Pharmacy News

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.

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.

Three alumni of Ohio Northern University's Raabe College of Pharmacy will be honored with Distinguished Alumni Awards at a banquet in the McIntosh Center faculty and staff dining room on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m.

This is the second year that Distinguished Alumni Awards have been presented by the ONU Raabe College of Pharmacy.

Vern H. Hakes, R.Ph., Charles R. Brading, R.Ph., and James E. Turner, R.Ph., are being recognized for their outstanding career accomplishments and their contributions to ONU.

Arielle Ambrosy, a first-year pharmacy major at Ohio Northern University, is a 2008 Girl Scout Gold Award winner.

Thirteen Ohio Northern University pharmacy students and their advisors attended the National Community Pharmacists Association's (NCPA) 40th Annual Conference on National Legislation and Government Affairs May 19-21 in Washington, D.C.

Two Ohio Northern University pharmacy students are the recipients of 2008 American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) "Gateway to Research" Scholarships, each worth $5,000.

Rachael Waterson, a third-year pharmacy student from Benzonia, Mich., will work with Dr. Boyd Rorabaugh on a project titled "Differential Coupling of ?1 - Adrenergic Receptor Subtypes to Transactivation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor."

Ohio Northern University will celebrate its 2008 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the Sports Center.

About 600 students will be awarded degrees.

Dr. Donald Sullivan, associate professor of pharmacy practice at the Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy, will be participating in the U.S. Air Force Health Professional Tour May 13-16.

Dr. Sullivan will embark on a four-day tour that allows health profession educators such as practitioners, chief residents and registrars from across the nation the opportunity to experience the Air Force firsthand.

Eight Ohio Northern University students, a male and female from each class, were honored with awards at the annual President's Leadership Dessert, held April 30.

Special guest speaker for the event was Ohio State University Head Football Coach Jim Tressel.

Receiving the DeBow Freed Awards for Outstanding Leadership as freshmen were Bethany Schreck, an art major from Bethel Park, Pa., and Ryan Lowry, a business administration major from Bluffton, Ohio.

The Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University has been awarded part of a $101,677 grant from the Computational Challenges of Genome-Wide Association Studies, sponsored by Microsoft Research. The college will use these funds to develop a software and data management system that utilizes patient-specific genetic information to predict and prevent adverse drug reactions.