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MEDIA RELEASE Until last month, Dr. Gary Ten Eyck had to travel thousands of miles to conduct research on the reproductive habits of coqui frogs. Now that he has joined the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy, he can simply walk out the back door. Ten Eyck hopes his research will aid in […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Ninety pharmacy students from the class of 2013 recited the Oath of a Pharmacist in front of their peers, professors, community and families last week at the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony. The ceremony is a rite of passage for students entering their first year in the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Seniors living in rural areas of Hawaii may benefit from medication safety education that will be provided by the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy. The project was recently awarded $331,254 over a one-year period from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Health and Safety Education Competitive Grants Program administered […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo will be the first in the country to offer a dual degree with a Nurse Practitioner Specialty and Doctorate in Pharmacy (FNP/PharmD) thanks to a congressionally directed $951,000 grant from the Department of Education.            “Students studying at the University of Hawaii at […]

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MEDIA RELEASE “The J.M. Long Foundation is a long time supporter of the University of Hawai’i. This latest significant gift builds on their legacy of investing in public education and our community.” – Donna Vuchinich, President and CEO, University of Hawai’i Foundation HILO – The College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo […]

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MEDIA RELEASE   There’s only one place in the small, far-flung U.S. territory of American Samoa for its 60,000-plus residents to fill their prescription needs. Dr. Evelyn Ahhing-Faaiuaso oversees it all as the chief of pharmacy for the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center. She’s one of only two pharmacists on this group of islands […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy offered its second annual spring preceptor training in April and May on Oahu and Maui to student mentors in the pharmaceutical profession.  This marks the first time pharmacy students from Hilo will be able to receive the experiential phase of their education off the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Physicians will now be able to earn continuing medical education (CME) credits through the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy after a vote last week from the Hawaii Medical Association CME Facilities Accreditation Committee. Hawaii Medical Association (HMA) is recognized by the national Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education as the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE When people need to go to the county’s Aging and Disability Resource Center, they will soon be able to get advice on medications from experts from the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy.  The collaboration is due to funding from the Health Resource Services Administration from a grant that will also […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Undergraduates at the University of Guam who want to earn a degree in pharmacy can transfer up to 70 credits to the pre-pharmacy program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo due to a memorandum of understanding recently signed by both universities. The agreement between the two universities seeks to clear the way […]

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  Second-year UH-Hilo College of Pharmacy students Jim Wasser, Jessica Toyama and Keegan Sugimoto are recognized by Ron Taniguchi, College of Pharmacy community partnerships director; Dr. John M. Pezzuto, College of Pharmacy dean and professor; Dr. John T. Berthiaume, HMSA vice president and medical director; and UH Hilo Chancellor Rose Tseng for their work in […]

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MEDIA RELEASE By the time its inaugural class graduates in 2011, the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s College of Pharmacy will stimulate more than $50.2 million per year in economic activity in the State. The college will support an additional $15 million in earnings by that time, according to a study by a UH Hilo […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy has received a $10,000 check from retail pharmacy Walgreens to fund a diversity initiative at the university. Walgreens also presented a check for $20,000, the second donation toward a $50,000 pledge, to support the building fund for the newly established pharmacy college. The check […]

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