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Alumnus Mark Zilner, RPh, Receives School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award
Alumnus Mark Zilner, RPh, Receives School of Pharmacy Distinguished Alumni Award
Mark Zilner, RPh, PAH'91, Chief Operating Office of Diamond Pharmacy Services, visited campus for this year's convocation ceremony to accept this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He noted that one of his Northeastern co-ops at a large nursing home pharmacy provided him with inspiration and ideas on how to grow his parents' pharmacy business in Pennsylvania. After graduation, Mark became Director ...more
June 5, 2017
Student Anthony Zaki Delivers Memorable Address to 2017 Doctor of Pharmacy Graduates
Student Anthony Zaki Delivers Memorable Address to 2017 Doctor of Pharmacy Graduates
One of the highlights of the Doctor of Pharmacy Hooding and Graduation Ceremony on May 4th was the student address given by Anthony Zaki, class of 2017. In his remarks, Dr. Zaki cleverly articulates the pharmacy student experience at Northeastern, receiving many laughs and even some tears from his listeners. As a beautiful ending to the ceremony, Dr. Zaki demonstrates ...more
June 5, 2017
Recent Faculty Promotions
The Department of Pharmacy and Health Systems Sciences is proud to announce promotions for three of its faculty: Alexa Carlson, PharmD, was promoted to the rank of Associate Clinical Professor.  Dr. Carlson is a coordinator for the Comprehensive Disease Management Course sequence and has a clinical site at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.  She was the recipient of the School ...more
June 5, 2017
Northeastern Alumna, Dr. Afton Wagner, Honored with 2017 Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award
Northeastern Alumna, Dr. Afton Wagner, Honored with 2017 Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award
Northeastern Alumna, Dr. Afton M. Wagner, Manager of Federal Affairs for the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), was honored with the 2017 Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award during the Annual Meeting of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) in San Francisco, becoming the first-ever Northeastern alumnus/a to accept this honor. The Prescott Award was established ...more
June 5, 2017
Dr. Ban-An Khaw Recognized for the CASNMMI Life Achievement Award 2017
Representing Chinese American Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (CASNMMI), Dr. Ban-An Khaw, PhD, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was recently recognized as the recipient of the 2017 CASNMMI Life Achievement Award, recognizing his outstanding achievements in the fields of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.  This award was presented at the organization's annual meeting in June where ...more
June 5, 2017
Repairing the Parkinson's Brain
Barbara Waszczak, PhD, is a Professor and a neuroscientist in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences who is pioneering the use of GDNF to repair damaged neurons in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease.  Her research was featured in the March 2017 newsletter from the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, in an article highlighting her collaborations with Nathan McDannold at Brigham and Women’s ...more
March 23, 2017
Students Celebrate Important Milestone at Annual White Coat Ceremony 2016
Students Celebrate Important Milestone at Annual White Coat Ceremony 2016
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 watch as the class received their personalized lab coat in ...more
November 1, 2016