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![Ranked #2 Best Pharmacy School in the U.S.](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-03/usnewsranking.jpg)
U.S.News and World Report rankings reflect peer assessments of the program
![Mark Schneiderhan](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-10/mark_schneiderhan-maroon.png)
Pharmacists can help keep tabs on the overall health of those with mental illnesses.
![Award](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-10/award.jpg)
Congratulations to our faculty and alumni who received Minnesota Pharmacists Association 2016 awards at this past weekend's MPhA Annual Learning Networking Event.
![Laura Palombi](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-10/carlton_county_1_2-maroon.png)
After seeing her rural Minnesota community struggle with a growing heroin and opioid addiction problem, Assistant Professor Laura Palombi set out to do something about it.
![Derek Jennings](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-10/jennings_derek-maroon.png)
According to Aristotle, “The soul never thinks without a picture.” So perhaps the image-based research Dr. Derek Jennings does could be defined as a way to ‘discover what the soul is thinking’…
![Michelle Johnson-Jennings](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-10/mjj-2016portraitv2-maroon.png)
Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings is a trained clinical psychologist, a health researcher and advocate for tribal communities and a member of the Choctaw Nation.
![Randy Seifert](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-10/randy_seifert-maroon.png)
Randall Seifert, PharmD, senior associate dean and professor at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, has been selected as the 2016 Lawrence C. and Delores M. Weaver Medal recipient.
![Randy Seifert](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-10/randy_seifert-maroon.png)
Randy Seifert, PharmD, professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, has been named the Peters Endowed Chair in Pharmacy
![Mike Swanoski](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-10/swanoski_mike-maroon.png)
Michael Swanoski, PharmD, is the new Senior Associate Dean for the Duluth campus.
![Laura Palombi headshot](/sites/pharmacy.umn.edu/files/2022-10/palombi_0-maroon.jpg)
Award recognizes her outstanding commitment to raising awareness of the dangers of prescription drug abuse.