Delicious Fundraiser The Student Section of the Maryland Public Health Association (SMdPHA) recognized World AIDS Month in December with a Chili Cook-Off held in two venues — Pharmacy Hall and the University’s Southern Management Corporation Campus Center. Chapter members competed to see who had the best tasting chili with Olivia Akubuilo of the Class of 2018 taking top honors. Funds raised at the event were donated to the STAR TRACK program in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital. b Jonathan Myung of the Class of 2017 serves up chili at the Campus Center SMdPHA cook-off.
Chili cook-off winner Olivia Akubuilo.
SSHP Hosts IPE Event The Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP) hosted its annual Interprofessional Patient Management Competition in March, which focuses on promoting interprofessional education (IPE) and collaboration among students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The event allows students to apply their medical, social, and legal knowledge and skills to a complex patient case. Eight interprofessional teams participated in the first round of patient cases, with the top three teams invited back for a second round of oral presentations. b
The winning IPE student team consisted of, from left, Dorothy Kenny of the School of Medicine; Amy Rappole of the Carey School of Law; Mara Shindell of the School of Dentistry; Julia Hanessian of the School of Social Work; and Farrah Tavakoli of the Class of 2017 at the School of Pharmacy.
Allergies Nothing to Sneeze At The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) joined with the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists to host an allergy outreach event in March at a Rite Aid in Potomac, Md., near the School’s PharmD program at the Universities at Shady Grove. Students provided counseling to patients about appropriate medications to control their allergies. b
Christine Nguyen (left) and Alexandra Kirsch of the Class of 2018.
PPAG Raises Awareness Shady Grove students who volunteered at the event at Rite Aid included (from left) Chih-Wei Hsu and Yong Eun Song, both of the Class of 2016; Hey Young Oh and Julie Gould, both of the Class of 2017; and Semeon Kotov, Erika Saunders, and Dorinne Mettle-Amuah, all of the Class of 2018.
The Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) visited two Walgreens in Baltimore in March to educate the local community on whooping cough and the importance of getting vaccinated. The disease is preventable with immunizations, and PPAG’s goal was to raise awareness in the Baltimore community. b summe summer r 201 20155
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