faculty news
for pediatric brain tumors. He also received a $200,000 V Foundation V Scholar grant for his project “Beyond Parthenolide: Next Generation Molecules Targeting AML Cancer Stem Cells.” • Michelle Johnson-Jennings received an R01 NIH/NIDA grant for her project “American Indians, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Behaviors: Secondary Data Analysis of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” • Susan Marino received an NIH grant for $2.76 million over five years for the project “Characterizing and Predicting Drug Effects on Cognition.” Co-investigators are Serguei Pakhomov, Angela Birnbaum and Ilo Leppik. • Serguei V. Pakhomov received a $400,000 award from the Alzheimer’s Association for his project “Automated Semantic Indices for Early Detection of Cognitive Changes.” • Raj Suryanarayanan and Calvin Sun received an $85,000 Critical Path Manufacturing Sector Research Initiative (UO1) for their project “Evaluation of Polymorphic Changes in Tablet Manufacture and Storage Using SolidState NMR Spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction.”
Grants
• The Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research & Policy Program received a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to launch an institutional career development training (K12) program.
Promotions
• Rheem A. Totah was promoted to associate professor of medicinal chemistry.
University of Wyoming Appointments/Elections
• Linda Gore Martin will be assuming the position of dean of the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy.
Retirements
• John H. Vandel will be retiring as dean of the school of pharmacy.
Washington State University Appointments/Elections
• Chengguo Xing received an R01 grant for $1,531,400 for five years for his project “Mechanisms of Anticancer Agents Selective against Drug Resistant Leukemia.”
• K. Michael Gibson has been hired as professor and head of a new Clinical Pharmacology Unit.
Promotions
• Philip Lazarus has been hired as professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Caroline Gaither has been named the senior associate dean for professional education. • Vadim J. Gurvich was promoted to research associate professor. • Ahmed Heikal was promoted to full professor. • Todd D. Sorensen has been named the Peters Chair in pharmacy practice innovation.
Retirements
• Derek J. Hook retired from his position as director of the High Throughput Screening Laboratory for the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery & Development and research professor of medicinal chemistry.
University of Washington Appointments/Elections
• Ryan Hansen was appointed acting assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy this past fall.
Awards
• Ryan Hansen was selected to be a K12 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Scholar. • Sidney D. Nelson posthumously received the Washington State Pharmacy Association Distinguished Leadership Award. • Andy S. Stergachis has been elected to the Institute of Medicine.
• Andrea Lazarus has been hired as a clinical professor.
• Linda G. MacLean has been named associate dean for advancement. • Joshua J. Neumiller has been appointed editor-in-chief of Diabetes Spectrum, published by the American Diabetes Association.
Grants
• Raymond M. Quock has received a $406,000 NIH grant to further investigate the use of hyperbaric oxygen in the relief of chronic pain.
West Virginia University Appointments/Elections
• David Elliott has been named interim director of the WV Geriatric Education Center. • Gretchen M. Garofoli was selected to serve on the American Pharmacists Association New Practitioner Advisory Committee for 2013-14.
Awards
• Charles K. Babcock completed the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s Research and Scholarship program at their annual meeting. He also became a board certified ambulatory care pharmacist. • Virginia Scott was selected as an American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science fellow.
academic Pharmacy now Spring 2013
45