Change at the Top Alumni Reunion Sorcerer`s Apprentice

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volume 100 no. 1
Change at the Top
BOBBY MORGAN retires as
athletic director after 34 years
Alumni Reunion
More than 200 alumni, friends,
and faculty gathered for reunion
on Sept. 24
Sorcerer’s Apprentice
G. VICTOR ROSSI P’51, MS’52,
PhD, reminisces about his
training at PCP
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a magazine for alumni and friends of
university of the sciences
volume 100 no. 1
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features
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A “Tireless Spirit” Retires
Staying the Course
Page 3
USciences athletics icon
ROBERT “BOBBY” MORGAN
won’t soon be forgotten.
Page 5
Academics remain priority for
new AD PAUL KLIMITAS.
Bulletin Board
Alumni Reunion
Opening the Door
to Opportunity
Page 6
Articulation agreements bring new
students and smooth pathways.
Page 12
More than 200 alumni, friends,
and faculty gathered for reunion
on Sept. 24.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Page 14
G. VICTOR ROSSI P’51, MS’52, PhD,
reminisces about his training.
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STEPHANIE J. OSCARSON P’89, MD,
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PITTS P’73, PharmD’04 a unique
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Sports in Short
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From the President
It has been an amazing and eye-opening experience to serve as
interim president of this university. Since taking office in September,
I have had the opportunity to interact with many faculty, staff, and
students in one-on-one settings, small group get-togethers, and
town hall meetings. Each encounter is a learning experience, and I
walk away impressed by the passion, dedication, and intelligence of
the entire USciences community. People have been so helpful and
cooperative, and it is clear that we share the same vision for the future.
It is a matter of great pride that our stature as an institution of
higher learning has elicited the very highest quality of candidates
to fill the president’s position. Our presidential search committee
has received applications from a widely diverse group of highly qualified individuals from industry
and academia. As of this writing, we remain on track to present the top candidates to the board
of trustees at the February meeting.
It is important to note that we are approaching the selection of a president with a new perspective.
As directed by the board, we began a university-wide, zero-based strategic planning process early
this year, working closely with the consulting firm Decision Strategies International. In November,
the board received a completed report that articulated three major goals and six strategic
recommendations for achieving these objectives.
Our goals are the following:
1. Prepare students to be successful in a rapidly changing healthcare environment
2. Make USciences a truly student-centric institution.
3. Differentiate the University in a crowded and competitive higher education marketplace.
In order to meet these aims, we plan to:
1. Expand pre-professional education.
2. Increase interdisciplinary education in all curricula, especially:
–behavioral science
–healthcare business
3. Increase our research activities in targeted areas.
4. Grow more online programs, and provide more off-site and internship opportunities for our students.
5. Diversify our curricular delivery mechanisms to allow students more flexibility.
6. Widen our scope of student recruitment to a national scale.
With the strategic direction clearly defined, our new president will begin her or his tenure with
a roadmap to chart the course of USciences’ future, with the opportunity to leave his or her mark
on the implementation process. There is still much work to be done, but I am confident that the
University community will continue to respond with the enthusiasm I have already seen firsthand.
Please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] if you have any thoughts.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Marvin Samson
Interim President
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A “Tireless
Spirit” Retires
USciences athletics icon
Robert “Bobby” Morgan
won’t soon be forgotten
by Kevin Kaufman
ROBERT “BOBBY” MORGAN
is synonymous with athletics at
University of the Sciences. After 32
seasons (1968–2000) as the men’s
basketball coach and 34 years as
the director of athletics beginning in
1977, Morgan stepped down this past
summer to shift his focus to advising
and teaching.
As the men’s basketball coach, Morgan
will be remembered for his team’s 598
victories, 20-straight campaigns with
postseason play, and four appearances
in the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
national tournament.
As athletic director, Morgan crafted a
legacy of growth and achievement. In
2003, USciences began playing in NCAA
Division II, and he presided over the
inauguration of a 1,000-seat on-campus
arena. The institution’s number of
intercollegiate athletic teams tripled
during his tenure.
Undoubtedly, though, it is his work off
the court and out of the conference room
for which he will be most remembered.
The positive impact he has made on the
lives of the hundreds of student-athletes
I’ve always gotten more
from the kids than they’ve
gotten from me.
-Robert “Bobby” Morgan
he has coached and advised is
immeasurable.
“Bobby has always had a strong
commitment to advancing the athletics
program,” said Remington Professor of
Pharmacy DANIEL A. HUSSAR P’62,
MS’64, PhD’67, whose “long standing
interest” in USciences athletics reaches
back 45 years—to before Morgan was
even on campus. “But his highest priority
has been serving all students, not just
athletes. That commitment transcends
his athletics responsibilities. When
issues and challenges arise for students,
they come to him because they can
count on his confidence.”
Morgan’s prescription for success in that
realm is simple. By taking himself out
of the equation, putting the student-
athletes’ needs ahead of his own, and
keeping matters in perspective, Morgan
transcended his titles and evolved into
a friend and mentor.
“I’ve always gotten more from the kids
than they’ve gotten from me,” said
Morgan, a West Philadelphia native,
who is one of the NAIA’s 10 winningest
coaches. “I hope the players look back
and say their athletic experience was
positive—that it is something they
would do again. I’d tell the players, ‘I
love that we’re winning, but let’s not
get too caught up in the basketball
thing. Let’s get down to the bottom line
of why you’re here—to walk across
that stage [at commencement] and give
me the thumbs up.’”
A 1961 All-American at Drexel
University and inductee into numerous
halls of fame, Morgan is that coach
whose life lessons his players adopted
PAUL KLIMITAS stands with BOBBY MORGAN
following Morgan’s induction into the NAIA Hall
of Fame on March 23, 2004.
and applied in their own lives and then
passed along to their own children.
He is the coach who allowed his first
few teams to dress and act like ’60s
college students without judgment; the
coach who gladly waded into a sea of
administrative red tape on behalf of a
student; that coach who helped his star
defensive player deal with the death of
his father on his own terms. Morgan
was that coach who “gave players
off here and there to study”
because “it wouldn’t kill
us.” Coach Morgan
Let’s get down to the bottom
“got it,” understanding
line of why you’re here—to
that his athletes were
students first and under
walk across that stage [at
immense pressure.
commencement] and give me
the thumbs up.
“Coach would seek out
teammates who were
-Robert “Bobby” Morgan
strong in certain classes
to tutor others who were
struggling,” said former
point guard ERIK COOPER
P’90, who played for Morgan from
1985 to 1989 and is sixth on the Devils’
all-time assist list. “I tell my kids about
my experiences and often remind them
that my coaches had belief in me at
times when I couldn’t find any within
myself. It is a great feeling to know when
someone believes in your abilities.”
BOBBY MORGAN (center) joins the millennium
basketball honorees during USciences’
celebration of its basketball history.
Toward the end of his collegiate playing
career, Cooper was overwhelmed with
school, work, and basketball, and made
the decision that he couldn’t continue
to play basketball.
“I had to let Coach know, but I was so
afraid to disappoint him,” Cooper said.
Morgan made the decision easy for him.
He smiled and said, “I understand, Coop.
You made a good decision, and whatever I can do to help you, let me know.”
“People don’t understand the power that
teachers and coaches have,” said new
athletic director PAUL KLIMITAS, one
of Morgan’s longtime trusted coaches
and administrators since joining the
University in 1976. “Former players
come back to campus every week, and
it’s always stories. They’ll come in
and ask, ‘Coach, do you remember
when…’ You fill in the blank. It could
be anything. We don’t remember, but
that’s not the important part. It’s that
they remember.”
Morgan holds especially dear the plaque
he received the night in 2003 when the
main arena of the new 1,000-seat
Athletic/Recreation Center was named
in his honor. The official inscription on
the plaque lauds Morgan’s “tireless spirit,
guidance and support.” Many of his
former players were on hand that evening
and wrote messages on the plaque. There
is not one inscription about winning
games. The plaque is full of heartfelt
sentiments about how Morgan helped
them succeed in life.
And for that, he will be remembered
fondly.
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Staying the Course
Academics Remain Priority for new AD Paul Klimitas
by Kevin Kaufman
On Friday, September 10, 1976, PAUL
KLIMITAS caught a glimpse of his
future; he just didn’t realize it. That day,
he met his friend and mentor ROBERT
“BOBBY” MORGAN—the man he
would succeed 35 years later as athletic
director at University of the Sciences.
Klimitas interviewed with then-athletic
director Dr. ROBERT JONES for the
position of physical education instructor
and assistant men’s basketball coach. He
also met with Morgan, then the men’s
basketball coach. Klimitas received the
job offer that weekend and on Monday
took his courtside seat next to Morgan.
Through the ensuing years, “Coach K”
never left that seat and would become
one of Morgan’s most trusted coaches
and administrators.
Armed with a degree from West Chester
and three years teaching in the Cherry
Hill (N.J.) School District, the then-24year-old Klimitas saw the opportunity
at the former Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy and Science as a foot
in the proverbial door toward
accomplishing a career
aspiration of working in
collegiate athletics. Not
long after arriving on
campus, he was also
named the rifle team
coach and would go
on to have a highly
decorated and
accomplished career.
“Thirty-five years later, I’m still here,
and it’s because of the kids. I love the
kids,” said Klimitas, who is, ironically,
the son of a pharmacist.
The first priority for the “kids”
has always been high academic
achievement, starting before Dr. Jones
was athletic director, continuing into
Morgan’s tenure, which started in 1977,
and extending to the present day. During
the spring 2011 semester, USciences’
student-athletes recorded a higher grade
point average than the student body.
High academic achievement will continue
to be the clarion call around which
USciences student-athletes rally with
Klimitas at the helm.
“You have to take academics seriously
in order to exist here as a studentathlete,” said Klimitas, who was
promoted from associate athletic
director. “Academics has to come first.
I know that sounds like the ‘party line,’
but that’s just the way it has to be here.
My primary goal is to keep the ship
sailing in the right direction and make
the transition as seamless as possible.”
Thirty-five years
later, I’m still here, and
it’s because of the kids.
I love the kids.
-Paul Klimitas
Opening the Door to Opportunity
Articulation Agreements Bring New Students and Smooth Pathways
by Carol R. Cool
“I have known that I wanted to become
a physician assistant my entire life. After
surviving cancer as a child, I knew I
wanted to give back. Personally, the
sooner I could help others, the better,”
said STEPHANIE BUI PA/HS’11 (PA’12
PCOM). “Thanks to the USciences/
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine (PCOM) accelerated program,
I will be graduating PA school at the age
of 22, which allows me to impact lives
and serve the community at a young age.”
Articulation agreements between
University of the Sciences and PCOM
have been in place since 1998 for the
physician assistant program that Bui is
part of and since 1991 for the DO
program. These agreements allow
students to move seamlessly from one
program to the next, with a limited
number of seats guaranteed to USciences
students who meet all of the program
criteria. The accelerated program
saves the students a year of study
and tuition payments. And as Bui
mentioned, it gets them out into the
workforce sooner.
The success of the programs with
PCOM has led the University
to pursue articulation agreements
with other schools in a variety of
majors. Three different categories
of agreements are now in place.
The first offers students an expedited
transfer from an undergraduate
program at another school into a
specific USciences undergraduate
program. The second is an accelerated
program for students of other colleges
to transfer directly into a USciences
professional graduate program, such as
pharmacy or physical therapy. And the
third is the kind we have with PCOM,
which allows our undergraduate
students to move into professional/
graduate school, in many cases, on
an accelerated basis. Our current
agreements in each category are
outlined on page 8.
A key factor in determining
appropriate agreements,
according to WILLIAM
LAW, PhD, vice dean
of Misher College of
Arts and Sciences,
is whether the
relationship
will help us to
provide leaders
to healthcare and
basic science
communities where
they are needed.
“We look for high
Because our articulation
agreements provide smooth
entry into medical, dental
and optometry schools, we
can attract top students to our
undergraduate programs.
- SUZANNE MURPHY, PhD
Dean of Misher College
of Arts and Sciences
academic quality, access, and confluence
of principles between USciences and
the institutions with which we consider
relationships,” he said.
The agreements offer benefits to both
the students and the institutions involved.
“Articulation agreements allow us to
expand the palette of clinical programs
and degrees we can offer our students,”
said RUSSELL DIGATE, PhD, provost
of the University. “We want to be the
go-to school for students interested
in the science and health professions.
Our expanded agreements make our
programs even more attractive.”
“Because our articulation agreements
provide smooth entry into medical, dental,
and optometry schools, we can attract top
students to our undergraduate programs,
which raises the bar for everyone,” said
SUZANNE MURPHY, PhD, dean of
Misher College of Arts and Sciences.
“It makes the school a destination.”
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Each category of agreement focuses on a different population:
Undergraduates of Other
Schools to USciences
Undergraduate Programs
According to the College Board, most
students change majors at least once
in their college years. And many enter
community college unsure of what future
career is appropriate for them. If they
ultimately make a decision to pursue a
career in healthcare or the sciences, the
option to move to USciences is a great
opportunity.
Each agreement only provides for
transition into a particular USciences
major, based on the strength of the
sending college’s program. “By working
with schools that have a good science
reputation, we ensure the students
who transition to USciences will be
successful,” said Dr. Murphy. Forming
agreements with undergraduate schools
and community colleges also allows those
who want a USciences education but can’t
afford it to still reap some of the benefits.
Department chairs are currently looking
at other college courses of study to see
what can translate into specific USciences
programs.
Professional Programs
According to LAURIE SHERWEN, PhD,
dean of Samson College of Health
Sciences, articulation agreements like
the new one for students from Georgian
Court University to enter USciences’
physical therapy program open doors
for qualified students. “These types of
agreements give students at our partner
institutions broader opportunity,” said
Dr. Sherwen, smoothing the way for
an easy transition into the professional
years of USciences programs. And
students don’t have to wait until
they graduate to enter a graduate
program, since they come to
USciences in lieu of their
senior year. “Agreements
like these ensure a
sufficient number
of students if a
program is not fully
enrolled. It also
increases the diversity
of the student body,
allowing students
to interact with
students from other
environments and
backgrounds,” Dr.
Sherwen added.
Georgian Court science
students also have
the opportunity to enter
the professional phase of
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy’s
iconic doctor of pharmacy program.
“Students at the other institution gain
a more convenient and streamlined
form of access to our programs and
have a greater variety of options for their
major. USciences gains from having a
pool of well-qualified entering students,”
said LISA LAWSON, PharmD, dean of
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
USciences Undergraduates
to Professional Programs at
Other Schools
The University wants to open doors for
students who choose to start their
education at USciences as well. That’s
where relationships like our previously
established ones with PCOM and the
expanded articulation agreements with
other medical, dental, and optometry
schools come in. “These are like ‘a bird in
the hand’ for incoming students,” said Dr.
Murphy. “It gives students clear direction.”
Students know from the beginning what
Articulation
agreements allow us
to expand the palette
of clinical programs
and degrees we can
offer our students.
- RUSSELL DIGATE, PhD
Provost of the University
schools are ready to welcome them based
on their strenuous USciences curriculum
and professional preparation.
PREYANKA MAKADIA BI’10
(DO’13, PCOM) knows just what
Dr. Murphy means. Confident that
she already had a spot in medical
school (as long as she maintained the
required high GPA), Makadia was freed
to “focus on a career in medicine, not
simply on getting into medical school.
I was able to tailor my experience at
USciences to what I wanted to be as a
physician,” Makadia said. “This led
me to minor in communication and
to take some health policy courses.”
University administrators hope to
continue to expand the opportunities
for USciences students who wish
to pursue graduate programs or
professional courses of study that
the University does not offer.
Expanding Horizons
“We are always interested in what
might be out there to bring highquality students to USciences or to
open doors for our students to further
their studies,” said Dr. Murphy.
University leaders are seeking input
from students, alumni, and the
healthcare and scientific communities
to help determine what relationships
are going to be most effective
and provide the greatest potential for
our current and future students.
“University of the Sciences provides
superior opportunities for students
to receive the education and training
needed to become leaders in the fields
of healthcare and basic sciences,”
said Dr. Law. “The articulation
agreements into which we have
entered, and are continuing to explore,
provide mechanisms to enhance and
extend those opportunities for current
students and prospective students.”
Current USciences Articulation Agreements
Undergraduate Programs
USciences Undergraduates
to Professional Programs at
Other Schools
• Penn State Brandywine:
Students having completed two
years in a prescribed biological
science curriculum into the USciences
biology program OR USciences’ unique
humanities and science major
• The Commonwealth Medical College
(TCMC): Students having earned a BS
at USciences into the TCMC doctor
of medicine (MD) program
• Camden County College:
Students having earned an AS degree
in biology into the USciences biology
program
• Middlesex Community College:
Students having earned an AS degree
in applied science or associate science
into the USciences pharmaceutical and
healthcare business program
To learn more about transferring,
visit http://bit.ly/uWagbH.
Professional Programs
• Georgian Court University:
Students having completed their
third year in the biology, chemistry,
biochemistry, or exercise science,
wellness and sports (PT only) program
into the professional phase of the
USciences doctor of pharmacy OR
doctor of physical therapy program
• Messiah College:
Students having completed their third
year in the biochemistry program
into the professional phase of the
USciences doctor of pharmacy program
To learn more about transferring,
visit http://bit.ly/stwZQc.
• Kornberg School of Dentistry
(KSD) at Temple University:
year in the biology program, or earned
a BS, at USciences into the KSD doctor
of medical dentistry (DMD) program
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine (PCOM): Students having
completed their third year in the biology
program, or earned a BS, at USciences
into the PCOM doctor of osteopathic
medicine (DO) program OR students
having completed their third year in the
USciences physician assistant studies
program into the PCOM physician
assistant (PA) program
• Pennsylvania College of Optometry
at Salus University (PCO/SU):
year in the biology program, or earned
a BS, at USciences into the PCO/SU
doctor of optometry (OD) program
• St. George’s University School of
Veterinary Medicine (SGU-SVM):
year in the biology program or four
years in another major, into the doctor
of veterinary medicine (DVM) program
at SGU-SVM.
To learn more about dual-degree
programs, visit http://bit.ly/scFSVQ.
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Bulletin Board
Faculty Appointments
1. Peter B. Berget, PhD
Chair and Professor of
Biological Sciences
2. Eric J. Folkins, DPT
Assistant Professor of Physical
Therapy and Director of Clinical
Education
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3. Karin Gravare Silbernagel,
PT, ATC, PhD Assistant
Professor of Physical Therapy
10. Shelley H. Otsuka, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Pharmacy
4. Amalia M. Issa, PhD, MPH
Chair and Professor of
Health Policy and Public
Health; Director of Program
in Personalized Medicine and
Targeted Therapeutics
11. McHardy M. Smith, PhD
Instructor in Pharmaceutical
Sciences
12. Kimberly D. Ward, MPT,
MPH Assistant Professor of
Physical Therapy
5. Bryan (Bang) Kim, PhD
Instructor and Coordinator of
the Health Sciences Program
13. Chris Wieman, MS
Instructor in Information
Sciences
6. David R. Leonard, MMS,
PA-C, DHSc Founding Director
and Associate Professor of the
Graduate Physician Assistant
Studies Program, Chair of
the Department of Physician
Assistant Studies
14. Radha S. Vanmali, PharmD
Pharmacy
7. Colleen M. Maher, OTD
Assistant Professor of
Occupational Therapy
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Faculty Promotions
Salar Alsardary, PhD
from Associate Professor to
Professor of Mathematics
Lisa Davis, PharmD
from Associate Professor to
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Christine Flanagan, MFA
from Assistant Professor to
Associate Professor of English
Laura Pontiggia, PhD
from Assistant Professor to
Associate Professor of Statistics
Voki Pophristic, PhD
to Chair of the Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Gregory Thielman, EdD
from Assistant Professor to Associate
Professor of Physical Therapy
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9. Richard T. Minoff, MBA
Associate Professor of
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
Business, Director of the
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
Business Undergraduate
Program
15. Dana Pape-Zambito, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
NOT PICTURED:
Eric Pelletier, DPT
Assistant Professor of
Physical Therapy
8. Karleen T. Melody, PharmD
Pharmacy
USciences Plays Host to
Delegation from China’s SFDA
University of the Sciences played host
to a delegation representing the China
State Food and Drug Administration
(SFDA) on Monday, December 19, 2011.
After participating in a 10-day educational
training program at Yale University, the
delegation is touring pharmaceutical
industry-related institutions such as
USciences, Novartis, FDA New Jersey
District Office, Drug Information
Association (DIA), and the United States
Pharmacopeia (USP).
Read more: http://bit.ly/vKwGJY
At right, Dr. Youchun Wang, Deputy DirectorGeneral of the National Institutes for Food
and Drug Control (NIFDC) of the SFDA
addresses the group.
Bulletin Board
Board of Trustees
Welcomes Three in 2011–12
Two new members and an alumni representative were elected to serve on the
University’s board of trustees. The responsibilities of the board include approving the
University’s strategic plans and ensuring their consistency with the institution’s mission
and goals.
Aminta Hawkins Breaux, PhD
Dr. Aminta Hawkins Breaux is vice president for student affairs
at Millersville University and is no stranger to USciences, having
served as dean of students from 2000 to 2008. Dr. Breaux
earned her PhD in counseling psychology from Temple University
and a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Lucy Malmberg, P’72, RPh, FACA, FACVP
Alumna Lucy Malmberg is senior executive vice president of
Wedgewood Pharmacy in Swedesboro, New Jersey. As cofounder
of Wedgewood Pharmacy, she has been instrumental in
transforming the company from a local community pharmacy
purchased in 1981 into a specialized compounding pharmacy
that is now one of the largest in the U.S. She is also a former
alumni representative on the USciences board.
Robin Soifer Keyack, P’81, RPh
Alumna Robin Soifer Keyack, the board alumni representative,
is director of pharmacy at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point,
New Jersey. She has over 25 years of experience in hospital
pharmacy and medication management systems. Keyack is past
president of the USciences Alumni Association board of directors.
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Recent headlines from
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Dr. Lia Vas Chosen for 2011 Faculty
Special Recognition Award
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PCP Makes a Strong Showing at the
ASHP Midyear Conference
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Department of Chemistry &
Biochemistry Hosts First Annual
Research Symposium
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2011 Fall Open House Series
Comes to a Close
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Teaching and Learning Presentations
Showcase USciences Faculty Efforts
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Genesis CARES at USciences
Celebrates First Year
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New Online MPH Program Set to Launch
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USciences Recognized for
Fulbright Scholar Recipient
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DO/PhD Program Offers Link
Between the Bench and the Bedside
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USciences OT Students Take to the Hill
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Team Approach:
HepTREC Taking a Stand in
Public Health Crisis
CMSRU, Cooper Health System, and USciences
to Collaborate on Education Model
http://bit.ly/uz2fg6
In a move that could greatly impact the education that healthcare professionals
receive-—and the care they ultimately give their patients—-Cooper Medical School
of Rowan University (CMSRU) and the Cooper Health System are partnering with
University of the Sciences to establish an interprofessional healthcare education and
practice model.
The three institutions have signed a formal agreement that will establish a joint
curriculum that emphasizes effective collaboration among healthcare professionals.
The curriculum will be based at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden.
“USciences has had a strong working relationship with the Cooper Health System for
many years as an experiential site for students and a patient care practice site for
faculty,” said Interim President Marvin Samson. “By expanding this agreement, we
are uniting students and healthcare professionals in developing an interprofessional
team approach that will ultimately benefit patients and the healthcare system.”
Read more: http://bit.ly/qAx3CU
PGY1 Residency Gains Accreditation
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PCP Helps Students
Take a StEPP Ahead
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USciences Timmy Global Health Chapter
Takes Eye-Opening Trip to Ecuador
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New Bachelor’s Degree Conferment
Ceremony in May
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New Name for Med Tech Program:
Medical Laboratory Science Program
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Physical Therapy Day on Capitol Hill
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Sports in Short
Three Inducted
into the Athletics
Hall of Fame
The article on December 6, “Young Scientists Take Aim,” talks
about how the successful rifle-shooting program, “pits some
two-dozen science students against the likes of West Point and
the U.S. Naval Academy.” Read more http://bit.ly/tt1wfW
Dr. Vincent Willey
Named USciences Faculty
Athletic Representative
VINCENT J. WILLEY P’92, PharmD’99,
associate professor of pharmacy, has
been appointed the University’s Faculty
Athletic Representative (FAR).
Read more: http://bit.ly/tG7cxO
G R A D UAT E
S T UD I E S
The University of the
Sciences Athletics Hall
of Fame welcomed its
three newest members,
the husband-wife duo
of JOSEPH MILLER P’96
(Men’s Basketball
1991–95) and JODI
MCNEILL-MILLER P’96,
PharmD’97 (Women’s Basketball 1991–95), and Dr. JOSEPH
RUANE HonAlm’11 (Faculty Athletic Representative, 1999–
2011) in a halftime ceremony on Saturday, December 10.
Read more: http://bit.ly/shWPqC
Rifle Team Profiled in:
The Wall Street Journal
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Our graduate students make science happen.
Prospects for healthcare- and science-related leadership
roles are growing. Whether your interests lie in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, government, or academia, the
College of Graduate Studies at USciences will prepare you to excel amid the ever-changing needs of the global industry.
Do research and learn alongside engaged faculty to advance your knowledge—from herbal medicines to human genomics, from
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reunion
2011
Alumni Association Mission
To engage the graduates of University of the
Sciences in promoting the goals and objectives
of the Alumni Association and the institution.
Alumni Connections
Reunion Recap
On September 24, more than 200 alumni, friends, and faculty gathered on
campus in celebration of Reunion 2011. Many came back to renew connections
to classmates and friends. And many came back to rediscover their alma mater.
Whatever the reason, a great day was had by all as participants took part in
campus tours, cocktail parties, an alumni award ceremony, and the annual dinner
dance. DJ Black Diamond Entertainment and student hip-hop performers
iNERT!A got the party rolling and dancers out on the floor.
Awards
Ivor Griffith Service Award—bestowed annually upon a person who has voluntarily given
time and service in an outstanding fashion to the University
ROBIN SOIFER KEYACK P’81 has been involved in the alumni association for over 15 years,
including serving as president. Read more: http://bit.ly/sWMu1C
Young Alumnus Award—bestowed annually to a person who is less than 40 years old and
graduated in the last 15 years and has made distinguished contributions
DOMINIC A. MARASCO P’96, who serves on the University’s board of trustees, is a founder and
leader in many areas of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. Read more: http://bit.ly/vYUh6D
Annual Alumni Award—bestowed annually to a graduate who is distinguished by his or her contributions
Captain DAVID E. PRICE P’84 has had a long and distinguished career serving our country.
He retired from active duty in 2008 and continues to work as a consultant with the Navy.
Read more: http://bit.ly/tqF5oz
Honorary Alumnus Award—bestowed annually to a non-alumnus who has shown exemplary
dedication and commitment to the mission of the University
Dr. JOSEPH W. RUANE has made a lasting impression at the University for the past 40 years,
through founding the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, more than 30 courses,
and the psychology major. Read more: http://bit.ly/uDlrYr
Left to right: Siobhan Duffy P’84, USciences Alumni
Association awards committee chair; with Dr. Joseph W. Ruane,
Honorary Alumnus Award; Captain David E. Price P’84, Annual
Alumni Award; Robin Keyack P’81, Ivor Griffith Service Award;
and Dominic A. Marasco P’96, Young Alumnus Award.
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Members of the class of ’81
celebrating their 30-year reunion:
Back row, left to right: Edward Bechtel
P’81; Christine Thompson P’81; Ilene Shapelow
P’81; Kevin Roman P’81, MBA; Jill Huzinec P’81;
Vince Zucal P’81; Joan Wein Thompson P’81;
and Lori Edell Herman P’81, PharmD’83;
Front row, left to right: Paticia Sullivan
Haider P’81; Karen Novielli P’81, MBA; Andrew
Silverman P’83, PharmD’91; Robin Keyack P’81;
Marlene Mentzer P’81; and Laurene Wunder P’81.
Save the Date:
Alumni Reunion 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Mark your calendars and start making plans to
attend your reunion next fall. If your graduation
year ends in a 2 or 7, we will be honoring your
milestone reunion year. If not, come anyway and
join the festivities. For more information, go
to usciences.edu/reunion or call the Office of
Alumni Relations at 888.857.6264.
Reunion class of ’61 gathers for their 50th:
Back row, left to right: Howard Mills P’61, George
Rutter P’61, David Schimpf P’61, Kay Dorrell P’61,
David Miller P’61, William Fox, Jr., P’61, Martin Uffner
P’61, Karl Krammes P’61, Robert Snively P’61, Arnold
Benjamin P’61, Henry Ward P’61, Jay Garber P’61,
Harold Fingerhut P’61, and C. Richard Ullman P’61.
Middle row, left to right: Wakeem Isaac P’61;
Maryann Isaac P’61; William Tendler P’61; Rebecca
Brecker P’61; Ann Young P’61; Myung Ha Joung P’61,
MS; David Shappell P’61; Suzanne Morgan Baker
P’61; Robert Bliss P’61; Alan Alten P’61, DDS; and P.
Ann Zimmerman P’61.
Bottom row, left to right: Cliff Hynniman P’61,
MS; Dominic Fino P’61; Mary Ellen Kitler P’61, MS’62,
PhD; and Thomas Smith MS’56, PhD’61.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice*
By G. Victor Rossi P’51, MS’52, PhD
*with appreciation and apologies to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
While watching
the minutes
tick slowly by
during the last
afternoon class
at Lower Merion
Senior High
School, visions
of soldierly rows
of elaborately gilded medicine jars,
together with the pungent odors of
peppermint oil, cardamom, and orange
peel extract, crept unbidden into my
consciousness. Soon the last bell would
ring, and I would be free to resume my
duties as the “sorcerer’s apprentice” in
“Doc” Abrams’ pharmacy.
From the Merlin-like array of jars, urns,
and flasks, many inscribed with the
Latin name of their content, I retrieved
for the master’s attention the components
required to formulate the prescriptions
that awaited me. After many months of
such preparatory tasks, I was permitted
to compound a number of relatively
simple prescription orders. Some were
completed as powders or capsules,
but most were dispensed as liquid
formulations to which were affixed
carefully typed dosage instructions,
e.g., “Take one teaspoonful every six
hours,” and a “Shake Well” label.
My apprenticeship was not limited to the
technical aspects of pharmacy; greater
emphasis was on the knowledge base
underpinning the profession. During offhours my mentor’s well-thumbed copies
of Remington’s Practice of Pharmacy
and the United States Dispensatory were
required reading. After what seemed an
eternity of sometimes tedious study, the
questioning began: How many scruples
in a dram? Three. What is the medical
use of chloral hydrate? To help you sleep.
What is the chemical name of vitamin
C? Ascorbic acid. What is opium? The
exudate from capsules of the opium
poppy. A good try but not precise.
Opium is the air-dried milky exudate
obtained by incising unripe capsules of
Papaver somniferum. Pharmacognosy
was king! What is Unna’s boot? I replied
meekly, “I don’t know, sir.” With a sigh
of exasperation, he exclaimed, “How do
you expect to excel at the college if you
don’t know the basics?” “The college”
was predetermined to be his alma mater.
apprenticeship) in the college’s newly
constructed laboratory of experimental
pharmacology. New paths, new goals.
Fast forward: the coveted certification of
Registered Pharmacist, thanks to “Doc”
Abrams, a major milestone in an extended
journey; years of graduate study;
postdoctoral experience as a research
associate in the pharmaceutical
industry; an invitation from PCPS
President Ivor Griffith to join the college
faculty; the honor and privilege of having
participated with my colleagues in
helping several generations of future
health professionals achieve their
And so, after receiving my high school
career goals; and
diploma and spending
My
apprenticeship
was
not
the mentoring
a last summer as the
limited to the technical
of outstanding
sorcerer’s apprentice, I
aspects of pharmacy;
scientists who
followed in my mentor’s
have served as
footsteps and matriculated greater emphasis
professors of
at Philadelphia College
was on the knowledge
pharmacology and
of Pharmacy and Science.
base underpinning the
research leaders
The goal was clear: Earn
profession.
in academia,
the coveted title of
Registered Pharmacist
- G. Victor Rossi P’51, MS’52, PhD industry, and
government.
with the privilege of the
professional practice of pharmacy
College and career decisions present
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
enormous challenges for most high school
But destiny sometimes takes an
students. I would wish for each of them
unexpected turn.
an opportunity to serve as a sorcerer’s
apprentice in whatever discipline
The new science of pharmacodynamics
they find of interest. The sorcerer’s
was emerging from the dusty chrysalis of
materia medica and offering an exciting enchanted broom may not always work
glimpse into the interaction of chemicals magic, but it will sweep them on their
way to future paths and goals they
(drugs) and biological systems. New
cannot yet imagine.
knowledge was beginning to add the
“where and how” (sites and mechanisms
G. Victor Rossi P’51, MS’52, PhD,
of drug action) to the “what” of didactic
is the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson
medicine. This new science was
Professor (Emeritus) of Pharmacology
beckoning. During my junior and
at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
senior years at PCPS, I had the good
fortune to secure an undergraduate
Read the unabridged text at:
research assistant position (my second
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Alumni Connections
Alumni Focus
By April Hall
A Lifelong Love of Learning
Stephanie J. Oscarson P’89, MD, JD, LLM
STEPHANIE J.
(TOMASSO) OSCARSON
P’89, MD, JD, LLM, has
a lifelong love of learning.
In all, what began at
USciences in 1984, took
13 years to complete.
Dr. Oscarson not only holds
a bachelor’s degree in
pharmacy from USciences
(1989 class valedictorian),
but she earned an MD
from Thomas Jefferson Medical College and,
without a break, went on to obtain a law
degree from Widener University School of
Law, as the prelude to obtaining a master’s
in health law with particular interest in food
and drug law.
“Of all the schools that
I completed, USciences
was my best experience,”
Dr. Oscarson said, noting
that she graduated
from USciences exactly
60 years after
her grandfather had
graduated. “All this
advanced education
wasn’t my intention at
first, but the staff at
USciences challenged me to think more
critically about the development of drugs—
so much so that I then became more
interested in taking it further on my own.”
After a 13-year career as the medical director
of a private consulting firm, she recently
founded SJO Research & Consulting LLC.
On behalf of her pharmaceutical company
clients, Dr. Oscarson interviews key opinion
leaders from around the world to gather their
impressions about the future of specific drug
research and development. She analyzes their
feedback to make recommendations
regarding what treatment approaches are
most promising and worthy of pursuit. Her
research helps to influence pipeline
decisions, including clinical trial design.
It’s been an arduous road of study for Dr.
Oscarson to come to this specialty, but she said
without her foundation at USciences, she
wouldn’t be where she is today, developing
her own business while loosely following in
the footsteps of her father and grandfather
who were pharmacists as well.
A Unique Perspective on Healthcare
Cornelius Pitts P’73, PharmD’04
CORNELIUS PITTS P’73, PharmD’04 has
a unique perspective of healthcare. With a
macro-view, he travels the world to work in
clinics, and with a micro-view, he stays in his
own neighborhoods to dole out flu vaccines.
went with him to Kenya in March 2010.
But in addition to international travel, Dr.
Pitts also works on flu vaccination clinics
in underserved communities at home in
Philadelphia.
“I decided to devote more of my time to the
global and underserved community work I’ve
done. And I wanted to devote more time to
students,” said Dr. Pitts, who served as the
director of neuroscience clinical research
at GlaxoSmithKline before taking an early
retirement from the company in 2008.
“USciences is a very good environment to
be around because students have some
altruism and some caring about them,”
Dr. Pitts said. “I like being around that type
of spirit—those who are open to leading
a life of service. The other part is if the
students at USciences can and want to
be of service in the neighborhood where
the school sits, then that’s where I want to
devote my own energy.”
Dr. Pitts takes students with him on trips
to Kenya, Ethiopia, or wherever healthcare
needs take him. Two USciences students
Dr. Pitts was recently elected to the
USciences alumni board and is an adjunct
professor who has taught pharmacy practice
labs, professional communication, and
introduction to drug development. He
is currently designing an elective course
in global health for which he hopes to
gain approval.
Alumni Connections
Class Notes
1953
MORTON STEINBERG P’53
retired from Walgreens in 2009
to spend more time with his
family. He celebrates his 80th
birthday this year.
September 22 and 23 in New
Brunswick, NJ. Also in September
2011, he presented a seminar
to undergraduate chemistry
students at the University of
Northern Florida. In October
2011 he presented a seminar
to pharmaceutics faculty and
graduate students at the
University of Florida.
1971
1958
CARMEN DICELLO P’58 (center)
was awarded the John W.
Dargavel Medal award sponsored
by McKesson Corporation. DiCello
was presented the award by (left
to right) Sharlea Leatherwood,
National Community Pharmacists
Association Foundation president,
and Rex Catton, a senior vice
president at McKesson. DiCello’s
daughter KRINA DICELLOAMSPACHER P’87 and son-in-law
FRANCIS D. AMSPACHER P’87
recently joined the staff of Towne
Drugs, Inc., and Yorkville Drug
Store in Pottsville, PA, which
DiCello has owned since 1961
and 1997, respectively.
1960
coordinated a PCP Alumni Night
in Nashville with a four-course
Italian dinner for 14 guests that
was fully sponsored by DAVID B.
LUTZ P’60 and his wife Jeanne.
1968
FRANCIS A. CHRZANOWSKI
P’68, MS ’72, PhD’75 moderated
the Contract Pharma Contracting
and Outsourcing Conference for
the fifth year in a row. It was held
The Pennsylvania Pharmacists
Association honored ROBERT S.
SCHRIBER P’71 from Yardley,
PA, as the recipient of the 2011
Bowl of Hygeia Award.
1981
JOSEPH P. LECH P’81 testified
against the proposed Medco/
Express Scripts merger. He was
featured in the Government
Affairs Forum. Read more at
http://judiciary.house.gov/
hearings/
printers/112th/112-58_
68401.PDF.
2002
1959
FRANCESCA (BIAMONTE)
KEMETER PharmD’02 and her
husband David announced the
birth of son Ryan on June 10,
2011. He weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz.
This is the first child for the
couple, who reside in Bel Air, MD.
Anthony P. Sorrentino
P’59, PharmD’71 passed
away on Saturday, September
24, 2011. Dr. Sorrentino has
been engaged in various roles
with the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy since he began
here as a student in 1955. He
served as an adjunct faculty
member beginning in 1972. Dr.
Sorrentino joined the University
full-time in 1996 as the director
of experiential resources for the
doctor of pharmacy program
and was appointed as a fulltime faculty member in 2004.
He retired from the University
in 2009. He last visited the
University in May when the
Delaware Valley Society of
Health-System Pharmacists
awarded for the first time the
Anthony Sorrentino Graduation
Award to one of the graduates
for excellence in hospital and
health-system pharmacy.
Renaming this award in Dr.
Sorrentino’s honor reflected
the widespread respect his
pharmacy colleagues had for
him as a colleague and friend.
Following graduation with his
BSc in pharmacy in 1959, Dr.
Sorrentino practiced community
pharmacy before joining Herb
Flack and the pharmacy
department at the Hospital of
the University of Pennsylvania in
1966 as an assistant director.
He returned to PCP&S where
he obtained his doctor of
pharmacy degree in 1971. He
then served as the director of
pharmacy for what is now Penn
Presbyterian Medical Center. In
1978 he became the assistant
director for Outpatient Pharmacy
2008
ZACHARY T. HOPKINS
PharmD’08 and his wife Toni are
the proud parents of Benjamin
Conroy, born on November 29,
2010, weighing 8 lbs., 11 oz.
2011
MATTHEW P. STRATTON BI’11
has joined the Coalition for
Christian Outreach, a nonprofit
organization located in Pittsburgh.
Matthew will be working with
students from The Ohio State
University at Marion and Marion
Technical College in partnership
with Trinity Baptist Church.
In Memoriam
1982
1932
CHRISTOPHER A. KEEYS
PharmD’82 has launched a
new website for his firm, Clinical
Pharmacy Associates. Check it
out at www.clinpharm.com.
ELWOOD T. BRACEY PhG’32
died on July 28, 2011. Survivors
include his daughter JENNIFER
(BRACEY) WEADER P’77.
1996
WILLIAM J. O’BRIEN, JR., P’56
passed away on August 5, 2011,
at age 82. Bill was a Korean
War-era Air Force veteran and
obtained the rank of lieutenant
colonel before his retirement.
He was predeceased by his
parents and one granddaughter.
Survivors include Rita, his wife
of 57 years, and his children
Margaret, William III, Bridget,
Tracy, Daniel, and Eileen.
FRANK L. NAZZARIO P’96
was named Trailblazer Brand
Manager of the Year, Autoimmune category, by PM360
magazine for his work on Cinryze.
Cinryze is a C1 esterase inhibitor
for prevention of attacks of
hereditary angioedema, a rare
and potentially life-threatening
genetic disorder. Frank is
associate director of marketing
for ViroPharma Incorporated.
1956
Services and manager of the
Jefferson Apothecary. He was
well valued and known by all his
patients up to the CEO while
serving as “their pharmacist”
in this role at Jefferson. While
he “retired” from the Jefferson
Apothecary in 1996, he has
continued to practice parttime in several community
pharmacies, including serving
as a volunteer at Community
Volunteers in Medicine in
West Chester where he was
instrumental in integrating
pharmacist services into their
program. He will be remembered
as a teacher, professional
colleague, mentor, and friend to
many. Dr. Sorrentino is survived
by his wife Josie and his children
Sandra, Gabrielle, and Anthony
and their families.
1972
JOANNE M. SICA P’72, MS,
passed away on July 1, 2011.
She was a former consultant
at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Survivors include cousins
VIRGINIA “JEANNIE” SICAKODACK P’73 and FRANCES
M. SICA P’75.
1995
Dr. NORMAN F. RAMSEY
HonDSc’95, father of Dr.
Margaret R. Kasschau,
emeritus professor of biology
and associate provost, passed
away on Friday, November
4, 2011. Dr. Ramsey’s long
and distinguished career
began as a mathematician
who found physics to be the
perfect outlet for his interests
and curiosity. His invention of
a molecular beam magnetic
resonance method contributed
significantly to the new field
of magnetic resonance. Dr.
Ramsey’s inventions, studies,
and accomplishments have
led to the development and
advancement of such current
technologies as radar, magnetic
resonance, and the atomic
clock. For his work in developing
the separated oscillatory field
method he received the Nobel
Prize in Physics in 1989. In
1995, Dr. Ramsey was awarded
an honorary doctor of science
degree by University of the
Sciences. A gift in his memory
can be made to Institutional
Advancement, University of
the Sciences, 600 S. 43rd
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104,
noting Norman Ramsey Award
in the memo space, or online
usciences.edu/give, noting
Norman Ramsey Award in the
comment space.
Friends of USciences
WILLIAM F. CONNOLLY, JR., died
on May 11, 2011. Mr. Connolly
was treasurer and comptroller
of the University from 1960
to 1980. His wife, Marie B.
Connolly, was treasurer of the
Women’s Club (now called the
Friends of USP) from 1974
to 1985. Mr. Connolly was a
well-respected member of the
University community. In addition
to his many years of service, Mr.
Connolly generously supported
several University initiatives
including the J. W. England
Library, the Annual Fund, and
multiple scholarship funds. He
also established the Marie B.
Connolly Scholarship
in loving memory of his wife.
The endowed scholarship fund
provides grants in the name of
the Women’s Club to upperclass
students, on the basis of
scholastic achievement and
financial need.
IN MEMORIAM
Name
Date of Death
Richard P. Berardi P’84
October 5, 2011
Elwood T. Bracey PhG’32
July 28, 2011
Joseph L. Ciminera P’38
April 4, 2011
Robert C. Denny P’68
September 20, 2011
Robert Laubach, Jr. P’43
July 26, 2011
Jerry L. McFarland P’78
April 20, 2011
William J. O’Brien, Jr. P’56
August 5, 2011
Charles T. Park P’84
September 20, 2011
Norman Ramsey HonDsc’95
November 4, 2011
Spencer M. Rubin P’49
August 26, 2011
David P. Schmehl P’56
October 6, 2011
Joanne M. Sica P’72
July 1, 2011
Anthony P. Sorrentino P’59
September 24, 2011
Jay C. Waxler P’53
June 24, 2011
Call for Alumni Award Nominations!
The USciences Alumni Association is soliciting nominations
for its annual awards. Nominate deserving alumni for the Annual
Award, the Ivor Griffith Service Award, the Young Alumnus
Award, and the Honorary Alumnus Award by May 1, 2012.
For criteria and a downloadable nomination form,
please visit: usciences.edu/alumni/awards.
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Events
USciences Move-In Day
August 26, 2011, Campus
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition
October 24, 2011, Washington, DC
Arthur Blatman P’69 and Betty Fusco
P’63 manned the alumni move-in day
table, sponsored by the Office of Alumni
Relations, welcoming the incoming
students and dispensing handy gifts on
behalf of the Alumni Association.
Sponsored by the Alumni
Association, an alumni
breakfast allowed alumni
and faculty to reconnect,
including (left to right) Scott
Myers P’90; Bob O’Connor
P’76, MS’84, PhD’87; Ani
Railkar PhD’00; and Yu-E
Zhang PhD’00.
American Pharmacists Association
Academy of Student Pharmacists
October 6, 2011, New York, NY
As part of Pharmacy Month activities, PCP students from the APhA-ASP chapter
staked out the Today show to promote their field. This event was sponsored
by the USciences Alumni Association. Visit http://on.fb.me/vfM4P1 for more
photos (log into Facebook to view).
Family reunion at move-in day has (left
to right) father Nicholas Inverso P’84,
MD; son Nick Inverso PharmD’17;
and mother Maria Inverso catching up
with nephew and cousin Mike Flacco
PharmD’15.
New Jersey Pharmacists Association Annual Convention
October 21, 2011, Atlantic City, NJ
Alumni and friends gathered to network and socialize at a
University alumni dinner reception, sponsored by the Alumni
Association, at the Trump Casino. Left to right: friends of the
University Fred and Kathy Trinkley, Loretta Ridolfi P’54, Shreya
Sabharwal PharmD’14, Pat Volz Masterman P’74, friend of the
University Joy Johnson, and James Moore P’78.
A Pharmacy Well Stocked with Legacy
By April Hall
At Marone Pharmacy, on any given day,
you will meet a member of the family
that opened the shop some 35 years
ago. On special days, you can run into
three generations of the pharmacy’s
founding family, and for that, you can
thank University of the Sciences.
For MELISSA WHITE PharmD’17,
Maria’s daughter and Vincent’s
granddaughter, studying pharmacy was
always the goal. She started working
at Marone Pharmacy when she was 13
and is a registered pharmacy technician
in New Jersey.
When VINCENT A. MARONE P’66
was a student at PCP, his family home
was just 20 blocks away at 62nd and
Elmwood streets, so he would take the
trolley to class most days. Marone was
following in his older brother’s footsteps.
PHILLIP J. MARONE P’53 had already
graduated from PCP and, while he went
on to Thomas Jefferson University to
get his MD, Vincent used his bachelor’s
degree to go into retail pharmacy,
opening Marone Pharmacy in Glassboro,
New Jersey. A cousin, ANTHONY J.
CHICHEARO, SR., also graduated
with a degree in pharmacy in 1962.
“But Melissa could have gone
anywhere,” Vincent said, noting his
granddaughter was accepted to three
other colleges in addition to USciences.
“It was a tour of the campus that made
her decide on [USciences]. Certainly
I wouldn’t have influenced her, other
than talking positively about the
school as I had over the years.”
Vincent’s daughter, MARIA E.
(MARONE) WHITE P’92 told her
father she wanted to study chemical
engineering. Though he had suggested
pharmacy to her, Vincent supported
her education at another Pennsylvania
university and was proud of her career.
Then Maria came to him and said she
wanted to make a career change, attend
USciences, and work at the family shop.
“For Maria, [USciences] was a natural
choice because I had gone there and
my brother had gone there,” Vincent
said. “I don’t think Maria ever thought
about going somewhere else.”
Vincent said while he hopes subsequent
generations will be willing to take
over the family business, he puts no
pressure on them to do so. He doesn’t,
however, rule out more Marone family
on campus.
“I still have a couple more grandchildren
coming up, so you never know.”
Melissa moved onto campus
in the fall and plays on
the USciences tennis
team. On breaks or
weekends, she still
works a few hours
at the Glassboro
pharmacy for
pocket money.
At Marone Pharmacy,
on any given day, you will
meet a member of the family
that opened the shop some
35 years ago.
- VINCENT A. MARONE P’66
VINCENT A. MARONE P’66 stands with his daughter
MARIA E. (MARONE) WHITE P’92 in the Marone
Pharmacy where three generations serve customers.
The Difference Donors Make
USciences Launches The Remington Society
this special way and proud to officially call
you members of The Remington Society.”
When asked why he chose to support
USciences through charitable gift annuities,
Members of The Remington Society,
Remington member HAROLD L. BROG
the University’s most loyal and devoted
P’55 responded without hesitation: “More
supporters, were honored at an inaugural
than 55 years after my graduation, I remain
luncheon on Saturday, September 24, 2011.
grateful for the many opportunities my
The Remington Society replaces the
alma mater gave me. I want to ensure that
Benefactor Society and recognizes anyone
future generations will get the same chance
who makes a gift or commitment that will
to succeed that I did.”
support USciences in the future. Gifts include,
Louis’ decision to include
USciences in his will directly and
personally affected my life and the
lives of countless students.
but are not limited to, establishing an
endowment, including the University in a
will, or making USciences the beneficiary of
a trust, insurance policy, or IRA distribution.
This prestigious, new society is named for
- Alyssa Handwerk PharmD’13
one of the earliest advocates of this unique
Student ALYSSA HANDWERK
way of giving—former dean and professor
PharmD’13, recipient of the Rudolph
JOSEPH PRICE REMINGTON P’1866.
Scholarship, which was established through
Remington supported his alma mater by
the estate of Remington member Louis
donating a portion of the royalties from
J. Rudolph in memory of his brother
Remington: The Science & Practice of
VICTOR L. RUDOPH P’22, provided a
Pharmacy, now in its 22nd edition. His gift
personal expression of gratitude: “Louis’
continues to benefit the University.
decision to include USciences in his will
“You are an essential part of the network of
support that makes our success possible,”
The inaugural luncheon of The Remington
Society in the Atrium of the McNeil Science and
Technology Center at University of the Sciences.
Kathleen Mayes P’76, PharmD’78 (center)
inducting Leonard S. Jacob BSc’70 and his wife
Sandra Davis Jacob into The Remington Society.
directly and personally affected my life and
the lives of countless students.”
said fellow Remington member and current
To learn more about The Remington
board of trustees’ member, KATHLEEN
Society and ways you can support the
MAYES P’76, PharmD’78, who officially
future of University of the Sciences, contact
inducted the newest members. “We are so
Joseph Leive, director of major gifts, at
grateful to you for thinking of USciences in
215.596.8795 or [email protected].
Luncheon attendees enjoying a celebratory toast
after being inducted into The Remington Society
(Pictured: James D. Mayes).
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The Class of 2011 Gives Back
The USciences Class of 2011 successfully
completed their Graduation Class Gift
Campaign, exceeding their fundraising
goal with the help of lead donor and
PCP faculty member ELIAS W.
PACKMAN P’51, MS’52, PharmD’54.
To recognize this achievement, the
USciences Annual Fund sponsored the
creation and mounting of 2011, a piece
of digital art, which was dedicated at
Fall Fest on October 22 in the Wilson
Student Center.
The Graduation Class Gift Campaign
aims to increase awareness and
appreciation for philanthropy among
graduating students, while providing
them an opportunity to honor their
graduation year. Participation is
encouraged at class presentations and
fund drives hosted by the USciences
Annual Fund throughout the year.
To participate in the 2012 Graduation
Class Gift Campaign, please contact LIZ
FRITCHMAN at 215.596.7525 or
[email protected].
You Make a Difference!
Your support makes our success possible.
Download The 2010–11 Annual Honor Roll of
Donors at http://bit.ly/vDNTfO for a complete
list of those alumni, faculty, staff, students,
friends of the University, and others who made
a difference throughout the year.
Thank you.
The Difference Donors Make
The Barra Foundation Grant
Supports Student Community Efforts
When USciences students head into
the community to give back and
become active partners in service
work, it’s very likely that support
from The Barra Foundation is helping
them. The Barra Foundation has
been donating to various USciences
initiatives for more than 25 years and
has exceeded $1 million in giving.
Recently it has supported USciences
community outreach initiatives with a
$7,500 annual Community Fund Grant
in each of the last six years. In just
2010–11, the funds helped over 250
students volunteer more than 3,000
hours at 23 different community
service programs, ranging from block
clean-ups to soup kitchens to multiple
nationally recognized fundraisers.
“The Barra Foundation money
has been very helpful and well
utilized,” said WALTER PERRY,
EdD, associate dean of students and
director of multicultural affairs. “The
grant money is very significant to us
by removing financial obstacles and
The Barra Foundation supports USciences
community efforts such as this OT student
outing to benefit Bears-for-Smiles.
thereby allowing students to do
good things.”
Whether through tokens to get to
events, groceries for needy families,
or assistance to send students on
alternative spring breaks, The Barra
Foundation grants provide the
support for Student Affairs efforts to
be effective partners in the community.
The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Reception
University of the
Sciences hosted a
reception for The
W.W. Smith
Charitable Trust
and the student
recipients of its
annual scholarship
on November 3,
2011. The W.W.
Smith Charitable
Trust has been
funding scholarships for USciences
students for the past 25 years with its
support totaling more than $1.5 million.
Its annual grant is used to support fulltime, undergraduate students from the
Delaware Valley who have financial
need and are in good academic
standing. Student recipients expressed
their gratitude to the trust’s grant
administrator, Michelle Montgomery
(center back row). Interim President
MARVIN SAMSON HonAlm’96
(on Montgomery’s left), financial
aid director PAULA LEHRBERGER
(on Samson’s left), vice president of
institutional advancement ANN V.
SATTERTHWAITE (on Montgomery’s
right), and vice president of corporate
relations SUSAN E. BARRETT, EdD
(on Satterthwaite’s right) personally
greeted Montgomery and expressed
our ongoing appreciation for The
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust’s support
of our students.
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Scholarly Activity
symbols
Dining Services
Poster Presentations
Faculty and staff = F
Alumni = ]
Current Student = M
Not affiliated with USciences = +
Award
AMALIA M. ISSA✦, W. Tufail+,
R. Ajike+, J. Tenorio+,
J. McKeever+, “Breast and
Colorectal Cancer Patients’ Preferences for Pharmacogenomics:
A Discrete Choice Experiment”
at the 27th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology
& Therapeutic Risk Management,
Chicago, August 14–17, 2011.
Admission Office
Professional Activity
CHRISTINE MCINAW✦ has been
accepted into the Enrollment
Leadership Academy (ELA) of the
Middle States Regional Office of
The College Board. Participation
is limited to a small cohort of
mid-level admission professionals
who are invited to participate
in a yearlong professional
development program focused
on leadership skills, enrollment
management issues, and development of the next generation of
enrollment leaders. College of Graduate
Studies
CARRIE WATERMAN] was
named a 2011 Fulbright Scholar
to teach phytochemistry while
conducting research on the use
of herbal medicines to treat
malaria and bacterial and fungal
infections. She is working with
the departments of chemistry,
biology, and pharmacology at the
University of Nairobi, Kenya,
for 10 months, beginning in
September 2011.
Publication
ARA DER MARDEROSIAN✦,
“Dietary Supplements,” chapter
345 in The Merck Manual,
19th edition, R. S. Porter, ed.,
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.,
pp. 3421–3432, 2011.
MARIE FAHERTY✦, dining
services general manager,
accepted an Award of Excellence
for USciences and Sodexo’s
efforts in supporting the
employment of individuals with
disabilities at a dinner hosted
by the Philadelphia Department
of Behavioral Health and
Intellectual disAbility Services
and PA Office of Developmental
Programs at the 12th Employment
Supports Symposium,
Philadelphia, May 5, 2011.
Division of Student
Affairs, Student Health
and Counseling
Presentation
KAREN LEVINSON✦,
ALISSA BROWN✦, PAUL
FURTAW✦, EVIE GERBER✦,
ANDREA MCNULTY✦, DEBBY
MICHELMAN✦, ALIECE CHEN✦,
20 interactive date rape prevention workshops in conjunction
with the USciences Athletic
Department PE classes,
October 3–7, 2011.
Grants/Service Agreements
AMALIA M. ISSA✦ received a
one-year $250,626 grant from
InHealth for “Evaluating the Role
and Impact of Breast Cancer Personalized Molecular Diagnostics
on Healthcare Delivery Systems:
Clinical and Policy Implications.”
STEVE METRAUX✦ received a
six-month $29,548 contract from
the UPenn-VA for “VA-244410-Rp-0004 Dennis Culhane
Contract.”
S. Cuffe+, H. Hon+, K. Tobros+,
C.-K. A. Wong+, B. De Souza+,
G. McFarlane, S. Masroor+,
E. Hasani+, B. Sun+, N. Di
Tommaso+, W. Xu+, N. Leighl+,
S. Alibhai+, AMALIA M. ISSA✦,
G. Liu+, “Patient Attitudes Toward
Receiving Chemotherapy and
Pharmacogenetic Testing in Curative and Palliative Cancer Patients”
at the 27th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology
& Therapeutic Risk Management,
D. S. Patil+, M. Yang+, AMALIA M.
ISSA✦, “The Quality of Economic
Studies of Cancer Pharmacogenomics: A Quantitative Appraisal
of the Evidence” at the 27th
International Conference on
Pharmacoepidemiology &
Therapeutic Risk Management,
M. Yang+, W. Tufail+, D. S. Patil+,
AMALIA M. ISSA✦, “Knowledge
and Preferences of Breast and
Colorectal Cancer Survivors and
Patients for Pharmacogenomic
Molecular Diagnostics” at the
27th International Conference
on Pharmacoepidemiology &
Presentations
KELLEEN FLAHERTY✦, webinar
on medical education communications companies to the Drug
Information Association Medical
Writing SIAC (special interest area
community), July 7, 2011.
HAROLD GLASS✦, “Minority
Involvement in Clinical Trials:
Facts and Myths” at the National
Medical Association Annual
Convention, Washington, DC,
July 25, 2011.
AMALIA M. ISSA✦
• served as symposium cochair
for “Innovations in Pharmacoepidemiology: New Tools for
Clinical Pharmacologists” at
the American College of Clinical
Pharmacology 40th Annual
Meeting, Chicago, September
11–13, 2011.
• served as course director of
“Introduction to Pharmacogenetic Epidemiologic Methods,”
a preconference course, at the
27th International Conference
on Pharmacoepidemiology &
Chicago, August 13, 2011.
AMY JESSOP✦, “Facing the TwoHeaded Monster: Meeting the
Challenges of HIV and Hepatitis
C” (panel) at Philadelphia FIGHT’s
12th Annual Prevention and
Outreach Summit, June 15, 2011.
RICHARD G. STEFANACCI✦,
“Elimination of Unnecessary
Medications” for the Pennsylvania
Medical Directors Association,
Philadelphia, July 29, 2011.
AMY JESSOP✦
• attended a meeting at the White
House on Thursday, July 28,
2011, where she joined other
federal hepatitis policy makers
and policy advocates for a World
Hepatitis Day briefing.
• submitted a final report to
Vertex Pharmaceuticals for
USciences’ hepHELP HCV Care
Coordination Project.
Scholarly Activity
Publications
HAROLD GLASS✦, J. Glass+,
“Latin American Physicians’
Attitudes Toward Participation
in Clinical Trials,” Pharmaceutical
Medicine, 25(2):87–94, 2011.
AMALIA M. ISSA✦, J. F. Hutchinson+, W. Tufail+, E. Fletcher+,
R. Ajike+, J. Tenorio+, “Provision of
Personalized Genomic Diagnostic
Technologies for Breast and
Colorectal Cancer: An Analysis of
Patient Needs, Expectations and
Priorities,” Personalized Medicine
8(4):401–411, 2011.
AMALIA M. ISSA✦, W. Tufail+,
R. Ajike+, J. Tenorio+,
J. McKeever+, “Breast and
Colorectal Cancer Patients’ Preferences for Pharmacogenomics:
A Discrete Choice Experiment,”
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug
Safety, 20(S1):S328, 2011.
N. Arar+, S. J. Knight+,
S. M. Modell+, AMALIA M. ISSA✦,
“The Genome-Based Knowledge
Management in Cycles
(G-KNOMIC) Model: A Complex
Adaptive Systems Framework
for Implementation of Genomic
Applications,” Personalized
Medicine, 8(2):191–205, 2011.
S. Cuffe+, H. Hon+, K. Tobros+,
C.-K. A. Wong+, B. De Souza+,
G. McFarlane+, S. Masroor+,
E. Hasani+, B. Sun+,
N. Di Tommaso+, W. Xu+,
N. Leighl+, S. Alibhai+, AMALIA
M. ISSA✦, G. Liu+, “Patient
Attitudes Toward Receiving
Chemotherapy and Pharmacogenetic Testing in Curative
and Palliative Cancer Patients,”
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug
Safety, 20(S1):S327–328, 2011.
(cont.)
Y. Joly+, G. Koutrikas+,
A.-M. Tassé+, AMALIA M. ISSA✦,
B. Carleton+, M. Hayden+,
M. J. Rieder+, E. Ramos-Paque+,
D. Avard+, “Regulatory Approval
for New Pharmacogenomics
Tests: A Comparative Overview,”
Food and Drug Law Journal,
66(1):1–24, 2011.
RICHARD G. STEFANACCI✦,
ANDREW PETERSON✦,
“Patient-Adherence Strategies
and Solutions,” as part of a think
tank online at PM360, 2011
(www.pm360online.com/f3_
Think_Tank_Bio_Pharma_
Patient_Adherence_Strategies_
Solutions_0611).
D. S. Patil+, M. Yang+, AMALIA M.
ISSA✦, “The Quality of Economic
Studies of Cancer Pharmacogenomics: A Quantitative Appraisal
of the Evidence,” Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety,
20(S1):S328, 2011.
Misher College of Arts
and Sciences
M. Yang+, W. Tufail+, D. S. Patil+,
AMALIA M. ISSA✦, “Knowledge
and Preferences of Breast and
Colorectal Cancer Survivors and
Patients for Pharmacogenomic
Molecular Diagnostics,” Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety,
20(S1):S330, 2011.
RICHARD G. STEFANACCI✦
• “Improving the Care of ‘Dual
Eligibles’—What’s Ahead,” Clinical Geriatrics, 19(9):28–32, 2011.
• “Improving the Care of ‘Dual
Eligibles’—What’s Ahead,”
Annals of Long-Term Care:
Clinical Care and Aging, 19(9):2
6–30, 2011.
• “OTCs—The Start of the
Problem and Beginning of
Opportunities, online at PM360,
2011 (www.pm360online.com/
Guest_Commentary_0811).
• “Accountable Care—But the
Patient Isn’t Accountable,”
Managed Care, 20(7):33–34, 2011.
P. E. Lester+, I. Kohen+, RICHARD
G. STEFANACCI✦, M. Feuerman+,
“Nursing Homes’ Antipsychotic
Use and Management,”
The Director, 19(2):24–27, 2011.
Awards
KRISTEN N. BARRETT✭
received the Gordon Research
Conferences Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship
travel grant, May 2011.
HIU Y. CHENG✭ received the
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Student Leadership Award for the
2011 ACS Leadership Institute, Fort
Worth, TX, January 21–23, 2011.
NICHOLAS CHUBATYI✭,
TAM LIEU✭ received Delaware
Valley Mass Spectrometry
Discussion Group travel grant
awards, April 2011.
ELEONORA GIANTI✭ received
the American Chemical Society
(ACS) Peter Kollman Graduate
Award in Supercomputing with a
prize of 200,000 service units on
a supercomputer cluster (Kraken
Cray XT5 system with 112,896
compute cores) at the National
Institute for Computational
Sciences, awarded at the 241st
ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, March 29, 2011.
CHARLES N. MCEWEN✦ won the
2011 Pedersen Award presented
by DuPont. The award is the
highest scientific award presented
by the company and is named in
honor of Nobel Laureate Charles J.
Pedersen, January 2011.
AMBER ROSS✭ received the 2011
Directorate Award in recognition
of outstanding support of the
DOE-NE Used Fuel Disposition
Campaign for work on a nuclearfuel–related project through the
Department of Homeland Security
HS-STEM program at Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory, Livermore,
CA, August 2011.
DIANA SARDELIS✭ received the
$1,000 Richard Schaeffer Memorial Fund Travel Award on February 12, 2011, to present a paper
at the American Society for Mass
Spectrometry 59th Conference
on Mass Spectrometry and Allied
Topics, Denver, June 5–9, 2011.
Grants/Service Agreements
CHARLES N. MCEWEN✦
received a three-year $345,000
National Science Foundation
(NSF) research grant for “Studies
on New Ionization Approaches in
Mass Spectrometry for Imaging.”
K.C. Richards+ (principal investigator, University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing), STEPHEN T.
MOELTER✦ (co-investigator)
received a three-year $151,178
grant from the National Institutes
of Health National Institute on
Aging for “Mild Cognitive Impairment and Obstructive Sleep
Apnea.” The major goal of this
clinical trial in older adults with
mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
and obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) is to compare the effects
of continuous positive airway
pressure (CPAP) treatment for
OSA to those of sham CPAP on
cognitive and everyday function.
REBECCA NEWCOMER✭,
VOJISLAVA POPHRISTIC✦
received a one-year $500 Innovative Activities Grant from the
American Chemical Society for
“Elemental Education & Beyond.”
VOJISLAVA POPHRISTIC✦,
GUILLERMO MOYNA✦,
A. Teslja+ received a three-year
$459,000 research grant from the
National Science Foundation for
“A Combined Computational and
Experimental Approach for Structure Prediction of Foldamers.”
JOHN PORTER✦ received a fouryear $347,763 sub-award from
UPenn from a grant from
the National Institutes of Health
for “Isolation, Identification
and Characterization of a Toxin
Causing Biliary Atresia.”
FREDERICK T. SCHAEFER✦
received a one-year $1,000
grant from the Quaker Chemical
Foundation for “Chemical Education Outreach Activities in the
Conshohocken Area.”
ALEXANDER SIDORENKO✦
received a one-year $86,362
grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb
for “Development of a SPM/AFM
Method for Prediction of Sticking
During Tableting.”
KRISTEN N. BARRETT✭,
“Investigations of Heterocyclic
Sulfones as Medicinal Compounds” at the Philadelphia
Section of the American Chemical
Society Eleventh Annual Student
Poster Session, Temple University,
Philadelphia, February 10, 2011.
PRATIK BHATIYA✭, “Measuring
of the Release of DNA Subsites
from the DNA-IHF Complex” at
Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting
MARM 2011, College Park, MD,
May 21, 2011.
PRATIK BHATIYA✭, MICHAEL
F. BRUIST✦, “Measuring of the
Release of DNA Subsites from the
DNA-IHF Complex” at the Sigma
Xi Student Research Day, Thomas
Jefferson University, Philadelphia,
April 27, 2011.
MICHAEL F. BRUIST✦
• “Teaching Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology at University of the Sciences” at the
Association of Biochemistry
Course Directors 2011 Conference: Teaching Biochemistry to
Students of Medicine, Dentistry
& Pharmacy, Myrtle Beach, SC,
April 30, 2011.
Getting a Complete
Picture with the BOD POD
By April Hall
• “A Single-Base Mutant of the
Sarcin/Ricin Domain IIId of the
Hepatitis C Virus IRES Changes
the Communication Propensity
Throughout the Domain in
Silico” at the Mini-Symposium of
Collaborative Research between
University of the Sciences and
The Wistar Institute, sponsored
by the Center for Chemical Biology and Translational Medicine,
• “Communication Propensity in
Nucleic Acids as Measured by
Molecular Dynamics” at the
Gordon Research Conference
on Nucleic Acids, University of
New England, Biddeford, ME,
June 5–10, 2011.
NICHOLAS CHEN✭, “Mechanism
of Anesthetic Binding to Lipid Bilayer” at the Delaware Membrane
Protein Symposium, Newark, DE,
May 4, 2011.
CHARLES N. MCEWEN✦,
“Improving Ion Production and
Efficiency with Obstruction Surfaces Using Sonic Spray Ionization (SSI) Mass Spectrometry” at
the American Society for Mass
BOD POD
Contest
Some people find
themselves slaves to
the scale, weighing
themselves every
month, every week,
or even every day.
Numbers show up
at their feet and that
tells the whole story
of how healthy they
are, right?
Last spring semester,
Richards hosted a campus
contest, named after the hit
NBC show The Biggest Loser.
The contest aimed to have
USciences contestants
measure the loss of body
fat through fitness and
lifestyle changes.
Wrong, says KARIN RICHARDS, MS, director
of the exercise science and wellness management
program. Richards was instrumental in bringing the
high-tech BOD POD to University of the Sciences two
years ago to measure body fat. The investment of
$27,000 was well worth it, she says, bringing not only
another tool to the college, but opening the door for
a research project with some surprising results.
Continued on page 27
Scholarly Activity
(cont.)
ELEONORA GIANTI✭, RANDY J.
ZAUHAR✦, P. Purushottamachar+,
V. C. O. Njar+, “Induced Fit
Docking to Generate a Binding
Hypothesis for Steroidal CYP17
Inhibitors to the Human Androgen
Receptor” at the Philadelphia
MARC LUONG✭, ZHIWEI LIU✭,
ELEONORA GIANTI✭,
JHENNY GALAN✭, VOJISLAVA
POPHRISTIC✦, “Ab Initio and
Molecular Dynamic Studies of
Aromatic Oligoamide Trimers”
at the Philadelphia Section of
Eleventh Annual Student Poster
Session, Temple University,
ANDREW HARRON✭, VINCENT
PAGNOTTI✭, CHARLES N.
MCEWEN✦, “Tissue Imaging
Using Laserspray Ionization at
Ultra-High Mass Resolution on
an Orbitrap Exactive Mass Spectrometer” at the American Society
for Mass Spectrometry 59th
Conference on Mass Spectrometry
and Allied Topics, Denver,
June 5–9, 2011.
MADHU MAHALINGAM✦, ELISABETH MORLINO✦, ELISBETTA
FASELLA✦, “Using Technology
as a Tool in the Development of
Students’ Problem Solving Skills”
at the Lilly Conference on College
& University Teaching, Bethesda,
MD, June 3, 2011.
ANDREW J. HEIM✭, “A Scoring
Function for Membrane Protein
Models Based on the Conservation
Of Inter-Residue Contact
Distributions” at the Delaware
Membrane Protein Symposium,
Newark, DE, May 4, 2011.
ANGELICA JOHNSON✭, “Molecular Dynamics Of Sarcin-Ricin
Domain: Testing of the Variations of a New Force Field” at
Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting
MARM 2011, College Park, MD,
May 21, 2011.
TAM LIEU✭, CHARLES N.
MCEWEN✦, “Analysis of Dyes
from Ballpoint Pen Ink on Paper
Using Atmospheric Pressure Solids Analysis Probe and Laserspray
Ionization Mass Spectrometry”
THUY H. NGUYEN✭, “Molecular
Dynamics Studies of Amphipathic
Peptides Embedded Within a
Lipid Bilayer” at the Delaware
Membrane Protein Symposium,
Newark, DE, May 4, 2011.
THUY H. NGUYEN✭, ZHIWEI
LIU✭, PRESTON B. MOORE✦,
“Molecular Dynamics Studies of
Amphipathic Peptides Embedded
within a Lipid Bilayer” at the Philadelphia Section of the American
Chemical Society Eleventh Annual
Student Poster Session, Temple
University, Philadelphia, February
10, 2011. The poster was chosen
as a top poster presentation in the
graduate student category, which
included a $100 award sponsored
by DOW Chemical Company.
VINCENT PAGNOTTI✭, “Richard
Everett Houghton Mass Spectrometry Lab” at the Mini-Symposium
of Collaborative Research between
The Wistar Institute, sponsored by
the Center for Chemical Biology
and Translational Medicine,
ARPIT PATEL✭, MICHAEL F.
BRUIST✦, “Study of the Mechanism of the Binding of IHF to the
DNA” at the American Chemical
Society Middle Atlantic Regional
Meeting MARM 2011, College Park,
MD, May 21, 2011.
DIANA SARDELIS✭, “Investigating the Instrumental Optimization
of Laserspray Ionization for Protein Analysis” at the Philadelphia
DIANA SARDELIS✭, CHARLES
N. MCEWEN✦, CATHERINE
BENTZLEY✦, “Investigating
the Instrumental Optimization
and Sensitivity of Laserspray
Ionization for Protein Analysis”
SARAH SAYLOR✭, “Investigation
of Hazardous, Volatile Hydrocarbons in Commercial Beverages”
at the Philadelphia Section of
CHI N. TANG✭, “Studies of
the Conformational Flexibility of
Heterocyclic Arylamide Foldamers” at the Philadelphia Section
of the American Chemical Society
CHI N. TANG✭, JHENNY
GALAN✭, SHUBASHIS
CHAKRABARTY✭, ZHIWEI W.
LIU✭, GUILLERMO MOYNA✦,
VOJISLAVA POPHRISTIC✦,
“Studies of the Conformational
Rigidity of Heterocyclic Arylamide
Foldamers” at the 241st American
Chemical Society National Meeting
& Exposition, Anaheim, CA, March
27–31, 2011.
Presentations
PETER B. BERGET✦, “Fluorescent Protease Biosensors
Engineered from Fluorogen
Activating Proteins” at the Gordon
Research Conference on Matrix
Metalloproteinases, Smithfield,
RI, August 7–12, 2011, and as part
of the USciences Department of
Biological Sciences’ fall seminar
series, October 14, 2011.
MIRIAM DIAZ-GILBERT✦
• “How to Effectively Use English
for Pharmacy Documentation and
Oral Communication” (her book,
published by LWW) as an invited
speaker for an online seminar
for Korean pharmacists hosted
by PharmStudy, Seoul, Korea,
August 11, 2011.
• “The Role of Writing Center
Peer Tutors in Reinforcing the
Writing and Rhetoric Common
Curriculum” at the Council of
Writing Program Administrators
Conference, Baton Rouge, LA,
July 10–17, 2011. ANNE MARIE FLANAGAN✦,
“‘A Good Deal of Generality’: The
Artistry of Henry James’s ‘Brooksmith’” at the Fifth International
Conference of the Henry James
Society, Rome, July 7–10, 2011.
PAUL HALPERN✦, “The Principle
of Self-Consistency in Connie Willis’s Blackout and All Clear” at the
Society for Literature Science and
the Arts Conference, Kitchener,
Canada, September 22–25, 2011. ALEXANDER KHRIZMAN✭,
HIU Y. CHENG✭, GUILLERMO
MOYNA✦, “Synthesis of Sequentially Deuterated 1-n-butyl-3methylimidazolium Ionic Liquids”
at the 241st American Chemical
Society National Meeting
& Exposition, Anaheim, CA,
March 27–31, 2011.
“Inlet Ionization on an Orbitrap
Mass Spectrometer” at the 8th
Biennial North American Fourier
Transform Mass Spectrometry
(FTMS) Conference, Key West, FL,
May 1, 2011.
VINCENT PAGNOTTI✭, “Fundamentals and Applications of Inlet
Ionization: Ionization Methods
for Small and Large Molecules”
PRESTON B. MOORE✦
• “Using Computational Chemistry
to Understand Complex Biological Systems” at the Instituto
Tecnológico de Santo Domingo
and the Universidad Autónoma
de Santo Domingo (UASD),
Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, January 2011.
• “Computational Chemistry and
Drug Design at USciences” at
the Mini-Symposium of Collaborative Research between
The Wistar Institute, sponsored
by the Center for Chemical
Biology and Translational Medicine, Philadelphia, May 18, 2011.
• “Interdisciplinary Investigation
of Membranes Using Computational Simulations,” keynote talk
at the VII International Scientific
Research Congress, Universidad
Autónoma de Santo Domingo
(UASD), Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, June 9, 2011.
• “Using Graphical Process Unit
(GPU) to Enhance Life Science
Research” at the Life Sciences
Technology Insight Conference,
Boston, June 14–15, 2011.
VINCENT PAGNOTTI✭,
“Inlet Ionization: An Investigation
into the Mechanism That Produces
Ions from an Instrument-Inlet
Absent of Lasers, Heat or
Voltages” at the American Society
for Mass Spectrometry 59th
Conference on Mass Spectrometry
and Allied Topics, Denver,
June 5–9, 2011.
FREDERICK T. SCHAEFER✦,
“Mapping Philadelphia Hives”
at Honeyfest, Germantown,
Philadelphia, September 10, 2011.
FREDERICK T. SCHAEFER✦,
SARAH SAYLOR✭, ANGELA
UNG✭, SARAH JANSSEN✭,
CHRIS PETOUKHOFF✭,
VAISHALI PATEL✭, “Chemistry
from the Recycling Bin” at Earth
Bread & Brewery, Germantown,
Philadelphia, April 19, 2011.
LIA VAS✦, “Von-NeumannAlgebra-Like Rings,” invited talk,
Hacettepe University, Ankara,
Turkey, July 3–16, 2011. The visit
was funded by a Visiting Scientists
Fellowship Program grant from
The Scientific and Technological
Research Council of Turkey.
NATHAN M. WEST✦,
J. A. Labinger+, J. E. Bercaw+,
“Heterobimetallic Complexes of
Re and Zn as Potential Catalysts
in a Homogeneous Syngas
Conversion Scheme” at the
241st American Chemical Society
National Meeting & Exposition,
Anaheim, CA, March 27–31, 2011.
RANDY J. ZAUHAR✦, “Molecular
Modeling in Small Molecule
Discovery” at the Mini-Symposium
of Collaborative Research between
The Wistar Institute, sponsored by
the Center for Chemical Biology
and Translational Medicine,
Continued from page 25
A large white, plastic egg with a window sits in a
small office on the third floor of Glasser Hall.
Richards and DEBORAH L. ZAYON, BS, also of
the Samson College of Health Sciences, run through
a demonstration of the BOD POD. For an accurate
reading, the test subject should wear a bathing suit
and cap for his or her hair. First there’s the scale for
weight, then three sessions sitting in the pod, just
seconds at a time, to get the final readings.
The results are total
body composition
We find most of
(what percentage
the time people
and how many
pounds of the test
are surprised at
subject’s body are
fat and how much
the results.
is lean muscle). This
- KARIN RICHARDS, MS, year Richards took
director of the exercise
a random sampling
science and wellness
management program
of students and
faculty and found
30 percent of
people who were characterized as overweight or
obese using the Body Mass Index were lean or even
ultra lean according to the BOD POD.
And the confusion goes both ways. Richards says
she was surprised when a number of freshmen were
tested in the BOD POD and found out nearly 50
percent of their bodies were fat.
“Students look thin, so they think they’re healthy,”
Richards said. “But in reality they are really out of
shape. We find most of the time people are surprised
at the results.”
The BOD POD is now available to the public
through USciences. A test of body makeup and
resting metabolic rate is $35. Interested? Contact
Richards at [email protected].
Scholarly Activity
GUILLERMO MOYNA✦ presided
over a symposium entitled, “Structure, Solvation, and Dynamics
in N,N’-Dialkylimidazolium Ionic
Liquids: Insights from NMR Experiments and Molecular Modeling” at
the 241st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition,
Anaheim, CA, March 27–31, 2011.
Publications
GINA KAISER✦
• book review of Blue Nights by
Joan Didion in Library Journal,
136(15), September 15, 2011.
• book review of And So It Goes:
Kurt Vonnegut; A Life by Charles
J. Shields in Library Journal,
136(14), September 1, 2011.
ALEXANDER KHRIZMAN✭,
HIU Y. CHENG✭, GUILLERMO
MOYNA✦, “Synthesis of Sequentially Deuterated 1-n-Butyl-3methylimidazolium Ionic Liquids,”
Journal of Labelled Compounds
& Radiopharmaceuticals,
54(8):401–407, 2011.
ZHIWEI W. LIU✦, B. Ensing+,
PRESTON B. MOORE✦, “Quantitative Assessment of Force Fields
on Both Low-Energy Conformational Basins and Transition-State
Regions of the (phi-psi) Space,”
Journal of Chemical Theory and
Computation, 7(2):402–419, 2011.
ZHIWEI W. LIU✦, A. Teslja+,
VOJISLAVA POPHRISTIC✦, “An
ab initio Molecular Orbital Study of
Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding
in Ortho-Substituted Arylamides:
Implications for the Parameterization of Molecular Mechanics Force
Fields,” Journal of Computational
Chemistry, 32(9):1846–1858, 2011.
(cont.)
S. Trimpin+, “An Alternative
Ionization Paradigm for Atmospheric Pressure Mass Spectrometry: Flying Elephants from Trojan
Horses,” International Journal of
Mass Spectrometry, 300(2–3):
167–172, 2011.
A. L. Richards+, D. D. Marshall+,
E. D. Inutan+, CHARLES N.
MCEWEN✦, S. Trimpin+, “HighThroughput Analysis of Peptides
and Proteins by Laserspray Ionization Mass Spectrometry,” Rapid
Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25(1):247–250, 2011.
S. O. Nielsen+, PRESTON B.
MOORE✦, B. Ensing+, reply to
“Comment on ‘Adaptive Multiscale
Molecular Dynamics of Macromolecular Fluids,’” Physical Review
Letters, 107(9), 2011.
D. A. Pantano+, M. L. Klein+, D. E.
Discher+, PRESTON B. MOORE✦,
“Morphologies of Charged Diblock
Copolymers Simulated with a
Neutral Coarse-Grained Model,”
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B,
115(16):4689–4695, 2011.
D. Shaller+, W. Wang+, A. Li+,
GUILLERMO MOYNA✦,
J. J. Han+, G. L. Helms+,
A. D. Q. Li+, “Sequence-Controlled
Oligomers Fold into Nanosolenoids and Impart Unusual
Optical Properties,” Chemistry—
A European Journal, 17(30):
8350–8362, 2011.
VINCENT S. PAGNOTTI✭,
“Solvent Assisted Inlet Ionization:
An Ultrasensitive New Liquid
Introduction Ionization Method for
Mass Spectrometry,” Analytical
Chemistry, 83(11):3981–3985, 2011.
VINCENT S. PAGNOTTI✭,
E. D. Inutan+, D. D. Marshall +,
S. Trimpin+, “Inlet Ionization:
A New Highly Sensitive Approach
for Liquid Chromatography/Mass
Spectrometry of Small and Large
Molecules,” Analytical Chemistry,
83(20):7591–7594, 2011.
NATHAN M. WEST✦,
A. J. M. Miller+, J. A. Labinger+,
J. E. Bercaw+, “Homogeneous
Syngas Conversion,” Coordination
Chemistry Reviews, 255(7–8):
881–898, 2011.
Office of the Provost
Presentation
M. N. Berkin+, SHAWN P. CURTIN✦, JOSEPH G. TRAINOR✦,
A. S. Boyd+, “Program Margins and
Capacity: A Key Ingredient to a
Comprehensive Enrollment Strategy” at the Eastern Association of
College and University Business
Officers Annual Meeting, Hershey,
PA, October 30–November 1, 2011.
BARBARA ELLIOTT✦ has been
named to the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission
Counseling.
Office of the Registrar
Presentation
ALAN SIMS✦, C. Brennan+, “Registrar’s Roundtable,” an expert
panel discussing current issues
and best practices, at the NJ-NY
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
(ACRAO) Conference, Adelphi
University, Garden City, NY,
October 25, 2011.
Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy
ADEBOYE ADEJARE✦, SHENGGUO SUN], JASON WALLACH✭,
“Discovery of Novel NMDA Receptor Antagonists with Neuroprotective Properties” at the 12th
International Conference on Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery, Jersey
City, NJ, September 26–27, 2011.
Wallach was selected to receive
an Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery
Foundation’s Young Investigator
Scholarship.
LAURA L. BIO✦, MICHAEL J.
CAWLEY✦, LINDSAY B. CURTIN✦, LAUREN CZOSNOWSKI✦,
QUINN CZOSNOWSKI✦,
GLADYS DUENAS✦, JOMY
GEORGE✦, DANIEL A.
HUSSAR✦, L. McCluggage+,
DIANE W. MOREL✦, JEAN
SCHOLTZ✦, SARAH SPINLER✦,
JOAN TARLOFF✦, KAREN
TIETZE✦, T. Towne+, CRAIG
WHITMAN✦, ADEBOYE
ADEJARE✦, BRUCE CANADAY✦,
LISA LAWSON✦, LAURA
MANDOS✦, CATHY POON✦,
“Curricular Integration: Pharmacology, Therapeutics, Practice
Lab, and Case Studies” at the
American Association of Colleges
of Pharmacy Annual Meeting,
San Antonio, TX, July 9–13, 2011.
JACQUELINE FREED✭,
CATHERINE C. MOORE✦,
“SDF and Collagen Co-stimulation
Induce a Novel Arf6-ERK Pathway Required for Migration of
Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells”
at The Federation of American
Societies for Experimental Biology
(FASEB) Summer Research Conference: Regulation & Function
of Small GTPases, Saxtons River,
VT, June 5–10, 2011, and at the
Mini-Symposium of Collaborative Research between University
of the Sciences and The Wistar
Institute, sponsored by the Center
for Chemical Biology and Translational Medicine, Philadelphia,
May 18, 2011.
AARON F. KOCH✭, COLLEEN
E. SMITH], LAURA L. BIO✦,
“Utilization Outcomes and Effects
on Growth with Early Amino-Acid
Administration in Premature Neonates,” at the Pediatric Pharmacy
Advocacy Group Pediatric Pharmacy Conference, Memphis, TN,
March 16–20, 2011. The
presentation received a Best
Paper nomination.
DIANE W. MOREL✦,
L. McCluggage+, CATHY
POON✦, LAURA MANDOS✦,
“School-Wide Curricular Efforts to
Enhance Teaching Scholarship”
at the Lilly Conference on College
& University Teaching, Bethesda,
MD, June 3, 2011.
SAMANTHA SPATOCCO✭,
LAURA L. BIO✦, “Drug Use
Evaluation of Enoxaparin for
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients”
at the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group Pediatric Pharmacy
Conference, Memphis, TN,
March 16–20, 2011.
Presentations
LAURA L. BIO✦, “Approach to
the Pediatric Patient,” ACPE
Continuing Education Lecture,
to New Jersey Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists, Cherry Hill,
NJ, June 21, 2011.
LAURA A. FINN✦]
• “Medication Update with a
Focus on Dementia” at the
Philadelphia Corporation on Aging, sponsored by the Geriatric
Education Center of Greater
Philadelphia, October 5, 2011.
• “Reducing Medication Risks
for the Elderly,” continuing
education presentation at the
Delaware Pharmacists Society
Convention, Rehoboth Beach,
DE, May 25, 2011.
DANIEL A. HUSSAR✦]
• “New Drug Update 2011” at the
Colorado Pharmacists Society
Winter Continuing Education
Seminar, Beaver Creek Mountain, Avon, CO, January 9, 2011;
Delaware County Pharmacists
Association Meeting, Springfield,
PA, January 19, 2011; Scientific Meeting of the Delaware
Chapter of the American College
of Physicians, Newark, DE,
February 26, 2011; Delaware
Pharmacists Society Convention,
Rehoboth Beach, DE, May 26,
2011; and Christian Pharmacists
Fellowship International Annual
Meeting, Myrtle Beach, SC, June
10, 2011; and as a Grand Rounds
presentation, Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA, April 13, 2011.
• “New Drugs of 2010” at the
Iowa Pharmacy Foundation
Educational Expo, Des Moines,
IA, January 23, 2011; Connecticut
Pharmacists Association Midwinter Conference, Southington,
CT, February 3, 2011; California
Pharmacists Association Outlook
Convention, Palm Springs, CA,
February 11–12, 2011; and
American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, Seattle, March 25–26, 2011;
and for Ortho-McNeil pharmacists, Raritan, NJ, April 11, 2011.
• “New Drug Review 2011,” 12
hours of continuing education
programming for Value Drug
Company pharmacists, San Juan,
Puerto Rico, February 15–17, 2011.
• “New Drugs of 2010” at the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 32nd Annual Symposia on
Advances in Pharmacy Practice,
Philadelphia, February 20, 2011;
Camp Hill, PA, February 27, 2011;
and Plains, PA, March 13, 2011.
• “New Drug Update 2011” at the
Pennsylvania Chapter of the
American Society of Consultant
Pharmacists Lecture & Product
Theater, King of Prussia, PA,
May 3, 2011, and Harrisburg, PA,
May 4, 2011.
• “New Drug Update: Spring
2011” at the American Society
of Consultant Pharmacists 2011
Spring Conference, Las Vegas,
May 19, 2011.
LAURA A. MANDOS✦,
I. L. Calligaro+, ELENA M.
UMLAND], “Gifts of Experience
and Insight: Optimizing Your
Impact as a Preceptor” at
the Pennsylvania Pharmacists
Association Annual Conference,
King of Prussia, PA, September
22–25, 2011.
SARAH A. SPINLER✦
• “Common Issues About Medications” at the Mended Hearts
59th Annual Convention, New
Orleans, June 2, 2011.
• “Taking the Next Steps in
Acute Coronary Syndrome Management,” as part of The France
Foundation Continuing Education Program at the Ohio Society
of Health-System Pharmacists
72nd Annual Meeting, Columbus,
OH, May 6, 2011.
ADEBOYE ADEJARE✦
• has been appointed as adjunct
professor at Drexel University
College of Medicine.
• has been elected as secretary
of the board of directors of
iPRAXIS, Inc., a nonprofit
corporation based at the
Science Center and dedicated
to promoting science in underrepresented communities.
JOHN A. GANS✦] gave the
commencement address at the
University of North Carolina
Eshelman School of Pharmacy,
Chapel Hill, NC, May 7, 2011.
JING LI] defended her MS
thesis in pharmaceutics, entitled
“The Effect of Maternal Protein
Restriction During Pregnancy
and Lactation on Liver Triglyceride Secretion Rate in the Adult
Offspring,” August 5, 2011. Her
advisor was ANIL D’MELLO✦.
RUY TCHAO✦ and ZHIYU LI✦
served on her committee and
CATHERINE BENTZLEY✦ was
a reviewer for her thesis. Li is
currently working at Regeneron
in Tarrytown, NY.
Publications
ZEYNEP ATES-ALAGOZ✦,
SHENGGUO SUN], JASON WALLACH✭, ADEBOYE ADEJARE✦,
“Syntheses and Pharmacological
Evaluations of Novel N-Substituted
Bicyclo-Heptane-2-amines at
N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors,”
Chemical Biology & Drug Design,
78(1):25–32, 2011.
LAURA L. BIO✦, M. E. Perez+,
C. M. MacDougall+, J. G. Gallagher+,
“Comparison of Linezolid and
Daptomycin in the Treatment
of Vancomycin-Resistant
Enterococcal Bacteremia,”
Infectious Disease in Clinical
Practice, 19(5):343–347, 2011.
Scholarly Activity
LAURA L. BIO✦, A. Siu+,
CATHY Y. POON✦, “Update on
the Pharmacologic Management
of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome,” Journal of Perinatology,
31(11):692–701, 2011.
DANIEL A. HUSSAR✦],
DAVID E. ZIMMERMAN],
“New Drugs: Dabigatran Etexilate
Mesylate, Fingolimod Hydrochloride, and Ulipristal Acetate,”
Journal of the American Pharmacists
Association, 51(1):122–126, 2011.
DANIEL A. HUSSAR✦],
LISA M. PASCO], “New Drugs:
Ceftaroline Fosamil, Pegloticase,
and Eribulin Mesylate,” Journal of
the American Pharmacists Association, 51(2):316–319, 2011.
DANIEL A. HUSSAR✦], ANOKHI
SHAH], “New Drugs: Azilsartan
Medoxomil, Belimumab, and Lurasidone Hydrochloride,” Journal of
the American Pharmacists Association, 51(3):444–447, 2011.
DANIEL A. HUSSAR✦]
• “New Therapeutic Agents
Marketed in the Second Half
of 2010,” Pharmacy Today,
17(3):69–80, 2011.
• “Comment: Residency Requirement for Pharmacists Providing
Direct Patient Care,” The Annals
of Pharmacotherapy, 45(2):
282, 2011.
• “New Drugs 2011, Part 1,” Nursing
2011, 41(2):32–40, 2011.
• “New Drugs 2011, Part 2,”
Nursing 2011, 41(6):36–42, 2011.
• “A New Year, an Old Theme—
Pharmacy Must Have a More
Effective National Organizational
Structure!” editorial in The
Pharmacist Activist 6(1):1–2, 2011.
(cont.)
• “New Drug Review: Fingolimod
Hydrochloride (Gilenya),”
The Pharmacist Activist, 6(1):
3–4, 2011.
SARAH A. SPINLER✦, VINCENT
WILLEY✦, “A Patient’s Guide to
Taking Dabigatran Etexilate,
Circulation, 124(8):e209–e211, 2011.
• “Priorities for Our Profession,”
editorial in The Pharmacist
Activist, 6(2):1–2, 4, 2011.
P. S. Chan+, T. M. Maddox+,
F. Tang+, SARAH A. SPINLER✦,
J. Spertus+, “Practice-Level
Variation in Warfarin Use among
Outpatients with Atrial Fibrillation (from the NCDR PINNACLE
Program),” The American Journal of
Cardiology, 108(8):1136–1140, 2011.
• “New Drug Review: Pegloticase
(Krystexxa),” The Pharmacist
Activist, 6(2):3–4, 2011.
• “Both Patients and Health
Care Have a Great Need for a
Personal Touch,” editorial in
1–2, 4, 2011.
• “New Drug Review: Collagenase
Clostridium Histolyticum
(Xiaflex),” The Pharmacist
Activist, 6(3):3–4, 2011.
• “The Large Chains Are Making a
Mockery of Our Profession—
and Our Profession Is a CoConspirator through Our
Silence,” editorial in The Pharmacist Activist, 6(4):1–2, 4, 2011.
• “New Drug Review: Azilsartan
Medoxomil (Edarbi),” The Pharmacist Activist, 6(4):3, 2011.
• “Mail-Order Pharmacy Programs—Limitations, Inequities,
and Deception,” editorial in
1–2, 4, 2011.
• “New Drug Review: Ceftaroline
Fosamil (Teflaro),” The Pharmacist Activist, 6(5):3, 2011.
M. T. Martin+, SARAH A.
SPINLER✦, E. A. Nutescu+,
“Emerging Antiplatelet Therapies
in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Focus on Prasugrel,”
Clinical Therapeutics, 33(4):
425–442, 2011.
M. A. Crouch+, V. J. Colucci+,
P. A. Howard+, SARAH A. SPINLER✦, “P2Y12 Receptor Inhibitors:
Integrating Ticagrelor into the
Management of Acute Coronary
Syndrome,” The Annals
of Pharmacotherapy, 45(9):
1151–1156, 2011.
Samson College of
Health Sciences
Award
K. Nilsson-Helander+, KARIN
GRÄVARE SILBERNAGEL✦,
R. Thomeé+, E. Faxén+,
N. Olsson+, B. Eriksson+,
J. Karlsson+ received the
Hughston Award for the most
outstanding paper published in
2010 in The American Journal of
Sports Medicine for the paper
entitled, “Acute Achilles Tendon
Rupture: A Randomized,
Controlled Study Comparing
Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatments Using Validated Outcome
Measures.” The award was
presented at The American
Orthopaedic Society for Sports
Medicine Annual Meeting,
San Diego, July 7, 2011.
Grant
ROGER I. IDEISHI✦ received a
eight-month $1,200 grant from
the Smithsonian Institute for
“Smithsonian Institute Project.”
THERESE E. JOHNSTON✦,
M. J. Mulcahey+, R. R. Betz+,
R. T. Lauer+, “Effects of Cycling
on Bone and Muscle in Pediatric
Spinal Cord Injury” at the joint
conference of the American
Congress of Rehabilitation
Medicine and the American
Society for Neurorehabilitation,
Atlanta, October 11–15, 2011.
RYAN MAREK], BRIAN SCOTT],
GREGORY THIELMAN✦, “NearPeer Teaching: Comfortability
of Students with Near-Peer
Lecturers and Classic Guest
Lecturers” at the Pennsylvania
Physical Therapy Association
Annual State Conference, Valley
Forge, PA, October 14–16 2011.
JENNIFER S. PITONYAK✦,
“Infant Massage Classes in a
Healthy Start Program: A Pilot
Study of Mothers’ Satisfaction
and Knowledge,” at The
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Fourth Annual Pediatric Global
Health Symposium, Philadelphia,
September 16, 2011, and Pennsylvania Public Health Association
Annual Fall Conference, Philadelphia, September 26–27, 2011.
Presentations
ROGER I. IDEISHI✦, “Promoting
Community Inclusion: Access,
Opportunity and Participation”
at the 14th Annual John J. Bazyk
Distinguished Lecture Day,
Cleveland State University,
Cleveland, OH, October 27, 2011.
ROGER I. IDEISHI✦, WENDY
ROSS✦, A. Jones+, “Autism
Spectrum Disorder & Social
Participation” at the Smithsonian
National Air and Space Museum
Educators Workshop, Washington,
DC, October 4, 2011.
THERESE E. JOHNSTON✦
• “Spinal Cord Injury Rehab Across
the Ages: Pediatrics” during a
pre-conference course “Spinal
Cord Injury: New Directions
in Assessment, Repair, and
Rehabilitation” at the joint
conference of the American
Congress of Rehabilitation
Medicine and the American
Society for Neurorehabilitation,
Atlanta, October 12, 2011.
• organized and moderated
“Functional Electrical Stimulation
in Spinal Cord Injury: Clinician
and Consumer Perspectives”
at the joint conference of the
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Society for Neurorehabilitation, Atlanta, October 14, 2011.
R. T. Lauer+, “Effects of Cycling
on Bone and Muscle in Pediatric
Spinal Cord Injury” at the American Spinal Injury Association/
International Spinal Cord Society
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC,
June 6–8, 2011.
KARIN RICHARDS✦
• “How to be a Positive Professional” at the Neumann
University Institute for Student
Leadership Formation Leadership Conference, Aston, PA,
August 19, 2011.
• “Functional Fitness and Overall
Wellness for Older Adults” at
the Philadelphia Corporation on
Aging Regional Conference on
Aging, Philadelphia, September
19–22, 2011.
A. Wenger+, WENDY ROSS✦,
ROGER I. IDEISHI✦, B. Ziebarth+,
“Socialization in Science Centers:
Including Individuals with Autism”
at the Association of ScienceTechnology Centers National
Conference, Baltimore,
October 18, 2011.
KARIN GRÄVARE
SILBERNAGEL✦, “To Be or
Not to Be Active with Painful
Achilles Tendinopathy?” National
Athletic Trainers’ Association
62nd Annual Meeting & Clinical
Symposia, New Orleans,
June 19–22, 2011.
L. Schmitt+, T. Manal+, KARIN
“Use of an Algorithm to Return
a Patient with Achilles Tendinopathy to Painfree Running” at
the American College of Sports
Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver,
May 31–June 1, 2011.
served as a grant reviewer for
the Veterans Administration
Rehabilitation Research Merit
Award Reviews, August 9–11, 2011.
JENNIFER S. PITONYAK✦
completed a pilot study, in
collaboration with Philadelphia’s
Maternal, Child & Family Health
Department, to develop an
occupational therapy–led group
that was implemented at Health
Center #5 for women in the
Healthy Start program, teaching
infant massage to give women
another positive way to interact
with their babies. The two-year
project included OT graduate
students in needs assessment,
program development, data
collection, and leadership of
the groups at the health center.
Publications
• “NMES and FES in Patients with
Neurologic Diagnoses,” chapter
12 in Modalities for Therapeutic
Intervention, 5th edition, S. L.
Michlovitz, J. W. Bellew, T. P.
Nolan, eds., F.A. Davis Company,
pp. 303–331, 2011.
• “Functional Electrical Stimulation
(FES) for Children with Spinal
Cord Injuries: A Review of the
Clinical Effectiveness and
Guidelines,” a Canadian policy
paper (Rapid Response Report:
Summary with Critical Appraisal)
based on work she has done at
Shriners over multiple years, and
three of the papers referenced
(Johnston 2009, Johnston 2009,
and Lauer 2011) were published
since she has been at USciences
(she is the last author on the
Lauer paper), Canadian Agency
for Drugs and Technologies in
Health, June 16, 2011.
K. E. Watson+, S. A. Ross+,
P. E. Gates+, J. P. Gaughan+,
R. T. Lauer+, C.A. Tucker+,
J. R. Engsberg+, “Effects of a
Supported Speed Treadmill
Training Exercise Program on
Impairment and Function for
Children with Cerebral Palsy,”
Developmental Medicine & Child
Neurology, 53(8):742–750, 2011.
The journal also published a
commentary discussing the
importance of this three-site
randomized control trial.
R. T. Lauer+, B. T. Smith+,
“Effects of Cycling and/or
Electrical Stimulation on Bone
Mineral Density in Children with
Spinal Cord Injury,” Spinal Cord,
49(8):917–923, 2011.
N. Olsson+, K. Nilsson-Helander+,
J. Karlsson+, B. Eriksson+, R.
Thomée+, E. Faxén+, KARIN
“Major Functional Deficits Persist
Two Years after Acute Achilles
Tendon Rupture, Independent
of Treatment,” Knee Surgery,
Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy,
19(8):1385–1393, 2011.
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