ACPHS In The News

A little rain never stopped a Panther from enjoying Springfest. This year's annual rite of spring took place April 19, 2024.   

None of the 100-plus new patients who come to Albany Medical Center for a kidney transplant this year is likely to meet Katie Mellon ’19. Yet her expertise is a critical component of the care they receive. Mellon and another ACPHS alum, Maryanne Mackey ’84, are among the nine-person team at Albany Med’s Transplantation Immunology Laboratory who conduct a battery of tests on donors’ and patients’ blood sera to ensure that when a kidney is transplanted, the patient does not reject it

Over 91% of the pharmacy doctoral candidates seeking coveted residencies this year matched with a program. That ratio is the highest among private pharmacy schools statewide, and well above the average match rate of 80% among pharmacy schools nationwide in 2024

As assistant director of administrative operations, Kristen Ruby usually works behind the scenes.   She does a lot back there. Ruby handles the vital stuff you cannot do without but only notice when it’s not functioning properly – health insurance, parking permits, public safety, the alert system when snow causes class cancellations and the like

Panthers made up nearly a third of research participants and walked away with three awards at the second annual Regeneron STEM Poster Showcase, held at Hudson Valley Community College on April 19, 2024. Twenty-three ACPHS students, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, presented their work at the event to more than 200 high school students, Regeneron researchers, area businesspeople and other scientists

On a recent clinical rotation, pharmacy doctoral candidate Mikayla Toussaint (pictured above, left) stood at the entrance of a retail store, ready to assist customers arriving with doctors’ recommendations for medication.   Other greeters were at the entrance too, checking ID cards and directing customers to non-medical products, including colorful bongs and t-shirts with marijuana-leaf graphics

The 2024 Leadership Recognition Banquet was a time to acknowledge accomplishments and celebrate classmates, faculty and staff. The Student Government Association, in conjunction with the Office of Student Engagement and Wellness, gave out 23 awards at the April 18 event at Normanside in suburban Delmar

“Are you ready?!” The pharmacy student said this to a huddle abutting huddles upon huddles of students in a white-coated hive outside room 201 in the Gozzo Student Center late Thursday morning. Her words got lost in a loud buzz as more than 100 awaited the opening of doors to a momentous assembly

When you think of a laboratory scientist, what image arises? If it’s someone working in lonely obscurity, Medical Laboratory Sciences Club intends to change that perception. Founded a year ago as an interest group and approved as an official club in November, MLSC already has 30 members and has held events to highlight the many roles a lab scientist can fill

Panther Profiles are Q&A interviews that highlight Panthers of all stripes -- students, faculty, staff, alum, board members and anyone else in the campus community.  Dr. Elizabeth Brookins joined ACPHS in 2018 to create the Pre-Professional Pathways program, and to teach anatomy and physiology