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The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) will honor University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy Professors Claire Kolar, PharmD, PhD, and Kristin K. Janke, PhD, with the Rufus A. Lyman Award in July.
Carston Wagner, PhD, has been named the recipient of a 2019-20 University of Minnesota Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education.
Daniel Harki, PhD, has been awarded the Northrop Professorship at the University of Minnesota.
Ron Siegel, ScD, has been named interim head of the Pharmaceutics Department, effective Feb. 17, 2020.
Last month, VALTOCO — a nasal diazepam spray designed as a rescue therapy for patients with epilepsy who have seizure clusters — received FDA approval.
James Cloyd III, PharmD, has been selected to receive the 2020 Tyler Prize for Stimulation of Research. The award recognizes an individual for encouraging research by peers, students, fellows, residents and others via publications or by directing research, serving as a preceptor, or mentoring in any discipline of the pharmaceutical sciences.
Philip Portoghese, PhD, has been selected to receive the 2020 Research for Achievement Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences. The award recognizes and encourages outstanding meritorious achievement in any of the pharmaceutical sciences.
Palombi was recognized for her work in the area of substance abuse prevention and intervention, and for her leadership in training people on how to use naloxone.
Assistant Professor Heather Blue has been named the 2019 Minnesota Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP) Outstanding Pharmacist Award recipient
Venkatram Mereddy, professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences, will receive the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) Outstanding Graduate Faculty Advisor Award.