Marvin Chau
Publications METTL7A (TMT1A) and METTL7B (TMT1B) are responsible for alkyl S-thiol methyl transferase activity in liver. Russell DA, Chau MK, Shi Y, Levasseur IN, Maldonato BJ, Totah RA. Drug Metab Dispos. 2023…
Publications METTL7A (TMT1A) and METTL7B (TMT1B) are responsible for alkyl S-thiol methyl transferase activity in liver. Russell DA, Chau MK, Shi Y, Levasseur IN, Maldonato BJ, Totah RA. Drug Metab Dispos. 2023…
Education Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), Drake University Master of Public Administration (MPA), Drake University PGY-1 Community Pharmacy Residency (Ambulatory Care Focus), Creighton University Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist…
Education PharmD, University of Iowa Master of Public Health, University of Iowa Bachelor of Arts in Public Health Education and Promotion, University of Iowa
University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Mark Richards announced this week that Sean D. Sullivan has accepted a second term as Dean of the UW School of Pharmacy. “I am honored and humbled…
This week the #UW debuted a website devoted to the construction of the new $100M+ Health Sciences Education Building, one of the few structures nationwide created to intentionally foster collaborative teaching and learning. Once completed,…
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After 39 years of distinguished service to the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Professor Allan “Al” Ellsworth retired June 30, 2020. Over the course of his career, Professor Ellsworth made many notable contributions to…
Representing UW Health Sciences, UWSOP Dean Sean Sullivan spoke this week with the Washington State Senate Committee to discuss the state’s health care workforce pipeline. Sullivan shared with the committee the UW’s plans to partner…
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Congratulations to Sara Shum, a #UWSOP Department of Pharmaceutics graduate student who was awarded the 2020 UWSOP Pharmaceutics’ Graduate Student Leadership Award in May. Sara, who expects to graduate this fall with her PhD in…
Seattle, WA (July 14, 2020)—The Washington Entrepreneurial Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (WE-REACH) is pleased to announce its first awards to facilitate early-stage product development for two biomedical innovations. WE-REACH invests up to $200,000 per…
Ali is Director of the BRAMS Practicum Program and for the practicum component of our MS in Biomedical Regulatory Affairs Program (BRAMS). Ali is a graduate of BRAMS with a Master of Science. She earned…
Digital DawgScripts – Spring 2020 Welcome to Digital DawgScripts, a new multimedia supplement to our quarterly magazine. In the coming year, we’ll be featuring videos, infographics, podcasts, photo galleries and more! If you have a…
On June 19 the Governor of Washington state, Jay Inslee, issued a proclamation allowing graduates from approved Schools/Colleges of Pharmacy to register for a 180-day temporary license through PQAC. This proclamation will cover residents coming…
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…
Dear UW Health Sciences Community, Our country is once again experiencing the tragic realities of the racism present in our society. The slaying of Ahmaud Arbery while jogging in Brunswick, GA; the shooting death of…
The Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the social and economic constructs of our society and will continue to influence even after it is over. The primary goal for scientists and policy-makers is to curb the…
Welcome The Rubenstein Memorial Pharmacy at Hall Health is proudly operated by the UW School of Pharmacy. Our dedicated pharmacy team is here to serve the University of Washington and surrounding community. Located off the…
According to a study released today, Anirban Basu, Stergachis Family Endowed Director of The CHOICE Institute at the UW School of Pharmacy, has developed one of the first models that can estimate the COVID-19 Infection…
In September, UW School of Pharmacy CHOICE alum Jonathan D. Campbell, PhD, will become Senior Vice President for Health Economics at the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). Having collaborated with ICER closely over…
December 17, 2020 We travel to Duvall County and visit with Kari VanderHouwen, owner and pharmacist of Duvall Family Drugs. Kari discusses the challenges and successes of serving a rural community during the COVID pandemic….
UWSOP would like to congratulate Amy Li, a 4th-year Medicinal Chemistry student in the UW XuLab, on being named a 2020-21 Magnuson Scholar! Amy studies the metabolism of cholesterol precursors, and how defects in that…
Education PhD, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy, University of Washington Master of Health Administration, University of Washington
CHOICE Institute Estimating the Infection Fatality Rate among Symptomatic Covid-19 Cases in the U.S. According to a study released today, Anirban Basu, Stergachis Family Endowed Director of The CHOICE Institute at the UW School of Pharmacy, has developed one…
The U.S. News and World Report today released the 2021 edition of its Best Graduate Schools rankings, and UWSOP has been named the No.7 pharmacy program in the nation. The report, which is released every…
We are pleased to announce the 2020-22 cohort of CHOICE MS Fellows. The CHOICE Institute has partnerships with four pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that sponsor two-year fellowship programs for recent PharmD graduates. The trainee spends…
The mission of UW PharmD student advising, coaching, and counseling is to enhance the student experience, including academic success, professional growth, and personal well-being. To accomplish this objective, staff advisors and faculty mentors provide holistic,…
Lena Chaitesipaseut, a Plein Scholar and class of 2021 PharmD-MBA student, was recently awarded a $4,000 scholarship from the UWRA. In addition to this prestigious honor, Lena has been selected to complete an APPE rotation…
An emerging infectious respiratory disease or new coronavirus, now called COVID-19, was identified in Wuhan, China, in December. Public health officials across the globe are closely monitoring the outbreak and spread of the disease. Below,…
Imagine that your local grocery store announced they would start employing several nutritionists, each of whom had years of training to help people improve their diets and health. Excited, you go to the store to…
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Meet the Executive Advisory Council The purpose of the University of Washington School of Pharmacy Executive Advisory Council is to provide guidance to the School as it works to refine and execute its strategic mission,…
With well over a billion dollars in research funding annually, the University of Washington is an engine of discovery and generates more than $15 billion in the state’s economy. Now, with a $4 million grant…
Join us in welcoming Gaurav Bhardwaj, PhD, to the Faculty as Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry. Gaurav earned his doctoral degree in Integrative Biosciences from the Pennsylvania State University. During his graduate…
Publications Novel drug combination nanoparticles exhibit enhanced plasma exposure and dose-responsive effects on eliminating breast cancer lung metastasis. Mu Q, Yu J, Griffin JI, Wu Y, Zhu L, McConnachie LA, Ho RJY. PLoS One….
After over 50 years of distinguished service at UWSOP and wide-ranging contributions to the profession of pharmacy, Professor Wendel Nelson retires this month. Wendel joined the School as an Assistant Professor in 1965 in the…
Libin Xu and Ed Kelly take a novel approach to investigate toxicity of common household cleaners Libin Xu and Ed Kelly were selected as this year’s recipients of the UW School of Pharmacy Faculty Innovation…
Fellowship Overview The Washington Research Foundation (WRF) operates at the intersection of academic research, technology development, public and private investment, philanthropy and industry. They have a strong track record of supporting innovation in the life sciences…
The award honors individuals or groups who exemplify Martin Luther King’s principles: a commitment to the needs of communities, particularly communities of color and low income; to programs that improve the human condition; and efforts…
Year Admitted: 2019 Advisor: Dr. Samuel Arnold
Year Admitted: 2019 Advisor: Jashvant Unadkat, Ph.D.
Year Admitted:2019 Advisor: Nina Isoherranen Ph.D.
Introducing “Health Years in Total:” A Novel Framework for Valuing Health Outcomes in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses. CHOICE Researchers Introduce a New metric that provides a robust and feasible approach that overcomes specific limitations of the QALY…
All members of a profession have a responsibility to engage in continuous personal and professional development. As future pharmacists, Doctor of Pharmacy students should engage in this process, in a thoughtful way, over the course…
As required by the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), with notices for both regular and special meetings filed with the UW Office of Public Records and Open Public Meetings, the following School of Pharmacy meetings are…
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The Center for WE-REACH The Washington Entrepreneurial Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (WE-REACH) is a public/private partnership designed to facilitate and accelerate the transformation of regional health research innovations into market ready products and services…
About 15% of hospitals have closed since 1990, and rates of hospital closure—particularly in rural areas—have increased over the last decade. Dr. Kritee Gujral and Dr. Anirban Basu’s recent National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)…
Jens Grueger, PhD is the 2019-2020 President Elect for the Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and current Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group in Zurich, Switzerland where he is the senior…
The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) brings together researchers, clinicians, educators, managers, and policy makers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. SMDM is the leading society for studying and advancing decision sciences in health, including…
CHOICE alum Will Canestaro was selected as a 2019 Seattle Health Innovator of the Year in Collaboration. This award recognizes individuals who are exhibiting extraordinary talent in the four attributes that contribute to successful innovation:…
CHOICE faculty member Doug Barthold has expanded his research program that studies risk factors and care for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). In a recent publication, he and his co-authors examined diagnosis patterns to…
UW Cost-Effectiveness Modeling Team, Ryan Hansen and Greg Guzauskas, were recently presenters at the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER) New England CEPAC Meeting on Type 2 Diabetes at Brown University in Providence, Rhode…
The University of Washington School of Pharmacy strives to be a global leader in pharmacy education, research, and service, committed to providing a transformative learning experience in a collaborative and diverse environment focused on improving…
Education PhD, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy, University of Washington Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, University of Washington
Alumnus Simeon Roth, ’17, opens a new rural pharmacy based on a business plan he worked on as a student in pharmacy school. Today, his pharmacy is providing much needed services to rural communities with…
Colleagues, The CHOICE (Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics) Institute at the University of Washington (uwchoice.org) is actively recruiting qualified applicants for admission to the PhD Program in Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy for the…
Teams at UWSOP and Fred Hutch look at emerging sickle cell disease therapies The National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded a unique collaborative, The Sickle Cell Clinical and Economic…
The CHOICE Institute hosts a variety of healthcare datasets which are available to the UW community under varying permission structures. A description of available datasets and access details are described below. The Merative MarketScan® Commercial…
Admission: Autumn 2019 Education BASc, Nano Engineering, University of Toronto MASc, Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto Research Interests Health and healthcare equity, value-based payment models and decision-making, health economics, and comparative effectiveness research Advisor(s): Josh…
Admission: Autumn 2019 Education PharmD, University of Maryland, Baltimore MBA, University of Baltimore BS, Psychobiology, UCLA Advisor: Ryan Hansen
Admission: Autumn 2019 Education BS, BA, Experimental Medicine and Economics, Peking University, Beijing, China MPH, Epidemiology, Columbia University Research Interests Cost-effectiveness Modeling, Decision Sciences, Pharmacoepidemiology, Comparative Effectiveness Research. Advisor: Dave Veenstra
Application Deadline for entering class of 2022: December 15, 2023 Prospective Student Visits (by invitation only): Late February 2024 (dates to be announced) Apply We welcome requests for information and applications from students holding undergraduate…
The 41st Annual North American Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) is just down the road in Portland this year (Oct 20-23) and we hope to connect with you there. To find…
Education PhD, Technical University of Dortmund MS, Technical University of Dortmund Experience 2020-2021: President of ISPOR, The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Education B.Tech in Biotechnology, GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi PhD in Integrative Biosciences, Pennsylvania State University Postdoctoral work at the University of California, Davis, and University of Washington, Seattle. Biography Gaurav received his doctoral degree in…
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship The University of Washington (UW) School of Pharmacy’s Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Research, Education & Outreach offers a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in geriatric pharmacotherapy research. The UW School of…
PharmD students have the ability to customize their education with a combination of approved Professional Electives and more broad General Electives. 26 quarter credits of electives contribute to the requirements of the PharmD degree. This…
The Pharmacy Alumni Association is launching a new tradition for the School of Pharmacy called HOST (Help Our Students Travel), where alumni across the state and country invite students to be guests in their homes…
Zachary Marcum, PhD, PharmD was recently awarded the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award (K76) from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and The John A. Hartford Foundation. Notably, Zach is the first…
After 39 years of distinguished service to the students, faculty and staff at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Professor Larry Bauer retired June 30, 2019. Over the course of his academic career, Larry…
After 31 years of distinguished service to the students, faculty and staff at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Professor Gail Anderson retired Spring 2019. Over the course of her academic career, Gail made…
After 22 years of distinguished service to the students, faculty and staff at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Associate Professor Stan Weber retired July 5, 2019. Over the course of his academic career,…
Recently promoted faculty are finding news ways to solve significant population health problems from Alzheimer’s and related dementias to kidney disease to cancer to MRSA. These preeminent researchers were all recently awarded promotions. Learn more…
Celebrating 25 years, The CHOICE Institute continues to grow and transform, expanding its impact on population health. “At CHOICE, we work to advance the study of health economics, pharmaceutical outcomes research, and policy to improve…
Never doubt the profound impact that our faculty and alumni have had on health care nationwide through decades of advocacy for increased access to patient care. “Pharmacists are the medication experts on the health care…
A chance meeting on a train between a Seattle pharmacist and Chicago businessman turned an ointment created in L.D. Bracken’s pharmacy into an international brand. “Many people don’t realize how inventive pharmacists have been throughout…
Shiu-Lok Hu’s work began decades ago in utter frustration with a powerful and unknown virus and continues today…with promising new leads and a novel approach to creating an HIV vaccine. “I began this work 30…
One of the University of Washington’s significant population health projects began ten years ago with a collaboration led by Pharmaceutics Professor Ken Thummel and Wylie Burke, professor of Bioethics and Humanities in the UW School…
The potential impact of personalized medicine launched here at UW School of Pharmacy about twenty years ago, when Dave Veenstra’s graduate student Mitch Higashi,‘01, assembled a 200-member cohort of warfarin patients to study genetic factors…
The story of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry is of a multi-generational approach to solving big problems in population health. “Our network of faculty, alumni, and students is working to solve problems that affect millions…
UW School of Pharmacy has always been ahead of its time—right back to our founding in 1894 as the first school of health sciences at the University of Washington. “The University of Washington School of…
The University of Washington’s School of Pharmacy today announced a collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company UCB to improve access to care for people living with epilepsy.This interdisciplinary project will explore ways in which community pharmacists…
UWSOP implements the Purple Curriculum with new Wednesdays in Practice, Provider Readiness Training and more UW School of Pharmacy’s PharmD program trains pharmacists to think critically and be prepared for a future of health care…
Celebrating 125 Years of Impact & Innovation Our mission is to develop exceptional pharmacy leaders and researchers, discover solutions to improve population health, and serve the health and well-being of the public, locally and globally…even…
125 years of excellence…. This year, the School of Pharmacy will celebrate its 125th anniversary. Trailblazing science and leaders in Pharmacy tell the story the history and the future of the School. We want to…
Over our School’s history, our alumni have consistently charted new territories spanning science, research and patient care – often pioneering new roles for the pharmacist in an evolving health care system. Recognition as an Alumni…
125th Anniversary Events Past Events Dean’s Circle Night at the Mariners Dean Sean Sullivan kicked off the 125th Anniversary with Dean’s Circle members at T-Mobile Park View Photos ISSX Reception The Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics…
Professional Connections Day 2020 November 4, 2020 11 am – 7 pm PST Join us virtually this November as Washington State University and the University of Washington host their first-ever collaborative career networking event! We…
Education BA in Molecular & Cell Biology in 2012 from the University of California, Berkeley Pharm.D. in 2016 from the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego Courses Taught …
Education Doctor of Pharmacy in 2015 from the University of Pittsburgh Masters of Public Health in 2018 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Courses Taught Biography As a Post-Doctoral associate, Dr. Cirrincione’s research has…
On July 1, 2019, UW School of Pharmacy Professor and Dean Sean D. Sullivan appointed Professor Nina Isoherranen to the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Chair of Pharmaceutics. Her appointment makes her the first woman to chair…
After thirteen years leading the Department of Pharmaceutics to international success, Professor Kenneth Thummel will return to faculty full time and Professor Nina Isoherranen will become the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Chair of Pharmaceutics. Dr. Thummel…
Chengbo joined the Kelly Lee Lab via UW BPSD – Biological Physics, Structure & Design Publications An HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibody overcomes structural and dynamic variation through highly focused epitope targeting. Hodge, E.A., Chatterjee,…
Aasthaa Bansal leads an NIH MERIT award-winning team to develop decision-making frameworks to guide post-treatment care for cancer survivors Despite receiving effective primary treatment, many cancer survivors remain at risk of relapse and associated morbidity…
Congratulations to Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Director Shelly Gray who received the The American Geriatrics Society Editor’s Choice Award for her paper that showed Protein Pump Inhibitors (PPI) are not linked to higher dementia…
We are so proud of our Pharmaceutics PhD alumni who completed their dissertation research in academic year 2018-2019. Ryan Cheu Dissertation: Impact of the Vaginal Microbiome on HIV Transmission Savannah McFeely Dissertation: Clinical Significance…
Criteria for becoming Adjunct or Affiliate Faculty with The CHOICE Institute Faculty interested in contributing to The CHOICE Institute mission of generating knowledge to improve individual and population health through transformative learning, research, and dissemination…
Education PhD in Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research & Policy Studies, University of Washington Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, Brown University Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Jason Rusk, PharmD, BCGP, has been a UWSOP Preceptor for many years. Earlier in his career (2010-2013), he precepted UW students while working in community pharmacy at Bartell Drugs. And for the past two and…
Grant Walker, PharmD, ’10, is a pharmacist at Mercury Pharmacy Services where he staffs the pharmacy and works as a consultant. He earned his Plein Certificate in Geriatric Pharmacy in 2010 Grant told us he…
Melissa is a Research Assistant Professor specializing in translational epilepsy research. She develops and implements preclinical models to support the early evaluation of novel investigational pharmacotherapies for epilepsy in discrete patient populations, including elderly patients…
Nagham earned her BSPharm, Postgraduate Certificate in Research Pharmacy, and PhD at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Her dissertation focused on deprescribing in older New Zealanders. Nagham began geriatric pharmacy as a specialty…
While competing the postdoctoral fellowship in geriatric pharmacy here at the UWSOP, alumna Laura Hart, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCGP,’14, ’17, was awarded a research grant by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Research Institute…
We are so proud to celebrate this year’s class of Plein Geriatric Pharmacy Certificate graduates! Everyone was recognized at a special ceremony on Friday, July 14, 2019. Congratulations to the graduates on all their hard…
In 2018, Abhi Nath, ’08, was named recipient one of that year’s UWSOP Faculty Innovation Awards. The awards provide financial support of up to $20,000 each for high-risk, innovative research projects. Abhi proposed to look at…
Congratulations to UWSOP Outstanding Dissertation Award winner Dennis Goulet, Medicinal Chemistry, and Graduate Student Leadership Award for Medicinal Chemistry, Benjamin Maldonato. The UW School of Pharmacy Graduate Program Awards offer special recognition of our preeminent graduate students…
Professor Allan Rettie, Medicinal Chemistry, was nominated for and selected at the 2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor by colleagues and current and former students. “Allan encouraged his students to critically analyze internally and externally generated…
The UW School of Pharmacy Graduate Program Awards offer special recognition of our preeminent graduate students and faculty. We are pleased to share that Antonio Lopez, a graduate PhD student in Pharmaceutics, was recognized for…
In summer 2019, we welcome two undergraduate student scientists taking part in the Pharmacological Sciences Summer Diversity Program. Sierra Napoleon, a junior from Louisiana Tech University, who will receive her BS in Chemistry in 2020….
The goal of the Plein Student Scholarship is to foster student interest in geriatrics-related research. Research areas may include but are not limited to, translational research projects that move evidence-based, aging research along the continuum…
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Don’t miss out on these UWSOP alumni and faculty presenting at ISSX! This meeting will also mark the last meeting with Dean Emeritus Tom Baillie presiding as President of ISSX. Join us for the UWSOP…
Certificates of Merit in Precepting Our Experiential Education team recently completed our annual preceptor review process as part of our quality assurance program. This review process allowed us to identify preceptors who have demonstrated excellence in…
Candice Wong, Introduction to Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) Preceptor of the Year The Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE) Preceptor of the Year Award is given annually to one outstanding IPPE preceptor. For 2019, Candice Wong, PharmD,…
Tony Casanova: 2019 Wayne A. Kradjan Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award Recipient The Wayne A. Kradjan Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award is presented annually to one outstanding UWSOP Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) preceptor. Congratulations…
To find the posters and presentations of CHOICE students, alumni, and faculty, please refer to the PDF attached here. CHOICE at ISPOR 2019
Congratulations to the UW School of Pharmacy’s PharmD class of 2018 for distinguishing themselves with a 98.8% initial pass rate–putting our alumni in the Top 5 for initial pass rates in the United States. The…
On the evening of May 4th, 2019, Oregon State University College of Pharmacy alumni and friends gathered at Portland City Grill to honor the recipients of the 2019 Icons of Pharmacy Award including Sean D….
Congratulations to the 2019 winners of the Louis Sr. and Marilyn Garrison Endowed Prize in Health Policy and Economics, Elizabeth Brouwer (4th year CHOICE PhD student) and Gilbert Ko (3rd year PharmD/MBA student)! CHOICE Professor…
Two CHOICE graduate students were recently awarded global health travel fellowships. Erik Landaas received the Global Opportunities (GO) Health fellowship for his work in Thailand. Enrique Saldarriaga received the Stergachis Endowed Fellowship for International Exchange for…
Please join us in welcoming Anthony Morgan (who goes by Morgan) to The CHOICE Institute! Morgan is serving as CHOICE’s first Research Project Manager. Prior to joining us here at UWSOP, he was at Seattle…
Congratulations to CHOICE PhD student Elizabeth Brouwer who received conference travel funds from the Population Health Initiative at the University of Washington! Elizabeth will use the funds to attend the American Society of Health Economists…
Congratulations to third-year PhD student in the CHOICE Institute, Lauren Strand who was named the UWSOP Magnuson Scholar for 2019-2020. Magnuson Scholars are selected for their excellent academic performance and outstanding potential for research in the health sciences; they…
We are so proud to learn that Professor Rodney Ho has been named the recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Volwiler Research Achievement Award. The research prize in academic pharmacy was…
The UW Medicinal Chemist studied neural chemistry and biology to understand the underlying mechanism that cause birth defects, behavioral problems, and autism You probably know about good and bad cholesterol as it relates to your…
Mary Hebert and the Obstetric-fetal Pharmacology Research Unit (OPRU) team are exploring how to optimize care for pregnant and lactating women How do medications for high blood pressure, depression, and even cancer affect pregnant women…
Qingcheng Mao collaborates with colleagues across UWSOP to gain insight into how pregnancy affects drug disposition in expectant mothers and their fetuses About 80% of pregnant women take at least one medication to treat everything…
What did it take to send delicate kidney cells into space to be studied by astronauts wearing big, clunky gloves who may, or may not, have a background in biochemistry? We popped into the lab…
Publications Advances in Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry and the Pursuit of Challenging Biological Systems. James EI, Murphree TA, Vorauer C, Engen JR, Guttman M. Chem Rev. 2022 Apr 27;122(8):7562-7623. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00279. Epub 2021 Sep 7….
Publications Cytoplasmic Tail Truncation Stabilizes S1-S2 Association and Enhances S Protein Incorporation into SARS-CoV-2 Pseudovirions. Zhang L, Hom N, Ojha A, Lovendahl KN, Mou H, Lee KK, Choe H. J Virol. 2023 Mar 30;97(3):e0165022. doi:…
Congratulations to PharmD and Pharmaceutics PhD student Lindsay Henderson who received the 2nd place graduate student poster presentation award for the Drug Metabolism and Disposition Division of ASPET (American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)….
Updated May 3, 11:29 am Pacific: NASA has pushed back the launch to Friday, May 3 at 11:48 PM Pacific time…weather dependent. May 3 update: Welp. It seemed like it was going to go…
Fuller has been instrumental in establishing collaborative practice agreements that enable pharmacists to practice to the top of their license in Washington state Congratulations to University of Washington School of Pharmacy alumnus, Tim Fuller, ’69, who…
Recently named the first pharmacist to the National Academy of Medicine (former Institute of Medicine) Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars Program, Jonathan continues his national-level leadership in pharmaceutical research Congratulations to University of…
Congratulations to our PharmD students, Michael Sporck, ‘20, Eunice Kim, ‘20, Hanna Kleiboeker, ‘20 and Erin Ichinotsubo, ‘21, who won first place at the highly competitive Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation 19th Annual…
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…
Congratulations to Jennifer Bacci, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy; H. Steve White, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacy; and Sabra Zarâa, CHOICE PhD student, Pharmacy on receiving one of the 2019 pilot research grants awarded by the…
This year, the CHOICE Institute’s Certificate in Health Economics and Outcomes Research program has been reaching a wide audience. In addition to offering the traditional distance learning program to US and international students, engaging 40 students from…
CHOICE faculty member Doug Barthold was awarded the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Pilot Award, for a proposal titled “Alzheimer’s disease related neuropathology among patients with medication treated type 2 diabetes in a community-based autopsy cohort.”…
The CHOICE Institute welcomed Professor Emeritus Charles E. Phelps, PhD, for the 2019 CHOICE Institute Annual Symposium. Dr. Phelps provided an overview of multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods. “The CHOICE Institute was delighted to host…
Associate Dean Andy Stergachis was appointed to a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study sponsored by the Veterans Administration, to assess the long-term health effects of antimalarial…
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. CHOICE PhD student Erik Landaas has partnered with PhD students at UW School of Nursing, Kwankaew Wongchareon and Ana Carolina Sauer…
CHOICE Alumnae Carrie Savage Bennette and Blythe Adamson, recent CHOICE alum, will be presenting/co-leading one of the short courses, Tools for Reproducible Real-World Data Analysis. This course will focus on the concepts and tools of…
Congratulations to the twelve UWSOP students, comprised of eleven CHOICE Students and fellows and one PharmD student (co-authored with a CHOICE student), who were selected to present posters the annual ISPOR conference in May. Several…
The American Pharmacists Association announced this week that it has selected Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA) CEO Jeff Rochon, PharmD, ’99, as one of the 2019 APhA-Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management’s (APhA-APPM) fellows. The APhA Fellow…
Education Master of Education, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, University of Washington (’18) Bachelor of Arts, Foreign Languages & Literature, University of Alaska Fairbanks (’12)
Please welcome Marina Gano, the new Department of Pharmacy/CHOICE Institute Graduate Program and Operations Manager. Marina grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska, after first living in Germany and Maryland. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign…
It’s called an experiment for a reason. The secret in science—what world-class researchers know—is that you don’t let the failures stop you. You think of the failures as more data, part of your larger body…
Congratulations to Jash Unadkat, the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Professor of Pharmaceutics, named Outstanding Faculty Mentor at this year’s Commencement. The Outstanding Mentor Award recognizes and encourages outstanding mentorship of graduate students by our School’s faculty….
We revisited Abhi Nath and his lab team to see how their work to improve the diagnosis and treatments of neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) was progressing. The team hopes…
We are thrilled that Pharmaceutics’ post doc Katrina Claw, PhD, will be honored with a service award at this year’s UW Health Sciences Martin Luther King Tribute on Thursday, January 17, 12:30 pm-2pm in Hogness…
Pharmacy’s Brian Werth and grant coinvestigator UWSOP Medicinal Chemistry’s Libin Xu will continue their novel research into antibiotic resistance mechanisms in the superbug, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The team were recently awarded a 4-year, $1.86 million…
Leah Ruggerone, ’18, and PY3 student Richard Lee were both selected for the UW Husky 100 from the School of Pharmacy in 2018. Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergrad and grad students…
CHOICE faculty member Beth Devine and CHOICE PhD student Shuxian Chen led an invited workshop last month at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Nexus Meeting in Orlando Florida. There, they presented their newly developed framework and tool…
Team seeks to improve the projections of the future burden of the disease. Anirban Basu, director of the CHOICE Institute at UWSOP, and professor in the schools of Pharmacy and Public Health at the University…
CHOICE PhD student Erik Landaas received funding to conduct a mobile health validation study in Thailand. The study is funded by Washington Research Foundation (WRF) and his primary co-investigators include two UW School of Nursing PhD…
Congratulations to CHOICE Institute alumnus and Affiliate Assistant Professor, Kai Yeung, PharmD PhD, `15, who received a research grant from the Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation’s Greater Value Portfolio program. Kai’s project…
At the 2018 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS) held in Charleston, South Carolina, Anirban Basu was awarded the Mid-Career Excellence Award from the American Statistical Association Section on Health Policy Statistics (HPSS). Anirban…
Adam Brothers graduated from the UW School of Pharmacy with a PharmD in 2006. After graduation, he completed his pharmacy practice residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison. He returned to…
Christy Weiland-Hamilton graduated from the UW School of Pharmacy with a PharmD in 2007. After graduation, she completed a pharmacy practice residency at St. Louis College of Pharmacy/Mercy Family Medicine in St. Louis. After residency,…
Gary Harris graduated from UW School of Pharmacy with a B.S. in 1972. Gary is one of two original pharmacist Certified Diabetes Educators in Washington state and is a former board member of WADE (Washington…
Jenny graduated from the UW School of Pharmacy with a PharmD in 2006. After graduation, she completed a pharmacy practice residency at Swedish Medical Center and then began working for Kelley-Ross Pharmacy as the clinical…
Judi earned her BS in Pharmacy in 1982, and her PharmD in 2000 from the University of Washington. She is currently a patient-centered outcome consultant at Total Therapeutic Management Inc. She also works part time…
Erica Hecker is currently a PY4 student with anticipated graduation from the UW School of Pharmacy this upcoming June 2019. During her time as a student she served in many leadership roles including director of…
Michelle Lan is currently a third year Doctor of Pharmacy candidate. She completed her undergraduate degree in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley. She became interested in pharmacy during her junior year in college, after getting involved…
Scott Herzog earned his PharmD from the University of Washington in 2003. Currently Scott is a pharmacist and Chief Operations Officer for Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group. Before joining Kelley-Ross Scott was the director of pharmacy at…
The newest researcher in The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP, Doug Barthold is taking a couple of approaches that use data and economic modeling to find potential treatments and trends in care of people with Alzheimer’s disease…
Last year’s flu season was one of the worst in nearly a decade. The people most susceptible to the flu are our most vulnerable people: infants and children, older adults, and people who are chronically…
Neris M. Palunas, PharmD, BCGP, is a Consultant Pharmacist with Consonus Pharmacy, serving people in the Seattle area. Neris consults as a clinical pharmacist to senior living communities at all levels of care. “I love teaching…
Alumna Cara McDermott, PharmD, PhD, MSc, ’11, ’12, 16, is a K12 Scholar in the UW Implementation Sciences Training Program and Acting Instructor, Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, UW School of Medicine. A three-time alumna…
Learn the latest about the deprescribing education and outreach UWSOP faculty member Leigh Ann Mike provides to older adults and providers. Leigh Ann Mike, PharmD, is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Assistant Director…
The prospect of developing dementia is terrifying for most people, particularly for those with family members who have had the disease. Many wonder what they can do to prevent the onset of dementia—which is where…
Our School’s faculty and students presented two posters at the ASCP Annual Meeting, and the abstracts are in the October issue of The Consultant Pharmacist. Julia Yunkyung, Laura Hart, and Shelly Gray presented a poster titled,…
People with Alzheimer’s disease can have up to an 87-fold increased risk of seizures. Patients with early-onset Alzheimer’s have the highest risk for seizures, but even patients with late onset Alzheimer’s disease are at high…
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Brian Werth who received this year’s Young Investigator Award from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacist (SIDP). The prestigious award is given to a young investigator who shows research promise in…
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…
Congratulations to our Plein Certificate, BSPharm, and PharmD alumni and affiliate faculty who were recognized by the Washington State Pharmacy Association! Holly Henry, Plein Certificate alumna, received the Distinguished Leadership Service Award that pays tribute…
Researchers Doug Barthold of the University of Washington and Julie Zissimopoulos of the University of Southern California published the first study to compare multiple types of blood pressure medications and the beneficial effect they may…
The PhRMA Foundation and the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) announced that Lou Garrison is one of the first place recipients of the 2018 Value Assessment Challenge Awards. These awards are designed to encourage innovative approaches…
Assistant Professor Aasthaa Bansal at the CHOICE Institute was recently awarded a $2.5M+, seven-year Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) (R37) award from the National Cancer Institute to develop a dynamic decision-making framework for…
Year Admitted: 2018 Advisor: Kenneth Thummel, Ph.D. Research Topic: Vitamin D’s role in regulating intestinal CYP3A4 expression
The UW ranks 4th worldwide in Pharmacology and Toxicology, a subject that includes pharmacy, pharmacology, substance abuse, and toxicology, according to National Taiwan University’s criteria. The list provides overall rankings; rankings by six fields; and…
Students at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy have partnered with King County Department of Community and Health Services to offer free naloxone kits and training at the May 22, 2018,health fair on UW’s…
UW Pharmacy and UW Medicine team to study how weightlessness accelerates kidney damage In 2019, a rocket carrying a payload that includes 24 microfluidic chips about the size of credit cards will transport an extraordinary…
A new study by dozens of researchers from the University of Washington and around the world has found that Greece’s population health declined markedly and death rates rose sharply after harsh austerity measures were imposed…
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Goals The primary goals of the I2P2 Pharmacy Practice Research program are to evaluate the impact and advance the adoption of innovative pharmacist patient care services to improve health outcomes. Pivotal Science Current projects The…
2018 NAIIS “Immunization Neighborhood” Adult Immunization Champion Awarded to the Project VACCINATE partners by the National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit. 2018 APhA Immunization Champion Award Awarded to the Project VACCINATE partners in the Partnerships…
2015: An Historic Day in Washington Washington was the first state in the country to require that pharmacists are included in health insurance provider networks under new legislation (SB 5557) signed by Governor Inslee on…
Kim and Atienza were recognized for their excellence in clinical training of our students at the 2018 UWSOP Commencement Ceremony Daniel Kim of the Safeway in Pinehurt/Lake City was named Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE) Preceptor…
Publications The methyltransferases METTL7A and METTL7B confer resistance to thiol-based histone deacetylase inhibitors. Robey RW, Fitzsimmons CM, Guiblet WM, Frye WJE, González Dalmasy JM, Wang L, Russell DA, Huff LM, Perciaccante AJ, Ali-Rahmani F,…
Publications Structural dynamics reveal subtype-specific activation and inhibition of influenza virus hemagglutinin. Garcia NK, Kephart SM, Benhaim MA, Matsui T, Mileant A, Guttman M, Lee KK. J Biol Chem. 2023 Jun;299(6):104765. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104765. Epub 2023…
Publications Metabolism of Benzalkonium Chlorides by Human Hepatic Cytochromes P450. Seguin RP, Herron JM, Lopez VA, Dempsey JL, Xu L. Chem Res Toxicol. 2019 Dec 16;32(12):2466-2478. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00293. Epub 2019 Dec…
UW Medicine’s radiology team last month created a novel imaging agent and, in an expansive team effort, performed a first-in-human PET/CT imaging study to observe how a statin drug distributes and accumulates in the body….
Pharmaceutics graduate student David Plotnik is first author on a paper published in the Journal of Virology with his mentor Shiu-Lok Hu as senior author. David discovered that the HIV virus does not bind to…
Hannah Baughman, graduate student in Abhi Nath’s lab, is first author on an article looking at molecular chaperones, which may unlock keys in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, which seem to be caused…
Research Assistant Professor Doug comes to The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP from the University of Southern California, where he was a post-doctoral scholar with the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. He received his BBA in…
Being semi-retired does not seem to have slowed down Judy Mar-Burbidge! She earned her BS in Pharmacy in 1982 and returned to earn her PharmD in 2000. She remains a Clinical Assistant Professor at the…
Nancy J Lee, PharmD, BCPS, CDE is the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Swedish Medical Group’s clinical pharmacist practitioner program, embedded in the Issaquah Primary Care Clinic. Seeing that older patients tended to take multiple medications…
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) presented the National APhA Immunization Champion Award (Partnership) to Project VACCINATE at their 2018 Annual Meeting and Exposition in Nashville. Likely the largest partnership effort to improve adult immunization care…
Last week’s all-school faculty meeting marked an important shift into our next phase: course design and development. Faculty will begin this work at two all-day retreats later this month.
It doesn’t look like a kidney, but this ‘kidney-on-a-chip’ is a breakthrough for new drug testing. Alex Levine, CC BY-ND Catherine Yeung, University of Washington; Edward Kelly, University of Washington, and Jonathan Himmelfarb, University of…
Pharmaceutics graduate student Sara Shum recently presented and won an award for the preliminary results from a study of the shellfish toxin domoic acid. The project is a collaboration with Professor Tom Burbacher and Senior…
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The CHOICE Institute & the Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research (HICOR) Joint Seminar On Wednesday, May 2nd, Peter Neumann, Sc.D. joined our PHEnOM seminar to discuss whether the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER)…
Congratulations to 3rd year, PhD student Lauren Strand who received the Louis Garrison Sr. And Marilyn Garrison Endowed Prize in Health Policy and Economics prize! Lauren’s paper is titled “New Statin use and left ventricular structure:…
It is with sadness we report that Dean Emeritus Jack Edward Orr passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 6, 2018, surrounded by his family. Born in Delphi, Indiana in 1918, Jack’s father and grandfather were…
Education PhD, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy, University of Washington Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, Columbia University Bachelor of Arts, Biology, Boston University
Abstracts are due Friday, May 18, 2018 The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists – Rocky Mountain Discussion Group (AAPS-RMDG) Annual Meeting will be held at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, on June 12-13, 2018….
Shelly Gray editorial in The BMJ underscores importance of avoiding long-term use of anticholinergic drugs in older adults UWSOP Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Director Shelly Gray authored an editorial in support of new research about potential…
Collaborative research between UW School of Pharmacy and VA Puget Sound looked at 175,000 patients In a recent study, researchers at the University of Washington and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System have found…
With India rolling out the one of the largest public health insurance initiatives in the world, it became more important than ever for government, university, and health care leaders to understand key aspects to health economics. Dr….
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Ph.D. and Master’s students in the Department of Pharmaceutics can apply for the department awards below: Other scholarship and funding opportunities: UW Graduate School List of Fellowships: https://grad.uw.edu/graduate-student-funding/fellowships/list-of-fellowships/
Department of Pharmaceutics Faculty Research Samuel Arnold Shijie Cao Rodney Ho Shiu-Lok Hu Nina Isoherranen Edward Kelly Yvonne Lin Jayanth Panyam Kenneth Thummel Jashvant Unadkat Joanne Wang Pharmacokinetics and Modeling Lab The PK Lab supports…
PhD Program in Pharmaceutics The doctoral degree program in Pharmaceutics trains research scholars in the fundamental aspects of drug disposition and drug action. Drug disposition pertains to the facets of drug absorption, distribution, and elimination….
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Department of Medicinal Chemistry Faculty Research William Atkins – Lab Website Gaurav Bhardwaj – Lab website Mike Guttman Kelly Lee – Lab Website Abhinav Nath – Lab Website Allan Rettie Rheem Totah Libin Xu –…
PhD in Medicinal Chemistry The Department of Medicinal Chemistry is an academic unit within the highly collaborative, interdisciplinary School of Pharmacy. The Graduate Program in Medicinal Chemistry interfaces with the broader University of Washington research…
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Congratulations to Weize Huang who was named UWSOP’s Magnuson Scholar for 2018-2019! Weize graduated with a Pharm.D. degree from UWSOP in 2017, and is currently a second year PhD student at the Department of Pharmaceutics….
It’s bittersweet to announce that our long-time colleague, Dr. Kent Kunze, has stepped down as Departmental Chair and retired from the faculty. Kent has been a valued member of the faculty since 1990, and for…
When a project is moments away from completion, or a new question arises during the experiment, a little bit of extra funding can go a long way. This is the inspiration behind the ITHS Catalyst…
From all of us at CHOICE, we hope your year is off to a good start. Our PhD students have been busy since last year and we wanted to take the time to highlight a…
We welcome Dr. Doug Barthold, PhD., Research Assistant Professor, to the faculty of the Department of Pharmacy and to The CHOICE Institute! Doug comes to us from the University of Southern California where he was…
Alzheimer’s disease affects about 5 million Americans, a number projected to roughly triple by 2050. The urgency of this grave population health challenge is with Abhi Nath and his team of researchers every day as they…
Partnership between Washington Research Foundation and The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP creates opportunities for students and researchers at non-profit research institutions in Washington state The CHOICE Institute at UWSOP is pleased to announce a partnership…
The University of Washington School of Pharmacy congratulates Scott Strassels, PhD, PharmD, on his new position as assistant professor in the Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Burn and scientific director of the Center for…
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The School of Pharmacy faculty approved the new curricular framework in May 2017 (see Figure 1). Since then, Curricular Innovation Design Workgroups, involving faculty, curricular staff and many alumni and practitioners, have been meeting to add detail to the curricular framework.
Location & Access The PharmD Student Lounge is located in Room 239 in South Campus Center. Your Husky Card will allow access to the building after hours. You must carry your Husky Card to remain…
Libin Xu, Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, and Brian Werth, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, have received a Royalty Research Fund award of $38,175 for their project, “Targeting Altered Lipid Metabolism in Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.” The…
David Nguyen, President of the UWSOP Global Brigades team, led a team of students, along with Institute for Innovation in Pharmacy Practice (I2P2) Endowed Clinical Professor Don Downing, to return to Ghana and advance the…
Congratulations to University of Washington School of Pharmacy alumnus Glen Schumock, ’89, who will become Dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy! His appointment is effective January 1, 2018, pending approval…
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Learn the latest about the research of Plein Center of Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy faculty member, Joanne Wang, Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics. Joanne, along with a postdoctoral trainee previously supported by a…
We like to check in with our Plein Geriatric Certificate Alumni and find out what they are up to now? How did the Certificate make a difference in their career? This issue, we spoke with…
Karan Dawson, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy; Consulting Pharmacist, UW Pharmacy Cares Following an internship at Valley Medical Center, Karan worked as a clinical pharmacist at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Seattle and…
We are witnessing a period of renaissance, as current advances in medical technology and breakthroughs are unprecedented in human history. There is a cure for Hepatitis C that works in weeks. Polio used to afflict…
Education: PhD. Economics, McGill University Research Interests: Health policy and healthy aging Chronic disease management Alzheimer’s disease and dementia prevention and management Disparities in utilization and effectiveness of pharmaceutical therapies Pharmacist regulations Health insurance design…
Give to The CHOICE Institute Donors to The CHOICE Institute at the UW School of Pharmacy have a unique opportunity to support the advancement of pharmaceutical outcomes research and policy. The CHOICE Institute faculty are…
Program in Health Economics and Outcomes Methodology (PHEnOM) Seminar Weekly, Wednesdays 3:00- 4:30 pm, H371. Click here for additional information and schedule The CHOICE Institute Graduate Seminar (HEOR 597) Wednesdays 12:30- 1:20pm, Health Sciences Education…
The Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center (PNW EPC) conducts systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and network meta-analyses on health care topics for federal and state agencies, professional associations and foundations. PNW EPC projects bring together investigators across…
Atopic Dermatitis: Atopic Dermatitis: Final Report Multiple Myeloma: Multiple Myeloma: Final Evidence Report and Meeting Summary Carlson JJ, Guzauskas G, Chapman R, et al. Cost-effectiveness of drugs to treat relapsed/refractory Multiple Myeloma in the U.S….
Why work with ICER? The UW team feels that ICER is an emerging leader in the field of technology evaluation and their evaluations are an important contribution to health care decision-making and the larger conversation…
Principal Investigator: Josh Carlson, Professor, The CHOICE Institute, Department of Pharmacy Research Scientist: Kangho Suh, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Research Scientist: Linda Luu, Research Staff, The CHOICE Institute Research Assistant: Ronald Dickerson,…
University of Washington School of Pharmacy’s Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute and the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Collaboration The University of Washington School of Pharmacy (UWSOP) and the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER)…
Value of Information for Cardiovascular Trials and Other Comparative Research (VICTOR) is a web-based platform that can help researchers planning a comparative cardiovascular disease study using clinical trial or other research designs to estimate the…
The Personalized Medicine Economics Research program is focused on three key policy questions that arise with personalized or precision medicine (PM): What is the clinical and economic value of various PM applications? What will be…
The CHOICE Faculty are involved in a wide range of funded and unfunded research projects. They have been at the forefront of creating the next generation of thinkers and leaders in the field of economic…
The Program in Health Economics and Outcomes Methodology (PHEnOM) at The CHOICE Institute is a joint program with the Department of Health Service in the School of Public Health at the University of Washington, Seattle….
Programmatic Focusses The CHOICE faculty have organized research and training activities at the interface of health economics, outcomes research and policy evaluations into specific programmatic areas of excellence. These programs bring together researchers from around…
Faculty and trainees at the CHOICE Institute regularly conduct research that aims to inform the national health care and pharmaceutical policy debate with rigorous, evidence-based analyses. Faculty have nationally-recognized expertise in a wide range of…
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Spencer Cheng, PharmD, MS, RPh Spencer is a second-year post-doctoral fellow with the CHOICE Institute and Genentech. She is a pharmacist by training and earned her MS in Health Economics and Outcomes Research from the…
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Annual Health Econometric Workshop (AHEW) Anirban Basu is the main organizer of AHEW, which provides a forum to discuss the use of econometric and other quantitative methods to address issues in health economics and policy,…
Certificate in Data Science in Health Economics and Outcomes Research This certificate is being offered through the Professional and Continuing Education office. Health organizations, insurance companies, health ministries, and governments increasingly rely on experts with…
Application Deadline: Monday, October 23, 2023 Apply today through the UW Graduate School online application. Note: our program no longer holds fellowship interviews at the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting. Video…
The CHOICE Institute hosts the graduate programs under the Department of Pharmacy at UW. The graduate programs include preparation in the academic disciplines essential to assessment of the health, cost outcomes and comparative effectiveness of…
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Faculty and students interact in a collegial atmosphere with the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the School of Medicine. The Department of Pharmacy also has built strong ties with numerous health care…
The CHOICE Institute was previously known as the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program (PORPP). the Institute was established in the summer of 2017. It is hosted within the Department of Pharmacy at the University….
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The CHOICE Institute was established in the summer of 2017. Previously known as the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, it is hosted within the Department of Pharmacy at the University. The CHOICE Leadership…
Generating comparative evidence to inform and enrich decision-making We are a global leader in generating knowledge to improve individual and population health through transformative learning, research, and dissemination about the effectiveness, safety, and value of…
Panel Discussion: “From Rigor to Rigor Mortis–Good Science, Bad Science, and Patient Care” Noon-1:20pm, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Health Sciences Building, T-435 Light refreshments will be served Panel Discussion: Richard Harris, NPR Science Correspondent and…
Publications Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: A Chemical Class of Emerging Concern. Arnold WA, Blum A, Branyan J, Bruton TA, Carignan CC, Cortopassi G, Datta S, DeWitt J, Doherty AC, Halden RU, Harari H, Hartmann EM, Hrubec…
At the annual meeting in November, UW School of Pharmacy professors Qingcheng Mao and Jashvant Unadkat were presented the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Journal High Impact Article Award. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding contributions…
We are so proud of our Pharmaceutics alumna, Deanna Kroetz, PhD, ’90, who was among the 396 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, announced this week. Election as a fellow of AAAS…
The question about the benefits and pitfalls of genetic testing is discussed in, “Is health care ready for routing DNA screening? A massive new trial will find out” in Science Magazine. Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and…
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are medicines commonly prescribed to treat acid-related digestive problems, including gastroesophageal reflux disease. Up to one in five older adults said they used a PPI as of 2011, and recent studies have…
“We always knew our family was going to make a gift to the University of Washington School of Pharmacy,” said Cheri Ryan. “My Aunt Bette and Uncle Bryan always talked about this gift. It was…
Lipid peroxidation is the process in which a reactive atom or group of atoms (free radicals) capture electrons from the lipids in cell membranes, resulting in cell damage. This process plays an important role in…
The Plein Endowment for Geriatric Pharmacy Research is a scholarship opportunity to foster student interest in geriatrics-related research. We are currently accepting applications for the 2024-2025 cohort of Plein Scholars. Eligibility: Currently enrolled professional pharmacy…
UWSOP Associate Dean Andy Stergachis co-edited the “Maternal Immunization Safety Monitoring in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Roadmap for Program Development” for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and…
The UWSOP Graduate Student Leadership Award honors graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service and have had a positive impact on the School of Pharmacy, UW, the Northwest community, scientific and/or professional community. This year, the…
Accepting Students to Lab: Yes Education BE, Pharmaceutical Preparation, Henan University, China, 2005 PhD, Medicinal Chemistry, Shandong University, China, 2010 Research Interests Development of advanced combination therapeutic delivery approaches Translational investigations of drug…
The Phil and Sandra Nudelman Lecture will feature Steve Davis, President and CEO of PATH, who will share his approach to changing the global health system. The lecture and reception will take place Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017…
Students in the UW School of Pharmacy are among few who are educated side by side and train in the same building as students in medicine, nursing, dentistry, physician assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social…
The realities of health care delivery in the 21st century require a fundamental shift in how we train and prepare health care providers, particularly in Washington state, which leads the nation in progressive pharmacy practice. …
CYRUS KHOJASTEH, ’98, chose to study Medicinal Chemistry at UWSOP after serendipitously attending a lecture by then Professor, now Dean Emeritus, Tom Baillie on acetaminophen mechanism of hepatotoxicity, drug induced liver injury, in the early…
Roger Woolf, ’85, is passionate about the leadership role pharmacists can have in the U.S. health care system. Growing up, many of his family members were in healthcare professions, including pharmacy. “My uncle was a…
Theresa Aliwarga, a Medicinal Chemistry graduate student and researcher in Rheem Totah’s lab, was invited to give a podium presentation of her research on CYP2J2-mediated epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) as potential markers for cardiovascular disease at this…
Infertility can be a physically, emotionally, and financially painful experience for couples wanting to have biologically-related children. If a couple has been unable to conceive naturally in a 12-month period, they are considered infertile. Next…
William “Bill” Howald passed away August 14, 2017 in Salem, Oregon at the age of 76 after a brief illness. After retirement, Bill and his wife Carole moved to Oregon to be closer to family….
Publications Advances in Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry and the Pursuit of Challenging Biological Systems. James EI, Murphree TA, Vorauer C, Engen JR, Guttman M. Chem Rev. 2022 Apr 27;122(8):7562-7623. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00279. Epub 2021 Sep 7….
Publications Reversibility and Low Commitment to Forward Catalysis in the Conjugation of Lipid Alkenals by Glutathione Transferase A4-4. Scian M, Paço L, Murphree TA, Shireman LM, Atkins WM. Biomolecules. 2023 Feb 9;13(2):329….
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UW School of Pharmacy Professor Emeritus Lou Garrison was named a Change Agent in the 2017 PharmaVOICE 100 honorees. A global thought leader and teacher in the field of health economics and outcomes research, Lou…
Publications Dalbavancin exposure in vitro selects for dalbavancin-non-susceptible and vancomycin-intermediate strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Werth BJ, Ashford NK, Penewit K, Waalkes A, Holmes EA, Ross DH, Shen T, Hines KM, Salipante SJ, Xu L….
We are proud to announce that the American College of Apothecaries presented the 2016-17 Albert E. Rosica, Jr. Memorial Award to UWSOP Institute for Innovation in Pharmacy Practice (I2P2) Clinical Professor Don Downing at the…
Maria Agapova, a lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy, has helped teach the Medical Risk Analysis & Management course since 2013. A medical outcomes liaison for Teva Pharmaceuticals, she presents clinical, economic and health outcomes…
UWSOP Curricular Guidance Team member Dr. Katie Headrick Taylor, from the UW College of Education, led the guidance team in several exercises and facilitated discussions on how people learn best.
Adviser: Dr. Nina Isoherranen Year admitted: 2017 Spring Thesis: Use computational and mathematical tools to establish PBPK and PKPD models for a variety of drug substrates in different clinical scenarios and special populations.
After a series of roundtable discussions within our three Departments, and following the May 25, 2017 All-School Faculty and Staff meeting, we are pleased to announce that the faculty of the UW School of Pharmacy have approved a framework for the new curriculum!
To recognize extraordinary excellence among our graduate students and faculty, UW School of Pharmacy established three new award programs in 2017. This first class of award recipients include Jennifer Sager, Outstanding Dissertation Award; Mark Bounthavong,…
Education PhD in Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research & Policy Studies, University of Washington PharmD, University of Southern California Master of Science in Biology, University of California, San Diego Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of California,…
After all their hard work, we wanted to learn more about our Plein Geriatric Pharmacy Certificate alumni and to learn: Where are you now? Plein Geriatric Pharmacy Certificate alumna Laura Hart, PharmD, BCPS, is the Geriatric…
Klatt lab team’s findings published in Science offer solutions to increase efficacy More than 1 million women are infected with HIV annually, and the majority of these new infections occur in young women in sub-Saharan…
“Celebrating Today, Planning Tomorrow” brought together a host of disciplines to discuss healthy aging Decades ago, geriatric pharmacy pioneers Joy and Elmer Plein foresaw the need to research the effects medications have on older adults….
There is a rich tradition of stories that begin with…“we were sitting in a bar talking, when we got this idea.” From the Marine Corps, to the Ironman Triathlon, and even Quidditch, all have their…
UW and international researchers publish the most comprehensive international analysis on artemisinin combination antimalarials safety in pregnancy Malaria is more common and severe in pregnant women, increasing their risk of miscarriage and other adverse outcomes….
Pharmaceutics Professor Shiu-Lok Hu and Kelly Lee, Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, received funding for research to create a vaccine against HIV. This research builds upon decades of research by these investigators funded by the…
Council Charge The Dean’s Advisory Council of Students (DACS) is an inclusive committee of elected student representatives, collaborating to advise the Dean on School of Pharmacy budgets, admissions, programs, student affairs, and new initiatives. Membership…
In mid-April, Peggy Odegard shared the Curricular Innovation Framework Proposal with the School of Pharmacy Executive Committee, for distribution by the Department Chairs to the faculty. For the rest of April and into May, faculty in all three departments—Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy—reviewed the proposed innovation, asked questions, and offered feedback on the curricular model.
ROGER WOOLF, ’85, is passionate about the leadership role pharmacists can have in the U.S. health care system. Growing up, many of his family members were in healthcare professions, including pharmacy. “My uncle was…
PharmD student Richard Lee’s team, EpiForAll, took home the $15,000 Hollomon Family grand prize at the Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) hosted by UW Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. The HIC featured 20 student…
UWSOP’s student team Iris To, Nina Kim, Derek Louie, and Andrew Nguyen (third year PharmD students) came in second at the national Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Pharmacy & Therapeutics Competition. Competition is keen…
Members of the CI team, led by Jennifer Danielson, met for a “meeting of the minds” in with several of our stakeholders in practice, including local preceptors who work with our students (and who are future employers of our graduates).
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In early April, the goal of our meeting was to further define a set of recommendations for the core curriculum, including outlining recommendations for guidance in implementation of any changes.
The Royalty Research fund (RRF) is sponsored by UW’s Office of Research to help faculty establish new research programs. The program is funded from royalty and licensing fee income generated by the UW Technology transfer…
Scott Grimm Scholar and Medicinal Chemistry graduate student Dennis Goulet (Bill Atkins lab) has been awarded the prestigious Magnuson Scholarship for 2017-2018, receiving the $30,000 award on the basis of his outstanding academic performance and…
We are thrilled to announce that our very own Professor Emerita Joy Plein, ’51, ’56, has been named the recipient of the 2017 UW-UWRA Distinguished Retiree Excellence in Community Service Award! This award is designated…
Collaboration between UW School of Pharmacy and UW Medicine leads to promising breakthrough to ease daily regimen An interdisciplinary team led by Professors Rodney JY Ho of the UW School of Pharmacy and Ann Collier…
Who is the pharmacist we are graduating? This question led to the development of the Husky Pharmacist document, which includes a list of attributes a pharmacist provider needs to have. The word “provider” is a key feature in the development of our new curriculum, and as a School, we wanted to ground ourselves in a common language around this important term.
From February to mid-March, the Curricular Innovation team took stock across teams to better integrate coursework and experiential education. This included meeting with student representatives and with Chairs across the three departments of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, and Pharmacy.
The UW School of Pharmacy Graduate Program Awards offer special recognition of our preeminent graduate students and faculty. Deadline to apply/nominate is May 30. For more information or to nominate, contact Andy Stergachis, Associate Dean,…
UW School of Pharmacy’s class of 2016 distinguished themselves by earning the No. 1 spot in the NAPLEX pass rate in the United States. 99% of our alumni passed the exam the first time they…
Support the Plein Center in Geriatrics What you care about can change the world You can directly affect the future of geriatric pharmacy, by supporting the Plein Center in Geriatrics, which will promote the discovery…
Since 2011, The Plein Center has had a partnership with Era Living, a local company that owns and operates eight Seattle-area retirement communities. They offer independent and assisted living options, and some communities provide more…
Giant cell arteritis is estimated to cost U.S. health-care system $1 billion in first year of treatment PORPP faculty members, Joseph Babigumira, Louis Garrison, Denise Boudreau, Jennie Best, and grad student, Meng Li, published a…
Just over 100 years ago, as World War I raged in Europe, a chemistry professor named Alice Ball was demonstrating the use of a gas mask when something went tragically wrong. The brilliant, young chemist…
The Curricular Innovation Guidance Team met with School faculty, several PY4 students, guest pharmacists, and staff at an All-School Faculty Retreat for discussion of a proposed curricular model framework.
Pharmacy alumna and UW Medicine post doc receives 2017 AcademyHealth New Investigator Award to study benefits of end-of-life care planning in palliative care UWSOP alumna Cara McDermott, Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.Sc. was named to the 2017 cohort…
Scott W. Grimm was a long-time friend of Medicinal Chemistry and the School of Pharmacy. A Corporate Advisory Board member who enthusiastically supported our students and programs, he was also a leader in drug discovery…
The Curricular Innovation Guidance Team is currently synthesizing faculty input and planning another faculty retreat for January 31, 2017, where the faculty, along with guest practitioners, will review a draft framework of the curricular approach, based on the input and priorities identified at the previous retreat and through student input.
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STEP – Students Exploring Pharmacy A Summer Program for High School Students Program Overview Students Exploring Pharmacy (STEP) is a 4-day program designed to inspire high school students as they explore pharmacy as a career…
Chicago Tribune investigation shows problems in drug interaction communications to patients UW School of Pharmacy Professor John Horn and UWSOP alumnus Dan Malone were part of an investigative report, “Pharmacies miss more than half of…
Venture funding to support clinical development of the company’s lead compounds Impel NeuroPharma, Inc., a Seattle-based clinical stage biotechnology company announced a $36 million Series C round to develop a pipeline of drug-device combination products…
A Curricular Innovation Faculty Retreat was held in November 2016, with the key goal to engage the faculty in the next key step of the innovation—development of the new curricular model.
Preceptor of the Year Awards Winners of our annual preceptor awards are individuals who are exemplary practitioners, role models, coaches, learning facilitators, and team players. 2023 APPE Preceptor of the Year (Wayne A. Kradjan Excellence…
Welcome! We are very proud of our preceptors, who are ever so much more than teachers. You help students put learned facts into the context of real practice situations, introduce the students to the many…
Over the summer, Dean Sullivan announced the leadership for the Plein Geriatric Pharmacy Center and some of the early planning activities. Plein Center Director and Shirley and Herb Bridge Endowed Professor for Women in Pharmacy…
As a Navajo scientist trained in genomics, UWSOP post doctoral researcher Katrina Claw is on a two-fold mission to make a difference: As a scientist, she seeks to understand the role genetics play in Vitamin…
UW School of Pharmacy offers a novel approach to student training and patient care in Era Living residential communities. The program is a mutually beneficial one: in addition to their regular pharmacy services, residents receive…
The Curricular Innovation Faculty Retreat on November 1st was a success thanks to the majority of UWSOP faculty being in attendance. Faculty heard an overview of the work done by the Curricular Innovation Guidance Team since forming, considered our recommendations for moving forward, and provided their feedback and ideas on our work and next steps.
Congratulations to Medicinal Chemistry graduate student, Amy Li, who was recently awarded an ARCS Fellowship. The Seattle Chapter of ARCS Foundation contributes to the advancement of science and technology by funding PhD fellowships for academically…
Researchers recommend ‘caution’ when using the chemotherapy busulfan in patients with Gilbert’s syndrome By Susan Keown, Staff Writer, Fred Hutch News Service, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Research published Thursday shows that a common genetic disorder ― one…
The University of Washington was well-represented at the 21st International Symposium on Microsomes & Drug Oxidations (MDO) held at UC Davis from October 2-6, 2016. Our faculty and alumni researchers presented drug metabolism and related…
Busulfan is one of our oldest anticancer drugs. Today, it is often used to prepare a patient’s body for a bone marrow transplant (hematopoietic cell transplant [HCT]) to fight various cancers. Busulfan kills some of…
Education PhD in Immunology, University of Geneva, Switzerland Lynn Rose is the director of scientific administration at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason. Rose has extensive experience in biomedical research, clinical research administration and…
Education MBA, University of Pennsylvania Eric Hayashi is president and CEO of LabConnect, a global provider of centralized laboratory testing services for the biopharmaceutical industry, and an instructor in the Department of Pharmacy. He has…
Adviser: Bhagwat Prasad Year admitted: 2016 Research: I am looking into UGT2B17, which is highly variable in its expression, and the impact of UGT2B17 high variability in endo-and xenobiotic metabolism
Adviser: Yvonne Lin Year admitted: 2016 Thesis/Research Topic: My research topic is on the effect of gut microbiome on drug metabolizing enzymes. We are interested in how a PK profile alters in response to a…
Adviser: Dr. Nina Isoherranen Year admitted: 2016 Thesis/Research Topic: I am interested in understanding xenobiotics disposition and pharmacokinetics. My research focuses on elucidating and predicting pharmacokinetics changes during pregnancy especially predicting maternal fetal transfer.
University of Washington School of Pharmacy alumnus, Jonathan H. Watanabe, PharmD, Ph.D., ’08, ’12, has been selected as one of three outstanding health professionals for the class of 2016 Fellows National Academy of Medicine (NAM). The…
UW School of Pharmacy faculty highlight the important role of pharmacists as part of the healthcare team Autumn brings back sweater weather, pumpkin spices—and health check ups for kids. UW School of Pharmacy Clinical Assistant…
UW School of Pharmacy’s PharmD class of 2017 announced their class gift this week. They will work together over the coming year to make a P4 Class Giving Fund donation to the Doug Black Endowed PharmD Award,…
When it comes to in-depth knowledge of the UWSOP curriculum, our faculty are the experts. The success of our new curricular framework and model depends on the full involvement and guidance from our talented and knowledgeable faculty members.
Study published in JAMA Surgery compares effectiveness of two ways to treat intermittent claudication by evaluating outcomes that are important to patients UW researchers found that patients with intermittent claudication, a form of peripheral arterial…