New cohort of 23 graduate students arrive for fall semester
The incoming class features 21 Ph.D. and two residential master’s students, from nine states and four countries.
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Three UF pharmacy students win American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education awards
Graduate students Ariana Brice-Tutt and Mohammed Gbadamosi received AFPE Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowships, while Razanne Oueini, a Pharm.D. student, received a Gateway to Research Fellowship award.
UF study: 2 million Americans buy prescription drugs outside the country
The study in JAMA Network Open finds that more than 2 million Americans purchase their prescription drugs from outside the U.S. to save money.
Research funding reaches record high, as UF College of Pharmacy moves up AACP rankings
The University of Florida College of Pharmacy received a record $28.3 million in research awards in 2019.
Dr. Juan Hincapie-Castillo receives the 2020 Emerging Leader Award from the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
The Emerging Leader Award recognizes ISPE members that have shown early in their careers the potential for leadership and have already made significant contributions to the society.
Dr. Weihsuan “Jenny” Lo-Ciganic wins UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
The UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors is one of the university’s top awards for a junior faculty member.
UF researchers report mixed results in safety study of drugs seen as possible COVID-19 therapeutics
University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers studying the safety of two classes of drugs touted as potential therapeutics for COVID-19 report mixed results. Their analysis of 13.3 million reports from the Food and Drug Administration’s Adverse Event Reporting System showed antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were not associated with…
New Florida law leads to decline in opioid use, according to UF study
UF researchers found the number of new opioid users per month dropped 16 percent immediately after Florida House Bill 21 was implemented.
UF Health researchers develop CMS quality measure to evaluate inpatient psychiatric hospitals
The UF measure tracks 30-day hospital readmission rates for psychiatric patients following discharge.
UF study finds FDA strategy cuts fetal exposure to harmful immunosuppressive drug, but risks remain
University of Florida researchers determined an FDA-approved program deters pregnant women from starting a potentially harmful immunosuppressive drug. But for women taking the drug, the program was not effective at reducing conception.
