Academics

A Bridge to Excellence

March 9, 2015

Margaret Hayes, MS, leads the A Bridge to Academic Excellence mentoring program, a community service program between the School of Pharmacy and UMB’s six other schools.

Talent Competition Highlights Student Innovation in Regulatory Science

February 11, 2015

Winners of student regulatory science talent competition propose mobile application to help improve patient medication knowledge.

SOP’s Eddington Elected to National Leadership Position

February 5, 2015

Chair-elect appointment of AACP’s Council of Deans recognizes dean’s expertise and leadership in the field of pharmacy education.

Faculty Member Named Chair-elect of AACP Section

February 5, 2015

Jill Morgan, PharmD, appointed to leadership role within one of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s newest interest groups

New CE Partnership with MedChi Focuses on Physician Dispensing in Maryland

February 3, 2015

To help satisfy requirements of new state law, the School’s Center for Innovative Pharmacy Solutions will provide continuing education for physicians who wish to dispense medications at their practices.

SOP Partners with Million Hearts to Celebrate American Heart Month

January 29, 2015

Week of fun-filled activities will help educate the public about the “ABCs” of heart disease and stroke prevention.

SOP’s Annual Pumpian Lecture Shows Quality is King in Health Care Reform

December 2, 2014

Speaker Laura Cranston emphasizes the importance of quality measures to improve health care and examines how those measures might impact the future of pharmacy practice.

SOP Hosts Special Ceremony to Name Walgreens OSCE Suite

November 24, 2014

Event recognizes recent gift from community pharmacy partner.

Two PSC Graduate Students Awarded Prestigious Meyerhoff Fellowships

November 21, 2014

Awards provide financial assistance and unique networking opportunities to students from underrepresented groups pursuing graduate degrees in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.

APhA-ASP Hosts Seminar to Educate School Community About Provider Status

November 17, 2014

Policy experts join student-led panel discussion to emphasize the importance of advocating for the pharmacy profession and the need for provider status.

SOP’s Future Health Services Researchers Honored with Scholarship Awards

November 12, 2014

Four students from the School’s PHSR PhD Program receive the Arthur Schwartz Memorial Scholarship and Donald O. Fedder Memorial Fellowship in recognition of their superior academic performance.

Faculty and Students Come Together to Make an Impact on Capitol Hill

October 16, 2014

The School of Pharmacy has a strong presence in front of Congress in September as faculty and students share their clinical expertise through health fairs, meetings, and testimonies.