Douglas V. Independent Living Center of Southern Califo...
November 1, 2011 - Featured , In the News / Politics By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi – Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California may not sound like the most interesting case, but its outcome has great impact on the lives of millions of people in California and, indeed, the rest of the country. It is one of only one hundred cases that the Supreme Court… |
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Event Spotlight: Mock Residency Interviews...
November 1, 2011 - Events By: Neal Shah – As the year comes to a close, many pharmacy students are turning their sights onto the process of residency interviews. Residencies provide a competitive edge and an educational fulfillment to future pharmacists who wish to engage in clinical practice. On October 26th, Rho Chi held its first Mock Residency Interviews, open… |
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Event Spotlight: Residency and Fellowship Showcase...
November 1, 2011 - Events By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi – On October 21st, St. John‘s University hosted the annual pharmacy residency and fellowship showcase, where representatives from various institutions provided information about their post-graduate programs. A total of 36 programs from the New York / metropolitan area, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut were in attendance. Many of these were represented… |
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Abu Serajuddin...
November 1, 2011 - Featured , Professional Advice / Opinions By: Ebey P. Soman – Dr. Abu Serajuddin is a true inspiration for student pharmacists who wish to enter the pharmaceutical industry setting. He attained his Bachelors of Pharmacy with honors at Dhaka University in Bangladesh and majored in Pharmaceutics to get his Master of Sciences degree at Columbia University in New York. He obtained… |
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Fluzone High-Dose Influenza Vaccine...
November 1, 2011 - Clinical By; Nikunj Vyas, PharmD Candidate c/o 2012 – Seasonal flu vaccines protect us against the three influenza viruses that researchers predict will be the most common viral strains during the flu season. The viruses in the vaccine change each year based on international surveillance and scientists‘ estimations about the types and strains of viruses that… |
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It’s Time to Get Involved!...
November 1, 2011 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Khilna Patel, PharmD Candidate c/o 2012 – Top academic achievement is a plus but is not the only thing to strive for – college is about developing one‘s self as a whole. There are many opportunities to get involved. Don‘t be afraid to try everything that may interest you because it will only bring… |
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Letter to the Editor: An Answer to the Rising Drug Cost...
November 1, 2011 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Dr. Olga Hilas – Foreword: Dr. Olga Hilas is an Associate Clinical Professor at Saint John’s University and a Clinical Pharmacy Manager in internal medicine and geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Hilas agreed to provide feedback to in response to Ebey’s article entitled, “Big Pharma vs. Developing Countries: Debating Generic Drugs and… |
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Letter to the Editor: Response to Bill 5502...
November 1, 2011 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Pooja Patel, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 – In response to the article on the controversy surrounding Bill 5502, a few things must be mentioned. Bill 5502 forbids insurance companies from requiring patients to use mail-order pharmacies for their medications if they want to avoid extra fees. The argument mentioned by Ms. Danesh-Yazdi (that this… |
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Our “Live from NY” Experience...
November 1, 2011 - Events By: Shivani Kapadia & Nancy Simon, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 – For us, “Live from NY” was a very memorable event. It was collaboratively-hosted by the American Pharmacists Association chapters across the east coast on the morning of October 5th to celebrate the start of American Pharmacists Month. During this event, students arrived in New… |
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Pharmacogenetic Applications in Clinical Practice...
November 1, 2011 - Clinical , Featured By: Neal Shah – The focus of pharmacy is rapidly shifting from simple filling and dispensing of prescriptions to preventative medicine and efficient clinical practice. The field of genetics has been incorporated in many defining therapies and will continue to shape how we treat our patients. Examples discussed here are the roles of human leukocyte… |
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Puzzle: Word Search...
November 1, 2011 - Puzzles By: Marie Huang – M E N E P I R O D L L R T K R O N E O M R I E F E N I V T I I L N K L A X Z S N V I O E O M Y A I I O… |
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SpongeBob SquarePants… Harmful?...
November 1, 2011 - Clinical , Featured By: Ebey P. Soman – Current research demonstrates a strong correlation between the length of time a child watches television and decreased long-term attention deficiency disorders. A new study by Lillard and Peterson at the Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia suggests that the popular children‘s television show, SpongeBob SquarePants, might be harmful.… |
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Student Pharmacist Star of the Month: Jaclyn Scott...
November 1, 2011 - Professional Advice / Opinions By: Marie Huang – Every month, Rho Chi Post has the wonderful opportunity to sit down with an inspiring leader among the student pharmacists here at St. John‘s – someone who is not afraid to stand apart from the crowd and can be the change he or she wants to see in the world. This… |
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The Future of Pharmacist Practice...
November 1, 2011 - Featured , Professional Advice / Opinions By: Dr. Bernard Sorofman – Foreword: Dr. Bernard Sorofman is a pharmacy professor and Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Science, as well as the Executive Associate Dean at the College of Pharmacy for the University of Iowa. One of our student editors, Ebey P. Soman, had the privilege to attend and meet Dr. Sorofman at… |