Pharmacy News
Pharmacy Faculty Named President of State Organization
08/27/2012
Dr. Judianne Slish, associate professor at St. John Fisher College’s Wegmans School of Pharmacy, was recently named president of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York (PSSNY). Read MoreBirnie Completes Fellowship Program
08/13/2012
Dr. Christine Birnie, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the St. John Fisher College Wegmans School of Pharmacy, recently completed the Academic Leadership Fellowship Program (AFLP) with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Read MoreLocal High School Students “Discover at Fisher”
08/02/2012
On Tuesday, July 31, St. John Fisher College and the Buffalo Bills hosted “Discover at Fisher” day for 30 local high school students from the East Rochester School District and the Safe to be Smart Program of the Rochester Public Library, which provides programming opportunities for children and adolescents at six branches of the library. Read More2012 HEOP Summer Institute
07/19/2012
On Sunday, July 8, twenty incoming freshmen from all across New York State came to campus to begin the four-week HEOP (Higher Education Opportunity Program) Summer Institute. Read MorePharmacy Prof to Serve as Reviewer
07/12/2012
Jill Lavigne, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, has been invited to serve as a reviewer for the federally funded Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). PCORI is authorized by Congress to conduct research to provide information about the best available evidence to help patients and their health care providers make more informed decisions. Read MoreFisher to Offer Unique Pharmacy Teaching Certificate Program
06/22/2012
The Wegmans School of Pharmacy and Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education are collaborating to offer a Pharmacy Teaching Certificate Program. Dr. Jeff Liles of the School of Education, along with Drs. Asim Abu-Baker, Lisa Avery, and Kate Juba of the School of Pharmacy have teamed up to develop a program designed to train pharmacists as educators using a “theory to practice” approach, where pharmacists are submerged in learning theory while learning to apply it to clinical practice. Read MoreRochester-Area Collaboration Selected For National Pain Education Effort
05/25/2012
An unusually broad collaboration of health professionals from the greater Rochester area has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help lead the nation’s assault on pain. The effort is led by physicians and scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center and includes nurses, pharmacists, chiropractors, acupuncturists and others from St. John Fisher College in Pittsford and from the New York Chiropractic College based in Seneca Falls. It’s one of a handful of times that these institutions have come together to pool their considerable expertise to attract federal funds to tackle a worldwide problem. Read MoreWegmans School of Pharmacy Honors Students with Prestigious Awards
05/08/2012
During the Wegmans School of Pharmacy hooding ceremony on May 4, faculty honored graduating students with a number of prestigious awards. Read MoreSchool of Pharmacy Honor Society Showcases Collaborative Work
05/02/2012
The Rho Chi Society, the Wegmans School of Pharmacy’s Honor Society, held its first Annual Student Scholarship Poster Symposium on April 24. Read MoreFisher Honors Staff Award Winners
05/01/2012
On Tuesday, April 24, over 100 staff members from the St. John Fisher College community attended the Staff Appreciation Ceremony, to honor four staff members for exemplary performance. Read MoreUpcoming Events
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