Founders Week

Shapiro Named UMB David J. Ramsay Entrepreneur of the Year

October 5, 2023

Shapiro and UMSOM’s Jeffrey Hasday, MD, honored for discovery of a novel class of drugs that selectively inhibits an enzyme’s role in promoting disease-causing inflammation and has been licensed to GEn1E Lifesciences.

Palumbo Named 2019 Founders Week Educator of the Year

October 21, 2019

Well-loved at the School of Pharmacy and the Francis King Carey School of Law, veteran professor is extolled as “an extraordinary teacher and an incredible asset” to UMB.

SOP’s Shaya Named UMB Teacher of the Year

October 16, 2017

Professor and vice chair for academic affairs in PHSR honored for her dedication to teaching and mentoring the next generation of pharmaceutical health services researchers.

Simoni-Wastila Named 2016 Founders Week Researcher of the Year

October 12, 2016

Linda Simoni-Wastila, BSPharm, MSPH, PhD, professor and Parke-Davis Chair in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, recognized for her research on drug abuse and mental health in vulnerable populations.

SOP’s Mullins Named One of UMB’s Researchers of the Year

October 6, 2014

Recognition comes as part of University’s annual Founders Week, which pays tribute to the institution’s more than 200-year history and celebrates the achievements and successes of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

Rodriguez de Bittner Delivers Founders Week Kick-Off Lecture

October 17, 2013

Presentation spotlights social entrepreneurship and its role in solving some of health care’s biggest challenges.

Rodriguez de Bittner Named 2013 Founders Week Entrepreneur of the Year

October 7, 2013

Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD ’83, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, recognized for her work as director of the Center for Innovative Pharmacy Solutions.