faculty news
rial Development Committee (TMDC) for a two-year term. • James J. Thielke is chair-elect of the Immunology/ Transplant Practice Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
Awards
• Paul S. Shapiro has been appointed chair of the National Institutes of Health Study Section on Cancer Therapeutics AREA Grant Applications. • Jana Shen has been named an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences and co-director of the Computer-Aided Drug Design Center.
• William T. Beck was named a 2012 UIC Distinguished Professor.
• Sarah E. Tom has been named an assistant professor of pharmaceutical health services research.
Grants
• Deanna Tran has been named an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science.
• Joanna E. Burdette has received a four-year $720,000 grant from the American Cancer Society of Illinois for her research, which focuses on epithelial cells, or surface and lining cells, in this case, of the female reproductive system. • Seungpyo Hong is a 2012 recipient of the $25,000 New Investigator Grant Award in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technologies from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
University of Maryland Appointments/Elections • Bethany DiPaula has been appointed to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Section Advisory Group on Preceptor Skills Development. • Natalie D. Eddington has been named chair of the board of directors of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education. • Nicholas M. Fusco has been named an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science. • Jeffrey Gonzales has been appointed chair of the Proposal and Grants Review Committee of the Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Trials Network. • Lauren M. Hynicka has been named the School of Pharmacy’s alternate delegate to AACP. • Amy Ives has been named an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science. • Jill A. Morgan has been named chair of AACP’s Special Interest Group on Student Services. • Katie Pincus has been selected to participate in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation Research Boot Camp. • Tim Rocafort has been named an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science. • Leah C. Sera has been named an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science.
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• James A. Trovato has been named chair of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ House of Delegates for 2012–2013. • Connie H. Yoon has been named an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science.
Awards • Alexander D. MacKerell Jr. has been named the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Researcher of the Year as part of the university’s Founders Week activities. • Mary Lynn McPherson has been named the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Teacher of the Year as part of the university’s Founders Week activities. • The School of Pharmacy’s Lambda Kappa Sigma Professional Pharmacy Fraternity was named the 2012 Outstanding Collegiate Chapter of the Year and the 2012 Outstanding Alumni Chapter of the Year.
Grants • Nicole J. Brandt received $33,273 from Econometrica, Inc. for “Medication Therapy Management Improvements.” • Thomas C. Dowling received $1.6 million from Mylan Pharmaceuticals for “Single Dose Fed Bioequivalence Study of Bosentan Tables in Healthy Volunteers.” • Joga Gobburu received $40,000 from Biogen Idec, Inc. for a translational research fellowship. • Steve Hoag received $16,000 from FMC Corporation for “Spray Coating of Aquacoat ECD: The Applications of QBD Principles,” and $142,923 from U.S. Pharmacopeia for “Development of a Spectral Database for Excipients, Drug Substances and Drug Products.” • Maureen A. Kane received $28,750 from the Ragon Institute for “Role of Retinoic Acide in HIV Intestinal Mucosal Immunity.”