Student pharmacists Karen Spiteri and Sakina Ali and faculty Mary Beth O'Connell and Carol Bugdalski-Stutrud took top honors in the Contributed Papers Program at the national meeting of the American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), New Orleans.

Their paper is entitled "Contributions to Patient Care from the P3 IPPE Students during an Interprofessional Older Adult Home Visit." The APhA2012 Annual Meeting and Exposition was held March 9-12.

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, one of the founding colleges of Wayne State University, is committed to advancing the health and well-being of society through the preparation of highly skilled health care practitioners, and through research to improve health care practices and treatment from urban to global levels.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Date: March 13, 2012
Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Phone: 313-577-2312
Email: kkaras@wayne.edu