ACPHS In The News

Putting Lessons to Real Life Action WNYT-TV, Ch. 13 December 8, 2015 ACPHS alumnus and co-owner of Four Corners Pharmacy Paul Pagnotta joined Ch. 13 to discuss the College's new Beyond Practice Ready fundraising campaign. Mr. Pagnotta outlined the benefits of the two student operated pharmacies that the College will be opening in Albany and Schenectady

Albany College of Pharmacy Students to Run Two Pharmacies Time Warner Cable News (Ch. 9) December 1, 2015 Since 1881, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences' goal was to make sure students were ready for the real world. "What we learn in the classroom, it's very staged, very expected

Albany school, health center to offer services in Schenectady facility Times Union November 24, 2015 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences plans to operate a nonprofit pharmacy at Hometown Health Centers' State Street clinic, providing on-site availability of prescription drugs for patients and what may be a unique setting for pharmacy students to gain experience

Albany School Is U.S. #1 'Value-Added' College WAMC-FM (Albany NPR affiliate) November 6, 2015 The Capital Region is home to the top-ranked school in the nation, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution that measures the impact of colleges on their students’ outcomes

Linking Pain Meds to Kidney Damage Times Union November 2, 2015 * * * USED WITH PERMISSION * * * If you're already taking a drug called an ACE inhibitor and a diuretic for high blood pressure, adding ibuprofen could set you up for kidney damage

Pharmacist provider status: What would it mean? By Frank Grosso, CEO of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and member of the ACPHS President's Advisory Council McKnight's Long-Term Care News September 18, 2015   Professional and trade organizations advocating for pharmacy and pharmacists rarely agree on much, but the movement to persuade Congress to grant Medicare provider status to pharmacists is just such an issue

Albany students get paid for summer dose of pharmacy research Times Union August 12, 2015 Donning blue lab coats at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Emily Ha and Dhimiter Cobani described their investigation into how lung cells respond to the influenza virus, especially pandemic flu strains

Albany nanomedicine conference explores potential treatments for cancer, Alzheimer's, more Times Union August 6, 2015 The nearly clear liquid that Dhruba Bharali swished appeared unremarkable — like slightly murky water in a beaker. But the solution held by the Pharmaceutical Research Institute nanotechnologist was filled with invisible particles he has spent six years formulating

College president will open student-run pharmacy, boost fundraising in second year Albany Business Review May 21, 2015 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will begin a series of fundraising campaigns this upcoming year to support strategic initiatives, among them opening an independent pharmacy

John Denio has been plugging holes for almost 40 years. It started with a coaching gig at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — Denio's first job out of Union College at the age of 22 when most of the college's upperclassmen were older than him