The UF College of Pharmacy held its 27th research competition on Feb. 20, with nine graduate student presenters in the oral competition, and a record 67 posters were entered in three categories; graduate students, professional students, and postdoctoral fellows. Organized each year by William J. Millard, Ph.D., associate dean for…
News4Jax VIDEO (Jan 16): When you open your medicine cabinet, do you find what you need easily or do you just close the door right away? The start of the New Year is a good time for you to conduct your annual medicine cabinet makeover.
For patients prescribed multiple drugs for a variety of chronic health conditions, adherence — staying on track with daily medications — can be challenging, and when doses are missed or stopped, a cycle of dangerous health risks can begin.
Marcus Brewster, Nicholas Bodor and Hartmut Derendorf Graduate Research Professor Emeritus (active) Nicholas Bodor, Ph.D., D.Sc., was honored in February on his 75th birthday for more than 30 years of service to the UF College of Pharmacy. Bodor, executive director of the UF Center for Drug Discovery, joined…
A University of Florida pharmacy researcher is the first to establish that 4 months old is the age threshold for preterm babies to receive preventive treatment for a common viral respiratory infection. Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is the most common cause of lower respiratory infection in children under…
The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs honored its first featured speaker, a University of Florida pharmacy researcher in health care disparities, in initiation of the annual Dr. Barbara Terry-Koroma Legacy Lecture series. Folakemi T. Odedina, Ph.D., a professor…
Opinion by Ian Tebbett, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, and director of the UF Forensic Sciences and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Programs. Published by The EvoLLLution online news. http://www.evolllution.com/opinions/education-ecommerce-online-enrollment-shifts-focus-selectivity-customer-service/ By Ian Tebbett | President and Chief Executive Officer, ADEC…
Jeffrey C. Delafuente has been installed as 2013-14 president of the American Society for Consultant Pharmacists, an international professional association whose mission is to enhance the quality of care for all older persons through the appropriate use of medication and the promotion of healthy aging. He holds bachelor’s (1973) and…
University of Florida Health has earned kudos from two national organizations for leading efforts to integrate technology with patient care. UF Health Information Technology has been named one of InformationWeek’s top 500 business innovators of 2013 thanks to the development of a program that alerts physicians about patients whose genetics…
The use of medications to treat mental health conditions in children is on the rise, bringing with it an increase in the combinations of those drugs, an area in which there has been very little research — until now. Almut Winterstein, Ph.D., a University of Florida College of…
