pharmacy

Crowd celebrates opening of health sciences building

SPOKANE, Wash. – Medical student Scott Hippe says one of his favorite things about the $80 million Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Building is the windows. Huge panes of glass cover most of the structure and offer splendid views of the Washington State University Spokane campus and beyond.

John White promoted to department chair

SPOKANE, Wash. – John R. White Jr. has been promoted to chair of the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the Washington State University College of Pharmacy. He is a licensed pharmacist and has been extensively involved in diabetes research and education since 1987. He also is involved in development of a nasal formulation to be used […]

Hospital pharmacist honored for work with pharmacy students

SPOKANE, Wash. – Donald L. Spedden, a clinical staff pharmacist at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, has been named the 2013 Preceptor of the Year by the College of Pharmacy at Washington State University for his work with students in their final year of the pharmacy degree program.

WSU Pharmacy Professor R. Keith Campbell to retire

By Lori J. Maricle, College of Pharmacy   SPOKANE, Wash. – Longtime faculty member and expert on diabetes management R. Keith Campbell is retiring this fall after 45 years in the College of Pharmacy at Washington State University. Campbell plans to continue to work on the Pullman campus as a faculty emeritus. Campbell will be […]

Spokane research students form student organization

SPOKANE, Wash. – The Graduate Research Student Association has been started on the Washington State University health sciences campus in Spokane. “We need a simple organization to advocate for research students and make graduate research more cohesive and collaborative,” said graduate student and co-founder Emily Cox. “I was working right down the hall from a […]

Pharmacist honored for work with student pharmacists

SPOKANE, Wash. – A community pharmacist in Snohomish, Wash., has received national recognition for her work with pharmacy students as an adjunct faculty member at Washington State University.   Janet M. Kusler was named Preceptor of the Year by the National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation. A preceptor is a practicing pharmacist who mentors and trains […]

Mentoring greatly improves graduates’ admissions

Kay Brothers works with students in 2012. PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU had a 100 percent dental school acceptance rate among applicants who had been mentored in the WSU Pre-Health and STEM Education (PHASE) office. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. “We’ve never had 100 percent for dental before,” said Kay Brothers, director of pre-medical and pre-dental […]