News & Events

Dennis Lyons, Vice President of Alumni and Professional Affairs, was quoted in a May 7 Boston.com story about the recall of Digitek, a generic heart drug. MassMedLine, the College’s prescription assistance hotline, has received several calls from patients who have not been able to locate alternatives to Digitek in their local pharmacies.

MassMedLine held the first of several Boston.com “Ask the Pharmacist” health chats on April 28. Paula Evans, Clinical Pharmacist for MassMedLine, answered questions about drug interactions, side effects, Medicare coverage, and a host of other topics. The hour-long chats are currently scheduled to take place every other Monday at 11 a.m., with the next session scheduled for May 12. All chats and transcripts can be accessed here.

An article recapping Rebuilding Together Worcester’s annual event over the weekend appeared in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette on April 24.

A March 21 editorial in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette praising the community service work of area colleges and universities specifically noted the work of the MCPHS Student Chapter Executive Board of the American Pharmacists Association — Academy of Pharmacists. The group coordinated other student volunteers at a health fair in Worcester sponsored by the city’s Department of Public Health. The group received one of this year’s Worcester UniverCity Partnership Awards for its efforts.

Dr. Michael Montagne, Professor of Social Pharmacy, was quoted in a February 25 Associated Press article reporting that pharmaceutical company Pfizer had pulled its Lipitor ads featuring Dr. Robert Jarvik, inventor of the artificial heart.

Bill McCloskey, Vice Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, was interviewed for a February 6 FOXNews story about the autopsy results for Heath Ledger. The autopsy stated that an accidental overdose of prescription medications caused the Australia actor’s death.

The Boston Globe Magazine’s December 16 Medical Issue featured a two-page photo spread and extended caption about the Chemical Principles Lab (CHE 131) class of 60 first-year students, led by instructor Ed DePierro.

A feature about the economic impact of Manchester’s colleges and universities appeared in the Manchester Daily Express on November 30.

The College was featured in a two-page supplement in the October 21 Sunday New York Times titled “Great Places To Learn.”

A full page op/ed letter written by MCPHS President Charles F. Monahan Jr. appeared in Banker & Tradesman on September 24. The article detailed the process by which the College worked with the Mission Hill Community on the design and scope of the Huntington Avenue Academic Center.

President Monahan was featured in a September 2nd Boston Globe Magazine article titled "Know Your College Presidents."

William McCloskey, executive director of the Center for Drug Information and Natural Products, was interviewed for an August 27 Boston Globe article about the benefits and risks of grapefruit juice.

On August 7, Linda Spooner, assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, guest hosted The Jordan Levy Show on Worcester’s WTAG AM-580. Dr. Spooner had several guests from the College on the show, including President Charles F. Monahan Jr., as well as students David Nickerson PharmD ‘09, Traci Dutton PharmD ‘08, and Kristin Tuiskula PharmD ’07. Topics included the College’s PharmD curriculum, as well as the significance of the white coat to both pharmacy students and the pharmacy profession.

MRI student Robert Beeman was profiled in a July 23 CBS Marketwatch story about second careers in health care.

An article about the recent graduating class of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s “Leadership Greater Manchester” program appeared in the Manchester Daily Express on July 18. Seth Wall, executive director of the Manchester campus, was one of this year’s graduates.

Coverage of the Thomas Henry Borysek Living & Learning Center dedication and the Worcester/Manchester School of Pharmacy Commencement appeared in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette on June 14 & June 16. The newspaper also published an editorial on June 14 congratulating the College on the $1M gift made to support the Worcester campus.

An appreciation item about the late MCPHS President Sumner M. Robinson, who passed away on February 25, appeared in the May issue of AACP News.

Coverage of the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center’s new telepharmacy project appeared in the April 1 edition of RUMBO (the Merrimack Valley’s Spanish language newspaper) and the April 3 Lawrence Eagle-Tribune.

News of the two major gifts from Delta Dental and Procter & Gamble to the Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene was picked up by Boston.com, Forbes.com, the Boston Business Journal, the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) website, and Yahoo! Finance (among other outlets) on February 9.