Spring term at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has brought a full round of support from students and faculty for W. Thomas Smith, Pharm.D., J.D., a clinical associate professor in pharmaceutical outcomes and policy. Voted teacher of the year, Smith now takes the helm as director of the college’s Online Master of Science [...]

The University of Florida dean of the College of Pharmacy is becoming a delegate for patient care in the largest U.S. association of pharmacists. The American Pharmacists Association elected William H. Riffee, Ph.D. as speaker-elect to its House of Delegates at its annual meeting last month. More than 60,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, [...]

David Brushwood, R.Ph., J.D., a professor of pharmaceutical outcomes and policy at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, joined the ranks of world-renowned clinical ethicists on April 13 when he was recognized at the 11th annual Healthcare Ethics and Law Institute conference. Sponsored by Samford Universitys McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Brushwood received a Pellegrino [...]

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy is launching an online Master of Science in Pharmacy in Medication Therapy Management degree, with classes starting this month. The program is the first master’s program available in the emerging field of medication therapy management, and can be completed in less than two years. UF’s groundbreaking program develops [...]

A leading scientist in clinical pharmacology at the Food and Drug Administration is taking a new academic role at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy to improve drug development and create tools and approaches to make sure new products are safe, effective and within FDA-regulated standards. Lawrence J. Lesko, Ph.D., director of the Office [...]

Pharmacy technician jobs, once sought after by younger workers, are attracting older workers as new licensing laws take effect. While economic uncertainty and unstable job markets linger, many workers, not ready to retire, now see these jobs as stable and fulfilling second careers. The change in demographic became apparent after the first year of the [...]

A promising medicinal compound discovered in a marine organism by University of Florida pharmacy researchers is showing its versatility against multiple diseases. Having already demonstrated its power as an anti-tumor agent, largazole, produced by a cyanobacterium inhabiting coral reefs, has shown a new potential benefit for treating serious fractures, osteoporosis and other bone diseases, according [...]

There’s no trick — kids with diabetes are in for a treat Friday as the Jacksonville campus of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy teams up with the American Diabetes Association to host the eighth annual October Bash. UF members of the American Pharmacy Association’s Academy of Student Pharmacists are volunteering to help kids [...]

A retired Orlando community pharmacist who donated $1.2 million to establish a University of Florida College of Pharmacy campus in Orlando will realize his dream Oct. 5 with the groundbreaking of the new UF Research and Academic Center in Lake Nona. David L. Bean graduated from the UF College of Pharmacy in 1952, and made [...]

A chemical compound made from a type of bacteria discovered in the Florida Keys by a University of Florida pharmacy researcher has shown effectiveness in fighting colon cancer in preclinical experiments. Writing online in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, scientists say the compound — known as largazole because it was first found near [...]