News Releases 2018
December
Professor Zhang to be Inducted as Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
UHCOP Team Among Top 10 Finalists in National Clinical Skills Competition
November
Dean Pritchard Among Panelists at UH-Humana Institute Kick-off Event Dec. 6
CPRIT Funds Drug Development Project for Rare Genetic Disorder Causing Colorectal Cancer
International Day's Celebration of Cultures Returns for 26th Year Nov. 14
October
Marwaha Among UH Alternative Textbook Incentive Program Awardees
ASP Chapter Claims Third Consecutive Regional Operation Diabetes Award
Rho Chi Hosts Alumnus Varkey as Boblitt Lecturer, Honors Faculty for Teaching
Student College of Clinical Pharmacy Wins Outstanding Student Chapter Award from ACCP
PharmD Student Earns Geriatrics Travel Award to Attend ACCP Global Conference
Varkey Named Alumnus Pharmacist of Year, Tipton Earns Meritorious Achievement Award
Mading Society of Donor Welcomes Record Number of Inductees
PharmD/PhD Candidate Gets IDWeek Travel Award to Present Antimicrobials Research
September
Asghar Receives $459K NIH Grant to Study Role of Mitochondria in Age-Related Kidney Decline
UH-Humana Collaboration Includes $1M Gift for Health Outcomes Chair at UHCOP
UHCOP's Tam Earns Fellow Status from Infectious Diseases Society of America
August
Tam Receives $3.5M in New NIH Funding for Rapid Diagnostic Antimicrobial System
Fledgling Industry Pharmacists Organization Chapter Among Top 5 in Nation
UHCOP Welcomes 4 Pharmacy Practitioners to Faculty Ranks
Inaugural Cohort of 3 Academic Pharmacy Fellows Join College
PhD Student, Postdoc Research in Spotlight at PPS Research Symposium
July
UHCOP Student Wins National President-elect Office in SNPhA
SNPhA Wins National Chapter Excellence Award Among Large Chapters
Wanat Earns 'Top Rated Poster' for Study of Anticoagulant Risks in Afib Patients
NIH Awards Lokhandwala $2.64M to Study Angiotensin 1-7 for Reducing Hypertension
June
Texas Governor Appoints Alumni Lewis, Spier to TSBP
TSHP Names Lake-Wallace President-elect Designee After Election
Cougars, Friends Face Down Wildcat in Golf Classic to Aid Students
Researcher Das Targets Brain Receptor as Novel Alcoholism Therapeutic
May
Ph.D. Students Earn Internships in Pharmaceutical/Health Care Industry, Government
PHOP Graduate, Candidate Among 'Best Poster' Finalists at ISPOR
College Faculty Honor Peers for Teaching, Research and Service Excellence
Commencement Celebrates Nearly 150 Graduates, Golden Cougars
Outstanding Students, Faculty Members Honored at Awards Reception
UHCOP Recognizes Top Experiential Preceptors for 2017-18
Hussain Earns $1.6 NIH Grant to Study AT2 Receptor to Protect Obese Kidney
April
Team of 14 Instructors Receive UH Group Teaching Award for Pharmacology Graduate Course
Alumnus Claims Top Abstract Medal, Podium Presentation Invite at AMCP Meeting
UHCOP Chapter Earns 2nd in AMCP Chapter Challenge, Invite to Leadership Academy
Crowley Attains 'Schweitzer Fellow for Life' Status; 3 Welcomed into Next Class
Multidisciplinary Researchers, Practitioners Discuss Opioids, Medication Burden at Symposium
Students Win TSHP Disease State Management, Clinical Skills Competitions
Houston Program Residents, Partner Institution Honored at TSHP Meeting
Alumni Draw TSHP Recognition for Service, Research and Practice Excellence
March
UHCOP's Delta Delta Wins Kappa Psi Chapter, Regent of Year Province Titles
Tam Receives $546,700 Industry Grant to Develop Novel Model of Skin Necrosis
Pharmacy Summer Camp June 12-15 Offers Career Insights to High School Juniors, Seniors
February
Graduates' NAPLEX First-time Pass Rate Highest in Texas, 3rd Highest in Nation
Wanat Inducted as Fellow of American College of Critical Care Medicine
SCCP Chapter Hosts Inaugural Spelling Bee for Students, 'Special Guests'
TSHP Recognizes Faculty Member Varkey, Alumni Gessner-Wharton and Munch
ASP Chapter Announces UH Patient Counseling Competition Winner, National Representative
January
Alumni Tosh, Day Installed to International Academy of Compounding Pharmacist Board
Alumnus Varkey Takes Oath of Office on American Pharmacists Association Board
TMC Health Policy Institute Supports Garey's 'Early Warning' System for Drug-resistant Fungus
Alumni Woo, Varkey to be Inducted as Fellows of American Pharmacists Association
UHCOP Students, DHR Team on Health Fair for Rio Grande Valley Community
Bond, Giles Earn Honorary Fellows Recognition from British Pharmacological Society