Career Coaches needed to mentor UF pharmacy students
Coaches meet with students twice each year and these can be done in person or via videoconference.
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Re-engineered plant compound treats opioid addiction in mice
Rob Huigens, Ph.D., an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry, and other UF researchers have re-engineered the structure of vincamine, a plant-derived compound, so that it reduces morphine-seeking behaviors in mice.
UF students advocate for pharmacy profession at Legislative Days
Pharmacy students from the University of Florida and other pharmacy colleges in Florida descended on the state capitol in Tallahassee for two days in January to advocate for the profession. The annual Legislative Days event is one of the largest statewide gatherings of pharmacy students. This year, more than…
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.
Dr. Stephan Schmidt appointed director of the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology
Schmidt will lead the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology's research and education programs, which focus on drug development and regulatory science.
Dr. Folakemi Odedina appointed to American Cancer Society and Nigerian University System research groups
Folakemi Odedina, Ph.D., a pharmacotherapy and translational research professor in the UF College of Pharmacy, has been appointed to two research groups within two different organizations in December: The American Cancer Society and the Nigeria National University Commission. American Cancer Society’s National Prostate Cancer Disparities Advisory Team The…
Register for the 2020 UF Precision Medicine Conference
The Fifth Annual UF Precision Medicine Conference will be held Feb. 21-22 in Orlando. Early bird registration rates are available until Jan. 24.
Dr. Michael Ujhelyi named associate dean for the Orlando campus
Ujhelyi is a 1987 graduate of the UF College of Pharmacy and joins UF from Boston Scientific, where he served as a senior regional medical director helping bring medical innovations to market.
UF researchers discover breakthrough anticancer drug
Researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy have discovered a safer and more effective anticancer drug to target leukemia, lymphoma, and breast and lung cancers. The journal Nature Medicine published the findings this month.
56 UF student posters presented at ASHP Midyear Meeting
The 56 students invited to present posters at the ASHP Clinical Midyear Meeting in Las Vegas represents one of the largest contingents among the nation’s colleges of pharmacy.
