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RTT class highlights cross-cultural understanding as critical to patient care"As health care professionals, we encounter a diverse population of patients, and it is part of our professional responsibility to make sure all our patients feel comfortable and respected," Kagen said. "This class showed the importance of respecting and appreciating each other's customs, traditions, religions and uniqueness."
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Do or do not – there is no try: Dr. Phil Pokorski leads by examplePokorski serves as assistant clinical professor on both sides of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, teaching pathophysiology — the study of how disease or injury affects the body — to PharmD students as well as those studying health sciences. It can be a tough course but WSU Applebaum students appreciate Pokorski, affectionately calling him Yoda because of his tendency to quote the Jedi master.
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Kappa Psi brothers win Outstanding Professional Program Award from Professional Fraternity AssociationWSU’s Kappa Psi brothers have made an impact not only in the metro Detroit area; they have also garnered national attention, recently winning the prestigious 2021 Outstanding Professional Program Award from the Professional Fraternity Association (PFA), besting thousands of professional fraternities from all across the nation.
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WSU Applebaum students share health info with Detroit community at African World FestivalUniversity dancers, musicians and poets participated in the wide array of cultural offerings, while WSU Applebaum teamed up with the School of Medicine, the College of Nursing and others to provide free services in the Health Is Wealth area.
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2021-23 cohort begins Applebaum PharmD Leadership & Scholars ProgramWayne State University third-year student pharmacists Sara Barakat, Kelly Kepley, Klea Noskey and Brooke Penny will each receive a $4,000 scholarship – as well as a $2,000 budget to build on the work of earlier cohorts to advance community-ambulatory pharmacy practice.
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WSU Applebaum part of team earning award from Association of American Medical Colleges for telehealth equity effortsAssociate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Coordinator of Interprofessional Education Aline Saad said, "We were part of this Telehealth Training Course. Nine pharmacy students completed the requirements, along with myself and Pharmacy Preceptor and Adjunct Assistant Professor Rima Charara, PharmD."
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WSU Applebaum to promote community health at Detroit's 38th annual African World FestivalWayne State students and faculty from health professional programs across campus will provide free health services, including COVID-19 testing at Wayne Health’s mobile testing units and blood pressure screenings at WSU’s “Health Is Wealth” area.
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Model D: Pharmacist, WSU alumna Tania Begum serves Bengali communityBegum opened Community Rx Pharmacy in 2013 with co-owner Mahbubur Motlib after seeing Bangladeshis were moving northward into Warren and Sterling Heights. “We don't have a Bengali-speaking pharmacy in this location… we want to be with the people and be their support center, a resource center for them,” she says.
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WSU establishes new Center for Emerging and Infectious DiseasesThe Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases builds on the university’s experiences in combating COVID-19 to prepare Detroit and the state of Michigan to tackle pandemic diseases. The center is the first of its kind located in an urban setting within the state.
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Wayne State University joins URC partners in mandating vaccination for all students, faculty and staff coming to campus"As we have from the beginning of the pandemic, we are today revising our campus response to respond to emerging evidence and local data. To best protect the health and safety of our campus community, Wayne State will require all students, faculty and staff who plan to be on campus during the fall semester to receive their COVID-19 vaccination. Proof of your vaccination must be submitted by Aug. 30 for you to be allowed on campus," said WSU President M. Roy Wilson.
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Masks are required inside WSU buildings now through Sept. 15 for everyone, regardless of vaccination status"Full vaccination of our campus community will eventually eliminate the need for masks and allow a renewed sense of normalcy in our interactions. Beginning today through Sept. 15, however, when we can be more confident in our overall vaccination status, masks will be required indoors for everyone, regardless of vaccination status," said WSU President M. Roy Wilson. "At that point, we will revisit the mask requirement, and hopefully eliminate it. Of course, masks will not be required if you are working alone in your office. We recognize that this is inconvenient, but it is temporary, and more important, safe."
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PharmSci-Urban Sustainability PhD candidate Zoha Siddiqua turns to nature for answersA look inside Siddiqua's summer day spent collecting data on pollinator insects at Detroit's Chandler Park with her research advisor, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences David Pitts, T-RUST Program Director Darrin Hunt, and their junior lab assistants led by Chandler Park Program Director Yvette Bass-Pullom.
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Kappa Psi brothers receive Up to Us scholarship to Harvard Business School programThe prize results from the Wayne State team placing sixth in the nation while winning the Most Creative Campaign special award from the Up to Us national debt awareness competition. Part of their semester-long effort concentrated on the economic impact of COVID-19, the CARES Act, spending habits of Americans during quarantine, unemployment and the pandemic’s burden on the American health care system.
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Veterans share personal stories, care experiences with Wayne State’s medical and health sciences students“This was an excellent experience that nicely complemented our curriculum with a focus on the health care needs of veterans. Students learned about veterans, their journeys, their needs and chronic diseases in an interprofessional setting. Students reflected on how best to tailor acquired pharmacy knowledge and skills to care for this population,” said WSU Applebaum's Dr. Aline Saad, associate clinical professor of pharmacy practice, director of Faculty Development, coordinator of Interprofessional Education and IPE Champion with the Michigan Area Health Education Center.
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Women 18-45 asked to respond to Research Scholars project survey: Did COVID-19 affect women's reproductive health?Wayne State Doctor of Pharmacy Research Scholar Karli Pelaccio (P3) and Professor of Pharmacy Mary Beth O'Connell are principal investigators on a research study exploring sexual health and behaviors, and contraception use and access during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Today at 1 p.m.: Student pharmacists to watch senate hearing on PBM reform bill“In the long battle of reducing health care costs, increased regulation of PBMs has made its way to the forefront. Because of controversial procedures used by PBMs, pharmacies and patient advocacy groups have duly turned to lawmakers for support,” said Hussein Safaoui, who is the SNPhA Legislative/Membership Benefits National Initiative Interim Chair and SMPA member.
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Friends of Fighting AIDS with Nutrition attend Detroit Tigers Pride NightThis year alone, FAWN sent almost 5,500 units of liquid nutrition to those abroad living with HIV/AIDS. The philanthropic organization looks forward to expanding its reach and to possibly establish chapters at other colleges and universities within the state of Michigan.
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AMCP, SNPhA, SPPA support Kappa Psi’s Reach Out and Read initiativeKappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity has adopted Reach Out and Read as its national philanthropy and Wayne State’s Mu Omicron Pi chapter of Kappa Psi has been supporting this initiative over the past academic year through book donation drives and fundraisers. Over the spring semester, the WSU brothers of Kappa Psi invited other student organizations at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to join in supporting their childhood literacy program.
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SPDC and SNPhA collaborate with Council of Asian Pacific Americans and others to offer free mental health webinarOur Shared Experience is an educational online event that with explore the role of race and identity on the mental health of young adults. Slated for Tuesday, June 29, from 7-8:30 p.m., this discussion will be led by Dr. Saba Maroof, who is a double board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist (and Wayne State alum).
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Mind, heart and soul: Doctor of Pharmacy student Joseph Paul Javier gives everything his allPeople who aren’t familiar with his story are astounded by everything Javier manages to accomplish in any given day — on top of making his way through Wayne State’s rigorous Doctor of Pharmacy program in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. His email signature block lists no fewer than 15 affiliations and leadership positions below his name. And Javier isn’t just busy. He’s good.
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WSU Applebaum counselor Patti Dixon offers two-hour mental health identification sessionsEugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences faculty members and department and group leaders are invited to contact her to set up a session for their students, faculty and/or staff.
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Kappa Psi childhood literacy campaign helps Auntie Na’s Village“When we heard about Auntie Na’s Village, we knew that this was something we wanted to support,” said Noah Trotter, president of Wayne State’s Mu Omicron Pi chapter of Kappa Psi pharmaceutical fraternity. “Service to our local community is a cornerstone of our fraternity. Our philanthropy committee saw Auntie Na’s work with neighborhood kids, specifically her education programs and reading corner, and our brothers immediately knew we had to help this local hero in these efforts.”
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SNPhA spends spring/summer semester promoting community health initiativesAs an educational service association of pharmacy students who are concerned about the profession of pharmacy, health care issues and the poor minority representation in these areas, the mission of Wayne State’s chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association sees its student leaders planning, organizing, coordinating and executing programs geared toward the improvement of the health, educational and social environment of minority communities.
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Today@Wayne podcast: Graduate School Dean and PharmSci Prof. Amanda Bryant-FriedrichDean Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, who leads the WSU Graduate School, talks about why master's degrees, why they are more important than ever and why it's imperative that we broaden access to graduate school for greater swaths of Detroit, our state and the nation.
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Winter 2021 Dean's ListThe Dean’s List honors undergraduate students for academic excellence each semester. Students completing six to 11 credit hours and achieving a 4.00 GPA and students completing 12 or more credits who achieve a GPA of 3.75 or higher for the semester are placed on the Dean’s List.
