering students.
Pharmacy Legend
A Fierce Pharmacy Advocate
William Apple (BS ’49, PhD ’54) didn’t shy away from any opportunity to advocate for pharmacists as independent healthcare professionals with laudable expertise. As CEO of APhA for almost a quarter of a century, he left a lasting mark on the profession. See his influence, from linguistic changes to prescription pricing.
Making Headlines
Class Notes
Winter 2020 Class Notes
Badger pharmacists are excelling in their careers, being recognized for professional contributions, celebrating personal milestones, and retiring from fruitful careers. Keep in touch with your Badger Pharmacy peers through class notes.
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Professional Development
Cannabinoids As Medicines Webinars
Series runs through July 2023.
A 13-lecture series that includes perspectives from psychiatry, oncology, botany, and of course, pharmacy and pharmacology. Register for one or all in the series.
Madison Clinical Conference: Autoimmune Diseases
March 10-11, 2021 | Online Conference
Applied Drug Development Program Webinars
Program Overview: January 27 & March 17, noon-12:30 pm
Join program manager Lindy Stoll to get more information about the Applied Drug Development graduate program including curriculum, application process and potential career paths.
Student Insight: February 24, 5-5:30 pm
Join a panel of current Applied Drug Development students and learn about their experiences in the program and how they plan to use the skills they are learning to advance their careers.
Share your COVID-19 Experiences
As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to grow across the United States, we know our alumni are hard at work on the frontlines, innovating new ways to keep patients and workers safe and combatting the virus through testing and education. With a vaccine on the way, we know that impact will only grow.
We want to amplify your stories and document the impact pharmacists and researchers are making against COVID-19.
DISCOVERx STAFF
Editor-in-Chief | Katie Gerhards
Photographer | Sally Griffith-Oh
Contributing Writers | Katie Ginder-Vogel, Jill Sakai, Tristan Dooley
Editorial Interns | Mary Magnuson, Arushi Gupta
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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