University of Arizona College of Pharmacy

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• Rufus Lyman, MD, 1947–1950
• Haakon Bang, PhD, 1950–1952
• Willis R. Brewer, PhD, 1952–1975
• Albert L. Picchioni, PhD, 1975–1977
• Jack R. Cole, PhD, 1977–1989
• J. Lyle Bootman, PhD, ScD, 1987–2015
• Rick G. Schnellmann, PhD, 2016–present

The Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science is responsible for providing instruction in how to be a pharmacist and teaches courses such as pharmacokinetics, patient assessment and quality improvement and medication error reduction. The Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science faculty oversee includes clinical studies and case overviews and experiential learning.

The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology is responsible for providing instruction in pharmacology, toxicology and medicinal chemistry to PharmD students and for providing graduate education to students in a variety of research tracks.

The PharmD degree program is for students wishing to become pharmacists. The College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona currently admits classes of 100 student pharmacists each fall semester. To qualify for admission to the PharmD program at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, an applicant for Fall admissions must complete 71 units/credits of specific pre-pharmacy courses. The Admissions Committee invites candidates to interview for admission to the college based upon the following criteria:[3]

• a competitive science GPA
• PCAT score
• at least 50 hours of work or volunteer experience in a pharmacy setting
• three strong letters of recommendation
• community involvement

Graduate degree programs (MS and PhD) are offered in pharmaceutical sciences and in pharmacology and toxicology. The specific tracks within the UA College of Pharmacy Graduate Studies Program do not accept applications for the spring semester admission. Applications are only accepted for fall semester admission. Applicants must meet the University of Arizona’s graduate admissions criteria.[4]

The center is the home for UA research and training toxicology programs at the university.

The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center investigates mechanisms by which exposures to environmental agents (and other stresses) contribute to human disease.[7]

The UA Superfund Research Program is a collaborative research program among toxicologists, environmental scientists and environmental engineers from many University of Arizona colleges who address hazardous waste problems of the Southwest.[8]

The Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research (HOPE) focuses on cost-effectiveness analysis of drug therapies, quality-of-life assessment, pharmaceutical policy analysis and drug-use evaluation[9]

The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center and the MotherToBaby Arizona at the College of Pharmacy answer about 60,000 hotline calls a year from the public and health-care professionals. About 70 percent of received calls are managed at home, keeping Arizonans out of emergency rooms and other facilities. The center also participates in research on anti-venom for snake bite, spider bite and scorpion stings.[10]

The Arizona Center for Drug Discovery was established in 2018. The center serves as an organizational hub connecting the University of Arizona researchers in Tucson and Phoenix with partnering organizations to advance academic-based drug discovery throughout the state. The Center is advised by a Scientific Advisory Board, a highly collaborative, interdisciplinary group who oversees all of the Center’s initiatives[11]

• Prepharmacy Club[12]

• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
• Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP)[13]
• Arizona Pharmacy Association Student Pharmacy Academy (AzPA-SPA)[14]
• Global Medical Brigades[15]
• International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF)[16]
• Kappa Epsilon
• Kappa Psi
• National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)[17]
• PediaCats[18]
• Phi Delta Chi-Alpha Nu Chapter
• Phi Lambda Sigma
• Rho Chi
• Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP)[19]
• Student Council[20]

• Graduate Student Council[21]
• UA Graduate and Professional Student Council[22]
• International Society for Pharmaeconomics and Outcomes Research (IPSOR)[23]