All Articles: Announcements

Dr. Brian Isetts joins partners in MidAtlantic, Midwest and Hawaii regions.

Brittany Stampohar (Hartmann) has accepted the position of chief of operations for the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Duluth campus, effective July 12, 2021. This is a new position for the College of Pharmacy and one that will add to the strong leadership team within the college. 

Broadway Family Medicine Clinic was named a 2020 MPhysicians Clinical Training Site of Excellence through OACA.

Dr. Kimberly Boeser has been recognized by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) as part of their 2021 Master Preceptor Recognition Program.

William Elmquist, PharmD, PhD, and Todd Sorensen, PharmD, FAPhA, FCCP, have received the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education as part of the University of Minnesota 2020-2021 Distinguished Teaching Awards.

Carston “Rick” Wagner, PhD, has been named the 2021 recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s (AACP) Volwiler Research Achievement Award.

Associate professor Adam Duerfeldt, PhD, joined the College of Pharmacy’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry on Dec. 28, 2020. 

Barbara Brandt, PhD, and Mark Schneiderhan, PharmD, BCCP, have been inducted into the Academies of Excellence.

Paul Ranelli, PhD, MS, is the 2020 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pharmacy Section of the American Public Health Association.

Also recognized at the awards event were former University of Minnesota pharmacy leadership resident, Vibhuti Arya, who received the Sustained Contributor Award, and alum Chamika Hawkins-Taylor who received the Early Career Award.

A virtual award ceremony was held on Oct. 25, 2020.

Karen Bastianelli, BSPharm, PharmD, BCACP has been named an American Pharmacists Association (APhA) 2021 fellow. She is recognized by APhA for education and support to early-career pharmacists and directly giving back to her community.