faculty news
• Andrew Coop has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. • Susan dosReis has been named an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. • Richard N. Dalby has been named associate dean of academic affairs. • Natalie D. Eddington has been appointed by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to the state’s Federal Facilities Advisory Board. • Zhong-xiang Jiang has been named a research assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. • Daniel C. Mullins has been selected to serve a fouryear term as co-editor-in-chief of Value in Health, the official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). • Frank B. Palumbo has been named president-elect of the American Society for Pharmacy Law. • Meghan K. Sullivan has been named a member of the American Pharmacists Association’s New Practitioner Advisory Committee. • Kathryn A. Walker has been accepted into the MedStar Health Teaching Scholars program. • Jia Bei Wang has been named director of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences’ graduate program.
Awards • Natalie D. Eddington has been named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women by the Daily Record newspaper. • Stuart T. Haines received the Distinguished Achievement Award in Community and Ambulatory Practice from the American Pharmacists Association.
Grants • Kenneth S. Bauer received $10,561 from the IIT Research Institute for “A Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Resveratrol (compound A) and Pterstilbene (compound B).”
• Nicole J. Brandt received $40,000 from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “Assisted Living Facilities, Pharmacy Services, and Medication Knowledge: Needs and Opportunities.” • Thomas C. Dowling received $110,691 from the Maryland Industrial Partnership for “Effect of chitosan gum on calcium and phosphate balance in ESRD patients.”
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Appointments/Elections • John Jordan, vice chair and associate professor, pharmacy practice • Dennis Killian, associate professor, pharmaceutical sciences • Miguel Martin, assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences • Syreeta Tilghman, assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences
University of Minnesota Awards • Marilyn K. Speedie is the selected recipient of the Grand Council of Kappa Epsilon Fraternity’s 2010 Career Achievement Award.
University of Missouri– Kansas City Appointments/Elections • Russell B. Melchert has been appointed dean of UMKC’s School of Pharmacy.
The University of Montana Grants • John J. Lawrence has been awarded $50,000 from the Epilepsy Foundation to study the Impact of Kv7
academic Pharmacy now Apr/May/Jun 2010
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