College of Pharmacy

Pharmacy school at UNK makes progress toward opening

New faculty are being hired, and prospective students are committing to join the inaugural class when classes start in August.

Feb 19, 2025

A rendering of the new Rural Health Education Building at UNK

Dr. Mahapatra grant to fund medulloblastoma research 

The team led by Sidharth Mahapatra, MD, PhD is exploring a novel treatment against the most lethal form of medulloblastoma. 

Feb 19, 2025

Sidharth Mahapatra, MD, PhD

Corey Hopkins, PhD, elected to MEDI executive committee

Pharmacy’s Dr. Hopkins will be academic vice chair of the American Chemical Society Division of Medicinal Chemistry.

Feb 5, 2025

Corey Hopkins, PhD

Kim Scarsi, PharmD, appointed new chair of pharmacy practice

Dr. Scarsi is the Lewis E. and Antonia E. Harris Professor and Chair, UNMC Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science.

Jan 10, 2025

Kim Scarsi, PharmD

Nominations open for new UNMC Staff Advisory Council

The 32-member council will act in an advisory capacity to the chancellor, administration and other university groups on behalf of all staff.

Dec 6, 2024

UNMC campus sign

Research leadership: Corey Hopkins, PhD

Dr. Hopkins is a professor in the UNMC Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the UNMC Center for Drug Design and Innovation.

Nov 12, 2024

Corey Hopkins, PhD

One more ‘Operation Immunization’ clinic set for Wednesday

Vaccines are available on a walk-in basis and free to all UNMC faculty, students and staff.

Nov 12, 2024

A patient receiving a flu shot

Keith Olsen, PharmD, to retire as pharmacy dean

Donald Klepser, PhD, will serve as interim dean effective Jan. 1, 2025.

Nov 11, 2024

Keith Olsen, PharmD, will retire as the dean of the UNMC College of Pharmacy at the end of the year.

NU invests $577,000 to support research in NSRI’s mission

UNMC researcher Martin Conda-Sheridan, PhD, was among those who received funding through the NU Collaboration Initiative.

Oct 29, 2024

Martin Conda-Sheridan, PhD, was among the University of Nebraska researchers whose projects in support of the National Strategic Research Institute’s mission received funding.

New investigator: Sean Avedissian, PharmD

Dr. Avedissian is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science in the UNMC College of Pharmacy.

Oct 15, 2024

Sean Avedissian, PharmD
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