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Zach Marcum authors a paper published in Neurology on dementia prevention

Laura Hart publishes report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society on fall-related drug risks

Melissa Barker-Haliski publishes Alzheimer’s disease study in Neurobiology of Disease

Abhi Nath co-authors paper in PNAS examining small heat shock proteins

Lena Chaitesipaseut awarded scholarship from the UWRA

Tesfahun Eshetie begins Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

The Plein Center Welcomes New Assistant Director of Outreach, Abby Winter

“My love of the profession has grown exponenti... Read more...
Educating Our Seniors During A Pandemic

In an age of social distancing, ensuring our older adults have safe, convenient access to the medications they need is essential. In an effort to help educate seniors on best practices to consider when communicating with their providers and pharmacies, the Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Research, Education and Outreach is developing a new ... Read more...
Chaitesipaseut awarded UWRA scholarship

Pharmacists can help solve our overmedication problem — if we let them

Marcum first pharmacist to receive prestigious Beeson Award

Notably, Zach is the first pharmacist to receive the grant, which is typically awarded to physician-investigators. This initiative is focused on clinic... Read more...
A Tradition of Reinventing Pharmacy

“Pharmacists are the medication experts on the health care team and in the community. Thanks to our work, in addition to improved care at hospitals and clinics, busy people can just pop ... Read more...
Gray receives AGS Editor’s Choice Award for dementia research

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are medicines commonly prescribed to treat acid-related digestive problems... Read more...
Meet the Plein Certificate Preceptors: Jason Rusk, PharmD, BCGP

Meet the Plein Certificate Alumni: Grant Walker, PharmD

Grant told us he chose to specialize in geriatrics because of the aging population and, “my awesome relationship with my grandparents. I like old people!... Read more...
Meet the Plein Certificate Faculty: Melissa Barker-Haliski, PhD

Meet the Plein Certificate Faculty: Nagham Ailabouni, PhD, Senior Fellow

Nagham began geriatric pharmacy as a specialty early in her career during her practice as a registered pharmacist in New Zealand. “I felt overwhel... Read more...
Hart’s research shows risk in older adults with dementia taking CNS-active medications

Congratulations to this year’s class of Plein Geriatric Certificate graduates!
Emily Archer
Kyle Bigham
Mackenzie Bredereck
Alex Chang
Jennifer Durand
Justin Fernando
Michael Fish... Read more...
Celebrating our 2019 Plein Student Scholars!

Advice from UW pharmacists on senior use of marijuana

Marijuana use among older adults has soared in recent years despite little being known about the effectiveness and safety of the drug in people 65 and older. That’s resulted in more seniors asking health care providers about marijuana use: Is it safe? How much to use? Where to buy?
Now, a group of University of Washington professors has go... Read more...
CHOICE director Anirban Basu and collaborators receive NIH grant to study costs of dementia care

Barthold uses economics methods to improve dementia diagnosis and treatment plans across race, ethnicity, and sex

At press time, there are no known drugs that can prevent or delay the onset or progression of ... Read more...
Collaboration with UWSOP results in health benefits against flu for Era Living residents

As alarming reports about how virulent last year’s virus was, Era Living, a top-rated group of local s... Read more...
Meet our Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Preceptors: Neris Palunas

Meet our Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Alumni: Cara McDermott

A three-time alumna of the UW School of Pharmacy, Cara said she chose to pursue the Plein Certificate in Geriatric Pharmacy in 2011 ... Read more...
Meet our Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Faculty: Leigh Ann Mike

Leigh Ann Mike, PharmD, is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Assistant Director for Education, Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Research, Education and Outreach at the UW School of ... Read more...
Marcum takes a multi-prong approach toward developing a dementia prevention strategy

Experts know there are healthy habits that will make a diffe... Read more...
Plein Center students and faculty research highlighted at ASCP’s annual meeting

Julia Yunkyung, Laura Hart, and Shelly Gray presented a poster titled, “Definition of fall risk-increasing drugs in the literature: Challenges and implications.” We know falls in olde... Read more...
Barker-Haliski’s novel research looks at the under-studied problem of epilepsy in patients with Alzheimer’s

Despite the risks, little is known about how genes associated with Alzheimer’s disease may affect a per... Read more...
UW Researchers Gray and Phelan to study the impact of deprescribing to reduce falls in older adults

UW Pharmacy’s Shelly Gray and UW Medicine’s Elizabeth Phelan are teaming up to identify ways to prevent falls in older adults. Their study, “Reducing Central Nervous System (CNS)-active Medications to Prevent Falls and Injuries in Older Adults (STOP-FALLS),” will identify medication safety improvements to reduce fall-related injuries an... Read more...