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May Thander, co-chair Operation Immunization With COVID-19 vaccines available to all adults in the United States, pharmacists have played a crucial role in immunizing the public. By their side, since the beginning of the rollout, have been PharmD students in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Each week, UB pharmacy student volunteers vaccinate hundreds of Western New Yorkers through Operation Immunization, an initiative of the UB chapter of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP). Student volunteers also assist with patient registration,...

First-year PharmD students will be able to administer vaccines with an accelerated course designed to better address the need for vaccine distribution.

Pharmacy students meet urgent need for vaccinators in Wisconsin For news media More information From February through June, we will highlight the ways that UW–Madison powers the state’s economy through research and innovation, educates the next generation and reaches out to Wisconsinites to improve their lives. March’s theme is Health. Watch for more at #CantStopABadger and #UWimpact on social media.  can help us continue this work. Through training, volunteerism and clinical rotations, the School of Pharmacy and its PharmD students meet an urgent need for COVID-19 vaccinators...

4 min read The University of Mississippi has prepared the Tad Smith Coliseum to be the site of its vaccine distribution as soon as doses are delivered. Photo by Katherine Butler.  Though the University of Mississippi vaccine task force hopes the university will receive its COVID-19 vaccinations sometime in mid-February, six other universities in the Southeastern Conference have already begun immunizing their staffs and students with pre-existing conditions. To distribute the vaccine, UM plans to utilize the structure of Operation Immunization, the School of Pharmacy’s annua...

5 min read The University of Mississippi has been prepared to distribute COVID-19 vaccinations within a moment’s notice for weeks.  Socially-distanced tables and chairs fill the Tad Smith Coliseum, organizing the circular building into stations through which patients will rotate counter-clockwise. General medical supplies are stocked, and security guards are on call. According to students who have begun training, approximately 180 UM pharmacy students will be assisting licensed pharmacists in administering the vaccine.  Once vaccine doses arrive at the university, they wil...