Letter from the Editor | March 2019
Dear friends, It has been seven years now that I have had the honor of serving as your CougaRx News editor in chief. This month marks the 97th newsletter I […]
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McKeirnan to receive national honors for work in pharmacy practice
The American Pharmacists Association announced that WSU’s Kimberly McKeirnan will be honored for her work and research in clinical pharmacy at its annual meeting later this month. McKeirnan, a clinical […]
Meier receives $100,000 for research of fatty acid receptors
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics announced that Washington State University’s Kathryn Meier is its 2019 David Lehr Research Award recipient. The award will be presented at Experimental Biology 2019, […]
Seminar speaker discusses lessons for leadership, life
SPOKANE, Wash. – On October 23 Craig Cox talked to Washington State University (WSU) College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPPS) students as part of the Preparing for Your Career […]
WSU student to serve regionally for national pharmacy group
SPOKANE, Wash.—Student pharmacist M. Majid Nazir was elected as one of eight regional delegates, nationally, for the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP). The elections were held at […]
Spokane pharmacist, WSU professor honored by high school Alma mater
SPOKANE, Wash.— Washington State University’s Joshua Neumiller was selected for the 2018 North Central High School Distinguished Alumnus award. His picture will be added to the “Honor Hallway” at the […]
Making radiation therapy less toxic to the heart is focus of this graduate fellowship award
SPOKANE, Wash.—Panshak Dakup, a graduate student at Washington State University in Spokane, received a Pre-doctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association (AHA). The fellowship comes with $53,688 over two years […]
WSU graduate student elected to national STEM board
Spokane-based graduate student Ana Vergara has been elected to the national board of directors for the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science. Her term begins […]
Student spotlight: a summer at NCPA
YAKIMA, Wash.—Student pharmacist Peter Tang spent last summer as an intern with the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). The program ran for 10 weeks and is located in Alexandria, Virginia. […]
New partnership adds experience opportunities for students at Spokane blood center
SPOKANE, Wash.—Patients who receive organ transplants must receive immunosuppressive drugs to prevent rejection, which is why pharmacists are an integral part of the multidisciplinary transplant team. For pharmacists seeking to […]