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Chancellor Dan Jones, left, receives a tour of the new School of Pharmacy education and research building at the UM Medical Center from Dean Emeritus Barbara Wells.<\/p><\/div>\n

JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy celebrated the completion of a new education and research building on the campus of the UM Medical Center with a dedication ceremony Thursday (Feb. 23).<\/p>\n

The new facility gives the Oxford-based school a central home in Jackson.<\/p>\n

Leigh Ann Ross, the school\u2019s associate dean for clinical affairs, said the building will provide a sense of community for faculty and students in Jackson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing is, it will bring us all together,\u201d Ross said \u201cIt will increase our face-to-face interaction, and that is going to increase morale, both for students and faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students in the School of Pharmacy spend three years of pre-pharmacy training and two years of professional training in Oxford before transitioning to Jackson for their third professional year. The new classroom and research building, which is the newest addition to the Medical Center, will be home for those students at UMMC as well at faculty and researchers with the Department of Pharmacy Practice.<\/p>\n

Students spend their final professional year undergoing advanced practice training at clinical sites across the South. The school has been offering the Doctor of Pharmacy, or Pharm.D., since 1998.<\/p>\n

The new building\u2019s cutting-edge amenities also promise to enhance learning and research, thanks to fully equipped research laboratories and unique classrooms outfitted with video-conferencing technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis technology provides us the ability to be innovative in our educational offerings,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n

Located on the northeast side of campus, the two-story, 29,692-square-foot building includes 17 classrooms, three research laboratories and a 173-seat auditorium. With a modern design that complements the look of most other facilities on campus, the building features expansive windows overlooking the Norman C. Nelson Student Union and the Guyton Research Building.<\/p>\n

The basic science laboratories on the second floor support a second mission of the facility: research.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpecifically, the laboratories are designed to handle between four to eight researchers and they provide an environment to perform a broad spectrum of translational research,\u201d said John Cleary, professor of pharmacy practice.<\/p>\n

The laboratories are geared toward investigating patient-care problems largely concerning pharmacotherapy and pharmacogenomics, he said. Cleary, who has been performing collaborative research with the Department of Infectious Diseases for 25 years, said he and his pharmacy colleagues work in partnership with many other departments.<\/p>\n

The new labs will provide space for researchers, both faculty and students, to expand their focus on medication therapy issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s critical that our students be good problem-solvers so they can contribute to that scientific basis for recommendations regarding medication therapy,\u201d Cleary said.<\/p>\n

The building\u2019s classrooms, meanwhile, are tailored to the school\u2019s educational model of problem-based learning. The rooms fit small groups of students who use flat-screen monitors to study patient cases and map out what Ross terms learning issues.<\/p>\n

She said the number of classrooms, and the building\u2019s advantages as a whole, will aid in the goal of boosting the school\u2019s class size to 115.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe classrooms will help the overall experience, and that word will get out to students who are looking at pharmacy school,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

For more information on the UM School of Pharmacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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