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• WSU Applebaum professors highlight library's "Pick Your Poison" Nov. 4 panel
  October 16, 2019
  Wayne State University Shiffman Medical Library is hosting a U.S. National Library of Medicine Traveling Exhibition, Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures & Medical Prescriptions, from Nov. 4 to Dec. 14, 2019. The exhibit will kick off with a panel discussion on issues including the opioid crisis; effects of alcohol, marijuana and other drugs on driving performance; substance-induced public health; and intoxicant prescribing. Panelists include WSU Applebaum professors Randall Commissaris and Insaf Mohammad.
• Pharmacy Ball tickets on sale now
  October 10, 2019
  The Wayne State University PharmD Class of 2021 Eboard invites you to the 3rd WSU Applebaum Pharmacy Ball on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020! This year's theme is The Great Gatsby. Tickets are available online.
• PharmD students, alumni representing WSU Applebaum at IDWeek 2019
  October 4, 2019
  IDWeek 2019 is Oct. 1-6 in Washington DC, and a handful of WSU Applebaum students, alumni and faculty are there presenting their research.
• Community Homeless Interprofessional Program (CHIP) bridges gap between classroom and real-world experience
  October 1, 2019
  From providing blood pressure medication, counseling and routine physical evaluations to community recourse education and bus passes, since 2014 CHIP has given much-needed healthcare to the homeless, a community with traditionally unreliable access.
• Hometown Life: Professor Victoria Tutag Lehr interviewed on opioid database
  September 30, 2019
  At least 40 percent of the 2.9 billion prescription pain pills supplied to Michigan in the years preceding the nation’s third wave of opioid overdose deaths landed in Oakland, Wayne and Macomb counties, according to federal data released over the summer. In an interview, Pharmacy Practice Professor Victoria Tutag Lehr said the database is good for verifying some suspected trends.
• Wayne State Interprofessional org hosting opioid panel
  September 26, 2019
  All are invited to hear a panel of experts from pharmacy, medicine, physical therapy and social work discuss how opioids have affected various health care practices. Food and drinks will be provided.
• Pharmacy CE program on pain, opiates and cannabis to be held at WSU Applebaum Oct. 19
  September 24, 2019
  On Saturday, Oct. 19, from 4-5 p.m., “Clinical and Legal Aspects of Cannabis and Opiates” will be presented by Alan T. Rogalski, RPh, JD, an adjunct assistant professor in the WSU Applebaum Department of Pharmacy Practice and a health care attorney at Warner Norcross & Judd LLP. The event takes place in the lower level auditorium of the WSU Applebaum building at 259 Mack Ave., Detroit.
• Professor Linda Jaber advances international initiatives in pharmacy
  September 19, 2019
  A native of Lebanon, Professor of Pharmacy Practice Linda Jaber returned to her home country this summer as a participant and presenter at the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) Summer International Conference, held June 30-July 5, 2019, at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The conference marked her first presentation at the AUB campus.
• Contagion: Prof. Susan Davis on 'The Most Expensive Drug Is the One That Doesn't Work'
  September 13, 2019
  This episode of the Contagion podcast takes a dual look at the recently announced changes to antibiotic reimbursements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Professor (Clinical) of Pharmacy Practice Susan Davis, an infectious disease pharmacist, discusses the impact from a clinician standpoint.
• PBS Frontline: Paul Kilgore part of investigative documentary on Flint Water Crisis
  September 11, 2019
  Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Paul Kilgore is featured in the Sept. 10, 2019, PBS FRONTLINE documentary that, drawing from a two-year investigation, uncovers the extent of a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis.
• Post-doc Razie Kebriaei earns ACCP Foundation Futures Grant
  September 6, 2019
  Post-doctoral fellow Razie Kebriaei received an American College of Clinical Pharmacy Foundation (ACCP) Foundation Futures Grant of $30,000 to pursue her project, “A Novel Approach for Combating Medical Device Associated Biofilm Infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).”
• Professor Michael Rybak wins Distinguished Investigator Award
  September 6, 2019
  The American College of Clinical Pharmacy's Infectious Diseases Practice Network (ID-PRN) has honored Wayne State University Professor of Pharmacy Practice Michael Rybak with its 2019 Distinguished Investigator Award.
• WSU Applebaum professors Malek, Burghardt shed new light on epigenetic response of exercise in athletic v. sedentary men
  August 27, 2019
  A new interdisciplinary research team including WSU Applebaum professors Kyle Burghardt (Pharmacy Practice) and Moh H. Malek (Physical Therapy) along with colleagues in the Department of Kinesiology at the California State University Fullerton recently discovered that an individual’s training experience has a direct impact on one such epigenetic change stemming from resistance exercise – DNA methylation, a process that influences gene expression and regulates skeletal muscle adaptation.
• Pharmacy Day at the Capitol is Tuesday, Sept. 17
  August 23, 2019
  On Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., pharmacy students from Wayne State, Ferris State and the University of Michigan – plus pharmacists from across the state – will have the chance to meet with legislators and their staff at their offices in Lansing. 
• Contagion: Prof. Rybak discusses research on combination therapy for MRSA bloodstream infections
  August 20, 2019
  The question of combination therapy versus monotherapy for MRSA bloodstream infections is one that is widely debated. In this new analysis, a team of investigators from Wayne State University and the University of California at San Francisco conducted research at 2 academic medical centers between 2008 and 2018.
• First and second-year PharmD students encouraged to join learning community
  August 7, 2019
  All P1 and P2 PharmD students are invited to join the Student Pharmacist Learning Community, offered by the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to optimize student success during their first two years of their professional program.
• Pharmacy practice faculty members Wilhelm, Rabinak earn promotions
  July 31, 2019
  Effective Aug. 19, 2019, Sheila Wilhelm will be professor (clinical) and Christine Rabinak will be associate professor with continuing tenure.
• Students learn veteran health care needs straight from the source
  July 16, 2019
  Students and faculty from Wayne State University’s School of Medicine and Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences hosted 33 Michigan veterans of the U.S. Air Force, Army and Marines during the course of three sessions June 6, 13 and 20 to better understand their health needs.
• Health Television Nepal: Paul Kilgore presents research at International Patient Safety Conference
  July 1, 2019
  The conference in Kathmandu was attended by a large number of clinicians as well as Nepali government health leaders. It featured several international speakers including participation from the Global Health Initiative at Henry Ford Health System.
• Oakland Press: Tarek Hassoun '18 opens HealthLine Pharmacy
  June 20, 2019
  Tarek Hassoun, a 2018 graduate of the WSU Applebaum Doctor of Pharmacy program, recently opened HealthLine Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy which provides free home delivery to patients within a 15-mile radius of its Bloomfield Hills location.
• Drug Topics: Amber Martirosov on aspirin and COPD
  June 19, 2019
  Martirosov provided an analysis of a recent observational study that suggested that aspirin might be instrumental in preventing flare-ups of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD).
• Vaccine expert Basel Khatib to lecture at WSU Applebaum June 6
  May 31, 2019
  The lecture is part of the campuswide #KnockOutHPV campaign designed and managed by PharmD student Adalah Yahia. 
• Hilary Marusak among Crain's 2019 Notable Women in STEM
  May 28, 2019
  Hilary Marusak, a postdoctoral fellow in WSU Applebaum's Translational Neuropsychopharmacology (TNP2) Lab, was selected as a Crain's Notable Women in STEM 2019 honoree.
• WSU Applebaum postdoc Hilary Ann Marusak to present research seminar May 29
  May 10, 2019
  Hilary Ann Marusak, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, will present "Effects of childhood adversity on brain and behavioral development" at IBio.
• Vaccine expert Dr. Basel Khatib to lecture for #KnockOutHPV campaign
  May 2, 2019
  Renowned vaccine expert Basel Khatib MD, FAAP, will present a lecture, "HPV Diseases and Vaccine: Myths and Facts," on Thursday, June 6, at 10 a.m. in the Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Room 540).