Pharmacy Journal of New England • Winter 2015
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences – Boston
their plans to complete: medical school, graduate programs in neuropharmacology, positions in rehabilitation/long-term care, and residencies in pharmacy practice, managed care, ambulatory care, infectious disease, cardiology, transplant, and psychiatry.
Dear Colleagues, On behalf of President Charles F. Monahan Jr. and Provost Douglas Pisano, I hope that 2015 finds you well. As usual our students have been very busy and I would like to share some of their achievements with you. Sincerely, Paul DiFrancesco EdD, MPA, RPh, Dean, School of Pharmacy Boston
Dean Paul DiFrancesco
MCPHS University School of Pharmacy Honors Program MCPHS-School of Pharmacy-Boston established an Honors Program in our Doctor of Pharmacy program to enhance students’ experience with advanced experiences in research and practice over the last three years of their PharmD curriculum. We are pleased to announce the graduation of our first class from the program. The upcoming graduates of the Pharm D Honors Program Class of 2015 are: Francis Cannata, Joseph Faulhaber, Michael Fiore, Janet Kim, Cassandra Letho, Stephanie Lewis, Jagoda Misniakiewicz, Shatha Mufti, Chandni Patel and Elizabeth Travis. These students have made significant contributions to their community and future profession , from publications (two published, three submitted, and several in progress), and nine poster presentations at national and regional meetings. Three students held presidential positions in the local chapters of major pharmacy organizations (Rho Chi Honors Society, APhA-ASP, and AMCP), and two students participated in the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation Student Exchange Program (Switzerland and Germany). The students were recognized for their initiative and work when all students were inducted into the Rho Chi Honors Society, 80% were inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, and 20% were inducted into the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. We look forward to witnessing all that these students will contribute to the future of health care as they pursue
School of Pharmacy Honors Program -Class of 2015
New Faculty members As our programs continue to grow, as does our highly experienced faculty. The following faculty members have joined us. Dr. Ted Eguale has joined the faculty as an Associate Professor of Social and Administrative Sciences. He received his MD from the Jimma University in Ethiopia and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in epidemiology, biostatistics and occupational health from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He also completed postdoctoral fellowships at McGill and Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School. His area of expertise includes off-label prescribing, pharmacosurveillance, patient safety, electronic prescribing and medication safety. Dr. Hongwei Zhang has recently joined us as an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Zhang received his B.S. in Pharmacy and PhD in Pharmaceutics from the Sichuan University in China. He then completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at University of Nebraska Medical Center, School of Pharmacy in the Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine. He then continued his postdoctoral research at the Gene Therapy Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, MA 23