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Coffee vs. energy drinks: No difference in caffeine absorption

By Lori Maricle, College of Pharmacy SPOKANE, Wash. – A study at Washington State University is the first published comparison of caffeine absorption after consumption of coffee versus energy drinks and the impacts of temperature and rate of consumption.

Benefits to timing chemotherapy to body’s ‘awake’ time

By Lori Maricle, College of Pharmacy PULLMAN, Wash. – Not a morning person? Neither are your kidneys. Research from the Washington State University College of Pharmacy suggests there may be benefits to timing chemotherapy in cancer patients to the time of day the body is “most awake.”

Pharmacy professor receives national leadership award

By Lori Maricle, College of Pharmacy SPOKANE, Wash. – Joshua Neumiller has won the national Albert B. Prescott Leadership Award from the Pharmacy Leadership and Education Institute. It is given annually to a pharmacist less than 10 years into his or her career who has demonstrated the potential to become an influential force in pharmacy.

Kehrer accepts post at University of Alberta

Kehrer   PULLMAN – The University of Alberta announced March 31 that it has hired James P. Kehrer as its College of Pharmacy dean. Kehrer has served as dean of WSU’s College of Pharmacy since September 2005. Kehrer will assume his new duties Aug. 1.   “It is with a great deal of sadness that I make […]

Student honored for volunteer work

SPOKANE – A WSU pharmacy student has earned national recognition for her volunteer work with people with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease in Spokane. Lindy Wood, who will graduate from the WSU College of Pharmacy in May, is one of a handful of pharmacy students from across the nation selected for a Wal-Mart/Pharmacy Times award for […]

Professor receives endowed professorship

A professor and researcher in pharmacology is the first to receive an endowed professorship established in the College of Pharmacy to honor former Dean Allen I. White.   Raymond M. Quock, who joined the college in January 1999 as chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was named the first Allen I. White Professorship on […]