Ellis receives a two-year grant for $90,000
Dorette Ellis, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of pharmacodynamics, has received a two-year grant for $90,000 from the American Health鈥�
Linda Homewood
Director of Communications, UF College of Pharmacy
Linda Homewood, APR is the Director of News & Communications for the UF College of Pharmacy, she is also the editor of the college鈥檚 alumni magazine, GATORx. An accredited member of the Florida Public Relations Association, she has more than 18 years of public relations and marketing communications experience in government, corporate industry, and higher education. Homewood joined UF in 2002, and works closely with UF news offices to report ongoing faculty research and pharmacy education news to news media and professional pharmacy associations. She is a member of UF Communications Network and UF Editors Forum. She also works closely with the college鈥檚 Office of Development and Alumni Affairs team to keep UF pharmacy alumni informed about news and events in the college.
Stories by Linda
Song receives a two-year grant for $363,750
Sihong Song, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of pharmaceutics, has received a two-year grant for $363,750 from the National Institutes of鈥�
Polar bears hold key to understanding health risk of environmental pollutants
Polar bears and people, at the chilly top of the Arctic鈥檚 food chain, risk consuming a smorgasbord of industrial pollutants that have seeped into their habitat鈥�
Welder a pharmacy student starts career with scholarship
Greg Welder, a new pharmacy student, begins his academic career this fall with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Student Scholarship鈥�
Ried appointed to a three-year term as associate editor of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
Doug Ried, Ph.D., a professor of pharmacy health care administration and assistant dean for curricular affairs and accreditation has been appointed to a鈥�
Johnson accepted an appointment to the editorial staff of the journal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Julie Johnson, Pharm.D., a professor and chair of the department of pharmacy practice, has accepted an appointment to the editorial staff of the journal鈥�
Haskell-Luevano elected to the Council of the American Peptide Society
Carrie Haskell-Luevano, Ph.D., an associate professor of medicinal chemistry, has been elected to the Council of the American Peptide Society. She will serve a鈥�
Butterweck elected to the U.S. Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplements Botanicals Expert Committee
Veronika Butterweck, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pharmaceutics, has been elected to the U.S. Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplements Botanicals Expert Committee.鈥�
2004-2005 College of Pharmacy Superior Accomplishment Award winners
The annual campuswide Superior Accomplishment awards recognize staff members who contribute meritorious service and who generally improve the quality of life鈥�
Bodor receives honorary Doctor of Science degree
Nicholas Bodor, Ph.D., D.Sc., director of the UF Center for Drug Discovery is receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from UF for his extraordinary鈥�
New Web site provides information on grapefruit-drug interactions
Consumers and health-care professionals seeking reliable information about food-drug interactions can turn to a new Web resource, according to a University of鈥�
UF College of Pharmacy chair appointed to professorship in pharmaceutical sciences
A University of Florida pharmacy researcher who studies the relationship between genetics and drug responses has been appointed to a newly funded鈥�