Pre-health advising office helping student navigate the admissions process

Practical Perspectives for Navigating the Admissions Process 

Drawing from years of experience as an assistant dean for admissions, Heidi Fuchs offers candid guidance for pre-health students and their advisors navigating health professional school admissions processes. The article challenges common misconceptions, such as the need for a perfect personal statement or a traumatic backstory, while emphasizing authenticity, early ... Read more

Heidi Fuchs

Published January 15, 2026

Q&A: Ryo Fujiwara, NEOMED Pipeline Programs

Dr. Ryo Fujiwara is a Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) College of Pharmacy faculty member. He additionally serves as the Interim Director of Pipeline Programs. He recently spoke with the Student Doctor Network about his ... Read more

Emil Chuck, PhD

Updated March 28, 2024 by Emil Chuck, PhD

What You Need As A Pharmacy Student To Achieve Success

Congratulations on embarking on your journey to becoming a pharmacist! Regardless of where you are on that journey, it may be long and challenging, but sometimes all you need to achieve success as a pharmacy ... Read more

Student Doctor Network

Updated October 18, 2023 by Student Doctor Network

Pharmacist Candice Richard

Pharmacist Profile: Candice Richard

Dr. Candice Richard graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Sullivan University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Louisville, Kentucky. She is currently working as a community pharmacist in a local grocery chain ... Read more

Rachel Liu

Updated June 22, 2022 by Rachel Liu

Mary Bluthardt

Mary Bluthardt PharmD, MBA: Young Pharmacist Profile

Mary Bluthardt PharmD, MBA is a Pharmacy Manager-PIC (Person in Charge) at an independent community/mail order pharmacy in her native state of Michigan. A recent graduate of Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, she took ... Read more

Donna Kosteva

Updated June 22, 2022 by Donna Kosteva

Pharmacy careers

Pharmacy Careers You May Not Have Considered

This article is the third in a series on pharmacy careers. In Part 1, we explored a variety of practice settings from Academia to Clinical Specialties to Long Term Care. Part 2 covered the landscape ... Read more

Sarah Lawrence

Updated December 19, 2019 by Sarah Lawrence

Pharmacy careers

Pharmacy Careers from A to Z, Part 2

The landscape of pharmacy practice is rich and diverse. Pharmacists are making their mark throughout the profession. Beyond the traditional settings of community and hospital practice, pharmacy students and new practitioners have many practice areas ... Read more

Sarah Lawrence

Published September 6, 2019

Pharmacy careers

Pharmacy Careers from A to Z, Part 1

The community pharmacist working in the corner drugstore may be the most visible and best-known pharmacy practitioner, but the profession of pharmacy is far more diverse than most realize. Pharmacy students often think in terms ... Read more

Sarah Lawrence

Updated July 31, 2019 by Sarah Lawrence

Q&A with Dr. Maria Vasquez, Specialty Pharmacist

Dr. Maria Vasquez completed her undergraduate studies in biochemistry and earned her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. After pharmacy school, Dr. Vasquez worked for Walgreens, where she obtained additional training ... Read more

Sarah Lawrence

Updated August 23, 2022 by Sarah Lawrence

Brian Baxter

20 Questions: Brian Baxter, PhD

Brian Baxter, PhD, is a current postdoctoral scholar with the DeRisi Group at University of California, San Francisco (2011-present), where he is working to optically encode polymer microbeads containing rare-earth nanophosphors and produce them using ... Read more

Juliet Farmer

Updated June 26, 2022 by Juliet Farmer