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PharmD student Emma Anderson wearing a CGM sensor.

Students used continuous glucose monitoring sensors and simulated insulin injections with syringes filled with saline to practice adjusting their own blood sugar, logging meals, and fulfilling responsibilities people with diabetes manage day-to-day.

Amy Pittenger

Her term of service will be February 2026 through August 2027.

Dr. Paula Rabaey with OT students at the Mealtime Madness table at the Minnesota State Fair.

When thinking about the Minnesota State Fair, food is usually one of the first things that comes to mind. Food and crowds. That makes it an ideal location for Dr. Paula Rabaey to conduct her “Mealtime Madness” study on pediatric feeding and eating challenges.  

Dr. Carolyn Fairbanks

Dr. Carolyn Fairbanks, associate dean for research and professor in pharmaceutics, leads a research team that has designed, synthesized, and characterized new molecules that could reduce chronic pain without the side effects often associated with opioids. 

Samantha Boyd and Devin Earlywine pictured with fellow SMB Disability Solutions staff at the micro-farm.

Community emerging practice has been a part of the OT program for over a decade, bringing students to sites across the state where they build critical relationships and offer insights that improve barriers in the environments around them.

The Human Development Center building.

Despite the 7.7 million nonmetropolitan residents who reported having a mental illness and more than 16% of U.S. adults who reported taking prescription medication to help with mental health in 2023, access to medical and mental health services remains significantly limited. This is the backdrop to the recent pause in the College of Pharmacy’s longstanding partnership with the Human Development Center, a certified community behavioral health clinic serving northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Dr. DeeAnna Hanson at the Lake Region Healthcare office in Fergus Falls, MN.

Every eight weeks, pharmacists from rural practice settings across Minnesota gather to tackle barriers to integrating pharmacists and MTM services into rural health systems. The workgroup offers a virtual space for practitioners to find resources, give each other guidance, and bring forward questions

Dr. Gloria Chen presenting her dissertation, which used data sponsored by AbbVie, at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in 2024..

Unique to the college, these traineeships offer graduate students an extended period of immersion at an organization to more fully participate in research projects and experience a realistic post-graduate work environment. 

Dr. Paul Morales and Katherine Vu in front of Vu's IMUS IPPE project presentation at a Minnesota Society of Health-System Pharmacists meeting.

Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences aren’t unique in and of themselves, but the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy’s approach to them is. 

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The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy received the 2025 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence and Distinction (HEED) Award from Insight Into Academia magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.