Academic Pharmacy Now: 2014 Issue 2

The News Magazine of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Academic Pharmacy NOW 2014 Issue 2

Volume 7 Issue 2

Learning Through the Grapevine Attendees get ready to share information and spark innovation at a Texas-sized AACP Annual Meeting! 12

Also in this issue: 10 Future healthcare providers

experience patient care firsthand.

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Departments 5 News Briefs 7 Academy in Action • A Head Start • Esteemed Educators • Reversing Roles to Strengthen Skills

20 Members Working For You • Pulling Back the Curtain

21 Faculty News

Columns 3 Maine Message

By Lucinda L. Maine

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Features 12 Learning Through the Grapevine Pharmacy educators from around the world get ready to focus on professional growth and development at AACP’s premier event— Pharmacy Education 2014.

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Dear Colleagues: As I work my way across Reagan National Airport to meet more than 2,000 colleagues at Pharmacy Education 2014 in Grapevine, Texas, I am excited almost beyond words at the programming and learning that awaits us. Though I know I will taste only the frosting on the cake during my busy week of staff responsibilities, I’m thrilled to know that when I return home I can sit back and digest over 50 hours of content through our video education “meeting extender.” I can use quite a few more hours of continuing education this year!

AACP is blessed with fantastic leaders. I reflected on this earlier today as I read an article in Inside Higher Ed. The piece reviewed remarks by Bill Gates at the annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Business Officers. He was quite direct and to the point regarding several highly visible issues in higher education. He warned these financial leaders of colleges of varied sizes that the status quo is not an option. He challenged them to truly make transparent the cost structure of higher education and to realize that we must all work to make post-secondary education more affordable and accountable. He warned all listeners and readers (including President Obama) that simple metrics don’t equate to quality (e.g., graduation rates and employment percentages). He noted that first generation MOOCs are generally of low quality and value but posited that, in time, there will be some excellent courses available from top experts using distance learning strategies and these may well displace faculty for whom universities can no longer justify the expense of tenured salaries.

What’s the connection to your AACP leaders? These are exactly the issues that Presidents Bootman, Piascik and Chase have made as AACP’s priorities for several years. Studying forces of change in healthcare and higher education, determining the implications of technology in learning, and affordability and accountability in pharmacy education are more than buzz words for AACP, they are watch words! And we know we must do more than study them. We must design and deliver faculty development programs, tools and resources to help each of you navigate the white water of our times of change.

I am looking forward to learning with you next week in Texas. And for those who aren’t fortunate to be in Grapevine, as they say, “watch this space.” An excellent recap of the top stories of the week will be prominently featured in the fall issue of Academic Pharmacy Now! Sincerely,

Lucinda L. Maine, Ph.D., R.Ph. CEO and Publisher

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Supporting faculty and graduates dedicated to and equipped for life-long learning, utilizing models of continuing professional development.

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News Briefs Rutgers Scientists Treat Ovarian Cancer with New Drug Delivery System

the need for properly trained pharmacists who can safely make them for patients.”

Scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey have developed a targeted drug delivery system that they believe could make ovarian cancer more treatable and increase survival rates for the most deadly gynecological cancer in the United States. Dr. Tamara Minko, professor in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and Dr. Lorna Rodriguez, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, said that because there is not a good screening method for ovarian cancer, most women with the disease are not diagnosed until after it has metastasized to other organs and surgery and chemotherapy are less effective.

Unsafe sterile compounding technique was at the heart of the New England Compounding Center fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012, in which tainted steroid injections led to more than 750 fungal infections, including a few cases in South Carolina, and 64 deaths nationwide. In the aftermath, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices called for additional monitoring and regulations of sterile compounding and a greater emphasis on hands-on training. During the next five years, more than 500 students and more than 1,000 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will receive training in the ACE Lab.

The main reason for advanced-stage ovarian cancer is an outof-control protein CD44, which enables cancerous tumors to proliferate and become resistant to conventional drug treatments. The result: a five-year survival rate for patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer that is only 30 percent.

In a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research, Minko and Rodriguez provide results of animal research in which the cancer is attacked at the genetic level by using small, inhibiting RNA molecules that directly target and decrease the excess CD44 protein in cancer cells while simultaneously treating patients with the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel. This allows cells within the cancerous tumors to be successfully treated even at an advanced stage.

Since the CD44 protein is expressed on the surface of many cancer stem cells, the approach may help in treating other types of cancers. The next step for ovarian cancer research would be to develop a drug for human consumption that could be used in clinical trials. This could lead to new pharmacological cancer treatments and increase the survival rate of the deadly disease.

South Carolina College of Pharmacy Opens Sterile Compounding Lab The South Carolina College of Pharmacy (SCCP) opened a state-of-the-art sterile medication compounding facility in March that is one of the few of its kind in the country. Created to help ensure that pharmacists learn the highest standards for compounding of medications, the Aseptic Compounding Experience (ACE) Laboratory offers what is believed to be the nation’s first university-affiliated sterile medication compounding program with hands-on training, video technologies, coaching and end product-testing.

“Safe sterile medication compounding requires highly specific training in an environment not readily available to many pharmacists,” said Dr. Joseph T. DiPiro, outgoing executive dean at SCCP. “Drug shortages and specialized medications have increased the need for compounded products, which increases

“Industry and regulatory agencies have to help restore the public’s confidence that medications are prepared to the highest standards,” DiPiro said. “Colleges of pharmacy can help restore that trust by educating pharmacists who apply proper standards to their work.”

LECOM Research Finds Vitamins for Children Exceed Recommended Dosage Two faculty members and a graduate of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of Pharmacy reported in a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics that the majority of vitamin supplements for infants and children contain considerably higher vitamin levels than are recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). “Market Analysis of Vitamin Supplementation in Infants and Children: Evidence From the Dietary Supplement Label Database” was authored by Dr. Michael Madden, assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences; Dr. Danielle DeBias, assistant professor, pharmacy practice; and Dr. G. Elliott Cook, a 2006 graduate of the LECOM School of Pharmacy and chief pharmacist at Provider Resources in Erie.

They examined the product labels of nearly 200 supplements designed for infants 12 months and younger and for those one to four years old. Recommendations from the IOM were used as the baseline for comparisons between label information and the recommended daily allowance (RDA) or adequate intake (AI) values of the vitamins. The authors found that with the exception of Vitamin D supplements, others contained considerably higher levels of the RDA and AI than was listed on their labels.

They noted that the IOM characterizes as “not recommended” supplements that exceed the content listed on their labels.

URI Pharmacy Professor Awarded $1.65 Million to Study Alcoholism Treatment A University of Rhode Island pharmacy professor received a $1.65 million National Institutes of Health grant to study a new treatment for alcoholism. The grant awarded to Dr. Fatemeh Akhlaghi, URI professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, formalizes a partnership with Dr. Lorenzo Leggio,

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academy in action chief of the section on clinical psychoneuroendocrinology and neuropsychopharmacology at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Pfizer, the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical company.

Akhlaghi’s group was one of only nine teams in the United States to win such an award from NIH. This collaborative pilot initiative, called Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules, is led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and funded by the NIH Common Fund. The two scientists are working with an undisclosed compound provided

by Pfizer, which has been used to treat Type II diabetes.

A central target of their research is ghrelin, an amino acid peptide that stimulates appetite and food intake. In those with alcoholism, higher ghrelin concentrations are associated with higher alcohol craving and consumption, according to the researchers. An oral medication that targets the activity of ghrelin and can pass through the blood-brain barrier holds promise for treatment.

UM Research Finds Link Between Kava Plant and Lung Cancer Prevention New research from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy and the Masonic Cancer Center indicates that consumption of the root of Piper methysticum, or kava, a plant native to the South Pacific Islands, may prevent the development of tobacco smoke-induced lung cancer. The research team also identified the naturally occurring components of kava that appear responsible for all the cancer-preventative benefits. By using a patent-pending blend of these active kava ingredients, the research team prevented liver damage, a rare side effect previously associated with various commercially available kavacontaining dietary supplements.

In the latest study, the research team found daily consumption of a kava-derived dietary supplement prevented the formation of 99 percent of tumors in a mouse lung tumorigenesis model that is routinely used in predicting lung cancer behavior in humans. The unprecedented level of tumor prevention was coupled with the finding that some mice developed no tumors at all. DNA damage resulting from tobacco carcinogens was also significantly reduced by way of prevention, providing a clue to what is potentially behind kava’s effectiveness.

Online Only: Academic Pharmacy Now’s In Memoriam Section The In Memoriam section regularly featured here will now be published exclusively online at www.aacp.org.

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The findings, published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, open up the future possibility of healthcare professionals recommending or prescribing kava-derived products in the form of dietary supplements or drugs for current tobacco smokers to reduce their risk of developing lung cancer. The research may also help explain why rates of cancer in the South Pacific Islands of Vanuatu, Fiji and Western Samoa—where kava is traditionally consumed—are dramatically lower than in countries with no consumption.

However, not all commercially available kava products on the market today are equal and many may carry the risk of liver injury. “I wouldn’t recommend using kava supplements on the market today with the hopes of receiving cancer prevention benefits,” said Dr. Chengguo Xing, an associate professor of medicinal chemistry at the College of Pharmacy and a member of the Masonic Cancer Center. “Although occasional use of currently available kava supplements is likely to have a low risk of liver injury, they may not safely provide the intended chemopreventative benefits.”

The research team is planning human clinical trials for the new, patent-pending kava supplement enriched with cancerpreventative benefits, and is pursuing development of kavaderived drugs that may help prevent and treat other types of cancers.

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A Head Start Researchers at The University of Montana tackle traumatic brain injury thanks to a grant from the NFL and GE. Athletes, members of the military and others suffering from traumatic brain injury may benefit from research conducted by two University of Montana pharmacy faculty members through a new $300,000 grant awarded by General Electric Co. and the National Football League.

GE and the NFL have announced 16 winners in the first stage of the $20 million Head Health Challenge. UM Research Assistant Professors Sarj Patel, Ph.D., and Thomas Rau, Ph.D., were among the challenge winners selected to speed diagnosis and improve treatment for mild traumatic brain injury. Other projects were selected from both biotechnology companies and leading research institutions, including the University of California, San Francisco and Johns Hopkins Medical School.

The goal of the Head Health Challenge is to improve the safety of athletes, members of the military and society overall. Winners were selected from more than 400 entries from 27 countries, after having been reviewed and nominated by a panel of leading healthcare experts in brain research, imaging technologies and advocates for advances in brain research.

GE and the NFL will provide mentorship, access to GE researchers and industry thought leaders, with the opportunity to win an additional $500,000 award in 2015.

UM researchers Dr. Sarj Patel, left, and Dr. Thomas Rau, right, study blood-based biomarkers that indicated how the brain reacts following a traumatic brain injury.

Encephalopathy. Using samples from BU’s human brain bank, which includes brains from deceased patients, they were able to identify similar biomarkers of TBI based on their previous research with animals.

“That’s part of what got us the award,” Rau said. “We are far Patel and Rau conduct research at UM’s Department of Bio- enough along with animals and with humans that we could convince them this was a worthwhile venture.” medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy. They are working to determine blood-based biomarkers that indicate how the brain reacts following a traumat- He said the research may help solve the mystery of why a localic brain injury. First phases of their research, which was fund- ized brain injury causes damage throughout the entire brain.

Because proteins work in the body as transporters and catalysts, ed by Missoula-based Montana Neuroscience Institute and the a disruption in one area could cause farther-reaching problems. state-based Montana Board of Research & Commercialization Technology, have shown that TBI results in changes in how the “The award highlights the talent of our young investigators,” brain operates, and in levels of proteins and ribonucleic acids. said Richard Bridges, Regents Professor and chair of UM’s Identifying specific biomarkers will show how TBI changes the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. “It brain and could help doctors with diagnosis and treatment. points to how we’ve been building momentum and critical “This award will allow us to immediately begin research to iden- mass in the study of traumatic brain injury and neuroscience. tify biomarkers of injury occurring in the brains of athletes or military personnel,” Patel said. “We will collect blood samples from people who have suffered from a traumatic brain injury to see if we can detect these molecules and ultimately determine how long it might take for them to return to play or service.”

“It also provides graduate and undergraduate students realworld experience in cutting-edge neuroscience research, allowing them the opportunity to participate in the discovery process,” Bridges said. “It’s the most important and exciting aspect of the sciences, and we need to deliver those experiences The researchers have a collaborative agreement with St. Pat- to our students.” rick Hospital in Missoula to collect samples from emergency Launched in March 2013, the Head Health Challenge is part of room patients, and according to Patel, they are in early discusthe Head Health Initiative, a four-year, $60 million collaborasion with UM’s Department of Athletics to see if UM athletes tion between GE and the NFL. The initiative includes a $40 could be included in the research. million research and development program from the NFL and Rau said they already have worked with human samples in col- GE to evaluate and develop next-generation imaging technololaboration with Dr. Ann McKee, a professor at Boston Univer- gies to improve diagnosis that would allow for targeting treatment therapy for patients with mild traumatic brain injury. sity and co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic

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Esteemed Educators Three AACP members earn recognition for their contributions to pharmacy education and dedicated service to their respective universities.

By Jane E. Rooney and Hillary Aphaisuwan Although their awards recognize slightly different accomplishments, the three AACP members who recently were honored by their respective institutions share similar character traits that earned them university-wide accolades from their academic communities. All three individuals are described as inspirational and enthusiastic about pharmacy education. They are known as tireless advocates for the students on their campuses, and their colleagues agree that the prestige is well-deserved.

A Triple Threat The Civitatis Award is conferred upon members of the faculty in recognition of dedicated and meritorious service to UT Austin above and beyond the regular expectations of teaching, research and writing. The university president makes the award presentation based on a recommendation from the Faculty Council Executive Committee. “I was very much surprised and honored to be selected for this award,” Davis said. “I have known a number of the recent recipients as colleagues with deep and sustained commitments to advancing the university’s mission. I hold them in the highest regard, and I am delighted and humbled to be considered among them.”

Dr. Patrick Davis, senior associate dean for academic affairs at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), was one of the recipients of the institution’s 2014 Civitatis Award, which recognizes outstanding faculty citizenship. Dr. Kenneth Skau, professor emeritus in the James L. Winkle College of PharThe classic triad of faculty responsibilities, he added, is teachmacy at the University of Cincinnati, received UC’s 2014 Dising, research and service. “I subscribe to the philosophy that tinguished Teaching Professor Award. The award represents linkage between research/scholarship and teaching is essential the highest level of recognition for achievements and contributo faculty development and advancing pharmacy education,” tions in university teaching. Dr. Doug Fish, professor and chair Davis said. of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, was honored with the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Phar- “This is the most prestigious award that a UT Austin faculty maceutical Sciences President’s Excellence in Teaching Award member can receive for sustained exemplary citizenship to for six years straight (2008-2013). The award acknowledges the UT Austin community,” said College of Pharmacy Dean a faculty member’s outstanding, innovative and inspirational M. Lynn Crismon, Pharm.D. “Not only is this award an honor contributions to students’ professional development and is for Dr. Davis, it is a positive reflection on our entire College of awarded by the senior class during commencement.

Pharmacy.”

Dr. Patrick Davis, senior associate dean for academic affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, was one of the recipients of the institution’s 2014 Civitatis Award.

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Dr. Doug Fish, professor and chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, was honored with the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences President’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2013.

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photo: Ashley Kempher

Dr. Kenneth A. Skau (right), professor emeritus in the James L. Winkle College of Phar­macy at the University of Cincinnati, received UC’s 2014 Dis­tinguished Teaching Professor Award.

Decades Devoted to Pharmacy

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Skau is no stranger to professional accolades but he described his most recent award as an incredible honor and humbling experience. “When the president was presenting the award to me, [he] said it is the highest teaching recognition that the university gives. I was the first person from the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy to receive the award,” Skau recalled.

He noted that his involvement with AACP played a significant role in shaping his career. “I cannot emphasize enough how much AACP has helped me in my development as an educator,” he said. “I learned tremendous amounts from attending the annual meeting every year and participating in various teaching seminars and institutes through AACP. It was a great guide for developing my own teaching techniques.”

When Fish was honored with the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2013—his sixth time receiving it—University of Colorado Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs Roderick Nairn, Ph.D., noted that the faculty awards “are special not just because they recognize outstanding performance in our core areas as a university, but also because they are ultimately recognition of this exemplary work by faculty peers.” (Recipients are chosen by selection committees comprising previous award winners.)

According to the nomination letter written by Dr. Neil MacKinnon, dean of the College of Pharmacy, Skau’s contributions to pharmacy education can be summed up in three words: commitment, competence and caring. A fourth word—consistency—also characterizes Skau, as evidenced by a 1985 college of pharmacy graduate’s letter of support, which said that Skau “teaches every lecture with zeal in a persistent manner, both challenging and inspiring students.”

Skau said he’s seen tremendous change during his 30-year career and never expected the profession would advance to the point of pharmacists giving immunizations. “It has evolved into a true healthcare profession,” he said.

Recent pharmacy graduate Adrienne Kercsak said, “Dr. Fish is the type of teacher you look forward to learning from every day. He takes the time outside of the classroom to help out students with research projects, philanthropy and grasping any materials.”

Alumna Melissa Erin added, “I was lucky to have amazing professors throughout pharmacy school. Dr. Fish stands out as one. His passion for teaching and enthusiasm for infectious diseases was contagious.”

Jane E. Rooney is a freelance writer based in Oakton, Virginia. Hillary Aphaisuwan graduated from Midwestern University’s College of Pharmacy-Glendale in 2014 after completing an APPE rotation at AACP.

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Reversing Roles to Strengthen Skills The West Virginia University Center for Healthy Practitioners trains future healthcare providers by giving them a direct connection to the patients’ perspective.

By Jane E. Rooney

When student pharmacists experience firsthand how difficult it can be to make a behavioral change—whether it’s losing weight, quitting smoking or engraining healthy habits—they are more likely to have empathy for their future patients and become effective advocates for accepting personal responsibility. That’s the idea behind the West Virginia University Center for Healthy Practitioners, a collaborative initiative that aims to help firstyear pharmacy, medical and dental students understand care from a patient’s point of view and gain a deeper appreciation for what it means to be accountable for one’s health.

“If you want people to become healthy you’ve got to model that behavior,” said Dr. Patricia A. Chase, The Gates Wigner Dean for the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy and incoming AACP President, who was the architect of the initiative. “We accomplished that by having the students learn behavioral change themselves. They realize how hard it is to lose that freshman 15.”

ments, tracking their progress throughout the program. They develop an action plan and evaluate their progress through a year-end survey. Follow-up surveys determine whether students maintained the changes and how the program affected their attitudes toward an interprofessional approach to wellness.

Startling Statistics The WVU Center for Healthy Practitioners launched last year, thanks to a $75,000 grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, and screened 250 students in the pharmacy, medicine, and dentistry programs. “One of our ah-ha moments was learning that 64 percent of students required additional intervention on oral health,” Chase noted. “One gentleman had 13 cavities and didn’t know it. One had a tumor next to his nose. It ended up being benign but if he hadn’t gone through the screening…you just don’t know.” Other data from a survey conducted in fall 2013 indicate that nearly 33 percent of My First Patient students were overweight or obese. Slightly more than 9 percent had high blood pressure. More than 17 percent of students reported drinking heavily an average of once a week.

photo:s Amy Newton, WVU School of Pharmacy

The idea for the center stemmed from a program Chase and a colleague implemented initially at the School of Pharmacy at Butler University in 2008 called My First Patient. First-year students choose one health goal they want to achieve and work with “When you talk about the Affordable Care Act and discuss upperclassmen to take part in screenings and oral health assesswhether younger people should have insurance, this is pretty

Jodi Canada (right) collects blood samples for cholesterol and HbA1c screenings for Anthony Parker.

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Melissa Hood (left) prepares to perform a cholesterol screening for Gabrielle Cutlip.

academy in action The Three A’s Heading to Grapevine? Hear WVU School of Pharmacy Dean and AACP President-elect Patricia A. Chase outline how the Association will address Access, Affordability and Accountability and drive AACP’s initiatives in the year ahead.

much confirmation that there are important health issues in this age group that are going undetected and that’s a bit frightening.

The students come from all over the country and the world; it’s not just a West Virginia problem,” Chase said, adding that routine testing would be a step in the right direction. Stress is clearly a factor that can adversely affect overall health; the fall 2013 survey data indicated that 63 percent of respondents reported “high” or “very high” stress levels. However, a majority of students did not consider depression or anxiety to be serious health issues.

Chase stated the survey for stress was administered again this spring and that the results are being analyzed now.

Other schools at WVU have expressed interest in being included in the Center for Healthy Practitioners. “The goal is to start rolling it out to the other programs at the Health Sciences Center after next year,” Chase said. The program is also very affordable, even with full dental screenings. “We bought everything we wanted plus—we only used about half the money. The Benedum Foundation granted us an extension so we could fund the entire 2014–15 academic year.”

As the incoming AACP President, Chase’s priorities include addressing the issues of access, affordability and accountability. She recognized the link between WVU’s program and these goals, emphasizing that access to the whole healthcare team is vital. Pharmacists, for example, “offer point-of-care testing and can do screenings that result in patient referrals to a physician,” she said. Pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare practitioner and play a key role in monitoring the health of their patients. Pharmacists also offer affordable care that can result in cost savings to the healthcare system.

“The accountability piece is responsibility,” she continued. “People have to be accountable for their own health. If you want to see the No. 1 driver of the cost of healthcare, look in the mirror.

The key to controlling healthcare costs is having accountable, responsible patients.”

Chase said she and others at WVU are proud of what they have accomplished so far with the center, and noted that the original program is significantly enhanced with the interprofessional approach. “We learned a lot the first year and found there are things we would do differently. Going forward the program is going to be even stronger.”

Jane E. Rooney is a freelance writer based in Oakton, Virginia.

Watch WVU health professions students practice what they preach: bit.ly/1rvqxmK

A Team Effort Co-investigators on the project include: •

Travis White, Pharm.D., BCACP WVU School of Pharmacy

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Louise Veselicky, D.D.S., MSD WVU School of Dentistry

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Matthew J. Gurka, Ph.D. WVU School of Public Health

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Anne Cather, M.D. WVU School of Medicine

Rebecca Hoone performs a blood pressure screening for the My First Patient program.

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Learning Through the Grapevine Pharmacy educators from around the world get ready to focus on professional growth and development at AACP’s premier education event—Pharmacy Education 2014.

Celebrating its 115th year, the Annual Meeting is heading south to prove that even the learning is bigger in Texas!

With expanded mini-session programming, an R&R Lounge, and a new Web event app for your mobile device, attendees will be able to learn and network effectively and efficiently.

In this issue of Academic Pharmacy Now, we shine a spotlight on some of the highlights of Pharmacy Education 2014, including the Association’s top award winners who have set the bar high with their innovative and inspirational work.

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feature story Excellence Epitomized In addition to the traditional exchange of ideas, the AACP Annual Meeting provides an opportunity to recognize the high caliber of teaching, research and service within the Academy.

AACP President Peggy Piascik will present the prestigious Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award and Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award during the Opening General Session on Sunday, July 27. The Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology and Volwiler Research Achievement Award recipients will be recognized at the Science Plenary on Monday, July 28. Finally, at the Closing Banquet, Tuesday, July 29, AACP will recognize the recipients of the Board of Directors Distinguished Service, Rufus A. Lyman and Student Community Engaged Service Awards.

Rufus A. Lyman Award “Development and Validation of the Student Perceptions of Physicians-Pharmacists Interprofessional Clinical Education (SPICE) Instrument” David S. Fike, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor University of the Incarnate Word School of Graduate Studies and Research

Joseph A. Zorek, Pharm.D. Assistant Professor (CHS), Pharmacy Practice Division University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy

Anitra A. MacLaughlin, Pharm.D. Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Science Center, Pharmacy Practice, Amarillo Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Pharmacy Consultant Pharmacist, Hereford Pharmacy, LLC Mohammed Samiuddin, M.D. Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Amarillo Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy

Rodney B. Young, M.D. Regional Chair and Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Amarillo Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy

Eric J. MacLaughlin, Pharm.D. Interim Chair and Professor, Pharmacy Practice, Amarillo Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy

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A team of faculty members from three different institutions will be recognized with the Rufus A. Lyman award, given to the authors of the best paper published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education during the past year. The team developed and validated SPICE, an instrument designed to measure pharmacy and medical student perceptions of interprofessional clinical education. “Through our collective efforts, we have established a foundation for a line of research directly targeted at measuring the effectiveness of IPE initiatives,” said Fike, corresponding author. The authors hope the instrument will serve as a useful tool for educational researchers in assessing the impact of interprofessional education experiences in the future.

Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award Robert L. Talbert, Pharm.D. SmithKline Centennial Professor of Pharmacotherapy The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

Dr. Robert L. Talbert has been recognized as an outstanding teacher, author and mentor, but finds the greatest reward in “seeing the accomplishments of former students, residents and fellows, many of whom have gone on to achieve national and international recognition.” The author of more than 150 scientific and professional articles and book chapters, Talbert says his greatest legacy to pharmacy is his work as editor of Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiology Approach, soon to be released in its ninth edition. The book has been a required textbook in more than 90 percent of the schools of pharmacy in the United States and has been translated into several languages.

Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award sponsored by

Anil Gulati, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Associate Dean of Research Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Pharmacy

Dr. Anil Gulati is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in endothelin, a protein that constricts blood vessels and raises blood pressure. He has founded three pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies and as a result, some of his discoveries related to endothelin are undergoing clinical trials to translate into novel therapies in the areas of cancer treatment, neuroprotection, pain management and resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock. In 2007, Gulati received the International Ranbaxy Research Award and was a Fulbright Scholar in 2008–09.

feature story Throughout his 35-year career, Gulati has made a lasting impact on student pharmacists, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, medical fellows and colleagues. As professor and associate dean of research at Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, he developed a popular elective called Development of Newly Approved Drug Therapies. In this course, Gulati takes his students on a journey through the discovery, development and approval process of biotechnology products. He also teaches a required first-year course, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, in which students learn about the factors that influence the absorption, distribution, bioavailability and pharmacokinetic variability of biotechnology products.

Volwiler Research Achievement Award John M. Pezzuto, Ph.D. Dean University of Hawaii at Hilo The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy

Dr. John M. Pezzuto has been selected for the Association’s top research award for his outstanding contributions to the field of natural product drug discovery. As Founding Dean of the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, created in 2007, Pezzuto leads approximately 100 faculty and staff to educate and train students for careers in pharmacy.

After 35 years in academia, he has amassed more than 500 publications, is the co-inventor of several patents, the editor of four books, a member of more than ten editorial boards of international journals, and the editor-in-chief of Pharmaceutical Biology. He is widely known for identifying the cancerprevention aspects of resveratrol, a chemical found in grapes and grape products. Primarily noted for working in the area of natural products, he has been an administrator and researcher in pharmacy and drug discovery.

Beyond the Classroom Giving back to the community, and to the profession, is an integral part the work of AACP’s award recipients. Take a look at how five schools and one industry giant are ensuring that pharmacy education is improving the healthcare of their local communities and is filling the pipeline of educators to make that happen.

Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy

For The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, service is integral to the school’s academic mission. “For us, com-

munity service is more than a catch phrase—it is a core belief,” said Dr. JoLaine R. Draugalis, dean and David Ross Boyd Professor at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy.

“Our faculty, students and staff look for avenues to live out our identity as ‘a prescription for excellence.’”

OU fills that prescription through programs such as the OU Physician Community Health Evening Clinic, an interprofessional, student-based clinic that focuses on providing care in underserved areas of Tulsa and rural northeast Oklahoma.

Since opening as the Bedlam clinic in 2003, the OUPCH Clinic has conducted consultations with more than 10,000 patients, 95 percent of whom do not have health insurance. In addition, more than 275 student pharmacists have earned IPPE service hours through the clinic its creation five years ago.

Student Community Engaged Service Awards Sponsored by Teva Pharmaceuticals

Harding University College of Pharmacy

Students from the Harding University College of Pharmacy aimed to expand HPV education and prevention through the development of educational tools to supplement current resources offered by community health officials. After initial surveys indicated a clear need to increase awareness of preventative measures and vaccinations available for HPV, students embarked on an awareness campaign, providing disease information to Harding undergraduate students via handouts and a formal classroom presentation. The team also published an article in Searcy Living, promoting HPV vaccination in both males and females. To help educate the medical community, one student presented a CE program for pharmacists, “HPV Overview and Vaccine Update.” Using TV and public service announcements, Harding student pharmacists hope to encourage prevention through vaccination, and eventually vaccinate patients in the project’s final phase.

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Each Mobile Clinic is scheduled during the Medicare Part D open enrollment period (October 15–December 7), which is the window during which all Medicare beneficiaries can enroll into or switch their Part D prescription drug plan. Taking place concurrently with student education and training, faculty work with community partners, such as HUD‐subsidized housing complexes, retirement communities and senior centers, to identify host sites for the mobile clinics. They are deployed in a variety of settings to help ensure that students and faculty are able to effectively reach underserved and under‐represented populations.

Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy

For more than a decade, faculty and students at the Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy began seeing patients in the underserved communities of Birmingham, Ala. Holding multiple health fairs, educational events and health screenings each year in local pharmacies, at the Southern Women’s Show and during the Samford Homecoming, the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists chapter has worked diligently to improve patient knowledge and care outcomes. In 2010, the Alabama Rural Health Student Initiative was formed. Its goal is to improve health literacy through education and to provide health screening services to assist with monitoring and referral of residents to the Sowing Seeds of Hope clinics.

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy

Since 2007, students at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy have provided much-needed healthcare to medically underserved patients in rural Virginia through the Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM). This nonprofit relief organization is dedicated to providing free health services to people in remote areas of the world. Over two and a half days in 2007, nine students joined 1,377 RAM volunteers and completed 8,431 patient interactions, providing approximately $1.4 million worth of free care.

AACP Board of Directors Distinguished Service Award

Pharmacy University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

At the University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, student pharmacists participate in an ongoing and multidimensional series of Mobile Medicare Health Clinics that enrich the lives and well-being of seniors and other patients in northern/central California. Held in 15 different cities over the past six years, these clinics are targeted to Medicare beneficiaries, the majority of whom are seniors.

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AACP has selected Walmart as the recipient of the prestigious 2014 Board of Directors Distinguished Service Award for its decade of support for faculty recruitment through the AACP Walmart Scholars Program. David D. Trang, Pharm.D., MBA, now on faculty at the University of the Incarnate Word, played a key role in starting this program while in management at Walmart. The award will be presented during the Closing Banquet on July 29.

“At Walmart and Sam’s Club Health & Wellness, it is our responsibility to make a positive impact on the communities that

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we serve, to make quality healthcare more affordable and accessible, and to simply create opportunities for our customers and patients to live better,” stated Richard Rothman, R.Ph., Director of Talent Acquisition-Health and Wellness for Walmart Stores.

“Healthcare begins with the patient, and it is important to give back to the institutions that have educated our pharmacists.

Learning Through the Grapevine Every year, the Innovations in Teaching Competition and Award for Excellence in Assessment showcase the very best in novel assessment programs, and innovative teaching and learning strategies. Award recipients are given the opportunity to present their work at a special session, Tuesday, July 29, for attendees to glean best practices that they can implement at their own institutions.

Award for Excellence in Assessment Leanne Coyne, Karen McClendon, Parto Khansari, Tiffanie Ho, David Pearson California Northstate University College of Pharmacy Assessing and Documenting Student Learning Michael J. Fulford, Lindsey Welch The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy Evaluating Professionalism in the Culture and Curriculum of a Pharm.D. Program Lisa Lebovitz, Richard Dalby University of Maryland School of Pharmacy A Simple and Effective Programmatic Assessment Process for Continuous Quality Improvement

Innovations in Teaching Competition Neal Benedict University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Curricular Integration of Virtual Patients Dave L. Dixon, Evan M. Sisson, and Veronica P. Shuford Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy Spencer E. Harpe Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Pharmacy Use of Video Recorded Clinic Visits to Improve Assessment of Student Pharmacists’ Clinical Interviewing Skill

See Excellence in Action Visit AACP’s YouTube Channel, www.youtube.com/aacpvideo to see videos of AACP’s award recipients.

Brendan Stamper, Amber Buhler, John Harrelson, Ashim Malhotra, Sigrid Roberts, Fawzy Elbarbry, Deepa Rao, Catherine Marlow, Reza Karimi, and Leslie Devaud Pacific University School of Pharmacy Development of Online Pharmacy Prerequisite Review Tutorials for First Year Pharmacy Students

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A Solid Foundation AACP Walmart Scholars will experience life as a pharmacy educator at the 2014 Annual Meeting.

Pharmacy

Eighty-five students and their faculty mentors make up this year’s AACP Walmart Scholars. Now in its tenth year, the program seeks to strengthen the student’s commitment to a career in academic pharmacy through participation in the Annual Meeting.

The 2014 AACP Walmart Scholars are: Michelle Adamczyk, University of the Sciences

Ashley N. Crowl, University of Minnesota

Faculty Mentor: Angela Bingham

Faculty Mentor: Todd D. Sorensen

Jennifer L. Bacci, University of Pittsburgh

Adrienne Darby, Samford University

Faculty Mentor: Susan M. Meyer

Faculty Mentor: Jeffrey A. Kyle

Rachel Backert, Sullivan University

Nhu Quyen Dau, Texas A&M Health Science Center

Faculty Mentor: Daniel R. Malcom

Faculty Mentor: Charles Douglas

Cindy Banh, University of California, San Francisco

N. Logan Davis, West Virginia University

Faculty Mentor: Timothy W. Cutler

Faculty Mentor: Lena Maynor

Lindsay B. Bebout, The University of Oklahoma

Danielle R. DelVillano, Howard University

Faculty Mentor: Michelle Condren

Faculty Mentor: Maritsa Serlemitsos-Day

Ryan Beechinor, University of California, San Francisco

Megan B. Derba, Creighton University

Faculty Mentor: Robin Corelli

Nika Bejou, Western New England University Faculty Mentor: Clinton Mathias

Sebastian Biglione, Creighton University Faculty Mentor: Robyn Teply

Eric W. Bow, The University of Mississippi Faculty Mentor: John M. Rimoldi

Andrea L. Brauer, University of Hawaii at Hilo Faculty Mentor: Forrest Batz

Kristina M. Brooks, University of Michigan Faculty Mentor: Paul C. Walker

Caitlin S. Brown, Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Mentor: Ginah Nightingale

Elizabeth A. Cady, Drake University Faculty Mentor: June Johnson

Patrick J. Campbell, The University of Arizona Faculty Mentor: Terri L. Warholak

Julia L. Carrington, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Faculty Mentor: Kelly L. Scolaro

Gia Castorina, University of Houston Faculty Mentor: Catherine L. Hatfield

Lauren B. Chambers, Shenandoah University Faculty Mentor: Dawn Havrda

Victor Chen, Touro College of Pharmacy–New York Faculty Mentor: Levita K. Hidayat

Mikalla L. Cheney, University of Washington Faculty Mentor: Dana Hammer

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Faculty Mentor: Justin Tolman

Kierra M. Dotson, Howard University Faculty Mentor: Oluwaranti Akiyode

Brittany Duerk, Lipscomb University Faculty Mentor: Susan L. Mercer

Megan Elavsky, Northeast Ohio Medical University Faculty Mentor: Richard Kasmer

Emily Elftman, The University of New Mexico Faculty Mentor: Krista Dominguez-Salazar

Jeffrey Engle, University of Wisconsin–Madison Faculty Mentor: Joseph Zorek

Jeanne B. Forrester, Auburn University Faculty Mentor: Miranda R. Andrus

Elizabeth G. Gibson, Lipscomb University Faculty Mentor: Joseph E. Deweese

Genevieve Hale, University of Pittsburgh Faculty Mentor: Neal Benedict

Joshua C. Hollingsworth, Auburn University Faculty Mentor: Brent I. Fox

Joseph Hong, University of Florida Faculty Mentor: Carinda Feild

Anastasia (Stacy) Hoover, Purdue University Faculty Mentor: Jane Krause

Meredith L. Howard, Butler University Faculty Mentor: Sarah Nisly

Gloria D. Huh, Nova Southeastern University Faculty Mentor: Timothy P. Gauthier

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Lindsey M. Hunt, Idaho State University

Abhay Patel, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Jaclyn Hutzly, The University of Texas at Austin

Andrea L. Pierce, Virginia Commonwealth University

Morgen S. Jaeger, University of South Florida

Nathaniel A. Poole, Midwestern University/Glendale

Galen M. Kabulski, West Virginia University

Glorimar Rivera, University of Puerto Rico

Faculty Mentor: Glenda Carr

Faculty Mentor: Rochelle Roberts

Faculty Mentor: Erini S. Serag-Bolos Faculty Mentor: Ashlee McMillan

Farbod Khaleghi, Western New England University Faculty Mentor: Ronny Priefer

Sarah Kim, Western University of Health Sciences Faculty Mentor: Patrick Chan

Philip K. King, The University of Toledo Faculty Mentor: Michael J. Peeters

Emily F. Kirby, Samford University Faculty Mentor: Erika Cretton-Scott

Faculty Mentor: Lucio Volino

Faculty Mentor: Gary R. Matzke Faculty Mentor: Samantha Karr

Faculty Mentor: Wanda T. Maldonado

Margaret A. Robinson, Virginia Commonwealth University Faculty Mentor: Leticia R. Moczygemba

Andrea N. Rosenberg, University of Minnesota Faculty Mentor: Jeannine Conway

David J. Roy, University of Kentucky Faculty Mentor: Peggy Piascik

Alexa Sevin, The Ohio State University Faculty Mentor: Jennifer L. Rodis

Claire M. Kolar, University of Minnesota

Amanda M. Singrey, The Ohio State University

Faculty Mentor: Kristin K. Janke

Faculty Mentor: Bella H. Mehta

Jamie M. Kraemer, University of Cincinnati

Megan G. Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Faculty Mentor: Michael B. Doherty

Faculty Mentor: Melissa (Lisa) M. Dinkins

Alicia B. Lichvar, University of Pittsburgh

Sydney P. Springer, The University of Rhode Island

Faculty Mentor: Kristine S. Schonder

Faculty Mentor: Anne L. Hume

Alexandra Malinowski, University of New England

David R. Steeb, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Faculty Mentor: George P. Allen

Faculty Mentor: Macary W. Marciniak

Bernice Man, Chicago State University

Jaclyn M. Stoffel, Drake University

Thaddeus McGiness, The University of Tennessee

Jennifer D. Tieu, The University of Oklahoma

Nicholas J. Messinger, University of Cincinnati

Katie E. Trotta, Campbell University

Greg A. Miller, University of Wyoming

Sara Wettergreen, South Dakota State University

Elizabeth S. Moore, University of Kentucky

Meagan A. Williams, Virginia Commonwealth University

Carrie Morris, The University of Iowa

Breanna L. Wyman, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Cortney M. Mospan, The Ohio State University

Sharon Xavioer, Chicago State University

Elaine Nguyen, Idaho State University

Megan L. Zeek, Auburn University

Phuoc A. Nguyen, University of Houston

Crystal Zhou, University of California, San Diego

Faculty Mentor: Kenneth A. Lawson

Faculty Mentor: Felix K. Yam

Dominique Nguyen, University of South Florida

Kimberly L. Zitko, The University of Toledo

Faculty Mentor: Diana Isaacs

Faculty Mentor: Andrea Franks Faculty Mentor: Patricia Wigle

Faculty Mentor: Suzanne Clark Faculty Mentor: Melody Ryan

Faculty Mentor: Hazel H. Seaba

Faculty Mentor: Kristin A. Casper Faculty Mentor: Barb Mason

Faculty Mentor: Amy Schwartz

Faculty Mentor: Sarah Grady

Faculty Mentor: Rebecca L. Dunn Faculty Mentor: Valerie Clinard Faculty Mentor: Brittney Meyer

Faculty Mentor: Brigitte L. Sicat

Faculty Mentor: Therese I. Poirier Faculty Mentor: Duc Do

Faculty Mentor: Jessica A. Starr

Faculty Mentor: Michelle L. Serres

Rebecca L. Owings, The University of Mississippi Faculty Mentor: Kristopher Harrell

Sarah N. Passafiume, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Faculty Mentor: Peter M. Brody, Jr.

Sonalie Patel, St. Louis College of Pharmacy Faculty Mentor: Matthew K. Pitlick

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Pulling Back the Curtain

By Kyle R. Bagin Dr. Donald R. Miller, professor and chair of the Pharmacy Practice Department at North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy, gets a rare look at how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration works to ensure our health and safety. As the only pharmacist on the FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee, he has a front row seat when it comes to reviewing and evaluating data concerning drugs developed to treat arthritis, rheumatism and related diseases. The experience has given him surprising insight into the inner workings of the FDA—knowledge that he uses to motivate his students back home.

“The FDA affects everything we do—food, drug safety—yet we don’t have a lot of insight into how this government organization works. It was eye-opening to see how much they value the feedback from the advisory committee.”

The Right Associations Miller was appointed to a three-year term following his extensive work with the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, a division of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). “The FDA is always looking for potential [committee] members. I submitted my name a few times over the past 15 years ago, but never heard anything.”

Undeterred, he continued his extracurricular association work. “The ACR is a physician’s organization that has an active section for arthritis health professionals: nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, etc. Through my participation in that section, I was appointed to the ACR’s Drug Safety committee.”

A staff member at ACR sent an e-mail to committee members asking if anyone was interested in the FDA’s Arthritis Advisory Committee. Miller jumped at the chance. “I said, ‘Yeah!’ And when the FDA saw that I was nominated by a medical organization, I think they paid a lot more attention.”

Honorable Motivations Being the only pharmacist on a committee that evaluates medications means that Miller’s knowledge and expertise is greatly valued. As a specialist in rheumatology and drug literature evaluation, he is perfectly positioned to offer a different viewpoint than his peers on the committee.

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“I think there’s an important role for pharmacists to play on all the drug committees because we do have the expertise to offer additional perspective that perhaps physicians don’t provide.”

Back to the Classroom In addition to the pharmacy acumen Miller brings to the committee, his work gives him something to bring back to the classroom as well. “The February meeting on nonsteroidals fell right in the middle of my section of rheumatology pharmacotherapy at NDSU. I told my students I was going to the meeting and gave them a link to the information that was posted in advance. When I came back, I was able to update them on not only what happened, but the thought processes behind the decision making.” He prepared slides with photos of the meeting and walked his students through the committee’s work.

“The students gave good feedback because they’re also interested in how the FDA makes decisions,” he said. A few of them may even go one step further. “When I mentioned that the FDA also provides APPE rotations, they said “I’d like to apply!”

Kyle R. Bagin is Communications Coordinator at AACP; kbagin@aacp.org.

Faculty News California Northstate University

Loma Linda University

Appointments/Elections

Appointments/Elections

Faculty News

• Eman Atef, associate professor • Yvette Crockell, associate professor, director of advanced pharmacy practice experiences • Leo Fitzpatrick, associate professor • Andy Nauli, assistant professor • Carol M. Snodgrass, associate professor, director of introductory pharmacy practice experiences

Grants

• Ana Hincapie and James A. Palmieri (sub-investigators).

Partners in E-: Promoting Safe Use of EHRs. $20,000 from California Health and Human department Services Agency (PI is Elisha Ashton from the University of California, San Francisco).

• Ruth Vinall (co-investigator). Enhancing Participation of Asian American Cancer Patients in Clinical Trials and Biospecimen Donations. $10,000 from The National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Disparities.

Drake University Promotions

• Cheryl L. Clarke, assistant dean for clinical affairs director of experiential education • Denise A. Soltis, assistant dean for community and global engagement

Duquesne University Grants

• Lauren Osgood, Jamie L. McConaha, Andrea R. Pfalzgraf.

“Assessing Knowledge, Barriers, and Attitudes Regarding Pertussis and Pharmacists’ Immunization Services.” Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation $1,000.00.

• Gary Tedesco, Jamie L. McConaha. “Courage to Quit” Group Tobacco Cessation Class, Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation. Total Grant: $1,000.00.

Hampton University Appointments/Elections

• Hua Ling, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice

Grants

• Feng Li, AACP New Investigator Award: $10,000 for “Thermosensitive Hybrid Hydrogel for Delivery of AntiCariogenic Agents.”

• Paul Gavaza was appointed associate professor of pharmaceutical and administrative sciences.

Manchester University Appointments/Elections

• Raylene M. Rospond will become the next vice president and dean of the College of Pharmacy.

Mercer University Appointments/Elections

• Annesha W. Lovett was appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Pharmacology & Clinical Toxicology.

• Kathryn M. Momary was appointed associate editor for the journal BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology.

• Nader H. Moniri was appointed associate dean for research.

Grants

• Ajay K. Banga received a $140,000 grant for “skin permeation studies” from Johnson & Johnson.

• Ajay K. Banga and Ayyappa Chaturvedula received a $125,000 grant for “Topical Delivery of Pharmaceuticals and Herbals” from GlaxoSmithKline.

• Ayyappa Chaturvedula received a $47,100 grant for “Real world adherence to HIV PrEP in serodiscordant African couples” from Massachusetts General Hospital.

• Nader H. Moniri was awarded a three-year grant for “The role of phosphorylation in regulating the antidiabetic effects of O3FAR-1,” in the amount of $409,770 from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/ National Institutes of Health.

• Gina J. Ryan and Kathryn M. Momary received a $19,417 grant for “Preliminary analysis of lipoprotein subclasses, apoprotein levels, and genetic architecture of African-American males with type 2 diabetes” from Merck Investigator Initiated Trial.

• Chalet Tan received a $1,595,707 grant in collaboration with the investigators at Emory University and Georgia State University for “Discovery of Chemical Probes for Uveal Melanoma” from the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute.

• Chad M. VanDenBerg received a $144,294 grant from Eli Lilly and Co for “Continued efficacy and safety monitoring of solanezumab, an anti-amyloid beta antibody, in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.”

• Chad M. VanDenBerg, Renee L. Hayslett, Leisa L. Marshall, and Vanthida Huang received a $607,965 grant from Eli Lilly & Co. for “Effect of passive immunization on the progression of mild Alzheimer’s disease: Solanezumab (LY2062430) versus placebo, protocol H8A-MC-LZAX.”

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Northeast Ohio Medical University

Ohio Northern University

Appointments/Elections

Appointments/Elections

• Kathy Benderev has been appointed to the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists Section Advisory Group on pharmacy business management.

• Jessica Boss has been appointed to the editorial review board for The Consultant Pharmacist.

• Werner Geldenhuys has been appointed as a United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc. Voting Delegate, representing Northeast Ohio Medical University.

• Chris Paxos has been appointed to the Professional Development Committee of the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy, 2013–2016.

Awards

• Michelle L. Cudnik was inducted as a fellow into the Master Teacher Guild. She also became a board certified ambulatory care pharmacist.

• Altaf Darvesh, Timothy R. Ulbrich and Denise Inman were selected for Ohio Magazine’s 2013 Excellence in Education recognition program.

• Steven J. Martin has been appointed dean of the Raabe College of Pharmacy.

Pacific University Oregon Appointments/Elections

• Reza Karimi has been appointed dean of the Pacific University School of Pharmacy.

Purdue University Appointments/Elections

• John B. Hertig was appointed to the editorial advisory board of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Awards

• Robert L. Geahlen has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

• Kyle E. Hultgren received the President’s Award at the Annual Meeting of the Indiana Pharmacists Alliance.

• Sara E. Dugan became a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist.

• Tonglei Li was inducted as a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.

• Mary Ann Dzurec became a board certified ambulatory care pharmacist.

• Gloria P. Sachdev received the Excellence in Innovation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Indiana Pharmacists Alliance.

• Dale E. English II was inducted as a master teacher into the Master Teacher Guild.

• Brian S. Hoffmaster became a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist.

• Jaclyn A. Kruse became a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist.

• Stacey Preston became a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist.

• Jenna Schaffner became a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist.

• Stacey R. Schneider was inducted as an apprentice into the Master Teacher Guild.

Grants

• Madgi Awad, Sarah E. Kelling, Timothy R. Ulbrich, and Nicole Stone received a $1,000 grant for “Evaluating the Implementation of a Pharmacist-led Transition of Care Medication Therapy Management Service in an Underserved Population,” from the American Pharmacists Association Foundation Incentive Grant.

• The Walgreens Diversity program has announced its support of the College of Pharmacy’s 2013–2014 diversity outreach and inclusion initiatives with a $10,000 gift.

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Grants

• Richard F. Borch received $5,340 from Wayne State University for “Synthesis of IB21-81.”

• Stephen R. Byrn received $259,464 from the Food and Drug Administration through the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education for “Study on Evaluation of Drug Product Formulation In-Vitro Performance Characteristics Related to Abused-deterrence.”

• Noll L. Campbell received $59,323 from Indiana University for “Pharmacological Management of Delirium.”

• Vincent J. Davisson received $10,000 from University of Notre Dame for “Liposomal Nanoparticles for Selective Anticancer Drug Delivery Targeting Vacuolar Atpase.” He also received $9,012 from AsedaSciences GmbH for “Development of Cell Line for Screening.”

• Arun K. Ghosh received $455,083 from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science for “Design & Synthesis of Nonpeptide Protease Inhibitors.”

• Marlene O. Heeg received $75,000 from Celgene Corporation for “PeerView InReview, New Targets and Novel Options in the Management of Mantle Cell Lymphoma: an Increasing Role for Innovative Therapy;” $50,000 from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp for “Oncology Web Program;” $100,000 from Given Imaging Inc. for “2013 - 2014 National Inflammatory Bowel Disease Educational Initiative;” and $142,110 from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for

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“PeerView InReview, Improving the Long-Term Management of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease through Optimal Practitoner - Patient and Caregiver.”

• She also received $120,000 from Janssen Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. for “Optimizing Strategies with IBD Therapies;” $157,010 from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for “An Evidence-Based Collaborative Approach to Immunosuppression for Renal Transplant recipients: Improving Outcomes by Optimizing Treatment Plans and Patient Compliance;” $250,000 from AbbVie Inc. for “Update on the Management of Chronic Hepatitis C, Focus on Novel HCV Treatments;” $30,000 from Given Imagining Inc. for “2013 - 2014 National Inflammatory Bowel Disease Educational Initiative;” and $174,000 from Bayer Pharmaceutical for “PeerView Video InExchange - Best Practices with Established and Novel Targeted Therapies in Advanced Colorectal Cancer (CRC): A Multidisciplinary Discussion.”

• Additionally, Heeg received $15,000 from Daiichi Sankyo Inc. for “Using Patient- and Tumor-Specific Characteristics to Optimize Personalized Treatment Selection in Hepatocellular Carcinoma” and $15,000 from Genentech Corporation, Inc. for “The Promise of the Met Signaling Pathway in Cancer.”

• Chang Deng Hu received $559,055 from the U.S. Department of Defense for “Targeting Neuroendocrine Differentiation for Prostate Cancer Radiosensitization.”

• Markus A. Lill received $193,970 from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Science for “Novel Computational Methods for Modeling Cytochrome P450 Mediated Drug Metabolism.”

• Michael D. Murray received $9,783 from Indiana University for “Polypharmacy as a Barrier to Self-Management,” $83,922 from Regenstrief Institute Inc. for “Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) 2011 Research Collaborations,” and $13,987 from Regenstrief Institute Inc. for “Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Improvement and Research (RCHIR) Project.”

• Sonak D. Pastakia and Rakhi Karwa received $18,765 from Indiana University for “Ampath Plus.” Rodolfo Pinal received $35,000 from Multi-Sponsored Industrials for “Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research Consortium.”

• Jean-Christophe Rochet received $5,500 from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for “Determination of the 3-D Structure of Biologically Active Small Molecules in Complex with DJ-1 Using X-Ray Crystallography.”

• Margie E. Snyder, Karen S. Hudmon and Michael D. Murray received $136,173 from PHS - Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality for “Optimizing Medication Therapy Management for Chronically Ill Medicare Part D Beneficiaries.”

• Lynne S. Taylor received $1,008,310 from Rutgers State University for “Engineering Research Center on Structural Organic Composites.”

• Elizabeth M. Topp received $459,070 from PHS - Food and Drug Administration for “Subvisible Protein Aggregates in

Biologics - Analytical Methods and Monocyte/Macrophage Response.”

• Val J. Watts received $27,654 from Army Natick Research & Development Laboratories for “Novel Vector Control Solutions for Protecting Health of U.S. Military.”

• Val J. Watts and Changdeng Hu received $197,858 from PHS-NIH National Institute of Mental Health for “Identification of the AC5 Sensitization Interactome Using BiFC.” • Yoon Yeo received $75,000 from Showalter Trust for “Zwitterionic Chitosan as an LPS Antagonist for the Treatment of Sepsis.”

Roosevelt University Promotions

• Bud Beatty, associate dean, academic programs and accreditation • Cara M. Brock, clinical instructor, director of professional labs • Melissa Hogan, chair of clinical and administrative sciences, associate professor of clinical sciences • Shaun Keating, assistant dean of enrollment and student services • Tracy Renacido, coordinator of enrollment services.

Roseman University of Health Sciences Appointments/Elections

• Trang Susan Nguyen has been selected to participate in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation Research Boot Camp.

South Carolina College of Pharmacy Appointments/Elections

• Fred Bender, associate regional dean for the Greenville Health System program at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy • P. Brandon Bookstaver, elected chair of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Infectious Diseases Practice Research Network • Paul Fleming, appointed as clinical pharmacist for the Comprehensive Medication Management Collaborative

Awards

• Betsy Blake graduated from AACP’s Academic Leadership Fellows Program.

• Katherine H. Chessman, Medical University of South Carolina Pharmacy Distinguished Alumnus Award • Joseph T. DiPiro, elected as fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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• Jennifer Schnellman was named a 2013 Distinguished Alumna of Lyons College.

Grants

contract. She also received $426,849 from the National Institutes of Health for “Study of altered microRNA as a biomarker for the onset of obesity-related womens’ cancers.”

• James Chou was awarded $1.4 million from the National Institutes of Health for study into development of a therapy for acute myeloid leukemia.

The University of Iowa

• Rick G. Schnellman was issued a renewal of R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for the study “Mitochondrial Biogenesis Promotes Recovery from Oxidant Injury.”

He was also awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer grant for “Urinary Biomarkers of Renal Mitochondrial Dysfunction.”

• Matthew Witry was appointed as assistant professor in the Health Services Research Division of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science.

• Jun Zhu was awarded a five year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse for study on mechanisms of cocaine-addiction related to neurocognitive disorders in HIV patients.

• Lee Kirsch was elected as an American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists fellow.

Promotions

• Jim Hoehns and John Swegle were recently appointed assistant division heads in the Division of Applied Clinical Sciences.

• Bryan Love, associate professor, clinical pharmacy and outcomes sciences • Georgi Petkov, professor, drug discovery and biomedical sciences

Sullivan University Appointments/Elections

• Cindy D. Stowe will be the new dean at Sullivan.

The University of Georgia Appointments/Elections

Appointments/Elections

Awards

• Nicole Brogden received a statewide Women of Innovation award in the category of research innovation and leadership.

Promotions

• Susan S. Vos was recently appointed director of the Professional Experience Program.

The University of Montana Grants

• Sarj Patel and Tom Rau received $300,000 Head Health Challenge grant from General Electric and the National Football League for investigating blood-based biomarkers that indicate how the brain reacts following a traumatic brain injury.

• Lori J. Duke was named to the Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical Education Board of Directors.

The University of Tennessee

Grants

Appointments/Elections

• James V. Bruckner received $105,000 from the Consumer Specialty Product Association for the “Study of characterization of potential age-related differences in the pharmacokinetics of pyrethroids in vivo, in situ and in vitro studies in rats and human systems.”

• Marie A. Chisholm-Burns received $1,672,698 from the C&M Mason Trust for “Continuation of the statewide Medication Access Program (MAP) for solid-organ transplant recipients in Georgia.”

• Chung Chu received $1,500,000 from S Inc. for “Design and synthesis of novel nucleos(t)ide anti-HCV agents.”

• Azza El-Remessy received $48,304 from the American Heart Association for “Study of the role of prongF/P75NTR in diabetes-induced barrier dysfunction.”

• Rajgopal Govindarajan received a $448,530 award from the National Institutes of Health for “Study of nucloside transporter-connexin interplay in pancreatic cancer chemotherapy.”

• Mandi Murph received $47,530 from Georgia Research Alliance as a GCC Distinguished Cancer Clinicians and scientists

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• Debbie C. Byrd, chair-elect AACP Pharmacy Practice Section

Awards

• John Buolamwini, Richard A. Helms, Bob Miller, Duane Miller, Shivaputra Patil, Michael Storm and Emma Tillman all received UT Research Foundation Innovation awards.

• Marie Chisholm-Burns has received the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Research and Education Foundation’s 2013 Literature Award for Sustained Contributions.

Grants

• Subhash Chauhan, Kosten Foundation Cancer Research Award Grant, Novel therapeutic approach for pancreatic cancer treatment.

Touro College of Pharmacy Appointments/Elections

• Mary Choy, president of New York City Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists

Promotions

• Mary Choy, associate professor

faculty news

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Appointments/Elections

• Jin Han appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice • Alice N. Hemenway appointed as clinical assistant professor (Rockford), pharmacy practice

• Chengjian Tu, research assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences

• Jason Hickok appointed as research assistant professor, medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy

Awards

• Archana Jhawar appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice

• Sathy Balu-Iyer was inducted as an American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists fellow.

• Alice Ceacareanu received the 2013 Faculty Research Award from the University at Buffalo Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender.

• Hyunwoo Lee appointed as assistant professor, biopharmaceutical sciences • Terry W. Moore appointed as assistant professor, medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy

• Marilyn E. Morris was installed as president of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

• Christina Rash appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice

• Murali Ramanathan was inducted as an American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists fellow.

• Scott Wirth appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice

Grants

Awards

• Sathy Balu-Iyer was awarded a $250,000 National Institutes of Health grant for “Reactivating Memory T Cells in the Microenvironment of Human Tumors.”

Promotions

• Kathleen M. Boje, associate dean for academic affairs, and associate professor, pharmaceutical sciences • William A. Prescott Jr., clinical associate professor, pharmacy practice

University of California, San Diego Appointments/Elections

• James H. McKerrow will serve as the second dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

University of Connecticut Appointment/Elections

• James R. Halpert has been appointed dean of the School of Pharmacy.

University of Illinois at Chicago

• Kristen L. Goliak is the recipient of an award from AgeOptions for “Medication Monitoring & Safety in Older Adults: A Community-Based Educational Outreach Program.”

• Michael Johnson and collaborator, Robert Daum, University of Chicago, received the CBC Catalyst Award for “A Novel Antimicrobial Strategy Against Methicillin-Resistant S Aureus (MRSA).”

• Terry W. Moore received the 2014 AACP New Investigator Award for his project “ ‘Tucked’ Stapled Peptides for Estrogen Receptor/Coactivator Interaction.”

• Brian Murphy and Scott Franzblau received a three-year award from the Department of Defense for their project “Development of Diazaquinomycin Class Antibiotics for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant TB Infections.”

Grants

• Joanna Burdette is a subcontract PI on a NIH-National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering grant for “Steroid-Based Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Endocrine Disease.”

Appointments/Elections

• Seungpyo Hong is a subcontract PI on the project “Development of microRNA-Nanoparticles to Treat Childhood Acute Leukemia Carrying MLL Rearrangements,” which is funded by an Alex’s Lemonade Stand Award.

• Thomas D. Chiampas appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice

• Alan Kozikowski received a four-year R01 grant from the NIH National Institute of Mental Health for “Optimizing Lead 5-HT2C Ligands for use in the Treatment of Schizophrenia.”

• Michelle L. Bryson appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice

• Leena Deshpande appointed as clinical assistant professor (Rockford), pharmacy practice • Julio Duarte appointed as assistant professor, pharmacy practice • Megan E. Fleischman appointed as clinical assistant professor (Rockford), pharmacy practice • Alan Gross appointed as clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice

• Hayat Onyuksel received funding from the Penny Severns Breast, Cervical and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for “Phase I Study of Nanomedicine, Paclitaxel Micelle Targeting VIP Receptor for Therapy of Solid Tumors.”

• Pavel Petukhov received an R21 grant from NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. His two-year project, “Discovery of Novel Anti-HBV Compounds Targeting Host Factors” began in September 2013.

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faculty news

• Richard van Breemen received an R01 grant from NIH-National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

His project, “Rapid Identification of Active Agents and Metabolomics of Botanical Supplements” began in August 2013 and will run for five years.

• Raymond C. Love has been re-appointed as co-chair of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance’s Mental Health Work Group for 2014. He was also named president-elect of the board of directors of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists.

Promotions

• Sarah Michel has been named director of the department’s graduate program.

• Jaki Birgit was promoted to the rank of research associate professor, medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy.

• Joanna Burdette promoted to the rank of associate professor, medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy • Vicki Groo promoted to the rank of research associate professor, pharmacy practice • Douglas Thomas promoted to the rank of associate professor, medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy • Zaijie (Jim) Wang promoted to the rank of professor, biopharmaceutical sciences

University of Maryland Appointments/Elections

• Chanel Agness been appointed by Governor Martin O’Malley to the Maryland State Advisory Council on Arthritis and Related Diseases. She was also appointed to the National Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy’s Exam Development Committee for a three-year term.

• C. Daniel Mullins has been appointed interim chair of the department.

• Eleanor Perfetto was named an assistant editor of the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, appointed for a two-year term to The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy’s Advisory Board, and named a 2014 University of Maryland Pharmacy Quality Alliance Ambassador.

• Patrick T. Rocafort has been named to the editorial advisory board of Pharmacy Today.

• Hongbing Wang has been named a standing member of the National Institutes of Health’s Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action Study Section.

• Roxanne Zaghab has been named director of the Center for Innovative Pharmacy Solutions’ Knowledge Enterprise.

Awards

• Bruce Anderson received the University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ 2014 Faculty Award for Service.

• Catherine Cooke has been named chair of the Maryland State Advisory Council on Heart Disease and Stroke.

• Heather B. Congdon has been named a distinguished practitioner and fellow of the National Academies of Practice.

• Sandeep Devabhakthuni has been elected to the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Board of Directors for a three year term.

• Sandeep Devabhakthuni has been selected to receive the Pharmacist of the Year Award from the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

• Peter Doshi has been named an assistant professor of pharmaceutical health services research and has been named an associate editor of the British Medical Journal.

• Suzanne Doyon and David Fowler received the Best Platform Award at the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology.

• Agnes Ann Feemster has been named an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science.

• Rachel Flurie received a Resident/Fellow Research Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

• Joga Gobburu has been appointed chair of the Pharmacometrics and Pharmacokinetics Section of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

• Jeffrey Gonzales received the 2013 Critical Care Education Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

• Stuart T. Haines been appointed a scientific editor of the journal Pharmacotherapy. He has also been appointed for a three-year term to the American Pharmacists Association Foundation’s Board of Directors.

• Stuart T. Haines, Kathryn L. Kiser and Christine Choy have been selected to receive an inaugural Innovations Grant from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network for their work as editors on iForumRx.org.

• Jeffrey Gonzales has been appointed chair-elect of the Education Subcommittee of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Committee.

• Cherokee Layson-Wolf has been selected to receive the American Pharmacists Association’s 2014 Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award.

• Margaret A. Hayes has been named vice president of Network 2000.

• Jill A. Morgan the University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ 2014 Faculty Award for Mentoring.

• Amy Ives has been named the School of Pharmacy’s delegate to AACP.

• C. Daniel Mullins received a Wilson H. Elkins Professorship from the University System of Maryland.

• Allison Lardieri has been named an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science.

• Brent N. Reed has been named a fellow of the American Heart Association and has been selected as the American Pharmacists Association’s 2014 Distinguished New Practitioner.

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• Charmaine Rochester has been commissioned as an officer of the Department of Health and Human Services.

• Bruce Stuart received the George F. Archambault Award from the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.

Grants

• Bruce Anderson received a one-year $26,348 contract from Avon for “Avon Products Incorporated.”

• Nicole Brandt received a one-year $16,586 contract from Econometrica.

• Andrew Coop received a seven-month $30,000 grant from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “FY14 Cigarette Restitution Funds Statewide Academic Health Centers.”

• Susan dosReis received a three-year $937,812 contract from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute for “Methods for Prioritizing Surrogate Desired Health Outcomes for Patients.” She also received a nine-month $94,092 contract from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “Community Alternatives to Psychiatric and Residential Treatment Facilities Demonstration” and a one year $83,736 contract from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “CMS CHIPRA Year Five Quality Demonstration Grant-Care Management Entities: A Multi-State Collaborative to Improve Children’s Mental Health.”

• Thomas C. Dowling received a five-year $1.4 million grant from Mylan Laboratories for “Fasting Bioequivalence Study of Nilotinib Capsules” and a six-month $277,147 contract from MediBeacon for “MP-3180 Pharmacokinetic Study in Healthy Volunteers.”

• Maureen Kane received a three-year $75,849 grant from The University of New Mexico for “Interactive Effect of Environmental Exposures and Alcohol in the Navajo Birth Cohort.”

• Raymond C. Love received a three-year $300,922 contract from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “Secure Evaluation and Therapeutic Treatment.”

• Alexander MacKerell received a one-year $100,000 grant from Maryland Industrial Partnerships for “Validation of SILCS Molecular Modeling Software.”

• Mary Lynn McPherson received a three-month $102,018 training grant from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “Improvement in Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes in Caring for Older Adults with Advanced Illness.”

• C. Daniel Mullins received a one-year $30,000 grant from the Center for Medical Technology Policy for “PGC Endocrine Metabolic Diabetes Consortium.” He also received a five-year $4.9 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for “PATIENTS: PATient-centered Involvement in Evaluating effectiveNess of TreatmentS.” • Eleanor Perfetto received a one-year $210,000 contract from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy for “Comparative Effectiveness Research Certificate Program.”

• Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner received a one-year $53,500 contract from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “Operational Technical Support Provided by the Institute for a Healthiest Maryland.” She also received a two-year $272,808 contract from Giant of Maryland.

• Paul Shapiro received a one-year $42,106 contract from Biomed Valley Discoveries, Inc. for “Determining Structural Interactions between ERK2 and BVD-523.”

• Steven Fletcher received $19,895 and $13,969 from Convergence for “Optimization of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the BRD4 Protein.”

• Jana Shen received a three-year $281,442 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “Electrostatic Modulation of Protein Stability and Folding.”

• Joga Gobburu received a one-year $200,000 contract from Wockhardt. He also received a two-year $60,884 contract from Eli Lilly for “Development of a Model-based Insulin Dosing Calculator, Framework, and Algorithms to Support Development of Integrated Glucose Control Devices,” a oneyear $50,000 contract from MedImmune for “Intermediate Pharmacometrics Training” and a one-year $39,088 contract from Forest Laboratories for “Analysis and Reporting of GRT-PK-04 QT Data.”

• Linda Simoni-Wastila received a two-year $421,515 grant from the National Institute on Aging for “COPD and CHF Treatment in Older Adults with Depression.”

• Audra Stinchcomb and Steve Hoag have received a five-year $2.5 million grant from the Food and Drug Administration for “Bioequivalence of Topical Drug Products: In Vitro - In Vivo Correlations.”

• Stuart T. Haines received a one-year $2,000 grant from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for “iForumRX.org An Online Journal Club for Ambulatory Care Practitioners.”

• Audra Stinchcomb and Hazem E. Hassan have received a five-year $2.5 million grant from the Food and Drug Administration for “Heat Effect on Generic Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems.”

• Stephen Hoag received a two-year $220,000 contract from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Education for “Risk Assessment of Abuse-Deterrent Technologies.” He also received a one-year $32,114 contract from Johns Hopkins University for “Development and Optimization of a Dissolving Film for Allergen Specific Immunotherapy in Children.”

• Bruce Stuart received a one-year $124,000 contract from Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America for “Understanding of Differences in Generic and Brand Medication Utilization patterns among Part D enrollees with and without the Low Income Subsidy” and a one-year $124,000 contract from Pfizer for “Understanding the Costs of Disability among Medicare Beneficiaries.”

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• Mona L. Tsoukleris received a three-year $65,000 contract from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for “Maryland Asthma Control Program.”

Awards

• Hongbing Wang received a four-year $1.1 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “Role of Constitutive Androstane Receptor in Cyclophosphamidebased Chemotherapy.”

Grants

• Jia Bei Wang, along with co-investigator Deanna Kelly, received a three-year, $856,871 grant from the Stanley Medical Research Institute for “Treatment of Schizophrenia with ITetrahydropalmatine (I-THP): A Novel Dopamine Antagonist with Anti-inflammatory and Anti-protozoal Activity.”

• Jeremy Yap received a one-year $6,500 fellowship from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education for “The Synthesis, Biophysical and Biological Evaluation of Novel Small-molecules and Proteomimetics as Inhibitors of the Protein-protein and Protein-DNA Interaction Engaged by the Oncogenic Protein c-Myc.” • Bruce Yu received an eight-month $100,000 grant from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation for “RelaxDetect: Detect Biopharmaceutical Aggregation via Water Relaxation.”

Promotions

• Rebecca J. Ceraul has been promoted to assistant dean of communications and marketing.

• Tim Munn has been promoted to assistant dean of IT. • Deborah Neels has been promoted to assistant dean of policy and planning.

Retirements

• Ilene Zuckerman, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, has retired from the school after 30 years on faculty.

University of Minnesota Appointments/Elections

• Grant Anderson was named department head for pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical sciences.

• Sarah Schweiss has accepted the assistant director position for the Ambulatory Care Residency Program.

• Gary Schneider joined the college as the director of the Medication Management Network.

• Marilyn K. Speedie received the 2014 Remington Honor Medal from the American Pharmacists Association.

• Todd Johnson is part of a Lake Region Healthcare Clinical Pharmacy Services team that received a $107,372 Minnesota Department of Human Services Community Service/Community Services Development grant to use and study the benefits of medication therapy management via telehealth and home visits in the Otter Tail and Grant counties.

• Serguei Pakhomov is the co-PI on a $76,000 RO3 from the National Institute of Aging for the project, “Longitudinal Analysis of Spoken Language Characteristics in the Nun Study.”

• Raj Suryanarayanan received a grant of $265,000 a year from Ranbaxy Laboratories to support the project “Physical Characterization of Pharmaceuticals.”

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Appointments/Elections

• Susan J. Blalock has been appointed to the Food and Drug Administration’s Risk Communication Advisory Committee.

• Robert A. Blouin was named chair-elect of the AACP Council of Deans.

• Anne Hager-Blunk is the new associate dean for advancement and president of the Pharmacy Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. • Federico Innocenti is the new associate director of the Center for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy.

• Sasha Kabanoy has been named a member of the Academia Europaea.

• Betsy L. Sleath has been named as the new director of the Program on Child Health Services at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

• Tim Wiltshire is the new director of the Center for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy.

Awards

• Stephen Eckel was named a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

• Joel F. Farley has been selected as a fellow of the American Pharmacists Association.

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faculty news

• Leaf Huang is the 2013 recipient of the Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award given by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.

• Sam Lai is a recipient of a 2013 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.

• Russell Mumper is the recipient of a 2014 Molecules Best Paper Award for a 2010 review of plant phenols.

• Denise H. Rhoney has been elected a fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society.

Grants

• Kim R. Brouwer, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $389,699, UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program.

• Delesha Carpenter, Arthritis Foundation, $100,000, How Do RA Patients Process DMARD Information: A Pilot Study.

• Stephen Frye, Leidos Biomedical Research, $155,284.43, Task Order #8- BOA under 5-58589 as a Comprehensive Chemical Biology Screening Center. He also received $50,592.01 from SAIC-Frederick Inc. for Task Order#7BOA under 5-58589 as a Comprehensive Chemical Biology Screening Center.

• Leaf Huang, NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, $330,600, Hepatic gene delivery with nonviral vector.

• Federico Innocenti, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation, $13,640, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology 40503 Genotyping. He also received $15,000 from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology GI Correlative Sciences Committee Chair Grant.

• Michael Jay, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, $75,000, Radionuclide Decorporation with an Orally Bioavailable Prodrug of DTPA. • Jian Jin, University of Pennsylvania, $74,000, c-Rel, a Novel Drug Target for Treating Multiple Sclerosis.

• Rudolph Juliano, Indiana University, $176,900, UNC Probe Delivery Core: Center for Advanced Renal Microscopic Analysis.

• Angela Kashuba, Eastern Virginia Medical School, $40,586, Differential Hiv Infection and Tenofovir Activity In Pre- and Postmenopausal Women.

• Sam Lai, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, $875,000, Harnessing Antibody-Mucin Interactions to Achieve Precise Control of Microbial Communities in the Gut. He also received $171,967 from Boston University for Optimizing Plantibodies for Trapping HIV and HSV in Cervicovaginal Mucus.

• Kuo-Hsiung Lee, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, $420,819, Plant Anti-HIV Agents.

• Jian Liu, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, $36,764, In Situ Regeneration of Bioactive Surfaces: Rechargeable Antithrombogenic Films.

• Howard McLeod, North Carolina State University, $175,000, Genetic Etiology of Cancer Drug Response.

• Russell Mumper, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of NY, $43,654, DNase for Prevention of Reproductive Tract Infections in Pregnancy. He also received $82,373 from TheraLogics for STTR Development of a Novel NF-kB Inhibitor in IBD. • Nicole Pinelli, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, $23,000, Intravenous Exenatide Infusion in Critically Ill Neurologic Injured Patients: A Proof of Concept Study.

• Philip Smith, Biogen Idec, Inc., $15,893, Targeted Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Rat UGTs in Liver Microsomes.

• Alexander Tropsha, The University of Arizona, $15,000, Computational Models and High-Throughput CellularBased Toxicity Assays.

• William Zamboni, Eli Lilly and Company, $150,000, A High Throughput Screening Platform to Evaluate the Interactions between Nanoparticle and Non-Nanoparticle Agents and the Mononuclear Phagocyte System in Humans and Animal Models.

• William Zamboni, Nemucore Medical Innovations, Inc., $13,999, ICP-MS Analysis of Platinum and Gadolinium in Plasma and Tissues as Part of the Pharmacokinetic Study of NMI-300 Formulations in Nontumor Bearing Nu/Nu Mice.

• Qisheng Zhang, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $271,358, High-Throughput Screens to Identify Modulators Of Phospholipase C Isozymes.

Promotions

• Andrew Lee was promoted to the rank of professor.

• Jian Liu has been named as the school’s John A. and Deborah S. McNeill Distinguished Professor.

University of Pittsburgh Grants

• James C. Coons, Philip Empey, and Susan J. Skledar, Pharmacist-Delivered Pharmacogenomic Care, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

• Hyun Jin (Sean) Kim, Quantitative Mechanistic Modeling of Drug Disposition with Variable Interactions, AACP. • Song Li, Rational Design of Lipidic Vectors for Mitrochondria-Targeted Antioxidants, NIH. He also received a grant from the National Cancer Institute for Targeted Combination Therapy for Breast Cancer.

• Xiaochao Ma, Mechanisms of Adverse Effects of Antituberculosis Drugs, NIH. He also received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for Drug-induced Liver Injury Associated with Anti-retroviral Therapy.

• Carolyn Thorpe, Supporting Medication Adherence in Veterans with Dementia and their Caregivers, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion & VISN 4 VA Healthcare Network.

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faculty news • Joshua Thorpe, Developing a Typology of Veterans’ Healthcare Experiences, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. He also received a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs for Dual Use of VA-Medicare Drug Benefits and Unsafe Prescribing in Dementia Patients.

University of Washington Awards

• Rene Levy, William G. Lennox-Cesare T. Lombroso Award • Bhagwat Prasad, American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists postdoctoral fellowship • Andy Stergachis, Washington State Pharmacy Association Pharmacist of the Year Award

Grants

• Scott Ramsey, leader, Josh Carlson, co-investigator, received a $900,000 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute grant for a structured approach to prioritizing cancer research using stakeholders and value of information.

• Dave Veenstra, principal investigator, Josh Carlson, and Anirban Basu, co-investigators, received a $1.9 million grant funded by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund.

• Kai Young received an NIH-funded predoctoral clinical research training grant through Institute of Translational Health Sciences.

Virginia Commonwealth University Appointments/Elections

• Joseph T. DiPiro has been named dean of the VCU School of Pharmacy.

• Mary Jayne Kennedy has been appointed to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute OPTIMIZE Trial Data Safety Monitoring Board.

• Pramit A. Nadpara has been named assistant professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science.

• Jennifer Neal was recognized as one of the Virginia Pharmacists Association’s Academy of New Practitioners “10 Under 10” for 2014.

• Kacie B. Powers has been named assistant professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science.

• YunYun Yuan has been named a research assistant professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry.

Awards

• Gary R. Matzke co-authored an Annals of Family Medicine paper, “Interactive Preventive Health Record to Enhance Delivery of Recommended Care: A Randomized Trial” (July/ August 2012) that won the 2014 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Best Research Paper Award.

Grants

• Ben Van Tassell, Virginia Innovation Partnership, $60,000, “NLRP3 Inflammasome Inhibitors in Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction.”

• Yan Zhang, Virginia Innovation Partnership, $40,000, “Development of Novel Agents to Treat Opioid-Induced Constipation.”

Promotions

• Dave L. Dixon has been advanced to associate of the American College of Cardiology.

• Victor A. Yanchick, dean of the VCU School of Pharmacy since 1996, has retired.

Washington State University Appointments/Elections

• John Barr, research associate, clinical pharmacology • Sayed Daoud has joined the editorial board of BMC Gastroenterology as an associate editor for the hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders section.

• April Davis, instructor, nutrition and exercise physiology • Mary Jane Sandall, instructor, nutrition and exercise physiology • Beth Sponseller, instructor, nutrition and exercise physiology • Shuwen Wang, associate clinical professor, pharmaceutical sciences • Zhenjia Wang, assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences • Jiyue Zhu, professor, pharmaceutical sciences

Grants

• The College of Pharmacy received a $1.965 million award from the Health Sciences and Services Authority of Spokane County for startup packages for faculty and money for research core facilities.

Wayne State University Appointments/Elections

• Melissa Lipari has been selected to participate in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation Research Boot Camp.

West Virginia University Appointments/Elections

• Krista Capehart, clinical associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and director of the Wigner Institute for Advanced Pharmacy Practice, Education, and Research • Charles Ponte was appointed the American Association of Diabetes Educators Role Delineation Working Group for the Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management (BCADM) credential.

• Elizabeth Scharman was appointed to the Editorial Board of Clinical Toxicology.

Awards

• Matthew Blommel, Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist • Jeremy Prunty, Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist

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Appointments/Elections

West Coast University

• Thomas S. Franko, assistant professor of pharmacy practice

Appointments/Elections • Nicholas R. Blanchard, dean of the School of Pharmacy at West Coast University in Los Angeles

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