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The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy is proud to celebrate L’Aurelle Johnson, PhD, associate dean for C.A.R.E. and associate professor in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, on being named a 2026 Bush Fellow.
Dr. Ann Philbrick of the Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems was elected to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Board of Regents.
Academic technologist Steve Panizza is often found in the classroom showing students and faculty how to use equipment properly. But when the class of 2026 walks across the stage at commencement, he’ll be found on stage, behind the keys of one of the largest and only remaining concert hall pipe organs in the country.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (5/5/25) — Dr. Sarah Westberg, associate dean for professional affairs and professor, has accepted a new position as dean of the Anderson Family College of Health Sciences at Bethel University and will be resigning from her position at the College of Pharmacy this June.
Conversations in Critical Challenges in Pharmacy (3C) courses are an evidence-based, high impact practice implemented into the first year of the MNspire curriculum at the college aimed at increasing student success, engagement and community.
An IV formulation created by faculty at the College of Pharmacy for topiramate, an antiseizure medication used to treat epilepsy, was submitted via a New Drug Application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2025 and is pending review this year.
Dr. Nesreen Mughrabi is a person of many pursuits— pharmacy, fitness and fashion, to name a few. Since earning her PharmD from the University of Minnesota in 2013, she’s been both a personal trainer and the founder of an athletic modestwear company called Yalla.
Dr. Joel Farley, professor and interim head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, and the Peters Endowed Chair in Pharmacy Practice Innovation, has been named a 2026 Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Fellow.
Dr. Daniel Harki, Northrop Professor and Margaret Harvey Schering Land Grant Chair for Cancer Research in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.