During the month of February, students from the College of Pharmacy took part in a national competition led by National Consumers League (NCL) to help as many patients as possible.

Sean M. Geary, Caitlin D. Lemke, David M. Lubaroff, and Aliasger K. Salem recently published the paper “Proposed mechanisms of action for prostate cancer vaccines” in Nature Reviews Urology.

Student pharmacists from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy spent their Valentine’s Day providing health screenings and education at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The Iowa Pharmacy Association hosted their Annual Educational Expo Feb. 8-10 in Altoona, Iowa. Several University of Iowa students, faculty, and alumni attended and participated in the education sessions, networking and exhibit program, and residency showcase.

Aliasger Salem, Ph.D. gave a presentation on the “Immunotherapy of Melanoma” at a Melanoma Research Symposium held at The University of Iowa on Jan. 19, 2013.

University of Iowa College of Pharmacy Executive Leadership Board member, Dennis Helling, will receive the 2013 Remington Honor Medal.

The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy was recently awarded a grant from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation to examine medication use in central Iowa.