UIC Pharmacist, Winter 2015

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Pharmacists Without Borders

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Investing in intellect

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Reunion 2014

UIC pharmacists are hard at work all over the world, from Bahrain to Britain, to advance the profession.

Three faculty members receive newly created professorships.

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The awards were the highlight of the 2014 Reunion held in Oak Brook in November.

IN EVERY ISSUE From the Dean

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Rising Stars

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Faculty Fanfare

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Rockford Files

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Giving

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Class Notes

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Obituaries

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Editorial Credits Winter 2015 Publisher Jerry L. Bauman,bs ’76, pharmd Dean Editors Chris Gummert Editorial Writer Christopher J. Shoemaker, med, mba, cfre Assistant Dean for Advancement & Alumni Affairs Contributing Editors Sonya Booth Hugh M. Cook Sam Hostettler Daniel P. Smith Photography Joshua Clark Barry Donald Roberta Dupuis-Devlin Richard Foertsch Guido Pauli Designer Kimberly A. Hegarty College of Pharmacy Administrative Officers Department Heads

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Joanna Burdette, phd ’03 Research Thomas TenHoeve III, phd Student Affairs Assistant Deans Debra Agard, pharmd ’92, mhpe Student Affairs

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FROM THE DEAN

Embrace the diversity of pharmacy practice

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n the early 1980s, I was fortunate to serve on an American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) committee named the Committee on Clinical Jerry L. Bauman Pharmacy as a Specialty.

The purpose of that committee was to prepare a petition to the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) asking that “Clinical Pharmacy” be designated as a specialty within pharmacy. At that time there was but one pharmacy specialty: nuclear pharmacy. As an officer of ACCP, I presented the summary of the clinical pharmacy petition to the BPS at a meeting in the Chicago Hilton O’Hare.

The petition was broadly opposed by most other pharmacy professional organizations and was eventually rejected by the BPS—the term clinical pharmacy was the issue. Afterward, the editors of the petition (Robert Elenbaas and the late John Rodman) simply inserted the word “pharmacotherapy specialist” and “pharmacotherapy” for “clinical pharmacist” and “clinical pharmacy” and resubmitted the petition document to the BPS; it was subsequently approved, somewhat begrudgingly, as the second pharmacy specialty. Despite rejection of the original petition and the success of the second, most refer to pharmacists that have a majority of their duties in direct patient care as “clinical pharmacists” and not pharmacotherapy specialists— to this day. To me, this is an example of the profession of pharmacy’s problems with semantics but also its inability to accept the simple fact that there are different types of pharmacists—not all pharmacists are alike.

We should embrace the diversity of pharmacy practice as one of our profession’s strengths. Like the profession of medicine and other

healthcare professions, pharmacists specialize in many different areas from community practice to long term care, from drug use control in a hospital setting to managing populations of patients from a desk, to direct patient care in neonatal intensive care units.

This diversity of practice within our broad profession is truly a strength and should be encouraged, promoted, and leveraged. The inability to accept this seemingly simple concept helps lead to disagreement about such things as payment methods (do you need training and certification for provider status?); the training model (do you need a residency to practice clinical pharmacy?); and even the practice model (specialty trained pharmacists forced into a different role because “all pharmacists should be alike in my hospital”). The profession of medicine apparently overcame this hurdle some time ago—e.g., boarded cardiologists with specialty training are the only ones who have privileges to perform some tasks and reimbursement is tied to credentials and training; family medicine physicians cannot do cardiac catheterizations or train to do them.

At our institution, we try our best to have our pharmacist faculty practice in their area of specialty and this is translated to our educational model. We encourage specialization and excellence in their area of practice, independent of their area of responsibility. We do not have clinical pharmacists rotate to the IV room; we do not have neurosurgery pharmacists rotate to pediatrics; we do not have managed care pharmacists staff in the peds satellite, and we do not have our pharmacy managers work in the coronary unit. That is not to say one group is better—they are just different but equally valuable in their area and role within our overall operation. We encourage collaboration among the parts to the benefit of the whole. And in my view that is our strength as a faculty and as a profession.

Editorial Response In the previous issue of the UIC Pharmacist, Dean Jerry Bauman argued for the creation of a single pharmacy association to unite Illinois pharmacists.

My name is Bob Sopocy pharm ’73. I come from a family of pharmacists. My father, Steven ‘43 pharm, older brother Stephen ‘72 pharm, younger brother Jim ‘78 pharm (UF) and Uncle Martin.

As long as I can remember, my father, an independent pharmacy owner on the Southside of Chicago, professed that pharmacists need to have only one professional association to represent all of us. Every pharmacist should be required to become a member and dues should be substantial so that we can do the political work so necessary to our vibrant growth and survival. Prior to pharmacy school my dad worked in the auto manufacturing industry and saw the clout these workers had because of their union.

A single, strong association will serve all pharmacists, no matter which professional setting you work in, and no matter whether you are an employee or owner. With the expansion of pharmacy schools and the increase in pharmacy graduates, the job market for pharmacists is getting crowded. We are getting crushed by the PBMs on reimbursement. We are terribly overregulated by federal and state agencies, generic drug manufacturers are raising drug costs by over 1000%, and we are forced to accept all of this. We need that one voice with clout.

Kudos to Jerry Bauman for writing this editorial. We all need to read it and pass it on to everyone we know in the profession and push for that ONE, POWERFUL voice. Dues may be expensive, but you get what you pay for.

–Bob Sopocy Pharmacist/Owner, Family Drug Mart continued on page 4

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FROM THE DEAN Editorial Response Congratulations to Jerry Bauman for taking a stand on the controversial subject of unity within our profession in Illinois. I have long held this belief and would support an effort to do so now.

Unity begins with a common vision of our profession’s position in the future healthcare system and will require strong, unselfish leadership.

Healthcare in the United States is changing, demanding accountability from all participants. Silos within healthcare are coming down as the focus is on coordinating patient care across the delivery system. Leadership in our profession began positioning us for this chapter more than four decades ago by requiring a clinical pharmacy education. Our role as clinicians is blurring lines between practice settings as health care silos evaporate. I predict that within the next five years pharmacists will be recognized by the new healthcare system as clinical providers. This will represent significant opportunity for our profession (yes, every practice setting—retail, hospital, nursing home, managed care, hospice) and we need to be positioned to fully take advantage of this opportunity. ...Illinois would indeed be stronger if we all belonged to one organization—with a common vision. Success will require creation of a trusting and inclusive environment—all interests should be heard, respected, and represented.

Leadership must overcome current personal and organizational inertia to show that nothing must be sacrificed, but much is to be gained. Many great Illinois leaders in the past have set aside personal interests and pride in deference to our profession. The time has come for us to do the same—count me in.

–Mark Pilkington, bs ’84, ms ’88, rph

Local Outreach UIC students participated in a community outreach event with the New Life Volunteering Society (NLVS) and the Iranian-American Muslim Association of North America (IMAN).

The ACCP Clinical Pharmacy Challenge was held during the first two weeks of September. All three members of the UIC Clinical Pharmacy Challenge team are P4 students in the PharmD program.

Congratulations team!

1 College 2 Campuses (Chicago & Rockford) 72 Community engagement events 1,314 (# of times students volunteered) 3,792 community members engaged 4,296 hours of community service

Big League Wins from the Pharm Team A team from University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy competed in the 5th Annual Clinical Pharmacy Challenge sponsored by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). Julie Cabrera, Emma Carroll, and Alexandra Habanek beat out 88 other teams from around the country in the multiday, online portion of the event.

Each round of the challenge consisted of three segments. The first was a “lightning round” of 15 true or false questions on topics like biostatistics,

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pharmacogenomics, and health outcomes. Next was the clinical case portion of the challenge. Cabrera, Carroll, and Habanek were presented with a clinical case and then asked five questions concerning its content. Last was the quiz show round. During this round, the students were presented with questions of varying point values and difficulties and given 12 minutes to amass as many points as possible.

The topics ranged from anticoagulation to dermatology to infectious diseases.

The highest scores from each round advanced to the next round.

Academic Excellence Congratulations to Julie Bucek for being one of the 2014 Kappa Psi Foundation scholarship winners. In order to win a foundation award, a brother must be participating in the second or third year of their professional pharmacy curriculum or equivalent, be an active member in good standing for the grading period in question, and maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 or the equivalent of a B average for work done in the evaluation period over the academic year. Not only did Julie fit these criteria, she exceeded them by being in the top 10% of collegiate brothers internationally. Congratulations.

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MENTORSHIP “Whether you reside in Oregon, New York, or in the Chicago area, we can make this happen!”

- Dr. Nick Popovich Associate Dean for Professional Development

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The future of our profession depends on a strong foundation to build upon and a rich legacy to call upon.

Our rock-solid foundation is UIC’s legendary teaching, research, and service tradition, and our legacy is our alumni who are currently advancing and creating change in our profession. Now we are calling upon you, our alumni, to help shape the next generation of pharmacists through our alumni mentoring program.

If you’d be willing to share your vast professional knowledge and guidance with a student or small group of students, please contact the program’s head, Dr. Nick Popovich, at nickp@uic.edu.

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FACULTY FANFARE

Guido Pauli Named University Scholar University Recognizes Pharmacy Professor

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he University Scholar award, now in its 30th year, honors UIC faculty who are among the best in their fields—those who show superior performance and great promise in research and teaching.

Guido Pauli sees more than beauty in plants. He is conducting groundbreaking research on how they can aid human health. “Throughout history, plants have been used for countless purposes,” says Pauli, professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy. “Nutrients, essential factors, and therapeutics, but also toxins, have given them an invaluable role in human development.” Pauli, codirector of the UIC/NIH Botanical Center for Dietary Supplements Research, is developing new ways to identify what’s in botanicals and how they work.

He developed quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR)

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methodologies to evaluate the purity of a wide variety of natural products, including hops, licorice, eucalyptus, and wild yam, as well as for the anti-TB drug he is developing in UIC’s Institute for Tuberculosis Research, where he is associate director. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has become the best technique for determining the structure of organic compounds for the past 50 years.

One major advantage for the work with precious natural product samples is that NMR is nondestructive and important data can be obtained from samples weighing less than a milligram. Pauli has developed collaborations in natural products research that directly benefit investigators on campus and throughout the world. He recently established a translational research project with the Guanxi Institute of Botany in Guilin, China, where he is a Bagui scholar and visiting professor.

He also holds three patents, including one for the potential antituberculosis drug. The Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research is the oldest in the United States devoted to establishing the safety and effectiveness of botanical dietary supplements. It is the only such center continuously supported by the National Institutes of Health since 1999.

Judy Bolton, professor and head of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy, says Pauli is “uniquely qualified” for the University Scholar award. “Guido is an outstanding scientist, and he actively participates in training the next generation of natural product chemists,” Bolton says.

“He deserves to be recognized as a University Scholar.”

See more at: http://news.uic.edu/ university-scholar-guido-paulipurposeful-plants#sthash.8nuIyXks. dpuf.

Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy Introduces New Faculty Members Four New Positions Filled in Department

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isa Sharp is an associate professor based at the Chicago campus. Dr. Sharp holds a PhD in clinical psychology from Northwestern University and did postdoctoral training at Harvard University. Dr. Sharp was previously associate professor in the UIC College of Medicine.

The focus of her research is the development of behaviorally based health interventions to decrease health inequalities among minority and/or underserved populations—including pharmacist and medication-related interventions.

Katie Suda is a part-time research associate professor based at the Chicago campus and is also a research health scientist at the Center for Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare at the Hines VA Hospital. Dr. Suda holds a PharmD from Drake University and a MS in epidemiology from the University of Tennessee. She was previously an associate professor at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. Dr. Suda is an outcomes researcher whose focus is on antimicrobials and infectious disease.

Greg Calip is an assistant professor based at the Chicago campus. Dr. Calip is a UIC alumnus (PharmD 2008). He also holds an MPH degree in biostatistics and epidemiology from New York University and completed a PhD in epidemiology at the University of Washington in June. He was also a postdoctoral fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Dr. Calip will focus his research on pharmacoepidemiology in cancer and related areas.

Clara Awé was previously an adjunct associate professor in the department and is now 0% clinical associate professor.

Dr. Awé holds a MSc degree (marketing communication) from Roosevelt University, a EdD from Northern Illinois University, and a PhD in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Purdue University Names Award for Dr. Nick Popovich The Popovich Award for Residents, Fellows, and Grad Students Outstanding pharmacy residents, fellows, and graduate students in Purdue University’s Indiana Pharmacy Teaching Certificate program (IPTeC) are now eligible to win an award named after UIC’s own Dr. Nick Popovich.

Dr. Popovich is the UIC College of Pharmacy’s current associate dean of professional development and a two time graduate of the UIC College of Pharmacy himself. Dr. Popovich is also a professor emeritus at Purdue University and served on the IPTeC Executive Committee. To win the

award, called the Nicholas G. Popovich IPTeC Award, students need to successfully complete the IPTeC program and develop a teaching portfolio. Other criteria include “passion for a career in pharmacy academia,” demonstrated leadership, and an interest in “the scholarship of teaching.”

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The Reward for Relevant Writings American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists Recognizes Glen Schumock Glen Schumock, mba ’94, phd ’12, head of UIC’s Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy, has been selected to be honored by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP.) Schumock will receive the society’s 2014 Award for Sustained Contributions to the Literature. The award is given to an individual who has published relevant articles of consistently high quality in primary, peer-reviewed biomedical literature over a period of no less than 15 years. Schumock will receive the award at ASHP’s Midyear Clinical Meeting in December.

Setting the Standard for Setting the Standard Stephanie Crawford Helps Shape Drug Standards The United States Pharmaopedia Convention (USP) has recognized Associate Professor Stephanie Crawford of the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes,

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and Policy. In August, Crawford was awarded the USP’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Standard-Setting Process. As noted in her nomination papers, “Under the remarkable leadership of the chair, Dr. Thomas Reinders, and vice chair, Dr. Stephanie Crawford, the Nomenclature, Safety and Labeling Expert Committee’s (NSLEC) body of work has meritoriously served in performing USP’s role in law by establishing monograph titles, defining appropriate labeling and developing quality standards to support practitioners in the safe and effective implementation of USP-NF standards.”

College Appoints Director of Graduate Education Director Will Oversee Master’s and PhD Students, Graduate Students, and Fellows Dr. Seungyo Hong was appointed the director of graduate education for the College of Pharmacy in July. Dr. Hong joined the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences (BPS) in August 2008 and quickly became a highly productive researcher, prolific writer, and a dedicated, respected educator in the college. In his role as director of graduate education, Seungpyo will work closely with associate dean for research and

graduate education, Joanna Burdette, to oversee and coordinate not only the college’s master’s and PhD programs, but also the affairs of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical fellows across our programs and departments.

He will collaborate with the directors of graduate studies for each of the departments to provide and enssure an optimal graduate experience, evaluate the effectiveness of our respective programs, conduct assessment and analysis of each, and participate in the curriculum revision as needed.

Thomas TenHoeve Honored by Alumni Association University of Utah Recognizes UIC Associate Dean for Student Affairs The University of Utah School of Medicine’s alumni association selected Thomas TenHoeve as one of their Alumni of the Year.

TenHoeve was presented with the distinction at a general session of the Alumni Association on June 18. The association stated that they wanted to recognize TenHoeve for his “continued support of the school and its efforts to assist in the education and prevention of substance abuse.”

UIC Professors Interviewed for Their Sickle Cell Research Wilkie and Wang Working on New Way to Ease Pain

Pharmacist of the Year: Mary Moody Illinois Council of HealthSystem Pharmacists Recognizes UIC Professor

Dr. Andy Donnelly Wins Mentorship Award Award Named after Former UIC Pharmacy Faculty Member Clinical Professor Andy Donnelly has won the 2014 Amy Ladolce Mentorship Award. The award, created in 2013, is named after former UIC College of Pharmacy faculty member Amy Ladolce. Ladolce oversaw the training of many pharmacy resident in her years and was seen as a tireless champion of students. Sadly, Ladolce passed away in 2013. The award in her name is given each year to a person who is an ICHP member in good standing; exemplary preceptor, professor, or mentor; and a positive role model.

Diana Wilkie, professor and Harriet Werley Endowed Chair for Nursing Research, and Z. Jim Wang, professor of pharmacology and pharmaceutics, were interviewed for the story “Life Beyond the Pain” published in a special supplement in Nature on sickle-cell disease. Wilkie and Wang are researching how the widely used antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine could be used to reduce pain caused by the blood disease.

Simon Pickard Elected Chair of the Executive Committee of EuroQol Pickard is Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice Dr. Simon Pickard, has been elected to a two-year term as chair of the Executive Committee of the EuroQol Group. The EuroQol group is an international association of researchers that focus on the EQ-5D, a measure generating a single index value for health status with considerable potential for use in healthcare evaluation. The executive committee is composed of nine members who are elected by the members of the EuroQol Group.

The Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists awarded Professor Mary Moody their prestigious Pharmacist of the Year Award. The award is given annually to individuals of “high moral character, good citizenship and high professional ideals, who has made significant contributions affecting the practice of health-system pharmacy throughout the state.” The award has been given every year since 1966.

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FACULTY FANFARE

Edith Nutescu Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors for Pharmacotherapy Term Began January 2015 Dr. Edith Nutescu, CPR codirector, was recently appointed chairman of the Board of Directors for Pharmacotherapy Publications, Inc. Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy is the official journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

Dr. Nutescu was appointed chairman of the board for a two-year term beginning in January of 2015.

Former UIC Pharmacy Dean Henri Manasse Wins Medal from St. Louis College of Pharmacy Manasse Is Also a UIC Alum

Dr. Mankin Wins 2014 Distinguished Professor Award Fourth Win for the College of Pharmacy Dr. Alexander Mankin has been appointed as a 2014 UIC Distinguished Professor. This appointment was created to recruit and recognize persons who have made a significant impact upon their field through scholarship, creativity, and leadership. Shura is the fourth recipient of this honor in the college, joining Bill Beck, John Pezzuto, and Norm Farnsworth.

UIC to be involved in the FDA Sentinel Initiative Follows Mini-Sentinel Program The FDA has awarded a very large grant to a consortium led by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute to run the FDA Sentinel Initiative. UIC is a member of the consortium, and UIC investigators include PSOP and CPR faculty Glen Schumock, Todd Lee, and Simon Pickard. UIC was also involved in “MiniSentinel,� the program that preceded Sentinel Initiative.

Dr. Henri Manasse was awarded the Henry Milton Whepley Medal from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. The award is named after the former dean of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

Whelpley became dean of the college in 1904 and transformed it into a college of pharmacy for the twentieth century. He moved it from a part-time evening program into a full-time day program. He continued to teach, first as professor of pharmacognosy in 1918, then as professor of physiology, pharmacognosy, and materia medica in 1922.

Z. Jim Wang Joins Editorial Advisory Board Journal Welcomes UIC Professor Dr. Z. Jim Wang, professor of pharmacology and pharmaceutics, has joined the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

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Numerous New Grants Received

by Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy FDA and Pew Foundation among the Funders Simon Pickard (PI), Stephanie Crawford, Todd Lee, Lisa Sharp, Henri Manasse, and Ed Rickert have received a new grant from the Pew Foundation. The title of the grant is “National Survey and Assessment of State Oversight of Drug Compounding.”

Surrey Walton is coinvestigator on two new grants. The first is an R18 sponsored by AHRQ titled “EMR-based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid use.”

The second is funded by the State of Illinois Department of Insurance and is titled “Training Health Insurance Enrollees for Implementation of the ACA in Illinois.”

Dr. Mankin Named ASM Academy Fellow For 2014 Membership Decided by Peers Dr. Alexander Mankin has been named as a 2014 Fellow for the American Academy of Microbiology. Fellows of the Academy are elected annually through a highly selective, peer-review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology.

Dima Qato Receives Award from American Public Health Association Quato Is Assistant Professor in College of Pharmacy Dr. Qato’s paper “Drug-Alcohol Interactions among Older Adults in the U.S.” was selected for Honorable Mention for the 2014 James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award. The award was given by the APhA Aging & Public Health Section and the Section Award Committee and was presented at the APhA Aging and Public Health Section Awards Ceremony on Monday, November 17, 2014.

Stamp of Approval

The pharmacy stamp was issued in Cincinnati in 1972. The National Association of Retail Druggists (now the National Community Pharmacists Association) began lobbying for a stamp in 1960 when they noticed that other medical professions had all been honored with a stamp.

IPHA Chooses Spunt as Honorary President Spunt Was UIC’s Assistant Head of Pharmacy Practice The Illinois Public Health Association has selected Avery Spunt as their honorary president. Spunt was the longtime assistant head of pharmacy practice at UIC. He has since moved on to Midwestern University where, until recently (see Class Notes) he served as associate dean for their college of pharmacy.

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Support the Dean Henri R. Manasse, Jr., Scholarship

If you’re a College of Pharmacy alumnus or ASHP member, chances are, you’ve heard of Henri R. Manasse, Jr., PhD, ScD. As a strong visionary and inspirational leader, former dean Manasse helped to move the college and profession forward having set an audacious goal of Doctor of Pharmacy for every graduate of the UIC College of Pharmacy. This was an early first step for a man who would go on to spend his career working to serve, represent, and rightfully elevate pharmacists who practice in hospitals and health systems across the country.

Educated as a pharmacist at the University of Illinois in 1968, Dr. Manasse went on to earn a master of arts in educational psychology from Loyola University Chicago and a PhD in pharmacy administration from the University of Minnesota. Through his education, training, and life experiences, Dr. Manasse developed a unique set of skills, perspective, and philosophy regarding his chosen professional. He would go on to serve a number of leadership positions, including dean and professor of pharmacy administration at the college, vice chancellor for health sciences at the University of Illinois Medical Center, vice president for health sciences at the University of Iowa, and chairman of the board of the University of Iowa Health System before serving as the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Throughout his long and accomplished career, he was always focusing on opening new doors and redefining care models for pharmacists to use their extensive clinical knowledge to contribute at the forefront of patient care.

Given his extensive and impactful career, the college hopes to ensure Dr. Manasse’s legacy of leadership with the creation of a $25,000 endowed scholarship in his name.

We need your help. Please consider a $250 gift to the Dean Henri R. Manasse, Jr., Scholarship Fund.

Your gift, combined with those of other alumni, will honor a visionary leader who has impacted the lives of our alumni as well as the professional for many years to come.

Give your gift today. Visit pharmgiving.uic.edu.

See if your employer sponsors a matching gift program and make your contribution go even further!

Learn more by visiting www.uif.uillinois.edu/matching.

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THE ROCKFORD FILES

Know Your Pharmacist – Know Your Medicine

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ockford mayor Lawrence Morrissey proclaimed the month of October to be American Pharmacist Month and urges all our citizens to acknowledge the valuable services of pharmacists as healthcare providers that provide safe, affordable, and beneficial patient-centered care to all citizens. The president of the American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Student Pharmacist UIC chapter in Rockford requested the proclamation in order to highlight the value of pharmacy and pharmacists in the Rockford area.

information about how and when to take their medications, potential side effects and drug interactions, and recommendations on over-the-counter and herbal medications. Don’t just know your pharmacist, use your pharmacist.”

David Bartels, pharmd, vice dean of the UIC College of Pharmacy at Rockford, states, “Pharmacists are one of the most respected and accessible of all health professionals. Pharmacists should be used by patients for

There are over 254,000 pharmacists licensed in the United States and nearly 18,000 pharmacists in Illinois providing service and healthcare counseling to enssure the rational and safe use of all medications. Pharmacists are

Pharmacists, as healthcare providers, are specifically educated with a focus and level of expertise on medication therapy. They are ideally suited to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and patients to improve medication use and outcomes by providing services through medication therapy management.

best positioned to be the healthcare providers who ensure patients take their medications as prescribed and provide patient care that ensures the best medication therapy outcomes.

Pharmacists ensure the safety of drug use, diligently working to reduce medication abuse, discontinuing medications with no indication, and advocating for the safe use of all medications. This is important because today’s powerful medications require greater attention to the manner in which they are used by different patient population groups, both clinically and demographically.

Remember to know your pharmacist— know your medicine.

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GIVING

Hayat Pharmacies and McKesson Give to College of Pharmacy

Dr. Nick Popovich, left, and Chris Shoemaker, right, accept $5,000 on behalf of the College of Pharmacy. Next to Dr. Popovich is Hashim Zaibek and Fatima Zaibek of Hayat Pharmacy in Milwaukee and Tressina Cisneros of McKesson.

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ayat Health Mart Pharmacies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, owned by Hasim Zaibek, pharmd ’99, and his wife, Bushra, has been awarded the Pharmacy of the Year honor from the healthcare services firm McKesson. As part of the award, $5,000 was donated to the UIC College of Pharmacy from McKesson in Zaibek’s name. The presentation took place during a seminar at UIC where Zaibek spoke to students about the independent pharmacy business.

“My wife and I started Hayat Health Mart Pharmacy with the intention of making a difference and affecting change in our community because at the end of the day, there is always a patient who cannot afford their medication or someone who just cannot get to the pharmacy. We wanted to do more for the underserved community and provide a higher level of care and knowledge to increase compliance and promote good health,” said Zaibak. “The partnership we have with McKesson, with continuous support 14

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and access to new clinical programs and technology solutions, has played a significant role in our success and our ability to make an impact. Being Pharmacy of the Year means that we have been blessed by being able to achieve many of the goals we set for ourselves, but it also inspires us to achieve even bigger goals in the future.”

Hayat Health Mart is the only pharmacy in the area to offer free delivery, in-home medication therapy management (MTM), and a medication synchronization program called Simplify My Meds®, developed by the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). To simplify their patients’ lives and increase therapy compliance, the five Hayat locations help more than 400 patients with medication synchronization. A pharmacy employee regularly calls patients when their monthly coordinated prescription pick-up date is coming, checks for any discontinued items, and reviews any new therapies with the patient. Hayat Health Mart Pharmacy is leading the

way for MTM and med-sync programs throughout Wisconsin, and Zaibak is teaching the continuing education course “Practical Steps for Integrating MTM into Your Daily Practice Routine” at the McKesson ideaShare conference.

“Through their passionate commitment to serving the needs of their community, Hashim Zaibak and his team at Hayat Health Mart Pharmacy clearly demonstrate why community pharmacy continues to succeed and grow,” said Mark Walchirk, president, McKesson U.S. Pharmaceutical. “McKesson is proud to provide independent pharmacies with clinical programs to help improve patient outcomes, marketing support to expand their local presence, and technology solutions to help increase revenue and efficiencies.

Hayat Health Mart has become an integral member of its community by establishing strong, personal relationships with patients and offering the latest clinical services for improved health.”

Cool Gift from the Class of 2013

A Sign of the Times The class of 2013 donated money to the College of Pharmacy to purchase a refrigerator for the locker room. The stainless steel Fridgidaire was delivered in August.

There is no date on this submission, but judging from the other items in the collection it is likely from the early 1940s. Prescriptions will be filled for either six months or five refills, which ever comes first.

CIPhA Honors Jody Mallicoat Central Illinois Pharmacy Association (CIPhA) honored UIC student Jodi Mallicoat with a $1,000 award. Their generosity is being matched by UIC, bringing her total award to $2,000.

Congratulations, Jody!

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Pharmacists Without Borders With a tradition of international collaboration, the College of Pharmacy is advancing pharmacy practice and education one country at a time

BY SARA LANGEN ean Emeritus Henri Manasse has always looked at the pharmacy profession through a global lens.

“I came to the United States from the Netherlands in 1954,” he shares.

“Having been born and raised in Europe, I’ve always been more focused on pharmacy outside of the United States. Pharmacy has always been seen by immigrant families as a way to enhance their social standing. If you look across the faces of our classes today, it’s an immensely diverse program.”

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This international perspective is what led him to pursue collaborative relationships with the World Health Organization (WHO) and colleges of pharmacy around the world while he served as dean. In 1983, he led a team of faculty on an unprecedented trip to the People’s Republic of China to teach at the Peking Union Medical College and Hospital (PUMCH).

“We developed a relationship that continues to this day,” he says. “I think practice has changed in China—the thinking about what hospital pharmacy should look like, what pharmacists

should be doing and what kind of education they should have. That’s taken hold in China as a consequence of our longstanding relationship.”

The way pharmacy is taught and practiced around the world is changing, thanks in part to College of Pharmacy’s (COP) partnerships in China and other countries. With its emphasis on clinical practice, the impact the college is having is profound.

“In other parts of the world where the concepts around clinical pharmacy are being developed, they’ve relied heavily

on the experiences at the University of Illinois [at Chicago],” Manasse says. “On the scientific side, most universities around the world have been in contact with us.”

The international educational opportunities the college provides on campus are also creating change abroad, he says.

“We have a very big graduate student population who come from foreign countries, and when they finish, they go back and influence their own countries,” he explains.

“One of the reasons I have so many friends around the world is that many of them are former students.”

This global emphasis, part of Dean Jerry Bauman’s vision statement to make COP a global leader in the field, is also strongly connected to the mission of the university.

“We are a very international campus,” Manasse says. “There’s been this natural proclivity towards international engagement because of the nature of who we are.”

Today, the college has collaborative relationships with institutions and governments in more than 20 countries. Faculty members are routinely invited to teach, speak, and present workshops around the world, often in partnership with local professional organizations and, in some instances, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).

The WHO taps COP talent for a number of initiatives, including the Collaborating Centres for Traditional Medicine. The college is also one of the thought leaders participating in the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s initiative to reform curriculum and reconfigure pharmacy education to influence practice and science worldwide.

Here, we highlight a few of the many long-term international initiatives that have become an important part of the fabric of the college, enriching itself as it advances pharmacy practice and education around the world.

Footprints in China Faculty members have introduced a generation of Chinese pharmacists to COP’s vision of clinical pharmacy education and practice. For international clinical pharmacy education director and professor Alan Lau, one of the most gratifying outcomes has been watching students become influential leaders in the field, revolutionizing pharmacy practice in their country.

“We want people around the world to improve their well being and be enpowered through pharmacy services and education programs,” Lau says. “It’s good to see what we did years ago have an impact on the individuals, who in turn affect other people.”

Zhu Zhu was one of those students. Today, Zhu is professor and associate director in the pharmacy department of PUMCH and president of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association’s (CPA) Hospital Pharmacy Committee.

In the ’80s, Zhu served as an interpreter for Lau and other UIC faculty.

“They brought the necessary knowledge and skills on clinical pharmacy to Chinese pharmacists,” Zhu remembers. “Around 300 pharmacists nationwide were trained. The one-year course on clinical pharmacy was the only one in China at that time.”

It’s a program that had a lasting impact on the country.

“Those trainees were the earliest clinical pharmacists to promote rational use of medications and to record and reduce adverse drug reactions in China,” Zhu says. “[UIC]’s dedication and effort to develop clinical pharmacy in China was greatly appreciated. Their footprints were left from the north of China to the south, from the west to the east.”

COP continues to create new footprints in China today, through partnerships with organizations like CPA, provincial/local pharmaceutical associations, as

History in the Making A timeline documenting some of the main highlights in COP’s history of international collaboration

1980s

• Faculty members travel to Beijing to teach at the Peking Union Medical College and Hospital.

• Dr. Jerry Bauman teaches clinical pharmacy in England.

1990s

• UIC participates in the US-Thai Consortium.

• Faculty members begin teaching at Meiji Pharmaceutical University in Japan.

2000s

• Establish relationships with the Association of Asian Schools of Pharmacy and Asian Conference of Clinical Pharmacy.

• UIC collaborates with the National University of Singapore (NUS) to develop a PharmD curriculum and train faculty. NUS PharmD students come to UIC for clinical education.

• Hong Kong Hospital Authority sends pharmacists to UIC for short-term clinical education and invites UIC to organize pharmacotherapy workshops in Hong Kong.

• COP receives a gift to support collaboration with National Taiwan University to develop the country’s first PharmD program and offer training to their clinical preceptors.

• UIC begins collaborative relationship with the Ministry of Health in Malaysia.

2010s

• A CCP, in conjunction with UIC faculty members, offers pharmacotherapy review/board preparation courses in several countries, including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia.

• Establish relationships with Indonesian Pharmaceutical Association and Airlangga University.

• The University of Malta begins collaboration with UIC. • ACCP and UIC develop postgraduate training programs with Singapore’s Ministry of Health. UIC organized programs for the Singapore General Hospital Postgraduate Allied Health Institute.

• UIC offers a clinical education program for pharmacists from the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association.

• UIC offers a four-week summer program for students from different universities in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

• UIC and ACCP work with the Saudi National Guard Health Affairs to advance clinical education and practice.

NEW THIS YEAR:

• Seven faculty members and pharmacist preceptors from the University of Malta visit UIC in April to learn about clinical practice and education. UIC organizes a workshop on clinical teaching at the University of Malta in August.

• Four preceptors from Taipei Medical University travel to UIC for clinical education.

• UIC offers two-week courses on developing clinical pharmacy service and education programs to pharmacy directors from China in July and October.

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well as universities and hospitals to create clinical education programs, some of which allow Chinese pharmacists to learn at UIC.

students and pharmacists from three universities in Taiwan and Hong Kong attended the program, with another 43 in 2014 from seven universities.

“After training at UIC, trainees get more confident to practice properly,” Zhu says.

“Some become role models and trainers, instructing more pharmacists here.”

Projects like these are possible thanks to a major alumni gift to support collaboration with NTU and develop the first PharmD program in Taiwan and train clinical faculty members through programs at UIC and workshops in Taiwan.

Investing in Taiwan After her father suffered kidney damage caused by the inappropriate use of unknown drugs, Margaret Hsiang-Wen Lin wanted to do something to ensure it didn’t happen to others.

“He is under hemodialysis currently and needs professional help to take medications appropriately because he still has several superstitious beliefs about not taking medications,” she shares. “After I earned a doctoral degree in pharmacy administration, I hoped to employ a more efficient way to manage my father’s situation and help others as well.”

In 2000, Lin had the opportunity to study clinical pharmacy for three months at UIC after meeting Lau when he lectured at National Taiwan University (NTU). The experience made such a lasting impact that she returned to UIC three years later to work on a doctoral degree in pharmacy administration.

With the support of many faculty mentors, including Professors Nicholas Popovich, Swu-Jane Lin, and A. Simon Pickard, she went on to become associate professor in the School of Pharmacy and Graduate Institute at Taiwan’s China Medical University (CMU), where she also serves as a supervising pharmacist of the hospital and chairman of the International Affairs Committee.

“Without their mentorship, guidance, facilitation, and support, I would not have had a chance to accomplish the academic work in an efficient way and fulfill my responsibilities today for dealing with the many issues of international cooperation,” she says.

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Lin is an example of how investments made in the students of today continue to deliver returns in the students of the tomorrow, Lau says. “We helped her years ago, and now she is head of the graduate institute and we work together on other programs that can impact pharmacy education and practice in Taiwan.”

Paving the way in Thailand One of the college’s longest, most in-depth international relationships is with the US-Thai Consortium for the Development of Pharmacy Education in Thailand.

“We’ve been doing it for 20 years and seen so many positive outcomes,” Executive Associate Dean Janet P. Engle explains. “We’ve trained a number of PharmD students, residents, and fellows who have gone back to Thailand as faculty and been able to make a difference in patient care and pharmacy education in the country.”

It’s a partnership Engle has worked closely with since the consortium was founded in 1994, when nine U.S. schools of pharmacy partnered with eight schools of pharmacy in Thailand and the Thai government to advance pharmacy education and practice to address a severe shortage of pharmacists in the country.

“That was one of the main drivers for establishing the consortium, so they would have new faculty to teach in these new programs to create more pharmacists, and that has absolutely worked,” Engle says. “They’ve seen us as helping them pave the way for clinical practice in the country.”

One of those UIC-educated Thai faculty members, Preecha Montakantikul, who

did his residency at UIC 18 years ago, inspired Supatat Chumnumwat, pharmd ’13, to follow in his footsteps.

“He is my role model for a great clinical pharmacist,” Chumnumwat said. “If UIC could train him to be a great pharmacist, there is no reason for me to not come here when I have a chance.”

A faculty member at Thailand’s Mahidol University, Chumnumwat is currently a PGY2 resident in pharmacogenomics, after completing the PGY1 pharmacy residency program here. He may be one of the first pharmacists in Thailand to have specialized in pharmacogenomics, allowing him to collaborate with other medical professionals there to improve patient care.

“In my country, the first group of clinical pharmacists trained at UIC went back to Thailand and made a huge impact on the role of clinical pharmacist,” he says. “But we still need to continuously maintain and improve. Continuing these initiatives is a great chance for us to learn from each other.”

Our collaborative future With recent programs in the Middle East, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the COP is expanding its territory. Exciting new collaborations include requests from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Malta to develop and to collaboratively teach their master of clinical pharmacy and doctor of pharmacy programs.

Globally, the pharmacy profession has been evolving from the traditional practice of dispensing and manufacturing medications to a more clinical practice and education involving patient care, Lau says. As more countries move in that direction, UIC is there to help them make the transition.

“We have one of the top pharmacy schools in the United States, and it is commonly recognized that we have one of the most comprehensive clinical programs at a very high level,” Lau says. “And we have the culture of doing [international outreach], thanks to what Dr. Henri Manasse started some 30 years ago.”

A World of Difference

Bahrain Faculty members helped upgrade the country’s pharmacy curriculum.

China Since the 1980s, faculty members have taught at universities, medical centers, and conferences, and Chinese pharmacists have attended programs on the UIC campus.

Hong Kong UIC is collaborating with the University of Hong Kong to develop their master of clinical pharmacy and doctor of pharmacy programs.

Indonesia In 2013, more than 300 Indonesian pharmacists attended a pharmacotherapy review/board preparation course organized by UIC and ACCP. Japan Faculty have taught graduate clinical pharmacy students at Meiji Pharmaceutical University since the 1990s, with Japanese faculty members observing clinical practice and teaching at UIC. Malaysia UIC has a collaborative relationship with the Malaysia Ministry of Health, with UIC faculty members teaching there and Malaysian pharmacists coming to Chicago for short-term clinical education.

Malta UIC is collaborating with the University of Malta to develop and teach their PharmD and master of clinical pharmacy programs.

Saudi Arabia UIC and ACCP are working with Saudi National Guard Health Affairs to advance clinical education and practice.

Singapore For the past decade, UIC has helped the National University of Singapore develop its PharmD curriculum and trained several of their faculty members.

Taiwan In 2008, COP received a major gift from an alumnus to support collaboration with National Taiwan University to develop the first PharmD program in Taiwan and train faculty via clinical education at UIC and pharmacotherapy workshops at NTU. Thailand UIC was one of the founders of the US-Thai Consortium, which facilitates collaboration between Thai pharmacy schools and U.S. colleges of pharmacy to train faculty members for Thai schools.

United Kingdom Dean Jerry Bauman spent five weeks in the mid-’80s teaching clinical pharmacy in England, training pharmacists who became leaders in the field in the U.K. and Europe.

Vietnam UIC faculty members have been active participants and speakers at conferences.

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Dr. Alexander “Shura� Mankin (third from the left) with son Alejandro Mankin, wife Nora Vazquez-Laslop, and daughter Maria Mankin.

Professorship medals are only part of the award.

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Dr. Mankin accepts the Alexander Neyfahk Professorship.

Dr. Dan Touchette, Takeda Professor of Drug Adherence.

Dr. van Breeman (third from the left) with the Lu Family. Mei Hwei Lu, Dr. Matthias Lu, Dan Lu, Kathleen Lu, and Niko Dounchis.

Investing In Intellect

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hree named professorships have been proudly added to the UIC College of Pharmacy. Each of the professorships represents a robust investment in the faculty as well as the research mission of the college.

They also serve as a lasting tribute to the person for whom each professorship was named. And granting a faculty member a named professorship is also one of the college’s highest academic honors.

Named professorships are, quite literally, the gift that keeps on giving.

Receiving the newly- minted professorships are Dr. Richard van Breemen, Dr. Alexander “Shura” Mankin, and Dr. Dan Touchette. Each recipient is a veteran educator and researcher at UIC. Dr. van Breemen has been a professor of medicinal chemistry at UIC for 20 years in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Oberlin College and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University.

He is also currently the director of the UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research. Dr. van Breemen received the Matthias C. Lu Professorship, named after one of the most beloved teachers in the history of the UIC College of Pharmacy.

Dr. Lu joined the faculty in 1973 and served for over 30 years. At UIC, Dr. Lu received the Urban Health Program Distinguished Faculty Award in 2005; UIC Excellence in Teaching Award in 1995; UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award in 2001; UIC College of Pharmacy Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1998; and the UIC College of Pharmacy Golden Apple Award in 2000 and 2001. Dr. Lu retired in 2010.

Dr. Mankin came to UIC from such disparate institutions as UC Santa Cruz and the University of Moscow. He is a professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy as well as the director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.

Dr. Mankin was honored with the Alexander Neyfahk Professorship. Dr. Neyfahk was a distinguished former professor.

Dr. Neyfakh received his PhD in 1986 from Moscow University. He joined the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and the Department of Medicinal Chemistry in 1990 and became full professor in 2002. Dr. Neyfakh was the first to introduce modern molecular biology to PharmD students and was the driving force behind the development of the curriculum of the biotechnology track of the graduate program in pharmacognosy. Sadly, he passed away when he was only 47, and yet he made enormous contributions to the development of center, department, and college.

Dr. Touchette has been an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy for nine years. He has been a core faculty member of the UIC Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research since August 2005. Dr. Touchette also directs the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s Practice-Based Research Network. And now Dr. Touchette adds “Takeda Professor in Medication Adherence” to his CV. Located in Deerfield, Illinois, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. is a wholly- owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, the largest pharmaceutical company in Japan. Dr. Touchette, with Takeda’s support, will study how health outcomes can be improved when patients take the right dose of

medicine at the right time.

Professorships like these give UIC an edge in recruiting and retaining quality faculty like Drs. van Breemen, Mankin, and Touchette, as well as honoring past faulty members like Drs. Lu and Neyfakh. They also provide an invaluable way for pharmaceutical companies to collaborate with the college.

And the gift keeps on giving.

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REUNION 2014

Reunion 2014 REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD: More than 200 UIC Pharmacy alumni gathered at Harry Carey’s Italian Steakhouse in Oak Brook, Illinois, for the 2014 COP Reunion. They were treated to dinner, music, and the Alumni Awards Ceremony. (More on the Awards Ceremony on Page 24.)

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2014 AWARDS

Honoring excellence Each year, the College of Pharmacy Alumni Association recognizes outstanding graduates during Reunion. Here, we meet the all-stars of 2014.

NAZIA FATIMA, pharmd ’07 Rising Star Award Recipient THE RISING STAR AWARD recognizes

alumni who graduated within the last ten years and have distinguished themselves in their careers while showing great promise for the future. Nazia Fatima receives this year’s Rising Star honor for her exceptional work that already has gained her notable recognition.

Nazia began her career path in 2002 when she graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry. After graduation, she started working as a pharmacy technician at Walgreens, where she first realized the impact that pharmacists can have on the lives of individual patients. In 2003, she enrolled in the UIC College of Pharmacy. As a student, she continued to work part-time at Walgreens but simultaneously explored other career options for pharmacists.

It was during her first rotation, as a fourth-year pharmacy student, at Ovation Pharmaceuticals that she was introduced to a career in the pharmaceutical industry (pharma). The prospect of having an opportunity to impact the lives of millions of patients by bringing new drugs to the market excited her. In 2007, upon graduating from pharmacy school, she was hired at Ovation as a medical information associate. Subsequently,

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at Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals (formerly Ovation Pharmaceuticals), she transited to roles of increasing responsibility, first as a medical science liaison and then as the head of medical information.

While working full-time at Lundbeck, Nazia also enrolled in the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, to pursue an MBA, majoring in marketing and health enterprise management.

In 2013, after completing her MBA and amassing close to seven years of experience in pharma, which included seven new drug launches, she switched course from the private to the public sector and accepted a position with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a regulatory review officer in the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion. Nazia finds her work at the FDA engaging and deeply rewarding as it allows her to be at the intersection of science, business, law, and regulatory policy—with a continuing focus on meaningfully impacting public health.

Throughout her career Nazia has continued to precept pharmacy students because she believes that developing pharmacy students to meet the needs of the future is essential. She hopes that her students learn, just as she did years ago, that devoting oneself to the health and welfare of the general public is a goal worth striving for and a core tenet of the oath that all pharmacists must take.

She currently lives in northern Virginia with her very supportive husband of three years, Dr. Salman Ali.

DAVID W. HICKS, bs ’76, mba Jesse Stewart Service Award Recipient THE JESSE STEWART SERVICE AWARD

is named in honor of a former faculty member and recognizes a person who has been generous in his or her service to the profession, the community, and/or the college. David W. Hicks is this year’s recipient and exemplified all three over the course of his career. Hicks received his BS in pharmacy from the University of Illinois and MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management. He has served as vice president and chief pharmacy officer at the University of Chicago Medical Center since 2007, where he has engineered a department turnaround with significant cost savings, new revenue streams, service improvements, and new clinical initiatives, including the restarting of a pharmacy residency program. In 2012, Mr. Hicks also took on additional responsibility for all laboratory services departments.

He was previously director of automation for McKesson Medication Management, with responsibilities for operational redesigns and optimizing pharmacy automation systems at 150 hospital pharmacies managed nationwide by McKesson Medication Management. David has also provided consulting support for over 100 hospitals and hospital systems, including Hospital

Corporation of America, Advocate Health Care, University of Chicago, Sutter Health, University of Michigan, New York Presbyterian Health System, Baylor Health System, and River Valley Health Region in Canada. His consulting focused on operations management and redesigning operations to maximize benefits from automation.

He joined McKesson in 2000 after five years at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, Illinois. As Rush-Copley’s chief information officer, he led the selection and implementation of a hospital-wide electronic medical record/physician order-entry system as well as 30 other clinical and financial systems. While CIO and administrative director of pharmacy from 1996 to 1999 at Rush-Copley, he implemented a house-wide unit-based cabinet system to allow redeployment of pharmacists for unit-based order entry and patient monitoring.

He was director of pharmacy at Northern Illinois Medical Center from 1984 to 1996, where he led major, organization-wide initiatives in reengineering, operational improvement, and ambulatory services and directed the inpatient, outpatient, and home infusion pharmacies. At Northern Illinois Medical Center, he implemented the first hospital-wide profiled unit-based cabinet dispensing system in the state of Illinois. From 1991 to 1993, he also served as director of purchasing and materials management.

David received the annual McKesson Medication Management ICARE Customer Service Award in 2006 and 2007. At the University of Chicago Medical Center, he and his team have been recognized with American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Best Practice Awards in 2011 and 2012. He currently serves on the national advisory boards for the UIC College of Pharmacy and Chicago State University College of Pharmacy. continued on page 26

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2014 AWARDS Honoring excellence continued

DENNIS BRYAN, bs ’74, mba Alumnus of the Year Recipient One of the highest honors given to an alumnus by the College of Pharmacy, the Alumnus of the Year Award recognizes a graduate who has had a distinguished career, exhibits leadership, and has contributed significantly to the pharmacy profession. Dennis Bryan receives this year’s top honor in recognition of an exceptional career as a pharmacist, administrator, and clinical faculty member at the UIC College of Pharmacy.

Dennis is a 1974 UIC COP graduate who has been practicing pharmacy for over 40 years. His areas of practice have included institutional, community, chain, and independent pharmacies, as well as some occasional pharmacy consulting. He has held both staff and managerial positions. With his wife Anna (1977 UIC COP graduate), they established for 25 years an independent community practice. While he is now retired, he still finds time to be involved with professional activities.

As proof of his zeal for the profession, and his need to be involved, he is an active member of the American Pharmacist Association (APhA, 37 years), Illinois Pharmacist Association (IPhA, 37 years), and North Suburban Pharmacist Association (NSP).

His activities within the APhA included, participation in the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APPM)—serving three two-year terms, two as chairman of the Administrative Practice section plus one term as member-atlarge of the Institutional Practice section. He has

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reviewed abstracts, judged posters, and served as a program moderator. Dennis served as a delegate in the House of Delegates for over 12 years He introduced and succeeded in the passing a motion, “Dealing with the Association’s disdain with disparities in healthcare.”

His IPhA activities included serving as president, vice president, regional director and on various committees. Dennis participated as a member of the House of Delegates for over 20 years. During that time he introduced and succeeded in passing three motions.

1) “That all references to the word customer be changed to ‘patient’” 2) “That the Association supports the concept of pharmacists as ‘Healthcare Providers’ which included a directive sent to the legislative committee to seek language from the state legislature supporting such a move.”

3) “That the association creates a designation of an ‘IPhA Fellow’ as an association service award.”

Dennis has helped in the development of guidelines for the award, which are currently being reviewed by the awards committee. Dennis now serves on the canvas, editorial advisory, and finance committees.

As a member of NSP, Dennis assists with monthly meetings.

Dennis was instrumental in the development of the Illinois Pharmacy Practice act section dealing with compounded sterile products (CSPs). He currently is part of the section’s annual review committee.

Dennis’s leadership activities started 1974 while serving as senior class president, and he has never forgotten the needs of UICCOP. He has served as member of the alumni association board of directors for the last 12 years, serving one term as president.

He was a community pharmacy preceptor for 18 years and routinely assists with the school’s yearly White Coat Ceremony. Dennis is an interviewer of

Building on Tradition the school’s prospective P1 students and participates in the student mentoring program.

Dennis’s community activities have included membership in the Ukrainian Village Neighborhood Association. He had served as chairman of the Western Avenue Playlot Committee, which was responsible for the renovation of the play lot.

He was a member of the Chicago Asthma Consortium, participating on the board of directors and serving terms as its secretary and treasurer. He coached and refereed soccer during the season and at summer camps for the American Ukrainian Youth Association.

Dennis awards include APhA APPM Fellow (1999), Distinguished Achievement in Management (2011), National Community Pharmacist Association - The Pharmacy Leadership Award (2009), UICCOP Alumni Association - Jessie Stuart Community Service Award (2002), and Loyalty Award (2006).

Dennis is married to Anna (1977 UICCOP alumna), and they have two daughters, Ivanka and Victoria. Dennis and Anna live in Chicago and have just celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary!

The UIC College of Pharmacy has been located in several different buildings during its long history. These are just a few. In 1884, the school was located in downtown Chicago at 465–467 North State Street (Top). In 1954, the college finished its long walk down Wood Street (two previous locations were further north on Wood Street) and settled at its current location at 833 South Wood Street (Middle). In 2010, the school expanded to open a brand new campus in Rockford (Bottom).

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CLASS NOTES

Breaking tradition Rich Veenstra moves seamlessly between two careers in pharmacy and public service Most people wouldn’t be surprised to hear that Richard Veenstra, a 1972 graduate of the college, worked as general manager for the CVS Caremark Specialty Pharmacy in Mount Prospect. What most people might not expect to discover about Veenstra is that he was also mayor of Addison.

The duality of Rich Veenstra’s life began more than 30 years ago when he read an article in the local paper on the Addison Substance Responsibility Commission, which joined local schools and the police department in an effort to curb drug abuse by educating teenagers in their formative years. “Who better than a pharmacist to help with this?” he asked.

This initial foray into public service progressed to a more-than-20-year stint on the village’s board of trustees, for which he served as chair of two committees. He also became involved with other local programs like DARE and Operation Snowball, which features small student-group shut-in events focused on youth development and drug prevention.

Veenstra’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. In 1993, he was honored by the American Pharmacists Association with its Bowl of Hygeia Award, which recognizes pharmacists who have demonstrated outstanding civic leadership in their communities.

Before answering the call to public service, Veenstra began his pharmacy

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career in Chicago as a supervisor at Martha Washington Hospital.

Eight years later, he moved on to a position as pharmacy director at Glendale Heights Community Hospital, which later became Adventist Glen Oaks Hospital. By the time Veenstra left that post 18 years later, he was the facility’s vice president of clinical services. He then became general manager for NeighborCare Pharmacy, a longterm care pharmacy in Hickory Hills where he spent more than seven years.

Veenstra took pride in his post at CVS Caremark.

“The work was rewarding,” says Veenstra. “My team and I helped patients with complex—and often life-threatening—diseases to better understand their conditions, relieve many of their anxieties, improve their overall confidence in and compliance with their prescribed therapy treatment, and, ultimately, help them to achieve effective treatment outcomes.”

Q: Why pharmacy school?

A: Prior to college, I had an interest in both engineering and in psychology.

After speaking with several people in the medical profession, I realized that pharmacy combined the scientific aspects that I was interested in as well as the people-focus of psychology. It met both areas of interest for me.

Q: Was your position at CVS Caremark the sort of job that you envisioned yourself having after completing your degree?

A: In all honesty, no. I was very focused on a career in hospital pharmacy and had aspirations of becoming a director. What I discovered is that, as you mature in the profession, many varied avenues open to you.

As I moved from pharmacy director to hospital administration, to longterm care, and ultimately to specialty pharmacy, I found that each area of practice had its own unique challenges and rewards. At CVS Caremark, I was afforded the opportunity to be involved in the most rapidly growing segment of our profession, an opportunity to be involved in shaping the future of this important aspect of pharmacy practice.

Q: Where do you see specialty pharmacy going in the years ahead?

A: Specialty pharmacy is the most rapidly growing area of pharmacy because of the critical nature of the patients, the cost, the narrow safety margin of the medications, the exponential growth in the number of specialty drugs being released to the marketplace, and most importantly, the relationships that must be built between the patient and pharmacist. Specialty is an area that offers a tremendous amount of professional satisfaction and fulfillment.

Q: Do you feel the lessons you learned in pharmacy school help you somehow as mayor?

A: Pharmacy is, and always should be, a profession of service. From our very first classes in school, we learn that it should always be about the patient.

Those same values and focus translate directly to public service. It is about the people we serve. If we forget that, either as pharmacists or as public servants, we miss the essence of who we should

be or the satisfaction of knowing we have made a difference.

Q: What, if anything, has politics opened your eyes to you with respect to pharmacy?

A: Perhaps that politics and politicians can sometimes impede pharmacists from practicing, and that pharmacists have an obligation to clearly take a united stand on issues that impact our profession and our patients.

Q: How important do you think it is for pharmacists to get involved in associations, organizations, and/or government?

A: Critically important. Through professional organizations or political

involvement, our voices must be heard, especially when the future of our profession is being decided by nonpharmacist interests.

Q: What have you seen in your career regarding the profession of pharmacy?

A: Tremendous growth, progress, and maturation. The education and training that prepares a student to assume the responsibilities of a pharmacist have seen a remarkable evolution. The opportunities and areas of practice have evolved greatly. We have become true healthcare professionals, not because we claimed the role, but because we earned it.

Q: What’s your dream job?

A: Several years ago, on a trip to Italy, I met a pharmacist who practiced on the island of Capri—arguably one of the most beautiful places in the world. I asked him how busy he was, and he told me he was very busy.

He sometimes filled as many as 20 prescriptions a day. When I grow up, I want to work for him.

Q: If you could do it all over again, would you change anything? If so, what?

A: There have been days when I surely would have said yes. But in hindsight, the path that pharmacy has set for me is one that I would never change.

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CLASS NOTES 1970 Avery Spunt, bs, med ’84, retired as associate dean of Midwestern University College of Pharmacy.

on September 8. Son, Maksas Richard Bursua was born at 8:44 a.m., weighed 8lbs 20oz., and is 20.5 inches long.

1976, Scott Meyer, bs, is the proud grandfather of Nash Alexander Frieberg.

Nash was 6 lbs, 7 ozs, 20 inches long when he was born on August 13.

2006 Scott Siegert, pharmd, and wife Sherry Siegert, pharmd ’09, welcomed their son Cyrus Scott Siegert into the world on April 8. Cyrus joins siblings Cameron, Layla, and Hannah in the Siegert household.

2010 Stephanie Williams, pharmd, married Thomas Crosby on September 13.

2011, Nick Burge, pharmd, married Bethany Kearns on August 9.

1993 Candy Tsourounis, pharmd, was part of a team that led a comprehensive formulary review for UCSF Medical Center.

2004 Rosalyn Padiyara Vellurattil, pharmd, cde, and her husband Sijin Vellurattil, pharmd ’03, welcomed their second child, Gavin Lucas, to their family on August 29. Gavin weighed in at 7 lbs, 7oz. He joins proud big sister, Ava Rosemary (4 years old). Rosalyn is assistant dean of academic affairs and clinical associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy at the UIC College of Pharmacy.

Sijin is a pharmacist at West Suburban Medical Center, in Oak Park.

2011 Daerin Park, pharmd, was married to bride Lilly on July 19.

2007 Lauren (Lasak) Temme, pharmd, and husband Karsten Temme happily welcomed son Bennett to the world on August 7.

2012, Katie McCool, pharmd, got married to Ryan Nicholas on August 9.

2005 Adam Bursua, pharmd, and Vika Gylys, pharmd ’05, welcomed baby number three

2010 Caitlyn (Wilke) Solem, phd, ms ’07, and husband, Aaron Solem,are happy to announce the arrival of their daughter Eva Elizabeth Solem. Eva was born on March 20 and weighed in at 8lbs, 8oz.

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2011 Sharee Patel, pharmd, and Brian Leav, pharmd, were wedded on August 9.

2012 Teresa Wei, pharmd, wed Jeffrey Bowman on November 9, 2013. The couple both currently work at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois.

Another Sign of the Times

This pharmacy sign, clearly marked 1941, warns customers of a common problem in Illinois: tax hikes. Any items over $3.74 will be taxed at the rate of 2%.

2013 Soojin Jun, pharmd, and husband, Timothy, welcomed their third child, Evan Byunjoon. Evan joins brothers Ian and Ethan

2014 Dr. Nicole (Sinsabaugh) Joyce, pharmd, is now practicing in the U.S. Public Health Service.

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In Memoriam David Golden, phg ’32, 102 years old, passed away peacefully in Florida on July 17, 2014. He was the husband of the late Gertrude. Father of Richard, Howard, and Kenneth. Grandfather of six. Graduate of University of llinois Pharmacy School. Coowner of Golden Brothers Pharmacy and later was the chief pharmacist at Passavant Hospital.

Paul George Grussing, died early in the morning of July 13, 2014, at his apartment in Baxter, Minnesota, at age 81. He was born on April 7, 1933, to George and Anna Grussing and grew up in Clara City, Minnesota. He attended Macalester College and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1954. He then served in the U.S. Army in Frankfurt, Germany, where he put the language skills imparted by his grandmother to good use. After serving as the executive secretary of the Minnesota State Board of Pharmacy, Paul returned to the U of M at age 40 and earned a PhD in 1978. He was a professor of pharmacy administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago for nearly twenty years and was twice awarded the Rufus A. Lyman Award for the best paper published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Administration. He and his beloved wife, Ann Bangsund Grussing, retired in 1988 to a lakeside home that he designed in Pillager, Minnesota. Paul was devoted to his friends, his church, his community, and his family. Ann preceded him in death in 2012. He is survived by his brother, Roger Grussing of Pillager, Minnesota; his son Jon Grussing of London, England (along with Jon’s wife, Kate, and four children); and his daughter Jane Lonnquist of Edina, Minnesota (along with Jane’s husband, John; and two children.

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Prof. Zakaria H. Mbwambo, phd ’96, of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, passed away on Saturday, July 19, 2014, at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Born in Mamba Ivuga, Same district, Kilimanjaro, in 1956, Mbwambo obtained his MSc in pharmacy in 1984 at the Kharkov State Pharmaceutical Institute, Soviet Union, and completed his PhD in pharmacognosy (phytochemistry) at UIC under the supervision of Prof. A. Douglas Kinghorn in the area of cancer chemoprevention in 1996. His research interests focused on the discovery of compounds with anti-HIV-1 (protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitors) and anticancer activities from Tanzanian medicinal plants and the formulation of herbal medicines for use against HIV/AIDS and cancer. Prof. Mbwambo was a highly respected member of the chemistry community in Tanzania. He published over 50 scientific papers and was a fellow of the Tanzanian Academy of Sciences (TAAS).

Syl Lulinski, bs ’59, of La Grange Park, Illinois, passed away at his home on September 19, 2014, after an extended illness. Syl was born at home in Chicago on February 7, 1930, the only son of the late Sylvester E. and Martha (nee Paluch) Lulinski. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School (’47), studied philosophy at Loyola University for three years, and served four years in the Korean War as a USAF staff sergeant.

He attended the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy from 1955 to 1959 where he met his wife and would have celebrated 55 years of marriage on October 10. Together they owned Lulinski Pharmacy from 1959 to 1972.

Syl worked as chief pharmacist at Holy

Cross Hospital; held various sales management positions in Illinois, New York, and Maryland; was a VP of PE Systems, Inc.; and volunteered many years as the elected executive VP of the American Cribbage Congress. Syl was a gifted athlete and loved all sports and games, especially the Chicago Cubs and playing cribbage. He was voted into the ACC Hall of Fame in 1989 and the annual Syl Lulinski Tournament of Champions is named for him and is held each year in Reno, Nevada. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis; daughter, Darice Martha Grzybowski; and his only grandchild, Jeffrey Sylvester Grzybowski. He had one sister, the late Dr. Dolores Lulinski-Dybalski; and is survived by his brother-in-law, Jack Dybalski; sister-in-law, Rosalie (Rick) Malter; nephews Jack S. (Cathy) Dybalski, David (Debbie) Dybalski, and Alan (Gili) Malter, and nieces Susan Dybalski, Adina Lebowitz, Naomi (Max) Brand, and Judi (Mike) Rossetti.

Lucille V. Todd, phc ’34, 101 years old, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Lutheran Hillside Village in Peoria, Illinois. Lucille graduated from the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy in 1934. She practiced for more than 50 years.

Bob Dickman, bs ’52, passed away on October 20, 2014. Bob was an incredibly loyal alumnus and friend of the college. Bob Dickman was born and raised in Kankakee, Illinois. Shortly after graduation from Kankakee High School, he was drafted into the Navy, near the end of World War II. He returned to Chicago where he spent his college days (1948–1951) at the West-side Medical Center, graduating from the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy. He then worked at several pharmacies, gaining work experience in his field. Drafted again, this time into the Army, he served in Japan and Korea during the Korean War. He was assigned to Military Intelligence and the repatriation of prisoners.

Quoting his own brief bio in an article for the Willowbrook News, a church newsletter, some years back, he says “On my return, I accepted the position as director of pharmacy for a local hospital (in Rockford, Illinois, where his parents had moved). Some years later, I moved to a supervising position in the in-patient pharmacy for the University of Wisconsin Hospitals.

Later, I returned to Rockford to establish and serve as director of pharmacy and medical services for the new State of Illinois Mental Health Center for twelve years.”

The College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois would be the beneficiary of his assets and provide an income for him as long as needed. His continuing contacts with the school remained important to him to his last days. He was very proud of his class ring, which he wore for most of his life.

After a heart attack a few years after he had moved to Royal Oaks, he sold his car and no longer attended church. However, he kept in touch with many lifetime friends. As his health problems gradually increased, he became less social but continued to work jigsaw puzzles in a gathering place outside his apartment and to enjoy a meal a day in the dining room.

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For the full calendar of events, visit the College of Pharmacy Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs online at events.pharmacy.uic.edu.

Questions? Contact Deb Fox at (312) 996-0160 or dfox4@uic.edu.

Upcoming College of Pharmacy Events February 27 ANNUAL RESEARCH DAY March 8 ARIZONA ALUMNI EVENT AT CUBS PRESEASON GAME Annual Arizona alumni event.

Mesa, AZ Contact: Deb Fox: dfox4@uic.edu March 20 NORMAN R. FARNSWORTH LECTURE FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. MANSUKH WANI UIC College of Pharmacy Contact: Deb Fox: dfox4@uic.edu March 28 APhA ANNUAL MEETING UIC ALUMNI & FRIENDS RECEPTION House of Blues, San Diego, CA Attending APhA or interested in coming to the event contact Deb Fox at dfox4@ uic.edu April 2 63RD ANNUAL HONORS CONVOCATION UIC College of Pharmacy, Rm.134-1 Contact: Deb Fox: dfox4@uic.edu

May 7 COMMENCEMENT Keynote speaker Bill Fitzsimmons, bs ’83, UIC Forum Contact: Deb Agard: agard@uic.edu May 18 ISPOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS RECEPTION Philadelphia, PA Contact: Deb Fox: dfox4@uic.edu June 25 NEW JERSEY ALUMNI & FRIENDS DINNER Fiorino Ristorante Summit, NJ Contact: Deb Fox: dfox4@uic.edu November 14 ALUMNI REUNION Maggiano’s Little Italy Oakbrook, IL Contact: Deb Fox: dfox4@uic.edu