Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

04/13/2026

Here's hoping this week's warming temps will get us thinking about fun summer plans.🌞

Still seeking a summer camp option for your student? ACPHS has two great opportunities in July for budding health care leaders.

Learn more and register for our:

📌Pre-Collegiate Pharmacy Camp https://www.acphs.edu/event/pharmacy-summer-camp/

📌Summer Enrichment Program https://www.acphs.edu/event/summer-enrichment-program/

We can't wait to summer with you!

04/12/2026

As we prepare to close out Public Health Week, we thank all of our students who lit up the Gozzo Atrium with their public health messaging this past Thursday.

The presentations offered helpful tips on everything from sleep and mental health to digital wellness and the environment, as well as an informative workshop on health equity.

Thank you also to President Tofade and Russell Sage President Shaftel for stopping by!

04/10/2026

Kudos to The Collaboratory at ACPHS Director and Professor, Stacy Pettigrew PhD, who recently was a panelist at the DEC’s 2026 Women’s History Month Lunch and Learn event, “Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future.”

Dr. Pettigrew, who is also co-founder and executive director for the Radix Ecological Sustainability Center, shared her research and programmatic work around environmental and food justice. The Radix Center teaches the local community how to reclaim control over essential resources, like food and water, using sustainable and regenerative practices. Atmospheric justice initiatives, biocultural diversity forest plantings, community composting, poultry farming, and river remediation are among Radix's sustainability programs.

Pace University Professor Achinthi Vithanage, who serves as the Executive Director of the Environmental Law Program, also supported the DEC’s program with Dr. Pettigrew. She discussed the importance of thinking globally when we are acting locally and being curious about other parts of the world for a comparative analysis.

According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Tonia Wheeler, both women “personify true leadership, creativity and compassion…and are appreciated for shaping a sustainable future and making the world a better place.”

04/08/2026

For some of us, COVID seems like a lifetime ago. But six years later, some are asking, is it still important to get the COVID vaccine?

Associate Professor of Microbiology, Dr. Eric Yager spoke with Emily Laurence for Parade magazine piece on this topic.

According to the infectious disease expert, while is no longer the pandemic-level threat it was six years ago, “it remains a constant public health concern. COVID-19 continues to circulate and infect individuals, causing severe illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths.”

This piece lands perfectly with National Public Health Week observance happening now through April 12.

According to the CDC, during the 2024-25 season, COVID-19 was associated with:

➡️ 290,000-450,000 hospitalizations
➡️ 34,000-53,000 deaths

Read full piece: https://parade.com/health/common-habit-during-covid-recovery-to-avoid-according-to-doctors

04/07/2026

It’s National Public Health Week! 🎉

In recognition of this week, from 11 am – noon on Thursday, April 9, our public health students will host a series of informative tabling sessions for the campus community in the Gozzo Center. https://www.acphs.edu/event/public-health-week-staying-healthy-and-happy/

They'll share important information about:

📌Digital Wellness
📌The Environment
📌Mental Health
📌Physical Activity
📌Sexual & Reproductive Health
📌Sleep

At 5 pm on Thursday, Black Student Union representative and BSPBH candidate, Jane Oflonga, will host an interactive workshop, Black Feminism & Women’s Healthcare: What They Don’t Teach You in HAB 122.

Let’s celebrate public health!

04/06/2026

Drs. Benjamin and Bernard Graham ’71 built the foundation for a new international clinical rotation in Guatemala for ACPHS pharmacy students.

Last spring, Ty Rheaume ’25 and Christina Jung '25 experienced their dream rotation come true, alongside alumnas Associate Professor Dr. Kate Cabral and Dr. Emily Persson ’24.

Ty and Christine conceded they were spent at the end of each day. Yet they described the rotation, the last one before their Commencement, as a grand finale. In part, that was because they were allowed to put their full array of skills to practice, more than they might have been allowed at a U.S. clinic.

“This was way above and beyond my expectations,” Dr. Jung said. “I was counseling patients. I was administering antibiotics to patients, especially kids.”

Read full story at https://www.acphs.edu/news/alumnis-mission-includes-inspiring-students/

04/04/2026

Professor Tom Lodise, PharmD, PhD, will conduct a large, real-world study focused on the national burden, resistance landscape, and unmet medical needs associated with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) caused by Enterobacterales.

“cUTIs represent one of the most common and costly infection-related reasons for hospitalization in the United States, accounting for nearly 600,000 hospital admissions annually and billions of dollars in health-care expenditures,” said Lodise, who also serves as the College’s Rudolph J. and Dorothy A. Blythe Endowed Research Chair for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Lodise will collaborate on the study with Basilea Pharmaceutica, a 25-year-old Swiss-based organization that develops and commercializes innovative pharmaceutical products to meet the medical needs of patients with severe and life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections.

Read more>> https://www.acphs.edu/news/professor-tom-lodise-receives-grant-from-basilea-to-study-cutis/

04/02/2026

What is a preceptor?

These pharmacy professionals play an integral role by helping to shape a student’s future and launch their careers. There are more than 500 ACPHS preceptors supporting our clinical rotation sites, modeling professional conduct and decision-making, and evaluating students in their settings.

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences proudly announces the 2025 Preceptor Awards, including the following ACPHS alumni and other talented individuals:

🎉APPE Faculty Preceptor of the Year
Alexandra Watson ’14, PharmD, BCACP

🎉 APPE Preceptor of the Year Award
Aaron Salwan, PharmD, MPH, BCPP

🎉Preceptor of the Year Award
Regina Scott ’15, PharmD, BCPS

🎉 Experiential Education Engagement Award
Christine Zeolla ’99, RPh
Jeannine Beth Wilkinson Rose ’94, PharmD

🎉 Distinguished Preceptor Award
Laura A. Rodriguez ’95, RPh

🎉Experiential Education Engagement Award
Thomas P. Lombardi, PharmD, FASHP, RPh

Read more about all of our wonderful honorees: https://www.acphs.edu/news/acphs-honors-preceptors/

03/31/2026

Determined to play a leadership role in the healthcare industry? 💉💊

ACPHS is offering numerous opportunities in April to discover pharmacy and explore our health sciences masters programs. No matter if you prefer an onsite/in-person or virtual experience, we have it all for you.

See all that's being offered and register to attend. We can't wait to meet you. 😎

03/30/2026

Our students demonstrating leadership and helping children at St. Catherine's Center for Children understand medication safety. 💊

These opportunities help our students practice what they are learning in the classroom.

Thank you St. Catherine's and ACPHS students for sharing this fun-filled event full of important information with these growing minds!

03/29/2026

ACPHS is proud to be part of the recently launched Capital Region Higher Ed Alliance, a group of 16 public and private colleges and universities, as well as the Capital Region Chamber.

Together, the Alliance partners will work to emphasize accessibility to higher education, highlight career-focused outcomes, and promote long-term benefits of degree attainment.

With almost all of the higher education institutions in the Capital Region involved in the partnership, the Alliance partners will work to increase college attainment rates in the Capital Region by honoring college as a brave choice.

Learn more at https://capitalregionhighered.org

If you are ready to uncover the potential inside you, it’s time to explore higher education in the Capital Region.

03/26/2026

Were you seen at our recent Accepted Student Day? 👀

We had such an amazing group of future health care leaders visit us, speak with students and faculty, tour the campus and learn more about their program of choice.

Here are some additional photos from that great day: https://acphs.smugmug.com/Events/2026/Accepted-Students-Day-3-21-26

Missed it? No worries! We have another coming up at 10 am on Saturday, April 18. Register to attend in your portal. ✔