News

Class of 2014 Rites of Passage

On April 10, 2013 the Class of 2014 participated in the Rites of Passage ceremony, signifying the completion of didactic training and entry into the healthcare field for a final year of clinical rotations. Congratulations!

UIW to Partner with Brazilian Institutions on Pharmaceutical Initiative

From San Antonio Business Journal article (4/26/13):
The University of the Incarnate Word’s Feik School of Pharmacy has entered into a partnership with Brazilian generic pharmaceutical company Prati-Donaduzzi. This partnership is part of a larger collaboration involving Brazil’s University Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana and San Antonio-based grocer H-E-B.

"Tus Medicinas y Tu Salud" Walmart/Univision Health Fair

Tina Lopez, Vanessa Phillips, Cynthia Richardson, Yvonne Davila, Joseph Bonilla, and Charles Connor led the successful "Tus Medicinas y Tu Salud" Walmart/Univision Health Fair on April 20th. Over 350 primarily spanish- speaking clients were screened and educated on a wide variety of health topics. Pictured are members of the UIW Student Nurses Association. It was a wonderful professional collaborative event- UIW Pharmacy, Optometry, Nursing and Nutrition students worked together and were joined by RN students from UTHSCSA and LVN students from St. Phillips. Two more health fairs are being planned for Fall 2013.

Rho Chi Honor Society Induction

The Feik School of Pharmacy Delta Eta Chapter of The Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society inducted twenty second year pharmacy students on Tuesday, April 2nd, formally recognizing the academic accomplishments of the initiates in the presence of family and friends.

Dr. Sikazwe Issued Patent

Dr. Donald Sikazwe was awarded a US patent (#7,700,587) for his 2004 dissertation related research on the antipsychotic drug Haloperidol. Haloperidol is a cheap, older (introduced in 1950’s), and very effective drug for alleviating positive or overt symptoms (hallucinations, delusions, etc.) of schizophrenia. However, chronic usage of this drug leads to tardive dyskinesias (permanent extrapyramidal movements) in patients due to its biotransformation to neurotoxic quaternary pyridinium species which accumulate in patient brains. Dr. Sikazwe’s patented analogs of haloperidol were therefore designed to avoid the above biotransformation, so that the drugs are eliminated from the body harmlessly.

Franklin Awarded Travel Fellowship

Cynthia Franklin, Research Associate, received an APS Minority Travel Fellowship Award for for Experimental Biology, which allows her to attend the Experimental Biology 2013 meeting in Boston from April 20-24, 2013.

ExamSoft Champion Award

Alejandra Zertuche, FSOP Assessment Coordinator, has been awarded the ExamSoft Helping Others Award for her role in the successful implementation of electronic examinations at the Feik School of Pharmacy . Ms. Zertuche was also nominated by ExamSoft staff for the ExamSoft Thanks Award, for her role in identifying concerns and suggesting improvements to the system based on the experiences of our students and faculty.

Cardinal Script, December 2012

The December edition of the FSOP Alumni newsletter, The Cardinal Script, is now available. Please send news and items of interest to the FSOP community to Ms. Linda Etter, FSOP Publicist, at etter@uiwtx.edu.

UIW Pharmacy Review

The second issue (Vol. 1, no. 2) of the Student edited Pharmacy Review is now availale online, and can be accessed via the Pharmacy Review link on this site, or via: http://uiwpharmacyreview.com/index.php/uiwpr/index.

 

FSOP Newsletters

The Cardinal Script, Alumni Newsletter

December 2012
September 2012

Texas Pharmacy Congress

The Feik School of Pharmacy is a member of the Texas Pharmacy Congress (TPC).  This organization was founded 22 years ago to facilitate discussion and collaboration on matters of common interest to Texas pharmacists, Texas pharmacy organizations, and the constituencies they serve.

Member entities include top administrators from the six schools of pharmacy in Texas, three professional state pharmacy associations, and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.  The members of the TPC meet on a quarterly basis in varying locations across the state.

All entities supply newsletters or reports at the meetings, to keep the membership apprised of recent developments.  The Feik School of Pharmacy’s quarterly newsletters provide a snapshot of school-wide achievements, faculty accomplishments and student activities.  These newsletters are now available for your review.

TPC May 2013 Newsletter
TPC February 2013 Newsletter
TPC November 2012 Newsletter
TPC August 2012 Newsletter
TPC February 2012 Newsletter
TPC November 2011 Newsletter
TPC July 2011 Newsletter
TPC May 2011 Newsletter
TPC February 2011 Newsletter
TPC November 2010 Newsletter
TPC August 2010 Newsletter
TPC May 2010 Newsletter
TPC February 2010 Newsletter