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Bootman elected to National Academies of Practice
J. Lyle Bootman, PhD, ScD, dean, has been elected to the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished practitioner of pharmacy.

Hurwitz earns fellowship to study OTC meds
Jason Hurwitz, assistant research scientist in the Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research, has been chosen to receive a postdoctoral fellowship in health outcomes from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation (PhRMA).

PharmD students present poster at ASHP midyear conference
Fourth-year PharmD students Patricia Ritz and Danielle Russell presented a poster at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Midyear Clinical Conference in December.

Alum leaves half of her estate to College of Pharmacy
Metta Lou Henderson, PhD, HonD, is leaving half of her estate to the UA College of Pharmacy to establish an endowed scholarship in her name.

Lau to receive award from Society of Toxicology
Serrine Lau, professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and director of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, has been tapped to receive a national award from the Society of Toxicology.

UA closes for holiday break
The University of Arizona and the College of Pharmacy will be closed for regular business starting Dec. 24, 2008. Offices will reopen Jan. 5, 2009.

Accomplished alumni share expertise
Two college alumni visited COP recently at the invitation of Pharmacy Practice and Science, which has inaugurated a Guest Scholar Alumnus lecture series.

Sweden to base pharmaceutical study on COP model
Two representatives of the Swedish government visited COP Nov. 24-26 to discuss how to adapt techniques used in the college’s studies of the cost of drug-related problems to similar research in Sweden.

Associate dean heads ACCP
John Murphy, PharmD, associate dean of academic and professional affairs at The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, has been elected president of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

Grant to fund Valley Fever study
An associate professor is the principal investigator on a new grant to study dosing strategies of the valley fever drug nikkomycin Z, now in clinical trials at UA.

COP student elected APhA-ASP regional delegate
A COP student will represent Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado as the Region Eight delegate to the American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student Pharmacists.

Students get a taste of Thailand
Fourth-year students John Vo and Charlotte Campbell are doing an international rotation in Thailand. During their six-week rotation plus two weeks of private travel, they will visit Bangkok, rural towns and historic sites.

Monks to study the adverse effects of ecstasy
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded Terrence Monks $1.7 million for a nearly five-year study of the long-term adverse effects of the street drug ecstasy.

ISPOR participates in Memory Walk
The UA student chapter of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research participated in Memory Walk 2008 to benefit the Alzheimer's Association.

AIDSWALK team makes a difference
The COP team raised $1,785 - more money than any other student group at the AIDSWALK on Oct. 19.

Pharmacy Day on the Mall a success
At Pharmacy Day on the UA Mall Oct. 30, students performed free screenings and educated the public about health issues, while prepharmacy students handed out free root beer floats.

UA Pharmacy Students Win National Business Plan Competition
Four University of Arizona College of Pharmacy students copped first place in a competition run by the National Community Pharmacists Association to hone the entrepreneurial skills of future pharmacists.

Katy visits kids in Phoenix
Katy the Kangaroo, COP’s ambassador to youngsters around the state, made a special appearance at Wildfire Elementary School in Phoenix Oct. 8.

Phi Lambda Sigma holds leadership conference
Phi Lambda Sigma-Alpha Tau held its Second Annual Leadership Conference Sept. 5 to help pharmacy students get to know each other and build leadership skills.

COP students attend 54th IPSF World Congress in Romania
COP had the largest contingency of students from a single institution at the International Pharmacy Students Federation World Congress 2008 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in August.

Osaka partnership finalized
In early September, the College of Pharmacy and Osaka University in Japan signed an International Memorandum of Understanding to develop research-based collaborative relationships between the faculty members.

Funding open for pilot projects
The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center will make awards of up to $40,000 for pilot projects in translational research.

Stars of Homecoming shine brightly
Eight COP alumni, faculty and friends will be receiving awards at the annual College of Pharmacy Alumni and Friends Homecoming Dinner.

Lamore and Kuhlman receive research fellowships
Two pharmacology and toxicology doctoral students are part of the 50 UA students receiving fellowships from Science Foundation Arizona’s Graduate Research Fellowship program.

Business-like students named finalists
A team of four pharmacy students was recently named one of three finalist groups in the Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.

Program coordinators to speak at celebration
Program coordinators Denise Moreno Ramirez and Monica Ramirez will travel to Raleigh, N.C., to attend a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Chisholm-Burns wins award for textbook
The COP professor and head of the Pharmacy Practice and Science department will accept the 2008 Medical Book Award from the American Medical Writers Association for the textbook, Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice

Hurley receives NIH EUREKA grant
Laurence Hurley, medicinal chemistry professor at COP and BIO5 associate director, has been awarded one of 38 National Institutes of Health grants.

Rural health programs see growth in numbers and enthusiasm
Over the summer, several students participated in COP's Rural Health Professions Program by interning at pharmacies in rural areas.

College accepting PharmD applications
The online application for admission to the UA PharmD program in Fall Semester 2009 is now available to applicants. Click on Admissions from the College of Pharmacy home page (below the photo).

Monks leads NIH gene research project
Terry Monks, head of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, is a co-principal investigator of a project to train student researchers to better understand how genes and the environment interact to affect human health.

Erstad first pharmacist to receive SCCM Master Clinician/Teacher Award
Brian Estad, professor and assistant department head, Pharmacy Practice and Science, is the first pharmacist ever to receive the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Shubin-Weil Master Clinician/Teacher Award.

Hurley to receive AACP Dawson Biotechnology Award
Laurence Hurley, professor of medicinal chemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology, and associate director of the BIO5 Institute, will be recognized by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy with the Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award. Hurley will receive the honor during the 2008 AACP Annual Meeting and Seminars in Chicago July 19-23.

Golf tourney to fund new scholarship
This Leap Day, enjoy a golf scramble, and contribute to a scholarship honoring the memory of alumnus Jason Gilray.

Compounds donated to UA Foundation by Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) has donated to the University of Arizona (UA) Foundation 33 patents and accompanying intellectual property related to a portfolio of compounds that have been tested in preclinical studies and potentially may have application in the treatment of cancer, HIV and hepatitis C. Further research on these compounds will be conducted by the UA College of Pharmacy and the Arizona Cancer Center. Currently, millions of people worldwide suffer from cancer, HIV and hepatitis C.