Campbell Comments_Winter 2022

CAMPBELL COMMENTS For Alumni, Students & Friends of the Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences | Winter 2022

Finding Your Niche

In this Issue 3

Homecoming

4

Cover Story

5

Graduation

6

Faculty Spotlight

7-10

Our Programs

11

Faculty & Staff Achievements

12

Student Achievements

13

Class Notes

14

Alumni News

Message from the Dean Dear Alumni and Friends, As I reflect on last year, I recall the many challenges that we overcame and the blessings we received. I am personally thankful for our faculty, staff, alumni, donors and friends who continue to support our students and their education. These have been very trying times, but the CPHS community has thrived and accomplished our mission of preparing students for purposeful lives and meaningful service.

The work to keep CPHS at the forefront of pharmacy and health sciences higher education is ongoing. The executive committee has been working to update our overarching strategic plan with a focus on our core values of collaboration, innovation, resilience, diversity, and humility. The collection and collaboration of the programs offered by CPHS and Campbell University is unparalleled and provides a wonderful opportunity to transform our educational model to continue to prepare our graduates for the everevolving healthcare marketplace. We will build on our strong foundation and work together as we build a future with curricular innovations, strong clinical and experiential experiences, and meaningful professional development opportunities.

One collaborative movement that became effective January 1 is the merger of the departments of Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Sciences into a single department that initially will be called the Department of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Sciences.

This merger will take advantage of the synergy that has been growing the past several years and maximize the impact of the four degree offerings (BS and MS in both Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Sciences) within the departments as well as their critical contributions to the Doctor of Pharmacy program. The merger is an opportunity to position the department for long-term growth and new opportunities afforded by the collaboration among faculty and staff as well as the drug discovery and development industry. Dr. Charles Carter, current interim chair of Clinical Research, will serve as the interim chair of the newly merged department and a search committee will be launched to conduct a national search for a full-time chair.

As we are all busy with the many changes and adaptations that this new world requires, I urge you to make time to pause and take care of yourself. The stresses of life require us to reflect and focus on the important aspects of our life. Make every moment count and look to the future with hope.

Thank you for your continued support.

With Campbell Pride,

Produced by the Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Editor & Writer: Meredith Blalock, ’00, CPHS Director of Communications & Marketing Writers: Will Bratton, ’11; Dr. K. Paige D. Brown, ‘06; Christy McCormick, ’11; Dr. Ann Marie Nye; Dr. Dustin Wilson Photographers: Meredith Blalock, ’00; Will Bratton, ’11; Ben Brown; Bennett Scarborough Graphic Designer: Adam Fish, '09, Campbell University Communications & Marketing 2

WINTER 2022

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

HOMECOMING

C P H S .C A M P B E L L . E D U

C AMPBELL COMMENTS

3

COVER STORY

Finding Your Niche “I grew up loving animals. It’s always been in my blood to be around animals. It just feels natural.”

Swift, who is a fellow member of the Society of Veterinary Hospital Pharmacists and recently earned a Diplomat of International College of Veterinary Pharmacy certification, loves the teamwork and learning aspects of her job.

“My favorite part of veterinary pharmacy is the teamwork. Just as hospital pharmacists all work together, we all work together. I enjoy being out on the floor and interacting with the teams. I love the learning aspect.”

As an undergraduate student, Swift was told by a professor that she wasn’t smart enough to go to pharmacy school. Swift was determined to prove the professor wrong. Her passion and desire drove her toward her goal. She attended PREP (now HPREP – Ransdell Family Health Professions Readiness & Enrichment Program) in 2009. Attending PREP allowed her to meet other prospective students as well as current students and faculty who were leading the activities.

This solidified her decision; Campbell is where she wanted to be.

T

he hospital where she works is not like the hospital you think of.

Her patients are not like your typical patients. The medicines they receive are not always your typical medicines.

Dr. Emily Maynard Swift, a 2016 Campbell University Doctor of Pharmacy graduate, describes her job as being a niche of a niche. Swift serves as a large animal pharmacist at the NC State Veterinary Hospital.

“I always knew I wanted a career with animals,” said Swift. “My childhood dream was to become a veterinarian.

Then I had the opportunity to work at the vet school, and it blossomed into learning about veterinary pharmacy. I started working here in 2006 and have been here since. My love for veterinary medicine and pharmacy meshed as one. This is the dream job.”

4

WINTER 2022

Swift was introduced to the world of veterinary pharmacy by Gigi Davidson, a renowned veterinary pharmacist, who served as the Director of Pharmacy at the NC State Veterinary Hospital for 38 years.

“Being able to work and learn from her and seeing all the things she has accomplished, I wanted to be like Gigi one day,” Swift recalled. “She inspired me to pursue my dreams in veterinary pharmacy and always encouraged me and helped me any way she could to help me get on that path.”

Most of the patients that Swift serves are horses. At times she has also had cows, alpacas, llamas, sheep, goats, and potbellied pigs.

Her passion for animals extends beyond her work. At home she has two horses, three miniature horses, two Australian cattle dogs, and an Anatolian Great Pyrenees.

“I chose Campbell because I liked the atmosphere. I felt like it was more of a family. All the professors knew me by name. I felt like I could go to any professor if I had a question or concern,” she said. “This was something I really valued.

I didn’t apply to any other schools; I knew Campbell is where I wanted to go.”

During her time in Campbell’s pharmacy program, Swift experienced different challenges than some of her classmates.

She didn’t know a lot about human medications. Her background was animal medications. Some of the drugs used in veterinary medicine are ones that failed the human market. She knew off-the-wall drugs but had to learn the more common human drugs.

Self-described as a shy and quiet person, Swift credits horses for giving her the confidence to believe in herself and Campbell for providing a family like atmosphere for her to excel.

“Campbell really set me up for success… they molded me into the pharmacist I am today.”

GRADUATION

DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY CONVOCATION AND UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT Congratulations to the sixth graduating class of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. The 38 students participated in a meaningful Convocation ceremony on Friday, December 17 followed by the University’s Winter Commencement ceremony on Saturday.

C P H S .C A M P B E L L . E D U

C AMPBELL COMMENTS

5

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Scott Perkins

Campbell faculty oversees on-campus Drug Information Center Campbell University’s Drug Information Center (DIC) provides service to healthcare professionals and experiential training for student pharmacists. Dr. Scott Perkins serves in various capacities within the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS), but his main responsibility is co-director of the DIC. Campbell pharmacy students who choose to complete a DIC rotation work closely with Perkins as they learn more about offering consultations in a research based environment. Perkins encourages student pharmacists to become competent in data retrieval, literature evaluation, and written and oral communication skills.

The DIC receives 100-200 drug-based requests per month. Pharmacy students research and gather literature on the topic in question. The students help Perkins retrieve reliable health information and deliver an evidence-based response to healthcare professionals. “It is not too common for academic based DIC to exist, but Campbell has remained steadfast in their commitment to providing this service to providers across the state and allowing student pharmacists to take part in this experience,” Perkins commented.

Through his time at Campbell, Perkins has developed and maintained a relationship with Cape Fear Valley Health. Cape Fear Pharmacy Residents complete rotations at Campbell’s DIC, allowing them to learn important aspects of specific medications through research.

In addition to his local connections, Perkins also represents Campbell at a national level. In 2016, Mercer University began establishing a network of DICs so that clients would have a broader scope when seeking information. Campbell, Mercer, Idaho State, Touro University, University of Kansas, and University of New England are all a part of this specific pharmacy network. Perkins collaborates with directors from the respective schools once a month. He shared, “these relationships and discussions have been beneficial to the direction of our Center and so professionally rewarding.”

6

WINTER 2022

Originally from Concord, NC, Perkins opted to stay close to home and attended UNC Charlotte for his undergraduate coursework. He graduated from Wingate’s Pharmacy School in 2012, completed a specialty residency in drug information, and began working at Campbell in 2014.

In addition to his DIC responsibilities, Perkins is the co-advisor forthe Campbell chapter of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP). He is the course director for two courses for first year pharmacy students and is the course director for a P2 course, Pharmacogenomics II. Perkins guest lectures for other courses and is also in charge of the Top 100 exams: a longitudinal series of quizzes and tests that takes place throughout the P1 year. This series instills fundamental knowledge of commonly prescribed drugs to create a foundation for the integrated pharmacotherapy courses.

Perkins serves on multiple University committees including an Interprofessional Education (IPE) hub, Educational Resources, and ADHOC Board Review Week. He is also the chair of the Tech Committee for CPHS and the chair of the Library Committee for Campbell. He serves on the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists’ (NCAP) Membership and Communications Committee. Nationally, he is a member of the Library and Information Sciences Committee for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and contributes to the Basic Resources for Pharmacy Education, which provides guidance for resource selection to pharmacy schools across the U.S. In 2019, Perkins and Kathryn Collins (’20 PharmD) built Pharmacy Internet Radio (PIR), an interview video cast. Collins interviewed various faculty members about their education, time as a student, and career choices. While COVID-19 put a halt to PIR, this will not be the end of Perkins’ videos. He hopes to tie his videography hobby to the DIC by interviewing pharmacists across the state who are serving in unique roles. “Students have become more curious about fellowships, residencies, and unique roles for

pharmacists. I want to help them explore these opportunities,” Perkins reported.

In spring 2021, APhA-ASP student members adjusted to COVID-19 restrictions and hosted a virtual health fair for the community. Perkins advised student leaders Phoenix Riley (’22 PharmD Candidate) and Sarah Wood (’22 PharmD Candidate) in the creation of this resource. He edited some of the video content with the help of his co-editor Linda Nguyen (’23 PharmD Candidate).

Sessions touched on heart health, diabetes, women’s health, immunizations, health lifestyles, over-the counter medication, and substance use disorder.

Electronic pamphlets were available for community participants. Perkins shared, “I am proud of the students for coming up with an innovative solution to COVID-19 restrictions.”

Perkins received an Internal Research Grant in May 2021 for his research project “Development and Assessment of an Evidence-Based Rubric to Facilitate Faculty-Created Educational Pharmacotherapy Videos.” This grant funds coursework in instructional design. Perkins started this coursework in August at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte and is concentrating in online teaching and learning. He plans to use this training to help develop more effective and engaging online video content for students and develop some instruments to help other faculty at Campbell follow suit.

In December 2021, Perkins received the first-place CPHS Innovation Award for his efforts and implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) to determine if the utilization of an EHR for patient case studies stimulated critical thinking.

The Innovation Award was established to recognize faculty who were engaging students to think critically. The EHR has been used to challenge students to think more critically during patient case studies while practically applying what they have learned during real life situations.

Perkins strives to help students succeed both academically and experientially. The DIC is an excellent resource for healthcare professionals as well as students and residents who are interested in exploring the research side of pharmacy.

OUR PROGRAMS

CONGRATULATIONS! First-year Physician Assistant Practice and Pharmacy students receive their white coats to mark the start of their professional education journey.

C P H S .C A M P B E L L . E D U

C AMPBELL COMMENTS

7

OSCE Research Reveals Opportunities for Change

Kaitlyn Parcell (’23 PharmD Candidate) and Joshua James (’23 PharmD Candidate) were instrumental members of the research team.

I

n schools of pharmacy throughout the country, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) are used to assess student pharmacists’ clinical knowledge, communication, and problem solving skills. Traditionally, OSCEs are conducted in-person to provide a “real-world” experience for student pharmacists to interact with simulated patients and providers to hone the skills they have learned in the classroom (e.g. teaching a patient how to use an inhaler).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many health science programs have had to make adjustments in their curricula to consider the wellbeing of students, staff, and faculty. As such, virtual accommodations and online learning tools became more prevalent in health sciences education.

OSCEs are conducted within the CPHS pharmacy program at least twice a semester in the Pharmacy Practice Skills course series during the first three years of the program. In March and April 2020, course faculty began conducting virtual OSCEs to follow safety procedures and protocols put in place at the onset of the pandemic, and we continue to utilize

Dr. Dustin Wilson

Dr. Ann Marie Nye

virtual OSCEs as an alternative to inperson OSCEs. Recognizing there was limited literature that had evaluated the perceptions and acceptance of virtual OSCEs in health science programs, particularly in schools of pharmacy, two faculty members from the Department of Pharmacy Practice sought to gain more insight on this matter.

In the fall of 2020, Drs. Dustin Wilson and Ann Marie Nye, associate professors of Pharmacy Practice, collaborated on developing a survey to distribute to the pharmacy faculty and to student pharmacists to assess their perceptions of virtual OSCEs. “We wanted to get student and faculty input comparing virtual and

“ This project was of interest to Kaitlyn and me because of the direct impact we witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic have on our institution. Many aspects of our day-to-day class routines were altered to accommodate the changing environment brought about by COVID. Our project gave us the opportunity to better understand the usefulness of virtual OSCEs while gaining insight into the favorability of these examinations among students and faculty.”

8

WINTER 2022

in-person OSCEs considering this was a new process for most of us,” said Dr. Nye. Drs. Nye and Wilson also recruited Joshua James (’23 PharmD Candidate) and Kaitlyn Parcell (’23 PharmD Candidate) to help with the project.

“This project was of interest to Kaitlyn and me because of the direct impact we witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic have on our institution. Many aspects of our day-to-day class routines were altered to accommodate the changing environment brought about by COVID. Our project gave us the opportunity to better understand the usefulness of virtual OSCEs while gaining insight into the favorability of these examinations among students and faculty,” commented James.

The survey was distributed in April 2021 to 49 faculty members and 233 current first, second, and third-year student pharmacists. Close to 40% of them completed the survey. “We were very pleased with the number of faculty and students who completed the survey.

Responses affirmed that virtual OSCEs were being conducted well and provided a comparable experience as in-person OSCEs.” commented Dr. Wilson. Benefits of virtual OSCEs compared to in-person OSCEs included less time traveling to campus and the capability to record the sessions. However, limitations noted included technology issues and less realworld experiences. When asked how to improve virtual OSCEs, most comments from faculty and student pharmacists focused on technology (e.g. features of the virtual platform and using breakout rooms to minimize interruptions).

The findings were presented during the CPHS PharmD Assessment Day Workshop in September. “There was great discussion on how we could improve the virtual OSCEs based on the survey findings, including more standardizing of the process.” commented Dr. Wilson.

Drs. Nye and Wilson are optimistic that positive changes will be made to virtual OSCEs to benefit both the faculty and student pharmacists. “The pandemic caused an unplanned change in how OSCEs were conducted. I am thankful that Josh and Kaitlyn were willing to help with this survey so we could learn from that change,” said Dr. Nye.

OUR PROGRAMS

IPE Offers Continuing Education Credit through INFORM

T

he Office of Interprofessional Education is continuing to offer the IPE INFORM monthly series to faculty/ staff members, practitioners, and other professionals. This series provides new opportunities to earn continuing education credit. The sessions are always interprofessional in nature from the presenter groups that develop them to the audience for whom they are presented.

Sessions range from topics that are clinically relevant to those that are specific to interprofessional education. All sessions work to help participants have an enhanced understanding of interprofessional collaboration while focusing

on different clinically relevant topics.

In September, the session focused on “Interprofessional Care of the Patient with Diabetes,” and was presented by an interprofessional panel of practitioners at Benson Health, including alumna and faculty member Dr. Beth Mills.

One of our recent PharmD alumna, Dr. Lina Poindexter, presented a timely and relevant topic in October entitled, “Walk a Mile in Someone Else’s Shoes: Anti-Vaxxer Rhetoric and the Role of Storytelling.” In November was a collaborative presentation on, “Surviving the Holidays: Ask Not What You Can Do for Your Body but What Your Body Can

Do for You” presented by faculty member Dr. Katie Trotta along with a registered dietician.

Please join us for the 2022 sessions. This year’s theme is centered around One Health - the interconnected web between humans, animals, plants, and the environment. These sessions will provide the opportunity to gain knowledge on vital topics and to earn continuing education credit for free. Use the QR code to register.

REPS On October 12, the Office of Interprofessional Education offered its second required event for CPHS and CUSOM students, Reflect Engage Practice Summarize (REPS). Nearly 700 students with more than thirty faculty and staff facilitators attended the event.

Students from public health, physical therapy, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistant practice, pharmaceutical sciences, and osteopathic medicine participated in the IPE event.

REPS was created based on student feedback from previous IPE events that indicated the desire to learn more about the various roles and responsibilities of members of the healthcare team. This programming opportunity walks students through four steps:

REFLECT: Students complete a pre-event and post-event reflection survey that assesses their understanding and comfort level of other healthcare professions.

ENGAGE: Student review and learn about the different healthcare professions within CPHS and CUSOM using documents created by faculty from each of the programs. Topics covered about the different healthcare professions include: education and training, roles and responsibilities, interprofessional interactions, and practice settings.

PRACTICE: Students gather virtually with faculty/staff facilitators in interprofessional teams of 12-17 students and work through a patient case and discussion questions focusing on communication strategies and teamwork.

SUMMARIZE: Interprofessional student groups complete a reference sheet alongside faculty/staff facilitators reflecting on information learned about each healthcare profession.

The IPE REPS event is the primary event that students participate in to learn the IPE competency centered on roles and responsibilities. Additionally, the remaining competencies of values/ethics, teams and teamwork, and interprofessional communication are underlying themes. The Office of Interprofessional Education looks forward to hearing all of the new and exciting things students learned about each other’s roles on the interprofessional healthcare team!

Clinical Teaching Conference The Clinical Teaching Conference is an annual conference presented by the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, and the Office of Interprofessional Education.

The conference offers clinical educators and preceptors continuing education credit opportunities for attending sessions that are relevant to their work with student and resident learners. The virtual conference style event this year featured a welcome address centered on C P H S .C A M P B E L L . E D U

“Interprofessional Education in North Carolina: Where are We and Where are We Going” followed by numerous breakout sessions on such topics as “Evaluating Student Performance,” “Building a Team of Multiple Learner Types,” “One-minute Preceptor,” “Health Policy Issues of 2021,” and many more. The afternoon featured CME on “Handling Human Trafficking in a Clinical Setting” and “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Clinical Education.” We are grateful for all of those clinical educators and

preceptors of Campbell University learners and look forward to providing them this educational opportunity for years to come. Learn more about the conference and register at https://mailchi.mp/a035e95318f1/ campbell-clinical-teaching-conference.

C AMPBELL COMMENTS

9

OUR PROGRAMS

Father/Daughter duo, Steve and Kasey Pfaff, helped make connections between the professions of Public Health and Meteorology.

Public Health Connections

A

t the beginning of the fall semester, Kasey Pfaff (’26 PharmD/MSPH Candidate) reviewed her MSPH syllabus and saw listed a talk concerning people with disabilities. She immediately took action. Texting Dr. David Tillman, chair of Public Health, she let him know about a great speaker who could present to the class about helping people with disabilities. This speaker has more than 27 years of experience working with people across the country to help provide appropriate information and resources for disabled individuals and their caregivers.

“It’s wonderful to have professionals from the community share their knowledge and experience with our students,” said Tillman. “I was very happy that Kasey suggested a speaker who would bring hands-on, pioneering work to the classroom to help us see connections that are often missed between public health and other scientific fields--like meteorology.”

When it was time for the speaker’s presentation, Dr. Tillman invited Kasey to make the introduction to the class. “This was the first time I’ve been introduced by a family member,” said Steve Pfaff, Kasey’s dad, as he began addressing

10

WINTER 2022

the class. Mr. Pfaff serves as a Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Wilmington, NC, where he is responsible for promoting weather safety outreach and awareness to the public in addition to providing decision support services to Emergency Management as well as a multitude of local, state, and federal partners.

Mr. Pfaff has championed work to increase and improve inclement weather and natural disaster communications to people with disabilities and with language barriers. He has collaborated within the NWS, with other government agencies, and with civic and private groups to develop and distribute materials that will resonate with people who have various impairments and whose primary language is not English. Mr. Pfaff travels the country sharing this potentially life-saving information with organizations and consults with fellow experts to keep updated on technology trends and advances that could be used to communicate with disabled persons.

He concluded the presentation about the work he has done in the community by leading students through an eye-opening exercise to demonstrate the challenges

a person with disabilities would have during a natural disaster. Maxeen Hill (’23 MPSH Candidate) was moved by the presentation and said, “His presentation made me think about the importance of including smaller populations of people who are sometimes overlooked when planning and preparing for disasters.”

Kristen Salyer (’26 PharmD/MSPH Candidate) commented that she took away how relevant weather is as a public health concern and that it was helpful to see the curriculum topics of risk factors and vulnerability applied in a different context. She said, “I like to see how what I am learning in the classroom translates to the real world through people who are in the public health profession.”

FACULTY & STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS

Faculty & Staff Achievements

Recent Promotions

DR. COURTNEY CALHOUN, nursing instructor, finished her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree on August 1, 2021.

The following faculty members received promotions confirmed by the University Board of Trustees:

DR. MICHAEL JIROUTEK, associate professor of Clinical Research, was named 2021 CPHS Educator of the Year.

Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Research Program. Dr. Tillman will review research proposals related to Fragile X Syndrome.

DR. TONYA WILLINGHAM, assistant director and assistant professor of Nursing, was elected president-elect for the North Carolina League for Nursing for their 2022-2024 term.

DR. TARA BELL, DR. BRADLEY associate professor, MYERS, associPharmacy Practice ate professor, Physical Therapy

CPHS Student Engagement in Research (SER) Grants DR. SCOTT PERKINS, clinical assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, was awarded a CPHS Internal Research Grant for the project Development and Assessment of an Evidence-Based Rubric to Facilitate Faculty-Created Educational Pharmacotherapy Videos. Dr. Carrie Baker, Dr. Riley Bowers, and Myrah Stockdale are co-investigators.

DR. VICTOR PULGAR, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, recently presented his award winning poster and gave an oral presentation at the Heme Biosynthesis and the Porphyrias 2021: Consensus Diagnoses, Variant Disorders, New & Emerging Therapies symposium in Chicago, IL. DR. DAVID TILLMAN, chair of the Department of Public Health, began serving as a peer reviewer for the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) as a part of the

Three Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty members were awarded CPHS Student Engagement in Research (SER) Grants.

DR. STEVE HOLLY “Interrogation of AADACL1 Function via a New Animal Model of Hemostasis and Thrombosis” working with P3 student Philip Oji.

DR. CHARLES CARTER, professor with tenure, Clinical Research

DR. KATIE TROTTA, clinical associate professor, Pharmacy Practice

DR. JINSONG HAO “Development and Characterization of Digitoxigenin Bigels for Wound Healing” working with P2 student Joy Morrow.

DR. CHRIS BREIVOGEL “Investigating the Interactions of CBD and CBG with Anesthetic Propofol” working with P3 student Linda Nguyen.

“Investigating the Interactions of CBD with the GABA-A Modulators Midazolam and Zolpidem” working with P3 student Hunnain Siddiqui.

DR. MICHELLE GREEN, associate professor, Physical Therapy

In Memoriam TAMMY BORDEAUX (MALPASS) (’90 PHARMD) passed away on December 27, 2021. She was a long-time employee of Clinton Drug Company in Clinton, NC. DR. RICK TURNER passed away on October 30, 2021. He was an associate professor of Clinical Research, Drug Safety Scholar, and chairman of the Clinical Research Department from 2005 to 2009. Rick served as an adjunct professor of Pharmacy Practice since 2015.

CPHS INNOVATION AWARDS Left to Right: Dr. Michael R. Jiroutek (3rd Place); Drs. Tim Marks and Dorothea Thompson (2nd Place); Dr. Scott Perkins (1st Place) (View the story using the QR code) C P H S .C A M P B E L L . E D U

C AMPBELL COMMENTS

11

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Student Achievements

Congratulations to the CPHS DELTA LAMBDA CHAPTER OF KAPPA PSI for receiving the 2020-2021 Pledge Class Activity Award. The chapter’s work represented the ideals of the Fraternity and helped serve the community.

Fourth year Pharmacy students JENNAH BADGER and GABRIELLA SALERNO published an article on Tadeusz Pankiewicz in the History of Pharmacy Special Interest Group newsletter of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for their directed study elective. Dr. Robert Cisneros, associate professor emeritus of Pharmacy Practice, assisted the students with their project. The article received national recognition by the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP).

Both Badger and Salerno were awarded the AIHP Student Certificate of Recognition for their “achievement in historical study or activities.”

JULES HICKEY (’23 PharmD/MSPH Candidate), MORGAN SANTALUCIA (’23 PharmD Candidate) and HANNAH BUNN (’23 PharmD Candidate) represented CPHS in the 2021 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Clinical Pharmacy Challenge. Our team beat several other teams in a local competition and advanced through the second round to the top 64 teams in the nation. They also won the statewide North Carolina Association of Pharmacists (NCAP) Jeopardy Competition during the annual NCAP Student Conference.

During her clinical internship at a privatelyowned outpatient clinic in Myrtle Beach, SC, VICTORIA KLUTTZ (’22 DPT Candidate), along with her clinical instructor, published an article about hip bursitis named Hip Pain Holding You Back?

ARILYN MAIER (’23 PharmD/MBA Candidate) and KATELYN RHONEY (’23 PharmD/MBA Candidate) won the Campbell ASHP Clinical Skills Competition and will represent Campbell at ASHP Midyear in December during the national competition.

12

WINTER 2022

Third year Doctor of Physical Therapy students TAELOR SCHULL, KASEY MACK, BREANNA HORNE, and MADISON TAYLOR presented a case study poster titled “Use of a Novel Approach to Reduce Falls in an Aging Female with Peripheral Neuropathy” at the APTA NC Annual Conference in Winston-Salem in October 2021.

TARA BARAN (PharmD, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident, 2020-2021), NATALIE HOLLON (’24 PharmD Candidate), AUBREY LAVOIE (’24 PharmD/MSPH Candidate), and EMILY STEINBOCK (’23 PharmD/MSPH Candidate), in collaboration with the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists (NCAP), developed a Diabetes Prevention Toolkit that is posted on the NCAP website.

CLASS NOTES

Class Notes CECIL DAVIS (’92 PHARMD) was awarded the NCAP 2021 Chronic Care Pharmacist of the Year, an honor that recognizes a pharmacist that has made significant contributions to their area of practice.

DAVE DIXON (’06 PHARMD) was promoted to department chair of Pharmacotherapy & Outcome Services at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy.

JORDAN BALLOU (’15 PHARMD) and RILEY BOWERS (’15 PHARMD) presented at the EHR Go User Group virtual session at the AACP Annual Meeting on how Pharmacy faculty are teaching critical skills with EHR Go. Dr. Ballou, BCACP, is a clinical assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice at The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Her presentation was titled, “We’ve Only Just Begun: EHR Go in the P1 Year.” Dr. Bowers, BCCP, BCPS, is a clinical assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice at CPHS. His presentation was titled “Utilizing EHR Go with Standardized Patients in an Interprofessional OSCE.”

LEANNE KENNEDY (’93 PHARMD) was elected the 2022-2023 president-elect of the Hematology/ Oncology Pharmacy Association. She serves as a Pharmacy Clinical Specialist and the Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Director of the PGY2 Oncology Residency at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, NC. CPT JENNIFER TURNER (’15 PHARMD) transitioned from a civilian job as pharmacy manager with Walgreens in Lynchburg, VA to an officer and pharmacist in the Army at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. Her first active duty assignment began in October 2021.

MELISSA TURNER (’13 PHARMD) came back to campus for Healthcare Professions Industry Day to talk with students about her company, Tarheel PGx Counsulting.

Check out our blog with spotlights on alumni, faculty, staff and students cphs.campbell.edu/cphs-alumni SEND US YOUR NEWS! PRATIBHA CHAUDHARI (’19 MSPS) married Sachin Dumbare on February 21, 2021 in her home country of India. She works as a Scientist II at Tergus Pharma in Durham, NC.

C P H S .C A M P B E L L . E D U

ANDREW CURRIN (’17 MBA, ‘16 MSPH, ’14 BSCR) and AMANDA TART CURRIN (’16 MBA) tied the knot on June 6, 2020 in Dunn, North Carolina. Andrew works as an Environmental Health Specialist for the Harnett County Health Department.

Use the QR code to send us your information to be included in the magazine.

Update your information at https://alumni.campbell. edu/connect/update-your-info/

C AMPBELL COMMENTS

13

ALUMNI NEWS

Purposeful Lives and Meaningful Service

D

espite community and industry skeptics and controversy, Campbell University’s School of Pharmacy (CUSOP) opened its doors in 1985 under the leadership of DR. RONALD W. MADDOX. There had not been a new pharmacy school in the United States in more than 35 years, but Campbell and the surrounding Harnett County area were believed to grow exponentially as a result of the new program and future alumni.

While Maddox originally turned down the offer to lead Campbell’s pharmacy program, as his focus was on teaching, he later recognized the value of a Christian education that was geared towards providing care in medically underserved areas. Maddox accepted the offer to be the founding dean of the school of pharmacy, bringing vision, drive, and passion to educating students.

In May 1990, CUSOP graduated its charter class. Dr. Robert Ashworth was the very first student to cross the stage and receive his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Campbell. Ashworth and his 42 classmates went on to achieve a perfect first time passage rate on national and state boards.

Almost forty years after conception, the former School of Pharmacy, now College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS), is made up of nine programs and has graduated more than five thousand students. There is still a large focus on underserved populations and serving rural communities.

CPHS alumni are living in 49 out of 50 states and occupy 96 out of 100 counties in North Carolina.

Alumni are crucial to the success of a school and serve in many valuable roles such as mentoring and recruiting new students. LEANNE KENNEDY (‘93 PHARMD) was the first Pharmacy Alumni Board President. She has been instrumental in

diversifying the alumni board as CPHS programs have grown. Kennedy shared, “When we started the pharmacy alumni board, there were only pharmacy alumni to select. We soon realized that with the growth of the health sciences programs we should include the other programs in our alumni board and programming.”

Her son, Jeff Kennedy, opted to pursue his doctorate at CPHS and graduated in 2020 with his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. “Originally, Jeff was thinking that he would go to pharmacy school, but he decided that pharmacy wasn't the best fit for him. Through the guidance of this advisor he was able to focus on exercise science, ultimately leading him to physical therapy. To be on the alumni board and to see him involved in the Professional Alumni Student Association (PASA) and working to reach out to the physical therapy students was really rewarding,” Kennedy commented.

works at Campbell. “Being a part of the CPHS charter class of 1990 was an exciting lifetime experience that encompassed much learning, many firsts, and blazing paths of achievements while developing lifelong friendships. We were encouraged to say, ‘Yes’ and run toward our fears with a passion beyond words and to have a strategy for success. I also learned as a student what traits separate leaders from followers by observing many faculty mentors. The opportunities afforded us were endless and shaped who I am today.

This journey led me to become a faculty member at CPHS where I can share and live some of the lessons learned wrapped in faith and service. I am truly blessed by having these moments of a lifetime,” Barnes remarked.

A more recent graduate, MATTHEW KESIC (’19 MPAP), chose to return to CPHS as

Many alumni are serving patients by-way-of the United States military and in hospital, clinical, and laboratory settings across the world. Still others have chosen to give back through their own businesses, as CEOs of pharmaceutical companies, and by working for the FDA and CDC.

a faculty member for the PA program.

Kesic began his educational career at Campbell having already obtained a PhD in Virology and Immunology from The Ohio State University. He had also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill and spent many years teaching in health sciences programs. He opted to attend PA school to gain clinical experience and enhance his classroom and research experiences.

More than 1,000 CPHS alumni hold multiple Campbell degrees and more than 40 CPHS alumni have moved into teaching or administrative positions across the country. Alumni are serving at various institutions in and outside of North Carolina such as Campbell University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Long Island University, Virginia Commonwealth University, South College, University of Illinois, and University of Mississippi, to name a few.

Kesic shared, “Getting back to academia has always been my goal. Coming back to Campbell has really felt like coming home. I am grateful that I can now bring my clinical experience back to the classroom. Campbell PA program prepared me not only for the clinical practice of medicine, but has been instrumental in allowing me to reach my goals and obtain my dream job. I am blessed every day to work with an amazing team here in the PA program.”

One student from the charter pharmacy class, CONNIE BARNES (’90 PHARMD), professor and executive vice-chair of Pharmacy Practice and co-director of the Drug Information Center, presently

Most students came to Buies Creek for their education, but some leave with a degree and a spouse. There are more than 175 CPHS alumni couples. JONATHAN

CPHS Alumni Stats

5,052

Total Alumni

14

WINTER 2022

49/50

96/100 943

States represented NC counties represented

Have two Campbell degrees

100

Have three Campbell degrees

8

Have four Campbell degrees

BEAM (’13 PHARMD) and ALLISON BEAM (’13 MPAP) met in an undergraduate

microbiology lab in 2008. They were married during Jonathan’s P4 year, and one week after their honeymoon Allison started her clinical rotations. When asked about balancing a relationship and a professional program, Allison commented, “It was so nice to have a partner who truly understood the crazy schedule, long hours of studying, and sheer exhaustion that can go along with being in PA or in Pharmacy school. Now that we are both nine years into practice, we find that understanding and common interest is still an invaluable part of our marriage.”

Current CPHS Dean MICHAEL L. ADAMS (’96 PHARMD, PHD) shared, “At Campbell

Most represented states

• North Carolina: 3,449 (68%) • Virginia: 229 (4.5%) • Tennessee: 136 (2.7%) • South Carolina: 106 (2%) • Florida: 116 (2.3%) • Georgia: 67 (1.3%)

University, we want to graduate students who are prepared for purposeful lives and meaningful service.” As a graduate of CPHS himself, Adams noted, “I’m grateful for the opportunities that Campbell provided to me and the ways my faculty, classmates, and education prepared me for the jobs, experiences, and mentorship opportunities I’ve encountered.”

CPHS was and is committed to preparing students to excel in the ever-expanding world of healthcare and interdisciplinary learning. What started as one program with 43 students has grown by leaps and bounds, but the foundation of equipping students to become successful alumni who serve in various capacities has remained Campbell’s overall vision and focus throughout the years.

The CPHS Alumni Association is devoted to the development of the alumni community through service, engagement, and education. Alumni are encouraged to take advantage of networking events, service opportunities, continuing education resources, and other opportunities to connect with fellow alumni.

Adams commented on how proud he is of CPHS alumni by stating, “It is an honor and privilege to see our alumni fulfilling the vision of providing care in medically underserved areas. Our interprofessional collaborations and the growth of CPHS programs have caused positive ripple effects in research, education, and the community as a whole. Our alumni are well rounded both personally and professionally and have a tremendous positive impact on those they serve."

Seven.

Hundred.

Thirty.

Five.

There is something special about “returning home.” Every year (well typically) I look forward to circling that October or November date in my calendar. Sometimes I circle it a whole ten months in advance. It gives me something to look forward to. As spring changes to summer and summer into fall, I know the time is coming. The leaves slowly start changing their color and mornings begin with a hint of crisp air.

There is something special about gathering with alumni and friends in Buies Creek each fall.

In October, Campbell celebrated Homecoming 2021. It had been 735 days since the last homecoming. I’m not sure I had quite realized it, but I had missed it.

It was great to see so many alumni from all of our College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences programs at Homecoming this year. It was great to meet your families and see some future Camels that arrived during the past couple of years.

If you didn’t make it back for Homecoming 2021, be sure to plan to attend in 2022 or come by and visit campus sometime soon. Your alma mater is always here to welcome you home.

Will Bratton (’11 BA, MA) Director of Advancement

Annual CPHS Alumni & Friends Golf Classic

Friday, April 1, 2022 | 1 p.m. Shotgun Start | Keith Hills Golf Club SPONSORSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE. CONTACT CPHSALUMNI@CAMPBELL.EDU C P H S .C A M P B E L L . E D U

C AMPBELL COMMENTS

15

NONPROFIT U.S. Postage

PAID

College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Office of Alumni Relations & Advancement Post Office Box 1090 Buies Creek, North Carolina 27506

cphs.campbell.edu | @CampbellCPHS |

Permit No. 2 Buies Creek, NC