College of Pharmacy Professor Receives Fulbright Specialist Award
Ebtesam Ahmed ’07Pharm.D., Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, was recently awarded a Fulbright Specialist Program Award that enabled her to share her extensive knowledge of palliative care and pain management with pharmacy students and faculty members in India.
St. John’s Professor Awarded Grant to Study Use of AI in Medical Coding
St. John’s University has been awarded a $550,000 grant from the US National Science Foundation to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) remedy to the time-consuming process of medical coding and health care billing.
CCPS Students Present Research at CERN
A group of St. John’s University students recently enjoyed the rare opportunity to postulate, through the creation of a board game, the challenges of traveling and settling a distant planet, and presented their findings at CERN’s IdeaSquare Research Center in Meryin, Switzerland.
St. John’s Scientist Wins Federal Grant to Research Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Sunil Kumar ’09GP, ’14Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in St. John’s University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, was recently awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to find an effective therapy for a form of liver disease with no cure and which can lead to cancer.
Employee Convocation Honors St. John’s Faculty, Administrators, and Staff
Days after celebrating its most recent graduating class, St. John’s University paused to acknowledge the contributions of its longtime employees.
Honoring Excellence: Faculty Researcher Wins 2024 AAISCR Young Investigator Award in Cancer Research Category
A faculty member in St. John’s University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences was honored with the prestigious Young Investigator Award from the American Association of Indian Scientists in Cancer Research (AAISCR) for his work to find a cure for neuroblastoma, a devastating cancer that targets very young children.
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Screens Public Health Service Documentary with Producer
On February 20, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) hosted a screening of Invisible Corps, a documentary about the history and role of the Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service.
St. John’s to Celebrate Legacy of Professor Robert R. Tomes, Ph.D.
The life and legacy of Robert R. Tomes, Ph.D. , Professor, Division of Arts and Humanities , The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies , at St. John’s University, will be...
St. John’s Professor Awarded Prestigious Grant to Study South Asian Enclaves in Queens
Shahla Hussain, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded a prestigious Presidential Grant by the Russell Sage Foundation (RSF), co-funded with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, that will allow her to create an oral history project about the South Asian immigrant community in Queens, NY.
St. John’s Dean to Tackle National Pharmacist Shortage as Member of New Council
Anne Y. F. Lin ’84P, ’86Pharm.D., FNAP, Dean and Professor, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John’s University, is among 17 deans from pharmacy colleges across the country to be part of a new advisory council charged with addressing a significant, nationwide shortage of pharmacists.