UB Student Association of Specialty Pharmacy

SASP is collaborating with IPhO and AMCP to bring you the first speaker event in our Non-traditional PharmD speaker series. Join us on zoom next Wednesday when we hear from current Pfizer pharmacists Alexander Schepart and Sergio Gatoulis! See you guys there!

Join ASCP and SASP for our second Virtual Walk to End Alzheimer's on Saturday, October 3rd! It is completely free to join and there are prizes available depending on how much you are able to raise Our goal this year is to raise $2,000 as a team to contribute to Alzheimer’s research, treatment, and patient programs. We hope you will join us next Saturday! Link to join our team or donate: http://act.alz.org/goto/ASCP_SASP

Join SASP in celebrating World Alzheimer’s Day in order to raise awareness and challenge the common stigma that surrounds Alzheimer related dementia!

New medication, such as Aducanumab, is currently being tested for new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. There’s a growing amount of biologic treatments for AD, which may be added to specialty pharmacy formularies! Check out Aducanumab and where it’s at in clinical trials here: https://www.alzforum.org/therapeutics/aducanumab

NASP national expo is this Monday, 9/14 which will provide comprehensive information regarding all aspects of specialty pharmacy. CE and CLE opportunities available. Check out the agenda here: https://www.naspmeeting.com/agenda

If you haven't signed up for SASP yet, stop in for our first GBM Wednesday, September 9th at noon! We'll discuss what SASP is, what we have to offer, and what we have planned for this semester!

Welcome class of 2024! I’m sure you’re all excited to start the year, and what better way than by kicking off with the virtual club fair! Remember to look for NASP-SASP this year as we will be holding multiple online events and offer leadership opportunities!

Although we were unable physically participate in the walk as a team, many of our UB SASP members participated in the virtual MS Walk with our respective furry friends. During National MS Week, UB SASP had a series of events which brought MS to the attention of our fellow members within the pharmacy community. It was rewarding to know that participating in such activity helped in fundraising and raising awareness for the disease state. Thank you to everyone who has taken part in fundraising and participating in our events this semester!

Hi Everyone, This year, the National MS Society will be hosting its first ever Virtual Walk MS event! In honor of this event, the Student Association of Specialty Pharmacy will be fundraising leading up May 2nd, which is the date that the Buffalo Walk MS event was supposed to be held in person. Using the link below, we will be collecting online donations to directly benefit the National MS Society. Please feel free to directly donate, or forward this link to friends and famil...y members! You can also feel free to sign up as a Walk MS team member (it's free!) and create a personal Walk MS profile. This will give you a link which you can use on social media to fundraise in your name. On May 2nd, all team members are encouraged to post a picture of themselves wearing some orange gear and doing Walk MS their way, whether it be going for a walk/run outside or on the treadmill at home with the hashtag #virtualwalkMS. We hope that during this period of social distancing, we can all use this as an opportunity to stay connected and help out a great organization that could use some extra support right now. Thanks and stay safe everyone! https://secure.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR

Cancer can be an emotional burden to patients due to its complexity, high costs, and treatment options. Check out this article to see how clinic based specialty pharmacies are improving patient experiences and outcomes by providing faster access to cancer medications! https://www.pharmacytimes.com//health-system-specialty-pha

Thanks to everyone who came to our student speaker series event today! @sarahsosoxo and @theammarnator did a wonderful job! Thomas Steele from Reliance Rx capped off the event with current MS therapies offered by specialty pharmacy in honor of MS week! #msawarenessweek #multiplesclerosis @ University at Buffalo

We hear aboutMultiple Sclerosis (MS) in so many areas of life but a lot of people don’t know exactly what it is! Check out this video to learn about what is happening to the bodies of people with this condition and understand strategies used to treat it.

As many of you know, March 9-14th is National MS Awareness week! Multiple sclerosis impacts nearly 1 million people in the United States and the diagnosis rate in Western NY is 2x the national average. We are EXTREMELY excited to invite two of our very own members Sara Salah (UB SPPS ‘23) and Ammar Ahmed (UB SPPS ‘23) to debut our student speaker program on Tuesday March 10th from 12-1pm in PB 264! They will discuss what MS is and the role Specialty Pharmacy plays in the fight against this deadly disease! #ubsasp #nationalmultiplesclerosissociety #nationalmultiplesclerosisawarenessmonth #ubspps #studentspeakers #pizza @ University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences