News

Romanelli to Receive ACCP Honors in New York

By Kristie Colón Oct 17, 2019

Susan C. Fagan, Alicia B. Forinash, Gary R. Matzke, John E.Murphy, Edith A. Nutescu, and Frank Romanelli have been selected by the College’s Awards Committee to receive ACCP’s prestigious 2019 Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture Award, Clinical Practice Award, C. Edwin Webb Professional Advocacy Award, Robert M. Elenbaas Service Award, Russell R. Miller Award, and Education Award respectively. The awards will be presented in New York, New York, on Sunday morning, October 27, during the Awards and Recognition Ceremony of the College’s 2019 Annual Meeting.

Jimmi Hatton Kolpek (R151) Named 2019 Paul Parker Award Recipient

By Kristie Colón Oct 9, 2019

Jimmi Hatton Kolpek, PharmD (R151), faculty at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and President-elect of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), has been named the 2019 recipient of the Paul F. Parker Award. She will receive the award at the 2019 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Caleb Akers Awarded the Dennis Casey Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Engineering Graduate Student Travel Award

Sep 26, 2019

Caleb Akers has been awarded the Dennis Casey Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Engineering Graduate Student Travel Award. The purpose of this award is to assist a graduate student in the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Engineering with travel expenses related to attending an AAPS or appropriate alternative scientific meeting. Graduate students benefit significantly by presenting their research at a scientific meeting.

UKCOP Students Named American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Awardees

By Kristie Colón Sep 25, 2019

The American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) recently announced the 34 recipients of their Pre-Doctoral Fellowships and Gateway Award for the 2019-2020 academic year. The Pre-Doctoral Fellowships support Ph.D. candidates and allows them to focus their time fully on their research project. They also offer the following specific-Doctoral Fellowships: the Dr. Paul B. Myrdal Memorial Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Dr.

Doctoral Degrees Awarded August 2019

By Kristie Colón Sep 25, 2019

Na-Ra Lee, Ph.D. "Discovery of Novel Pharmacotherapeutics for Substance Use Disorders" Mentor: Linda Dwoskin, Ph.D. Salin Gupta Patel, Ph.D. "Mechanisms and Thermodynamics of the Influence of Solution-State Interactions Between HPMC and Surfactants on Mixed Adsorption onto Model Nanoparticles" Mentor: Eric Munson, Ph.D., Co-Mentor: Brad Anderson, Ph.D. Markus Ville Tiitto, Pharm.D., Ph.D. "Therapeutic Video Games and the Simulation of Executive Function Deficits in ADHD"

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova Selected as AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador

By Kristie Colón Sep 16, 2019

The University of Kentucky (UK) is proud to announce that Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, PhD has been selected as one of the 125 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) IF/THEN Ambassadors. IF/THEN, a national initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies, seeks to further women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by empowering current innovators and inspiring the next generation of pioneers.

Pharmacy Student Group Wins National Collegiate Chapter Award

By Kristie Colón Sep 13, 2019

This summer, the student chapter of Kappa Psi at the UK College of Pharmacy was the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Frank H. Eby Award. This annual award recognizes the collegiate chapter with exceptional academic performance. According to the national organization, the award is given to the chapter with “the highest percentage of eligible members who earn Scholarship Honors Certificates based on Chapter membership and their school’s grading system as determined by calculation criteria set forth by the Chapter Awards Committee and approved by the Executive Committee.”

Henson Awarded 2019 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

By Kristie Colón Sep 12, 2019

David Henson has been awarded a 2019 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship for his project entitled: Modulation of antibodies targeting apolipoprotein A-I to reduce atherosclerosis in a mouse model. The award is for $26,844 each year for two years.

people sitting around table with one person standing in front of wall with post-its

Pharmacy Students Win Bid for Regional Conference

By Kristie Colón Sep 12, 2019

The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) recently won the bid to host the 2020 Regions III, IV, and V Annual Conference in Kentucky. The local student chapter hopes to welcome over 400 attendees, representing 29 states to Lexington, Ky. The conference will be held at the UK College of Pharmacy and the Hilton hotel in downtown Lexington.

Graduate Alumni Return to Campus

By Kristie Colón Sep 10, 2019

Graduate program alumni, Dr. Melissa Rondeau, Dr. Joanna Koziara, Dr. Kamalika Mukherjee, and Dr. David Horton recently returned to campus to meet with current graduate students and discuss career options. It is always a welcome privilege to hear what our students have been up to since they graduated from our program. Melissa Rondeau (’11) is currently Vice-President of Clinical Services at Symbiotix in Lexington. Her talk covered her career path and how she transitioned into medical writing.

We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.

In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.

We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.

Phone:	(859) 323-7601
Emergencies:	911, #UKPD (#8573)
UKPD Main Dispatch:	(859) 257-1616
Environmental Health & Safety:	(859) 257-3827