School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington

School News

New Partnership Forms to Support Drug Development

Program seeks to provide better understanding of drug transporters, personalized medicine Professor of Pharmaceutics Jashvant Unadkat has started the UW Research Affiliates Program on Transporters (UWRAPT). It is a cooperative effort between the School and AstraZeneca, Genentech and Merck in which scientists are collaborating on research to facilitate drug development.

Spring 'Dawg Scripts' Highlights Student Advocacy

The spring edition also features a tribute to Dean Emeritus Sid Nelson, who passed away in December. Other stories focus on a Project CHANCE award, the Stergachis Endowed Directorship and the Bracken Pharmaceutical Care Learning Center remodel. Read full PDF

Working to Protect Women’s Health in Uganda

As a graduate student in the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research & Policy Program (PORPP) and now as an assistant professor of global health at the UW, Joseph Babigumira has focused his research on the economics of unsafe abortions in Uganda. He and a number of PORPP faculty members have a new study out showing the negative impact these procedures have on the country's economy. Full story

'UW360' Showcases Kedzierski’s Outreach Work

Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Micki Kedzierski is profiled on the May episode of 'UW 360.' In it, she and some of her students are shown working with patients from Evergreen Treatment Services and the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center. Full story

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Campus Notes

New Financial Conflict of Interest regulations coming soon. The UW’s policy on Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI) will be revised to comply with the Public Health Service FCOI regulations which go into effect on August 24, 2012. UW investigators must continue to follow the current UW’s SFI Disclosure Policy (GIM-10) until otherwise informed. The Office of Research is developing implementation processes and will post frequent updates on the new FCOI Web site.