All Entries by Sam Hostettler
January 22, 2013
Pharmacist honored for global efforts to improve patient careHenri Manasse Jr., dean emeritus of the College of Pharmacy, was honored by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
January 16, 2013
Oral health important even in tough economyCollege of Dentistry clinics have lost nearly 4,500 patients — the majority low income — since last year when the legislature eliminated adult dental services from its Medicaid program.
December 21, 2012
Pharmacy medal bestowed upon former deanHenri Manass, dean emeritus of the College of Pharmacy, received the 2012 Donald E. Francke Medal from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
December 14, 2012
Helping pharmacists ensure patient compliancePatients who fail to follow their prescribed treatments cost the U.S. health care system an estimated $100 billion annually.
November 28, 2012
Genetic test personalizes blood thinner medicationPatients suffering from dangerous blood clots will receive genetic testing to help health professionals at the UI Health System prescribe the proper dose of the blood-thinner warfarin.
November 28, 2012
Pharmacy educators earn top honorsTwo UIC pharmacy educators received top honors from the Illinois Pharmacists Association.Nicholas Popovich, professor and head of pharmacy administration, was named Illinois Pharmacist of the Year.
November 12, 2012
Association Names UIC Pharmacy-Educator ‘Pharmacist of the Year’Nicholas Popovich, professor and head of pharmacy administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, was named “Pharmacist of the Year” by the Illinois Pharmacists Association.
October 25, 2012
UIC College of Nursing Hosts 15th Annual ‘Power of Nursing Leadership’Beverly Malone, chief executive officer of the National League for Nursing and a past president of the American Nurses Association, will be the keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Power of Nursing Leadership Event Nov. 2 at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave.
October 25, 2012
UIC Nursing Professor Elected to Institute of MedicineDiana Wilkie, professor and Harriet H. Werley Endowed Chair for Nursing Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has been elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
October 24, 2012
Antibiotics That Only Partly Block Protein Machinery Allow Germs To Poison ThemselvesPowerful antibiotics that scientists and physicians thought stop the growth of harmful bacteria by completely blocking their ability to make proteins actually allow the germs to continue producing certain proteins — which may help do them in.