Campbell Comments Spring 2009

Spring 2009

CAMPBELL COMMENTS For Alumni, Students & Friends of Campbell University School of Pharmacy

The Welborn Family Appreciating Holland’s Special Gifts

By Carolyn S. Peterson Printed with permission by Forsyth Family Celebrating Family Life

Inside this Issue: The Welborn Family Appreciating Holland’s Special Gifts Message from the Office of Alumni Relations & Advancement Faculty Focus: Tara Bell, Pharm.D. Donor Profile: Burgess & Mary Jane Marshbanks Pharmaceutical Sciences Update School of Pharmacy News Alumni Events Message from the Pharmacy Alumni President Class Notes Photograph by Claudia Page/The Portrait Gallery

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hen Lilly Welborn, three year old daughter of Tim (J.D. ’94) and Michelle (Pharm.D. ’95) Welborn, was diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome (formerly severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy—one of the catastrophic epilepsy syndromes),

the Welborns had many decisions to make. The first of which was how to respond to the

devastating diagnosis. “We could either spend a lifetime mourning what might have been, or look at Lilly’s life and journey as an opportunity for discovering something different—not planned, but perhaps equally as wonderful,” stated Michelle. She continued, “Being the parent of a child with a disability was once written about in the essay, ‘Welcome to Holland,’

by Emily Perl Kingsley, as being on a trip to Italy, filled with the anticipation of all Italy holds, and arriving in Holland and learning to appreciate the experiences of Holland. There are windmills and tulips in Holland; it’s not Italy, but if you continue to mourn the loss of Italy, you aren’t allowing yourself to enjoy the wonderful things about Holland.” (Continued on page 4).

Message from the Office of Alumni Relations & Advancement

Making Connections that Matter!

Pharmacy Alumni & Friends:

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Four times a year I share a glimpse into life at CU. Whether it is about scholarships, alumni activities, accomplishments, giving to the school or a simple crossword puzzle, I spend time thinking about what you (our alumni and friends) want to read and what I would like to share. I put a few words on paper, delete a few, add a few and so on, until I arrive at what you see in each edition. And, hopefully, I have created a piece you enjoy—or at least an article you read?!

This edition was no different; I took the same approach, deleting, adding, thinking, adding, deleting… then it came to me. I recently returned from a professional development conference focused on alumni relations, development and communication. The entire conference was great and our team, Andrea, Jessica and I, gained a lot of programming ideas. On day one of the conference I attended a session about forming connections that matter, ones that truly make a difference in the future of our schools, and finally I reached a decision as to what I would share with you in this edition.

In 1932 Ole Kirk Christiansen established his business in Denmark, manufacturing stepladders, ironing boards, stools and wooden toys. Two years later the company adopted the name LEGO®. In 1947 the LEGO® group was the first to purchase a plastic injection-molding machine for toy production. This machine would be the foundation for the automatic binding brick, we know today as the LEGO® brick.

Almost everyone has played with a LEGO® at some point in his or her life. The more LEGO® bricks you have the bigger the building you can create. Every brick fits into another, but the fit only works with “LEGO® made” bricks.

The School of Pharmacy is made of several elements, or LEGO® bricks, the student brick, the faculty/staff brick, the friends’ brick, the alumni brick, the lab brick, the classroom brick, the building brick, the admissions brick and I could go on and on—we have a lot of bricks.

Each element must come together to form the ultimate LEGO® creation, Campbell University School of Pharmacy.

You simply cannot build an ultimate creation without each brick working in sync to support the other. The student brick has to be supported by the admissions brick, which has to be supported by the faculty/staff brick, yet the faculty/staff brick must be held up by the classroom brick and the lab brick. The classroom brick would not exist without the building bricks to encase the classroom, and without alumni bricks and friends’ bricks we would not have the resources to purchase more building bricks for additional growth. The alumni brick would not spring 2009

be present without the student brick and yes, now we have formed our ultimate LEGO® creation, Campbell University School of Pharmacy. Whew!!!

Just as I take time adding and deleting to create this message, we insert, remove, attach, detach, and enhance to build our School of Pharmacy. Because each brick takes planning and coordination, we sometimes misstep, but the misstep only encourages us to continue to evolve and strive to become a better school. Sometimes the red brick is so large it does not fit as well with the yellow oblong brick, but if we put the orange brick between the red and yellow, the fit is rewarding.

This fit will be important as we move toward the future of “our” school. Consider what you are building, is it a “connection that matters” to you personally, professionally? I believe each of you have built a connection with Campbell University School of Pharmacy. This edition of Campbell Comments is just another way you connect to something that matters; maybe it is your alma mater or simply your favorite pharmacy school. Either way, we all have a chance to celebrate these connections. In the coming months you will see the foundation of our scholarship campaign take shape. You will see communications from each element of our office—alumni and development—mingle to form a more comprehensive, connected program. You may attend a reunion activity or a homecoming event and reconnect with faculty or friends.

Let us, together, construct our ultimate LEGO® creation…I challenge our alumni, our friends, to consider where your LEGO® brick fits into Campbell University School of Pharmacy. Will your brick be the foundation or the crest? Will it be inserted into the core or placed near the perimeter? Or, will you let your brick be the one left in the box, the one left unattached to our ultimate creation, Campbell University School of Pharmacy?

Build a tradition, construct a legacy, make your pharmacy school better, and make your connection matter.

I hope to CU connected,

Jodi S. Peeler, MBA Assistant Dean, External Relations

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Welcome to Holland

Older daughter Logan poses by the picture

By Emily Perl Kingsley, 1987 All rights reserved.

of a landscape

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this…

When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip – to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum.

The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome to Holland.”

“Holland?!?” you say. “What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy.”

But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine, and disease.

It’s just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills… and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes, that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned.”

And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very, very significant loss.

But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.

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of Holland she painted. Copies of this print have been sold to raise several thousands of dollars for epilepsy research.

Photograph by Claudia Page/The Portrait Gallery (Continued from page 1)

A Little Girl’s Journey, a Family’s Commitment Since that day in April 2005, when Michelle noticed five month old Lilly was lethargic and non-responsive to her mother’s voice, she has been on a mission to make Lilly’s life as fulfilling, peaceful and ‘normal’ as possible. “After Lilly’s first episode and the following myoclonic jerks, sometimes between 500-1,000 tiny seizures per day, Lilly’s actual diagnosis came in January of 2006 after DNA results. Lilly had Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, one of 500 cases reported worldwide,” commented Michelle.

Fortunately, Michelle has a doctor of pharmacy degree from Campbell University and fourteen years of pharmaceutical industry and managed care experience, which she has utilized in researching medications and possible treatments available worldwide to help her daughter. “I got very involved in meetings and seminars, nationally and internationally and the words that I was hearing for Lilly’s prognosis were ‘progressive,’ ‘mental retardation,’ and ‘treatment resistant.’ Everything I learned was discouraging,” said Michelle. Her increased knowledge of Lilly’s disease ultimately brought her into contact with the French epileptologist, Dr. Charlotte Dravet, credited with first describing the disease in 1978.

Getting Involved Through Advocacy and Outreach Over and above caring for a child with an epilepsy syndrome, Michelle decided to get involved with all aspects of Lilly’s illness, through advocacy and outreach. She was involved in starting the International Dravet Syndrome Epilepsy Action (IDEA) League, a parent advocacy group for Dravet Syndrome. This past summer, she traveled to England, France, and Australia representing this group and studying the syndrome.

She has most recently founded the Intractable Childhood Epilepsy Foundation (ICE Epilepsy- www.ICEepilespy.org), a global outreach aimed to unite organized efforts worldwide, including advocacy groups, government and industry. The purpose of this group is to facilitate research, expedite drug development and, ultimately, develop a cure for intractable seizures in children. In addition to fostering research and drug development, the foundation will provide neurologists with drug information on request; education; treatment algorithms; current clinical trials and research opportunities; and templates for advocacy letters for referrals to appropriate therapy, individualized education plans for school systems, and compassionate use of non-FDA approved drugs for intractable epilepsies in children when indicated.

Michelle has also created the International Dravet Syndrome Patient Registry, which will further explain symptoms of the syndrome currently not understood, and

will generate additional research leading to development of drugs and other treatments and hopefully, a cure. She plans to launch a separate Intractable Childhood Epilepsy registry next year to collect data on children with idiopathic (of unknown cause) treatment resistant epilepsy. Sister to the Intractable Childhood Epilepsy Foundation will be FIRED UP (Fighting Intractable Epilepsy through Research and EDucation through Uniting People-www.firedup4epilepsy.org), a support group for parents of children with treatment resistant epilepsies. FIRED UP will assist parents of children with undiagnosed epilepsy and diagnosed epilepsy syndromes by providing appropriate and professional drug information, parent advocacy assistance and support and peer connections.

The Bond Between a Child and an Animal And if all of that wasn’t enough, Walk on Animal Assisted Therapy began with Michelle visiting daughter Lilly’s school, The Children’s Center for the Physically Disabled, with bunnies Tim had gotten Lilly and big sister Logan. “My visit to Lilly’s school with the bunnies made me realize children of all ages and special needs have a unique bond and interaction with animals. I spent four hours with the children letting them pet the bunnies and if, just for that time, they felt joy, the visit was worth it.” Michelle felt compelled to create a hands-on animal assisted therapy program that traveled to children with physical, mental or emotional needs to be integrated into existing therapy programs. As husband Tim had always had a fondness for goats, she bought him two pygmies she named Thelma and Louise. From there the Welborns have added two donkeys, a Boer goat, three miniature horses, a dwarf miniature horse, a pony, five llamas, two kittens and a puppy, Deacon.

The name of the program, Walk On, originated from Lilly’s time at Riverwood Therapeutic Riding Center, where she rode the therapy horse, Sassy. Lilly would say, “Walk on, Sassy” during therapy. The mission is to foster positive energy, instill hope and encourage laughter while warming the spirit of all involved in this unique effort to reinforce existing community systems that provide education, developmental and rehabilitative therapies, emotional support, and medical care for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County residents.

We Each Experience Our Own Holland The Welborn family continues with the daily ups and downs of caring for a special needs child. Moments of grief of the loss of the dream of going to Italy still sneak up on them. “You begin to live by the calendar, charting the last seizure, the severity

Lilly feeds the Welborn’s family donkey. This donkey is one of the animals used in Walk On, a hands-on animal assisted therapy program that travels to children with physical, mental or emotional needs.

Photograph by Claudia Page/The Portrait Gallery

and then expecting the next one. You learn to cherish the moments and blessings of each day,” commented Michelle. Part of cherishing each day for the Welborns has involved making not only Lilly’s life better, but reaching out to other families with children with epilepsy, or other special needs children, and helping them through advocacy, medical, legal, or financial support. Tim, a graduate from the School of Law at Campbell, is a local attorney serving northwestern NC through his offices in Winston-Salem and Wilkesboro. His expertise in protecting rights has complemented Michelle’s medical knowledge during their journey. “Having a child with special needs can be an isolating experience for the entire family. Families need to know that they are not alone,” commented Michelle.

Recently, Michelle reflected back on a turning point in older daughter Logan’s understanding of Lilly’s illness by describing a question Logan asked while leaving Baptist Hospital one evening in the fall of 2005. “Mommy, are we members here?” Logan asked as she and her mother exited the elevator of the hospital while heading home to bed on one of the more than 100 nights the family has spent with Lilly during a hospital admission. For a bedtime story that night, Michelle read the essay ‘Welcome to Holland’ to Logan. With complete understanding, Logan commented, “So when you had me, you went to Italy. And when you had Lilly, you went to Holland.” When Michelle confirmed this, Logan responded, “Mommy, I love Holland.” A few months later, Logan painted a landscape of Holland, prints of which have raised several thousands of dollars for epilepsy research.

Michelle has written a book based on Logan’s perspective of having a sibling with special needs titled ‘Windmills and Lillies’ that will be published early 2009 after discovering that many siblings of special needs children get lost by the demands of the ‘special’ child in the family. She has formed a web based company of the same name with a philanthropic focus aimed to inspire hope and encouragement through blogging and bits of daily inspiration with others in Holland, wherever each individual’s Holland may be, and to those who may just need inspiration for the day. Visit www. windmillsandlillies.com to read, blog, or order Logan’s ‘Welcome to Holland’ print and the product line Michelle has created as it develops. A percentage of the profits from all inspired creations will benefit childhood epilepsy and education, the Walk On program, and other non-profit foundations dedicated to serving children with special needs and their families. Information about planned events and the book launch will be posted on the website.

Each day as you count your blessing as a parent, who made it to Italy, think about the parents whose trip took them to Holland. Too many of those watching from Italy, their daily struggles and challenges may be more of a burden than a blessing, but Michelle, husband Tim and older daughter Logan, know Holland may not have been where they wanted to go, but the windmills, and one Lilly in particular, have been worth the trip. Holland is a wonderful place. pharmacyalumni.campbell.edu

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Faculty Focus

Hired by Popular Demand

Pictured above, Tara Bell, assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice and pediatric clinical pharmacist at Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center, explains the medical history of a patient to fourth year pharmacy student, Paige Strickland.

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By popular demand from the student body, Campbell University School of Pharmacy brought on its first full-time pediatrics pharmacy faculty member in July 2008. “My position started because of the student body,” explains Tara Bell, Pharm.D. “I think highly of the pharmacy students at Campbell because they are interested in seeking more opportunities for learning that are not taught in their classes. I am also thankful for the pharmacy school’s administration for embracing the interests of its students.”

Bell, a pediatric clinical pharmacist at Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center, was contacted in 2001 by a Campbell pharmacy student who wanted to complete a pediatric rotation under her direction. Since then, she has trained four or five students on rotation each year and has been asked to teach as a guest lecturer for several therapeutics classes; but the students wanted more. When Bell started receiving numerous comments from discouraged students who were not able to complete her rotation because of the limited number of spots, she approached the school with these remarks and her fulltime position was soon created.

As an assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, Bell now has 20-24 available slots each year for students to complete her pediatric rotation. In addition, she will be teaching the first pediatric focused P-3 elective offered at the School of Pharmacy during the spring 2009 semester.

Her class will discuss details about dosing pediatric patients; using pediatric drug references, and treating various pediatric disorders. spring 2009

Following graduation from the doctor of pharmacy program at the University of Michigan in 1999, Bell completed a general practice residency at Duke and then went on to her second residency specializing in pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. Once finished with her education, Bell sought a role where she could practice in pediatrics as well as teach.

“It’s always been a goal of mine to work in academia,” she says. “It is really rewarding to hear a student say ‘wow, I really learned a lot’ which in turn will be used by the student to help take care of a patient down the road when they are practicing pharmacy.” Bell strongly feels that students need to be educated about where to look up information on pediatrics or how to approach answering a question about that because no matter what area of pharmacy they go into, someone will ask them a question about a pediatric patient.

During her rotations, Bell teaches students a team approach to taking care of patients. “Students are able to see the physician evaluate the patient for a diagnosis and then ask me for input about his or her medication regimen. In addition, we work with a dietician, a social worker and a nurse, so students observe the thought process of these roles.”

Although it can be sad at times working on a pediatric unit, “the good things we do outweigh the bad,” Bell explains. “Students have different reactions to this patient population, some will actually go in and color with them and play games with them and they do get attached.

Others are amazed at how many medications the patients are on, while others are surprised at how much a physician can rely on a pharmacist for his or her input.”

No matter what experience is taken away from the rotation, the bottom line is more Campbell pharmacists are being trained on how to take care of their future pediatric patients, all because they asked for more.

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Donor Profile

The Marshbanks Belief in Education Pictured left, Burgess and Mary Jane Marshbanks attend Campbell’s pharmacy scholarship luncheon on February 21, 2009 to present award certificates to the recipients of their scholarship.

Burgess and Mary Jane Marshbanks are a couple who have centered their lives on education. Not only did they work to be well-educated themselves, they help others in their education by providing scholarships at Campbell University and Mars Hill College.

Burgess was raised in Buies Creek, N.C. where his father moved in 1909 after he completed law school. “Campbell has been part of my life, all my life,” said Burgess as he remembered growing up in the area. He attended Campbell University, Wake Forest University, and then Emory University School of Dentistry, where he earned his doctorate of dental surgery. After graduation, he served in the military for a period of time overseas and recalls thinking, “if I ever get back to Harnett County, I will never leave again.” The Marshbanks now live 150 yards from where Burgess was born.

While practicing dentistry in Lillington, N.C., Burgess met a beautiful lady who was a patient of his. Mary Jane, an English teacher from Concord, N.C., had just started teaching at Campbell in 1957 after attending Mars Hill College, Appalachian State University, and UNC Chapel Hill. The two quickly took an interest in each other and have now been married for 49 years.

The Marshbanks raised three daughters in Buies Creek and taught them the importance of a good education. The daughters followed in their parent’s footsteps of learning with one obtaining a law degree, another divinity and physical therapy, and another went into medicine.

“We’re educators; that’s number one on our list. We believe in education and public education,” said Burgess who served on the local school board for 25 years, supporting his daughters and helping to shape the schools in the area.

Early in their careers, the Marshbanks decided they wanted to start a scholarship program at Campbell University. They were invested in the school not only because Mary Jane taught there and they lived in the community, but also because they agreed with the Christian values and great education it provides students.

Burgess and Mary Jane are proud to have invested in students over the years; they are pleased to have awarded a total of 69 scholarships at Campbell University, 28 of which were directed to doctor of pharmacy students.

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In 2000, the Marshbanks decided to begin providing pharmacy scholarships since Burgess was a dentist and wanted to give back to the graduate program in the medical profession. Creating an endowed scholarship at Campbell University School of Pharmacy was their way of impacting students’ lives forever.

“I have never seen in any institution, a comradery among faculty members like there is in the pharmacy school. First, you pick good students, and then the faculty members are really dedicated at the pharmacy school because they are proud of their profession,” said Burgess. “Pharmacy is a service degree and you are really helping people. It is going to get more and more important to have pharmacists in the future.”

Burgess and Mary Jane believe when students graduate from a pharmacy school of this caliber, they have a responsibility to be role models within their community. They leave as educated professionals and they must uphold what pharmacy and Campbell University is all about. Mary Jane, as a retired English teacher, hopes all students and alumni will “watch their grammar!” “Speaking incorrectly can devalue the degree and institution,” she explains, “you can maintain your academic integrity by speaking properly and being proud of the education you have received.”

The Marshbanks feel the School of Pharmacy’s future is unlimited since Dr. Maddox laid the groundwork for a great institution and they are happy to have seen the school develop throughout the years.

Burgess and Mary Jane’s investment in students is immeasurable and their passion for learning is unparalleled; they are truly interested in education and watching people succeed. “We’re educators,” they say, “even though we are not actively educating, we certainly support education.”

When the Marshbanks are not working on their scholarship programs they are spending time with their family, daughters Lynn, Alice and Anne Marie, and seven grandchildren, ages 16 years to five months. They love to garden and spend time together, but their real joy is mentoring family and leaving their legacy of learning.

Pharmaceutical Sciences Update

Franz appointed as adjunct professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Emanuel Diliberto, Ph.D., chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Franz, Ph.D., as an adjunct professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Franz has supported the department’s bachelors and masters programs in Pharmaceutical Sciences since the early stages of their development. Franz had a long tenure with Glaxo, Inc. and GlaxoWellcome where he held several positions in the Pilot Plant development facility in the Research Triangle Park. After the second merger between GlaxoWellcome and SmithKline Beecham to form GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Franz became the vice president and site director of the GSK production facility in Zebulon, N.C. Franz has been a strong proponent for the development of the department’s recently established dual degree (BS/MS) program with the Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering Department at North Carolina State University (NCSU), and he has enthusiastically agreed to become the primary link to support this educational initiative. He worked to secure additional equipment for laboratories at Campbell and the Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) at NCSU. He will also serve as the primary liaison between the two institutions helping with instructional laboratories, master’s research projects, and GSK internships. Franz will have responsibility for some didactic teaching in industrial pharmacy, as well as becoming a co-advisor for students. Franz has major connections with scientists in the pharmaceutical industry which will be essential for the future growth of all Pharmaceutical Sciences programs at Campbell. The department looks forward to working with Franz as he will become an increasingly valuable partner in developing the new program initiatives as well as enhancing the prominence in pharmaceutical science education.

Pharmaceutical Sciences students recognized at the School of Pharmacy’s Scholarship Luncheon Campbell University School of Pharmacy hosted a scholarship luncheon on February 21, 2009 to honor the school’s scholarship recipients. Below are the Pharmaceutical Sciences students who received an award.

Pictured right, Dr. Diliberto, chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the family of the late Lewis Fetterman, his son Trey, daughter Charlotte, 2010 Pharm.D. candidate, and wife Joni Fay, present the Lewis M. Fetterman, Jr. Memorial Pharmaceutical Sciences Scholarship to Nicholas Lemister, 2010 MSPS candidate.

Pictured left, Demtzon Berhe, 2009 BSPS candidate, receives the Southeast Chapter of Parenteral Drug Association Scholarship from Dr. Greenwood, associate dean of Academic Affairs.

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Liu joins Faculty Roster at the School of Pharmacy Qinfeng (Sarah) Liu, Ph.D., recently joined Campbell University School of Pharmacy as an assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Raised in a rural village in China, Liu is at home in the surroundings of Buies Creek. She is even familiar with the local cotton fields since she picked cotton as a youngster in China.

She currently teaches the following Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHSC) courses: 410/411L Analytical Instrumentation, 220/220L Quantitative Laboratory Techniques, and 528/529L Advanced Pharmaceutical Analysis-Separation. Next fall she will add 530/531L Advanced Pharmaceutical AnalysisSpectroscopy and PHSC MS Research Projects. Besides her enthusiasm for teaching, Liu’s research interests are the development of bio-analysis strategies for cancer diagnosis, drug metabolism and drug toxicology using a combination of analytical instrumentation and methodology, particularly mass spectrometry.

Lui received her Ph.D. in chemistry in 2005 from the University of Toledo, Ohio.

She had previously obtained her masters and bachelors degrees in fine organic chemistry from East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China. Prior to working at Campbell, Liu was a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she investigated human proteomic markers for type two diabetes and lung cancer. Liu has over 10 years of research experience with expertise in chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, protein analysis, biological mass spectrometry and proteomics.

She has published a number of first-author research papers in professional journals and is currently a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Liu’s pastime is spent with her husband, Jinchun, who has a M.S. in electrical engineering, and her lovely five year old daughter and one year old twin boys.

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School of Pharmacy News

Farewell Breakfast hosted in honor of Dr. Junker The Pharmacy Student Executive Board (PSEB) hosted a farewell breakfast in honor of James Junker, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, on February 25, 2009. Ross Jones, president of PSEB, presented Dr. Junker with a plaque to commemorate his dedication of more than 20 years of service to Campbell. Jones continued to express how much Dr. Junker does for the student body not only by preparing them for success in pharmacology but also as a genuine teacher who cares about his students.

Dr. Junker accepted a position as chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

In order to meet the accreditation schedule for the new school in Maryland, Dr. Junker will start this position on March 2, 2009; however, he will continue to travel back and forth to Buies Creek to teach two times per week at Campbell to complete this semester’s classes.

From left, Sarah Roberts, vice president of PSEB; Marie Davies, treasurer of PSEB; Dr. Junker, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ross Jones, president of PSEB; and Dawn Floyd Annas secretary of PSEB.

School of Pharmacy Scholarship Luncheon 2009 classmates Amanda Lewis and Jeff Tingen visit with Jack Watts. Both students received the Jack G. & Eloise Harrington Watts Pharmacy Scholarship.

Heather Massengill, Pharm.D. ’00, president of the Pharmacy Alumni Association, presents the School of Pharmacy Alumni Scholarship.

The School of Pharmacy held its first Scholarship Luncheon on Saturday, February 21, 2009. Approximately 240 students, families, donors, board members, faculty and staff attended the luncheon. The event was held in Carter Gymnasium and honored two annual scholarship recipients and 43 endowed scholarship recipients. Donors dined with their student award winners during lunch and helped present scholarship certificates to their recipients.

Mark Moore, Pharm.D., associate dean of Admissions and Student Affairs, and Bob Greenwood, Ph.D, associate dean of Academic Affairs, recognized the award recipients. The class presidents, Brandon Hey, class of 2012, Joe Williams, class of 2011, Matt Nolin, class of 2010, and Justin Adams, class of 2009, brought greetings from their class.

Congratulations to all scholarship winners and thank you to the donors who made our students’ education possible.

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Whit and Dorothy Moose present Lauren Hooker, 2010 Pharm.D. candidate, with their endowed scholarship.

Left to right, Allison Cobb, Pharm.D. ’92, Mildred Wiggins and Lib Fearing embrace in a conversation during the scholarship luncheon.

Alumni Event

Basketball Game Watch

The Pharmacy Alumni Association cheered on the fighting camels on February 21, 2009. The organization hosted a game watch for alumni, students and their families to attend. The group enjoyed hanging out with Gaylord, the fighting camel, and watching the men’s team beat USC Upstate 51-47.

First year pharmacy student Chris Williams gets ready to make a free throw for $400; and yes, he made the shot!

Allison Cobb’92, and her daughters, Clara and Katie, pose for a picture with Gaylord, the fighting camel.

THE NOVANT WAY. WHERE REMARKABLE PEOPLE BUILD REMARKABLE CAREERS.

With skills, you can do remarkable things.

Team those skills with passion and you can discover The Novant Way. It all starts here. This is where you’ll be listened to and have the opportunity to improve the level of patient care no matter your role.

PHARMACISTS Take your career as a Pharmacist one step further when you join Novant Health. Novant Health, among the largest employers in the state, is a not-for-profit healthcare system serving 3.4 million residents in North and South Carolina and Virginia.

Join our Pharmacy Team. It is our mission to improve the health of our community one person at a time by providing excellent pharmaceutical care.

We do this by incorporating technology, an environment of learning and a passion and dedication to providing safe and effective pharmaceutical care to each of our patients.

Some locations offer a scholarship program, student loan repayment plan, relocation assistance and sign-on bonuses.

Forsyth Medical Center • Thomasville Medical Center • Presbyterian Hospital • Presbyterian Orthopedic Hospital • Presbyterian Huntersville Presbyterian Matthews • Medical Park Hospital • Brunswick Community Hospital • Novant Medical Group • Rowan Regional Medical Center Novant Health offers competitive salary/benefits at our state-of-the-art facilities.

Please apply online at: www.novanthealth.org or for more information, please call 1-800-777-1876, 1-800-473-6605 or 704-210-5088.

EOE

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Message from the Pharmacy Alumni President

No matter what political party you support, it is a time of change and a time of economic struggles for our country.

We all know that last year was a time of tremendous change for the School of Pharmacy with the opening of Maddox Hall. I took the office of president of the Pharmacy Alumni Association as all this change seemed to be coming to an end but in reality, the school will always be changing. This is evidenced by the most recent announcement of the addition of a physician assistant program. Our school will continue to grow and develop in order to keep up with technology and the changing pharmacy environment.

In these tough economic times it is hard to think about giving. But because of our education, we are in one of the most stable professions and are likely capable of finding a job when other jobs are hard to come by; please continue to support the school in any way possible.

As a young alumni organization we are off to a great start! Our membership numbers have grown, we have an established board of directors and we have already began some great traditions such as the annual Alumni Weekend and Golf Classic. But as I reflect on my year as

president I am struck by several things that would make us even stronger in the future. First, like many organizations, only a small percentage of people are involved which makes more work for those individuals.

I encourage more of you to get involved so we can accomplish even greater things. Second, the current students, who are the future of our association, need us. I encourage you to serve as a mentor, volunteer for a Pharmacy Alumni Student Association event, or just come back to the school for a visit. Lastly, I would love to see more people attend alumni events. I ask that each of you would make the commitment to attend one activity this year!

I encourage all of you to save-the-date for the annual Alumni Weekend on April 25, 2009. I invite you to “come aboard” for a great time in Wilmington. For more information on this event and others, visit www.pharmacyalumni.campbell.edu.

I look forward to working with you, as we continue to move the Pharmacy Alumni Association forward!

With CU Pride,

Heather S. Massengill, Pharm.D. ’00 President, Pharmacy Alumni Board of Directors

Invest your career where you can

Make a Difference!

When you work for a world-class health care organization, the opportunity to make an impact is tremendous. That’s why you should explore a future with Duke Medicine. We have exciting opportunities for:

CLINICAL PHARMACISTS As the Southeast’s preeminent health care provider, Duke attracts more than 60,000 inpatient stays and 1.4 million outpatient visits annually. Patient care at Duke is distinguished by a collaborative, patient-centered approach that combines the perspectives of physicians from many specialties with the broad experience of specialized pharmacists, nurses, physician associates, therapists, technologists, and many other health professionals.

Named as a best place to work by several publications and organizations, including Carolina Parent, and as one of the nation’s “Most Wired” hospitals, we offer excellent health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, a stimulating work environment, state-of-the-art equipment, and the opportunity for professional growth. Apply online at www.hr.duke.edu or email: steve.kimbrough@duke.edu for more information.

Duke Medicine is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Campbell Comments is published four times a year for alumni, students and friends of Campbell University School of Pharmacy under the direction of the Alumni & Advancement Office.

Ronald W. Maddox, Pharm.D., Dean Heather Massengill ’00, Pharm.D., President, Pharmacy Alumni Board of Directors Jodi S. Peeler, M.B.A., Assistant Dean, External Relations Andrea P. Pacheco, Editor & Designer, Campbell Comments, Associate Director, Alumni Relations Jessica I. Joyner, Coordinator, Development and Special Projects Contributors: Emanuel Diliberto, Ph.D., chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Mike Gallagher, PharmSci affinity manager; Thomas Holmes, Ph.D., director of Pharmaceutical Sciences Programs, Amber D. Nelson, and Bennett Scarborough To advertise in Campbell Comments contact the Pharmacy Alumni Office.

Phone: 1-800-760-9734, ext. 4788 / Email: pharmacyalumni@campbell.edu

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Campbell Comments

spring 2009

Class Notes

Baby Camels Ron Sugg, Pharm.D. ’91, and his wife, Pam, announce the birth of their son, Nathan Connor, on November 29, 2008.

Chris and Rickie Lee Kimbro, Pharm.D. ’99, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Noah Carlton, on December 2, 2008.

He weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz., and was 21 inches long.

Cecily Winsor, Pharm.D. ’01, and her husband, Jason, announce the birth of their twin boys Noah David and Nicholas Cove on November 16, 2008. Noah weighed 5 lbs., 15 oz. and Nicholas weighed 5 lbs., 6 oz.

They were both 20 inches long.

Terry and Autumn Wells, Pharm.D. ’03, announce the newest addition to their family, Noelle Sicily, on January 23, 2009. She weighed 7 lbs., 5 oz. and was 20 ½ inches long. Big brother’s Carter and Avery are excited about their new sister.

Autumn Wells, Pharm.D. ’03, received her Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE) certification in October 2008.

In Memoriam Thomas Furman, Pharm.D. ’91, passed away on February 14, 2009.

Tom’s first love was his “circle” that included his wife Renee Mattraw Furman and his children Mollie Kincaid, Bradford Anderson, Margaret Katherine, Lillian Henry and by marriage Carlyle Maye.

Faculty Laurels Larry Swanson, Pharm.D, chair of Pharmacy Practice, served as one of four editors of the seventh edition of the Comprehensive Pharmacy Review materials which includes the main book, Comprehensive Pharmacy Review, Comprehensive Pharmacy Review Practice Exams and Comprehensive Pharmacy Review NAPLEX Preparation CD-ROM published by Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Several members of the Campbell faculty also contributed to these new editions, including Drs. Connie Barnes, James Boyd, Robert Cisneros, Valerie Clinard, Jay Groce, Byron May, Roy Pleasants, Jennifer Smith and Tina Thornhill.

Mary Boseman Powell, Pharm.D. ’05, and her husband, William, are expecting a baby girl in May 2009!

Weddings Kelly Klimczak, Pharm.D. ’04, and Shawn Hite were united in marriage on October 19, 2008 at the Barclay Villa in Angier, N.C. Kelly is a pharmacist for Kroger Pharmacy and Shawn is employed by John Deere Company as a technical analyst. They spent their honeymoon in Italy and now reside in Raleigh.

Announcements Iyad Salah Eqtefan, Pharm.D. ’98, co-authored the book, “Fundamentals of Antibiotics; Discovery, Chemistry, Biology and Indications.” This book is intended for a broad readership, starting with undergraduate pharmacy and medical students and reaching beyond even to laypersons with an interest in medical subjects.

Brandon Taylor, Pharm.D. ’98, was selected to travel to Kabul, Afghanistan with a team of doctors from the United States to train medical professionals in the Rabia Balkhi Women’s Hospital in a humanitarian effort to assist in the stabilization of healthy mothers and infants. The program is part of the Afghanistan Health Initiative, established in 2002 through the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Team members have included representatives from Indian Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization.

Experience The Best Of Everything Pharmacists Located between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the beautiful Outer Banks coastline in Winston-Salem, NC, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center offers magnificent scenery and weather all year round. And of course, you’ll also find all the perks and professional support you’d expect from one of America’s Best hospitals. It’s the career and community you’ve been looking for.

We provide outstanding patient care, utilize advanced technologies, and provide opportunities for advancement and professional growth.

The grass really is greener at Wake Forest.

EOE Learn more about experiencing the best of everything at www.wfubmc.edu.

Contact Lisa Moncus at lmoncus@wfubmc.edu.

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Upcoming Alumni Events Visit www.pharmacyalumni.campbell.edu/events or call (910) 814-4788 for more information on prices or registration.

2009 Pharmacy Alumni & Friends Golf Classic April 17, 2009 9 a.m. Registration/10 a.m. Shotgun Start Keith Hills Country Club Buies Creek, NC

OďŹƒce of Alumni Relations & Advancement Post OďŹƒce Box 1090 Buies Creek, North Carolina 27506

6th Annual Alumni Weekend Come Aboard with CU April 25, 2009 Wilmington, NC Honoring the classes of 1994, 1999 and 2004 for their 15th, 10th and 5th year reunions.