Pharmacy Practice

SOP’s Mattingly Awarded $2.2 Million Grant to Investigate Bulk Drug Substances for Compounding

December 4, 2018

Grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will span three years and include evaluations for more than 200 nominated substances.

Balassone Lecture Examines Pharmacist’s Role in Population Health Management

October 18, 2018

Dr. Meghan D. Swarthout breaks down the buzzwords surrounding population health and encourages pharmacists to think “outside the box” to address the field’s most fundamental challenges.

Lamy Center to Lead Statewide Antimicrobial Stewardship Initiative

September 11, 2018

Maryland Department of Health awards the Lamy Center a $200,000 contract to help promote appropriate antimicrobial use in long-term care and nursing facilities across the state.

SOP’s Trovato Named an AACP Academic Leadership Fellow

August 16, 2018

Year-long fellowship program is designed to support and contribute to the development of leaders in academic pharmacy and higher education.

SOP’s Ehret Elected President of College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists

August 10, 2018

Dr. Megan Ehret will lead the organization in continuing its mission to advance the reach and practice of psychiatric pharmacy.

Revolutionizing the Role of the Pharmacist

July 26, 2018

Dr. Cherokee Layson-Wolf’s extraordinary contributions to the pharmacy profession make her a UMB Champion of Excellence.

School of Pharmacy Hosts First Practice-Based Research Day

June 27, 2018

Event highlights the research of students and trainees in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, and offers participants an opportunity to enhance presentation skills.

SOP’s Rodriguez de Bittner Installed as Trustee for American Pharmacists Association

April 11, 2018

New role offers opportunity to help the association achieve its mission to lead the pharmacy profession and equip members for their role as the medication expert in team-based, patient-centered care.

SOP’s Mattingly Named Speaker-Elect for American Pharmacists Association

April 4, 2018

Dr. Joey Mattingly will preside over the association’s House of Delegates and serve as a member of its Board of Trustees during three-year appointment.

SOP’s Whittaker Receives National Consultant Pharmacy Award

January 24, 2018

The Armon Neel Senior Care Pharmacist Award recognizes geriatric pharmacists who consistently exemplify the ideals of the senior care pharmacist and contribute significantly to the goals of ASCP.

Lamy Center Names Inaugural Champions

December 15, 2017

New coalition will help the Center advance its mission and develop clinical and educational initiatives to improve geriatric care across the state of Maryland and beyond.

UMB Opens Interprofessional Clinic in Prince George’s County

December 12, 2017

The schools of pharmacy, nursing, social work, and law at the University of Maryland, Baltimore are collaborating at a clinic that improves continuity of care for patients discharged from UM Prince George’s Hospital Center.