School News

Jason Sprowl, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been awarded a $432,182 grant from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, called “Role of MCT6 in mediating cisplatin-induced ototoxicity,” will help researchers understand and prevent a prevalent type of drug-induced hearing loss in cancer patients.

Stephanie Seyse, PharmD, adjunct assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Internal Medicine Pharmacist, Buffalo General Medical Center, has been recognized as a 2023 Distinguished Preceptor by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

Christ Ange (Angel) Katche, PharmD ’19, MBA ’19, BCACP, will join University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPPS) faculty in July as a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Outcomes and Practice Advancement, Department of Pharmacy Practice. In this role, her primary responsibility will be to coordinate and teach topics in ambulatory care and business, engage in community and global health initiatives, and maintain an experiential training site and research program in ambulatory care pharmacy practice.

In July, Anthony Pattin, PharmD, will join University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPPS) faculty as a clinical associate professor in the Division of Outcomes and Practice Advancement (OPA), Department of Pharmacy Practice. In this post, Pattin will coordinate and teach pharmacy law and maintain an experiential training site and research program in community pharmacy practice.

Emily Polischuk, PharmD, has been appointed Director of Practice Labs in the Division of Education and Teaching Innovation (ETI) in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, effective May 29. She will also hold academic rank as a clinical assistant professor.