Pharmacy Deserts

NEOMED College of Pharmacy alumni share their insights on pharmacy deserts in a recent news story.

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The Journey of the Underrepresented: The History of Exclusion

The country is becoming more diverse, but the health care workforce — particularly among physicians — does not reflect it.

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Monkeypox Update

As cases of monkeypox are being reported across Ohio and the U.S., many are beginning to seek information regarding the rare disease that is caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Please know that NEOMED’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety works closely with the Portage County Health Department (PCHD) and the Ohio Department of

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Update on Leadership Searches

As the academic year gets underway, President John Langell would like to apprise the NEOMED community of efforts undertaken thus far related to the search for two critical positions – the vice president for research and the dean of the College of Medicine. To date, the 14-member vice president for research search committee, led by

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Summer Reading Recommendations: Jayne Poyer

I just read the book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy. It’s a real-life look into how Oxycontin took over America and started the opioid epidemic. She talks to people who took Oxycontin and were addicted after one pill, even though they were assured by their physician that the

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South Corridor Gets a Makeover

As students return to campus, they’ll likely notice things look a bit different around the Great Hall. The area was scheduled for a makeover with plans moving forward a few years ago… then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and construction stopped. Once the project was ready to start up again, the focus shifted. “We really wanted

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REMINDER: Required FERPA Training

REMINDER: 2022 Required FERPA Training for Faculty and Staff deadline is September 15, 2022 The U.S. Department of Education closely monitors universities to determine whether an institution is providing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) training for its employees who have access to student records. Accrediting agencies also want reassurance that institutions are fulfilling

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College of Pharmacy Faculty and Student Research and Scholarship Accomplishments

The College of Pharmacy would like to recognize the following outstanding accomplishments of its faculty and students: Invited Presentations Chris Paxos presented a review of long-acting injectable antipsychotics and pharmacist administration at the OPA Pharmacist Training Program for Long-Acting Injectables in Columbus, Ohio. Chris Paxos presented “From Rough Seas to Smooth Sailing: Navigating Dementia Pharmacotherapy”

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Restricted Parking Lots

The Department of Public Safety would like to remind the NEOMED community to refrain from parking in restricted lots. What campus parking lots are restricted? RGE Parking Lot The RGE parking lot is for faculty and staff parking only. Students who are enrolled in the KBMS, IPM or MMSc-A programs are permitted to park in

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NEOMED Strategic Plan – Meet the Discovery and Service and Community Engagement Pillars

Meet two of our Pillar leads: Rebecca German, Ph.D., interim Vice President for Research, guides NEOMED’s Discovery pillar to create a culture with the overarching objective of improving health and health care through discoveries and productive research programs that will lead to breakthroughs in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and healing of health conditions, while advancing new

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