College Research Day

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 – register to attend

Abstracts due: Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 – submit your research

College Research Day is an annual event hosted by the Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to showcase the work of its faculty and students at all levels and in all programs. Poster presentations, student awards and a keynote lecture highlight the day. 

• 8-9 a.m. Poster setup 
• 9-10:55 a.m. Poster presentations in the Commons
• 11 a.m.-noon Keynote presentation in the auditorium
• 12-3 p.m. Continued poster viewing

Alumni Research Award Winner and Keynote Speaker

Dr. Joshua Raub, PharmD '09, BCPS
Senior Medical Science Liaison, Pfizer

Since graduating from the Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Doctor of Pharmacy program in 2009, Dr. Joshua Raub has been an advocate for the profession and for WSU. After completing post-graduate training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Dr. Raub returned to Michigan to become a clinical specialist in internal medicine and adult benign hematology at Detroit Receiving Hospital, playing a significant role in the leadership of their residency program. Through the years, he has contributed to the WSU Applebaum PharmD program through precepting, mentoring and teaching students in the didactic curriculum, generously sharing both his clinical expertise and his profoundly personal story of treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Dr. Raub's scholarly approach to clinical practice and teaching have created a rich body of work. As a student, he served as class president and worked with the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society to create the student mentoring program, which has become the foundation for the required shadowing visits within the introductory pharmacy practice experiences. He took his innovation further by not only designing and implementing the program but by detailing its outcomes in his first publication. With 20 peer-reviewed and several non-peer-reviewed publications, as well as numerous presented abstracts and posters, Dr. Raub has consistently demonstrated the value of measuring outcomes. In 2021, he published Through the Eyes of Cancer, which reflects on his experience as a patient and discusses the importance of humanizing patients.

A careful review of Dr. Raub's publications illustrates his dedication to teaching. In recognition of his scholarly contributions, he was recently appointed to the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy editorial board. He also has been honored with the President's Award from the Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Innovative Practice Award from the Southeastern Michigan Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the Best Practice Award from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. WSU Applebaum is pleased to add to that list with the inaugural Alumni Research Award.

College Research Day awards will be presented in the following categories: 

• Health Sciences Master's and Doctoral Students 
• Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's and Doctoral Students 
• PharmD Students 
• Postdoctoral Scholars 
• Undergraduate Students 

Questions? Contact the WSU Applebaum Research Committee at EACPHSResearchDay@wayne.edu.

WSU Applebaum Research Committee

• Kyle Burghardt, chair
• Jennifer Dickson
• Aloke Dutta
• Nora Fritz
• Arun Iyer
• Paul Kilgore
• Sara Lolar
• Anna Moszczynska
• Christine Rabinak
• MaryAnne Stewart

Please email EACPHSResearchDay@wayne.edu for questions about College Research Day.