Olah will examine the proteins and cell signaling processes involved in promoting endothelial cell growth and migration with a focus on the intracellular protein known as Epac1.
Rudolph H. Raabe College of Pharmacy
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Pharmacy News
Professor Awarded NIH Grant
Dr. Mark Olah, assistant professor of pharmacology at the Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) to help in the development of drugs that promote or inhibit growth of blood vessels. These drugs may be useful in treating heart disease, diabetes and other diseases.
Published: Tue, 12/30/2008 - 12:10pm
Elevator Pitch Competition
The first CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization) Elevator Pitch Competition involved 11 student competitors from pharmacy, engineering, arts and sciences, and business administration in idea presentations lasting 90 seconds.
Published: Fri, 12/05/2008 - 10:50am
ONU's Heartburn Awareness Challenge Receives Award
Through the efforts of student pharmacists, ONU's Heartburn Awareness Challenge has received its second regional award of the year. The award, "It Starts With One," was received at the Region 4 American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Midyear Regional Meeting. APhA-ASP chapters throughout Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin presented their top patient care projects for 2008, and ONU placed first.
Published: Fri, 12/05/2008 - 10:42am
Pharmacy Clinical Skills Competition
ONU Students' Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP) is congratulating Samantha Cunningham, fifth-year pharmacy student from Adena, Ohio, and Catherine Taylor, a fifth-year pharmacy student from Powell, Ohio, winners of the annual clinical skills competition. They competed against seven other teams, demonstrating skills in assessing patient information and current therapy, identifying treatment goals, and recommending a pharmacy care plan. A panel of evaluators determined the winner of the competition using the ASHP criteria provided.
Published: Fri, 12/05/2008 - 10:25am
NCPA Presidential Scholarship
Jenn Waitzman, a fifth-year pharmacy student from Bellbrook, Ohio, and a member of ONU's National Community Pharmacists Association's (NCPA) student chapter, has been awarded an NCPA Presidential Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year from the NCPA Foundation. She was one of 18 students from pharmacy schools across the country to receive the scholarship.
Published: Fri, 12/05/2008 - 10:21am
Grant Received
David F. Kisor, Pharm.D., professor of pharmacokinetics, has received a grant of $5,100 from Applied Medical Research to continue research on a new dosage form of aspirin. This is a follow up to a study begun last year.
Published: Thu, 12/04/2008 - 2:42pm
Pharmacy Students to Provide Medical Counseling and Heartburn Education in Kenya
Fourteen Ohio Northern University pharmacy students and Kristen Finley, associate professor of pharmacy, will travel to Kenya to provide medical counseling and education about heartburn from Nov. 27 through Dec. 18.
These sixth-year pharmacy students will collaborate with physicians, nurses and medical students during the three-week trip to Africa. Members of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine will travel on the mission trip with the ONU students.
Published: Tue, 11/11/2008 - 1:53pm
Pharmacy Professors Receive Grants for Research
Dr. Tarek Mahfouz and Dr. Janelle S. Crossgrove-Hart of Ohio Northern University's Raabe College of Pharmacy have each received a $10,000 New Investors Program grant from the American Association of College of Pharmacy (AACP).
Published: Tue, 10/28/2008 - 11:20am
Apotex, Ohio Northern University to Partner on Pharmacy Initiative
Apotex Corporation and Ohio Northern University's Raabe College of Pharmacy today announced the formation of a partnership that will develop a new community pharmacy simulation software package.
ONU and Apotex will jointly develop software that provides students with a computer simulation program intended to replicate managing retail pharmacy operations. The software is being designed to have application for pharmacy colleges across the country and will help prepare students for their eventual service in the profession of pharmacy.
ONU and Apotex will jointly develop software that provides students with a computer simulation program intended to replicate managing retail pharmacy operations. The software is being designed to have application for pharmacy colleges across the country and will help prepare students for their eventual service in the profession of pharmacy.
Published: Mon, 10/13/2008 - 12:06pm
Professor to Present at International Conference
Dr. David F. Kisor, professor of pharmacokinetics at Ohio Northern University's Raabe College of Pharmacy, has been invited to speak at the Ehrlich II Conference in Nuremburg, Germany, Oct. 3-5, 2008.
Kisor will present "Organ Independent Drug Elimination," discussing how certain drugs are "eliminated" from the body by mechanisms other than kidney elimination or liver metabolism.
Kisor will present "Organ Independent Drug Elimination," discussing how certain drugs are "eliminated" from the body by mechanisms other than kidney elimination or liver metabolism.
Published: Thu, 09/11/2008 - 3:04pm
