1995 2003 Erin Elizabeth Derks, pharmd, of Chicago, is a pharmacy manager at Walgreens. She married Dick Derks on Jan. 18, 2008, and gave birth to daughter Anabelle Rose Derks on Oct. 23, 2010. 2003 Huzefa Master, pharmd, of Elmhurst, is a faculty member at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy. His daughter, Umme Salama Huzefa Master, was born on Aug. 13. 2004 Suzanne Rabi Soliman, pharmd, of Norwood, N.J., and her husband Will Soliman welcomed their second child, Sarah Marie, to their family on Oct. 1. Sarah weighed in at 6 lbs, 8 oz. Soliman is assistant dean of academic affairs and clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the UIC College of Pharmacy. Their first child, Jude, is two years old. 2007 Eva Morrison, pharmd, of Loves Park, is a pharmacy manager at Walgreens. She and her husband, Matt Morrison, pharmd ’06, who also works as a Walgreens pharmacy manager, welcomed their son, Evan Bradley, in 2011. 2007 Robert Wittenberg, pharmd, of Highland Park, is associate director of regulatory affairs, advertising, and promotion at Baxter International in Deerfield. He has two boys, Max (5 years old) and Alexander (2.5 years old), with his wife, Jamie. 2008 Janet Renee Kueker, pharmd, bs ’04 UIUC, of South Beloit, is a staff pharmacist with Walgreens. She and her husband, Joshua Kueker, welcomed their first child, Justin Clark Kueker, on June 25, 2012. 2008 Hee Jung Sung (Kang), pharmd, of Chicago, received her BCPS certifica-
tion in 2012. Sung and her husband, Joon, have two children, Alan (7 years old) and Allison (4 years old). 2009 Kelly Valla, pharmd, of Atlanta, Ga., is a clinical pharmacy specialist in hematology/oncology at Emory Healthcare. She was the 2010–11 recipient of the inaugural ACCP Hematology/ Oncology PRN PGY2 Oncology Resident of the Year award. Valla became a board-certified oncology pharmacist through the Board of Pharmacy Specialties. 2010 Leah M. Steinke, res, of Birmingham, Mich., is a clinical pharmacist specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan at the Detroit Medical Center. In September, Steinke was awarded the New Investigator Research Grant from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation. Steinke will use the $20,000 grant to conduct the study “Impact of Pharmacist-Led Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Rounds” with senior investigator Michael J. Rybak. Steinke is one of only two pharmacist investigators in the nation to receive a New Investigator Research Grant in 2013. 2011 Pat Fleming, pharmd, bs ’07 LAS, of Chicago, and his wife, Liz, welcomed their daughter, Colette Elizabeth, on June 24. Fleming is a clinical staff pharmacist in oncology at UIC. 2011 Sofia Gavas, pharmd, of Arlington Heights, was awarded the 2013 CVS Pharmacy Paragon Award for her district and region (District 3 and Region 57). Selection for the Paragon Award is based on individuals’ ability to deliver outstanding business results, lead their teams to excellence, and make substantial contributions to
Miriam Mobley-Smith, pharmd, of South Holland, was named Pharmacist of the Year at IPhA on Sept. 27. The Pharmacist of the Year award was first presented in 1950 and goes to an Illinois pharmacist who has made outstanding contributions to pharmacy practice, the profession, and the IPhA. After earning her PharmD, MobleySmith remained on as faculty for nearly 13 years with titles such as clinical assistant professor, academic programs coordinator, and director of experiential education. She began working for Chicago State University College of Pharmacy in 2007, where she is currently a tenured professor and dean. Mobley-Smith has received numerous awards, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Primary Healthcare Pharmacy Fellow and the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists Pharmacist of the Year award. She also earned the 2006 Illinois Area Agencies on Aging Sid Granet Aging Network Achievement Award and was appointed an AACP Academic Leadership Fellow. In 2010, she was appointed to the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy where she serves as member of the Pharmacy Workforce Center, Technical Advisory Panel, and Professional Examination Services Board of Directors. Mobley-Smith then was awarded the National Pharmaceutical Associations Chauncey I. Cooper Award in recognition of her sustained and distinguished service in the field of pharmacy and was recently appointed vice chair of the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education. She was also named a 2013 fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Mobley-Smith is an active member of the American Pharmacists Association, Chicago Pharmacists Association, Illinois Pharmacists Association, and Rho Chi. She has made more than 100 local, regional, and national presentations and completed a multitude of research projects, publications, and aging-related programming.
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