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Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Provides resources, strategies, and information on conducting research in pharmacy & pharmacology.

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Kathryn Vanderboll
THL-PharmacyCoreTeam@umich.edu

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Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-based effort to create & maintain a registry of unique research identifiers.  Using a transparent method of linking research activities & outputs to these identifiers, that supports automated linkages between you & your professional activities helps ensure that your work is recognized.

Welcome!

Welcome to the research guide for the College of Pharmacy and Department of Pharmacology. Tabs on the top of this page comprise the best sources for finding journal articles, drug information, & point of care resources.

If you've been searching & can't find what you're looking for, feel free to give us a call! we can:

  • Help with your literature searches
  • Provide one-on-one advice about your research topic
  • Teach you advanced techniques for database searching
  • Assist you to set up auto alerts for selected search strategies & TOC updates
  • Orient you to the array of library resources available through UM
  • Teach you about citation management tools, such as EndNote, Mendeley,  or Zotero, that can save you time when collecting citations & formatting your citations & bibliographies

PubMed Search Tip

Need to easily find information about a drug that is established but is now being used in new ways?  Use the MeSH term Drug Repositioning. It includes "drug rescue" and "drug repurposing" as well. For a more thorough search, consider adding keywords such as: agent*, molecul*, repurpos*, reposition*, rescue, recycling.

Drug Repositioning is an Emtree term in Embase as well.

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New Resource

Pharmaceutical Substances API is a compendium of some 2,700 active pharmaceutical ingredients (API's) of interest to the chemical & pharmaceutical industries, including 15 APIs of interest in COVID-19 treatment.

College of Pharmacy Faculty Research Profiles

Michigan Experts is an expertise portal that promotes interdisciplinary clinical & translational research.

Featured Article

A new article on machine learning, pediatrics, and prescribing.

Iancu A, Leb I, Prokosch H-U, et al. Machine learning in medication prescription: a systematic review. Int J Med Inform. 2023;180:105241. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105241.

Featured Resource

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Mergent Intellect

 

Mergent Intellect provides information on businesses and institutions that make up America's health and industry, including pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, hospitals, and laboratories. It's basically a directory and has a list of the standard industrial classifications https://apps.lib.umich.edu/database/link/39580

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