Learning Through the Grapevine

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The News Magazine of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Academic Pharmacy
NOW
2014 Issue 2
Volume 7 Issue 2
Learning
Through the
Grapevine
Attendees get ready to share information and spark
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Academic Pharmacy
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2014 Issue 2
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Departments
5News Briefs
7Academy in Action
• A Head Start
• Esteemed Educators
• Reversing Roles to
Strengthen Skills
20 Members Working For You
• Pulling Back the Curtain
21 Faculty News
Columns
3 Maine Message
By Lucinda L. Maine
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ACADEMIC PHARMACY NOW  2014 Issue 2
Features
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the Grapevine
Pharmacy educators from around
the world get ready to focus on
professional growth and development
at AACP’s premier event—
Pharmacy Education 2014.
maine message
Dear Colleagues:
As I work my way across Reagan National Airport to meet more than 2,000 colleagues at Pharmacy Education
2014 in Grapevine, Texas, I am excited almost beyond words at the programming and learning that awaits
us. Though I know I will taste only the frosting on the cake during my busy week of staff responsibilities, I’m
thrilled to know that when I return home I can sit back and digest over 50 hours of content through our video
education “meeting extender.” I can use quite a few more hours of continuing education this year!
AACP is blessed with fantastic leaders. I reflected on this earlier today as I read an article in Inside Higher Ed.
The piece reviewed remarks by Bill Gates at the annual meeting of the National Association of College and
University Business Officers. He was quite direct and to the point regarding several highly visible issues in
higher education. He warned these financial leaders of colleges of varied sizes that the status quo is not an
option. He challenged them to truly make transparent the cost structure of higher education and to realize
that we must all work to make post-secondary education more affordable and accountable. He warned all listeners and readers (including President Obama) that simple metrics don’t equate to quality (e.g., graduation
rates and employment percentages). He noted that first generation MOOCs are generally of low quality and
value but posited that, in time, there will be some excellent courses available from top experts using distance
learning strategies and these may well displace faculty for whom universities can no longer justify the expense
of tenured salaries.
What’s the connection to your AACP leaders? These are exactly the issues that Presidents Bootman, Piascik
and Chase have made as AACP’s priorities for several years. Studying forces of change in healthcare and
higher education, determining the implications of technology in learning, and affordability and accountability
in pharmacy education are more than buzz words for AACP, they are watch words! And we know we must do
more than study them. We must design and deliver faculty development programs, tools and resources to help
each of you navigate the white water of our times of change.
I am looking forward to learning with you next week in Texas. And for those who aren’t fortunate to be in
Grapevine, as they say, “watch this space.” An excellent recap of the top stories of the week will be prominently
featured in the fall issue of Academic Pharmacy Now!
Sincerely,
Lucinda L. Maine, Ph.D., R.Ph.
CEO and Publisher
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News Briefs
Rutgers Scientists Treat Ovarian Cancer
with New Drug Delivery System
the need for properly trained pharmacists who can safely make
them for patients.”
Scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey have
developed a targeted drug delivery system that they believe
could make ovarian cancer more treatable and increase survival rates for the most deadly gynecological cancer in the
United States. Dr. Tamara Minko, professor in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and Dr. Lorna Rodriguez, professor of
obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School, said that because there is not a
good screening method for ovarian cancer, most women with
the disease are not diagnosed until after it has metastasized to
other organs and surgery and chemotherapy are less effective.
Unsafe sterile compounding technique was at the heart of the
New England Compounding Center fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012, in which tainted steroid injections led to more
than 750 fungal infections, including a few cases in South Carolina, and 64 deaths nationwide. In the aftermath, the Institute
for Safe Medication Practices called for additional monitoring
and regulations of sterile compounding and a greater emphasis
on hands-on training. During the next five years, more than
500 students and more than 1,000 pharmacists and pharmacy
technicians will receive training in the ACE Lab.
The main reason for advanced-stage ovarian cancer is an outof-control protein CD44, which enables cancerous tumors to
proliferate and become resistant to conventional drug treatments. The result: a five-year survival rate for patients with
advanced-stage ovarian cancer that is only 30 percent.
In a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research, Minko
and Rodriguez provide results of animal research in which the
cancer is attacked at the genetic level by using small, inhibiting RNA molecules that directly target and decrease the excess
CD44 protein in cancer cells while simultaneously treating
patients with the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel. This allows cells
within the cancerous tumors to be successfully treated even at
an advanced stage.
Since the CD44 protein is expressed on the surface of many
cancer stem cells, the approach may help in treating other types
of cancers. The next step for ovarian cancer research would be
to develop a drug for human consumption that could be used
in clinical trials. This could lead to new pharmacological cancer
treatments and increase the survival rate of the deadly disease.
South Carolina College of Pharmacy Opens
Sterile Compounding Lab
The South Carolina College of Pharmacy (SCCP) opened a
state-of-the-art sterile medication compounding facility in
March that is one of the few of its kind in the country. Created
to help ensure that pharmacists learn the highest standards
for compounding of medications, the Aseptic Compounding
Experience (ACE) Laboratory offers what is believed to be
the nation’s first university-affiliated sterile medication compounding program with hands-on training, video technologies,
coaching and end product-testing.
“Safe sterile medication compounding requires highly specific
training in an environment not readily available to many pharmacists,” said Dr. Joseph T. DiPiro, outgoing executive dean
at SCCP. “Drug shortages and specialized medications have
increased the need for compounded products, which increases
“Industry and regulatory agencies have to help restore the public’s confidence that medications are prepared to the highest
standards,” DiPiro said. “Colleges of pharmacy can help restore that trust by educating pharmacists who apply proper
standards to their work.”
LECOM Research Finds Vitamins for
Children Exceed Recommended Dosage
Two faculty members and a graduate of the Lake Erie College of
Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of Pharmacy reported
in a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics that the majority of vitamin supplements for infants and children contain
considerably higher vitamin levels than are recommended by
the Institute of Medicine (IOM). “Market Analysis of Vitamin
Supplementation in Infants and Children: Evidence From the
Dietary Supplement Label Database” was authored by Dr. Michael Madden, assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences; Dr.
Danielle DeBias, assistant professor, pharmacy practice; and
Dr. G. Elliott Cook, a 2006 graduate of the LECOM School of
Pharmacy and chief pharmacist at Provider Resources in Erie.
They examined the product labels of nearly 200 supplements
designed for infants 12 months and younger and for those one
to four years old. Recommendations from the IOM were used as
the baseline for comparisons between label information and the
recommended daily allowance (RDA) or adequate intake (AI)
values of the vitamins. The authors found that with the exception of Vitamin D supplements, others contained considerably
higher levels of the RDA and AI than was listed on their labels.
They noted that the IOM characterizes as “not recommended”
supplements that exceed the content listed on their labels.
URI Pharmacy Professor Awarded $1.65
Million to Study Alcoholism Treatment
A University of Rhode Island pharmacy professor received a
$1.65 million National Institutes of Health grant to study a
new treatment for alcoholism. The grant awarded to Dr. Fatemeh Akhlaghi, URI professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, formalizes a partnership with Dr. Lorenzo Leggio,
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chief of the section on clinical psychoneuroendocrinology and
neuropsychopharmacology at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug
Abuse and Pfizer, the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical company.
Akhlaghi’s group was one of only nine teams in the United
States to win such an award from NIH. This collaborative pilot
initiative, called Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing
Molecules, is led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and funded by the NIH Common Fund. The two
scientists are working with an undisclosed compound provided
by Pfizer, which has been used to treat Type II diabetes.
A central target of their research is ghrelin, an amino acid peptide that stimulates appetite and food intake. In those with
alcoholism, higher ghrelin concentrations are associated with
higher alcohol craving and consumption, according to the researchers. An oral medication that targets the activity of ghrelin and can pass through the blood-brain barrier holds promise
for treatment.
UM Research Finds Link Between Kava
Plant and Lung Cancer Prevention
New research from the University of Minnesota College of
Pharmacy and the Masonic Cancer Center indicates that consumption of the root of Piper methysticum, or kava, a plant native to the South Pacific Islands, may prevent the development
of tobacco smoke-induced lung cancer. The research team also
identified the naturally occurring components of kava that appear responsible for all the cancer-preventative benefits. By using a patent-pending blend of these active kava ingredients, the
research team prevented liver damage, a rare side effect previously associated with various commercially available kavacontaining dietary supplements.
In the latest study, the research team found daily consumption
of a kava-derived dietary supplement prevented the formation
of 99 percent of tumors in a mouse lung tumorigenesis model
that is routinely used in predicting lung cancer behavior in humans. The unprecedented level of tumor prevention was coupled with the finding that some mice developed no tumors at
all. DNA damage resulting from tobacco carcinogens was also
significantly reduced by way of prevention, providing a clue to
what is potentially behind kava’s effectiveness.
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The findings, published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, open up the future possibility of healthcare professionals recommending or prescribing kava-derived products in
the form of dietary supplements or drugs for current tobacco
smokers to reduce their risk of developing lung cancer. The research may also help explain why rates of cancer in the South
Pacific Islands of Vanuatu, Fiji and Western Samoa—where
kava is traditionally consumed—are dramatically lower than in
countries with no consumption.
However, not all commercially available kava products on the
market today are equal and many may carry the risk of liver
injury. “I wouldn’t recommend using kava supplements on the
market today with the hopes of receiving cancer prevention
benefits,” said Dr. Chengguo Xing, an associate professor of
medicinal chemistry at the College of Pharmacy and a member of the Masonic Cancer Center. “Although occasional use
of currently available kava supplements is likely to have a low
risk of liver injury, they may not safely provide the intended
chemopreventative benefits.”
The research team is planning human clinical trials for the
new, patent-pending kava supplement enriched with cancerpreventative benefits, and is pursuing development of kavaderived drugs that may help prevent and treat other types of
cancers.
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A Head Start
Researchers at The University of Montana tackle traumatic brain injury thanks to a grant from
the NFL and GE.
Athletes, members of the military and others suffering from
traumatic brain injury may benefit from research conducted
by two University of Montana pharmacy faculty members
through a new $300,000 grant awarded by General Electric
Co. and the National Football League.
GE and the NFL have announced 16 winners in the first stage
of the $20 million Head Health Challenge. UM Research Assistant Professors Sarj Patel, Ph.D., and Thomas Rau, Ph.D.,
were among the challenge winners selected to speed diagnosis
and improve treatment for mild traumatic brain injury. Other
projects were selected from both biotechnology companies
and leading research institutions, including the University of
California, San Francisco and Johns Hopkins Medical School.
The goal of the Head Health Challenge is to improve the safety
of athletes, members of the military and society overall. Winners were selected from more than 400 entries from 27 countries, after having been reviewed and nominated by a panel of
leading healthcare experts in brain research, imaging technologies and advocates for advances in brain research.
GE and the NFL will provide mentorship, access to GE researchers and industry thought leaders, with the opportunity
to win an additional $500,000 award in 2015.
UM researchers Dr. Sarj Patel, left, and Dr. Thomas Rau, right, study
blood-based biomarkers that indicated how the brain reacts following a traumatic brain injury.
Encephalopathy. Using samples from BU’s human brain bank,
which includes brains from deceased patients, they were able
to identify similar biomarkers of TBI based on their previous
research with animals.
“That’s part of what got us the award,” Rau said. “We are far
Patel and Rau conduct research at UM’s Department of Bio- enough along with animals and with humans that we could
convince them this was a worthwhile venture.”
medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Skaggs School of
Pharmacy. They are working to determine blood-based biomarkers that indicate how the brain reacts following a traumat- He said the research may help solve the mystery of why a localic brain injury. First phases of their research, which was fund- ized brain injury causes damage throughout the entire brain.
Because proteins work in the body as transporters and catalysts,
ed by Missoula-based Montana Neuroscience Institute and the
a disruption in one area could cause farther-reaching problems.
state-based Montana Board of Research & Commercialization
Technology, have shown that TBI results in changes in how the
“The award highlights the talent of our young investigators,”
brain operates, and in levels of proteins and ribonucleic acids.
said Richard Bridges, Regents Professor and chair of UM’s
Identifying specific biomarkers will show how TBI changes the
Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. “It
brain and could help doctors with diagnosis and treatment.
points to how we’ve been building momentum and critical
“This award will allow us to immediately begin research to iden- mass in the study of traumatic brain injury and neuroscience.
tify biomarkers of injury occurring in the brains of athletes or
military personnel,” Patel said. “We will collect blood samples
from people who have suffered from a traumatic brain injury to
see if we can detect these molecules and ultimately determine
how long it might take for them to return to play or service.”
“It also provides graduate and undergraduate students realworld experience in cutting-edge neuroscience research, allowing them the opportunity to participate in the discovery
process,” Bridges said. “It’s the most important and exciting
aspect of the sciences, and we need to deliver those experiences
The researchers have a collaborative agreement with St. Pat- to our students.”
rick Hospital in Missoula to collect samples from emergency
Launched in March 2013, the Head Health Challenge is part of
room patients, and according to Patel, they are in early discusthe Head Health Initiative, a four-year, $60 million collaborasion with UM’s Department of Athletics to see if UM athletes
tion between GE and the NFL. The initiative includes a $40
could be included in the research.
million research and development program from the NFL and
Rau said they already have worked with human samples in col- GE to evaluate and develop next-generation imaging technololaboration with Dr. Ann McKee, a professor at Boston Univer- gies to improve diagnosis that would allow for targeting treatment therapy for patients with mild traumatic brain injury.
sity and co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic
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Esteemed Educators
Three AACP members earn recognition for their contributions to pharmacy education and
dedicated service to their respective universities.
By Jane E. Rooney and Hillary Aphaisuwan
Although their awards recognize slightly different accomplishments, the three AACP members who recently were honored by
their respective institutions share similar character traits that
earned them university-wide accolades from their academic
communities. All three individuals are described as inspirational and enthusiastic about pharmacy education. They are
known as tireless advocates for the students on their campuses,
and their colleagues agree that the prestige is well-deserved.
A Triple Threat
The Civitatis Award is conferred upon members of the faculty in recognition of dedicated and meritorious service to UT
Austin above and beyond the regular expectations of teaching, research and writing. The university president makes the
award presentation based on a recommendation from the Faculty Council Executive Committee. “I was very much surprised
and honored to be selected for this award,” Davis said. “I have
known a number of the recent recipients as colleagues with
deep and sustained commitments to advancing the university’s
mission. I hold them in the highest regard, and I am delighted
and humbled to be considered among them.”
Dr. Patrick Davis, senior associate dean for academic affairs
at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), was one of
the recipients of the institution’s 2014 Civitatis Award, which
recognizes outstanding faculty citizenship. Dr. Kenneth Skau,
professor emeritus in the James L. Winkle College of PharThe classic triad of faculty responsibilities, he added, is teachmacy at the University of Cincinnati, received UC’s 2014 Dising, research and service. “I subscribe to the philosophy that
tinguished Teaching Professor Award. The award represents
linkage between research/scholarship and teaching is essential
the highest level of recognition for achievements and contributo faculty development and advancing pharmacy education,”
tions in university teaching. Dr. Doug Fish, professor and chair
Davis said.
of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, was honored with the
University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Phar- “This is the most prestigious award that a UT Austin faculty
maceutical Sciences President’s Excellence in Teaching Award
member can receive for sustained exemplary citizenship to
for six years straight (2008-2013). The award acknowledges
the UT Austin community,” said College of Pharmacy Dean
a faculty member’s outstanding, innovative and inspirational
M. Lynn Crismon, Pharm.D. “Not only is this award an honor
contributions to students’ professional development and is
for Dr. Davis, it is a positive reflection on our entire College of
awarded by the senior class during commencement.
Pharmacy.”
Dr. Patrick Davis, senior associate dean
for academic affairs at The University of
Texas at Austin, was one of the recipients
of the institution’s 2014 Civitatis Award.
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Dr. Doug Fish, professor and chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, was honored with
the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences President’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2013.
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photo: Ashley Kempher
Dr. Kenneth A. Skau (right), professor emeritus in the James
L. Winkle College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati,
received UC’s 2014 Distinguished Teaching Professor Award.
Decades Devoted to Pharmacy
Lucky Number Six
Skau is no stranger to professional accolades but he described
his most recent award as an incredible honor and humbling experience. “When the president was presenting the award to me,
[he] said it is the highest teaching recognition that the university gives. I was the first person from the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy to receive the award,” Skau recalled.
He noted that his involvement with AACP played a significant
role in shaping his career. “I cannot emphasize enough how
much AACP has helped me in my development as an educator,”
he said. “I learned tremendous amounts from attending the annual meeting every year and participating in various teaching
seminars and institutes through AACP. It was a great guide for
developing my own teaching techniques.”
When Fish was honored with the President’s Excellence in
Teaching Award in 2013—his sixth time receiving it—University of Colorado Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and
Student Affairs Roderick Nairn, Ph.D., noted that the faculty
awards “are special not just because they recognize outstanding performance in our core areas as a university, but also because they are ultimately recognition of this exemplary work by
faculty peers.” (Recipients are chosen by selection committees
comprising previous award winners.)
According to the nomination letter written by Dr. Neil MacKinnon, dean of the College of Pharmacy, Skau’s contributions
to pharmacy education can be summed up in three words:
commitment, competence and caring. A fourth word—consistency—also characterizes Skau, as evidenced by a 1985 college
of pharmacy graduate’s letter of support, which said that Skau
“teaches every lecture with zeal in a persistent manner, both
challenging and inspiring students.”
Skau said he’s seen tremendous change during his 30-year career and never expected the profession would advance to the
point of pharmacists giving immunizations. “It has evolved
into a true healthcare profession,” he said.
Recent pharmacy graduate Adrienne Kercsak said, “Dr. Fish
is the type of teacher you look forward to learning from every day. He takes the time outside of the classroom to help out
students with research projects, philanthropy and grasping any
materials.”
Alumna Melissa Erin added, “I was lucky to have amazing
professors throughout pharmacy school. Dr. Fish stands out
as one. His passion for teaching and enthusiasm for infectious
diseases was contagious.”
Jane E. Rooney is a freelance writer based in Oakton,
Virginia. Hillary Aphaisuwan graduated from Midwestern
University’s College of Pharmacy-Glendale in 2014 after
completing an APPE rotation at AACP.
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Reversing Roles to Strengthen Skills
The West Virginia University Center for Healthy Practitioners trains future healthcare
providers by giving them a direct connection to the patients’ perspective.
By Jane E. Rooney
When student pharmacists experience firsthand how difficult it
can be to make a behavioral change—whether it’s losing weight,
quitting smoking or engraining healthy habits—they are more
likely to have empathy for their future patients and become effective advocates for accepting personal responsibility. That’s
the idea behind the West Virginia University Center for Healthy
Practitioners, a collaborative initiative that aims to help firstyear pharmacy, medical and dental students understand care
from a patient’s point of view and gain a deeper appreciation for
what it means to be accountable for one’s health.
“If you want people to become healthy you’ve got to model that
behavior,” said Dr. Patricia A. Chase, The Gates Wigner Dean for
the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy and incoming
AACP President, who was the architect of the initiative. “We accomplished that by having the students learn behavioral change
themselves. They realize how hard it is to lose that freshman 15.”
ments, tracking their progress throughout the program. They
develop an action plan and evaluate their progress through a
year-end survey. Follow-up surveys determine whether students
maintained the changes and how the program affected their attitudes toward an interprofessional approach to wellness.
Startling Statistics
The WVU Center for Healthy Practitioners launched last year,
thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, and screened 250 students in the pharmacy,
medicine, and dentistry programs. “One of our ah-ha moments
was learning that 64 percent of students required additional intervention on oral health,” Chase noted. “One gentleman had 13
cavities and didn’t know it. One had a tumor next to his nose. It
ended up being benign but if he hadn’t gone through the screening…you just don’t know.” Other data from a survey conducted
in fall 2013 indicate that nearly 33 percent of My First Patient
students were overweight or obese. Slightly more than 9 percent
had high blood pressure. More than 17 percent of students reported drinking heavily an average of once a week.
photo:s Amy Newton, WVU School of Pharmacy
The idea for the center stemmed from a program Chase and a
colleague implemented initially at the School of Pharmacy at
Butler University in 2008 called My First Patient. First-year students choose one health goal they want to achieve and work with
“When you talk about the Affordable Care Act and discuss
upperclassmen to take part in screenings and oral health assesswhether younger people should have insurance, this is pretty
Jodi Canada (right) collects blood samples for cholesterol and HbA1c screenings for Anthony Parker.
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Melissa Hood (left) prepares to perform a cholesterol screening for
Gabrielle Cutlip.
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The Three A’s
Heading to Grapevine? Hear WVU
School of Pharmacy Dean and AACP
President-elect Patricia A. Chase outline
how the Association will address Access,
Affordability and Accountability and drive
AACP’s initiatives in the year ahead.
much confirmation that there are important health issues in this
age group that are going undetected and that’s a bit frightening.
The students come from all over the country and the world; it’s
not just a West Virginia problem,” Chase said, adding that routine testing would be a step in the right direction. Stress is clearly
a factor that can adversely affect overall health; the fall 2013 survey data indicated that 63 percent of respondents reported “high”
or “very high” stress levels. However, a majority of students did
not consider depression or anxiety to be serious health issues.
Chase stated the survey for stress was administered again this
spring and that the results are being analyzed now.
Other schools at WVU have expressed interest in being included
in the Center for Healthy Practitioners. “The goal is to start rolling it out to the other programs at the Health Sciences Center
after next year,” Chase said. The program is also very affordable,
even with full dental screenings. “We bought everything we
wanted plus—we only used about half the money. The Benedum
Foundation granted us an extension so we could fund the entire
2014–15 academic year.”
As the incoming AACP President, Chase’s priorities include
addressing the issues of access, affordability and accountability. She recognized the link between WVU’s program and these
goals, emphasizing that access to the whole healthcare team is
vital. Pharmacists, for example, “offer point-of-care testing and
can do screenings that result in patient referrals to a physician,”
she said. Pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare practitioner and play a key role in monitoring the health of their patients. Pharmacists also offer affordable care that can result in
cost savings to the healthcare system.
“The accountability piece is responsibility,” she continued. “People have to be accountable for their own health. If you want to
see the No. 1 driver of the cost of healthcare, look in the mirror.
The key to controlling healthcare costs is having accountable,
responsible patients.”
Chase said she and others at WVU are proud of what they have
accomplished so far with the center, and noted that the original program is significantly enhanced with the interprofessional
approach. “We learned a lot the first year and found there are
things we would do differently. Going forward the program is
going to be even stronger.”
Jane E. Rooney is a freelance writer based in Oakton, Virginia.
Watch WVU health professions students
practice what they preach: bit.ly/1rvqxmK
A Team Effort
Co-investigators on the project include:
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Travis White, Pharm.D., BCACP
WVU School of Pharmacy
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Louise Veselicky, D.D.S., MSD
WVU School of Dentistry
•
Matthew J. Gurka, Ph.D.
WVU School of Public Health
•
Anne Cather, M.D.
WVU School of Medicine
Rebecca Hoone performs a blood pressure screening for the My
First Patient program.
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Learning
Through the
Grapevine
Pharmacy educators from around the world get ready to
focus on professional growth and development at AACP’s
premier education event—Pharmacy Education 2014.
Celebrating its 115th year, the Annual Meeting is heading
south to prove that even the learning is bigger in Texas!
With expanded mini-session programming, an
R&R Lounge, and a new Web event app for your
mobile device, attendees will be able to learn and
network effectively and efficiently.
In this issue of Academic Pharmacy Now, we shine
a spotlight on some of the highlights of Pharmacy
Education 2014, including the Association’s top
award winners who have set the bar high with
their innovative and inspirational work.
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Excellence Epitomized
In addition to the traditional exchange of ideas, the AACP Annual Meeting provides an opportunity to recognize the high
caliber of teaching, research and service within the Academy.
AACP President Peggy Piascik will present the prestigious
Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award
and Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service
Award during the Opening General Session on Sunday, July
27. The Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology and Volwiler Research
Achievement Award recipients will be recognized at the Science Plenary on Monday, July 28. Finally, at the Closing Banquet, Tuesday, July 29, AACP will recognize the recipients of
the Board of Directors Distinguished Service, Rufus A. Lyman
and Student Community Engaged Service Awards.
Rufus A. Lyman Award
“Development and Validation of the Student Perceptions of
Physicians-Pharmacists Interprofessional Clinical Education (SPICE) Instrument”
David S. Fike, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor
University of the Incarnate Word School of Graduate Studies and Research
Joseph A. Zorek, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor (CHS), Pharmacy Practice
Division
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of
Pharmacy
Anitra A. MacLaughlin, Pharm.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Science Center,
Pharmacy Practice, Amarillo
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center,
School of Pharmacy
Consultant Pharmacist, Hereford Pharmacy, LLC
Mohammed Samiuddin, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Amarillo
Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy
Rodney B. Young, M.D.
Regional Chair and Associate Professor, Family
Medicine, Amarillo
Eric J. MacLaughlin, Pharm.D.
Interim Chair and Professor, Pharmacy Practice,
Amarillo
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A team of faculty members from three different institutions will
be recognized with the Rufus A. Lyman award, given to the
authors of the best paper published in the American Journal
of Pharmaceutical Education during the past year. The team
developed and validated SPICE, an instrument designed to
measure pharmacy and medical student perceptions of interprofessional clinical education. “Through our collective efforts,
we have established a foundation for a line of research directly
targeted at measuring the effectiveness of IPE initiatives,” said
Fike, corresponding author. The authors hope the instrument
will serve as a useful tool for educational researchers in assessing the impact of interprofessional education experiences in
the future.
Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy
Educator Award
Robert L. Talbert, Pharm.D.
SmithKline Centennial Professor of
Pharmacotherapy
The University of Texas at Austin College of
Pharmacy
Dr. Robert L. Talbert has been recognized as
an outstanding teacher, author and mentor, but finds the greatest reward in “seeing the accomplishments of former students,
residents and fellows, many of whom have gone on to achieve
national and international recognition.” The author of more
than 150 scientific and professional articles and book chapters,
Talbert says his greatest legacy to pharmacy is his work as editor of Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiology Approach, soon to
be released in its ninth edition. The book has been a required
textbook in more than 90 percent of the schools of pharmacy
in the United States and has been translated into several languages. Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award
sponsored by
Anil Gulati, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean of Research
Midwestern University’s Chicago College of
Pharmacy
Dr. Anil Gulati is a nationally and internationally recognized
expert in endothelin, a protein that constricts blood vessels
and raises blood pressure. He has founded three pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies and as a result, some of his
discoveries related to endothelin are undergoing clinical trials
to translate into novel therapies in the areas of cancer treatment, neuroprotection, pain management and resuscitation
from hemorrhagic shock. In 2007, Gulati received the International Ranbaxy Research Award and was a Fulbright Scholar
in 2008–09.
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Throughout his 35-year career, Gulati has made a lasting impact on student pharmacists, graduate students, postdoctoral
researchers, medical fellows and colleagues. As professor and
associate dean of research at Midwestern University Chicago
College of Pharmacy, he developed a popular elective called
Development of Newly Approved Drug Therapies. In this
course, Gulati takes his students on a journey through the
discovery, development and approval process of biotechnology products. He also teaches a required first-year course,
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, in which students
learn about the factors that influence the absorption, distribution, bioavailability and pharmacokinetic variability of biotechnology products.
Volwiler Research Achievement Award
John M. Pezzuto, Ph.D.
Dean
University of Hawaii at Hilo
The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
Dr. John M. Pezzuto has been selected for
the Association’s top research award for his outstanding contributions to the field of natural product drug discovery. As
Founding Dean of the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy,
created in 2007, Pezzuto leads approximately 100 faculty and
staff to educate and train students for careers in pharmacy.
After 35 years in academia, he has amassed more than 500
publications, is the co-inventor of several patents, the editor
of four books, a member of more than ten editorial boards of
international journals, and the editor-in-chief of Pharmaceutical Biology. He is widely known for identifying the cancerprevention aspects of resveratrol, a chemical found in grapes
and grape products. Primarily noted for working in the area of
natural products, he has been an administrator and researcher in pharmacy and drug discovery.
Beyond the Classroom
Giving back to the community, and to the profession, is an integral part the work of AACP’s award recipients. Take a look
at how five schools and one industry giant are ensuring that
pharmacy education is improving the healthcare of their local
communities and is filling the pipeline of educators to make
that happen.
Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative
Community Service Award
The University of Oklahoma
College of Pharmacy
For The University of Oklahoma College
of Pharmacy, service is integral to the
school’s academic mission. “For us, com-
munity service is more than a catch phrase—it is a core belief,”
said Dr. JoLaine R. Draugalis, dean and David Ross Boyd Professor at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy.
“Our faculty, students and staff look for avenues to live out our
identity as ‘a prescription for excellence.’”
OU fills that prescription through programs such as the OU
Physician Community Health Evening Clinic, an interprofessional, student-based clinic that focuses on providing care in
underserved areas of Tulsa and rural northeast Oklahoma.
Since opening as the Bedlam clinic in 2003, the OUPCH Clinic
has conducted consultations with more than 10,000 patients,
95 percent of whom do not have health insurance. In addition,
more than 275 student pharmacists have earned IPPE service
hours through the clinic its creation five years ago.
Student Community Engaged Service
Awards
Sponsored by Teva Pharmaceuticals
Harding University
College of Pharmacy
Students from the Harding University College of Pharmacy
aimed to expand HPV education and prevention through the
development of educational tools to supplement current resources offered by community health officials. After initial
surveys indicated a clear need to increase awareness of preventative measures and vaccinations available for HPV, students
embarked on an awareness campaign, providing disease information to Harding undergraduate students via handouts and
a formal classroom presentation. The team also published an
article in Searcy Living, promoting HPV vaccination in both
males and females. To help educate the medical community,
one student presented a CE program for pharmacists, “HPV
Overview and Vaccine Update.” Using TV and public service
announcements, Harding student pharmacists hope to encourage prevention through vaccination, and eventually vaccinate
patients in the project’s final phase.
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Each Mobile Clinic is scheduled during the Medicare Part D
open enrollment period (October 15–December 7), which is
the window during which all Medicare beneficiaries can enroll
into or switch their Part D prescription drug plan. Taking place
concurrently with student education and training, faculty work
with community partners, such as HUD‐subsidized housing complexes, retirement communities and senior centers, to
identify host sites for the mobile clinics. They are deployed in a
variety of settings to help ensure that students and faculty are
able to effectively reach underserved and under‐represented
populations.
Samford University
McWhorter School of Pharmacy
For more than a decade, faculty and students at the Samford
University McWhorter School of Pharmacy began seeing patients in the underserved communities of Birmingham, Ala.
Holding multiple health fairs, educational events and health
screenings each year in local pharmacies, at the Southern
Women’s Show and during the Samford Homecoming, the
American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student
Pharmacists chapter has worked diligently to improve patient knowledge and care outcomes. In 2010, the Alabama
Rural Health Student Initiative was formed. Its goal is to improve health literacy through education and to provide health
screening services to assist with monitoring and referral of
residents to the Sowing Seeds of Hope clinics.
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Pharmacy
Since 2007, students at the Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Pharmacy have provided much-needed healthcare
to medically underserved patients in rural Virginia through
the Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM). This nonprofit relief organization is dedicated to providing free health
services to people in remote areas of the world. Over two and a
half days in 2007, nine students joined 1,377 RAM volunteers
and completed 8,431 patient interactions, providing approximately $1.4 million worth of free care.
AACP Board of Directors
Distinguished Service Award
Pharmacy
University of the Pacific
Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
At the University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, student pharmacists participate in
an ongoing and multidimensional series of Mobile Medicare
Health Clinics that enrich the lives and well-being of seniors
and other patients in northern/central California. Held in 15
different cities over the past six years, these clinics are targeted
to Medicare beneficiaries, the majority of whom are seniors.
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AACP has selected Walmart as the recipient of the prestigious
2014 Board of Directors Distinguished Service Award for its
decade of support for faculty recruitment through the AACP
Walmart Scholars Program. David D. Trang, Pharm.D., MBA,
now on faculty at the University of the Incarnate Word, played
a key role in starting this program while in management at
Walmart. The award will be presented during the Closing Banquet on July 29.
“At Walmart and Sam’s Club Health & Wellness, it is our responsibility to make a positive impact on the communities that
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we serve, to make quality healthcare more affordable and accessible, and to simply create opportunities for our customers and
patients to live better,” stated Richard Rothman, R.Ph., Director
of Talent Acquisition-Health and Wellness for Walmart Stores.
“Healthcare begins with the patient, and it is important to give
back to the institutions that have educated our pharmacists.
Learning Through the Grapevine
Every year, the Innovations in Teaching Competition and
Award for Excellence in Assessment showcase the very best
in novel assessment programs, and innovative teaching and
learning strategies. Award recipients are given the opportunity
to present their work at a special session, Tuesday, July 29, for
attendees to glean best practices that they can implement at
their own institutions.
Award for Excellence in Assessment
Leanne Coyne, Karen McClendon, Parto Khansari,
Tiffanie Ho, David Pearson
California Northstate University College of Pharmacy
Assessing and Documenting Student Learning
Michael J. Fulford, Lindsey Welch
The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy
Evaluating Professionalism in the Culture and
Curriculum of a Pharm.D. Program
Lisa Lebovitz, Richard Dalby
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
A Simple and Effective Programmatic Assessment
Process for Continuous Quality Improvement
Innovations in Teaching Competition
Neal Benedict
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Curricular Integration of Virtual Patients
Dave L. Dixon, Evan M. Sisson, and Veronica P. Shuford
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy
Spencer E. Harpe
Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Pharmacy
Use of Video Recorded Clinic Visits to Improve Assessment
of Student Pharmacists’ Clinical Interviewing Skill
See Excellence in Action
Visit AACP’s YouTube Channel,
www.youtube.com/aacpvideo
to see videos of AACP’s award
recipients.
Brendan Stamper, Amber Buhler, John Harrelson,
Ashim Malhotra, Sigrid Roberts, Fawzy Elbarbry, Deepa
Rao, Catherine Marlow, Reza Karimi, and Leslie Devaud
Pacific University School of Pharmacy
Development of Online Pharmacy Prerequisite Review
Tutorials for First Year Pharmacy Students
Keep Your Professional Development Going!
Purchase access to all the recorded sessions from
Pharmacy Education 2014 and earn maximum CE credits.
Missed a session from the 2014 AACP Annual Meeting?
Wish you could hear a particular session again for reference?
Access 43 recorded sessions from the meeting through the AACP Online Learning
Center. For only $100, you can review innovative concepts and practical solutions to
pressing issues, and continue your professional development all year long.
Plus, you can earn up to 52.50 CE credits.
Visit www.aacp.org for more information.
CE credits must be redeemed by Friday, September 19.
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A Solid Foundation
AACP Walmart Scholars will experience life as a
pharmacy educator at the 2014 Annual Meeting.
Pharmacy
Eighty-five students and their faculty mentors make up this year’s AACP Walmart Scholars. Now in its tenth
year, the program seeks to strengthen the student’s commitment to a career in academic pharmacy through
participation in the Annual Meeting.
The 2014 AACP Walmart Scholars are:
Michelle Adamczyk, University of the Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Angela Bingham
Ashley N. Crowl, University of Minnesota
Faculty Mentor: Todd D. Sorensen
Jennifer L. Bacci, University of Pittsburgh
Adrienne Darby, Samford University
Faculty Mentor: Susan M. Meyer
Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey A. Kyle
Rachel Backert, Sullivan University
Faculty Mentor: Daniel R. Malcom
Nhu Quyen Dau, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Faculty Mentor: Charles Douglas
Cindy Banh, University of California, San Francisco
Faculty Mentor: Timothy W. Cutler
N. Logan Davis, West Virginia University
Lindsay B. Bebout, The University of Oklahoma
Danielle R. DelVillano, Howard University
Faculty Mentor: Lena Maynor
Faculty Mentor: Michelle Condren
Faculty Mentor: Maritsa Serlemitsos-Day
Ryan Beechinor, University of California, San Francisco
Megan B. Derba, Creighton University
Faculty Mentor: Robin Corelli
Nika Bejou, Western New England University
Faculty Mentor: Clinton Mathias
Sebastian Biglione, Creighton University
Faculty Mentor: Robyn Teply
Eric W. Bow, The University of Mississippi
Faculty Mentor: John M. Rimoldi
Andrea L. Brauer, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Faculty Mentor: Forrest Batz
Kristina M. Brooks, University of Michigan
Faculty Mentor: Paul C. Walker
Caitlin S. Brown, Thomas Jefferson University
Faculty Mentor: Ginah Nightingale
Elizabeth A. Cady, Drake University
Faculty Mentor: June Johnson
Patrick J. Campbell, The University of Arizona
Faculty Mentor: Terri L. Warholak
Julia L. Carrington, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Faculty Mentor: Kelly L. Scolaro
Gia Castorina, University of Houston
Faculty Mentor: Justin Tolman
Kierra M. Dotson, Howard University
Faculty Mentor: Oluwaranti Akiyode
Brittany Duerk, Lipscomb University
Faculty Mentor: Susan L. Mercer
Megan Elavsky, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Faculty Mentor: Richard Kasmer
Emily Elftman, The University of New Mexico
Faculty Mentor: Krista Dominguez-Salazar
Jeffrey Engle, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Faculty Mentor: Joseph Zorek
Jeanne B. Forrester, Auburn University
Faculty Mentor: Miranda R. Andrus
Elizabeth G. Gibson, Lipscomb University
Faculty Mentor: Joseph E. Deweese
Genevieve Hale, University of Pittsburgh
Faculty Mentor: Neal Benedict
Joshua C. Hollingsworth, Auburn University
Faculty Mentor: Brent I. Fox
Joseph Hong, University of Florida
Faculty Mentor: Carinda Feild
Faculty Mentor: Catherine L. Hatfield
Anastasia (Stacy) Hoover, Purdue University
Lauren B. Chambers, Shenandoah University
Faculty Mentor: Dawn Havrda
Meredith L. Howard, Butler University
Victor Chen, Touro College of Pharmacy–New York
Faculty Mentor: Levita K. Hidayat
Mikalla L. Cheney, University of Washington
Faculty Mentor: Dana Hammer
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Faculty Mentor: Jane Krause
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Nisly
Gloria D. Huh, Nova Southeastern University
Faculty Mentor: Timothy P. Gauthier
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Lindsey M. Hunt, Idaho State University
Faculty Mentor: Glenda Carr
Abhay Patel, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jaclyn Hutzly, The University of Texas at Austin
Andrea L. Pierce, Virginia Commonwealth University
Faculty Mentor: Lucio Volino
Faculty Mentor: Rochelle Roberts
Faculty Mentor: Gary R. Matzke
Morgen S. Jaeger, University of South Florida
Faculty Mentor: Erini S. Serag-Bolos
Nathaniel A. Poole, Midwestern University/Glendale
Faculty Mentor: Samantha Karr
Galen M. Kabulski, West Virginia University
Faculty Mentor: Ashlee McMillan
Glorimar Rivera, University of Puerto Rico
Faculty Mentor: Wanda T. Maldonado
Farbod Khaleghi, Western New England University
Margaret A. Robinson, Virginia Commonwealth University
Sarah Kim, Western University of Health Sciences
Andrea N. Rosenberg, University of Minnesota
Faculty Mentor: Ronny Priefer
Faculty Mentor: Leticia R. Moczygemba
Faculty Mentor: Patrick Chan
Faculty Mentor: Jeannine Conway
Philip K. King, The University of Toledo
David J. Roy, University of Kentucky
Faculty Mentor: Peggy Piascik
Emily F. Kirby, Samford University
Faculty Mentor: Erika Cretton-Scott
Alexa Sevin, The Ohio State University
Claire M. Kolar, University of Minnesota
Amanda M. Singrey, The Ohio State University
Faculty Mentor: Kristin K. Janke
Faculty Mentor: Bella H. Mehta
Jamie M. Kraemer, University of Cincinnati
Faculty Mentor: Michael B. Doherty
Megan G. Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Faculty Mentor: Melissa (Lisa) M. Dinkins
Alicia B. Lichvar, University of Pittsburgh
Sydney P. Springer, The University of Rhode Island
Faculty Mentor: Michael J. Peeters
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer L. Rodis
Faculty Mentor: Kristine S. Schonder
Faculty Mentor: Anne L. Hume
Alexandra Malinowski, University of New England
Faculty Mentor: George P. Allen
David R. Steeb, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Faculty Mentor: Macary W. Marciniak
Bernice Man, Chicago State University
Faculty Mentor: Diana Isaacs
Thaddeus McGiness, The University of Tennessee
Faculty Mentor: Andrea Franks
Jaclyn M. Stoffel, Drake University
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Grady
Jennifer D. Tieu, The University of Oklahoma
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca L. Dunn
Nicholas J. Messinger, University of Cincinnati
Katie E. Trotta, Campbell University
Greg A. Miller, University of Wyoming
Faculty Mentor: Suzanne Clark
Sara Wettergreen, South Dakota State University
Faculty Mentor: Brittney Meyer
Faculty Mentor: Patricia Wigle
Elizabeth S. Moore, University of Kentucky
Faculty Mentor: Melody Ryan
Faculty Mentor: Valerie Clinard
Meagan A. Williams, Virginia Commonwealth University
Faculty Mentor: Brigitte L. Sicat
Carrie Morris, The University of Iowa
Breanna L. Wyman, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Cortney M. Mospan, The Ohio State University
Faculty Mentor: Kristin A. Casper
Sharon Xavioer, Chicago State University
Faculty Mentor: Duc Do
Faculty Mentor: Hazel H. Seaba
Faculty Mentor: Therese I. Poirier
Elaine Nguyen, Idaho State University
Megan L. Zeek, Auburn University
Faculty Mentor: Jessica A. Starr
Phuoc A. Nguyen, University of Houston
Crystal Zhou, University of California, San Diego
Faculty Mentor: Felix K. Yam
Dominique Nguyen, University of South Florida
Kimberly L. Zitko, The University of Toledo
Faculty Mentor: Michelle L. Serres
Faculty Mentor: Barb Mason
Faculty Mentor: Kenneth A. Lawson
Faculty Mentor: Amy Schwartz
Rebecca L. Owings, The University of Mississippi
Faculty Mentor: Kristopher Harrell
Sarah N. Passafiume, University at Buffalo, The State University
of New York
Faculty Mentor: Peter M. Brody, Jr.
Sonalie Patel, St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Faculty Mentor: Matthew K. Pitlick
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members working for
you
Pulling Back the Curtain
By Kyle R. Bagin
Dr. Donald R. Miller, professor and chair of the Pharmacy Practice Department at North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy, gets a rare look at how the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration works to ensure our
health and safety. As the only pharmacist on the FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee, he has a front row seat when
it comes to reviewing and evaluating data concerning
drugs developed to treat arthritis, rheumatism and related
diseases. The experience has given him surprising insight
into the inner workings of the FDA—knowledge that he
uses to motivate his students back home.
“The FDA affects everything we do—food, drug safety—yet
we don’t have a lot of insight into how this government
organization works. It was eye-opening to see how much
they value the feedback from the advisory committee.”
The Right Associations
Miller was appointed to a three-year term following his extensive work with the Association of Rheumatology Health
Professionals, a division of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). “The FDA is always looking for potential
[committee] members. I submitted my name a few times
over the past 15 years ago, but never heard anything.”
Undeterred, he continued his extracurricular association
work. “The ACR is a physician’s organization that has an
active section for arthritis health professionals: nurses,
pharmacists, physical therapists, etc. Through my participation in that section, I was appointed to the ACR’s Drug
Safety committee.”
A staff member at ACR sent an e-mail to committee members asking if anyone was interested in the FDA’s Arthritis
Advisory Committee. Miller jumped at the chance. “I said,
‘Yeah!’ And when the FDA saw that I was nominated by a
medical organization, I think they paid a lot more attention.”
Honorable Motivations
Being the only pharmacist on a committee that evaluates
medications means that Miller’s knowledge and expertise
is greatly valued. As a specialist in rheumatology and drug
literature evaluation, he is perfectly positioned to offer a
different viewpoint than his peers on the committee.
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“I think there’s an important role for pharmacists to play
on all the drug committees because we do have the expertise to offer additional perspective that perhaps physicians
don’t provide.”
Back to the Classroom
In addition to the pharmacy acumen Miller brings to the
committee, his work gives him something to bring back
to the classroom as well. “The February meeting on nonsteroidals fell right in the middle of my section of rheumatology pharmacotherapy at NDSU. I told my students
I was going to the meeting and gave them a link to the information that was posted in advance. When I came back,
I was able to update them on not only what happened, but
the thought processes behind the decision making.” He
prepared slides with photos of the meeting and walked his
students through the committee’s work.
“The students gave good feedback because they’re also interested in how the FDA makes decisions,” he said. A few
of them may even go one step further. “When I mentioned
that the FDA also provides APPE rotations, they said “I’d
like to apply!”
Kyle R. Bagin is Communications Coordinator at AACP;
[email protected].
Faculty News
California Northstate University
Loma Linda University
Appointments/Elections
Faculty News
• Eman Atef, associate professor
• Yvette Crockell, associate professor, director of advanced
pharmacy practice experiences
• Leo Fitzpatrick, associate professor
• Andy Nauli, assistant professor
• Carol M. Snodgrass, associate professor, director of introductory pharmacy practice experiences
Grants
• Ana Hincapie and James A. Palmieri (sub-investigators).
Partners in E-: Promoting Safe Use of EHRs. $20,000 from
California Health and Human department Services Agency
(PI is Elisha Ashton from the University of California, San
Francisco).
• Ruth Vinall (co-investigator). Enhancing Participation of
Asian American Cancer Patients in Clinical Trials and Biospecimen Donations. $10,000 from The National Center for
Reducing Asian American Cancer Disparities.
Drake University
Promotions
• Cheryl L. Clarke, assistant dean for clinical affairs director
of experiential education
• Denise A. Soltis, assistant dean for community and global
engagement
Duquesne University
Grants
• Lauren Osgood, Jamie L. McConaha, Andrea R. Pfalzgraf.
“Assessing Knowledge, Barriers, and Attitudes Regarding
Pertussis and Pharmacists’ Immunization Services.” Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation
$1,000.00.
• Gary Tedesco, Jamie L. McConaha. “Courage to Quit”
Group Tobacco Cessation Class, Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation. Total Grant:
$1,000.00.
Hampton University
• Hua Ling, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy
Practice
Grants
• Feng Li, AACP New Investigator Award: $10,000 for
“Thermosensitive Hybrid Hydrogel for Delivery of AntiCariogenic Agents.”
• Paul Gavaza was appointed associate professor of pharmaceutical and administrative sciences.
Manchester University
• Raylene M. Rospond will become the next vice president and
dean of the College of Pharmacy.
Mercer University
• Annesha W. Lovett was appointed to the editorial board of
the Journal of Pharmacology & Clinical Toxicology.
• Kathryn M. Momary was appointed associate editor for the
journal BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology.
• Nader H. Moniri was appointed associate dean for research.
Grants
• Ajay K. Banga received a $140,000 grant for “skin permeation studies” from Johnson & Johnson.
• Ajay K. Banga and Ayyappa Chaturvedula received a
$125,000 grant for “Topical Delivery of Pharmaceuticals and
Herbals” from GlaxoSmithKline.
• Ayyappa Chaturvedula received a $47,100 grant for “Real
world adherence to HIV PrEP in serodiscordant African
couples” from Massachusetts General Hospital.
• Nader H. Moniri was awarded a three-year grant for “The
role of phosphorylation in regulating the antidiabetic effects
of O3FAR-1,” in the amount of $409,770 from National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/
National Institutes of Health.
• Gina J. Ryan and Kathryn M. Momary received a $19,417
grant for “Preliminary analysis of lipoprotein subclasses,
apoprotein levels, and genetic architecture of African-American males with type 2 diabetes” from Merck Investigator
Initiated Trial.
• Chalet Tan received a $1,595,707 grant in collaboration
with the investigators at Emory University and Georgia State
University for “Discovery of Chemical Probes for Uveal
Melanoma” from the National Institutes of Health and the
National Cancer Institute.
• Chad M. VanDenBerg received a $144,294 grant from Eli
Lilly and Co for “Continued efficacy and safety monitoring
of solanezumab, an anti-amyloid beta antibody, in patients
with Alzheimer’s disease.”
• Chad M. VanDenBerg, Renee L. Hayslett, Leisa L. Marshall,
and Vanthida Huang received a $607,965 grant from Eli Lilly
& Co. for “Effect of passive immunization on the progression of mild Alzheimer’s disease: Solanezumab (LY2062430)
versus placebo, protocol H8A-MC-LZAX.”
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faculty news
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Ohio Northern University
• Kathy Benderev has been appointed to the American Society
of Hospital Pharmacists Section Advisory Group on pharmacy business management.
• Jessica Boss has been appointed to the editorial review board
for The Consultant Pharmacist.
• Werner Geldenhuys has been appointed as a United States
Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. Voting Delegate, representing Northeast Ohio Medical University.
• Chris Paxos has been appointed to the Professional Development Committee of the Commission for Certification in
Geriatric Pharmacy, 2013–2016.
Awards
• Michelle L. Cudnik was inducted as a fellow into the Master
Teacher Guild. She also became a board certified ambulatory
care pharmacist.
• Altaf Darvesh, Timothy R. Ulbrich and Denise Inman were
selected for Ohio Magazine’s 2013 Excellence in Education
recognition program.
• Steven J. Martin has been appointed dean of the Raabe College of Pharmacy.
Pacific University Oregon
• Reza Karimi has been appointed dean of the Pacific University School of Pharmacy.
Purdue University
• John B. Hertig was appointed to the editorial advisory board
of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient
Safety.
Awards
• Robert L. Geahlen has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• Kyle E. Hultgren received the President’s Award at the Annual Meeting of the Indiana Pharmacists Alliance.
• Sara E. Dugan became a board certified pharmacotherapy
specialist.
• Tonglei Li was inducted as a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
• Mary Ann Dzurec became a board certified ambulatory care
pharmacist.
• Gloria P. Sachdev received the Excellence in Innovation
Award at the Annual Meeting of the Indiana Pharmacists
Alliance.
• Dale E. English II was inducted as a master teacher into the
Master Teacher Guild.
• Brian S. Hoffmaster became a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist.
• Jaclyn A. Kruse became a board certified pharmacotherapy
specialist.
• Stacey Preston became a board certified pharmacotherapy
specialist.
• Jenna Schaffner became a board certified pharmacotherapy
specialist.
• Stacey R. Schneider was inducted as an apprentice into the
Master Teacher Guild.
Grants
• Madgi Awad, Sarah E. Kelling, Timothy R. Ulbrich, and
Nicole Stone received a $1,000 grant for “Evaluating the
Implementation of a Pharmacist-led Transition of Care
Medication Therapy Management Service in an Underserved
Population,” from the American Pharmacists Association
Foundation Incentive Grant.
• The Walgreens Diversity program has announced its support
of the College of Pharmacy’s 2013–2014 diversity outreach
and inclusion initiatives with a $10,000 gift.
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Grants
• Richard F. Borch received $5,340 from Wayne State University for “Synthesis of IB21-81.”
• Stephen R. Byrn received $259,464 from the Food and Drug
Administration through the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education for “Study on Evaluation
of Drug Product Formulation In-Vitro Performance Characteristics Related to Abused-deterrence.”
• Noll L. Campbell received $59,323 from Indiana University
for “Pharmacological Management of Delirium.”
• Vincent J. Davisson received $10,000 from University of
Notre Dame for “Liposomal Nanoparticles for Selective Anticancer Drug Delivery Targeting Vacuolar Atpase.” He also
received $9,012 from AsedaSciences GmbH for “Development of Cell Line for Screening.”
• Arun K. Ghosh received $455,083 from PHS-NIH National
Institute of General Medical Science for “Design & Synthesis
of Nonpeptide Protease Inhibitors.”
• Marlene O. Heeg received $75,000 from Celgene Corporation for “PeerView InReview, New Targets and Novel
Options in the Management of Mantle Cell Lymphoma:
an Increasing Role for Innovative Therapy;” $50,000 from
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp for “Oncology Web Program;”
$100,000 from Given Imaging Inc. for “2013 - 2014 National
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Educational Initiative;” and
$142,110 from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for
faculty news
“PeerView InReview, Improving the Long-Term Management of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease through Optimal
Practitoner - Patient and Caregiver.”
• She also received $120,000 from Janssen Johnson & Johnson
Services, Inc. for “Optimizing Strategies with IBD Therapies;” $157,010 from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
for “An Evidence-Based Collaborative Approach to Immunosuppression for Renal Transplant recipients: Improving Outcomes by Optimizing Treatment Plans and Patient
Compliance;” $250,000 from AbbVie Inc. for “Update on the
Management of Chronic Hepatitis C, Focus on Novel HCV
Treatments;” $30,000 from Given Imagining Inc. for “2013
- 2014 National Inflammatory Bowel Disease Educational
Initiative;” and $174,000 from Bayer Pharmaceutical for
“PeerView Video InExchange - Best Practices with Established and Novel Targeted Therapies in Advanced Colorectal
Cancer (CRC): A Multidisciplinary Discussion.”
• Additionally, Heeg received $15,000 from Daiichi Sankyo
Inc. for “Using Patient- and Tumor-Specific Characteristics
to Optimize Personalized Treatment Selection in Hepatocellular Carcinoma” and $15,000 from Genentech Corporation, Inc. for “The Promise of the Met Signaling Pathway in
Cancer.”
• Chang Deng Hu received $559,055 from the U.S. Department of Defense for “Targeting Neuroendocrine Differentiation for Prostate Cancer Radiosensitization.”
• Markus A. Lill received $193,970 from PHS-NIH National
Institute of General Medical Science for “Novel Computational Methods for Modeling Cytochrome P450 Mediated
Drug Metabolism.”
• Michael D. Murray received $9,783 from Indiana University for “Polypharmacy as a Barrier to Self-Management,”
$83,922 from Regenstrief Institute Inc. for “Observational
Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) 2011 Research
Collaborations,” and $13,987 from Regenstrief Institute Inc.
for “Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Improvement and
Research (RCHIR) Project.”
• Sonak D. Pastakia and Rakhi Karwa received $18,765 from
Indiana University for “Ampath Plus.” Rodolfo Pinal received
$35,000 from Multi-Sponsored Industrials for “Center for
Pharmaceutical Processing Research Consortium.”
• Jean-Christophe Rochet received $5,500 from the Michael J.
Fox Foundation for “Determination of the 3-D Structure of
Biologically Active Small Molecules in Complex with DJ-1
Using X-Ray Crystallography.”
• Margie E. Snyder, Karen S. Hudmon and Michael D. Murray
received $136,173 from PHS - Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality for “Optimizing Medication Therapy Management for Chronically Ill Medicare Part D Beneficiaries.”
• Lynne S. Taylor received $1,008,310 from Rutgers State
University for “Engineering Research Center on Structural
Organic Composites.”
• Elizabeth M. Topp received $459,070 from PHS - Food and
Drug Administration for “Subvisible Protein Aggregates in
Biologics - Analytical Methods and Monocyte/Macrophage
Response.”
• Val J. Watts received $27,654 from Army Natick Research &
Development Laboratories for “Novel Vector Control Solutions for Protecting Health of U.S. Military.”
• Val J. Watts and Changdeng Hu received $197,858 from
PHS-NIH National Institute of Mental Health for “Identification of the AC5 Sensitization Interactome Using BiFC.”
• Yoon Yeo received $75,000 from Showalter Trust for “Zwitterionic Chitosan as an LPS Antagonist for the Treatment of
Sepsis.”
Roosevelt University
Promotions
• Bud Beatty, associate dean, academic programs and
accreditation
• Cara M. Brock, clinical instructor, director of professional
labs
• Melissa Hogan, chair of clinical and administrative sciences,
associate professor of clinical sciences
• Shaun Keating, assistant dean of enrollment and student
services
• Tracy Renacido, coordinator of enrollment services.
Roseman University of Health
Sciences
• Trang Susan Nguyen has been selected to participate in the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research
and Education Foundation Research Boot Camp.
South Carolina College of
Pharmacy
• Fred Bender, associate regional dean for the Greenville
Health System program at the South Carolina College of
Pharmacy
• P. Brandon Bookstaver, elected chair of the American
College of Clinical Pharmacy Infectious Diseases Practice
Research Network
• Paul Fleming, appointed as clinical pharmacist for the Comprehensive Medication Management Collaborative
Awards
• Betsy Blake graduated from AACP’s Academic Leadership
Fellows Program.
• Katherine H. Chessman, Medical University of South Carolina Pharmacy Distinguished Alumnus Award
• Joseph T. DiPiro, elected as fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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faculty news
• Jennifer Schnellman was named a 2013 Distinguished
Alumna of Lyons College.
Grants
contract. She also received $426,849 from the National
Institutes of Health for “Study of altered microRNA as a
biomarker for the onset of obesity-related womens’ cancers.”
• James Chou was awarded $1.4 million from the National
Institutes of Health for study into development of a therapy
for acute myeloid leukemia.
The University of Iowa
• Rick G. Schnellman was issued a renewal of R01 grant from
the National Institutes of Health for the study “Mitochondrial Biogenesis Promotes Recovery from Oxidant Injury.”
He was also awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer grant for “Urinary Biomarkers of Renal Mitochondrial
Dysfunction.”
• Matthew Witry was appointed as assistant professor in the
Health Services Research Division of the Department of
Pharmacy Practice and Science.
• Jun Zhu was awarded a five year, $1.8 million grant from the
National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug
Abuse for study on mechanisms of cocaine-addiction related
to neurocognitive disorders in HIV patients.
• Lee Kirsch was elected as an American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists fellow.
Promotions
• Jim Hoehns and John Swegle were recently appointed assistant division heads in the Division of Applied Clinical
Sciences.
• Bryan Love, associate professor, clinical pharmacy and
outcomes sciences
• Georgi Petkov, professor, drug discovery and biomedical
sciences
Sullivan University
• Cindy D. Stowe will be the new dean at Sullivan.
The University of Georgia
Awards
• Nicole Brogden received a statewide Women of Innovation
award in the category of research innovation and leadership.
Promotions
• Susan S. Vos was recently appointed director of the Professional Experience Program.
The University of Montana
Grants
• Sarj Patel and Tom Rau received $300,000 Head Health
Challenge grant from General Electric and the National
Football League for investigating blood-based biomarkers
that indicate how the brain reacts following a traumatic brain
injury.
• Lori J. Duke was named to the Accreditation Council on
Pharmaceutical Education Board of Directors.
The University of Tennessee
Grants
• James V. Bruckner received $105,000 from the Consumer
Specialty Product Association for the “Study of characterization of potential age-related differences in the pharmacokinetics of pyrethroids in vivo, in situ and in vitro studies in
rats and human systems.”
• Marie A. Chisholm-Burns received $1,672,698 from the
C&M Mason Trust for “Continuation of the statewide Medication Access Program (MAP) for solid-organ transplant
recipients in Georgia.”
• Chung Chu received $1,500,000 from S Inc. for “Design and
synthesis of novel nucleos(t)ide anti-HCV agents.”
• Azza El-Remessy received $48,304 from the American Heart
Association for “Study of the role of prongF/P75NTR in
diabetes-induced barrier dysfunction.”
• Rajgopal Govindarajan received a $448,530 award from
the National Institutes of Health for “Study of nucloside transporter-connexin interplay in pancreatic cancer
chemotherapy.”
• Mandi Murph received $47,530 from Georgia Research Alliance as a GCC Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and scientists
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• Debbie C. Byrd, chair-elect AACP Pharmacy Practice
Section
Awards
• John Buolamwini, Richard A. Helms, Bob Miller, Duane
Miller, Shivaputra Patil, Michael Storm and Emma Tillman
all received UT Research Foundation Innovation awards.
• Marie Chisholm-Burns has received the American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists’ Research and Education Foundation’s 2013 Literature Award for Sustained Contributions.
Grants
• Subhash Chauhan, Kosten Foundation Cancer Research
Award Grant, Novel therapeutic approach for pancreatic
cancer treatment.
Touro College of Pharmacy
• Mary Choy, president of New York City Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists
Promotions
• Mary Choy, associate professor
faculty news
University at Buffalo, The State
University of New York
• Jin Han appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy
practice
• Alice N. Hemenway appointed as clinical assistant professor
(Rockford), pharmacy practice
• Chengjian Tu, research assistant professor, pharmaceutical
sciences
• Jason Hickok appointed as research assistant professor,
medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy
Awards
• Archana Jhawar appointed as clinical assistant professor,
pharmacy practice
• Sathy Balu-Iyer was inducted as an American Association
Pharmaceutical Scientists fellow.
• Alice Ceacareanu received the 2013 Faculty Research Award
from the University at Buffalo Institute for Research and
Education on Women and Gender.
• Hyunwoo Lee appointed as assistant professor, biopharmaceutical sciences
• Terry W. Moore appointed as assistant professor, medicinal
chemistry and pharmacognosy
• Marilyn E. Morris was installed as president of the American
Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Christina Rash appointed as clinical assistant professor,
pharmacy practice
• Murali Ramanathan was inducted as an American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists fellow.
• Scott Wirth appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice
Grants
Awards
• Sathy Balu-Iyer was awarded a $250,000 National Institutes
of Health grant for “Reactivating Memory T Cells in the
Microenvironment of Human Tumors.”
Promotions
• Kathleen M. Boje, associate dean for academic affairs, and
associate professor, pharmaceutical sciences
• William A. Prescott Jr., clinical associate professor, pharmacy practice
University of California, San Diego
• James H. McKerrow will serve as the second dean of the
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
University of Connecticut
Appointment/Elections
• James R. Halpert has been appointed dean of the School of
Pharmacy.
University of Illinois at Chicago
• Kristen L. Goliak is the recipient of an award from AgeOptions for “Medication Monitoring & Safety in Older Adults:
A Community-Based Educational Outreach Program.”
• Michael Johnson and collaborator, Robert Daum, University
of Chicago, received the CBC Catalyst Award for “A Novel
Antimicrobial Strategy Against Methicillin-Resistant S
Aureus (MRSA).”
• Terry W. Moore received the 2014 AACP New Investigator
Award for his project “ ‘Tucked’ Stapled Peptides for Estrogen Receptor/Coactivator Interaction.”
• Brian Murphy and Scott Franzblau received a three-year
award from the Department of Defense for their project
“Development of Diazaquinomycin Class Antibiotics for the
Treatment of Drug-Resistant TB Infections.”
Grants
• Joanna Burdette is a subcontract PI on a NIH-National
Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering grant
for “Steroid-Based Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance
Imaging of Endocrine Disease.”
• Seungpyo Hong is a subcontract PI on the project “Development of microRNA-Nanoparticles to Treat Childhood Acute
Leukemia Carrying MLL Rearrangements,” which is funded
by an Alex’s Lemonade Stand Award.
• Thomas D. Chiampas appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice
• Alan Kozikowski received a four-year R01 grant from the NIH
National Institute of Mental Health for “Optimizing Lead
5-HT2C Ligands for use in the Treatment of Schizophrenia.”
• Michelle L. Bryson appointed as clinical assistant professor,
pharmacy practice
• Leena Deshpande appointed as clinical assistant professor
(Rockford), pharmacy practice
• Julio Duarte appointed as assistant professor, pharmacy
practice
• Megan E. Fleischman appointed as clinical assistant professor (Rockford), pharmacy practice
• Alan Gross appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice
• Hayat Onyuksel received funding from the Penny Severns
Breast, Cervical and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for
“Phase I Study of Nanomedicine, Paclitaxel Micelle Targeting VIP Receptor for Therapy of Solid Tumors.”
• Pavel Petukhov received an R21 grant from NIH-National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. His two-year
project, “Discovery of Novel Anti-HBV Compounds Targeting Host Factors” began in September 2013.
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faculty news
• Richard van Breemen received an R01 grant from NIH-National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
His project, “Rapid Identification of Active Agents and Metabolomics of Botanical Supplements” began in August 2013
and will run for five years.
• Raymond C. Love has been re-appointed as co-chair of the
Pharmacy Quality Alliance’s Mental Health Work Group
for 2014. He was also named president-elect of the board
of directors of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic
Pharmacists.
Promotions
• Sarah Michel has been named director of the department’s
graduate program.
• Jaki Birgit was promoted to the rank of research associate
professor, medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy.
• Joanna Burdette promoted to the rank of associate professor,
medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy
• Vicki Groo promoted to the rank of research associate professor, pharmacy practice
• Douglas Thomas promoted to the rank of associate professor, medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy
• Zaijie (Jim) Wang promoted to the rank of professor, biopharmaceutical sciences
University of Maryland
• Chanel Agness been appointed by Governor Martin
O’Malley to the Maryland State Advisory Council on Arthritis and Related Diseases. She was also appointed to the National Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy’s
Exam Development Committee for a three-year term.
• C. Daniel Mullins has been appointed interim chair of the
department.
• Eleanor Perfetto was named an assistant editor of the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, appointed for a two-year
term to The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy’s Advisory Board, and named a 2014 University of
Maryland Pharmacy Quality Alliance Ambassador.
• Patrick T. Rocafort has been named to the editorial advisory
board of Pharmacy Today.
• Hongbing Wang has been named a standing member of
the National Institutes of Health’s Xenobiotic and Nutrient
Disposition and Action Study Section.
• Roxanne Zaghab has been named director of the Center for
Innovative Pharmacy Solutions’ Knowledge Enterprise.
Awards
• Bruce Anderson received the University System of Maryland
Board of Regents’ 2014 Faculty Award for Service.
• Catherine Cooke has been named chair of the Maryland
State Advisory Council on Heart Disease and Stroke.
• Heather B. Congdon has been named a distinguished practitioner and fellow of the National Academies of Practice.
• Sandeep Devabhakthuni has been elected to the Maryland
Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Board of Directors
for a three year term.
• Sandeep Devabhakthuni has been selected to receive the
Pharmacist of the Year Award from the Maryland Society of
Health-System Pharmacists.
• Peter Doshi has been named an assistant professor of pharmaceutical health services research and has been named an
associate editor of the British Medical Journal.
• Suzanne Doyon and David Fowler received the Best Platform Award at the North American Congress of Clinical
Toxicology.
• Agnes Ann Feemster has been named an assistant professor
of pharmacy practice and science.
• Rachel Flurie received a Resident/Fellow Research Award
from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
• Joga Gobburu has been appointed chair of the Pharmacometrics and Pharmacokinetics Section of the American
Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
• Jeffrey Gonzales received the 2013 Critical Care Education
Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
• Stuart T. Haines been appointed a scientific editor of the
journal Pharmacotherapy. He has also been appointed for a
three-year term to the American Pharmacists Association
Foundation’s Board of Directors.
• Stuart T. Haines, Kathryn L. Kiser and Christine Choy have
been selected to receive an inaugural Innovations Grant from
the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s Ambulatory
Care Practice and Research Network for their work as editors
on iForumRx.org.
• Jeffrey Gonzales has been appointed chair-elect of the Education Subcommittee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Committee.
• Cherokee Layson-Wolf has been selected to receive the
American Pharmacists Association’s 2014 Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award.
• Margaret A. Hayes has been named vice president of Network 2000.
• Jill A. Morgan the University System of Maryland Board of
Regents’ 2014 Faculty Award for Mentoring.
• Amy Ives has been named the School of Pharmacy’s delegate
to AACP.
• C. Daniel Mullins received a Wilson H. Elkins Professorship
from the University System of Maryland.
• Allison Lardieri has been named an assistant professor of
pharmacy practice and science.
• Brent N. Reed has been named a fellow of the American Heart
Association and has been selected as the American Pharmacists Association’s 2014 Distinguished New Practitioner.
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faculty news
• Charmaine Rochester has been commissioned as an officer
of the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Bruce Stuart received the George F. Archambault Award
from the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.
Grants
• Bruce Anderson received a one-year $26,348 contract from
Avon for “Avon Products Incorporated.”
• Nicole Brandt received a one-year $16,586 contract from
Econometrica.
• Andrew Coop received a seven-month $30,000 grant from
the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
for “FY14 Cigarette Restitution Funds Statewide Academic
Health Centers.”
• Susan dosReis received a three-year $937,812 contract
from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute for
“Methods for Prioritizing Surrogate Desired Health Outcomes for Patients.” She also received a nine-month $94,092
contract from the Maryland Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene for “Community Alternatives to Psychiatric
and Residential Treatment Facilities Demonstration” and a
one year $83,736 contract from the Maryland Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene for “CMS CHIPRA Year Five
Quality Demonstration Grant-Care Management Entities:
A Multi-State Collaborative to Improve Children’s Mental
Health.”
• Thomas C. Dowling received a five-year $1.4 million grant
from Mylan Laboratories for “Fasting Bioequivalence Study
of Nilotinib Capsules” and a six-month $277,147 contract
from MediBeacon for “MP-3180 Pharmacokinetic Study in
Healthy Volunteers.”
• Maureen Kane received a three-year $75,849 grant from The
University of New Mexico for “Interactive Effect of Environmental Exposures and Alcohol in the Navajo Birth Cohort.”
• Raymond C. Love received a three-year $300,922 contract
from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “Secure Evaluation and Therapeutic Treatment.”
• Alexander MacKerell received a one-year $100,000 grant
from Maryland Industrial Partnerships for “Validation of
SILCS Molecular Modeling Software.”
• Mary Lynn McPherson received a three-month $102,018
training grant from the Maryland Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene for “Improvement in Knowledge, Skills and
Attitudes in Caring for Older Adults with Advanced Illness.”
• C. Daniel Mullins received a one-year $30,000 grant from
the Center for Medical Technology Policy for “PGC Endocrine Metabolic Diabetes Consortium.” He also received a
five-year $4.9 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality for “PATIENTS: PATient-centered
Involvement in Evaluating effectiveNess of TreatmentS.”
• Eleanor Perfetto received a one-year $210,000 contract from
the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy for “Comparative
Effectiveness Research Certificate Program.”
• Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner received a one-year $53,500
contract from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “Operational Technical Support Provided by
the Institute for a Healthiest Maryland.” She also received a
two-year $272,808 contract from Giant of Maryland.
• Paul Shapiro received a one-year $42,106 contract from
Biomed Valley Discoveries, Inc. for “Determining Structural
Interactions between ERK2 and BVD-523.”
• Steven Fletcher received $19,895 and $13,969 from Convergence for “Optimization of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the
BRD4 Protein.”
• Jana Shen received a three-year $281,442 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “Electrostatic
Modulation of Protein Stability and Folding.”
• Joga Gobburu received a one-year $200,000 contract from
Wockhardt. He also received a two-year $60,884 contract
from Eli Lilly for “Development of a Model-based Insulin
Dosing Calculator, Framework, and Algorithms to Support
Development of Integrated Glucose Control Devices,” a oneyear $50,000 contract from MedImmune for “Intermediate
Pharmacometrics Training” and a one-year $39,088 contract
from Forest Laboratories for “Analysis and Reporting of
GRT-PK-04 QT Data.”
• Linda Simoni-Wastila received a two-year $421,515 grant
from the National Institute on Aging for “COPD and CHF
Treatment in Older Adults with Depression.”
• Audra Stinchcomb and Steve Hoag have received a five-year
$2.5 million grant from the Food and Drug Administration
for “Bioequivalence of Topical Drug Products: In Vitro - In
Vivo Correlations.”
• Stuart T. Haines received a one-year $2,000 grant from the
American College of Clinical Pharmacy for “iForumRX.org An Online Journal Club for Ambulatory Care Practitioners.”
• Audra Stinchcomb and Hazem E. Hassan have received a
five-year $2.5 million grant from the Food and Drug Administration for “Heat Effect on Generic Transdermal Drug
Delivery Systems.”
• Stephen Hoag received a two-year $220,000 contract from
the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and
Education for “Risk Assessment of Abuse-Deterrent Technologies.” He also received a one-year $32,114 contract from
Johns Hopkins University for “Development and Optimization of a Dissolving Film for Allergen Specific Immunotherapy in Children.”
• Bruce Stuart received a one-year $124,000 contract from
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America for
“Understanding of Differences in Generic and Brand Medication Utilization patterns among Part D enrollees with and
without the Low Income Subsidy” and a one-year $124,000
contract from Pfizer for “Understanding the Costs of Disability among Medicare Beneficiaries.”
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faculty news
• Mona L. Tsoukleris received a three-year $65,000 contract
from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “Maryland Asthma Control Program.”
Awards
• Hongbing Wang received a four-year $1.1 million grant from
the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “Role
of Constitutive Androstane Receptor in Cyclophosphamidebased Chemotherapy.”
Grants
• Jia Bei Wang, along with co-investigator Deanna Kelly, received a three-year, $856,871 grant from the Stanley Medical
Research Institute for “Treatment of Schizophrenia with ITetrahydropalmatine (I-THP): A Novel Dopamine Antagonist with Anti-inflammatory and Anti-protozoal Activity.”
• Jeremy Yap received a one-year $6,500 fellowship from the
American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education for
“The Synthesis, Biophysical and Biological Evaluation of
Novel Small-molecules and Proteomimetics as Inhibitors of
the Protein-protein and Protein-DNA Interaction Engaged
by the Oncogenic Protein c-Myc.”
• Bruce Yu received an eight-month $100,000 grant from the
Maryland Technology Development Corporation for “RelaxDetect: Detect Biopharmaceutical Aggregation via Water
Relaxation.”
Promotions
• Rebecca J. Ceraul has been promoted to assistant dean of
communications and marketing.
• Tim Munn has been promoted to assistant dean of IT.
• Deborah Neels has been promoted to assistant dean of policy
and planning.
Retirements
• Ilene Zuckerman, professor and chair of the Department of
Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, has retired from
the school after 30 years on faculty.
University of Minnesota
• Grant Anderson was named department head for pharmacy
practice and pharmaceutical sciences.
• Sarah Schweiss has accepted the assistant director position
for the Ambulatory Care Residency Program.
• Gary Schneider joined the college as the director of the
Medication Management Network.
• Marilyn K. Speedie received the 2014 Remington Honor
Medal from the American Pharmacists Association.
• Todd Johnson is part of a Lake Region Healthcare Clinical
Pharmacy Services team that received a $107,372 Minnesota
Department of Human Services Community Service/Community Services Development grant to use and study the
benefits of medication therapy management via telehealth
and home visits in the Otter Tail and Grant counties.
• Serguei Pakhomov is the co-PI on a $76,000 RO3 from the
National Institute of Aging for the project, “Longitudinal
Analysis of Spoken Language Characteristics in the Nun
Study.”
• Raj Suryanarayanan received a grant of $265,000 a year
from Ranbaxy Laboratories to support the project “Physical
Characterization of Pharmaceuticals.”
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
• Susan J. Blalock has been appointed to the Food and Drug
Administration’s Risk Communication Advisory Committee.
• Robert A. Blouin was named chair-elect of the AACP Council of Deans.
• Anne Hager-Blunk is the new associate dean for advancement and president of the Pharmacy Foundation of North
Carolina, Inc.
• Federico Innocenti is the new associate director of the Center for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy.
• Sasha Kabanoy has been named a member of the Academia
Europaea.
• Betsy L. Sleath has been named as the new director of the
Program on Child Health Services at the Cecil G. Sheps
Center for Health Services Research.
• Tim Wiltshire is the new director of the Center for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy.
Awards
• Stephen Eckel was named a fellow of the American College
of Clinical Pharmacy.
• Joel F. Farley has been selected as a fellow of the American
Pharmacists Association.
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faculty news
• Leaf Huang is the 2013 recipient of the Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award given by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
• Sam Lai is a recipient of a 2013 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
• Russell Mumper is the recipient of a 2014 Molecules Best
Paper Award for a 2010 review of plant phenols.
• Denise H. Rhoney has been elected a fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society.
Grants
• Kim R. Brouwer, National Institute of General Medical
Sciences, $389,699, UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program.
• Delesha Carpenter, Arthritis Foundation, $100,000, How Do
RA Patients Process DMARD Information: A Pilot Study.
• Stephen Frye, Leidos Biomedical Research, $155,284.43,
Task Order #8- BOA under 5-58589 as a Comprehensive Chemical Biology Screening Center. He also received
$50,592.01 from SAIC-Frederick Inc. for Task Order#7BOA under 5-58589 as a Comprehensive Chemical Biology
Screening Center.
• Leaf Huang, NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive,
and Kidney Diseases, $330,600, Hepatic gene delivery with
nonviral vector.
• Federico Innocenti, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Foundation, $13,640, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology 40503 Genotyping. He also received $15,000 from the
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation Alliance
for Clinical Trials in Oncology GI Correlative Sciences Committee Chair Grant.
• Michael Jay, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, $75,000, Radionuclide Decorporation with an Orally
Bioavailable Prodrug of DTPA.
• Jian Jin, University of Pennsylvania, $74,000, c-Rel, a Novel
Drug Target for Treating Multiple Sclerosis.
• Rudolph Juliano, Indiana University, $176,900, UNC Probe
Delivery Core: Center for Advanced Renal Microscopic
Analysis.
• Angela Kashuba, Eastern Virginia Medical School, $40,586,
Differential Hiv Infection and Tenofovir Activity In Pre- and
Postmenopausal Women.
• Sam Lai, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, $875,000,
Harnessing Antibody-Mucin Interactions to Achieve Precise
Control of Microbial Communities in the Gut. He also
received $171,967 from Boston University for Optimizing
Plantibodies for Trapping HIV and HSV in Cervicovaginal
Mucus.
• Kuo-Hsiung Lee, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, $420,819, Plant Anti-HIV Agents.
• Jian Liu, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, $36,764, In
Situ Regeneration of Bioactive Surfaces: Rechargeable Antithrombogenic Films.
• Howard McLeod, North Carolina State University, $175,000,
Genetic Etiology of Cancer Drug Response.
• Russell Mumper, Trustees of Columbia University in the
City of NY, $43,654, DNase for Prevention of Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregnancy. He also received $82,373
from TheraLogics for STTR Development of a Novel NF-kB
Inhibitor in IBD.
• Nicole Pinelli, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, $23,000,
Intravenous Exenatide Infusion in Critically Ill Neurologic
Injured Patients: A Proof of Concept Study.
• Philip Smith, Biogen Idec, Inc., $15,893, Targeted Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Rat UGTs in Liver Microsomes.
• Alexander Tropsha, The University of Arizona, $15,000,
Computational Models and High-Throughput CellularBased Toxicity Assays.
• William Zamboni, Eli Lilly and Company, $150,000, A High
Throughput Screening Platform to Evaluate the Interactions
between Nanoparticle and Non-Nanoparticle Agents and
the Mononuclear Phagocyte System in Humans and Animal
Models.
• William Zamboni, Nemucore Medical Innovations, Inc.,
$13,999, ICP-MS Analysis of Platinum and Gadolinium in
Plasma and Tissues as Part of the Pharmacokinetic Study of
NMI-300 Formulations in Nontumor Bearing Nu/Nu Mice.
• Qisheng Zhang, National Institute of General Medical
Sciences, $271,358, High-Throughput Screens to Identify
Modulators Of Phospholipase C Isozymes.
Promotions
• Andrew Lee was promoted to the rank of professor.
• Jian Liu has been named as the school’s John A. and Deborah S. McNeill Distinguished Professor.
University of Pittsburgh
Grants
• James C. Coons, Philip Empey, and Susan J. Skledar,
Pharmacist-Delivered Pharmacogenomic Care, American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
• Hyun Jin (Sean) Kim, Quantitative Mechanistic Modeling of
Drug Disposition with Variable Interactions, AACP.
• Song Li, Rational Design of Lipidic Vectors for Mitrochondria-Targeted Antioxidants, NIH. He also received a grant
from the National Cancer Institute for Targeted Combination Therapy for Breast Cancer.
• Xiaochao Ma, Mechanisms of Adverse Effects of Antituberculosis Drugs, NIH. He also received a grant from the
National Institutes of Health for Drug-induced Liver Injury
Associated with Anti-retroviral Therapy.
• Carolyn Thorpe, Supporting Medication Adherence in
Veterans with Dementia and their Caregivers, VA Center
for Health Equity Research and Promotion & VISN 4 VA
Healthcare Network.
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faculty news
• Joshua Thorpe, Developing a Typology of Veterans’ Healthcare Experiences, VA Center for Health Equity Research and
Promotion. He also received a grant from the Department of
Veterans Affairs for Dual Use of VA-Medicare Drug Benefits
and Unsafe Prescribing in Dementia Patients.
University of Washington
Awards
• Rene Levy, William G. Lennox-Cesare T. Lombroso Award
• Bhagwat Prasad, American Association Pharmaceutical
Scientists postdoctoral fellowship
• Andy Stergachis, Washington State Pharmacy Association
Pharmacist of the Year Award
Grants
• Scott Ramsey, leader, Josh Carlson, co-investigator, received
a $900,000 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
grant for a structured approach to prioritizing cancer research using stakeholders and value of information.
• Dave Veenstra, principal investigator, Josh Carlson, and
Anirban Basu, co-investigators, received a $1.9 million grant
funded by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund.
• Kai Young received an NIH-funded predoctoral clinical
research training grant through Institute of Translational
Health Sciences.
Virginia Commonwealth University
• Joseph T. DiPiro has been named dean of the VCU School of
Pharmacy.
• Mary Jayne Kennedy has been appointed to the National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute OPTIMIZE Trial Data
Safety Monitoring Board.
• Pramit A. Nadpara has been named assistant professor,
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science.
• Jennifer Neal was recognized as one of the Virginia Pharmacists Association’s Academy of New Practitioners “10 Under
10” for 2014.
• Kacie B. Powers has been named assistant professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science.
• YunYun Yuan has been named a research assistant professor,
Department of Medicinal Chemistry.
Awards
• Gary R. Matzke co-authored an Annals of Family Medicine
paper, “Interactive Preventive Health Record to Enhance
Delivery of Recommended Care: A Randomized Trial” (July/
August 2012) that won the 2014 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Best Research Paper Award.
Grants
• Ben Van Tassell, Virginia Innovation Partnership, $60,000,
“NLRP3 Inflammasome Inhibitors in Experimental Acute
Myocardial Infarction.”
• Yan Zhang, Virginia Innovation Partnership, $40,000,
“Development of Novel Agents to Treat Opioid-Induced
Constipation.”
Promotions
• Dave L. Dixon has been advanced to associate of the American College of Cardiology.
• Victor A. Yanchick, dean of the VCU School of Pharmacy
since 1996, has retired.
Washington State University
• John Barr, research associate, clinical pharmacology
• Sayed Daoud has joined the editorial board of BMC Gastroenterology as an associate editor for the hepatobiliary and
pancreatic disorders section.
• April Davis, instructor, nutrition and exercise physiology
• Mary Jane Sandall, instructor, nutrition and exercise
physiology
• Beth Sponseller, instructor, nutrition and exercise physiology
• Shuwen Wang, associate clinical professor, pharmaceutical
sciences
• Zhenjia Wang, assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences
• Jiyue Zhu, professor, pharmaceutical sciences
Grants
• The College of Pharmacy received a $1.965 million award
from the Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane County for startup packages for faculty and money for
research core facilities.
Wayne State University
• Melissa Lipari has been selected to participate in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research and
Education Foundation Research Boot Camp.
West Virginia University
• Krista Capehart, clinical associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and director of the Wigner
Institute for Advanced Pharmacy Practice, Education, and
Research
• Charles Ponte was appointed the American Association of
Diabetes Educators Role Delineation Working Group for the
Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management (BCADM) credential.
• Elizabeth Scharman was appointed to the Editorial Board of
Clinical Toxicology.
Awards
• Matthew Blommel, Board Certified Pharmacotherapy
Specialist
• Jeremy Prunty, Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist
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faculty news
Wilkes University
Emerging Schools
West Coast University
• Thomas S. Franko, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
• Nicholas R. Blanchard, dean of the School of Pharmacy at
West Coast University in Los Angeles
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