SOP to Lead Effort to Find and Share Ways to Engage Hard-to-Reach Patients

January 18, 2012

A federally funded institute has asked the University of Maryland to help find ways to include hard-to-reach patients in research design and implementation.

School Hosts Conference on Critical Issues of ‘Biosimilars’

January 4, 2012

FDA to rule on complexities of copycat vaccines, blood therapies, toxin products, and other biologic therapies that are similar, but not exactly the same, as brand products.

FDA’s Gobburu Joins School of Pharmacy Faculty

December 21, 2011

Leading Food and Drug Administration scientist is hired to expand education and research in pharmacometrics, a field that makes drug development and regulation more efficient.

Model Developed for Future Obesity Drug Testing

December 13, 2011

School of Pharmacy report pinpoints a previously unidentified role for a cellular protein in controlling body weight.

New Study Raises Concerns Over Foster Children on Antipsychotic Meds

November 28, 2011

The study published in Pediatrics is the first to examine the concomitant use of more than one antipsychotic medication among youth in foster care.

Interprofessonal Student Teams Play Ball for Charity

November 21, 2011

Student organizations join forces once again to battle it out on the court and raise money for the American Heart Association.

School of Pharmacy Dean Presents 2011 State of the School Address

November 18, 2011

Annual address highlights education, practice, research, and outreach accomplishments

U.S. Surgeon General, SOP Kick off City’s

November 4, 2011

Campaign in six cities aims to raise awareness on the importance of taking medicine as directed.

SOP Teams With College Park on FDA Drug Regulatory Science Initiative

November 3, 2011

The University of Maryland has assembled an interprofessional team of research scientists from its campuses in Baltimore and College Park for a center of excellence.

MTM Model Improves Patient Health, Instructs Students

October 26, 2011

Pharmacists’ time with patients is invaluable within the interprofessional model, says medical director.

New Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Named

October 14, 2011

Peter Swaan, PhD, will lead growth of the School’s research enterprise and graduate education

SOP Part of $35 Million FDA Grant to Improve Drug Development Process

October 11, 2011

Research will contribute to project to make drug manufacturing safer.