faculty news
Promotions • Hendrik Luesch has been named the Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair in Drug Research and Development.
novel presynaptic target for ethanol action.”
• Rathindra Bose joined the college as a professor (dual appointment).
• Kevin W. Garey has received a $87,750 award from Astellas Pharma US Inc. for his project, “Incidence and risk factors for breakthrough candidemia in hospitalized patients: Focus on optimization of antifungal therapy”; and a $190,757 award from Merck & Co. Inc. for his project, “Direct Medical and Non-medical Costs of Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection stratified by C. difficile strain type.”
• Jessica M. Cottreau has been elected 2011–12 chair of the American Academy of Clinical Pharmacy’s Infectious Diseases Practice and Research Network.
• Romi Ghose has received a $16,000 award from Zone Labs Inc. for her project, “Anti-inflammatory role of Sesamol.”
• Greg Cuny has been hired as assistant professor of medicinal chemistry.
Promotions
University of Houston Appointments/Elections
• F. Lamar Pritchard has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Greater Houston Healthconnect Health Information Exchange (GHH-HIE) and chair of its Technology Selection Committee. • Dhara N. Shah has been hired as research assistant professor (clinical sciences & administration).
Awards
• Mohammad Asghar has been promoted to assistant professor of pharmacology. • Hua Chen has been promoted to associate professor of pharmacy administration. • Elizabeth A. Coyle has been promoted to assistant dean for assessment. • Samina Salim has been promoted to assistant professor of pharmacology.
• Rajender R. Aparasu has been named 2012 fellow of the APhA, Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science.
University of Illinois at Chicago
• Bradley K. McConnell has been named fellow of the American Heart Association Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences.
• Denys T. Lau was named interim section editor of Pharmaceutical Economics & Health Policy at Clinical Therapeutics.
• Randall A. Prince was one of four recipients of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists’ 2011 Distinguished Service Award.
Awards
• Louis Williams was awarded a 2011 Grand Council Deputy Certificate of Excellence from the national Kappa Psi pharmaceutical fraternity.
• Judy L. Bolton was among 231 scientists chosen from higher education, industry and government for her “outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession and the American Chemical Society.”
Grants • Mohammad Asghar has received a five-year, $1,537,500 grant from the National Institute on Aging for his project, “Renal Dopmaine and Angiotension II Receptor Function in Age-Related Hypertension.” • Diana S-L. Chow has received a $31,500 grant from Wyle Science Technology and Engineering Group (NASA subcontract) for her project, “Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Intranasal Scopolamine (INSCOP).” • Joydip Das has received a two-year, $393,750 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism for his project, “Characterization of a
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Appointments/Elections
• Clara Awe was named among Who’s Who in Black Chicago this year.
• Charles E. McPherson III was named a 2011–2012 AACP ALFP fellow. • Djaja Doel Soejarto was named the 2012 Distinguished Economic Botanist by the Society for Economic Botany. Soejarto is also the recipient of the 2012 American Botanical Council Normal R. Farnsworth Excellence in Botanical Research Award. • Gregory R. J. Thatcher was named the college’s inaugural Vahlteich Chair in Medicinal Chemistry. • The College of Pharmacy’s Institute for Tuberculosis Research has received three two-year grants through