Pharmacy Highlights
The Pharm.D. Program: Preparing the
Architects of Tomorrow’s Health Care
The six-year doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program develops
students into pharmacists capable of providing the highest quality
of care in a broad range of settings.
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Pharmacists Lead the Quest for
Health
In the 21st century, infectious and chronic diseases are the
undisputed source of much human suffering. While cures are not
available yet for all of these illnesses, treatments to
prevent or control them exist.
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A New Role for Pharmacists
In this era of managed care, with its emphasis on improving
patient outcomes while also reducing costs, the pharmaceutical
industry is a significant partner in health care delivery. The
health needs of our growing elderly population also place
pharmacists in a pivotal role.
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Urban Dwellers Suffer
The challenges facing health care professionals in urban areas are
substantial. Pharmacists, with their front-line interaction
with consumers in numerous settings and their specialized skills,
have a major role to play in alleviating the suffering of
low-income urban residents.
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The Urban Pharmaceutical Care Research and
Education Institute
In recognition of its mission as a metropolitan, Catholic,
and Vincentian university (that is, we follow the teachings of St.
Vincent de Paul), the St. John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences created The Urban Pharmaceutical Care
Research and Education Institute.
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Faculty Highlights
Ensuring a Healthy Start for Mothers
and Babies
Sandra E. Reznik, M.D., Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
As a specialist in perinatal and placental pathology, Sandra
Reznik knows firsthand the serious effects of such issues as
pre-term labor and pre-eclampsia, a toxic condition that can occur
in late pregnancy.
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Addressing Urban Health
Issues
Sharon See, Pharm.D., BCPS, Associate
Clinical Professor, Clinical Pharmacy Practice
It’s 8 a.m. and Sharon See and her pharmacy students are
meeting with the attending and resident physicians of Beth Israel
Medical Center’s Residency in Urban Family Practice Program, where
she also holds a faculty position.
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Health Care for New York City’s
Homeless
John Conry, Pharm.D., Associate Clinical
Professor, Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Thanks to the non-profit organization Project Renewal and a
team of health care professionals like John Conry, New York City’s
homeless have a fighting chance to stay healthy.
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Saving Lives by Solving Toxicology
Mysteries
MaryAnn Howland, Pharm. D., Clinical
Professor, Clinical Pharmacy Practice
As you enter the New York City Poison Control Center, located
across the street from Bellevue Hospital Center on Manhattan’s east
side, it’s easy to imagine yourself on the set of a crime-fighting
television show. For fifth-year Pharm. D. students, it’s the scene
for learning firsthand how vital toxicological pharmacy is.
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Health as a Matter of Social
Justice
Joanne M. Carroll, Ph.D., Associate
Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutical companies are among the world’s most profitable
enterprises. Yet, every day we hear about millions of people who
barely subsist, let alone have money for medicines.
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Alumni Highlights
Creating New Possibilities in Urban Health
Care
John P. Navarra, R.Ph. (’67), President,
Town Total Health
Through a series of partnerships and alliances, Navarra created
Town Total Health, a comprehensive pharmaceutical services company
that through corporate-owned and allied drug stores in New York
City, Albany and throughout the state of New Jersey provides an
array of services to patients of health care facilities and private
physicians.
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Removing Barriers to Health
Care
Michael G. Thomas, Pharm.D. (’85, ’02),
Assistant Director, Pharmacy, Lincoln Hospital
Asthma, hepatitis C, HIV, hypertension, diabetes – for
Michael Thomas and the team of pharmacists he leads at Lincoln
Hospital treating such serious conditions are the “bread and
butter” of their daily work.
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