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, [...]

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy hosted the second annual Student Pharmacist Compounding Competition in March, welcoming national leaders in compounding pharmacy and students competing from 14 U.S. pharmacy colleges. The weekend competition, sponsored by Medisca Group of Companies, was organized in three phases. Each university team of three student pharmacists conducted and documented [...]

University of Florida researchers have modified a toxic chemical produced by tiny marine microbes and successfully deployed it against laboratory models of colon cancer. Writing today in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, UF medicinal chemists describe how they took a generally lethal byproduct of marine cyanobacteria and made it more specifically toxic — to cancer cells. [...]

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 [...]

Members of the media are invited to cover Minority Cancer Awareness Week events. For more information call Helen Goh at 352-273-7658 or email helen.goh@urology.ufl.edu The University of Florida Shands Cancer Center, the College of Pharmacy and the College of Medicine’s department of urology have partnered with the Gainesville community to kick off National Minority Cancer [...]

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 [...]

Winter chills couldn’t keep a handful of southeast Gainesville parishioners away from church one dreary evening in January. They didn’t want to miss their time of fellowship. “We have some sweet potato pie here, macaroni and cheese there and some collard greens and some dressing back here,” Trollyn Gillins said to the group. “So we [...]

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 [...]