College of Pharmacy Newsletter

News for alumni, students, faculty, and friends of Pharmacy

Winter 2016

DEAN’S NOTE |Bright Spots

I’ve been asked what the best part of my job is. While I enjoy interacting with our College of Pharmacy alums and our stakeholders across many health disciplines, I truly cherish my interaction with our students.

ALUMNI | BIG THINKER

Henry Sisun ’71 sees possibilities. He was only 24 years old when he purchased his first pharmacy; within a few years, he had begun working with a local neurosurgeon to use neurostimulators as an alternative to narcotics for the treatment of chronic pain.

FACULTY | STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

Winter 2016 “I’ve spent most of my career focused on statistical methods development and applications to HIV and AIDS research,” says Assistant Professor Ashley Buchanan. She comes to URI this fall from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where her postdoctoral research included collaborating with colleagues in Tanzania on the CDC/PEPFAR project addressing questions […]

RESEARCH | POSTER STUDENTS

Winter 2016 Twenty-eight Pharm.D. students presented research this December at ASHP’s Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition, on topics ranging from antimicrobial stewardship and education, to adherence simulation as a tool to promote empathy among student pharmacists. “Thanks to the generosity of our alumni supporters, many of our students take advantage of travel stipends to attend […]

OUTREACH | Dream Teams

Nearly 30 older adults from the community participated as volunteers in the URI Senior Health and Wellness Program in October, “a valuable opportunity for the pharmacy students to interact with the other disciplines and work as a team,” says program coordinator Clinical Associate Professor Erica Estus.

STUDENTS | Everyday Impact

“I think it’s so interesting that something you use every day—like a nonstick pan—could be affecting your body,” says Maxine Abustan ’18. The biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences junior is currently putting her interest to work on a yearlong research project.