Kimberly Varela spent a decade as an international airfreight logistics specialist before earning her bachelor's degree in Mortuary Science from Wayne State in 2013. She also rounded her education with a post-bachelor certificate in Forensic Investigation. “My job shows me the worst-case scenario," she said. "Every day, I see the death we’re all trying to avoid.”
After earning his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Wayne State in 1994, Dr. Zhongcong Xie set forth on an outstanding career as a clinician, teacher and international scientist at Harvard Medical School. Currently, he is the Henry Knowles Beecher Endowed Chair in the Department of Anesthesiology, where he serves as director of the Geriatric Anesthesia Research Unit in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Headlines
WDET: Paul Kilgore discusses the COVID-19 death toll and the ongoing vaccine rollout on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
Q&A With Radiologic Technology Senior Laylia Ali
Physical Therapy Prof. Nora Fritz featured by National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Mary Beth O’Connell presented with MPA’s Fred W. Arnold Public Relations Award
Pandemic Warriors: How WSU Applebaum is helping during COVID-19
Students, faculty assist Detroit's vaccination effort
Jerry Schumacher, former WSU pharmacy faculty and distinguished alumnus, dies at 83
Wayne State to offer peer mental health support training program for first responders, families
Events
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| April 7, 4:30-6 p.m.
The annual Martin Barr–Stephen Wilson Lecture features Dr. Dayna Bowen Matthew, dean of the George Washington University Law School, delivering a presentation titled “A Lawyer’s Prescription for Achieving Health Equity.” |
| May 13, 5 p.m.
Join fellow Occupational Therapy alumni in a virtual reunion! Hear updates on the program, mingle with former classmates, and reconnect with your favorite faculty! More details to come soon via e-mail. |  |
 | April 8
Celebrate Wayne State's 5th Giving Day with us on April 8, 2021! Mark your calendar to virtually support our amazing students, groundbreaking research and critical urban programs. |
| April 8, 7-8 p.m.
Join fellow Wayne State alumni for a night of laughter, games and prizes with our fabulous host, Brooke Lynn Hytes, for 4-6 rounds of virtual Bingo. Drag Queen Bingo is anything but ordinary, so don't miss out! | 
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Black History Month
WSU Applebaum celebrated Black History Month in February with presentations from a diverse and strong group of alumni, faculty, staff and students. In case you missed it, find the recordings below! You won’t regret watching them all.
Black Women in Leadership: Our Struggles, Our Determination, Our Success (Jeannetta Greer and Doreen Head)
Black Funeral Homes in Detroit (Roger Husband)
Health Disparities and Systemic Racism (Amber Duncan and Karine Pawlicki)
"It is Well with my Soul": Hurried Black Women Find Help in Times of Trouble (Regina Parnell)
Disparities in Health and Health Care Among Older Americans (Wassim Tarraf)
Witnessing White Privilege (Randall Commissaris and David Pitts)
An anchor in urban health care
As one of the founding colleges of Wayne State University, the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is built on more than 100 years of tradition and innovation in the heart of Detroit. We have grown deep roots in our city, harnessing its powerhouse hospital systems and community service organizations as vibrant, real-world training grounds for our students. And our research at all levels – from undergraduates to veteran faculty members – translates into creative solutions for healthier communities.
