faculty news
Research Seed Grant Award, $50,000. “Synthesis and in vitro study of longer-wavelangth absorbing photosensitizers targeting cancer cells for PDT (photodynamic therapy) in recurrent breast cancers.”
Promotions • Nancy C. Brahm, clinical professor of pharmacy: clinical and administrative sciences-Tulsa • Kimberly M. Crosby, associate professor of pharmacy: clinical and administrative sciences-Tulsa • Kevin C. Farmer, professor, pharmacy: clinical and administrative sciences-Tulsa • Nancy A. Letassy, professor, clinical and administrative sciences-OKC • Todd R. Marcy, associate professor, clinical and administrative sciences-OKC • Michael J. Miller, associate professor with tenure
Retirements • Gordon P. Sachdev, George Lynn Cross Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
The University of Tennessee Appointments/Elections • Todd Bess was appointed to serve a second threeyear term starting June 1, 2011 on the Advisory Committee on Examinations for the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
• Roland (Rolly) Dickerson was the recipient of the 2011 Dean Joseph B. Sprowls Distinguished Lecturer Award and selected as a 2011 Fellow of ASHP. • Stephan L. Foster has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 Alumni Public Service Award for the UT Health Sciences Center Campus. • Stephanie Grimes and Alan Knauth received the APhA-APRS Best Postgraduate Paper Award at the APhA Meeting in Seattle. • Trevor McKibbin received the McKibbin HOPA New Practitioner of the Year Award. • Stephanie J. Phelps received the Richard A. Helms Award for Excellence in Pediatric Pharmacy Practice during the 20th Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group. • Laura A. Thoma was awarded the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) Service Appreciation Award. • UT’s Rho Chi Alpha Nu Chapter won the Region III Chapter Achievement Award at the Rho Chi Annual Meeting on March 27, 2011 in Seattle. • J. Aubrey Waddell received the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APPM) Distinguished Achievement Award in Hospital and Institutional Practice. • Michelle Zingone was presented with the PLS Alumna Award on March 12, 2011 at the Rho Chi & Phi Lambda Sigma Initiation Banquet.
Grants
• Stephan L. Foster will be inducted into the National Academies of Practice (NAP) and was invited and accepted as a Founding Member of the Edward Jenner Society.
• Candace S. Brown, The National Institutes of Health, $2.55 million over four years for her project “A Controlled Trial of Gabapentin in Vulvodynia: Biological Correlates of Response.”
Awards
The University of Toledo
• Bradley A. Boucher was elected to the Rho Chi Society Executive Council at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition in Seattle.
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Appointments/Elections • Amanda C. Bryant-Friedrich was elected president of the Northwest Ohio Chapter of the Association of Women in Science (AWIS).