Gov. Phil Bryant has selected pharmacists J. Todd Barrett of Madison and Guy M. Phillips of Indianola to fill upcoming vacancies on the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy (Board) representing Old Congressional District 2 and At-Large Retail, respectively. The appointees will assume responsibilities July 1 and will serve a five-year term. Barrett is the owner and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 9,2013
Tags: benefits, druggist, drugs, drugstore, health, health care, health insurance, medical, medicine, pharmacist, pharmacy, prescription, publiic health
JACKSON — Pharmacists want Mississippi lawmakers to force an end to limits on where people covered by certain insurance plans can get prescriptions filled. However, lobbyists for some pharmacy benefit managers say the state can’t legally regulate certain insurance plans because they’re covered by federal law. The two sides squared off Tuesday in a House [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 2,2012
Tags: drug, education, grant, higher education, learn, learning, medical, medicine, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, public university, research and development, school, student, teach, teaching
OXFORD — The University of Mississippi and its School of Pharmacy have received a five-year, $10-million Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, grant from the National Institutes of Health. COBRE is one of the main components for NIH’s Institutional Development Award program, which is designed to broaden funding for biomedical and behavioral research. The [...] [...]
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by Associated Press Published: August 20,2012
Tags: arrest, break-in, burglar, burglary, drugstore, Family Business, father, law enforcement, mother, pharmacy, son, theft, thief
MOSS POINT — One of two Pascagoula men accused of a break-in at Burnham Drug Store is the son of the owners. The Sun Herald reports William McKinney, son of store owners John and Wendy McKinney, was arrested. Christopher Kirkland also was arrested. Another suspect, a juvenile, is still being sought. Moss Point police chief [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 12,2012
Tags: alumna, Alumni, colleges, donation, drugs, education, endowment, gift, higher education, medinice, pharmaceutical, pharmacist, pharmacy, scholarship, universities
OXFORD — The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy is offering a new scholarship thanks to the generosity of the late Madeline O. Sciacca of Slidell, La., who remembered her alma mater in her will. Sciacca, who obtained her pharmacy degree from UM in 1953, left $400,000 to the Ole Miss School of Pharmacy to [...] [...]
OXFORD — Gravesite services are scheduled tomorrow for John Leslie, the former longtime mayor of Oxford, who died Saturday at the Mississippi Veterans Home in Oxford. He was 88. Leslie served six terms as mayor and worked as a pharmacist in Oxford for 38 years. Officials with Waller Funeral Homes said today that a graveside [...] [...]
The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy recognized four faculty members for research, instructional innovation and service during its annual fall faculty retreat. Mahmoud A. ElSohly, research professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was presented with the Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. Research Award, and Soumyajit Majumdar, associate professor of pharmaceutics, received the New Investigator [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 3,2011
Tags: construction, donations, drugs, education, fundraising, grants, higher education, medicine, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy
JACKSON — Gifts to the “Promises to Keep” campaign and two federal grants have provided the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy with more than $10 million to construct a building at the university’s Medical Center and endow scholarships and faculty support. The campaign’s lead gift was a pledge of more than $350,000 from Medical [...] [...]
OXFORD — To help the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy recruit and retain qualified students, the Pharmacy Alumni Chapter of the UM Alumni Association has created a scholarship endowment bearing its name. The group plans to fund the endowment with proceeds from the annual pharmacy weekend golf tournament and gifts from other individuals and [...] [...]
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