UW School of Pharmacy Associate Professor Studies Dangers of E-Cigarettes
Walking around any university campus in the United States will reveal many familiar scenes, such as lots of bicycles and students with backpacks. Another increasingly common sight is students using electronic cigarettes.
The dangers associated with e-cigarettes have prompted Guanglong He, an associate professor of medicinal chemistry with the University of Wyoming’s School of Pharmacy, to investigate the real harm to those using these products.
His research project, “E-Cigarette Vaping and Cardiopulmonary Injury,” is supported by a 12-month supplement grant totaling $125,000 through the National Institutes of Health-funded Phase 1 Sensory Biology Center of Biomedical Research Excellence at UW. He presented an update Oct. 27-28 via a virtual National Institutes of Health (NIH) EVALI webinar.
UW School of Pharmacy Conference Examines Legal Aspects in Pharmacy Practice
The University of Wyoming’s School of Pharmacy recently hosted its inaugural Legal Aspects in Pharmacy Conference, including a number of presenters highlighting how rules, regulations and laws impact the practice of pharmacy.
Providing information and cases to review with the attendees was at the forefront of the speakers’ presentations.
Participants came from Wyoming, Colorado, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and Wisconsin, bringing diverse pharmacy backgrounds including community and institutional pharmacy and regulatory consultants. This broad range of pharmacy backgrounds provided great opportunity for participants to discuss how national legal issues impact the regions where they practice.
The gathering at the UW Conference Center covered case studies in pharmacy and legal consequences from around the world. David Brushwood, senior lecturer with the UW School of Pharmacy’s online master’s degree in health services administration program, was the lead presenter and used his more than 40 years of expertise to guide attendees in dialogue to share understanding and viewpoints.