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

MPC Provides Data Tracking for State’s Naloxone Administration Program

February 3, 2015

Tracking of patients who receive medication for treatment of opioid overdose will lead to better understanding of outcomes

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.

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.

SOP’s Agness and Colleagues Named Maryland Health Literacy Heroes

January 16, 2015

Award recognizes innovative web-based tool developed by Dr. Chanel Agness and her colleagues for its efforts to improve medication safety among older adults across the state of Maryland.

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 Brandt Voted President-Elect of National Consultant Pharmacy Society

December 17, 2014

Members of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists elect Dr. Nicole Brandt to serve as the organization’s new president-elect.

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.