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CAMPBELL COMMENTS For Alumni, Students & Friends of the Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

DEAN’S MESSAGE IN THIS ISSUE 2 A Message from the Dean 3 Graduation 2017/2018 4 Rural Oral Health Summit 6 Public Health Accreditation 8 Give Kids A Smile COVER PHOTO: Jasmine Hemmings, PA student, helps a child during the Give Kids A Smile event on Feb. 3

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Dear Alumni and Friends, The College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences’ programs are rooted in service with an emphasis on rural areas and the underserved.

This emphasis goes all the way back to the founding of the School of Pharmacy to serve the needs of eastern North Carolina and continues to set us apart as we provide our students a unique perspective during their education journey. They gain insight into community needs, the resources available to assist rural area residents and the great need for additional support.

Our public health program is tailored to provide students an excellent foundation for careers with a focus on rural communities. In fact, out of the programs in the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Campbell’s program is one of only two rural-health focused programs east of the Mississippi River.

The public health program’s faculty, staff and students have been working hard to draw attention to the healthcare needs of rural areas. One recent example of our team in action was a group of interprofessional students’ participation in the American Dental Association Foundation’s Give Kids A Smile program for the fourth consecutive year on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018.

The public health program also proudly took a leading role in the topic of rural oral health by bringing together experts from across the country to tackle the harsh reality that the lack of oral health care has become a rural area crisis. You’ll find more information about both of these events in this edition of Campbell Comments.

The Department of Pharmacy Practice through the Community Pharmacy Institute hosted the Opioid Epidemic Symposium 2018 in Benson. Read the article in this edition to learn more about how this program aims to prepare healthcare providers to address this crisis.

These are just a few examples of how CPHS provides leadership in the community.

We have so much positive news to share. The Department of Public Health announced its accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) after countless hours of effort. The new Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum is nearing the end of the first year of implementation, and we are excited about moving into the second phase.

We look forward to graduation in May when our first class of nursing students will walk the stage. We’re also excited to share information about our recent pharmacy accreditation site visit. The Department of Clinical Research is a top-level sponsor of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals 2018 conference, and our Pharmaceutical Sciences program is working hard to launch a revised curriculum.

Look for more information on these exciting happenings and others in the next edition of Campbell Comments.

As always, thank you for your ongoing support.

Sincerely,

Produced by the Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Editor and Writer: Meredith Blalock, ’00, CPHS Director of Communications & Marketing Contributing Writers: Ryan McAllister & Marisa Vaskalis Graphic Designer: Adam Fish, '09, Campbell University Communications & Marketing 2 SPRING 2018

Michael L. Adams, PharmD ’96, PhD Dean, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

GRADUATION 2017/2018 CRYSTAL TILLMAN TO DELIVER CPHS COMMENCEMENT SPEECH Dr. Crystal Tillman will serve as the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences’ spring 2018 commencement speaker.

Tillman is the director of education and practice for the North Carolina Board of Nursing, a position she has held since 2010.

“We are honored to have Dr. Crystal Tillman to deliver the commencement speech,” said Dean Michael Adams, ’96 PharmD. “She has a clinical, educational and administrative background to pull from when addressing our graduates and guests. We look forward to welcoming her to campus.”

Prior to her work at the NC Board of Nursing, Tillman served as a program chair and nursing educator for eight years. She was also a practicing pediatric nurse practitioner for 11 years.

Doctor of Physical Therapy program graduates second class

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ampbell’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences graduated its second class of Doctor of Physical Therapy students on Dec. 16.

The class boasted 38 graduates with exemplary service records. During their time at Campbell, they transitioned the Pro Bono Clinic from paper to electronic health records and continued to develop student interest groups.

“The graduating class has demonstrated a commitment to serving the community in which they reside,” said Program Director Greg Dedrick. “Compliments from clinical instructors included their ability to relate and develop a rapport with patients and manage a wide diversity of caseloads through good prioritization processes.”

Brad Hancock, president of Pivot Physical Therapy, addressed the class of 2017 during convocation. He challenged the cohort to exhibit three attributes as a doctor of physical therapy: always be professional, maintain a positive, can-do attitude, and have empathy and compassion for patients.

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The students also heard encouraging words during graduation from the Rev. Milton A. Hollifield, Jr., executive director and treasurer from the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, who delivered the commencement address.

“I challenge you to live with intention and great purpose, and live your life for the glory of God and the good of humanity,” he said. “I challenge you to make the world a better place for those who will follow you.”

About half the class has already taken and passed the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) provided through the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT). The remainder of the graduates will now have the opportunity to take the exam.

“We wish all our graduates much success as they pursue their passion for physical therapy,” Dedrick said. “I am very proud of this group of students and look forward to hearing about their careers.”

Her current clinical practice includes practicing as a psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner assisting clients with addiction and opioid use disorder.

She is also serving her fourth year on the NCLEX Examinations Committee at the National Council of State Boards of Nursing in Chicago. The committee advises the board of directors on matters related to the NCLEX exam process and advising for the Next Generation NCLEX exam.

Tillman has a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She earned a master’s in nursing and a doctorate of nursing practice from Duke University.

Tillman recently completed a four-year fellowship in regulatory practice, and is now a Fellow of Regulatory Excellence.

This year’s choice of commencement speaker pairs perfectly with the graduation of the inaugural class of the Catherine W. Wood School of Nursing.

The College will also be celebrating the graduation of the 29th class of pharmacists earning the Doctor of Pharmacy degree along with undergraduate degrees in general science, undergraduate and graduate degrees in clinical research and pharmaceutical sciences, graduate degrees in public health and a doctorate degree in physical therapy.

CPHS graduation exercises will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, May 11 in the John W. Pope, Jr. Convocation Center in Buies Creek.

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Rural Oral Health Summit brings thought leaders together to examine problem, look for solutions

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he lack of oral health care in rural areas has become a crisis.

That was the underlying theme of the Rural Oral Health Summit on Feb. 10 — a forum of oral health experts and practitioners, as well as students — hosted

by Campbell’s public health program.

Keynote speaker Mary Otto, author of “Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America,” shared several stories of children and adults in rural communities becoming sick or even dying due to complications from poor oral health.

what began as an easily detectable and treatable dental condition.

The Summit’s purpose was to confront the prevalent and persistent lack of necessary dental care in many rural communities, explore those problems and build strategic partnerships.

Otto — who began writing about oral health as a journalist at the Washington Post, where she worked for eight years covering social issues including health care and poverty — shared the tragic story of Deamonte Driver, a young man whose tooth abscess went untreated and eventually led to bacteria reaching his brain. Davis required multiple surgeries and hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical care, before dying from

Dr. Marcia Brand, a plenary speaker at the summit, identified provider shortage as the biggest barrier to good dental care in rural communities.

The day was another in a recent line of events positioning Campbell as a leading advocate for building better rural health care infrastructure, both locally and nationally.

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“A child had died, basically because of a toothache,” Otto said. His story, and many others, have energized oral health advocates to fight harder for better care.

“If there’s no provider to see these individuals, that’s the first issue,” Brand said, referring to the statistical gap in dental care providers. Rural areas have a ratio of 65 providers per 100,000 residents; whereas the urban ratio is 105 per 100,000. This divide’s existence traces to many different factors,

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Most definitions classify roughly 72 percent of our nation’s landmass as rural.

These locales are home to only 46 million Americans, less than 15 percent of the national population. In other words, roughly one-seventh of all Americans occupy three-quarters of our territory (2016 Census Bureau statistics).

As a result, Brand said, the span of dental care in rural locations is inadequate.

The geographical dispersion coupled with 1-in-4 rural Americans living below the poverty line makes good dental care unaffordable. Good health insurance is impossible for many rural workers to access because small business and agricultural jobs rarely offer adequate coverage. Even if they have health insurance, it often does not include routine dental expenses.

Rural communities simply do not have the financial resources to support enough providers for a healthy standard of care, said Brand. Government policy is slowly beginning to attack these issues, but has no solutions yet, making private initiatives essential to the provision of good dental care for rural communities.

Brand said the Summit’s ability to attract so many public and oral health experts who otherwise would not have the multidisciplinary network for effective cooperation is important for the area. “[The Campbell Summit] creates a venue for cross-sector collaboration and

discussion,” she said. “If the dentists are just talking to the dentists, it doesn’t address the problem. But if you have a venue like this where the policy folks, the data folks and the providers are all in the same place, we can make much more progress than we could in our individual camps.”

Summit organizers hope to extend Campbell’s problem-solving ability further into the local community and national sphere of influence.

David Tillman, chair of Campbell’s public health department, is excited about the opportunity to take a leading role.

“By having this special topic summit on rural oral health, we are able to bring together universities from all across our state and experts from all around our country,” Tillman said. “We see opportunities for research and service learning as well as participating in leadership at the state level.”

SYMPOSIUM FOCUSES ON OPIOID EPIDEMIC The 2018 Campbell University Opioid Epidemic Symposium was an overwhelming success. More than 100 participants gathered on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Preston Woodall House in Benson to learn about and discuss the growing opioid crisis.

“The CEO of one of our community partners, Benson Area Medical Center, approached us about collaborating on a continuing education event focused on the opioid epidemic,” said Andrew Bowman, PharmD, director of Continuing Education.

“We felt the time was right to have an event that would provide practitioners with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively manage patient pain while effectively minimizing risk to the patient.”

The Symposium was a joint effort between the CPHS Office of Continuing Professional Education, the Campbell University Community Pharmacy Institute, The Baggett Wellness Institute, and Benson Area Medical Center.

Tillman’s statements meshed perfectly with President J. Bradley Creed’s invocation address, which emphasized Campbell’s commitment to leading rural communities with purpose. This view is already reflected in the Health Sciences curriculum and the university’s collaborations with other institutions of learning, government agencies and nonprofit organizations.

“It was a great fit for The Baggett Wellness Institute to participate in this interprofessional educational event,” said Katie Trotta, institute director and CPHS clinical assistant professor of Community Pharmacy Practice. “The Institute’s goal is education for consumers and healthcare practitioners to inspire more proactive healthcare. This was an excellent opportunity to educate as many professionals as possible on this extremely important topic.”

Ryan McAllister Staff Writer The Campbell Times

The event featured two keynotes speakers, Dr. E. Blake Fagan and Andrew Muzyk PharmD, CPHS associate professor of Pharmacy Practice. Fagan focused his remarks on safe opioid prescribing and Muzyk spoke about the opioid crisis across North Carolina.

There were also several roundtable sessions to give attendees the opportunity to learn from seven additional professionals on topics ranging from cognitive behavior therapy for pain management to utilization of naloxone rescue drivers.

There was a strong interprofessional component to the event as well.

Pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, doctors of osteopathic medicine, medical doctors, and physician assistants were in attendance, which demonstrated the interest and need for all types of medical professionals to be aware of this issue.

Another Opioid Epidemic Symposium to be held this fall in Wilmington.

Details are available at cmetracker.net/ campbell/catalog.

Mary Otto autographed copies of her book and spoke with summit attendees.

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Public Health program announces accreditation

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fter a successful Rural Oral Health Summit on Feb. 10, Campbell University’s Public Health program announced it has received full accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

“This is exciting news that has farreaching benefits for our program,” said David Tillman, chair of public health. “In addition to validating and substantiating our curriculum and experience for students, receiving accreditation has practical consequents. Our graduates may now sit for the Certified in Public Health exam and qualify for additional fellowships and internships.”

The accreditation process began for the program in 2013 with the application submission, followed by a few years of accreditation workshops and preparation.

Next was the submission of the first draft of the program self-study in April 2017 to stakeholders and CEPH. The final milestone in the journey was the formal site visit from CEPH accreditation professionals in September 2017.

“We then had to wait for their decision,” said Tillman. “It was exhilarating to get the word that we received accreditation after the years of preparation, meetings and paperwork. It’s a great feeling to know all that hard work paid off.”

WHAT SETS US APART In October 2016, CEPH released new accreditation and curriculum standards. The program leaders took the opportunity during the accreditation process to align the curriculum to those new standards, which required revamping all syllabi for the entire curriculum, making the program among the first in the country to adhere to those standards.

“An innovative step we’ve taken is to be one of the only programs in the country with a first-semester practicum experience, which has been validated through the accreditation process,” Tillman said. “Our students value that hands-on, real-world experience so early in their education."

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disciplines to learn how health care teams work together.”

Campbell’s program also offers dualdegree options with business, law, pharmacy, and physician assistant practice. These dual degrees give students career expansion opportunities.

Out of the programs in the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, Campbell is one of only two rural-health focused programs east of the Mississippi River.

LEADING ROLE IN RURAL HEALTH Campbell and its Department of Public Health is taking a leading role in bringing awareness to the great need for rural health care and creating platforms to discuss, debate and innovate in this area.

The Department of Public Health recently held its first Rural Oral Health Summit, which brought together professionals from across the country who spoke on the integration of primary care and oral health, prevention, schoolbased oral health, community-integrated oral health and more.

Noted summit speakers included Mary Otto, author of “Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America,” Dr. Marcia Brand, senior advisor of the DentaQuest Foundation and advisor on matters related to oral and rural health care access, and Maggie Sauer, director of the NC DHHS Office of Rural Health.

Campbell President J. Bradley Creed noted during the summit that from its beginning, Campbell has been committed to human flourishing, public service and developing professionals to lead with purpose in the communities where they live.

“We have a strategic focus on rural areas with an emphasis on health,” Creed said.

“This is a special priority for us and must be accomplished through partnerships with organizations such as the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.”

understand rural places and funding practices that are leading the way toward health improvement in rural regions across the country.

“Rural challenges are great,” said Creed.

“I believe the greatest need for rural areas is leaders – people who will plant themselves in these places and with their gifts and abilities lead and serve over a lifetime.”

Campbell’s Public Health program is designed to address that specific need. By aligning an innovative curriculum with the CEPH standards, providing hands-on opportunities for students’ educational development and creating platforms such as the Rural Oral Health Summit, the program is developing leaders who will, as Creed said, “improve the health and add to human flourishing, especially for people in overlooked, underserved and left-behind rural areas.”

PODCAST FEATURES SEVERAL CPHS NAMES Since its launch last fall, Campbell’s Rhymes with Orange podcast has featured several members of the CPHS family, including Senior Admissions Counselor Rodney Hipwell who appeared on the first episode.

Produced by the University Communications and Marketing Department, the podcast focuses on telling the extraordinary stories of ordinary people at Campbell.

CPHS guests have included Dr. Jennifer Bunn, director of research and assistant professor of physical therapy; Dr. Nancy Duffy, School of Nursing director; Alissa Loo, CPHS alumni coordinator; Halee Simpson, PharmD student and first generation college student; and Dr. David Tillman, public health chair.

Listen to Rhymes with Orange online at www.campbell.edu/podcast or through your favorite podcast app.

Last fall, the University received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to fund an 18-month national exploration — the Rural Philanthropic Analysis — a project designed to better C A M P B E L L CO M M E N T S 7

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Give Kids A Smile A community partnership

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ur Physician Assistant and Public Health students, along with undergraduate Intro to Public Health students, participated in the American Dental Association (ADA) Foundation’s Give Kids A Smile® program for the fourth consecutive year on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. The program is a collaboration with the ECU School of Dental Medicine and provides free dentistry and other healthcare services to uninsured children in the community.

Morgan Dailey, MPAP/MSPH Candidate ’20, was the event organizer as part of her practicum experience at the ECU School of Dental Medicine Community Service Learning Center in Lillington, NC. Morgan, along with other CPHS physician assistant students and public health students, greeted and escorted patients during the event, administered healthcare services under supervision, and even dressed-up in fun costumes to help create a light-hearted atmosphere.

Dr. Bob Cisneros, associate professor of Pharmacy Practice, was also on hand making balloon animals.

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"Every single child we saw has a unique story, and now, oral health is part of their story,” said Dailey. “According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, tooth decay is the single most common childhood chronic disease. We want to empower these kids and their families to take control of their oral health through events like Give Kids A Smile. I am incredibly thankful for all of the volunteers that helped make our event possible."

About 25 children received services during the event and parents had an opportunity to talk to healthcare providers about healthcare needs for their kids. Other community partners included local dentists and providers, the Harnett County Health Department, and Central Carolina Community College.

“These kids’ bright smiles bring such joy,” said Dr. David Tillman, chair of the Public Health Department. “Helping them keep their smile and teaching them proper dental hygiene and other healthcare tips they can use for a lifetime is one of the main reasons we participate in this annual Give Kids a Smile event.”

FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

Associate Dean helps rescue man from submerged car

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resented with a matter of life and death before him Monday morning, March 5, Scott Asbill turned to science philosophy and the principle of Occam’s razor — the simple solution is always the answer.

And with that, Asbill — the associate dean of academic affairs and professor of pharmaceutics at the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences — waded into near-freezing, chest-deep water near Benson to help save the life of a young man whose car had overturned into a creek. The “simple solution” also involved reaching down and pulling the driver’s side door open with all of his strength, freeing a 20-year-old man who’d fallen asleep at the wheel on his way home from an overnight shift.

Assisted by a State Highway Patrol trooper and between seven and 10 others who formed a “human chain” to pull them from the creek, Asbill carried the man to dry land until paramedics could arrive to treat him for his injuries and likely hypothermia. Asbill, who joined Campbell University last fall, recounted the harrowing tale to WRAL Monday afternoon, hours after the incident.

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lucky. When I first got there, he said, ‘I’m afraid. Don’t leave me. Please don’t leave me.’ I told him, ‘Don’t worry, buddy. I’m not going to leave you.'”

Monday was an atypical morning to begin with for Asbill, as it was the first day at a new job for his wife, a nurse, so he was in charge of taking his youngest son to school at South Johnston High School.

Not far from the school, Asbill saw a small crowd of cars and people gathered on the side of the road. He said he didn’t see the car at first, but a woman informed him that a car had just flipped. He then saw the four tires sticking out.

“I could hear gurgling,” he said. “Then the calls for help. I knew I was going to get wet, so I called for my son and tossed him my wallet, phone, shoes and other clothes. That’s how it started.”

Asbill said adrenaline kicked in, which helped him handle the cold. After assuring the man he was there to help, Asbill said he took a moment or two to gather his thoughts. When the door flung open, he said the driver leaped toward him and embraced him. The off-duty trooper who arrived moments later, Dwight Braswell, grabbed a hold of Asbill and — with help from the other men and women also in the water — pulled the two men to safety.

“There’s a lot of negativity in the world, but to look up and see a chain of people holding hands to help this young man … it was incredible,” said Asbill. “[Trooper Braswell] told me the whole time, ‘I got your back. I got your back.’ It gave me a lot of comfort.”

Asbill said he has some training as a fire fighter, so he was prepared to handle the emergency before him Monday. After paramedics left with the driver, Asbill talked briefly with the trooper and then called his wife to let her know everyone was OK. He then drove home to change clothes and get warm before heading to campus in dry clothes — only a few hours late for work.

“It’s a little ironic,” he said. “I taught at our church’s Sunday school for the first time in a long time just this week, and my lesson to the kids was about getting off your donkey to help other people. This morning was just me being in the right place at the right time. And it wasn’t just me. There were other people there. There’s no doubt in my mind, for that young man to survive that accident, the good Lord had to be watching over him. We were just there to assist in the process.”

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CPHS NEWS

Alumni News

Student Achievements

Campbell basketball

More than 50 alumni, faculty, staff and friends gathered in Gore Arena for the annual basketball watch party hosted by the CPHS Alumni Association on Feb. 24.

Both the women’s and men’s teams were victorious, beating Wofford and Presbyterian, respectively.

“We had a great time,” said Alissa Loo, CPHS alumni coordinator. “It’s always fun to gather together, and it’s even better when our teams win! We hope to have other fun alumni gatherings, so be on the lookout for details online and through email.”

During a refreshment break between games, Dean Michael Adams thanked everyone for their support, and gave a brief update on the college’s programs, alumni contributions to scholarships and the new student union.

REBECCA HILLEARY (’17 MSCR, ’18 PHARMD CANDIDATE) and SARAH JABUSCH (’17 MSCR) presented their research “Assessment of Real-World Data for Evidence for Gender Disparities in the Provision of Education amongst Patients Diagnosed with Coronary Heart Disease” at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Midyear Clinical Meeting in Orlando, Florida last December. Dr. Michael Jiroutek and Dr. Charles Carter were their co-authors and advisors.

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A team of authors

Through an interprofessional collaboration representing the Departments of Public Health, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Pharmacy Practice, the article Risk factors for sepsis morbidity in a rural hospital population: A case-control study was published March 30, 2018 online ahead of print by the American Journal of Infection Control. The team of authors consisted of DR. PETER AHIAWODZI, assistant professor of Public Health; DR. KIM KELLY, clinical assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice; ALYSSA MASSENGILL, PHARMD ’19 CANDIDATE; and DR. DOROTHEA THOMPSON, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Drs. Ahiawodzi and Thompson also presented the study poster at The American Public Health Association (APHA 2017) meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 6, 2017 at the Georgia World Congress Center.

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MEREDITH MCSWAIN (’18 PHARMD/MSCR CANDIDATE) is the first CPHS dual degree student to complete this special dual PharmD/MSCR elective rotation and to complete an additional research project in Clinical Trials, Investigational Drug Services and Cancer/Pharmacogenomics Research at Levine Cancer Institute, a division of Carolinas Healthcare System, in Charlotte. She presented her research “Tacrolimus pharmacogenetics, steady state concentrations, and adverse events in adult cancer patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)” at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Midyear Clinical Meeting in Orlando, Florida last December. Dr. Jai Patel was her co-author and preceptor.

Class Notes Baby Camels

MARIA SADLER BURTON (’13 PHARMD) and Michael Burton are happy to announce the birth of their son, Walter Jackson “Jack” Burton, at 4:59 p.m. on Nov. 17, 2017. Jack weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.

Awards & Honors

HEATH DAVIS (’04 PHARMD), N.C. Congressman Mark Meadows, Dr. Andrew Patel and CHENOA SHELTON (’20 PHARMD/MSPH CANDIDATE), pose for a photo during RxIMPACT Day. The event was hosted by the National Association of Chain Drugs Stores on March 7 and 8 in Washington, D.C. Throughout the event, teams of attendees spread across Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers to discuss provider status legislation, DIR fees, the opioid crisis and other pharmacy issues.

JENNIFER BURCH (’93 PHARMD), pharmacist and owner of Central Compounding Center in Durham, has been elected president-elect of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP).

She has been a member of the IACP board since 2013 and will assume her role as presidentelect in January 2019. Dr. Burch also served on the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists Board of Directors from 2015 to 2017.

MEGAN COLBERT (’13 PHARMD) won the Reserve National Champion in Arabian Training Level Open with her horse, Remmy, out of 39 horses.

GIRISH “GARY” DIGHE (’14 PHARMD/MSCR) has been promoted to Director of Pharmacy, Business Services at OhioHealth.

He was previously the manager of the revenue integrity team for pharmacy services.

KALPITA NADKAR (’18 MSPS CANDIDATE) won the poster competition for her research “Formulation, Evaluation and Characterization of Fluoxetine Orodispersible films using DoE,” which she presented at the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Carolina-South Atlantic Chapter’s 2018 local student poster competition on March 13 in Raleigh. She will advance to the ISPE 25th annual national meeting in Philadelphia. Dr. Antoine J. Al-Achi, professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was her advisor.

PETER KOVAL (’94 PHARMD) has been re-appointed to serve a threeyear term on the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Board of Directors and elected as the 2019 chair of the organization. Koval has served on the BPS Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Specialty Council since 2009 and was the first chair of the Ambulatory Care Council from 2009 until 2011. He began his current term on the Board of Directors on Jan. 1, 2018.

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UPCOMING EVENTS CPHS HOMECOMING Saturday, October 27, 2018 Main Campus Details will be shared on cphs.campbell.edu/alumni, via email and through social media.

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