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Faculty News Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
• Michael S. Pittman was promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Arts & Sciences.
Appointments/Elections
• Aimee F. Strang was named assistant dean for pharmacy academic affairs and curricular assessment.
• Amy Barton Pai has been appointed chair of the New York State Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Coalition. • Michael A. Biddle Jr. was named assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Vermont campus. • Jacquelyn E. Canning was named assistant professor, ambulatory care/psychiatry, in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Albany campus. • Joanna R. Schwartz was named president of the Vermont Society of Health-System Pharmacists. • Emily Sutton was named assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Vermont campus.
Grants • Amy Barton Pai received a $13,250 grant from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc. to assess the comparative effectiveness of treatments for patients hospitalized with euvolemic and hypervolemic hyponatremia.
Promotions • Indra Balachandran was granted tenure as associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences. • Laurie L. Briceland was named assistant dean for pharmacy admissions and experiential education. • David W. Clarke was named dean of the School of Arts & Sciences. • John J. Denio was named dean of students. • Yuri V. Kholodenko was promoted to associate professor in the Department of Arts & Sciences.
• Tanya A. Vadala was promoted to assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. • HaiAn (Andy) Zheng was promoted to associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Appalachian College of Pharmacy Awards • The college was selected as an APhA Foundation Project IMPACT: Diabetes Community.
Auburn University Awards • Kimberly Braxton-Lloyd was the non-student recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in 2011. • Amy R. Donaldson earned the 2011 Hargreaves Faculty Mentor Award. • Anna Solomon was named the Student Government Association Teacher of the Year for 2011. • The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama contributed $25,000 to the Auburn University Foundation in support of the Harrison School of Pharmacy.
• Patrick D. Meek was promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Pharmacy Practice.
academic Pharmacy now Jul/Aug/Sept 2011
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