Student Pharmacists No. 1

Large group of students poses in front of "APhA 2018" sign

UMKC chapter and advisor win their ‘bracket’ of more than 130

The Sweet 16 is set for men’s college basketball, but the championship for student pharmacists already has been determined. This time, a Cinderella team did not knock out a favorite: UMKC.

The American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists held its awards ceremony March 18 at the annual APhA meeting in Nashville. The UMKC chapter of APhA-ASP was recognized with the 2016-2017 Chapter of the Year Award.

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Researcher Fights Breast Cancer

Professor is giving fundraisers a tour of lab; they look on while he talks with lab behind him

Kun Cheng led American Cancer Society fundraisers on a tour of his lab, where he researches ways to fight breast cancer. Photos by Brandon Parigo, Strategic Marketing and Communications

Pharmacy professor leads lab tour for American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society has awarded Professor Kun Cheng $525,000 in research funding through 2019.

Given the investment, you can’t blame them for dropping by for a tour of Cheng’s lab at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy.

Cheng’s research focuses on breast cancer. READ MORE

UMKC Pharmacy Summer Camp: Just What the Pharmacist Ordered!

Pharmacy Students in Lab
UMKC School of Pharmacy has made it a mission to provide an excellent education at an affordable price to students all over Missouri; and in 2005 and 2014 they opened satellite campuses in Columbia and Springfield respectively, to help achieve that goal. Then, in summer 2016, the UMKC School of Pharmacy saw another need and inaugurated a one-day summer experience with the mission of introducing high school and college students to the field of pharmacy, with the added goal to make it available to students across the state of Missouri. Many summer experiences can be expensive and time consuming, so they decided to provide students with an affordable and time-friendly option to learn about pharmacy. Each year has seen the camps fill to capacity at each site: Kansas City, Columbia and Springfield.

The UMKC School of Pharmacy is excited to announce that it will hold its third annual One-day Summer Camp this coming June 2018! Students and guests can choose to attend the camp at one of the three sites at the following dates: Columbia—June 1st, Springfield—June 15th or Kansas City—June 29th. READ MORE