School of Pharmacy
Pharmacy School Earns AACP Lawrence Weaver Transformative Community Service Award
The University of Connecticut has been awarded the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s (AACP) prestigious Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award for its commitment to addressing unmet community needs through education, practice and research. “In times such as the current pandemic, the impact of excellence in all dimensions becomes even more obvious and […]
Jeannette Wick Named 2021 School of Pharmacy Teacher of The Year
The UConn School of Pharmacy 2020 Pharm.D. class has selected Visiting Professor Jeannette Wick as the 2021 School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year.
Student Profiles in Pharmaceutical Research – Shipra Malik
Shipra Malik was selected for an oral presentation and a cash prize for the prestigious 2021 RNA Institute Mini-Symposium series.
Student Profiles in Pharmaceutical Research – May Zhang
May's Honors thesis has been published in Biochemical Pharmacology.
How Safe is Baby Food? Company Reports Show Arsenic, Lead, and Other Heavy Metals
Since the amount of heavy metals varies so dramatically, food choices can make a difference.
One-Dose Vaccine on its Way: New Tool May Arrest the Pandemic’s Progression
An Advisory Committee has just recommended the FDA grant emergency authorization use to a new, one-dose COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson/Janssen. Dr. Jeff Aeschlimann, Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist at UConn Health and of the UConn School of Pharmacy, shares more about the third COVID-19 vaccine to be recommended for FDA-authorized emergency use, how it works differently than the other vaccines, and what new hope the single shot may bring with it.
How Some Drugs Can Turn Into a Cancer-Causing Chemical in the Body
Sitting on the shelf could increase the amount of a carcinogen present in some common types of medication.
2021 University Scholars Align Research with the School of Pharmacy
UConn’s 2021 University Scholars include two students with majors in Molecular and Cell Biology and one working towards a Pharm.D. As University Scholars, Suzannah De Almeida, Maria Latta, and Seema Patel are all taking advantage of the depth and breadth of research being done by Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice faculty within the School of […]
Quarterly Recap of Pharmacy Faculty Research Grants – FY 2021 Q1
Recapping the quarters beginning July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020, the UConn School of Pharmacy congratulates the following Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice faculty and their teams for their FY21Q1 research grant awards* totaling $5,294,716: Raman Bahal, Ph.D. DHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Targeting microRNAs to the tumor microenvironment with […]
UConn Startup Developing Anti-Viral Drugs for Herpes, COVID-19
UConn startup QMD develops broad-spectrum antiviral drugs with indications ranging from herpes viruses to SARS-CoV2, the pathogen responsible for COVID-19.