OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi pharmacy students have won presidential scholarships from the National Community Pharmacists Association. Ashley Culbertson and Lily Van, both third-professional-year students, are among only 25 students nationally who received the $2,000 awards. The NCPA represents the employees of more than 22,000 independent community pharmacies across the country, which dispenseRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has renewed a grant for the National Center for Natural Products Research  to work on the discovery and development of bioactive products that have potential to become pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals or alternative crops for small farmers. The grant project, “Discovery and Development of Natural Products for Pharmaceutical andRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Donna Strum, chair and professor of the University of Mississippi’s Department of Pharmacy Administration and research professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy, will become associate provost in 2017. A native of Germantown, Tennessee, Strum earned three degrees from UM, including a doctorate in pharmacy administrationRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. ­– Two students from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy will participate in the annual American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Clinical Skills Competition, where student pharmacists demonstrate their ability to analyze and respond to clinical pharmacy scenarios. Colleen Riley of Kansas City, Missouri, and Cody Taylor of Booneville, both in their fourthRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Jasmine Turner, a fourth-year student in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has received a $1,000 grant from the 2016 EPIC Pharmacies student grant program. EPIC Pharmacies is a national group of independent pharmacies that annually provides grants to pharmacy students who plan to practice in independent pharmacy after graduation. ThisRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. ­– Researchers from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy invite diabetes patients from three north Mississippi communities to meet with physicians, pharmacists, nurses and others in a nonclinical environment to talk about where they struggle with diabetes self-management. The effort to help patients self-manage their health is funded by a Eugene WashingtonRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Stuart Haines, director of the Division of Pharmacy Professional Development and professor of pharmacy practice in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, is being honored with the Robert M. Elenbaas Service Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. The award, named for the founding executive director of ACCP, is given toRead the story …