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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.
Dr. Peter I. Dosa was heavily involved in the development of the drug.
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 3MT "Three Minute Thesis" competition was organized by the College of Pharmacy.
Chloe is a first-year PhD student in our Medicinal Chemistry PhD program.
PharmD alumna Dr. Holly Drone is tackling the opioid crisis systemically. As a clinical pharmacist in emergency medicine and in Hennepin Emergency Medical Services, she co-leads a team of six paramedics specially trained in caring for patients who have overdosed or live with opioid use disorder.
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.
When alumna Julia Wood told her supervisor during a clinical rotation that she aspired to work as an OT in the realm of Parkinson’s disease, they told her that role didn’t exist. Wood’s first thought— “then I’ll make one.” That’s the mentality she’s brought to every stage of her career, along with the belief that “the needs of the patient are the only needs that matter.”
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
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.