It was another successful year for the School of Pharmacy’s Annual White Coat Ceremony, the event which formally recognizes pharmacy students’ arrival into the first professional year of the Doctor of Pharmacy program at Northeastern. Family, faculty, and other invited guests were all welcomed to...
Diomedes Logothetis, PhD was recently appointed as the new Department Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences. His mission is to advance Northeastern’s standing as a go-to institution for academic researchers interested in drug discovery. Dr. Logothetis previously served as chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics...
Brandon Dionne is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Dr. Dionne earned his Bachelor of Science in Human Biology from the University of Southern Maine and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of New England. He completed residency training,...
Margarita DiVall, PharmD, co-authored a viewpoint on academic dishonesty in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. The viewpoint reviewed some of the possible contributors as to why students cheat and the challenges that faculty face when dealing with academic misconduct. The paper emphasizes the importance...
School of Pharmacy faculty members Tayla Rose, PharmD, and Steve Pizer, PhD, along with health policy researcher Gary Young, JD, PhD, were recently featured in News at Northeastern where they discussed the drastic increase in cost of the Mylan EpiPen – one of the few...
On June 30th, 2016, Todd Brown, RPh, MHP, Vice Chairman of the Department of Pharmacy and Health Systems Sciences, was appointed to a special opioid commission by Governor Charlie Baker. The Special Commission is tasked with developing recommendations to ensure future prescribers have an understanding...
Dean Zgarrick hosted a group of CVS pharmacists who brought their Huskie pride to Fenway Park in July. Thanks to George Gomatos, Hannah Baram, Lauren Forni, Wendy Johnson, Lulu Fan, Jimmy Gallagher, Khara Lutkiewicz and Katherine Padillo for joining in on the fun and watching...
Over the past year, the Northeastern’s School of Pharmacy has collaborated with the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) to implement a component of its 3-year grant ‘Let’s Get Healthy, Boston!’ from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to reduce obesity in Boston. The School of...
The John W. Webb Visiting Professorship in Hospital Pharmacy was established in 1985 at the Northeastern University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, now part of the Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Appointment to the John W. Webb Visiting Professorship recognizes commitment to hospital...
On October 5th, Phi Delta Chi, a professional pharmacy fraternity, hosted its 10th annual Bouvé Health Fair and Flu Shot Clinic. As usual, free flu shots were given out to the entire Northeastern community as well as free health screenings and health information booths to...