School of Pharmacy Activities Fund

Students in Pharmacy class in Cooke Hall.

This fund supports activities and initiatives throughout UB’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Established by friends of the school, this fund supports the goals and authorized activities of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences under the direction of the school’s Dean.

At the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, we are poised for a quantum leap, one that will see us redefine the very future of pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacy care and public-health policy. Our potential is unlimited. Our vision is audacious. Our goals are attainable. But we need your help to achieve the most ambitious fundraising goal in our history. Our future has never been brighter. That future starts right here—with you.

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Other Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Funds

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UB Fund for the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
8/24/26
For more than 130 years, the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has been a leader in the education of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. We are proud to be the leading school of pharmacy in New York State and one of the top-ranked schools in the country.
Professor Emeritus Dr. Thomas J. Bardos Scholarship Fund
8/24/26
Thomas Bardos was a generous man. He funded awards and scholarships at UB, the American Association for Cancer Research, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Illinois and in his native Hungary, and helped countless others through the years.
Short Term Experiences in Global Health Fund
8/24/26
The Short Term Experiences in Global Health Fund provides critical financial support for international medical mission trips and experiences.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Awards Endowed Fund
8/24/26
Faculty, alumni and friends of the University at Buffalo’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences established this fund to recognize and honor the achievements of their students.
School of Pharmacy Scholarship Fund
8/24/26
The UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is able to attract academically talented students from across the world — and support their learning experiences while they are here — in large part due to scholarships. Often, scholarships are the key difference in bringing top students to UB, and ensuring that they can receive a high-quality education while they are here.
School of Pharmacy Activities Fund
8/24/26
Established by friends of the school, this fund supports the goals and authorized activities of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences under the direction of the school’s Dean.
Kresge Instrumentation Center Fund
8/24/26
This fund provides for continuous support of strategic scientific equipment supporting the ongoing research equipment needs in UB’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Multiple Sclerosis Research Innovation Fund
8/24/26
At the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, our research into therapeutics for multiple sclerosis (MS) has helped lead to numerous discoveries — including a finding that that cholesterol affects the progression of the disease, an indication that MS progresses more rapidly in African American patients than in Caucasian patients, and more information about the mechanisms behind a regularly used treatment for MS.
Gerhard Levy Endowment Fund
8/24/26
Dr. Gerhard Levy is considered the father of pharmacodynamics for his role as a pioneer and principal contributor in the fields of biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
Alan Forrest Memorial Fund
8/24/26
Dr. Alan Forrest was a faculty member and research professor in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He was renowned in the field of antimicrobial pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and toxicodynamics (PK/PD/TD), and served as a researcher and educator for almost 40 years before he passed away in 2018.
Dean’s Innovation Fund
8/24/26
The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is the leading pharmacy school in New York State and one of the top-ranked schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
Robert M. Cooper Memorial Fund
8/24/26
Robert M. Cooper, former professor and associate dean of the School of Pharmacy, was an expert in pharmacy law. This fund, established in 1997 in his memory, is used by the chair of the Pharmacy Practice Department to award scholarships to students in the UB Doctor of Pharmacy program, and also to present an annual award to a member of the graduating class for high academic achievement in pharmacy law, and for embodying Dr. Cooper’s qualities of professionalism, ethics and integrity.
Robert M. Gumtow Scholarship Fund
8/24/26
Robert H. Gumtow was a beloved colleague and faculty member who taught in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for more than thirty years.

News from School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Well Cell Global donates to UB’s Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences
3/6/23
Buffalo, NY — Well Cell Global LLC has donated $100,000 to support research and education initiatives by Gene Morse, PharmD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
UB Pharmacy hosts visiting pharmacists from Taiwan
7/24/23
This summer the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPPS) hosted visiting pharmacists and a graduate student from our partner pharmacy school in Taiwan, Taipei Medical University (TMU).
Sprowl receives NIDCD/NIH grant to study protein’s role in preventing drug-induced hearing loss
6/5/23
Jason Sprowl, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has been awarded a $432,182 grant from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study, called “Role of MCT6 in mediating cisplatin-induced ototoxicity,” will help researchers understand and prevent a prevalent type of drug-induced hearing loss in cancer patients.
Sprowl receives ASPET Division for Translational and Clinical Pharmacology Early Career Award
2/1/23
Jason Sprowl, PhD, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, has received a 2023 Division for Translational and Clinical Pharmacology Early Career Award from The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).
Katche appointed clinical assistant professor in the Division of Outcomes and Practice Advancement
5/19/23
Christ Ange (Angel) Katche, PharmD ’19, MBA ’19, BCACP, will join University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPPS) faculty in July as a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Outcomes and Practice Advancement, Department of Pharmacy Practice. In this role, her primary responsibility will be to coordinate and teach topics in ambulatory care and business, engage in community and global health initiatives, and maintain an experiential training site and research program in ambulatory care pharmacy practice.
UB SPPS showcases educational and intellectual innovation at AACP Annual Meeting
8/7/23
Faculty and staff from the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPPS) attended the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting in Aurora, CO, from July 22-25 to share our school’s cutting-edge research and educational innovation with the national pharmacy academic community.
Qu research team develops a groundbreaking proteomic technique, Micro-scaffold Assisted Spatial Proteomic (MASP), allowing first ever simultaneous whole-tissue protein mapping with excellent accuracy
1/17/23
University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UB SPPS) research teams led by Jun Qu, PhD, professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, were recently recognized by Nature Communications, an open access journal affiliated with Nature, the premier international science and technology journal, for their groundbreaking techniques for in-depth mapping of protein localizations in whole tissue.