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in Single Cells Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS).”
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• Sonak D. Pastakia received $13,655 from Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis for “USAID-AMPATH Partnership: Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS.”
Appointments/Elections
• Rodolfo Pinal received $129,300 from Multi-Sponsored Industrials for “Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research Consortium.” • Carol B. Post received $19,995 from PHS-NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for “Protein Stability and Antiviral Activity in Human Rhinovirus.” • Amy H. Sheehan received $18,804 from Johnson Johnson, Inc. for “Joint Academic/FDA/Industry Regulatory Pharmaceutical Fellowship ProgramJohnson Johnson”; received $83,804 from Lilly (ELI) and Company for “Joint Academic/FDA/ Industry Regulatory Pharmaceutical Fellowship Program-Lilly.” • Joseph Thomas received $18,995 from PHS-NIH National Institute on Aging for “Prognostic Significance of Insufficient Activity of Daily Living (ADL) Help on Health Outcomes/Utilization.” • Elizabeth M. Topp received $25,648 from National Institutes of Health for “Protein Aggregation in Amorphous Solids.” • Kara D. Weatherman received $25,000 from Cardinal Health for “Cardinal Health Fellowship in Clinical Nuclear Pharmacy and Radiopharmaceutical Safety.” • Yeonhee Yun received $380,611 from National Science Foundation Career Award for “OsmolyteGuided Nanoparticle Transport for Effective Drug/ Gene Delivery Across the Mucosal Barriers.” • Allan J. Zillich and Margie E. Snyder received $80,857 from Amedisys for “A Study Design Proposal for Evaluating the Efficacy of a Medication Management Program.”
• Jennifer W. Beall, director of introductory pharmacy practice experiences • Kimberley W. Benner was reappointed as a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) evaluator for the 2010-11 Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) Priority List of Needs in Pediatric Therapeutics; Pulmonary Therapeutic Area and the Renal Disease Therapeutic Area Working Groups, 2011-2012. • Lindsey K. Elmore, assistant professor of pharmacy practice • Mary R. Monk-Tutor was invited to join the editorial board of Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. • Jonathan M. Parker was appointed to PharmCAS/ PharmAdMIT Advisory Committee. • Jessica W. Skelley, assistant professor of pharmacy practice • Rachel Slaton, assistant professor of pharmacy practice • Terri M. Wensel, secretary of the Women Faculty SIG of AACP and director of curricular assessment and integration
Awards • Gary W. Bumgarner was awarded the Pharmaceutical, Social & Administrative Sciences Faculty Member of the Year Award. • Marshall E. Cates was awarded the Prestigious Educator Award. • B. DeeAnn Dugan was awarded the Pharmacy Practice Faculty Member of the Year Award. • Maryam Iranikhah was awarded the Margaret Self Propst Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award. • Jeffrey A. Kyle and Whitney White were both awarded the Faculty Preceptor of the Year Award.
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