The Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy will host a second annual opioid epidemic awareness walk on Thursday, April 4 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Participants will walk from the Wilkes campus to Kirby Park and back to raise awareness for the opioid epidemic. The event begins in the Fenner…
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Wilkes fourth-year pharmacy student Michael Hummel knew he needed more practice doing blood pressure screenings. After helping with a screening event attended by more than 150 people at a church in Kijinjubwa, Uganda, he felt like a pro. “People were talking, trucks were going by outside, as I tried to…
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Wilkes pharmacy students, in conjunction with the University’s student-run radio station, will host a weekly talk show discussing various pharmacy topics. The program will air during fall and spring semesters on 90.7 WCLH from 9 to 9:30 a.m. on Thursdays beginning Dec. 6. Student pharmacists Dylan Fox and Harrison Ferro,…
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Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Holds Brown Bag Medication Review on Oct. 30
by Web ServicesWilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties, sponsors Brown Bag Medication Review during American Pharmacists’ Month in October in Agency on the Aging Centers. The event will occur on Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 17…
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Wilkes University Pharmacy Students to Offer Free Medication Consultations to Seniors
by Web ServicesStudents from the Nesbitt School of Pharmacy at Wilkes University will offer free medication consultations to senior citizens from Luzerne County. Many senior citizens have a list of prescription medications they take regularly and those prescriptions come with a list of questions on side effects, interactions with food and other…
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Nesbitt School of Pharmacy at Wilkes University Partners with Sanofi Pasteur to Offer Industry Pharmacy Fellowship Program in Pharmacovigilance
by Web ServicesThe Nesbitt School of Pharmacy at Wilkes University is partnering with Sanofi Pasteur, the world’s largest company devoted entirely to human vaccines, to offer a two-year industry pharmacy fellowship program for doctor of pharmacy graduates. The Sanofi Pasteur /Wilkes University Industry Pharmacy Fellowship program is a comprehensive experience that will…
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Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Student Places in Top Ten in National Competition
by Web ServicesWilkes University pharmacy student, Dylan Fox, was named a top ten finalist for the 2018 National Patient Counseling Competition. He was recognized at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting held March 16 to 19 in Nashville, Tenn. Fox, who is only a second-year pharmacy student in the four-year program, was…
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Wilkes University Has 16th Highest Residency Match Rate Among Over 130 Pharmacy Programs Nationwide
by Web ServicesThe match rate in the Nesbitt School of Pharmacysurpasses the national average Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy continues to match pharmacy students seeking residency training at a rate above the national average. Eighty-one percent of students and alumni from Wilkes University’s Nesbitt School of Pharmacy were successfully matched…
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Wilkes University student pharmacist Mia Lussier of Somerset, Mass., isn’t waiting until she receives her degree to start educating others about addiction. Lussier, a second-year student pharmacist, is starting the “Luzerne County Faces of Addiction” campaign which aims to raise awareness of the effects of addiction — all through the…
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Wilkes University 2016 Pharmacy Graduate Recognized with Outstanding Pharmacy Student Award
by Web ServicesWilkes University pharmacy graduate Trina Patel of Mechanicsburg, Pa., was recently awarded the 2016 Outstanding Pharmacy Student Award from the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association. The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association is a professional membership organization of more than 2,300 pharmacists and pharmacy students across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It promotes the profession through advocacy, education,…