Despite the fact that USF’s pharmacy program authorization bill died in the Florida Senate last session, the university says it will still open the new school in August 2011.USF says it can go forward with its plans because it received Board of Governors approval to grant Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degrees. The university raised $1M to cover start-up costs.
The Florida House passed a bill to establish the proposed pharmacy school, but some senators were reluctant to commit long-term funding to an expensive new program.
There’s little doubt that USF will return to the legislature and ask for operational funding in the future. But without legislative authorization for the pharmacy program, state senators and representatives are under no obligation to give it any money. In the absence of such a legislative appropriation, USF would have to fund the school by raising tuition, cutting from other areas of its budget, or bringing in more private donations.
USF has made no secret of that fact that it considers FAMU pharmacy the benchmark for competition. It has proposed building a school that will match FAMU’s in size, operational funding, and research dollars.
And knowing that FAMU has the best College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Florida, USF appointed a former FAMU professor to serve as dean of its new pharmacy school. Kevin B. Sneed (pictured - center), the major architect of the proposal for USF’s PharmD program and clinical director of the College of Medicine’s Division of Clinical Pharmacy, was chosen for the deanship after a nationwide search.
Sneed joined the USF Department of Family Medicine in 1999 as a visiting professor from FAMU’s pharmacy school, where he was an associate professor and ambulatory care clinical coordinator. At FAMU, he was a key member of curriculum committees and participated in several accreditation reviews. According to USF, Sneed's past work at FAMU is “experience that has helped in building USF’s PharmD program to comply with new accreditation standards.”
RN, you really need to find out why Dr, Sneed left FAMU instead inferring something negative. He had great ideas while in the Tampa division, but as is usual when dealing with FAMU administrators from a past generation they were shot down. Also the state does need another pharmacy school, there are only 2 that are state-funded
ReplyDeleteThe article did not infer anything negative. It said that USF picked Sneed because it knows FAMU's pharmacy school is the best. After a national search, USF found that the best person for the deanship is a former FAMU professor. That's just another example of FAMU's quality.
ReplyDeleteWhy be a Professor when you are good enough, in a national search, to be a Dean. Sounds like progress to me. Congradulations Dr. Snead!!
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ReplyDeleteIt is NO SECRET that the underlying reason for hiring Sneed is his familiarity with FAMU's program AND using a [NOT THE] key player to undermine FAMU and give USF an advantage. The FAMU program is "spittin'" distance from USF Campus.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Dr. Sneed. FAMU pharmacy could have and should have done a lot more to keep him on staff. FAMU is one of the best pharmacy schools in the country, but we will continue to get passed by other schools if we do not adapt our program to keep pace. Hopefully the old generation college of pharmacy hierachy will one day realize this, and be much more supportive of the new generation professor. We have to be open minded, even if someone is not a FAMU COP grad. If they are qualified and willing to help our program keep pace and stay ahead, then recruit them and keep them happy! -FAMU PharmD '06
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