Dima Mazen Qato, PharmD, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy and an affiliate in the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research has been named the 2018 Fellow in Pharmacy by the National Academy of Medicine. During her two-year term as a fellow, Qato will collaborate with researchers, policy experts and clinicians from across the country in support of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s mission to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions related to science, technology and medicine.

Dr. Judy Bolton, professor and head of the UIC Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, recently spoke to Chemical & Engineering News about her research into the use of botanical supplements in the treatment of menopause symptoms and cancer prevention.

Pharmaceuticals are a $460 billion a year industry and the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy is preparing students for it in an innovative new way. Thanks to a competitive internship program, doctoral students can spend a summer working with such industry giants as Takeda, AbbVie, and Sirenas. “From working on regulatory affairs and drug discovery to running experiments, our students are getting a valuable firsthand look at industry,” says program director Dr. Joanna Burdette. The “Pharmacology Industry Internships for PhD Students,” or PIIPS for short, receives institutional support from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.