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College of Pharmacy Adds 11th Affiliated Pharmacy Residency Program

By Jacob Lewis Nov 6, 2020

The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy is adding its 11th affiliated pharmacy residency program through its partnership with The Medical Center at Bowling Green.

Cindy Stowe Named 2020 Paul Parker Award Recipient

By Kristie Colón Nov 4, 2020

Cindy Stowe (BS ’91, PharmD ’91, R201), Dean at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science College of Pharmacy, has been named the 2020 recipient of the Paul F. Parker Award. She will receive the award during the 2020 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Meeting.

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Thorson Named Associate Dean for Research at UK College of Pharmacy

By Kristie Colón Aug 13, 2020

Jon Thorson, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation (CPRI), has been named chief scientific officer and associate dean for research at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.

Pan Deng Joins UK College of Pharmacy

Aug 11, 2020

In August 2020, Dr. Deng joined the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy as a Research Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Deng’s research focuses on exploring disease mechanisms and developing new treatments for neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Inequity in the time of COVID-19

By Jacob Lewis Apr 24, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has been ravaging our country, exposing many weak points in a country many once believed was impenetrable. Beyond the teetering economy, healthcare workers endangering themselves, and an overall lack of resources; COVID-19 has shown the many what the few have already known: the United States healthcare system disproportionately favors white people.

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Pharmacists on the frontlines: what does it mean to be essential?

By Jacob Lewis Apr 20, 2020

While COVID-19 has forced many Americans from the workplace and into their homes, a select group of people is still on the front lines. We celebrate essential workers like physicians, nurses, paramedics, firefighters, and other hospital staff. However, we often overlook one key player: the pharmacist. Whether in a hospital, working in a long-term care facility, or behind a counter at your local pharmacy, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are essential front lines workers. Pharmacists are the go-to medication experts at a time when misinformation can prove lethal.

College of Pharmacy supplies sanitizer to essential workers

by Jacob Lewis Apr 10, 2020

The spread of COVID-19 has completely changed our way of life. Daily routines have been completely altered, and this is especially true for students at the University of Kentucky's healthcare colleges. Many students are working tirelessly to combat the ongoing pandemic and working alongside mentors and colleagues to provide COVID-19 testing, answer public health questions, and serve however they can. Students at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy (UKCOP) have found yet another way to help, which includes increasing access to sanitizing products.

College of Pharmacy Hires New Chief Practice Officer

by Kristie Colón Mar 5, 2020

In keeping with the college’s commitment to community pharmacists, the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy recently announced the hiring of Brooke Hudspeth, PharmD, as new Chief Practice Officer (CPO). Hudspeth, the acting secretary for the Kentucky Pharmacist Association (KphA), will oversee all community pharmacy efforts for the college while working to elevate the care available to those in the Commonwealth.

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The hidden cost of a seat at the table and how to move forward

by Jacob Lewis Mar 3, 2020

To be a person of color in the workforce is to live a reality surrounded by good intentions while navigating a world that wasn't created with you in mind. The metaphorical “seat at the table” comes with hundreds of years of racial history that differentiate marginalized people from their white coworkers. With the feeling of being “other” constantly looming overhead, it can be difficult for people of color (POC) to be their true selves while working in predominantly white environments.

Letter from the Dean: How Are We Preparing Future Pharmacists?

by R. Kip Guy, PhD Dean and Professor University of Kentucky Feb 20, 2020

I want to comment upon recent press coverage concerning the pharmacy profession, including the articles below.

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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.

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