Publication Examines Patient-focused Drug Development Efforts
February 27, 2015
Paper from Eleanor Perfetto, PhD, reviews current PFDD activities and offers suggestions for incorporating patient input into drug development.
Research
SOP Faculty Receive $1.5 Million from the FDA to Study Iron Medications
February 24, 2015
Interdisciplinary group will research the effectiveness of brand versus generic iron medications used to treat anemia in kidney disease patients
Center for Translational Medicine Receives $1.7 Million Gift in Kind
February 13, 2015
Gift of software will benefit students in the School’s Master of Science in Pharmacometrics program and aid researchers in the Center for Translational Medicine.
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.
CDPP Hosts Conference to Examine Emerging Issues in FDA Law
January 23, 2015
Concerns surrounding the implementation of the new Drug Quality and Security Act are highlighted at event co-sponsored by the University of Maryland Schools of Pharmacy and Law and the Food and Drug Law Institute.
UMB Launches Center of Excellence to Advance Patient-Centered Research
January 20, 2015
Dr. Eleanor Perfetto to lead new center designed to expand and improve training in comparative effectiveness research and patient-centered outcomes research.
FDA Awards Two Grants, $1.2 Million to Center for Translational Medicine
January 12, 2015
Grants will support the development of quantitative pharmacometric models to advance the evaluation of generic drugs.
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.
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.
SOP’s Wilks Named Maryland Chemist of the Year
November 13, 2014
Presented by the Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society, award recognizes members’ outstanding achievement in the field of chemistry.
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.
Mullins Spotlights PATIENTS Program, PCOR During Founders Week Lecture
November 3, 2014
Delivered with Dr. Robin Newhouse, presentation emphasized listening to patients and caregivers’ voices across all stages of research.