UHCOP faculty, alumni and students earned national leadership honors, scholarships and research recognition at the 2026 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Los Angeles, highlighting Cougar pharmacy excellence on the national stage.
The University of Houston College of Pharmacy Delta Delta Chapter of the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity secured its second consecutive — and its eighth since 2015 — Chapter of the Year Award while three of its members were elected to executive positions at the organization’s Southwest Province Spring Assembly March 28 in Houston.
Pharm.D. student Rebeca Pelayo Carvajal is helping close critical language gaps in patient care. Through Spanish-language counseling, leadership across multiple student organizations and a passion for improving outcomes in Hispanic communities, she is using pharmacy as a powerful tool for advocacy, access and impact.
For Ying Xu, a Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UHCOP, cardiovascular research is both scientific and personal. Inspired by her family’s history of heart disease and hypertension, Xu studies the molecular drivers of cardiac dysfunction. With support from a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association, Xu is investigating how disrupted signaling inside heart muscle cells contributes to heart failure.
The UHCOP Chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association scored multiple honors — including a near-sweep of the Clinical Skills Competition and finalist recognition in the SNPhA x Walmart Prescription for Service Competition — at the Region III, IV and V Conference March 20-21 in Houston
The University of Houston College of Pharmacy Delta Delta Chapter of the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity secured its second consecutive — and its eighth since 2015 — Chapter of the Year Award while three of its members were elected to executive positions at the organization’s Southwest Province Spring Assembly March 28 in Houston.
UHCOP faculty, alumni and students earned national leadership honors, scholarships and research recognition at the 2026 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Los Angeles, highlighting Cougar pharmacy excellence on the national stage.
From blood donation drives to vaccine education and global pharmacy discussions, UHCOP Pharm.D. students turned local service into international recognition with the National Outstanding IPSF Activity Award.
Pharm.D. student Rebeca Pelayo Carvajal is helping close critical language gaps in patient care. Through Spanish-language counseling, leadership across multiple student organizations and a passion for improving outcomes in Hispanic communities, she is using pharmacy as a powerful tool for advocacy, access and impact.
Selected from student pharmacists across the country, UHCOP Pharm.D. student Jeremy Ninan received one of just 12 national Student Leadership Awards from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.