faculty news
Western University of Health Sciences
West Virginia University
Awards
• Betsy L. Elswick was selected as the recipient of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Good Government Pharmacist-of-the-Year Award.
• Cynthia Jackevicius has the rare honor within academic pharmacy circles of having a “three-peat” publication in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Awards
• Yon Rojanasakul has been selected as a WVU Robert C. Byrd Distinguished Professor.
Washington State University
Grants
Promotions
• Jason Huber was awarded a supplement to an NIH grant under the Collaborative Activities to Promote Translational Research (CAPTR) in the amount of $50,000.
• Linda G. MacLean, associate dean for professional education and outreach • Gary G. Meadows, associate dean for graduate education and scholarship
• Usha Sambamoorthi was awarded a grant from the VA New Jersey Healthcare System in the amount of $70,000 for her project, “Positive deviance, healthcare expenditures and outcomes in diabetes.”
Wayne State University
Emerging Schools
Appointments/Elections
Florida Memorial University
• Zhengping Yi, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences
• Henry Lewis III was named president and chief executive officer of Florida Memorial University.
Awards • Michael J. Rybak has been selected to receive the Wayne State University Lead Industry Collaborator award, which recognizes Rybak’s significant industry collaborations and subsequent sponsored research agreements.
Grants • Michael J. Rybak, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, $94,000, “Evaluation of the novel combination of daptomycin plus trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole against daptomycin nonsusceptible (DNS) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using an in vitro PK/PD model of simulated endocardial vegetations.”
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