Delaram Bahmandar, Class of 2014 graduate from the College of Pharmacy at the Henderson campus, was awarded the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Excellence in Public Health Practice Award for demonstrating her commitment to public health and public health practices. Third-year student pharmacist Dhvani Doshi and second-year student pharmacist Whitney Johnston were the winners of the Henderson and South Jordan APhA-ASP Student Alliance 2014 Patient Counseling Competitions (respectively). The competitions, were the local qualifiers for the APhA-ASP National Patient Counseling Competition that was held at the 2014 APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in March 2014 in Orlando, Florida. James Le, a second-year Roseman University Pharm.D./MBA candidate at the South Jordan campus, was one of four students from across the country awarded the 2014 Express Scripts Scholarship. The Express Scripts Foundation Scholarship Program recognizes that dual degree students have increased financial obligations as well as diverse interests. A team of four students from the South Jordan National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) chapter placed in the top 10 for the 2014 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition. The business plan submitted by then-P1 pharmacy students Jordan Baird, Megan Corsi, James Le and Derrick Lin was one of 42 submitted from schools and colleges of pharmacy throughout the U.S. This was the first time that the Utah chapter has placed in the top 10 in the competition. Robert Angel, a third-year student pharmacist and Dr. Christina Madison, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, both from the Henderson campus, were honored by the American Pharmacists Association’s (APhA) 2014 Pharmacy Today One-to-One Patient Counseling Recognition Program during the APhA 2014 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida in March 2014. Roseman pharmacy students and faculty presented posters at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2014 Summer Meetings and Exhibitions in May 2014. The student poster was titled “Use of Interactive Technology for Student Education and Post-Graduate Education Opportunities Through a Student Professional Organization.” The student authors were Pouria Khan – PharmD Candidate 2015, Danielle Chipchura – PharmD/MBA Candidate 2015, Nestle Austero – PharmD/MBA Candidate 2015, and Rebecca Kim – PharmD/MBA Candidate 2015. The student’s faculty advisors were Dr. Renee Holder and Dr. Christina Madison. The faculty poster was titled “Evaluating Interviewer Characteristics in a Mock Interview for Pharmacy Practice Residencies.” The faculty authors were Dr. Roseann Visconti, Dr. William “Kai” Kuykendall and Dr. Ragini Bhakta. Dr. Trang Susan Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, was selected to participate with five other pharmacists in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation Research Boot Camp, a research skills development program composed of distance education, experiential and research conduct components. Dr. Heather Green, a Class of 2014 graduate from the AEODO/ 36 fall 2014
MBA residency program, was selected as a participant in the Charley Schultz Resident Scholar Competition at the American Association of Orthodontists Annual Meeting on April 26, 2014 in New Orleans. Her poster titled “Occlusal Plane Manipulation Effects on Root Angulation in CBCT Derived Pan-like Images” received positive reviews. Dr. Glen Roberson, clinic director and assistant professor, has been working on this research thread for a few years, was the primary research mentor for the project. Findings from this research impacts how 3D cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) data is utilized in routine orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. Roseman Cancer Researcher, Dr. Aurelio Lorico, has been selected as Editor of a new book entitled “Transmission of Information in Neoplasia by Extracellular Vesicles, Cell-Cell Fusion and Membrane Protrusions,” to be published by BioMed Research International, a well-known journal covering several areas of life sciences. The members of Impact Las Vegas, a nonprofit women’s giving circle in its inaugural grant year, voted on June 7 to award their first grant of $13,000 to Roseman University of Health Sciences. The grant will fund supplies for health screenings, such as blood pressure, blood glucose, and cholesterol, as well as oral healthcare exams, at the approximately 40 health fairs Roseman conducts each year, at no cost to the public, as part of their community outreach program. Dr. Christina Madison, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy Faculty at the Southern Nevada Health District, will speak at the University of Nevada School of Medicine’s 15th Annual Autumn Update, a continuing medical education event focusing on HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. The event, to be held November 8-9, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, brings together physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, mental health providers, administrators and other care providers to share information, skills and resources that they need to provide quality clinical care and services to patients affected by HIV and Hepatitis C. Dr. Madison was also one of two pharmacy experts interviewed for an article in the June 2014 issue of Pharmacy Today. This is an official publication of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and is nationally recognized. Madison’s expertise were quoted in the article entitled “Focus on Women’s Health: Experts discuss changes in pharmacotherapy landscape for women patients.” Barbara Wood, Community Outreach Coordinator, was appointed by Senator Harry Reid to serve on the Nevada Congressional Awards Board Coalition. The College of Nursing was featured during the month of March 2014 as The Shade Tree of Las Vegas’ donor of the month.