ALUMNI PROFILE

Matthew Shimoda, PharmD, has been appointed to the Maryland Department of Health SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Technical Advisory Group.

Chris Cunningham, PhD, was elected to chair the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s Chemistry Section for the 2020-2021 term.

Diamond Melendez, PharmD, joined High Point University as director of the Standardized Client Experiences program in the Fred Wilson School of Pharmacy.

Michael J. Barton, BSP, retired after 25 years as pharmacist-in-charge at Omnicare.

Hoai-an Truong, PharmD, received the University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Public Service. Truong is professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. He also will represent Maryland in the 2020-2021 American Pharmacists Association’s (APhA) House of Delegates.

W. Chris Charles, PharmD, will represent Maryland in the 2020-2021 APhA’s House of Delegates.

Andrew York, PharmD, has been named executive director of the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board.

Kinbo Lee, PharmD, was appointed acting lead delegate and will represent Maryland in the 2020-2021 APhA’s House of Delegates.

Please send us updates on your personal and professional life. Have you changed jobs, had a recent promotion, received an honor or appointment? Did you recently get married or celebrate the birth of a child or a grandchild? Do you have an interesting hobby or participate in community service projects?

Please let us know by completing the School of Pharmacy’s online Class Notes form at www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/ alumni/resources/class-notes/.

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy honors the lives and memories of the following alumni who passed away between Jan. 1, 2020, and June 30, 2020. We are grateful to each of these alumni for the lasting impact that they made on the School community and the advances they achieved in pharmacy education, research, or practice.

If you would like to make a memorial gift, please use the enclosed giving envelope or call 410-706-5893.

Eugene P. Balcerak, BSP ’53 A. Edwin Balcerzak, BSP ’57 Bernard Billian, BSP ’53 Noel E. Durm, BSP ’55 Paul Freiman, BSP ’53 Thomas J. Hayman, BSP ’57 Nancy C. Kendricks, BSP ’60 Joseph Krall, BSP ’48 Norman L. Levin, BSP ’57 William C. Moore, BSP ’66 Sheldon E. Pollekoff, BSP ’55 Stanley E. Protokowicz, BSP ’58 Rochelle R. Rotenberg, BSP ’76 Joseph A. Teramani, BSP ’51 James P. Tristani, BSP ’73