School of Pharmacy
Knock, Knock: UConn Students Making Hartford House Calls with COVID Vaccines
The community initiative is a partnership of CT AHEC, based at UConn Health, with the City of Hartford Department of Health and Human Services, Harriott Home Health Services, and the Hispanic Health Council
Ph.D. student Suraj Fanse Earns Best Poster at ’22 CRS Meeting
Suraj Fanse (expected Ph.D. '23) was awarded best research poster at the Controlled Release Society's (CRS) annual meeting in Montreal, Canada.
Student News from Sartor Lab – Summer 2022
Congratulations to the following students working in the Sartor Lab this summer.
UConn Health Specialty Pharmacy: 2 Years of Success and Still Growing
Patients who require specialty drugs have an ally to help coordinate their care and remove barriers to obtaining their medications quickly, safely, and affordably.
Stephanie Gernant Elected to APhA APRS Office
Stephanie Gernant, Pharm.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, was recently elected chair of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APRS)
In Memoriam Karl A. Nieforth
Emeritus professor and emeritus dean of the UConn School of Pharmacy, Dr. Karl A. Nieforth passed away on June 18, 2022.
Student Team Takes 2nd Place in ACCP Clinical Research Challenge
The student team of Molly Csere, Kelly Carucci, and Anagha Gogate, with faculty advisor, Bill Baker, Pharm.D., took second among 82 teams, in the recently concluded 2022 ACCP Clinical Research Challenge Awards.
OVPR Announces SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund Recipients for 2022-23
Five researchers were awarded internal funding through the competitive program.
Dangerous Counterfeit Drugs are Putting Millions at Risk, a New Study Says
Many counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs are sold online, and the bulk of them are being obtained without a prescription
Christina Polomoff elected to ASCP Director-at-Large
Christina Polomoff, Pharm.D., a population health clinical pharmacist at Hartford HealthCare Integrated Care Partners, and assistant clinical professor was recently voted in as director-at-large for the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) Board of Directors.