Non-thesis track program will prepare students for pharmaceutical industry career

DuPriest, Sydney Slotkin

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University of Mississippi eGrove University of Mississippi News 3-24-2018 University Offers New Industrial Pharmacy Master's Program Sydney Slotkin DuPriest Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews Recommended Citation DuPriest, Sydney Slotkin, "University Offers New Industrial Pharmacy Master's Program" (2018). University of Mississippi News. 6551. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews/6551 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Mississippi News by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu. Search this website … SearchUM pharmaceutics graduate students Tabish Mehraj(left) and Corinne Sweeney work with equipment thatwill be integral to the new Master of PharmaceuticalSciences with emphasis in Industrial Pharmacyprogram. UM photo by Sydney Slotkin DuPriestUM pharmaceutics graduate students Adwait Pradhan(left) and Jiaxiang Zhang conduct research in a Schoolof Pharmacy lab, using equipment that will be integralto the new Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences withemphasis in Industrial Pharmacy program. UM photo bySydney Slotkin DuPriestUniversity Offers New Industrial Pharmacy Master’sProgramNon-thesis track program will prepare students for pharmaceutical industrycareersMARCH 24, 2018 BY SYDNEY SLOTKIN DUPRIESTOXFORD, Miss. – The Department ofPharmaceutics and Drug Delivery at theUniversity of Mississippi School of Pharmacy isoffering a new non-thesis track master’sprogram this fall that will focus on preparingstudents with a science or engineeringbackground to work in the pharmaceuticalindustry.The two-year program is designed for graduateswith bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering,biology and chemistry who want to go directlyinto the pharmaceutical industry. By focusingmainly on the applied knowledge and skillsneeded to enter the workforce, graduates will be better prepared to make an immediate impact on thejob.“This creates a track for people with or without a pharmacy background to either be trained in basicpharmaceutics and find a job in the industry, or continue with a Ph.D., if they want,” said SoumyajitMajumdar, associate dean for research and graduate programs in the School of Pharmacy.This program will increase the number and quality of graduate students in the school, as well asincrease the university’s retention rate by offering another track for science graduates, Majumdar said.Walt Chambliss, the university’s interim associate vice chancellor for research and sponsoredprograms, and Eman Ashour, research assistant professor of pharmaceutics and drug delivery,developed the program in response to several decades of decline in the number of pharmacy graduatesgoing on to pursue master’s or doctoral degrees in pharmaceutics.Many opt instead to practice pharmacy in community or academic settings immediately upon earningtheir Doctor of Pharmacy.“With this targeted program, we’re preparing students to go into the industry and be immediatelysuccessful,” Chambliss said.Students in the program will be able tospecialize in regulatory affairs, productdevelopment or manufacturing. Coursework willbe similar to the school’s existing Master ofPharmaceutical Sciences track but will revolvearound condensed, project-based practicalelements.The university is already well-known within thepharmaceutical industry for producing high-quality Ph.D. graduates in pharmaceuticalsciences, Ashour said. The program’scoordinators are building on that relationship byseeking curriculum advice from industryprofessionals.“We sought insights from the pharmaceutical industry to align the new program with School ofPharmacy objectives and the university mission,” said Michel Repka, chair of the Department ofPharmaceutics and Drug Delivery. “More importantly, we designed this program to position our studentsRead the story …Read the story …Follow us on socialCampus BriefsStudents Learn ‘Real Politics’ inWashington, D.C., Winter SessionOXFORD, Miss. – Eleven University ofMississippi students spent their winterbreak learning about the people who workbehind the scenes of the Americangovernment in Washington, D.C. 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The Federal Reserve’sNews Releases UM COVID-19 Video Gallery University Communications Ole Miss Homepage Ole Miss News BlogFacebookTwitterLin edInEmailCopyLinkSMSPrintFriendlySharFacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTubeChannelat the forefront of the best career opportunities, which is a primary goal for graduate education at OleMiss.”David D. Allen, dean of the School of Pharmacy, presented on this concept at a meeting of theAmerican Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, where he outlined the school’s and the industry’s needfor such a program.“This professional degree program will lay the groundwork for a highly-trained, industry-orientedworkforce with the pharmaceutical knowledge and patient awareness needed to succeed in thepharmaceutical industry,” he said.This innovative graduate program and the school’s post-graduate training courses, such as the Hands-On Course in Tablet Technology and the Natural Products Training Laboratory, will continue to supportthe university’s efforts to grow pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in Mississippi.For more information about the program, visithttp://pharmacy.olemiss.edu/pharmaceutics/professional-masters-programs/. 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