Careers
Graduates of URI’s pharmacy program have enjoyed success as business people, pharmacy professionals, researchers, and academicians. Two URI alumni, Joseph Mollica 62 , former chairman of Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., and Ernest Mario 66, cochairman and CEO of Alza Corporation and former cochairman and CEO of Glaxo Ltd., were the only pharmacy graduates in the country to head up Fortune 500 companies.
Pharm.D. Exploration Center
A free platform providing resources for exploring the opportunities that a career in Pharmacy provides. It houses an extensive and growing library of URI Pharmacy alumni interviews along with other career exploration resources.
Registration is required to access content, information collected will not be shared outside of The University of Rhode Island.
Recorded Alumni Career Information Panels
Pharm.D. Zoom Career Panel – Thursday November 2, 2023
SSHP Pharm.D. Zoom Career Panel – Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Pharm.D. Zoom Career Panel – Wednesday, October 26, 2022
In these student-led panels some of our alumni discuss their day-to-day responsibilities, what they love about their jobs, their path to their current roles, and what they wish they knew on their first day of work.
Pharm.D. / MBA Information Session – October 2022
In this information session we had the opportunity to hear details about the program from the MBA Coordinator, hear perspectives from a Pharm.D. / MBA alumni and students currently in the program, and ask questions during the session.
Learn more about the Pharm.D. / MBAA fun way to explore pharmacy careers
