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Find out what is happening at all of UB UB News Learn more about the UB community Your Life, Your UB See the latest news on the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacy News New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences Don't miss cutting edge life sciences programs! For more detailed information on events, visit the COE Events webpage. Prescription 4 Health Program – Improving Patient Health Literacy Under the direction of Dr. Gayle Brazeau, UB SoPPS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York and new patient health literacy program is being developed: “Prescription 4 Health Program”. The focus of this program is to enhance patient health literacy in the area of prescription and over-the-counter medications by changing how health care practitioners work with their patients in the clinic and in community pharmacies. For More information on this program: http://www.nwbchcc.org/rx4health/. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences: Seminars & Symposia |
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SoPPS NewsSchool Celebrates Groundbreaking for Kapoor HallOn Friday, September 11, the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the building it will call home in 2012, when pharmacy will become the first UB professional school in three decades to move onto the South (Main Street) Campus and back into the City of Buffalo (Full Article)  Professor Murali Ramanathan and other UB Researchers Investigate Possible new Underlying Cause of MSMurali Ramanathan, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, is noted in a recent Buffalo News article regarding UB research that will test the possibility that the symptoms of MS result from narrowing of the primary veins outside the skull, a condition called "chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency," or CCSVI.Buffalo News article UB News Center article 2009 Fall Pharmacy Professional Practice Review Series
November 2, 4, 9, 11, 14, and 21 Goal - To provide a comprehensive review for pharmacy students in preparation for the January 2010 New York State Board of Pharmacy Examination. Areas to be covered include compounding prescriptions and sterile products, and preparation for the Part Three Written Examination. Program Description - The program consists of two separate sessions, and includes lecture and laboratory components. Session #1 includes four lectures and a practice lab. Session two consists of a Simulated Compounding Exam. Registrants may register for one or both sessions. Registration Information and additional program details is posted here. UB Students Take Fourth Place at AACP MeetingMike Grota '11, Danielle Kauffman '11, Miranda Minhas '10 and Vikram Sundararaman '12 came in fourth place in the National Community Pharmacists Association Pruitt-Schutte Business Plan Competition at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. Since 2005, the UB SoPPS has placed in the top five in this competition. Congratulations! Welcome PharmD Class of 2013The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences welcomes the 125 members of the PharmD Class of 2013 to UB! 
Professor Reiman Wins AACP School Spirit AwardCongratulations to Professor Al Reiman for receiving the 2009 AACP School Spirit Award at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting.  6TH Annual Student Scholarship Golf Tournament Raises over $29,000Our 6th annual golf tournament, held on June 8th was a great success! Over $29,000 was raised and 98 golfers attended in support of student scholarships.
Tournament Sponsors: We would like to thank our very generous sponsors for their support of our tournament.
 Dean Anderson with Student Scholarship Recipients Students Take First Place During the Jeopardy Challenge at the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York Annual Summer ConferenceUB School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences took first place in the Annual APHA Self-Care Jeopardy Challenge. P4 Team members Lisa Lederhouse and Victoria Adams (with pharmacist teammate Steve Giroux, Class of 1981) led the way in this close competition. Phi Lambda Sigma Inducts New MembersCongratulations to the following individuals who were initiated into, Beta Omicron Chapter Phi Lambda Sigma, the National Pharmacy Leadership Society in the school. Student Inductees: Samuel Aitken, Kirsten Butterfoss, Michael Grota, Carolyn Hempel, Matthew Schnupp, Andrew Stivers, and Kristen Zeitler Faculty, Staff and Alumni Inductees: Dr. Peter Brody ‘02, Dr. Daniel Brazeau, Ms. Jean Costanzo, Mr. Stephen Giroux ‘81 and Mr. David Pysz ‘76 PLS would also like to congratulate Dr. William Prescott, recipient of the first PLS Alumni of the Year Award and Dr. Gayle Brazeau, recipient of the 2009 PLS Faculty Service Award. Susan Chang, NYSCHP Student Essay Contest WinnerCongratulations to Susan Chang, Class of 2010, winner of the 2009 New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists Student Essay Contest. |
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EventsSoPPS: Monday, December 7, 2009 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Harrah's, Las Vegas Contact: phm-alumni@buffalo.edu
2009 Fall Pharmacy Professional Practice Review Series November 2, 4, 9, 11, 14, and 21 Registration Information and additional program details is posted here. The Friends of the Health Sciences Library Present: Continuing Education: |
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