faculty news
Grants
• Samuel Crish received additional funding in the amount of $18,980 from the National Eye Institute to support his grant titled “Axonopathy in Glaucoma.” • Werner Geldenhuys received a gift of $500 from the Summit County Parkinson’s Support Group for his research on Parkinson’s disease. • Werner Geldenhuys and Richard Carroll received $50,000 from Dick Nicely for their research on Parkinson’s disease. • The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation awarded a $5.5 million grant to the Best Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment Center at NEOMED. • Signet Enterprises has announced a $500,000 gift to establish the Signet Enterprises Executive Boardroom in the new health, wellness and medical education complex being constructed at NEOMED. • The Fred F. Silk Charitable Foundation generously supported the Silk Pharmacy Endowment with $25,718. • NEOMED was awarded state AmeriCorps grant funding from ServeOhio to advance the health and success of rural Ohio communities. The three-year grant will total $798,000 and a portion of the ServeOhio investment will be matched by NEOMED.
Promotions
• Seth P. Brownlee was promoted to associate professor of pharmacy practice. • Chrisovalantis Paxos was promoted to associate professor of pharmacy practice. • Mary Petrea Cober was promoted to associate professor of pharmacy practice. • S. Scott Wisneski was promoted to associate professor of pharmacy practice.
Northeastern University
pital/Harvard Medical School for his work in collaboration with Morris White titled “Hepatic Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Disease.” • Kathleen Bungay, Carla Bouwmeester, Christine Chim, John Devlin, Michael Conley and Debra J. Reid were awarded $1,200 from the NACDS Foundation & Million Hearts 2013 for the “Heart to Heart Community Health Fairs Initiative.” • Heather Clark was awarded $304,255 by the National Institutes of Health for “Polymer-Free Nanosensors to Visualize Biochemical Dynamics in Dendritic Spines.” • Richard Deth was awarded $47,500 by A2 Corporation for “Opiate Peptide Effects on DNA Methylation and Gene Expression” and $34,000 for “Characterization of Multiple Opiate Signaling Pathways.” He also received $40,000 from the Autism Research Institute for “Metabolic Factors Affecting Gamma Synchrony: A Collaborative Research Proposal.” • Vladimir P. Torchilin was awarded $9,630 by Immix Biopharma LLC for “Testing the Construct Targeting CA IX Receptor and Delivering NF-kb Inhibitor to Cancer Cells.”
Promotions
• Debra A. Copeland, associate clinical professor • John Devlin, professor • Jason W. Lancaster, associate clinical professor • Jenny A. Van Amburgh, clinical professor
Ohio Northern University Appointments/Elections
• Thomas L. Kier is now interim dean at the Raabe College of Pharmacy.
Pacific University Oregon Appointments/Elections
• Reza Karimi, professor and associate dean for academic affairs & assessment interim dean at the school of pharmacy
Appointments/Elections
• Jennifer S. Bhuiyan, assistant clinical professor
Purdue University
• Danielle M. Gingras, assistant clinical professor
Appointments/Elections
• Tonia Konry, assistant professor • Thomas M. Matta, assistant clinical professor • Steven D. Pizer, associate professor
Awards
• John Devlin was named Distinguished Scholar and fellow of the National Academies of Practice. • Vladimir P. Torchilin received the lifetime achievement award from the Journal of Drug Targeting. • Jenny A. Van Amburgh was named Distinguished Scholar and fellow of the National Academies of Practice.
Grants
• Arun K. Ghosh was selected for induction into the Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame by the American Chemical Society. • Yoon Yeo was the recipient of the 2013 Showalter Trust Award for her project titled “Zwitterionic Chitosan as an LPS Antagonist for the Treatment of Sepsis.” • Alan J. Zillich was elected to the Board of Trustees of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Research Institute. He was elected as a fellow.
Grants
• Stephen R. Byrn received $24,078 and $22,966 from Argonne National Laboratory for “Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Fast Acting Amorphous Drugs.” He also received $25,000 from the Merck Company Foundation for
• Mansoor M. Amiji was awarded $35,108 by Children’s Hos-
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