Phase 1 of ASHP residency matches were released in mid-March and the results for the Class of 2026 currently stand at a 90% match rate. 19 out of the 21 fourth-year pharmacy students who participated in the ASHP match placed. The overall Phase 1 match rate places WSU in the #1 spot of all pharmacy schools in the Pacific Northwest and the West Coast.
A wearable biosensor developed by Washington State University researchers could improve wireless glucose monitoring for people with diabetes, making it more cost-effective, accurate, and less invasive than current models.
The WSU researchers have developed a wearable and user-friendly sensor that uses microneedles and sensors to measure sugar in the fluid around cells, providing an alternative to continuous glucose monitoring systems. Reporting in the journal Analyst, the researchers were able to accurately detect sugar levels and wirelessly transmit the information to a smartphone in real-time.
Washington State University’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is celebrating an important milestone with statewide impact: the class of 2025 achieved a 92.5% first-time pass rate on the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX), well above the national average of 86.8%.
The class of anti-inflammatory drugs known as TNF-inhibitors has brought relief to many sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis, but they don’t work for up to 4 of every 10 patients.
New research led by Washington State University may have discovered why: a “back-door” pathway of inflammation that sidesteps medicines that lock the front door.
More than a dozen WSU pharmacist-faculty are helping to close the health care gap by providing counseling and comprehensive medication management to Medicare patients across the country through a new telehealth collaboration with Praventa Health.
Meet Jared Kavanaugh, class of 2017 WSU PharmD alumnus whose pharmacy career broke all the usual molds. While most people imagine pharmacists behind a counter, Kavanaugh’s journey with the United […]
Third-year Doctor of Pharmacy student Victoria Nuon shares how scholarships and the support of the Coug Nation has gone beyond funding her education to help her find confidence in herself, as a future health care provider and an example in her community.
At Washington State University’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, two former deans are continuing their lifelong commitment to students in a deeply personal way — by establishing new scholarships to support future generations of Coug pharmacists.
When Joshua Neumiller first began studying pharmacy at Washington State University, he couldn’t have known that his future work would touch the lives of millions around the world living with diabetes. In recognition of his extraordinary achievements, the WSU Alumni Association has named him a recipient of the WSU Alumni Achievement Award.
By encouraging in-home providers to “think like a pharmacist” when reviewing medications, a WSU initiative helped a Spokane home health care agency reduce hospitalizations of high-risk heart-failure patients by more than half over a 10-week period.
