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This is the highest recognition of excellence in the practice or provision of health care by AHC faculty.

A 1979 graduate of the College of Pharmacy, Scott Setzepfandt will receive the University of Minnesota Alumni Service Award. The award recognizes his service to the college and the University, and to the profession of pharmacy.

The closing of rural pharmacies affects vulnerable demographics, such as the elderly and those suffering from chronic illnesses—leading to poorer health outcomes for individuals and their communities.

"Community pharmacists have an opportunity to engage with patients who might be at risk of opioid use disorder or of overdose," said Assist. Prof. Laura Palombi.

U scientists are teaming up with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to investigate aspects of lung cancer and nicotine metabolism from commercial tobacco use that may be unique to the American Indian populations.

Dr. Gunda Georg of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development has recently been featured in a number of media outlets regarding her laboratory's efforts to develop a male birth control pill using the plant extract ouabain.

Congratulations to Dr. Natalia Tretyakova, who has been selected as a 2018 Distinguished McKnight University Professor!

Several of our faculty are tackling the opioid addiction alongside and in partnership with the surrounding communities.

CoP survey found many MN jails don’t have the infrastructure or planning in place to support inmates with mental illnesses, particularly upon release.

With opioid overdose deaths increasing at alarming speed, naloxone, an overdose antidote, provides some hope amidst a grave, serious public health crisis. From 2014 to 2015 alone, opioid-related overdose deaths increased 11 percent in Minnesota.