School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Interprofessional Event Concludes National Primary Care Week
The largest group of health professions students and faculty in the history of UConn came together on Friday, October 30 for the inaugural Dean’s Afternoon. This interprofessional workshop, developed by the Committee on Interprofessional Excellence in Healthcare, included students from Dental Medicine, Dietetics, Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science, Medicine, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Social Work. Programs […]
Peter Tyczkowski ’78 Appointed Director of Experiential Education
Dean James R. Halpert announced the appointment of Peter J. Tyczkowski ’78 as director for experiential education for the UConn School of Pharmacy. Tyczkowski will provide day-to-day management of the Office of Experiential Education. Experiential education comprises 30 percent of the professional pharmacy curriculum and includes Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences and Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences. […]
UConn to Host Pharmacist Training to Prescribe Naloxone
The UConn School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Connecticut Pharmacists Association and the State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Drug Control, is providing the State of Connecticut required training that allows pharmacists who have been trained and certified to prescribe naloxone, an opioid antagonist that blocks opiate receptors in the nervous system and […]
UConn, UConn Health Join Yale on Drug Research Initiative
The $10 million initiative will speed the commercialization of drug discovery research.
A Pharmacist Explains Why Drugs Cost So Much
UConn's Lisa Holle explains how prescription drug prices are set and discusses some of the efforts to rein them in.
UConn Foundation Raises $78 Million in FY 2015
Giving was up in various categories, including those giving more than $25,000, which jumped 23 percent.
UConn Graduate Student Wins InnoCentive Prize
Imagine sitting at your kitchen table eating your now soggy bowl of cereal as you do every morning. As the caffeine from your morning java starts to awaken your sleep addled brain, you wonder, “If we can send humans rocketing around the Earth, why can’t someone figure out how to keep my Corn Cracklin’ Toasty […]
UConn Designated as Federal Health Care Study Center
UConn's reports will be used by Medicaid and Medicare Services in making health coverage decisions that affect millions of patients nationwide.
Getting Ahead of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria
A UConn medicinal chemist has developed software with a colleague at Duke that could help make more resilient antibiotics.
Breaking Down Barriers to Healthcare for the Incarcerated
UConn is taking the lead in treatment of incarcerated patients with its Center for Correctional Health Networks.