CPHS Students Bring Holiday Joy to Hospitalized Children
A myriad of toys were delivered to children’s hospitals in the New York City area during the Christmas holidays, thanks to the charitable efforts of a faculty member and three graduate students at St...
On-Campus COVID-19 Entry Testing Welcomes Students to the Spring Semester
From the expansive floor of Taffner Field House to a small research laboratory in St. Albert Hall, the COVID-19 entry testing and protocols greeting students as they return to campus for the spring...
A Mission to Defeat Childhood Cancer
A faculty member in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences recently received a grant to continue his work in search of a cure for a devastating cancer that targets very young children. Saurabh...
College of Pharmacy Alumnus Prepares First COVID-19 Vaccine in NYC
After combating the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly a year, hope—in the form of the COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine—arrived in a United Parcel Service (UPS) van on December 14 to Long Island Jewish...
Innovation Thrives at St. John’s as Students Compete at Pitch Johnny Event
For the first time in its four-year history, Pitch Johnny, St. John’s annual contest among student entrepreneurs, was waged on a digital platform where contestants proposed their next big ideas live...
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Faculty Confront COVID-19 Questions
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. John’s University faculty mobilized their talent and resources around combating this unprecedented public health crisis by identifying communities that...
University Career Services Highlights Online Offerings
Connecting St. John’s students with prospective employers and meaningful professional opportunities has always been the goal of University Career Services (UCS). In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Dedicated to her Classmates, College, and Future Profession, Physician Assistant Student Earns Scholarship
Allison Luntz, a graduate student in the Physician Assistant (PA) graduate program in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, was recently awarded the Society for Physician Assistants in...
St. John’s Pharmacy Students Take Top Prizes at National Competition
A team of 26 students wielded their collaborative skills and knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry to claim national, first-place status in the 2019–20 Industry Pharmacists Organization (IPhO)’s...
St. John’s Pharmacy Professors Develop Dosage Alternative for COVID-19 Medication
A team of professors from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John’s University have applied for a patent for a self-injectable, extended-release dosage of the antiviral medication...