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.

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.

Mr. Yuk’s Best Friend

November 18, 2014

Director Bruce Anderson and his colleagues at the Maryland Poison Center (MPC) handle more than 55,000 calls a year, providing critical help to people suffering potential poisonings and toxic exposures.

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.