ACPHS In The News

Dr. Eric Yager, associate professor of microbiology and chair of the Department of Allied Health Sciences at ACPHS, teaches classes in immunology and virology. We asked him to share his expertise with all of us at a time when we're looking to stay immune to common viruses that can make people sick

It takes a special person to have their retirement celebrated three times from the same place.   Each time it looked like Lou Fortin '58 might depart from ACPHS, another department snatched him up and extended his stay. Colleagues saw him as an invaluable intellect, resource, student advocate — and friend

Time to hit the books!  But that’s not all.  Aside from classes, the spring semester brings an abundance of ways to engage, learn, lead, serve — and enjoy yourself along the way. Here’s an overview of some of the big campuswide events coming up

ACPHS was well represented at the 2024 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, among the largest gatherings of pharmacists nationwide, held in New Orleans Dec. 7-12. Pharmacy faculty, students in their final year of pharmacy education (P4), residents and alumni participated in the conference

Welcome to our series on the plethora of careers in pharmacy. Dr. Lara Tran ’23 is a clinical pharmacist at St. Joseph’s Health, a regional health system based in Syracuse, N.Y. (She is pictured above following ACPHS' May 2023 Commencement at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Paige Spiess was one of the first students to sign up last year for the Bachelor’s in Health Sciences degree program, which became an official ACPHS offering this fall.   Then a junior majoring in biomedical technology, she saw the pre-professional components of the BSHS as the perfect complement to the scientific grounding she’d already received, in preparation for her training as a physician assistant

Despite his name, plenty of evidence seemed to link suspect Ignatius M. Innocent to the murder of a 22-year-old medical student and injury of her 23-year-old roommate, who lived in the same apartment building as he did.   There was a bloody wrench and blood spatter in the med student’s apartment

Dr. Natalie Hart '24 with Dr. Lindsay Ash '21 in South Carolina    Dr. Natalie Hart ’24 is living the dream.   That phrase is more often than not delivered with irony. But for Hart, it is 100% sincere. After graduating with her pharmacy doctorate and a bachelor’s in pharmaceutical sciences in May 2024, Hart started a residency program in July at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

During a week devoted to professionalism, the Phi Delta Chi pharmacy fraternity turned to the College’s chief executive for a lesson in leadership.   ACPHS President Toyin Tofade spoke to an assembly of students on Nov. 19, telling them to SOAR like eagles, using her characteristic approach of creating an acronym to impart her advice:   Set goals  Observe people who have gone before you  Act   Rejoice, relax and repeat   With each suggestion, President Tofade shared stories from her own life, especially her earlier career when she looked to more experienced professionals for guidance

When it comes to research, few can match the output of Dr. Thomas P. Lodise:   Since he joined ACPHS in 2002, he has amassed more than 240 peer-reviewed publications on PubMed, the online database maintained by the National Library of Medicine, averaging nearly 11 publications a year