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South Dakota State University's College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Programs welcomed two residents to its Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program this fall.

START-SD-Impact hosts innovative learning workshop

South Dakota State University is expanding its graduate offerings with the launch of a new social science Ph.D. program, an interdisciplinary program designed to address complex challenges facing rural communities and society at large.

A controlled feeding study led by Moul Dey, professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences at South Dakota State University, shows that older adults who ate fewer ultra-processed foods naturally consumed fewer calories and lost weight and abdominal fat. They also showed improvements in insulin, nutrient-sensing hormones and inflammation.

Chi Chapter, South Dakota State University’s branch of the Kappa Epsilon national pharmacy fraternal organization, was recognized with the Rose Chapter Award for excellence in outstanding community service and professional involvement this summer at Kappa Epsilon’s national convention in Lexington, Kentucky.

The South Dakota State University pharmacy student organization Student Collaboration for the Advancement and Promotion of Pharmacy hosted a talk by Nicholas Bitz ’15, Pharm.D. alum. Bitz currently is an oncology clinical pharmacy specialist at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio.

South Dakota State University Master of Mass Communication student Jenny Albers is wrapping up a prestigious fellowship from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for her project focusing on mental well-being among women who experienced pregnancy after loss.

South Dakota State University's Haarberg Drug, Disease and Delivery Research Center is spurring economic development as it progresses in finding new treatments for cancer and other diseases.

developed procedures to reduce the amount of urine cultures ordered by physicians. Their work earned them the Network Star Award for the Veterans Integrated Service Network for the five-state, upper Midwest region. The team of clinical pharmacists and one infectious disease physician included Mike Lemon, Andrea Aylward and Kaitlyn Latour.

The demand for respiratory therapists in the nation is projected to grow 12% for the decade from 2024 to 2034. That growth is four times the demand for the average of all occupations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consequently, health systems in South Dakota offer a variety of incentives for new and in-training respiratory therapists. Below is a list of the incentives provided through Avera Health, Monument Health, Sanford Health, Brookings Health System, Huron Regional Medical Center and Madison Regional Health System.