To examine the landscape of research and graduate education nationally and within schools and colleges of pharmacy. This report is part 1 of a three-part series and focuses on graduate programs' research funding and science faculty composition and diversity. Between FY2008 and FY2017, the number of full-time faculty members in schools and colleges of pharmacy increased 36%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo examine the landscape of research and graduate affairs nationally and within schools and colleges of pharmacy. This report, part 2 of a three-part series, focuses on characteristics of full-time PhD enrollees and graduates in schools and colleges of pharmacy, and career planning and preparation in graduate programs. Despite a 41% increase in funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to schools and colleges of pharmacy over the last 10 years, NIH funding per principal investigator only increased 14% and graduate student enrollment increased just 6% during the period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo examine the landscape of research and graduate affairs nationally and within schools and colleges of pharmacy. This report, part 3 of a three-part series, focuses on underrepresented minority (URM) faculty members and students, with a focus on recruitment and retention. There has been a substantial increase in recruitment of Asian faculty members by schools of pharmacy over the last 10 years, but there has been only minimal changes in the numbers of Black and Hispanic faculty numbers, which reflects the challenges in recruitment and retention of URM faculty members.
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November 2020
Objective: To test whether azithromycin eradicates from the respiratory tract in preterm infants.
Design: Prospective, phase IIb randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Setting: Seven level III-IV US, academic, neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
To determine the role of entrepreneurism within the broader missions of schools of pharmacy and develop an educational framework to produce pharmacist entrepreneurs. Following a systematic review and six semi-structured interviews, a three-round Delphi process was conducted with an expert panel comprised of successful entrepreneurs, pharmacy faculty members and administrators, students, and community members. Participants were asked about the role of entrepreneurship in a pharmacy school's mission, how they would define a pharmacist entrepreneur, and to identify the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) expected to be successful as a pharmacist entrepreneur.
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