The mission of the Pharmacy Practice Division (PPD) is to educate students, health practitioners and the public in ways that optimize health outcomes from drug and related treatments, to participate in research and practice that lead to safe and effective drug use, and to develop innovations in the practice of pharmacy that help maximize patient benefit from medications.
Our faculty is diverse and each member possesses different interests within the field of Pharmacy Practice. Areas of clinical practice and research include: medication utilization, sleep disorders, osteoporosis, hematology/oncology, cardiac rehabilitation, family medicine, asthma, lung transplantation, epilepsy, heart failure, diabetes, long term care, pulmonary/critical care, and metabolic/nutrition support.
NEWS & EVENTS
August 2008: Orly Vardeny, John Dopp, assistant professors (CHS), and Jill Kolesar, associate professor (CHS) and Director of the 3P Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory, UWCCC, all authored chapters in the “Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice” book. The textbook received the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Distinguished 2008 Medical Book Healthcare Professionals Award. more...
August 2008: Jill M. Kolesar, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, has accepted an additional three year term on the American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacists editorial board beginning January 1, 2009. more...
July 2008: Eva Vivian, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, was awarded a $40,000 pilot grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) for her proposal, "Utilizing Novel Interventions to Prevent Diabetes in Youth (UNITY).” more...