Faculty News Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
• Kimberly Braxton-Lloyd entered into an agreement with Adams Drugs for the development of a $348,340 Community Pharmacy Residency Program.
Appointments/Elections
• Randall Clark and Jack DeRuiter were awarded $344,325 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice for “Bath Salt-type Aminoketone Designer Drugs: Analytical and Synthetic Studies on Substituted Cathinones.”
• Gregory Dewey has been named the eighth president of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Auburn University Appointments/Elections
• Emily Armstrong has been elected secretary, American College of Clinical Pharmacy Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network. • Amanda Fowler was named manager of post graduate education for the Harrison School of Pharmacy. • Scott Gulley was named practice operations manager for the State Wellness Center in Montgomery. • Lori Hornsby has been elected secretary/treasurer, American College of Clinical Pharmacy Education and Training Practice and Research Network. • Kristi W. Kelley has been elected chair, American College of Clinical Pharmacy Education and Training Practice and Research Network. • Anne Marie Liles has been elected chair-elect, American College of Clinical Pharmacy Education Nephrology Practice and Research Network. • Karen F. Marlowe has been elected chair, American College of Clinical Pharmacy Education Pain and Palliative Care Practice and Research Network. • Paige Patterson was named manager of practice operations in the Division of Pharmacy Health Services, Harrison School of Pharmacy. • Vishnu D. Suppiramaniam has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health study section: Neurodevelopment, Synaptic Plasticity & Neurodegeneration.
Awards
• Rajesh Amin received the Auburn University Graduate Student Council’s annual Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award. • Murali Dhanasekaran was honored as an Outstanding Faculty Advisor by Auburn University. • Joshua C. Hollingsworth was awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education valued at $6,500.
Grants
• Robert D. “Rusty” Arnold received a $1,345,892 grant from the National Institutes of Medicine/NIBIB, PAR-11-148, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine for “Secretory phospholipases (sPLA2) & their receptors for delivering nanoliposomes.” Arnold also received subrecipient funding from The University of Georgia to assist with “Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Generic Levetiracetam Extended Release in Comparison to Keppra XR and Standard Release Keppra” ($8,800).
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• Jan Kavookjian received a $25,000 grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Caring Foundation to support extending health behavior change interventions to persons with chronic conditions, particularly in rural Alabama communities. • Wesley Lindsey received a $3,000 grant from the Alabama Pharmacy Association to create continuing pharmacy education journal articles for the Alabama Pharmacy Association Research and Education Foundation. • Peter Panizzi received a sub-award agreement from Massachusetts General Hospital (NIH Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) for $454,441. The five-year award will study pathogen specific imaging of endocarditis. • William R. Ravis was awarded a $50,271 contract from War Eagle Labs, LLC to evaluate “Buprenorphine Nanoparticles for Long Term Pain Relief and the Treatment of Addiction Formulation and Comparative Bioavailability.”
Duquesne University Appointments/Elections
• Karen M. Fancher, faculty of the Board Certification in Oncology Pharmacy Review & Recertification Course. • Jacqueline M. Klootwyk, assistant professor of pharmacy practice • Branden D. Nemecek, assistant professor of pharmacy practice • David E. Zimmerman, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
Awards
• Janet K. Astle and Bruce Livengood (2013). Assessment Award for the development of PharmEd Plus. Awarded by Duquesne University Academic Affairs. • Pamela H. Koerner (2013). American College of Clinical Pharmacy Academy Teaching and Learning Certificate Program. • Robert L. Maher Jr. (2013). National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations Excellence in Innovation Award sponsored by Upsher-Smith Laboratories. Awarded by the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association. • Jamie L. McConaha (2013). American College of Clinical Pharmacy Academy Teaching and Learning Certificate Program. • Duquesne University (2013). Was recognized with a service award for providing over 25,500 hours of clinical service