Pharmacy Practice Chair Larry Swanson announces retirement
Posted on August 2, 2012 in Faculty, Pharmacy
After serving 21 years as chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Campbell University, Larry Swanson, PharmD, has announced his retirement. This September he will end a successful forty-year career in higher education.
Lewis receives national pharmacy award
Posted on August 1, 2012 in Faculty, Pharmacy
Kimberly Lewis, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, received the Young Pharmacist Award from the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA) during the organization’s annual meeting in Las Vegas on July 20-23.
The Young Pharmacist Award recognizes individuals with eager and effective participation in the association and pharmacy profession. Recipients must be a licensed pharmacist practitioner who has been in the profession for a minimum of five years and has been an active NPhA member.
CPHS names director of new physical therapy program
Posted on June 27, 2012 in Faculty, Physical Therapy
Gregory Dedrick, PT, ScD, was recently named founding director of Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences' new doctor of physical therapy program. His responsibilities will include leading the development of the program, obtaining accreditation and overseeing faculty recruitment.
"Dr. Dedrick is highly respected in physical therapy education and understands the challenges of implementing a new degree program," said Ron Maddox, PharmD, dean of CPHS and vice president of health programs.
Faculty members create app to screen patients for medication use
Posted on June 22, 2012 in Faculty, Pharmacy
Need a simple way to find out if your patients are properly taking their medications? There’s an app for that. And it was created by Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences' faculty members Penny Shelton, PharmD, and Ted Hancock, PharmD.
Assistant professor receives national psychiatry teaching award
Posted on May 22, 2012 in Faculty, Pharmacy
Andrew Muzyk, PharmD, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Campbell University, received the 2012 Association for Academic Psychiatry Psychiatric Education Award for his part in creating an interactive course for the Duke University psychiatry residency program.
Muzyk shares the award with Crystal White, MD, fourth-year psychiatry resident at Duke University. Their course focuses on the scientific study of drug actions and their effects on behavior.
The award, established in 1988, is presented annually to an outstanding psychiatric educator or educational program.