Three deserving DKICP students were matched to residency programs in the second round of the annual event. These additional matches bring this year’s DKICP overall match rate to 58% for PGY1 applicants and 100% for PGY2 applicants, notes Interim Dean Miriam Mobley Smith.
The return to an in-person graduation ceremony for all University of Hawaii at Hilo students gave this year’s DKICP graduates something extra to celebrate. Seventy-four members of the Class of 2022 received their Pharm.D. degree in the hooding ceremonies held on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the Edith Kanaka’ole Stadium in Hilo.
Students, faculty and staff came together for this year's DKICP spring awards ceremony, held Wednesday, May 4th. Scholarships and awards were presented to 51 students. Also named were the 2022 Preceptor of the Year, Dr. Corey Lehano, owner of Mauliola Pharmacy, Wailuku, Maui; and the Faculty Preceptor of the Year, Dr.
DKICP doctoral student Sasha Nealand has been awarded a $20,000 dissertation fellowship by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) for the 2022-2023 academic year.
The UH Hilo DKICP 2022 Virtual Health Fair Webinar Series presents "Let's B.E. F.A.S.T. to Prevent Stroke" presented by student pharmacists Analeslie Martinez, GaYeon Wang, and Sung Mi Yoon.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the new DKICP Interim Dean. This college has a strong and impressive history of professional accomplishments.
March means “match madness” for pharmacy students, and this year’s Round 1 results produced a strong showing for DKICP. Fifty percent of our PGY1 applicants were matched, and two of three PGY2 applicants were matched in the first round.
DKICP alum Garret Hino Jr. recently started a new full-time position at the State of Hawaii Department of Health (DOH), working on antimicrobial stewardship. “In this new position, I’m part of a DOH team working to establish a relationship with the staffs at long-term care facilities and acute-care hospitals around the state,” he says.
Making lifestyle changes is an important part of improving personal health and wellbeing. To provide help and support in doing that, two DKICP faculty members are offering a free year-long program to prediabetic island residents.
Celebrating 15 years of service to the college, Dean Carolyn Ma retired as dean of the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo on February 1, 2022.
