St. John’s Students Earn Top Prize at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Conference
St. John’s University’s student chapter of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) was awarded the organization’s 2019 Student Chapter of the Year Award. The award, presented at...
College of Pharmacy Professor Awarded $492,000 Grant for Cancer Research
When he lost his sister to an untreatable form of cancer, Tanaji T. Talele, Ph.D., Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, committed himself to creating drug therapies that would combat this insidious...
St. John’s Wins Scholarship to Improve Health Care for Low-Income Patients
St. John’s University is one of only six colleges from across the nation to receive a scholarship for an initiative designed to boost access to quality health care for vulnerable and underrepresented populations.
The DeFronzo Family Pays It Forward
Little did Kimberly DeFronzo, R.Ph., M.B.A. ’88MS know when she came to the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 1986 to pursue a Master of Science degree in Industrial Pharmacy, that attending...
Clinical Health Professions Highlights
Faculty from the Clinical Health Professions department were recently awarded a 2019 National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation Scholarship for Excellence in Education Award....
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Community Outreach and Engagement Initiatives
Community Outreach and Extracurricular Initiatives University Service Day University Service Day (USD) is a University-wide annual day of service that is conducted under the auspices of the University...
Lambda Kappa Sigma Supports Women in Pharmacy
Lambda Kappa Sigma Celebrates Women’s Pharmacist Day On October 8, 2018, the Lambda Kappa Sigma (LKS) Alpha Pi chapter honored Women’s Pharmacist Day by hosting a postgraduate education panel and...
Pharmaceutical Sciences Highlights
Saurabh Agarwal, Ph.D., has a St. Baldrick’s Foundation Scholar Career Development Award worth $200,000 (07/01/2017–08/30/2020) to develop novel epigenetic therapies for high-risk neuroblastomas. He...
Pharmacy Administration and Public Health Highlights
The Department of Pharmacy Administration and Public Health continued to make contributions in scholarship, teaching, and service activities during the Spring 2019 semester. A Master of Healthcare...
Pharmacy Students Enjoy Community Outreach Efforts
Elementary School Students Learn about Diabetes More than 150 students, teachers, and administrators at P.S. 173 in Fresh Meadows, NY, focused on childhood diabetes and the importance of healthy...