CORVALLIS, Ore. – 8/30/10 — New research on how skin cancer begins has identified adjacent cancer cells that scientists are calling “co-conspirators” in the genesis of melanoma, in findings that could someday hold the key to predicting, preventing and stopping this hard-to-treat cancer before it spreads. Changes in the body’s pigment-producing cells, where melanoma – […]
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Brown Bag for Christmas
Giving the right directions to optimize the outcomes of pharmacotherapy or to prevent major illness due to drug-drug interactions maybe what some patients at your pharmacy needed the most this year more than their anticipated Christmas gift. Therefore, Brown Bag for Christmas on Tuesday 21st of December was a mean to give back to the […]
Dr. Adam Alani was awarded the AACP New Pharmacy Faculty Research Award for his research on the Metronomic Delivery of Paclitaxel by pH Modulated Release from Polymeric Micelles for Ovarian Cancer Treatment. To learn more about Alani and his research, visit his faculty web page here, and see an article from the University of Wisconsin about […]
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Scholarships and Contests
American College of Legal Medicine (Posted January 7, 2011) 2011 Student Writing Competition in Law, Medicine & Bioethics Every year, the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM) presents an award for the outstanding original paper on legal medicine. All students studying law, dentistry, podiatry, nursing, pharmacy, health science, healthcare administration or public health are encouraged […]
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AWARE in Pioneer Square
On November 19, the College of Pharmacy partnered with the Oregon Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education (AWARE), a CDC-funded program at the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) Public Health Division, to provide the Portland community with education on appropriate antibiotic use. The event was held during the CDC’s national Get Smart About Antibiotics […]