Year in Review: Students American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Campbell’s American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) chapter hosted the 30th Annual Graduate Research Association of Students in Pharmacy (GRASP) Conference on June 4-6, 2010. More than 90 participants from nine pharmacy schools along the East Coast attended the event sponsored by AAPS. Chris Breivogel, PhD, faculty advisor of the CPHS AAPS chapter, and Pavan Puligujja, MSPS ’10, chair of the planning committee, led the planning efforts for the conference.
Student National Pharmaceutical Association Campbell University’s Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) received the 2011 Chauncey I. Cooper Chapter of Excellence award, in the mid-size chapter category, during SNPhA’s national conference in July 2011. Students present project at national conference A joint PharmD/MSCR student project was selected as an oral presentation for the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in September 2010. The project related surgical site infections after OB-GYN procedures at Duke Infection Control Outreach Network Hospitals compared to rates reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The project was collaboration between CPHS and Duke University faculty, and the following CPHS students: Melissa Hall, PharmD ’10, MSCR ’10, Sara Robinson, PharmD ’10, MSCR ’10, Marie Davies and Carolina Ferguson, both 2012 student pharmacists and MSCR candidates. Marshal Carter, 2013 student pharmacist, published “The pharmacist’s role in advanced cardiac life support” in the May/ June 2011 issue of the American Pharmacists Association’s Student Pharmacist.
Flu Clinics Campbell pharmacy students coordinated nine flu clinics on-campus in fall 2010. Nearly 500 immunizations were given to pharmacy students, Campbell employees and their dependents. Almost 40 students volunteered to provide flu shots with the supervision of six faculty members. Gore Center for Servant Leadership Award Selected from the CPHS student body, 2011 student pharmacists Tina Lee and Ashley Wensil, and 2013 student pharmacist Erin Dickert, received the Gore Center for Servant Leadership Award for their exceptional service displayed through their leadership in student organizations, community service projects and their personal work ethic. Kappa Epsilon Campbell University’s Kappa Epsilon chapter, Alpha Rho, was recognized as the 2009-2010 Outstanding Chapter of the Year during the pharmacy fraternity’s biennial national convention in July 2011.
10 Year in Review
Marie Davies, 2012 student pharmacist, was selected as a recipient of the 2010 RXportfolios National Achievement Award. The award criteria consisted of content, quality of writing and overall achievements professionally displayed within an individual’s electronic RXportfolio. Davies’ portfolio was selected from more than 9,000 entries by a committee of pharmacy industry professionals. Rich Debenedetto, 2012 student pharmacist, was appointed to serve as a student representative for the Journal of American Pharmacists Association. Tina Lee, 2011 student pharmacist, was elected as the Region V Facilitator for the Student National Pharmaceutical Association. Michele Simmons, 2013 student pharmacist, received the Zada M. Cooper Scholarship awarded by the Kappa Epsilon Foundation. The foundation awarded only five scholarships nationwide in the amount of $500 each.