January 24, 2014
Promoting Active Surveillance Pharmacovigilance in China
At the 5th DIA China Annual Meeting “Patient Safety – A Sustained Focus from Scientific Ideas to Innovative Medicines” in Beijing, Global Medicines Program Director Andy Stergachis . talked about the need for active surveillance pharmacovigilance. The DIA China meeting held May 13-15, 2013, attracted over 1,200 participants. Stergachis highlighted five reasons for conducting active surveillance pharmacovigilance,…
GMP Report on Health Technology Assessment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Receives International Attention
This USAID-supported study carried out by GMP staff has been presented by Professor Lou Garrison, who is on sabbatical this year at the Office of Health Economics in London, at several international meetings–mostly recently in July 2013, at the International Health Economics Association meeting in Sydney, Australia. It was presented earlier in Santiago, Chile, in January…
Andy Stergachis Appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
Andy Stergachis, PhD, BPharm, has been named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association(JAPhA). In this position, Stergachis leads a team of Associate Editors in conducting peer review of manuscripts submitted for publication in the Science & Practice section of JAPhA and generally oversees the editorial content of the Journal. He began his 3-year term on July…
Two PORPP graduate students selected as 2013 Thomas Francis, Jr. Fellows
Congratulation to Solomon Lubinga and Marita Mann, graduate students in the Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, who work with Global Medicines Program faculty, for being selected as Thomas Francis, Jr. Fellows for 2013. The fellowship promotes global health by providing financial assistance to students doing problem-solving practica in other cultures, usually developing countries….
UW Schools of Public Health and Pharmacy Sign MOU with University of Namibia
The University of Washington and the University of Namibia (UNAM) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), in support of collaborative pharmacy education and training, Faculty exchange, and research between the two institutions. The memorandum was signed by Dr. Howard Frumkin, Dean of the UW School of Public Health; Dr. Thomas Baillie, Dean of the…
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