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Volume 4 Issue 3
Creating the Evidence:
What Works in Healthcare
Pharmacy
Educators
Practitioners
Practice-Based
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American Association of
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Discover · Learn · Care : Improve Health
table of contents
News in Brief
5
News Briefs
7
In Memoriam
Features
2011 AACP Annual
Meeting Wrap-up
24
11
Capitol Hill
News
14
Blood Substitute Raises
Chances of Surviving
Severe Trauma
16
22
Will
on
the
PBRN Work is
Transforming
Healthcare
Hill
Students Use ‘House’
TV Show as Research
Material
Looking to the
Future While
Remembering
the Past
32
28
More Pharmacy
Schools
Celebrate Special
Anniversaries
2011 Teachers of
the Year
Photo Credits
Faculty News
35
Faculty News
Front cover: istockphoto
Page 21: University of Washington
Page 7: AACP
Page 26: Top: Robert Amador, Mark Langford Photography; Bottom: Johnnie L. Early
II, Dean, The University of Toledo College
of Pharmacy
Page 8: Farnsworth: University of Illinois
at Chicago; DeNuzzo: Albany College of
Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Page 9: Cooper: Auburn University; Cline:
University of Minnesota; Comstock: Virginia Commonwealth University
Page 10: Carlin: University of Illinois at Chicago; Belcastro: Purdue University; Smith:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Pages 12–13: GMMB
Page 14: Simon K. Hurst Photography
Pages 16–17: The University of Arizona
Page 18: Jesse Jones, University of Florida
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Page 27: Robert Amador, Mark Langford
Photography
Page 30: The University of Tennessee
Page 31: University of Minnesota
Page 33: Casey A. Cass, University of
Colorado Boulder
Back cover: istockphoto
letter from the editor
Dear Colleagues:
I write this as I begin the last day of a two week business trip to India—my first visit to the country. There was
a dual purpose for the trip. First, I attended the 71st Congress of FIP (International Pharmacy Federation) in
Hyderabad and then I continued on to Mysore where I spoke at a program for Indian pharmacy educators on
Pharm.D. education, experiential education and assuring quality in educational programs.
Last week in Hyderabad, the Council of FIP, analogous to the AACP House of Delegates, voted to accept
AACP as an “ordinary member” after more than a decade when AACP decided not to continue our organizational membership status in the global association. FIP has extraordinary working relations with the World
Health Organization (WHO) and has gotten pharmacy “on the radar screen” of this group representing the
health ministers/secretaries around the globe. WHO has endorsed FIP’s statement on Good Pharmacy Practice, which presents a very expansive role for pharmacists’ patient care services to enhance safe medication
use. FIP and WHO jointly released a statement on the pharmacist’s role in tuberculosis prevention and treatment this month.
Dr. Ralph J. Altiere, dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University
of Colorado, was elected president of the FIP Academic Section at the meeting. Joining him from the U.S.
are Dr. Wafa Y. Dahdal, ACCP staff, as section secretary; Dr. Vimal Kishore, Bynum & Sons, Inc. professor
of pharmacy at Xavier University of Louisiana, as treasurer; and Dr. Michael Z. Wincor, associate professor
and associate dean of globalization and continuing professional development at the University of Southern
California, as a member-at-large on the section executive committee. The U.S. returned to FIP leadership in
the academic section at a very strategic time as the focus on strong needs-based pharmacy education as an
essential foundation for strong science and practice becomes a more vital emphasis for FIP in general.
Everything is big in India! Since 2008, more than 70 universities have been approved to initiate 6-year entrylevel Pharm.D. programs and approximately 20 have also initiated 3-year post BPharm programs. The Pharmacy Council of India established a quality framework for approval that includes specifications for clinical
practice programs for the year-and-a-half of clinical rotations/internships built into the 6-year program, but
such approval is not equivalent to an accreditation system. This was the focus of much of the discussion in
Mysore.
This issue of Academic Pharmacy Now initiates a new column where information on global pharmacy education activities of AACP and member schools will be highlighted. There certainly is much to cover. Staying
abreast of the trends and progress in pharmacy education and science, both domestically and globally, helps
AACP and its members identify trends and opportunities to build important new activities for our students,
faculty and society.
Sincerely,
Lucinda L. Maine, Ph.D., R.Ph.
Executive Vice President and CEO
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News Briefs
UT Austin Pharmacy Researchers Work
to Accelerate Cancer Drug Discoveries
with New Grants
Drs. Kevin N. Dalby and Maria D. Person have received
grants from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) for research to further understand cancer biology
and develop new cancer treatments.
Dalby was awarded $2.4 million in support of work at the
university’s Texas Institute for Drug and Diagnostics Development (TI-3D) as part of a $12.6 million award to the Gulf
Coast Consortia CPRIT Throughput Screening Program, of
which Dalby is co-director.
The consortia will provide the researchers with access to
resources, such as robotic machines and chemical library
screening, normally only available to scientists working in
large pharmaceutical companies.
The Dalby laboratory focuses on understanding the roles of
protein kinases in cancer. Protein kinases are a class of enzyme that regulate cellular signaling and are considered to
be the major drug target of the 21st century. Dalby, associate
professor of medicinal chemistry in the College of Pharmacy,
develops novel compounds that inhibit the activity of protein
kinases, which can potentially be utilized therapeutically, as
well as to further understand basic mechanisms of cancer.
Person, director of the Protein and Metabolite Analysis Facility at the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology at
the College of Pharmacy, received $1.3 million to purchase
state-of-the-art mass spectrometry equipment. Person’s work
involves collaborating with researchers at the university and
the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to understand cancer at
the molecular level, in animal models and through human
population studies.
University of Montana Professor
Advocates for Continued Investment in
Research
In the April 21 edition of the Missoulian, Dr. Richard J. Bridges, chair of the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Montana, penned an op-ed
illustrating how investment in Montana’s research community produces positive economic results while enhancing the
residents’ quality of life.
In “Invest in Montana research, continue to reap long-term
benefits,” Bridges asserts: “The real bottom line is that research and discovery, which go hand-in-hand with education,
are the very lifelines of innovation that drive job growth and
enhance our quality of life. Just as it is important to realize
that the rewards of scientific research are many, we must be
equally aware that Montana has become a player and directly
benefits from the national investment in research.”
To read Bridges’ op-ed in its entirety, visit the Missoulian Web
site at http://missoulian.com.
University of Washington Students
from Different Health Professions
Train as Patient-Care Teams
Between May 31 and June 3, 2011, more than 300 students
from the University of Washington (UW) schools of pharmacy, medicine, nursing and the physician assistant program
came together to participate in the largest-known student
team training of its kind to have occurred in the country to
date. Using human simulators and standardized actors as
their “patients,” groups of students rotated through three
different rapidly changing, acute patient case scenarios and
practiced collaborating as healthcare teams.
Also collaborating together to facilitate the training and scenarios were more than 50 volunteer faculty instructors and
staff from the health sciences schools, UW Medical Center,
UW Harborview and Seattle Children’s Hospital. The next
All Health-Professions training session will take place in early March 2012. Nearly 500 students and 75 faculty members
will come together for an afternoon of learning how to disclose errors to patients as healthcare teams.
St. Louis College of Pharmacy Students
Participate in Active Advocacy
In the spirit of advocacy, a group of St. Louis College of
Pharmacy students, faculty and staff attended the Missouri
Pharmacy Association’s Legislative Day in February where
they gathered with practicing pharmacists and fellow student
pharmacists from across the state to meet with legislators and
discuss healthcare policy issues.
During the first part of the day, a series of speakers educated
attendees on current legislative issues affecting pharmacy. After lunch, students toured the capitol and met with state senators and representatives to discuss healthcare and education.
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In addition to learning about pharmacy-related issues, students were provided with a broader perspective on the
healthcare policy and learned how they can influence policy.
“Pharmacy is such a highly regulated profession that is hugely
impacted by the laws and regulations that are made at both
the state and federal levels,” explained fifth-year student
Evan Schnur. “Unfortunately, legislators can’t be experts on
everything, so it is important for pharmacists and student
pharmacists to develop relationships with these folks to educate them on pharmacy issues.”
For 140 first- through fifth-year students who opted to stay
on campus, a lecture on health literacy provided them with
valuable information surrounding patient communication.
Afterwards, participants immersed themselves in the theme
for the day, “walk in a patient’s shoes,” by using using MetroLink and MetroBus to experience the difficulties that many
patients face getting to and from healthcare appointments.
ACPE Extends Time Between SelfStudies for Comprehensive Reviews of
Established Programs
The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Board of Directors has approved a measure to extend the time
between self-studies for comprehensive reviews of established
programs to eight years. After informal discussion for several years, ACPE President Dr. Heidi M. Anderson charged a
subcommittee to review time and resource requirements for
ACPE accreditation of professional degree programs at colleges and schools of pharmacy.
The subcommittee was appointed in January 2011 and charged
with numerous tasks, which include studying the cycle length
of other appropriate accrediting bodies (i.e., medicine, physical therapy, dentistry, etc.), and considering requirements for
resources (i.e., financial and human) and the current/future
economic constraints facing higher education.
There was consensus among the subcommittee and subsequently by the Board that beginning in January 2012, established programs will be evaluated under this new timeframe
for self-studies.
ACPE will continue processes for interim monitoring of programs using data provided through AACP’s Assessment and
Accreditation Management System (AAMS) and the National
Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP). Enhancement of
peer monitoring systems, such as AAMS, supported the ability of ACPE to expand this timeframe. ACPE’s application and
review process for programs at new colleges and schools will
remain the same.
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University of Houston Researchers
Publish First Report of Kp-KPC
Infections in Texas
A team of researchers from the University of Houston (UH)
College of Pharmacy and St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (SLEH)
in Houston’s Texas Medical Center have documented what is
believed to be the first reported cases of Klebsiella pneumoniae
carbapenemase (KPC)-producing isolates in Texas.
Bacteria producing KPCs are rapidly emerging as a cause of
multidrug-resistant infections worldwide. Bacterial isolates
harboring these enzymes are capable of hydrolyzing a broad
spectrum of beta-lactams, including the penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems and monobactams. Treatment of infection caused by KPC bacteria is particularly worrisome as the
carbapenems often are agents of the last resort for resistant
Gram-negative infections.
In a report published in the February 2011 issue of Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease, the team—UH pharmacy
faculty members Dr. Elizabeth B. Hirsch and Dr. Vincent H.
Tam, UH staff member Kai-Tai Chang, and SLEH’s Todd Lasco
and Juan-Pablo Caeiro—documented Kp-KPC in three SLEH
patients hospitalized between May 2009 and January 2010.
The cases were identified against control isolates provided by
colleagues at a hospital in New York, one of several northeastern states where the infectious disease is considered endemic.
Automated systems used in clinical microbiology laboratories
can misclassify these isolates as susceptible to carbapenems,
potentially leading to inappropriate treatment that has been
associated with increased patient mortality. Accurate identification of KPC isolates is crucial to controlling their spread
and decreasing patient mortality.
USC Awards First-Ever Doctor of
Regulatory Science Degree
At this year’s University of Southern California (USC) commencement, three graduates forged a new path by earning
the Doctor of Regulatory Science degree. The USC School
of Pharmacy awarded the Doctor of Regulatory Science, abbreviated as DRSc, to Martin Solberg, Michael Jamieson and
Susan Bain at the USC commencement ceremony on May 13,
an international first.
This professional doctorate is a novel, specialized program of
study that cultivates research, leadership and inquiry skills
in advanced students pursuing the emerging profession of
global regulatory science. The curriculum focuses on product lifestyle strategy, project and personnel management, and
global regulatory strategy and policy.
news in brief
Academic Pharmacy Mourns the
Passing of a Great Leader
In Memoriam
Richard (Dick) P. Penna
Richard P. (Dick) Penna, former AACP executive vice president and chief executive officer,
lost his battle with brain cancer
on Aug. 16, 2011. He was 75
years old.
Penna received his B.S. and
Pharm.D. degrees from the
University of California, San
Francisco School of Pharmacy.
During his distinguished career
he advanced the profession of
pharmacy through his strong
ideas, passionate speaking and diligent work in promoting the
profession as a vital component of healthcare delivery.
In 1985, Penna joined AACP as associate executive director and
was named executive vice president and CEO in 1995. For more
than two decades, Penna’s vision has been evident in reshaping pharmacy education. He worked effectively with pharmacy
educators to meet the changing needs of the profession. He
transformed AACP into a dynamic organization that is well-positioned to meet the future educational needs of the profession.
“The AACP family was so blessed to have Dick’s vision, energy,
leadership and commitment to excellence for all the years of his
service,” said Dr. Lucinda L. Maine, AACP executive vice president and CEO. “All of society have benefited from his work as
he tirelessly strove to improve medication use and pharmacy
practice.”
Medical Center Dr. Jeffrey N. Baldwin. “His influence in the
field of addiction education, assistance and prevention, while
rarely recognized, has been foundational in the development of
our pharmacy-based addiction services. We have lost a giant.”
Dr. Susan M. Meyer, professor and associate dean for education, pharmacy and therapeutics at the University of Pittsburgh
School of Pharmacy, was a key member of AACP’s leadership
team during Penna’s tenure at the Association.
“Dick Penna was an unforgettable boss, mentor and friend,”
said Meyer. “Dick was committed to the profession of pharmacy and to pharmacy education, and he had a keen sense of the
synergy between the two. He led AACP seeking to understand
the strengths and needs of the variety of AACP members. What
I will remember most about Dick is that he was genuine in his
speech and actions. He was kind, he was generous and he was
principled.”
In 2002, Penna received the prestigious APhA Remington Honor Medal recognizing his distinguished service to the profession
of pharmacy.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Penna; brothers: Albert,
Larry, and Peter Penna; daughters: Terri Kemmerer and Anna
Penna, Son: Richard Penna; and five grandchildren. In lieu of
flowers, please send your financial donations to St. Francis-St.
Mary Catholic Church, 113 First Avenue, Brunswick, MD 21716.
During his tenure at the American Pharmacists Association
(APhA) from 1966-1985, Penna advocated for pharmacy involvement in patient counseling and espoused many of the components of pharmaceutical care before the term was in vogue.
His experience as a community practitioner prepared him to
deal with the scarcity of information on OTC counseling. As codeveloper of the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, he encouraged pharmacist involvement with patients in addition to providing the resources to improve the quality of that involvement.
“Dr. Penna was a strong supporter of the AACP Substance
Abuse SIG,” said former AACP President and Professor of
Pharmacy Practice and Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska
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In Memoriam
Hugh F. Kabat
Norman R. Farnsworth
Richard R. Cline
Former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. Hugh F. Kabat
passed away July 20.
Dr. Norman R. Farnsworth, distinguished professor of
pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC), died Sept. 10, 2011. He was 81. Farnsworth received a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and a doctorate from the University of
Pittsburgh. He also holds three honorary doctorates and
three honorary professorships in the U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Richard R. Cline, 41, passed
away June 17, 2011 after progression of disease from a brain tumor. Cline joined the University of
Minnesota College of Pharmacy in
2001 as an assistant professor in
the Department of Pharmaceutical
Care & Health Systems and a member of the Social and Administrative Pharmacy graduate faculty. He
joined the PRIME Institute in 2003
and was promoted to associate professor in 2007.
“Hugh was very much respected at
the University of Minnesota and
contributed significantly to the
practice of pharmacy in this state,”
said Dr. Marilyn K. Speedie, dean
of the College of Pharmacy. “ I was
happy to consider him a personal
and professional friend, as I know
many around the state did as well.”
Kabat joined the College of Pharmacy faculty as a new Ph.D. in the
1960s. He brought with him his
hospital pharmacy practice background and blended that with his
formal education in pharmacy administration to build strong graduate programs in hospital pharmacy
and the social and administrative
sciences. He was renowned for his
great rapport with students, both
graduate and undergraduate. In
all, he advised more than 100 students who received their M.S. or
Ph.D. degree on issues of social,
economic or political aspects of
pharmacy in healthcare delivery.
Kabat moved on to The University
of New Mexico in 1984 and retired
from there in 1996. He also served
as president of AACP in 1997-98.
In lieu of flowers, his family would
prefer donations to: The University of Minnesota Foundation Hospital Pharmacy Fund #2121, P.O.
Box 70870 St. Paul, Minnesota
55170.
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Farnsworth, who directed UIC’s Program for Collaborative Research, was a pioneer who spent more than
50 years studying the medicinal properties of natural
plant products. He served on the UIC faculty for more
than 40 years and as head of pharmacognosy for 12
years. Farnsworth continued to play a pivotal role in
the field of pharmacognosy until his death. He was a
longtime member of the World Health Organization
(WHO) Expert Advisory Panel on Traditional Medicine and was director of the WHO Collaborating Center
for Traditional Medicine Program at the UIC College
of Pharmacy. He also served as editor-in-chief of the
Natural Products Alert Database (NAPralert), a system
he established in 1975. Farnsworth was the first vice
president and second president of the American Society of Pharmacognosy. In 1982, Farnsworth became
director of UIC’s Program for Collaborative Research
in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Under Farnsworth’s direction, UIC’s Department of Medicinal Chemistry and
Pharmacognosy in 1999 became one of six research
centers established by the National Institutes of Health
to study dietary supplements.
Farnsworth was born in Massachusetts and was a veteran of the Korean War, drafted into the Army infantry
at 18 in 1949. Seriously wounded the following winter,
he was awarded the Korean Ribbon with Four Battle
Stars, the Combat Medical Badge, and the Bronze Star
with a “V” device. Farnsworth is survived by his wife,
Priscilla; one brother, Bruce; and nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be
directed to the University of Illinois Foundation/University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy for
the Norman R. Farnsworth Endowed Professorship in
medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy.
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Cline was a dedicated teacher who
believed in instilling a strong basis in the social and administrative
sciences to serve students well in
their future roles as professionals.
He also strived to instill in graduate
students his belief that the scientific
method represents one of the best
ways for humankind to address
many of the problems facing society
today. His role as teacher and mentor was greatly appreciated by the
many students he has encountered
over the years.
“Cline was a valued member of our
faculty and a tremendous resource
for many of us in the college,” said
Dean Marilyn K. Speedie. “He always brought a thoughtful, intelligent approach to issues. His wisdom and advice were always greatly
appreciated.”
Beyond his role in the college, Cline
was a dedicated friend, mentor and
colleague to many. He is survived
by his beloved wife Heidi and their
two kids Jillian and Reid.
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Ben F. Cooper Jr.
Rinaldo V. DeNuzzo
Thomas J. Comstock
Dr. Ben F. Cooper Jr., dean emeritus of
Auburn University’s Harrison School of
Pharmacy, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011
in his native Warsaw, N.C. He was 86.
Mr. Rinaldo V. DeNuzzo, 88, passed away
June 2, 2011 following a brief illness. He
retired as professor of pharmacy practice
at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences (ACPHS) in 2010 after 58 years of
teaching at the school. Following his graduation from high school, he enlisted in the
Army (Air Corps) and became a captain in
the U.S. Air Force where he proudly served
his country during WWII and the Cold War
as an aerial navigator, aviation mechanic
and pharmacy officer. He graduated from
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences in 1952 and taught at the college
until his retirement.
Dr. Thomas J. Comstock, age 47, who
taught at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy from
1982 to 2004, died June 4, 2011 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
he grew up in Niles, Ohio and attended
The Ohio State University College of
Pharmacy, graduating in 1977. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree
from The University of Utah, and after
teaching student pharmacists at The
University of Tennessee in Memphis,
Tenn., he moved to Richmond, Va., and
taught at VCU.
Cooper was the third dean of pharmacy at Auburn, serving from 1973
until 1987. He came to the Plains from
Northeast Louisiana University (what
is now the University of Louisiana at
Monroe), where he was dean of the
School of Pharmacy and Allied Health
Professions from 1966 to 1973.
During his tenure at Auburn, Cooper
led the school through much growth,
including construction of a new building (the current Walker Building) and
major revisions to the curriculum, including those which resulted in the
creation of the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. The first Pharm.D. class
started in 1980.
He also served as interim vice president
of academic affairs during President H.
Hanley Funderburk’s administration.
Cooper earned associate, bachelor,
master and doctorate degrees from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill (UNC). He held professorships at
UNC, Oregon State University and The
University of Georgia.
He was honored as Pharmacist of the
Year during his time in Louisiana, received the Bowl of Hygeia from the Alabama Pharmacy Association in 1979,
the Phi Lambda Sigma Award from the
School of Pharmacy in 1981, and the
Distinguished Service Award from the
Auburn Pharmacy Alumni Association
in 1983. His wife Hazel received the
same award in 1985.
“Prof,” as he was affectionately called by
both students and colleagues, practiced
clinical pharmacy up until the last three
years of his life and held pharmacy licenses
in several states. Among his many career
achievements, he served as a member of the
U.S. Congressional Review Panel on Prescription Drug Payments, coordinator of
pharmaceutical services for the XIII Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.,
chair of the New York State Department
of Health’s Ad Hoc Advisory Committee,
and board member of the Harvard School
of Public Health. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he was a regent of the
Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity and
assisted the college in areas ranging from
public relations to alumni affairs. In 2003,
he was awarded an honorary degree Doctor
of Humane Letters by ACPHS in recognition of his lifetime achievements. Following
his retirement, he remained involved with
the institution as a member of the Office of
Institutional Advancement. He is survived
by his wife (Lucy Sneed DeNuzzo), his
daughter (Lisa A. DeNuzzo), three sisters,
and many nieces and nephews.
Comstock’s teaching, research and patient care activities focused on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of
drugs in patients with renal impairment,
with the goal of improved patient outcomes. He was an active member of the
American College of Clinical Pharmacy–
Nephrology Practice Research Network,
and other pharmacy and nephrology organizations, and served on the nephrology editorial panel for the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. In 2004, he and his wife
moved to Thousand Oaks, California,
where he worked as a clinical scientist for
Amgen Inc. until the time of his death. In
addition to spending time with his family,
Comstock was passionate about running,
masters swim club, skiing and a newfound
love of triathlon competition. He is survived by his wife, Anne Comstock; sons,
Benjamin Comstock (Leesburg, Va.), and
Grant Comstock (Peace Corps–Sebetia
Lesotho); daughter, Allison Comstock
(Simi Valley, Calif.); his mother, Ruth
Comstock (Richmond, Va.); brothers,
William Comstock (San Diego, Calif.),
Robert Comstock (Pittsburgh, Pa.), and
George Comstock (Richmond, Va.).
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Herbert S. Carlin
Patrick F. Belcastro
J. Doyle Smith
Dr. Herbert S. Carlin, of Newtown, Penn., former
faculty member at the University of Illinois at
Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy and former
pharmacy director of the University of Illinois
Medical Center from 1962-1972, died March 3,
2011. Carlin obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy in 1954 and a Master of Science
and honorary doctorate from the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy (now University of the Sciences) in 1958 and 1984, respectively. After serving as a community pharmacist in Warwick, R.I.
from 1954-1956, Carlin took over as assistant
director of pharmacy at Jefferson Medical College Hospital in Philadelphia. He then served as
pharmacy director for the University of Colorado
in 1959-1962 before joining UIC.
Professor Emeritus Dr. Patrick
F. Belcastro, 90, of West Lafayette, Ind., died Thursday, May
19, 2011. Belcastro received
his elementary and high school
education in Pittsburgh and received his Bachelor of Science
degree with a major in pharmacy
in 1942 from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He earned
his master’s degree in 1951 and
his Doctor of Philosophy degree
from Purdue University in 1953.
Upon retiring in 1990, he served
as professor emeritus of pharmaceutics until 2006.
Dr. J. Doyle Smith, 90, emeritus professor and former chairman of the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
School of Pharmacy’s Department of
Medicinal Chemistry, died May 22, 2011
in Richmond, Va.
As pharmacy director for the University of Illinois Medical Center from 1962-72, Carlin helped
shape the future of pharmacy practice in Illinois.
He facilitated the integration of clinical pharmacy
in the hospital and is responsible for introducing
clinical pharmacy into the College of Pharmacy’s
curriculum. Beloved as a dedicated faculty member, Carlin was known as a pioneer, encouraging
pharmacists and students to pursue interdisciplinary research, a novel idea in the field at that
time. During his career at the college, Carlin also
decentralized the unit-dose dispensing program
so that pharmacists were in closer contact with
other healthcare professionals, assigning more
pharmacists to work on the floor and out of the
nurse medication room.
Carlin implemented many new services during
his tenure at the medical center and was the first
in the Chicago area to initiate 24-hour pharmacy
services, satellite pharmacies and an IV additive
service. After working as apothecary-in-chief
at New York Hospital from 1972-1986, Carlin
moved into the industry, first as vice president
of Schein Pharmaceuticals from 1987-2000 and
then as president of Pharmaceutical Management Insight starting in 2000.
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Belcastro’s publications appeared in various periodicals.
He also was a contributing author of a textbook, Physical and
Technical Pharmacy. From 1966
to 1993 he was a contributing
editor of International Pharmaceutical Abstracts. He has served
as a member of the editorial advisory board of Pharmaceutical Technology since 1977. From
1968 to 1982 he was a member of
the National Association Boards
of Pharmacy’s Licensure Examination Committee. He also was
a member of the advisory panel
on intravenous sets and devices.
Belcastro has been a member of
several professional pharmaceutical and honorary organizations.
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Doyle graduated from Lane High School
and attended the University of Virginia
where he received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees with majors in chemistry and
organic chemistry. In 1946, he began
his teaching career in the Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the
Medical College of Virginia as an associate professor. He advanced through the
ranks to professor in 1962 in the School
of Pharmacy. After serving one year as
acting chairman, he became chairman
of the Department of Chemistry and
Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 1962 and
served in that capacity until 1974. In
1980, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Chemical
Society for outstanding contributions
in the advancement of the profession of
chemistry.
Doyle was a member of Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church where he sang in the
choir for many years. He was a member
of a number of scientific and professional societies and was known for his
many research interests. In addition to
his parents, he was predeceased by two
brothers, Downing and Minor Smith, his
wife, Nancy Page Smith and a daughter,
Elizabeth Page Smith. Please make memorial contributions to the Bon Secours
Hospice, 5875 Bremo Road, Richmond,
Va., or to the J. Doyle Smith Award, c/o
VCU School of Pharmacy, Medicinal
Chemistry, P.O. Box 980581, Richmond,
VA 23298-0581.
Capitol Hill News
by Will Lang
Take a SWOT at the Federal Budget
Creating an unsustainable strain on the nation’s productivity—exacerbated by years
of inaction on entitlement programs and
questionable domestic policies—the growing imbalance of revenues and expenses,
places the nation in jeopardy of economic
and social upheaval. This is not the nation
of Greece that we are talking about here! It
is clear that to continue business as usual
has the potential to bankrupt our nation.
The United States Congress is grasping at
straws and political posturing leaves Senators and Representatives alike coming up
empty-handed in attempts to forestall an
economic melt-down.
Total federal spending in 2010, mandatory
and discretionary, was $3.5 trillion. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates
that mandatory spending, which includes
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, accounts for 55 percent of federal spending.
Interest on our debt costs us 6 percent of
the federal budget. Discretionary defense
spending costs us 20 percent of the federal
budget. This leaves just 19 percent for nondefense, discretionary spending or in short,
everything else! Nineteen percent of $3.5
trillion is a lot of money, about $670 billion.
This amount of money funds all of the federal programs of interest to academic pharmacy that support your teaching, research
and service activities.
Many newly-funded programs are a result
of the passage of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) including the creation of the Center for Medicare
and Medicaid Innovation and its new initiative, the Partnership for Patients program.
For the first time in legislative history there
is a funded focus on creating a healthier
America through the Prevention and Public
Health Fund.
Existing federal programs of interest to
academic pharmacy include all the federal public health agencies including the
National Institutes of Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Health
Resources and Services Administration,
and Food and Drug Administration. Each of
these agencies supports research activities
of pharmacy faculty and provides service
opportunities through the advisory groups
and grant review committees, which are integral to the ongoing work of the agencies.
In the last few years congressional action
has led to reduced funding for many agencies while the benefits of research they
support have never been more highly recognized and important to society.
The quality of higher education remains a
high priority within the Department of Education. The current public policy regarding
the value of higher education did not end
with the Spellings Commission. Issues related to program integrity, including state authorization of distance education programs,
transfer of credit and an ongoing spotlight
on accrediting agencies themselves requires constant vigilance by institutions to
maintain compliance with changing departmental rules to avoid the loss of access to
Title IV student financial assistance programs. Job attainment is almost entirely the
federal expectation of higher education.
Continued concern about the increasing costs of higher education compared
to the value of that education make it difficult to build support for student financial
assistance programs. The Pell Grant is the
federal financial assistance program seemingly worthy of congressional support.
Health professions education, once seen
as immune to public policy implications,
now faces similar expectations for contributing to the national deficit discussion.
Recent action resulting in the passage of
the Budget Control Act has eliminated the
in-school interest subsidy for graduate and
professional students with federally subsidized loans.
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news
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Hill
So, what does academic pharmacy want
out of the federal budget? Reduced federal expenditures certainly provide plenty
to be threatened by, but what about the
opportunities that an environment short on
policy and long on politics offer?
If you were to undertake a quick SWOT
analysis, what would you list as the Academy’s strengths and weaknesses in dealing with this public policy threat? Here are
a few that I can list and I am interested in
hearing YOUR ideas. We need your input
to help develop the next policy agenda
for AACP. Send your input to Will Lang at
[email protected].
Strengths: clear commitment to education quality; well articulated educational
outcomes; biomedical research capacity
frequently developed in a collaborative, interprofessional manner; commitment to
interprofessional education; patient-focus,
and prevention and wellness integration in
the professional curriculum.
Weaknesses: Limited recognition by others of your strengths; poor level of member
contribution to AACP policy interests related to education and health; poor record
of engagement in federal initiatives and
programs that are not easily identified as
pharmacy-centric.
Opportunities: Public policy interest in
changing the way students receive education; need for innovation to actually improve
the quality of education, not just innovation
for innovation’s sake; program and course
assessment approaches that are transparent and establish accountabilities; need for
health-system to be reorganized around
health professionals competent to deliver
patient-centered, team-based care, supported by informatics and dedicated to quality
improvement; recognition that poor medication management costs our health-system
billions of dollars annually; increasing expectation that prevention and wellness care
trumps the value of care after you are sick;
the burden to society in terms of productivity and cost resulting from chronic illness.
The outlook for federal funding in the coming years, including FY13, for programs of
interest to academic pharmacy remains
dismal. Expectations that federal funding
for FY13 would be reduced were verified
when the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its budget guidance to
federal agencies. “Unless your agency has
been given explicit direction otherwise by
OMB, your overall agency request for 2013
should be at least 5 percent below your
Threats: Public perception that education is
2011 enacted discretionary appropriation.
just about jobs; politics that devalue educaAs discussed at the recent Cabinet meettion as a benefit to society in the context of
ings, your 2013 budget submission should
an enlightened citizen; apathy amongst facalso identify additional discretionary fundulty and students in regard to engagement
ing reductions that would bring your rein personal, professional or organizational
quest to a level that is at least 10 percent
advocacy; cost cutting as the only remedy to
below your 2011 enacted discretionary apreducing the federal deficit; revenue increaspropriation.”
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es as a non-starter to deficit discussions.
news in brief
Academic Pharmacy Pledges its
Support for ‘Script Your Future’
We know the data. We know patients don’t take their medications as prescribed and we know patient education is needed to
improve medication adherence.
In 2009, the National Consumers League (NCL) brought together public and private organizations to find a way to increase
medication adherence in order to improve health outcomes and
lower overall health costs in the United States. This conversation culminated in a 100-partner community and created a
national medication adherence campaign, Script Your Future.
Built from five key facts, the campaign seeks to raise awareness
among patients and their caregivers about the importance of
taking medication as prescribed as a vital first step toward better health outcomes.
Script Your Future made its official debut in early May 2011 at
a national media event at The George Washington University
Hospital in Washington, DC. The press briefing featured U.S.
Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin; Dr. William Shrank,
then faculty member at Harvard University Medical School;
heart health advocate Ron Michaud; and University of Maryland pharmacy faculty member Dr. Cherokee Layson-Wolf.
At the event, Script Your Future announced the launch of two
Web sites: www.scriptyourfuture.org for patients and caregivers and www.scriptyourfuture.org/hcp for health providers.
A student pharmacist talks with
a patient about proper medication therapy management.
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The sites feature resources to assist a patient or provider in
conversations about medication adherence and offer videos for
inhaler use and other relevant content to ensure patients and
providers have the resources they need to improve medication
adherence. The campaign also launched a series of video and
audio public service announcements (PSAs) from the Surgeon
General. The audio PSA broadcast to 3 million patients that
first day of the campaign and PSAs are part of the ongoing target market roll-out in the six cities: Baltimore, Md.; Birmingham, Ala.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Providence, R.I.; Raleigh, N.C.;
and Sacramento, Calif.
At the briefing, AACP coordinated a community outreach
event supported by the tremendous efforts of more than two
dozen student pharmacists and faculty members from the University of Maryland, Howard University and College of Notre
Dame schools of pharmacy. Community outreach included
one-on-one conversations with patients about the importance
of medication adherence for improving health.
The engagement of student pharmacists and faculty members
left a lasting impression on all participants at the campaign
launch, including the Surgeon General, and demonstrated to
a broad community that academic pharmacy was prepared to
promote the role of the pharmacist in patient care and medication adherence.
To capitalize on the enthusiastic support from academic pharmacy and recognizing pharmacists were
among the most trusted
health professionals, NCL
and Script Your Future
have worked to nationally feature academic pharmacy during the month of
October, aligning the next
campaign events with both
American Pharmacy Educator Week and American Pharmacists Month.
NCL quickly launched the
Script Your Future Medication Adherence Challenge in partnership with
AACP and the NACDS
Foundation.
Throughout the month of October, 83 colleges and schools of pharmacy will host a variety
of Medication Adherence Challenge events in
their local community to help spread the medication adherence message. By participating,
each school receives access to an online inventory of digital materials and a campaign media kit filled with medication list wallet cards,
posters and other marketing materials for their
campus. Focusing on the three target chronic
disease states for Script Your Future, diabetes,
respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease, teams are encouraged to be creative and
find unique vehicles to spread the word! Challenge teams have plans to host medication
therapy management sessions, conduct public speaking events
on disease state indicators and medication adherence, write
letters to the editor and launch media public service announcements and advertisements. In November, teams will submit
their Challenge activities in a brief report spotlighting their
successes in order to compete for one of at least two Challenge
Award packages that includes a $500 cash prize, a plaque and
a Web-interview with Script Your Future that will be hosted at
www.scriptyourfuture.org.
Medication adherence is a growing public health concern.
Script Your Future unites and empowers patients and caregivers to know their medications and make a commitment to use
them properly in order to improve their health.
To learn more about the campaign, go to www.ScriptYourFuture.org or contact AACP staff member Whitney Zatzkin
at [email protected].
—Whitney Zatzkin
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin meets with pharmacy
students and faculty at the Script Your Future event.
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news in brief
Blood Substitute Could Help Sustain
Life, Says OU College of Pharmacy
Researcher
F
or decades, scientists have tried to create a safe alternative to blood. Now, a University of Oklahoma (OU) College of Pharmacy researcher may have found a new way
to deliver oxygen to the body and sustain life when donated
blood supplies are low or not readily available, as with a battlefield injury.
Dr. Vibhudutta Awasthi, associate professor in the Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is developing a nano-sized carrier
of hemoglobin that may be safer than other attempted blood
substitutes.
Hemoglobin is the red molecule inside blood cells that carries
oxygen around the body. Outside the protective shell of the red
blood cell, however, hemoglobin can be toxic, producing free
radicals that harm organs.
So Awasthi has found a way to create a miniaturized delivery
system—a microscopic capsule of sorts—for hemoglobin. He
is encasing it in tiny liposomes that can then carry oxygen
throughout the body. Each liposome is about one-thirtieth the
size of a human red blood cell. The product is called NeoLEH.
“If hemoglobin is encapsulated inside of a nanocarrier, you are
creating a barrier against the oxidative toxicity of hemoglobin,”
Awasthi said.
Because the NeoLEH is so much smaller than a red blood cell,
it can more efficiently deliver oxygen to the tiniest blood vessels. Oxygen is essential to keeping tissue, organs, the brain
and ultimately the patient alive.
The hemoglobin used to create NeoLEH is organic, not synthesized. It’s purified and concentrated from red blood cells that
have expired in blood banks and would otherwise be discarded.
Awasthi recently was awarded a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to work on his artificial oxygen carrier over the next four years. Awasthi said NeoLEH would not
be a permanent replacement for human blood, but could keep
a patient alive for several hours, or even several days, until a
transfusion could occur.
For example, a soldier wounded in a remote area could be infused with the artificial blood to keep him/her alive until help
arrives, or an EMT could transfuse the substance
into patients who might otherwise die before they
reach a hospital. NeoLEH could even be used
during surgeries that produce a lot of bleeding,
Awasthi said.
He added that the ideal blood substitute must
have a long shelf life, work for all blood types, be
free of pathogens and have minimal side effects. It
also must be cost-effective when manufactured in
large amounts.
Awasthi has found a way
to create a miniaturized
delivery system—a
microscopic capsule of
sorts—for hemoglobin.
Dr. Vibhudutta Awasthi, associate professor in
the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at
The University of Oklahoma, is developing a
nano-sized carrier of hemoglobin that may be
safer than other attempted blood substitutes.
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news in brief
More Pharmacy Schools Offer
Residency Opportunities
In the April/May/June edition of Academic Pharmacy Now, colleges and schools of pharmacy across the
country demonstrated how they are providing leadership and administrative support for the expansion
of residency programs or positions. Adding to the growing cadre of institutions offering their graduates
residency opportunities are the University of Houston and Midwestern University/Downers Grove.
University of Houston
The University of Houston College of
Pharmacy (UHCOP) offers three unique
residency and fellowship opportunities for
pharmacists in collaboration with fellow
institutions of Houston’s Texas Medical
Center (TMC): a PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Residency; a two-year
Fellowship in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy; and a Concurrent M.S./Residency in Pharmacy Administration.
A collaboration between UHCOP, St.
Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) and
Cardinal Health Pharmacy Solutions,
the PGY2 residency program is designed
to develop expertise and clinical competence in pharmacotherapeutic, technological and stewardship aspects of infectious diseases in various practice settings.
The SLEH/UHCOP Infectious Diseases
Pharmacotherapy Fellowship combines
patient care, monitoring, research and
teaching components, with the first year
focusing on clinical activities and the
second year emphasizing research in collaboration with expert faculty researchers
at the college. Experiences include immunocompromised patients, critically ill
patients, and general medicine patients,
as well as training/practice in healthcare
informatics, medical microbiology, pharmacoeconomic issues with antimicrobial therapy, and infection control, just to
name a few.
Residents and fellows in the infectious
disease programs will be integral members of the St. Luke’s Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Epidemiology,
an American Society of Health-System
Pharmacists’ 2010 Best Practices Award
recipient, and the Houston Infectious
Disease Network, a de facto Practice
Based Research Network of TMC clinicians who confer on the latest developments in the field and share experiences
and knowledge from their practices and
research.
area. These partnerships are formalized
through Pharmacy Residency Training
Institution Affiliation Agreements, which
articulate the responsibilities of both the
College of Pharmacy and the partner institutions in delivering the residency and
fellowship programs.
The two-year Concurrent M.S./Residency in Pharmacy Administration is
designed to prepare the next generation
of pharmacy leaders. Upon completion
of the program, participants will receive
an M.S. degree in pharmacy administration from UHCOP and PGY1/PGY2
certificates from their residency host site
at The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Harris County
Hospital District, Memorial Hermann
Healthcare System, The Methodist Hospital, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital or
Texas Children’s Hospital.
The college also affiliates with Jewel-Osco and Dominick’s in the delivery of their
accredited community pharmacy residency programs. Each program’s residency advisory committee is comprised of
preceptors, college administrators, representatives from the clinical site(s) and
the respective residency program director
(RPD), who acts as the chair. At some
clinical sites, especially those where there
are no pharmacy faculty who practice in
the respective residency/fellowship specialty, the college appoints a clinical site
coordinator (CSC), who manages the
onsite learning experiences, serves on the
respective residency advisory committee
and is granted adjunct faculty status.
Midwestern University/
Downers Grove
In response to the demand for postgraduate pharmacy programs, Midwestern
University’s Chicago College of Pharmacy is growing its college-based residency
and fellowship programs. Midwestern
University is a health sciences institution;
however, it is not affiliated with a single
major medical center. Thus, the college
has developed its programs through
strong partnerships with several hospitals, clinics and community pharmacies
in the Chicago area. All of the college’s
residency programs are ASHP-accredited with the exception of the critical care
program, which is currently a candidate
for ASHP accreditation. Strategic partnerships have been developed with various medical facilities across the Chicago
The cornerstone to all of the college’s
pharmacy postgraduate programs is the
focus on building teaching skills. “We
look for prospective residents and fellows
who have a strong interest in teaching,”
explains Dr. Jacob Gettig, assistant dean
for postgraduate education. “In addition
to in-depth clinical education at our various sites, we offer a teaching certificate
program that gives our postgraduate
trainees valuable teaching and precepting experiences, so they can build their
teaching portfolio.” Residents and fellows
assist with teaching the introductory and
advanced pharmacy practice experience
courses, as well as provide lectures and
workshops in other courses.
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news in brief
University of Arizona Pharmacy Elective
and Senior Project Based on TV Show
‘House MD’
Is it proper procedure to do a retinal biopsy by sticking a
needle through the front of a patient’s eye? (Read on to find
out.) Should a Pharm.D. student know the answer to that
question?
No, says Dr. David A. Apgar, clinical assistant professor in the
pharmacy practice and science department at The University
of Arizona College of Pharmacy. But a student pharmacist
should know how to research the answer.
Knowing how to research answers to medical questions is one
of the learning objectives of the elective course PhPr 899-002,
“House MD: Fact or Fiction?” which Apgar leads.
Using a TV show to improve skills
Using the popular television series House MD as a teaching tool, Apgar’s independent study course aims to increase
students’ ability to research medical literature; improve
students’ ability to write and to cite references; and evaluate
the accuracy of selected medical information as represented
on the show.
House MD is an American medical drama that debuted on
the Fox network in November 2004. Its central character is
Dr. Gregory House, an unconventional medical genius whose
hypotheses about patients’ illnesses are based on subtle or
controversial insights.
How did Apgar come up with the idea of using House MD as
the basis for a pharmacy course?
“In 2007,” says Apgar, “a Pharm.D. student, Annie Walenga,
asked me a question about a statement made on an episode of
House MD concerning routine pregnancy testing in patients
on hormonal contraception. I had recently seen the same episode, so I answered her question by indicating that the statement on the show was incorrect. The next day Annie saw me
in the hall and said I should start a course about the TV show.
From her idea grew the independent study course which was
offered for the first time the next semester, in spring of 2008.”
Even television makes mistakes
House and his team sometimes make errors—either because
they have insufficient medical knowledge or because the
show’s producers chose to make medical conditions more dramatic than they truly are. It’s the job of the students in PhPr
899-002 to analyze the accuracy of the signs and symptoms,
diagnoses and treatments presented.
To date, 50 students have taken the course, which uses the
first 12 episodes of Season One of the show. Students view
the episodes on DVD. Each week, they download a document
that consists of a summary of the episode to be studied that
week, followed by several questions to research and answer.
The questions are based on some elements of the episode that
are partially or completely inaccurate. The students’ research
is designed as a way for them to discover
University of Arizona student pharmacists are using research to prove or disprove Dr. House’s practice and theories.
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news in brief
From left: University of Arizona P4 Student
Pharmacist Ashley Sweaney, Clinical Assistant
Professor Dr. David A. Apgar and P4 Student
Pharmacist Karolina Seminova.
the inaccuracy. They then write up their
findings in a formal way, complete with appropriately formatted reference citations.
To assess student outcomes of the course,
Apgar provides individual feedback to each
student. The result has been that all the
students have better searching skills, better
writing skills and better citation formatting
skills after completing the course. Also, they
all have become more familiar with a number of sources used in the course. Some of
the major examples of these sources include
UpToDate, Harrison’s Internal Medicine
text, Cecil Internal Medicine text, Mandell’s
Infectious Disease text, and several other
specialty textbooks (e.g., on rheumatology,
endocrinology, and oncology).
From course to senior project
As Annie Walenga entered her fourth year of clinical rotations
in 2008, she asked Apgar if she and two other students could
work with the House TV show concept for their Pharm.D.
senior project. Together they developed the project proposal,
and the result was the first senior project in which students
evaluate the accuracy of medical statements on the show, onehalf season at a time.
It’s the job of the
students in PhPr
899-002 to analyze
the accuracy of the
signs and symptoms,
diagnoses and
treatments presented.
The senior project differs from the course. In the senior project, each team of students studies a different season of House.
They rate each episode on the accuracy of presenting signs
and symptoms, methods used to arrive at the final diagnosis
and the final therapy presented.
What about that needle?
So what are some of the medical anomalies the students have
found in the program? In one episode, House and his team
diagnose a patient with tuberculosis and hand him a “pill” of
streptomycin—but streptomycin is given by injection, not by
tablet.
And what about that needle in the eye for a retinal biopsy?
The scene was wrong on two counts: 1) to take a retinal
biopsy, the needle should be inserted sideways, through the
white of the eye, not through the front of the eye, where it
would pierce the lens and the cornea and cause blindness; and
2) the diagnosis the medical team is trying to make in this episode is usually done using a test of the patient’s spinal fluid,
not a retinal biopsy.
These are just the kinds of inaccuracies students in PhPr 899002 would discover.
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news in brief
University of Florida Pharmacy Technician
Training Broadens Career Options
Pharmacy technician jobs, once seen as entry-level positions
for younger workers, are now a way for older workers to remain
in the job market. As economic uncertainty and unstable job
markets linger, many workers now see these jobs as stable and
fulfilling second careers.
The change in demographic became apparent after the first
year of the University of Florida (UF) College of Pharmacy’s
14-week training program for pharmacy technicians. Program
Development Coordinator Judy Riffee, R.Ph., began teaching
pharmacy technicians at the college’s Gainesville campus in
2008.
An experienced pharmacy educator in the UF College of Pharmacy division of continuing education, Riffee expected a class
of young adults. Now, she is finding most of her students to be
40- to 60-year-olds, well-educated and eager to get back into
the job market in a meaningful way.
“The education and work experience of my current class ranges
from librarians and engineers to healthcare and finance professionals. The common thread seems to be a downturned
economy that is greatly affecting job retention and taking many
people out of the workplace for which they were originally
trained,” Riffee said.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts pharmacy technician jobs to increase substantially, by 31
percent nationally over the next seven years. The department’s
2010-11 Occupational Outlook Handbook also noted a favorable job market for those with formal training or certification.
The DLS Handbook, revised every two years, reported this job
forecast: “As cost-conscious insurers begin to use pharmacies
as patient-care centers and pharmacists become more involved
in patient care, pharmacy technicians will continue to see an
expansion of their role in the pharmacy.”
Phillip Lofthouse, recent graduate of the
pharmacy technician training program
at the University of Florida, working in
the Shands at UF in-patient pharmacy.
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AJPE Unveils Updated Web site; Welcomes New
Editorial Board Members
Becoming a pharmacy technician wasn’t
something that Phillip Lofthouse, 47, had
considered before. Now a graduate of
the UF pharmacy technician program, he
is working at the inpatient pharmacy at
Shands at UF medical center.
“Getting medications to patients is a big
thing—it’s the best thing I ever did,” said
Lofthouse.
UF offers its training course twice a week,
either in a Florida classroom setting, or
nationally, online through video-recorded
lessons by Riffee. All students also complete an 80-hour pharmacy externship near
their location.
The UF course meets the Florida Pharmacy
Board’s newly adopted 2011 training requirement for all Florida pharmacy technicians.
The new law no longer accepts previous
work experience for licensing. Beginning
Jan. 1, 2011, an accredited training program
such as UF’s is now the only way to meet
the Florida Board of Pharmacy’s education
requirement for technicians.
The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE)
launched a state-of-the-art Web site last month, rolling out new
features and enhancements that will be sure to impress both
new and existing users.
The new site includes comment posting capabilities, a powerful
search engine, downloadable references, a ‘new site features’
section and an RSS feed, just to name a few of its features. Be
sure to check out the new www.ajpe.org for much more.
Seven new members of the AJPE Editorial Board began their
3-year terms in July. These include Dr. Stuart T. Haines (University of Maryland), Dr. Adam M. Persky (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Dr. Susan M. Meyer (University of Pittsburgh),
Dr. Eric G. Boyce (University of the Pacific), Jennifer Marriott
(Monash University, Australia), Dr. Anna Ratka (Texas A&M Health
Science Center), and Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali (University
Sains Maylasia).
They will join returning Board members Dr. Deborah HarperBrown (Chicago State University) and Susan Burton (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa) who were reappointed for 3-year terms, and 15 continuing members of the Board.
The Board members serve as reviewers for manuscripts, write
editorial Viewpoints, serve as guest editors and recommend to
the Editor topics that would be of interest to Journal readers.
The UF course was developed to prepare
students for taking either of two national
certification exams. Though taking the
exam is not required in Florida, UF’s students are encouraged to do so upon completion of the program, Riffee said. All of her
students who have gone on to take the exam
have passed, she added. The state of Florida
does require pharmacy technicians to register with the Florida Board of Pharmacy.
Since January, the UF program has expanded to include more cities in Florida, with
additional live classes added in Orlando,
Jacksonville and Tampa.
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Academic Pharmacy Continues to
Make Global Impact
Since AACP launched Academic Pharmacy Now in 2008, the magazine has
featured pharmacy faculty and students who are acting globally to improve the
healthcare of people around the world. To continue sharing the rich evidence of
the connections created between educators and students who provide outreach
to underserved people in many areas of need, Academic Pharmacy Now will
feature a regular column devoted to the Academy’s work abroad.
Namibia gets first-ever pharmacy
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More than 13 percent of adults in the sub-Saharan African nation of Namibia have HIV or AIDS. Namibians also face high
risks of contracting diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.
Compounding these health issues is the fact that the country’s 2
million people have fewer than 200 pharmacists to provide care
for people who require essential medications, a recent University of Namibia press release reports.
The Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services recently
took an important step toward reducing this severe shortage of
pharmacists. Thanks in part to a collaboration with the University of Washington (UW), Namibia opened the country’s firstever pharmacy degree program at the University of Namibia
(UNAM), located in the capital city of Windhoek.
This past March, Namibia’s Former President Sam Nujoma officially launched the pharmacy program and welcomed the first
class of students. Dr. Andy Stergachis, UW professor of epidemiology and global health and adjunct professor of pharmacy
and health services, was in Namibia for the celebration. He was
a key player in the formation of this degree program.
“It was powerful to see this group of pharmacy students who
will be part of something so important to the entire nation of
Namibia,” said Stergachis.
Stergachis is a principal investigator on the UW Management Sciences for Health/Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems (SPS) grant. SPS is a project funded by the U.S. Agency
for International Development to help developing countries
strengthen and manage pharmaceutical systems and improve
access to and use of quality medicines. Through this grant,
Stergachis and two School of Pharmacy faculty members — Dr.
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Louis P. Garrison and affiliate professor John Watkins—traveled to Namibia in early 2009 to train UNAM leadership on
pharmacovigilance and pharmacoeconomics. In 2010, Stergachis and two other UW pharmacy professors spent time in
Ethiopia conducting similar training.
In April 2009, UNAM officials sent a delegation to UW to meet
with leadership from the School of Pharmacy, the Department
of Global Health, and the International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH). During that visit, School of
Pharmacy Dean Thomas A. Baillie and other UW faculty members expressed interest in helping UNAM develop a pharmacy
degree program within the UNAM School of Medicine.
Since that time, multiple UW pharmacy faculty members have
advised UNAM faculty members on curriculum issues and
helped with faculty recruitment. Stergachis has returned to
Namibia several times to offer additional workshops and consultations to faculty and administrators at the UNAM School
of Medicine.
Meanwhile, leaders at UNAM have been advertising the new
degree program, ensuring the curriculum meets international
best practice standards, reviewing applications from potential students and recruiting faculty. The Namibian Ministry of
Health has also been building and enhancing clinical training
centers for the students.
In February 2011, everything came together when 24 student
pharmacists started classes at the University of Namibia. This
marked the creation of a degree program that has not existed
in Namibia since the country gained independence from South
Africa in 1990.
Samford Develops Dynamic
Partnerships for Global Education
The Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy collaborates with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Sparkman Center for Global Health in a program designed to
build faculty capacity with the University of Zambia. Samford
is part of a planning grant from the Higher Education for Development for an Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative. The
primary objective of the grant is to develop a strategic plan in
order to identify broad-based needs and priorities for enhancing healthcare worker training in the University of Zambia
School of Medicine. UAB provides assistance from the schools
of medicine, nursing and allied health, and Samford does the
same for pharmacy.
In collaboration with UAB, Samford is also a part of the Global
Professional Fellowship Program, which is funded by the U.S.
Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The purpose of the Fellows program is to address global
health needs by strengthening education of healthcare providers. The program is being conducted at UAB in partnership
with the McWhorter School of Pharmacy, the University of California, San Francisco, the University of Zambia, The National
Institute of Public Administration in Zambia, the University of
Malawi, and the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance in Malawi.
As part of the Global Professional Fellows Program there are
currently in Birmingham about 20 Fellows from Zambia and Malawi, and among them is Derick Mumcombwe, faculty member
and pharmacist from the University of Zambia. Mumcombwe is
being housed by Samford faculty and will spend one week out of
the four-week program at the McWhorter School of Pharmacy.
Top: The first class of student pharmacists at the University of Namibia, joined
by several university officials.
Bottom: Sam Nujoma, University of Namibia chancellor, presents the University of Washington (UW) with a certificate of appreciation, accepted by Dr.
Andy Stergachis, UW professor of epidemiology and global health and adjunct professor of pharmacy.
A McWhorter School of Pharmacy faculty member visited
Zambia in the fall of 2008 and for the last two years, the school
has sent yearly one faculty and three to four senior student
pharmacists for a one-month experience (APPE). In addition,
the head of the University of Zambia pharmacy program, Dr.
Lungwani Muungo, visited Samford for one week last summer.
The school is currently assisting them with the development
of the University of Zambia’s new master’s degree program in
clinical pharmacy.
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news in brief
2011 Teachers of the Year
Each year, AACP member institutions submit their Teachers of the Year for
recognition at the Annual Meeting. This year’s honorees were feted at a
special luncheon of the 2011 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
AACP con­gratulates the 2011 Teachers of the Year:
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences
Mr. Andrew G. Flynn
Ms. Ellen L. Kennett
Dr. Dorothy E. Pumo
Appalachian College of Pharmacy
Florida A&M University
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Dr. Janet P. Barber
Dr. Jameeka S. Devoe
Dr. Leonard R. Rappa
Dr. David W. Seal
Dr. Angela C. Singh
Dr. Janis J. MacKichan
Dr. Chris Paxos
Dr. Stacey R. Schneider
Dr. Charles R. Breese
Dr. Sarah T. Melton
Hampton University
Auburn University
Husson University
Dr. Anna Solomon
Butler University
Dr. Stephanie Enz
Dr. Sarah Nisly
California Northstate College of Pharmacy
Dr. Parto Khansari
Chicago State University
Dr. Ehab A. Abourashed
Dr. Duc P. Do
Dr. Abir T. El-Alfy
Dr. John S. Esterly
Dr. Yolanda M. Hardy
Dr. Colleen Lauster
Concordia University Wisconsin
Dr. Ernest S. Stremski
Creighton University
Dr. Simone O. Heyliger
Northeastern University
Dr. Steven N. Leonard
Dr. Ganesh A. Thakur
Nova Southeastern University
Dr. Angela S. Garcia
Dr. Aaron M. Domina
Dr. Roger J. Phipps
Ohio Northern University
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dr. Sandra L. Hrometz
Dr. Donald L. Sullivan
Dr. Thomas D. Corso
Dr. Lakhu Keshvara
Dr. Dolores A. Kutzer
Pacific University Oregon
Loma Linda University
Dr. Naomi R. Florea
Dr. Robert Teel
Dr. David J. Weldon
Long Island University
Dr. Anna I. Nogid
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences–Boston
Dr. Judy WM Cheng
Dr. Stephen G. Kerr
Dr. Jennifer M. Jordan
Dr. Sigrid C. Roberts
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Dr. Curt J. Carlson
Presbyterian College
Dr. David H. Eagerton
Purdue University
Dr. Sharon M. Erdman
Regis University
Dr. Peter A. Clapp
Dr. Stephen W. Luckey
Dr. Keith J. Christensen
Dr. Brian S. Henriksen
Mr. Ronald J. Hospodka
Dr. Kathleen A. Packard
Dr. Amy M. Pick
Dr. Somnath Singh
Dr. Jennifer A. Tilleman
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences–Worcester
Drake University
Dr. Shaifali Bhalla
Dr. Walter Prozialeck
Dr. Carrie A. Sincak
South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Midwestern University/Glendale
South Dakota State University
Ms. Jennifer L. Tran
Duquesne University
Dr. Marc W. Harrold
East Tennessee State University
Dr. Stacy D. Brown
Dr. Charles C. Collins
Dr. Jim Thigpen
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Dr. Jennifer L. Donovan
Mercer University
Dr. Susan W. Miller
Midwestern University/Downers Grove
Dr. Bill J. Bowman
Dr. Mark Olsen
North Dakota State University
Dr. Aaron Anderson
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Rutgers, The State University of New
Jersey
Dr. Lucio Volino
Samford University
Dr. Maryam Iranikhah
Dr. Theresa J. Smith
Dr. Edward E. Soltis
Dr. Becky K. Baer
South University
Dr. Samit U. Shah
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Dr. A. Michael Crider
Dr. Keith A. Hecht
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Dr. Erin Callen
Dr. Carroll L. Ramos
St. John Fisher College
Dr. Amy L. Parkhill
St. John’s University
Dr. Danielle C. Ezzo
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Dr. Amie McCord Brooks
Sullivan University
Dr. Maria Lourdes Ceballos-Coronel
Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center
Dr. Jayarama Gunaje
Dr. Eric J. MacLaughlin
Dr. Reza Mehvar
Dr. Nikita Mirajkar
Dr. Steven Pass
The Ohio State University
Dr. Nicole Kwiek
Dr. Milap C. Nahata
The University of Arizona
Dr. Richard N. Herrier
Dr. Georg T. Wondrak
The University of Findlay
Dr. Bradley W. Shinn
The University of Georgia
Dr. Robert D. Arnold
The University of Iowa
Dr. Jeffrey C. Reist
The University of Kansas
Dr. Patricia A. Howard
The University of Mississippi
Dr. John D. Bridges
Dr. Erin R. Holmes
Dr. Richard L. Ogletree
Dr. John M. Rimoldi
Dr. Laurie E. Warrington
The University of Montana
Dr. David S. Freeman
Dr. Lisa V. Wrobel
The University of New Mexico
University of Kentucky
The University of Oklahoma
Dr. Jim R. Pauly
Dr. Frank Romanelli
Dr. Alan R. Spies
The University of Tennessee
Dr. J. Richard Brown
Dr. Christa M. George
University of Maryland
The University of Toledo
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Dr. Diane M. Cappelletty
Dr. Christine N. Hinko
Dr. Jerry Nesamony
Dr. Kimberly A. Schmude
University of Minnesota
Dr. Kristin Watson
Dr. Miguel Martin
Dr. Jeannine M. Conway
Dr. Michael T. Swanoski
Thomas Jefferson University
University of Missouri–Kansas City
Dr. Jason J. Schafer
Touro College of Pharmacy–New York
Dr. Keith Veltri
Dr. Frank J. Caligiuri
University of New England
Dr. Kenneth L. McCall
Dr. Christian J. Teter
Union University
Dr. David A. Kuhl
Dr. Ashok E. Philip
Dr. Mark A. Stephens
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Ralph H. Raasch
University at Buffalo, The State University
of New York
Dr. William A. Prescott Jr.
University of Alberta
Dr. Christine A. Hughes
University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Neal J. Benedict
Dr. Susan M. Meyer
Dr. Paul L. Schiff
Dr. Pamela L. Smithburger
University of the Incarnate Word
University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
Dr. Lila P. LaGrange
Dr. Charles K. Born
Dr. Keith R. McCain
Dr. Kathryn K. Neill
University of the Pacific
University of Charleston
Dr. Vincent J. Willey
Dr. Rajul A. Patel
University of the Sciences
Dr. Rebecca S. Linger
University of Wyoming
University of Cincinnati
Dr. Teresa M. Cavanaugh
Dr. Jessica Burch
Dr. Bruce W. Culver
University of Connecticut
Virginia Commonwealth University
Dr. Sean M. Jeffery
Dr. Jurgen Venitz
University of Florida
West Virginia University
Dr. Reginald F. Frye
Dr. Gerald M. Higa
University of Houston
Western University of Health Sciences
Dr. Lindsay A. Schwarz
Dr. Jeffrey T. Sherer
Dr. Louis Williams
Dr. Donald I. Hsu
Wilkes University
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Sheila M. Allen
Dr. Bradley C. Cannon
Dr. James F. Fahey
Mr. Thomas A. Tolhurst
Dr. Marie A. Thomas
Xavier University of Louisiana
Dr. Keturah R. Robinson
Dr. Gretchen Ray
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Pharmacy
Build Brid
Bright Fu
2 011 Annu
2011 AACP Annual Meeting
PHOTO: SAN ANTONIO CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
July 9–13  San Antonio, Texas
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Educators
ges to a
uture at
ual Meeting
feature story
Nearly 1,900 members of the Academy convened in
San Antonio July 9–13 eager to attend the 2011 AACP
Annual Meeting. With highly informative special sessions
on interprofessional education, assessment, and leadership
and management, meeting attendees left armed with tools to
continue building Bridges to Our Bright Future at their home
institutions and ready to shape the future of global healthcare.
“The 2011 AACP Annual Meeting continues to receive rave
reviews from members, attendees, guests and exhibitors,” said
Dr. Lucinda L. Maine, AACP executive vice president and CEO.
“The event exceeded all expectations and we look forward to
continuing this trend next year in Kissimmee, Florida.”
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feature story
This year’s Teachers Seminar kicked off the Annual Meeting on Saturday, July 9 as more than 280 educators and
students packed the Grand Hyatt Hotel to learn about
advancing faculty abilities in conducting the scholarship
of teaching and learning (SoTL). Attendees listened to
keynote speaker Dr. Mary M. (Peggy) Piascik, 2009-10
AACP Donald C. Brodie Academic Scholar-in-Residence,
describe the results of her project that evaluated promotion and tenure documents of U.S. colleges and schools of
pharmacy for evidence that SoTL is valued. Following the
morning’s opening session, participants had the opportunity to attend several break-outs during which speakers
addressed strategies for success and a continuous professional development model to develop a plan for SoTL.
At this year’s Welcome Reception on Saturday evening, attendees joined Editor Joseph T. DiPiro in celebrating the
75th anniversary of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. A timeline highlighting significant milestones over the past 75 years of the Journal and a special
video message from Academy and AACP leadership were
shown at the reception. Dr. George Cocolas, AJPE editor
from 1980-2003, was in attendance and marveled at the
Journal’s illustrious history on display.
Rufus A. Lyman Award
While the focus of the night’s celebrations was on AJPE,
some faculty members couldn’t pass up the opportunity
to show their school spirit. Groups from the University of
Maryland, The University of Oklahoma and Northeastern
University embodied their school’s spirit with festive hats,
matching scarves and t-shirts. The reception also featured
School Posters at which attendees could mingle and network with fellow pharmacy educators.
Annual Meeting plenary speakers Dr. Roberta Bondar,
Canada’s first woman astronaut aboard NASA’s space
shuttle Discovery, and Dr. Greg Holzman, associate
deputy director for the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial
Support, had attendees riveted by their inspirational and
enlightening discussions. Bondar explored ideas of lifelong learning and implementing change in education. She
also probed attendees to think about their “footprint” on
the profession and to reflect on what they’ve done, where
they’ve gone, but what is still left to learn.
Top: Northeastern University
School of Pharmacy administration and faculty donned matching t-shirts during the 2011 Annual Meeting Welcome Reception
that read, “I AM Northeastern.”
Bottom: 2010-11 AACP Academic
Leadership Fellow Graduate Dr.
Jill A. Pfeiffenberger (middle) is
feted at a commencement dinner
with mentor Dr. Lisa A. Lawson,
dean of the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy (left), and Dr. Lucinda L. Maine, AACP executive vice
president and CEO (right).
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“We learn from someone, not something,” she said. “The
stars are aligning but there are also new patterns. We must
move with the stars to keep people engaged.”
At the Science Plenary, Holzman discussed the opportunities for strengthened partnerships between the CDC and
pharmacy educators to assist community-based organizations develop, implement, and evaluate high-quality clinical and community preventive services and programs.
Programming at the 2011 Annual Meeting explored new
developments in pharmacy education and practice. Special sessions provided attendees with a plethora of professional development opportunities. Sessions spanned four
days and focused on innovative topics such as integrating
WIKI technology for students and faculty, and imple-
menting IPE activities in a variety of learning environments, including didactic courses, simulated patient care
laboratory and experiential settings. Both attendees and
non-attendees have the opportunity to benefit from the
meeting’s educational content at any time by purchasing
the new Value Package, which provides access to AACP’s
new Online Learning Center. For more information, visit
http://aacp.sclivelearningcenter.com/.
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Tuesday night marked the end to another exceptional Annual Meeting as the Academy gathered together to celebrate its
collective accomplishments. The Closing Banquet featured
the presentation of the Rufus A. Lyman Award to authors
Dr. Margarita Echeverri, Dr. Cecile Brookover and Dean
Kathleen Kennedy from Xavier University of Louisiana for
the best paper published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education in 2010. The authors validated a tool to
assess Xavier student pharmacists’ perceived level of cultural
competence. Kennedy expressed her humility and gratitude
for the award, and noted that the paper’s publication in AJPE
gave them the opportunity to discuss the research being done
at Xavier in the area of cultural competence. Kennedy also
charged her fellow educators with testing and utilizing the
tool in their own educational environment.
Dr. Jeffrey N. Baldwin, AACP immediate past president,
was presented with a presidential clock honoring his continued service to the Association and the Academy. In keeping with the musical precedent set by Dr. Victor A. Yanchick in 2010, the duo led the audience in a sing-a-long to
Janis Joplin’s “Mercedes Benz.”
AACP would like to gratefully acknowledge the generous
support of the meeting’s sponsors and exhibitors, as well
as the many speakers and contributors who helped make
the 2011 Annual Meeting an unequivocal success. Join us
next year in Kissimmee, Florida, July 10-14, for Pharmacy
Education 2012!
Top: Dr. Wendy C. Cox, assistant dean for professional education and clinical
assistant professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, discusses the
poster, “Design and Implementation of a Course Review Process” with Dr.
Jeff J. Cain, director of education technology at the University of Kentucky
College of Pharmacy.
Bottom: Dr. Brian L. Crabtree, 2011-12 AACP president, is sworn in at the Final
House of Delegates Session at the 2011 Annual Meeting in San Antonio.
President Crabtree Sets an Agenda of Excellence and Relevance
AACP President Dr. Brian L. Crabtree, professor of pharmacy practice at The University of Mississippi
School of Pharmacy, announced that during his presidential term he’ll focus on excellence and relevance in pharmacy education. In order to accomplish his agenda, Crabtree believes the Academy
must reward a diversity of excellence among its members; develop preceptors as integral to the quality of the education colleges and schools offer; undertake a significant enhancement to our research
and graduate education portfolio; and enhance the balance of AACP’s advocacy portfolio.
Stay tuned for future communications about President Crabtree’s leadership agenda.
Thielemans
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Pharmacy Educators
and Practitioners
Work Together to
Transform Healthcare
Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRN), often housed
in academic institutions, are groups of clinicians devoted to
conducting research on practices and practice models that
will lead to improved healthcare. Their goal is to improve
patient outcomes through practice-based research that
transcends a single study.
PBRNs are essential to examining the medication use
system and issues related to patient safety. Academic
Pharmacy Now highlights what pharmacy faculty members
at institutions are doing to advance the quality of pharmacy
and the effectiveness of practice through a PBRN.
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The University of Tennessee
University of Houston
In 2007, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy
developed the UT Pharm Net PBRN. The network was developed shortly after attending the AACP-sponsored conference “Embracing the PBRN Model to Improve
Medication Use Process” that same year. Funding for the conference was made
possible [in part] by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Dr. Earlene E. Lipowski, 2006 Donald C. Brodie AACP Academic
Scholar-in-Residence, was the principal investigator. Attendees at the conference
established key strategies for launching a pharmacist PBRN, which proved to be
helpful in the development of UT Pharm Net.
Also established in 2007, the Houston Infectious Disease Network (HIDN) is an alliance
of infectious disease clinicians and researchers committed to collaborative outreach activities that enhance and expand education,
research and best practices for the safe and
effective delivery of healthcare to patients
while adhering to and advancing principles of
antimicrobial stewardship.
The mission of UT Pharm Net is to 1) provide a forum for pharmacists to conduct
collaborative research focused on medication use, clinical pharmacy practice and
pharmacist education/training; and 2) optimize medication use and clinical pharmacist practice that results in high quality, reproducible clinical outcomes that are
translatable to patient care.
Organized by infectious diseases pharmacy
faculty at the University of Houston (UH)
College of Pharmacy, the HIDN is composed
of 30-40 clinicians, researchers, fellows and
residents representing about 20 academic,
nonprofit and private institutions primarily
within Houston’s Texas Medical Center.
UT Pharm Net membership consists of pharmacists who practice in primary care
settings throughout the state. It was determined that the network be developed in
the area of primary care initially due to the large number of pharmacists practicing in this area that were either full- or part-time faculty. There are currently 18
members who practice in seven different locations. Members communicate at least
quarterly using video and teleconferencing technology. UT Pharm Net members
have access to a secure, online, customizable database that was developed by the
UT Biomedical Information Sciences Unit. This database can be used for a variety
of data collection needs and allows for maintenance of one database per project
instead of one database per project per location.
To date, UT Pharm Net has received $375,000 in external funding to assess patient
outcomes related to type 2 diabetes mellitus in an interdisciplinary care environment. Patient follow-up will conclude in October 2011. This project has served
not only as a method to conduct research, but also as a way for pharmacists across
the state to collaborate and share best practices to improve patient care. One way
this was accomplished was by sharing patient education materials while creating a
standardized packet for patients enrolled in the study.
“The goal behind creating the network was
the simple idea that if you bring together
people with similar interests, but likely different experiences and approaches, the potential for generating real solutions to our
common concerns and individual or institutional challenges increases dramatically,” said
HIDN founder Dr. Vincent Tam, UH College
of Pharmacy associate professor and clinical
specialist at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in
Houston’s TMC.
Although largely made up of pharmacists,
HIDN’s membership also includes infectious
disease physicians and microbiologists, with
clinical and/or research specialties ranging
from bacterial and fungal to viral, HIV and
AIDS, as well as critical care, oncology and
infectious disease specialization.
HIDN hosts bimonthly educational sessions
for members to learn about developments in
the field from national and international experts, exchange practice experiences and discuss research opportunities. The group also
produces an annual “Significant publications
on infectious diseases pharmacotherapy”
round-up article—now entering its fourth
year—in the American Journal of HealthSystem Pharmacy. HIDN members select
“candidate” publications from peer-reviewed
medical literature from the preceding year,
then distribute the list of 50–60 articles to
members of the Society of Infectious Disease
Pharmacists via online survey to cull the field
down to the top 10 papers.
UT Pharm Net members
communicate at least quarterly using video and teleconferencing technology.
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University of Minnesota
feature story
In an effort to improve the medication use process, a new collaboration was initiated in February 2008 bringing together
the College of Pharmacy, the Minnesota Pharmacists Association and pharmacist practitioners across the state. This
new effort is called the Minnesota Pharmacy Practice-Based
Research Network. The PBRN’s purpose is to collect information using a network of pharmacies to address questions
related to the medication use process, and to serve as a living
laboratory to address societal questions related to health and
wellness. The network also serves as a meeting point for sharing and generating new ideas for the practice of pharmacy,
healthcare, health systems, technologies, communities and
society overall.
“At the college, we set a high priority on being involved with,
shaping and leading change in pharmacy practice,” said Professor and Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health
Systems Head Dr. Stephen W. Schondelmeyer. “This network
is about us working with community pharmacies across the
state to develop practice enhancement and research projects
that meet their needs.”
The Minnesota Pharmacy PBRN has been accepted for the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Primary Care Practice-Based Research Networks Registry.
Professor and Associate Department Head Dr. Jon Schommer has led the effort at the college to establish the Minnesota Pharmacy PBRN. The PBRN’s 21 principal investigators
have a total of 14 projects in various stages and three projects
have been completed. One of the projects served as a graduate student’s doctoral dissertation—another benefit of the
Minnesota PBRN for the college. Current projects range from
novel delivery methods for medication therapy management,
to evaluating health information technology to improve the
quality and safety of medication management.
According to Schommer, the key to new projects will be learning from and listening to the community pharmacists. “This
ensures that our projects are relevant and applicable to community practice,” he said.
Schommer is also developing ways to query medical and
pharmacy data to address questions related to healthcare
utilization and quality. To do so, he has tapped into one of
the nation’s oldest primary care practice-based research networks in the United States—the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Research Network. “MAFP has significant experience with data queries. This insight has been very
helpful to apply to our pharmacy network,” said Schommer.
The span of the Minnesota Pharmacy PBRN is far reaching. At the beginning of 2010, the network included 305 geographically-dispersed community and institutional-based pharmacies—or 25 percent of all pharmacies across the state in rural, suburban and urban settings.
USC Pharmacy Faculty
Use PBRN Concepts in
Safety-net Clinics
The University of Southern California
School of Pharmacy currently serves 12
safety-net clinics with clinical pharmacists working shoulder-to-shoulder with
physicians and other healthcare professionals in the provision of services to
underserved populations in the greater
Los Angeles area. At each of these
clinics, clinical pharmacists have shown
that their role on the healthcare team
results in quality improvements in overall care, enhanced medication safety
and cost savings. Pharmacists in these
settings taught patients self-management skills, reviewed medical, laboratory and medication histories, evaluated
and modified drug therapy, ordered
routine laboratory tests, monitored adherence to drug therapy regimens and
provided follow-up care and referrals.
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Looking to the
Future While
Remembering
the Past
Academic Pharmacy Now continues its
milestones and anniversaries series with
more schools celebrating excellence in
pharmacy education.
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University of Colorado
From Boulder to 9th Avenue in Denver, and
now to its current home on the Anschutz Medical Campus, the University of Colorado School
of Pharmacy celebrated 100 years of education,
patient care and scientific discovery in August
with a new building and dedication, new name
and kickoff to a year-long celebration of the
school’s century of care.
The new four-story, 171,146-square foot pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences building,
which houses the school, is the newest education and research addition on the campus and
the first to seek LEED certification.
The building was made possible by an $11 million grant from the Skaggs family and The ALSAM Foundation. During the dedication ceremony, the school was named the University of
Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, in recognition of Mr. L.S.
Skaggs, his family and The ALSAM Foundation
whose generosity made the building a reality.
Over the course of its 100-year history, the
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has provided care to thousands of
Coloradans through health fairs and collaborative diabetes clinics throughout the state, hosted an annual prescription drug disposal event,
honored a long-held tradition of embracing diversity and excelled in the discovery of a new
colon cancer marker.
Dr. Vasilis Vasilou is one of many pharmacy
faculty members conducting research breakthroughs at the school. Dr. Vasilou spent the last
15 years researching detoxifying enzymes to discover a new colon cancer marker that could one
day improve both detection and treatment of
colon cancer. Another breakthrough was made
by Dr. LaToya Jones-Braun whose work focused
on keeping the hepatitis B vaccine potent at
room temperature. This will help ensure thousands of people are vaccinated and potentially
save millions of lives.
Dean Emeritus Louis Diamond (right) and Dean Ralph J. Altiere
(left) unveil the new Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences sign designating the new name of the school.
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2009:
A Year of Major Milestones
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Ohio Northern University
Founded in 1884, Ohio Northern University’s (ONU) College of
Pharmacy has had the privilege to graduate more than 8,500 pharmacists during its 127-year history. The R.H. Raabe College of Pharmacy, which celebrated 125 years in 2009, integrates a comprehensive foundation in the pharmaceutical sciences and the practice of
pharmacy along with a strong liberal arts curriculum. ONU’s graduates are particularly active in local, state and national health-related
organizations. Outstanding clinical facilities and preceptors illustrate
the application of knowledge to actual therapeutic decisions.
University of Illinois at Chicago
In September of 1859, a group of prominent Chicago druggists gathered with one common goal: to formalize the education and practice
of their beloved trade. Those meetings bore the Chicago College of
Pharmacy, or as we know it today, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy.
The UIC College of Pharmacy changed greatly over the years. In its
first 20 years, the young college struggled to find its footing with the
challenges of the Civil War followed closely by the Great Chicago
Fire. The college graduated only two students in its first decade of
existence. Since then, the college has been housed in more than six
locations within the city, finally finding a permanent home on the
West Side of Chicago in the Illinois Medical District. Today, the UIC
College of Pharmacy graduates nearly 200 professional and graduate
students who go on to be leaders in their chosen professions.
In September 2009, nearly 150 years to the day after the college was
founded, more than 650 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
traveled from 24 states and two nations to celebrate the college’s
history and its future.
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faculty news
Faculty News
Albany College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences
• Michael S. Pittman was promoted to associate
professor with tenure in the Department of Arts &
Sciences.
Appointments/Elections
• Aimee F. Strang was named assistant dean for
pharmacy academic affairs and curricular assessment.
• Amy Barton Pai has been appointed chair of the
New York State Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Coalition.
• Michael A. Biddle Jr. was named assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Vermont campus.
• Jacquelyn E. Canning was named assistant professor, ambulatory care/psychiatry, in the Department
of Pharmacy Practice at the Albany campus.
• Joanna R. Schwartz was named president of the
Vermont Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
• Emily Sutton was named assistant professor of
pharmacy practice at the Vermont campus.
Grants
• Amy Barton Pai received a $13,250 grant from
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc. to assess the
comparative effectiveness of treatments for patients
hospitalized with euvolemic and hypervolemic
hyponatremia.
Promotions
• Indra Balachandran was granted tenure as associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences.
• Laurie L. Briceland was named assistant dean for
pharmacy admissions and experiential education.
• David W. Clarke was named dean of the School of
Arts & Sciences.
• John J. Denio was named dean of students.
• Yuri V. Kholodenko was promoted to associate
professor in the Department of Arts & Sciences.
• Tanya A. Vadala was promoted to assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice.
• HaiAn (Andy) Zheng was promoted to associate
professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences.
Appalachian College of
Pharmacy
Awards
• The college was selected as an APhA Foundation
Project IMPACT: Diabetes Community.
Auburn University
Awards
• Kimberly Braxton-Lloyd was the non-student
recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in
2011.
• Amy R. Donaldson earned the 2011 Hargreaves
Faculty Mentor Award.
• Anna Solomon was named the Student Government Association Teacher of the Year for 2011.
• The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Alabama contributed $25,000 to the Auburn
University Foundation in support of the Harrison
School of Pharmacy.
• Patrick D. Meek was promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Pharmacy
Practice.
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faculty news
Campbell University
Appointments/Elections
• Jennifer Smith was appointed as a member of the
2011 Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Council.
Awards
• Robert M. Cisneros was selected to participate in
the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program.
• Brian Healey received the 2010 PPD CEO Performance Excellence Award.
• Byron May was selected to participate in the AACP
Academic Leadership Fellows Program.
• Kathey B. Fulton Rumley was named the 2011
Acute Care Pharmacist of the Year by the North
Carolina Association of Pharmacists.
• Jennifer Smith is the recipient of the 2011 American Diabetes Association’s Patient Care Award.
Promotions
Promotions
• Naser Z. Alsharif, professor of pharmacy sciences
• Keith J. Christensen, associate professor of pharmacy practice
• Gary N. Elsasser, professor of pharmacy practice
• Kathleen A. Packard, associate professor of pharmacy practice
• Amy M. Pick, adjunct associate professor of pharmacy practice
• Maryann Z. Skrabal, adjunct associate professor of
pharmacy practice
Drake University
Appointments/Elections
• Nicholas Lehman, assistant professor of pharmacy
practice
• Abebe Mengesha, assistant professor of pharmaceutics
• Wesley D. Rich was promoted to assistant dean for
administration.
• Raylene M. Rospond, deputy provost
Creighton University
• Renae J. Chesnut, full professor, pharmacy practice
Promotions
• Sally L. Haack, associate professor, pharmacy
practice
Grants
• Christopher J. Destache has been awarded a one
year, $37,500 grant from Creighton University for
“LB692 CTS” to promote efficacy of combination
antiretroviral nanoparticles in a mouse model of
HIV-1; and a one year, $410,913 grant from the
National Institutes of Health for “Once Monthly
Antiretroviral Nanoparticles for HIV-1 Treatment.”
• Michele Faulkner, Keith J. Christensen and Thomas
L. Lenz received funding for one year from “Wilde
River Technology Extension Center” for a development on interactive electronic health record as a
training tool for student pharmacists in the amount
of $3,000.
• Chuck Phillips, full professor, pharmacy administration
• Lori L. Schirmer, associate professor, pharmacy
practice
• Geoffrey C. Wall, full professor, pharmacy practice
Duquesne University
Appointments/Elections
• Janet Astle, director of student and government
relations
• Janet Astle, Bruce H. Livengood and Christine K.
O’Neil, executive committee of the school
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faculty news
• Rehana Leak, assistant professor of pharmacology,
Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• L.A. O’Donnell, assistant professor of pharmacology, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Christine K. O’Neil, director of curricular development
Promotions
• Shaifali Bhalla has been promoted to associate professor of pharmacy science and awarded tenure.
• Susan Cornell has been promoted to adjunct associate professor of pharmacy practice.
• M. Perry, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
• Kathy E. Komperda has been awarded tenure in
pharmacy practice.
• K. Wolfgang, assistant professor of pharmacy
practice
• Huzefa Master has been promoted to associate
professor of pharmacy practice.
Grants
Northeast Ohio Medical
University
• David A. Johnson, principal investigator. Project
Title: Effect of Estrogen on Cognition and Memory
in a MPTP Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Period
of Project: January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009.
Source: Duquesne University; Faculty Development Fund. Amount Granted 2011-12: $4,300.
Total Grant: $8,600
• Rehana Leak, principal investigator. Project Title:
Adaptations to Paraquat Toxicity in a Model of
Parkinson’s Disease in Vivo. Period of Project: May
1, 2011 to April 30, 2013. Source: Faculty Development Funds. Amount Granted 05-11: $10,000.
Total Grant: $10,000.
• L.A. O’Donnell, principal investigator. Project
Title: Protecting the Developing Brain: Crosstalk
between Neuroinflammatory Signals in Neonatal
Neurodegenerative Disease. Period of Project: June
1, 2011 to May 31, 2013. Source: Duquesne University’s Hunkele Dreaded Disease Award. Amount
Granted 06-11: $8,736 Total Grant: $8,736.
Midwestern University/
Glendale
Appointments/Elections
• Karen M. Nagel-Edwards appointed chair, Section
on Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, APhA-APRS.
• Timothy J. Todd elected to the Board of Directors
for the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group.
Awards
• David D. Allen has been selected as a 2011 American Pharmacists Association Fellow.
• Susan P. Bruce has been selected as a 2011 Greater
Akron Chamber “30 for the Future” recipient.
Northeastern University
Appointments/Elections
• Michael Conley, assistant clinical professor
• Elizabeth B. Hirsch, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
Awards
• Vladimir P. Torchilin received the “Excellence in
Research and Creative Activity Award” from Northeastern University honoring outstanding research
and creative activity of national and international
significance.
Grants
• Heather A. Clark awarded $10,000 by the Center
for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology for project titled “Lighting Up Diagnostics.”
• Richard C. Deth awarded $388,750 by the National
Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA) for work titled
“Effect of Drugs of Abuse on Neuronal Redox and
Methylation Status.”
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faculty news
Promotions
• Nathaniel M. Rickles earned tenure and was promoted to associate professor.
Ohio Northern University
Appointments/Elections
• Kimberly A. Broedel-Zaugg was installed as trustee
representing District 3 of the Ohio Pharmacists
Association.
Awards
• Nathaniel Mabe, a third-year student pharmacist,
was honored for his Goldwater research essay.
Mabe is conducting his research at ONU under the
guidance of Boyd Rorabaugh, associate professor
of pharmacology and cell biology.
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Promotions
• Dana A. Brown, associate professor
• Seena L. Haines, professor
Purdue University
Appointments/Elections
• Kellie L. Jones has been elected secretary to the
Board of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy
Association.
Grants
• Eric L. Barker received $205,875 from PHS-NIH
National Institute on Aging for “Anxiety in a Genetic Animal Model of Alcoholism: Role of Endocannabinoids.”
• Richard F. Borch received $35,860 from Trask
Trust Fund for “Immune Response Enhancement
Using Linker-Modified Proteins” and $2,000 from
American Chemical Society for “ACS Division of
Medicinal Chemistry Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.”
• Stephen R. Byrn received $9,732 from Handa
Pharmaceuticals, LLC for “Handa Pharmaceuticals,
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LLC” and $40,000 from Science Applications International Corp. for “Study to Support Formulation
of a Small Molecule with Therapeutic Potential for
Spinal Muscular Atrophy.”
• Noll L. Campbell received $27,391 from Indiana
University for “Pharmacological Management of
Delirium” and $212,409 from NIH for “Pharmacological Management of Delirium.”
• David A. Colby received $20,000 from Trask Trust
Fund for “Stable Salts to Generate Fluoroform” and
$10,000 from AACP for “A Strategy to Incorporate
Flourine Onto Biologically Active Molecules.”
• Mark S. Cushman received $208,937 from University of Illinois at Chicago for “Novel Antiobiotic
Development for Biodefense.”
• Vincent J. Davisson received $84,404 from U.S.
Department of Defense for “A Pedley 10/11 Targeting the Stability of PCNA at Nuclear Foci Upon
DNA Damage” and $42,500 from the University of
Notre Dame for “Advancement of New Anticancer
Agents.”
• Richard A. Gibbs received $200,970 from PHSNIH National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders for “The Role of a Novel
Vitamin E Metabolite in Colon Cancer Prevention
and Therapy” and $368,445 from NIH for “The
Role of a Novel Vitamin E Metabolite in Colon
Cancer Prevention and Therapy.”
• Monica L. Miller received $1,000 from American
Pharmacists Association Foundation for “Blood
Sugar Screening in Tumaini Street Children.”
• Mick Murray received $1.025 million from Regenstrief Foundation for “The Observational Medical
Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Database Available for Comparative Effectiveness and Pharmacoepidemiology Research.”
• Carol B. Post received $199,944 from PHS-NIH
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for “Protein Stability and Antiviral Activity in
Human Rhinovirus” and $280,201 from PHS-NIH
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
for “NMR Structure of Peptide and Protein Complexes.”
faculty news
• Jean-Christophe Rochet received $72,094 from
PHS-NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse for
“Mechanisms of DJ-1 Protection Against Methamphetamine Neurotoxicity.”
• Lynne S. Taylor received $3,500 from Merck
Research Laboratories for “Merck Co., Inc.” and
$10,000 from Merck Research Laboratories for
“Merck Co., Inc.”
• Lynne S. Taylor and Stephen R. Byrn received
$165,000 from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for
“Dissolution Behavior of Amorphous Solid Dispersions.”
• Joseph Thomas III received $19,555 from Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana for “Outcomes and
Perceived Needs Among Individuals with TBI and
SCI (Traumatic Brain Injury & Spinal Cord Injury)
in Indiana” and $279,338 from PHS-NIH National
Institute on Aging for “Prognostic Significance of
Insufficient ADL Help on Health Outcomes/Utilization.”
• Elizabeth M. Topp received $50,000 from Catalent
Pharma Solutions for “Catalent.”
• Kara D. Weatherman received $11,011 from Cardinal Health for “Training Program Partnership with
Cardinal Health.”
Samford University
Appointments/Elections
• John J. Arnold was appointed Voting Delegate to
the United States Pharmacopeial (USP).
• Michael D. Hogue was sworn in as president,
American Pharmacists Association’s Academy of
Pharmacy Practice and Management, and member
of the APhA Board of Trustees.
• Robert M. Riggs was elected to the post of Region
III’s Southeast Rho Chi Councilor.
Promotions
• Dee Dugan, promoted to associate professor
• Teresa W. Wilborn, promoted to professor
Shenandoah University
Appointments/Elections
• Dawn E. Havrda was recertified as a board certified
pharmacotherapy specialist.
• Jenny Kim has been appointed as an assistant professor, Department of Pharmacogenomics.
• Alan J. Zillich and Karen S. Hudmon received
$100,000 for “The Patient Centered Medical Home
and Integrated Tobacco Cessation Care.”
• Kelly P. Masters has been credentialed as a certified
diabetes educator and was recertified as a board
certified pharmacotherapy specialist.
Promotions
• Michelle L. Rager has been credentialed as a certified diabetes educator.
• Eric L. Barker, professor
• Patti Darbishire, clinical associate professor
• Amber Wesner has been appointed as an assistant
professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice.
• Sharon M. Erdman, clinical professor
Awards
• Tony R. Hazbun, associate professor
• Sarah Parnapy Jawaid was chosen to participate in
the 2011-12 AACP Academic Leadership Fellows
Program.
• Carol A. Ott, clinical associate professor
• Chiwook Park, associate professor
Promotions
• Brian M. Shepler, clinical associate professor
• Jennifer E. Bryant has been promoted to associate
professor.
• James S. Green has been promoted to associate
professor.
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faculty news
• Dawn E. Havrda has been promoted to professor.
Retirements
South Carolina College of
Pharmacy
• Michael Dickson, professor
Appointments/Elections
• Eugenia Broude, scientist
• Kim Creek, professor and vice chair, Department of
Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
• Brianne Dunne, assistant professor
• Earle W. Lingle Jr., associate professor
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville
Appointments/Elections
• Gireesh V. Gupchup, dean, School of Pharmacy
• Jason S. Haney, assistant professor
The Ohio State University
• Bryan Love, assistant professor
Awards
• Whitney Maxwell, assistant professor
• The College of Pharmacy was selected as an APhA
Foundation Project IMPACT: Diabetes Community.
• Christina Piro, assistant professor
• Igor Roninson, professor and endowed chair of the
South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence for
Translational Cancer Therapeutics
• Misha Shtutman, assistant professor
The University of Arizona
Appointments/Elections
• Patrick M. Woster, professor and endowed chair of
the South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence
for Drug Discovery
• J. Lyle Bootman has been appointed UA senior
vice president for health sciences and received an
honorary doctor of science degree from The Ohio
State University.
• Jun Wu, assistant professor
Awards
Promotions
• Marie A. Chisholm-Burns received the 2011 Award
of Excellence from the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists; the 2011 Nicholas AndrewCummings Award from the National Academies of
Practice; the 2010 Vision Award from the University of Arizona’s Commission on the Status of
Women; and the 2011 Soroptimist Ruby Award.
• Sondra H. Berger, director of international programs
• John A. Bosso, inducted member National Academy of Practice-Pharmacy
• Philip D. Hall, campus dean, Medical University of
South Carolina Campus
• Heather Kokko, director of dual degree Pharm.D./
MBA program with the Citadel
• Kelly R. Ragucci, assistant dean for curriculum,
Medical University of South Carolina Campus
• Bryan Ziegler, interim director of Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center
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• Kelly Green Boesen, Preceptor of the Year Award
• Richard N. Herrier, Clinical Science Educator of
the Year Award
• Theodore G. Tong was honored as an Advocate for
Diversity in Medicine by the Victoria Foundation.
• Georg T. Wondrak, Basic Science Educator of the
Year Award
faculty news
The University of Iowa
• Michael Ihnat, associate professor of pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Appointments/Elections
Awards
• Paul W. Abramowitz, the Board of Directors of the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
executive vice president and CEO-designate.
• Nancy Brahm and Kimberly Crosby both received
the OU-Tulsa President’s Leadership Award for
Service.
• Barry L. Carter has been appointed to the firstever Partick E. Keefe Professorship in Pharmacy
through the Department of Pharmacy Practice and
Science.
• Vincent C. Dennis, 2011 OU Regent’s Award for
Superior Teaching
Awards
• JoLaine R. Drauglis received the David Ross Boyd
Professorship, a life-time appointment, from the
OU Board of Regents.
• Lee E. Kirsch is the recipient of the “Distinguished
Service Award” from the Parenteral Drug Association.
• Beth H. Resman-Targoff was named 2011 Pharmacist of the Year by the Oklahoma Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists.
The University of Kansas
Grants
Awards
• Lester A. Mitscher was recently inducted as a 2011
American Chemical Society Fellow.
The University of Montana
Grants
• Dianne L. DeCamp has received $269,444 from
NIH for High-Level Expression of Human EAAT3
for Biochemical and Structural Analysis.
• Katherine S. Hale has received $187,188 from the
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services for a Hypertension Self Management
Education Service Provided by Community Pharmacists and The University of Montana.
• Darrell A. Jackson has received $425,108 from
NIH for Synaptic Modification of AMPRs by Oxidative Stress.
The University of Oklahoma
Appointments/Elections
• Lucila Garcia-Contreras, assistant professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Vibhudutta Awasthi, NIH-NHLBI R01,
$1,493,228.”Biologic evaluation of liposomeencapsulated hemoglobin” and American Heart
Association Grant-in-Aid, $140,000, “Modulation
of host defense by SP-A-TLR4 interaction.”
• W. Michael McShan, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST),
$135,000, “Mobile Element SpyCIM1 Enhances
Survival in S. pyogenes.”
• H. Anne Pereira, Economic Development Generating Excellence (EDGE)Award, $325,000. “New
drugs for bad bugs.”
• Scott Schaeffer, HRSA, $100,000. “Poison control
and stabilization and enhancement program-deaf/
hard of hearing.”
• Michael J. Smith, Pacific Institute for Research
and Evaluation (PIRE), $18,294. “Examination of
Medicaid data from 14 states.”
• Kelly M. Standifer, Department of Defense
DMRDP, $1,356,521. “Molecular mechanism of
chronic pain and its modulation by posttraumatic
stress disorder and nociceptin orphanin FQ.”
• Youngjae You, OU Cancer Institute Breast Cancer
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faculty news
Research Seed Grant Award, $50,000. “Synthesis
and in vitro study of longer-wavelangth absorbing photosensitizers targeting cancer cells for
PDT (photodynamic therapy) in recurrent breast
cancers.”
Promotions
• Nancy C. Brahm, clinical professor of pharmacy:
clinical and administrative sciences-Tulsa
• Kimberly M. Crosby, associate professor of pharmacy: clinical and administrative sciences-Tulsa
• Kevin C. Farmer, professor, pharmacy: clinical and
administrative sciences-Tulsa
• Nancy A. Letassy, professor, clinical and administrative sciences-OKC
• Todd R. Marcy, associate professor, clinical and
administrative sciences-OKC
• Michael J. Miller, associate professor with tenure
Retirements
• Gordon P. Sachdev, George Lynn Cross Professor
of Medicinal Chemistry
The University of Tennessee
Appointments/Elections
• Todd Bess was appointed to serve a second threeyear term starting June 1, 2011 on the Advisory
Committee on Examinations for the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).
• Roland (Rolly) Dickerson was the recipient of
the 2011 Dean Joseph B. Sprowls Distinguished
Lecturer Award and selected as a 2011 Fellow of
ASHP.
• Stephan L. Foster has been selected as the recipient
of the 2011 Alumni Public Service Award for the
UT Health Sciences Center Campus.
• Stephanie Grimes and Alan Knauth received the
APhA-APRS Best Postgraduate Paper Award at the
APhA Meeting in Seattle.
• Trevor McKibbin received the McKibbin HOPA
New Practitioner of the Year Award.
• Stephanie J. Phelps received the Richard A. Helms
Award for Excellence in Pediatric Pharmacy Practice during the 20th Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group.
• Laura A. Thoma was awarded the Parenteral Drug
Association (PDA) Service Appreciation Award.
• UT’s Rho Chi Alpha Nu Chapter won the Region
III Chapter Achievement Award at the Rho Chi Annual Meeting on March 27, 2011 in Seattle.
• J. Aubrey Waddell received the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APPM) Distinguished Achievement Award in Hospital and
Institutional Practice.
• Michelle Zingone was presented with the PLS
Alumna Award on March 12, 2011 at the Rho Chi
& Phi Lambda Sigma Initiation Banquet.
Grants
• Stephan L. Foster will be inducted into the National Academies of Practice (NAP) and was invited
and accepted as a Founding Member of the Edward
Jenner Society.
• Candace S. Brown, The National Institutes of
Health, $2.55 million over four years for her project “A Controlled Trial of Gabapentin in Vulvodynia: Biological Correlates of Response.”
Awards
The University of Toledo
• Bradley A. Boucher was elected to the Rho Chi
Society Executive Council at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition in Seattle.
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Appointments/Elections
• Amanda C. Bryant-Friedrich was elected president
of the Northwest Ohio Chapter of the Association
of Women in Science (AWIS).
faculty news
• Sai Hanuman Sagar Boddu, assistant professor of
pharmacy practice
• Jerry Nesamony has been selected as an item writer
for the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency
Examination, National Association of Boards of
Pharmacy (NABP).
Awards
• Diane M. Cappelletty, Teacher of the Year
• Paul W. Erhardt was one of two recipients who
received the Innovation in Medicinal Chemistry
Award at the International Conference on Chemistry for Mankind held in Nagpur, India.
• Christine N. Hinko, Outstanding Adviser of the
Year
• Jerry Nesamony, Professor of the Year
• Kimberly A. Schmude, Outstanding University
Professor
Grants
• Katherine A. Wall, R15 grant from the NIH titled
“Synthesis of Glycopeptide-Based Cancer Antigen
Vaccines.” Steve Sucheck is co-principal investigator. The three-year award is for $230,000 direct
costs.
Promotions
• Curtis D. Black, promoted to distinguished university professor emeritus of pharmacy
• Mary F. Powers, professor of pharmacy practice
Retirements
• Curtis D. Black, Merck professor of clinical pharmacy
University at Buffalo, The
State University of New York
Appointments/Elections
Awards
• William J. Jusko received the 2011 Leadership
Award from the American Society of Pharmacometrics.
University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences
Appointments/Elections
• Tiffany Dickey has been named assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Washington Regional
Medical Center, in association with the Northwest
Campus of the College of Pharmacy.
• Victoria Seation has been named assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Veterans Health
Care System of the Ozarks, in association with the
Northwest Campus of the College of Pharmacy.
• Jonathan Wolfe has been named director of
planned giving for the College of Pharmacy.
Awards
• Marjan Boerma has been selected by the Radiation
Research Society Awards and Honors Committee
as the 2011 recipient of the Michael Fry Research
Award.
• The college’s chapter of APhA-ASP was named
Chapter of the Year.
Promotions
• Jan K. Hastings has been named associate dean for
development for the College of Pharmacy.
University of Florida
Promotions
• Yan Gong has been promoted to research associate
professor.
• Lisa D. Inge was promoted to clinical associate
professor.
• Eugene D. Morse was appointed to the editorial
board of Personalized Medicine in Oncology.
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faculty news
• Julie A. Johnson has been promoted to distinguished professor.
• Keith A. Rodvold, Society of Infectious Diseases
Pharmacists, Best Research Manuscript 2009.
• W. Thomas Smith was promoted to clinical associate professor.
• Nancy L. Shapiro was named a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
Grants
• James Shaw and A. Simon Pickard were awarded
2010 Best Policy Research Poster of the Year for
“Multinational Evaluation of Conditional Median
Models of EQ-5D Health State Preferences” at the
17th Annual International Society for Quality of
Life Research Conference.
• Julie A. Johnson has received a $500,000, oneyear administrative supplement from UF to launch
a personalized medicine program in Clinical and
Translational Science Institute.
• John S. Markowitz and Haojie Zhu have received a
two-year, $408,000 award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to continue
their program in pharmacogenomics of antiviral
agents. This award is titled “Genetic Variants of
Human CES 1 Influence the Activation and Antiviral Activity of Oseltamivir.”
• Veronika Butterweck has received the 2011 Bionorica Phytoneering Award from the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research at the
42nd International Symposium on Essential Oils
in Antalya, Turkey. The award includes a check for
$14,500.
• James Shaw, Research in Social and Administrative
Pharmacy, Top Reviewer.
Grants
• Joanna E. Burdette, Liz Tilberis Grant from the
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for her project
“Identifying early events in ovarian cancer using
ovarian surface and tubal epithelial three-dimensional culture.” The $450,000 grant will be paid in
three equal installments from 2011–14.
University of Illinois at
Chicago
• Michael T. Johnson, Center for Pharmaceutical
Biotechnology, federal contract for up to $13.8
million to develop antibiotics to treat anthrax, tularemia and plague. The five-year contract is from
the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the U.S.
Department of Defense’s combat-support agency
for countering weapons of mass destruction.
Appointments/Elections
Retirements
• A. Simon Pickard was elected vice chair of the
EuroQol Group Executive Committee.
• John McBride, associate director, pharmacy IT,
hospital pharmacy services and clinical assistant
professor, pharmacy practice
• Monsheel Sodhi, assistant professor, pharmacy
practice
• Daniel R. Touchette was named the director of the
American College of Clinical Pharmacy PracticeBased Research Network.
Awards
• Gail B. Mahady, United States Pharmacopoeia,
Extraordinary Contributor.
• A. Simon Pickard received the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology Stanley A. Edlavitch Award for Best Student Abstract (advisor/
co-author).
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University of Houston
Appointments/Elections
• Susan M. Abughosh has been appointed to the
editorial board of Epidemiology: Current Research.
• Karim A. Alkadhi has been appointed to the editorial boards of Pharmacie Globale, Current Neuropharmacology, Advances in Pharmacological Sciences, World Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical
Pharmacology-Current Research.
faculty news
• Douglas C. Eikenburg has been appointed interim
chair of the Department of Pharmacological and
Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Ke-He Ruan has been appointed editor-in-chief of
the British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research.
Awards
• Richard A. Bond was the only researcher from the
U.S. to be recognized at the June 2011 Medical
Futures Innovation Awards ceremony in London.
• Anne M. Tucker has received the Houston Area
Dietetics Association’s 2011 Bluebonnet Award.
Grants
• Elizabeth A. Coyle has received the 2011-12 Pfizer
Pharmaceuticals Residency Award in the amount
of $40,000 from the Society of Infectious Diseases
Pharmacists in support of the UHCOP/Cardinal
Health PGY2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy
Residency.
• Kevin W. Garey has received a one-year, $76,010
grant from Merck & Co. for “Inhibition of Host
Inflammatory Response of C. difficile toxins by
Monoclonal antibodies to Toxins A and B” and a
two-year, $94,015 grant from Merck & Co. for “A
contemporary analysis of echinocandin use.”
• Elizabeth B. Hirsch (co-PI) has received a oneyear, $35,000 grant from the Roderick D. MacDonald Research Fund at St. Luke’s Episcopal
Hospital (SLEH) for her project, “Development of
a rapid and reliable screening method for detection
of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)producing isolates in SLEH.”
• Claire M. Mach has received the 2010-2011
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation/Carol’s Cause
Endometrial Cancer Research Grant, a one-year,
$25,000 award for her project “MicroRNA-based
Strategy for Targeting Uterine Papillary Serous
Carcinoma.”
• Maria V. Tejada-Simon has received a $60,210
grant from the Jerome Lejeune Foundation for her
project, “Therapeutic potential of Rac inhibitors in
cognitive disorders.”
Promotions
• E. James Essien, professor
• Russell E. Lewis, professor
University of Kentucky
Awards
• The College of Pharmacy was selected as an APhA
Foundation Project IMPACT: Diabetes Community.
University of Maryland
Appointments/Elections
• Eberechukwu Onukwugha has been named 20112013 chair-elect of the International Society for
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research’s
Student Chapter Faculty Advisor Council.
Awards
• Natalie D. Eddington received a Special Leader
Award from the YWCA Greater Baltimore.
• Margaret A. Hayes was named one of the Maryland
Daily Record’s Top 100 Women and was inducted
into its Circle of Excellence.
• Kristin Watson was selected by her peers at the
School of Pharmacy as its AACP Teacher of the
Year.
Promotions
• Lisa Charneski has been promoted to associate
professor of pharmacy practice and science.
• Bethany DiPaula has been promoted to associate
professor of pharmacy practice and science.
• Cherokee Layson-Wolf has been promoted to associate professor of pharmacy practice and science.
• Jason M. Noel has been promoted to associate
professor of pharmacy practice and science.
• Fadia Shaya has been promoted to professor with
tenure in pharmaceutical health services research.
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faculty news
University of Minnesota
Appointments/Elections
• Kerry K. Fierke joined the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences as an
assistant professor.
• Vishal Lamba joined the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology as an assistant
professor.
Grants
• Lowell J. Anderson, Tom Larson and Randy Seifert
received a $10,000 grant from McKesson to support a new advanced practice experience rotation in
rural community pharmacy marketing of MTM and
other pharmaceutical care services.
• Angela K. Birnbaum is a co-investigator on the
four-year NIH grant, “Preclinical Studies of a Heroin/Morphine Vaccine, 1R01DA030715-01.” The
funder is the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
• Jim Cloyd received a $433,000 grant from Neurelis
for his study, “A Three-Period, Three-Treatment,
Six Sequence Randomized Crossover Study of the
Bioavailability and Pharmacokinetics of Diazepam
After Intranasal and Intravenous Administration to
Healthy Volunteers.”
• Dan Harki received a Minnesota Partnership for
Biotechnology and Medical Genomics grant in the
amount of $434,256 for his project, “Development
of Antibodies for the Detection of Topoisomerase
I- and Topoisomerase II- DNA Complexes.” He
also received a $30,000 Leukemia Research Fund
grant for his study, “Elucidating the Mechanisms of
AML Cancer Stem Cell Toxicity by Parthenolide.”
• Chengguo (Chris) Xing received a $30,000 Leukemia Research Fund grant for his study, “An
Anticancer Agent Selective Against Drug-Resistant
AML.” He also received a Danny Thompson Memorial Golf Tournament/Leukemia Research Fund
Award for his project, “Novel Anticancer Agents
for Treatment of Drug-Resistant Acute Myeloid
Leukemia.”
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University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Appointments/Elections
• S. Rahima Benhabbour, research assistant professor
• Dalesha Carpenter, research assistant professor
Grants
• Moo Cho, “New Chemical Entities for Targeted Release of Generic Chemotherapies,” NC Biotechnology Center, $100,000; and “New Chemical Entities
for Targeted Release of Generic Chemotherapies,”
NovoLipid Inc., $20,000.
• Julie Dumond, “Optimizing Antiretroviral Use in
Aging: Pharmacokinetics, Response, and Toxicity,” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, $108,119.
• Rudolph L. Juliano, “Intracellular Trafficking of
Antisense and siRNA Oligonucleotides in Cancer
Cells,” National Cancer Institute, $307,100.
• Kuo-Hsiung Lee, “Plant Antitumor Agents,” National Cancer Institute, $312,243.
• Herb Patterson, “Comparison of the Relative Oral
Bioavailability of Tolvaptan Administered via
Nasogastric Tube to Tolvaptan Tablets Swallowed
Intact,” Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
$174,425.
• Scott F. Singleton, “Synereca Sponsored Research
Amendment,” Synereca Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$43,558.
• Alexander Tropsha, “Development, Validation, and
Delivery of Externally Predictive QSAR Models of
Hepatotoxicity;” U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency; $750,000.
• Xiao Xiao, “Muscle as a Platform for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment by Gene Delivery,” National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
$321,900.
faculty news
Promotions
• Rowell Daniels, associate dean for clinical affairs
• David S. Lawrence, chair of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products
• Jian Liu, professor
• Mary Roth McClurg, director of assessment
• Adam M. Persky, director of the Center for Educational Excellence in Pharmacy
• Alexander Tropsha, associate dean for research
• Xiao Xiao, vice chair of the Division of Molecular
Pharmaceutics
Retirements
in Education Awards, sponsored by the Provost’s
Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence, for
the proposal “Innovative Instructional Approach to
Foster Self-Directed Learning.”
• Thomas D. Nolin was named the recipient of the
2011 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award.
• Ty A. Ridenour received the Service to the Society
for Prevention Research (SPR) Award.
• Paul L. Schiff received the annual Stanford I. Cohen Teacher of the Year Award.
• Amy L. Seybert has been elected as a fellow of the
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
• Pamela L. Smithburger received the school’s Faculty Preceptor of the Year Award.
• Stephen M. Caiola, associate professor
Grants
• Rudolph L. Juliano, Boshamer Distinguished
Professor
• Kim C. Coley received $85,625 from Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., for “Reclassification of
ICD-9 Coding for Patients with Gout: Evaluation
of Patient Characteristics, Prescribing Patterns and
Resource Use.”
University of Pittsburgh
Appointments/Elections
• Paul A. Johnston, research associate professor,
pharmaceutical sciences
• Levent Kirisci was named as statistical consultant
for the World Health Organization Project on
Assessing Health System Development Toward
Person-Centered Care. Kirisci was also named
as statistical editor of the International Journal of
Person-Centered Medicine.
• Lee A. McDermott, visiting research assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences
• Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie was invited to serve as a
member of the NIH Biophysics of Neural Systems
Study Section, Center for Scientific Review.
Awards
• Neal J. Benedict was named the recipient of the
2011 Innovation in Teaching Award.
• Neal J. Benedict and Kristine S. Schonder received
one of eight University of Pittsburgh Innovation
• Donna M. Huryn received a $943,449 grant from
the NIH National Cancer Institute, Science Applications International Corporation-Frederick, for
“Evaluation of Rationally-Designed Small Molecules Directed Against the c-Myc Oncoprotein.”
Promotions
• Alexander Doemling, professor with tenure, pharmaceutical sciences
• Wen Xie, professor, pharmaceutical sciences
Retirements
• David J. Edwards, professor, pharmaceutical sciences
University of the Sciences
Appointments/Elections
• Leona Blustein, visiting assistant professor of clinical pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice/
Pharmacy Administration
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faculty news
• Karleen Melody, assistant professor of clinical
pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice/
Pharmacy Administration
• Shelly Otsuka, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice/Pharmacy Administration
• Jennifer A. Reinhold was named to the editorial
board of Prevention Magazine and will write a
monthly column.
• Radha Vanmali, assistant professor of clinical
pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice/
Pharmacy Administration
Awards
• Bruce R. Canaday received the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy 2011 Distinguished Service Award.
• Cathy Y. Poon, Vice Dean of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
University of Washington
Appointments/Elections
• Peggy S. Odegard has been named the next chair of
the Department of Pharmacy at the UW School of
Pharmacy.
Awards
• Gail D. Anderson is the recipient of the School of
Pharmacy’s 2010 Distinguished Alumna Award.
• Thomas A. Baillie has been named chair of the
University of Washington Health Sciences Board of
Deans. He was also inducted as a 2011 American
Chemical Society Fellow.
• Lindsay Curtin, Michael Cawley and Laura A. Finn
won a Bright Idea Teaching Award for their work
titled “Impact of Computer-Based Simulation on
Achievement of Learning Outcomes.”
• Nanci L. Murphy received a Rho Chi Alumni
Award for her work advancing the profession at the
Rho Chi national meeting in March.
• Gladys M. Duenas, University of the Sciences
Greek Advisor of the Year, Department of Pharmacy Practice/Pharmacy Administration
• Jeannine S. McCune is the principal investigator on
a new grant that aims to improve a child’s chance
of survival when being treated with cyclophosphamide, a commonly used anti-cancer drug. The
project is titled “Pharmacogenetics of Cyclophosphamide Adverse Drug Reactions in Children.” It
is a two-year, $768,000 grant from the National
Cancer Institute.
• Grace L. Earl won a Bright Idea Teaching Award
for her work titled “Evaluating Student Online Discussion Forums to Improve Teaching Methods that
Promote Thinking.”
• Laura A. Mandos, Outstanding Academic Advisor
of the Year
• Sarah A. Spinler was recognized recently at the
ACCP Cardiology PRN meeting for her “significant
contributions to ACCP during the past 2 years.”
• Joan Tarloff was the recipient of the Society of
Toxicology Endowment Fund 50th Anniversary
Undergraduate Educator Award.
Grants
Promotions
• Donald F. Downing received the Institute for Innovative Pharmacy Practice Professorship, effective
July 1, for a period of 5 years.
• Shiu-Lok Hu has been selected as the recipient of
the Milo Gibaldi Professorship in Pharmaceutics,
effective July 1, for a period of 5 years.
Promotions
• Peggy S. Odegard has been named the chair of the
Department of Pharmacy.
• Lisa E. Davis, professor, Department of Pharmacy
Practice/Pharmacy Administration
Retirements
• Jill A. Pfeiffenberger, assistant provost of academic
affairs
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• Duane C. Bloedow, senior lecturer of pharmaceutics.
faculty news
Virginia Commonwealth
University
• Amy L. Pakyz, associate professor with tenure,
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes
Science
Awards
• Masahiro Sakagami, associate professor with tenure, Department of Pharmaceutics
• Kelly Goode and Sallie D. Mayer have been named
“Community Champions” for two of the American
Pharmacists Association Foundation’s Project IMPACT: Diabetes.
• Brigitte L. Sicat, associate professor, Department
of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
• Leticia R. Moczygemba received a Best New Investigator Podium Research Presentation Award from
the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics
and Outcomes Research at its 16th Annual International Meeting.
• Evan Sisson, associate professor, Department of
Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
Retirements
• Ronald E. Polk, professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
• Sarah Steinhardt has been named the 2011-12 Congressional Healthcare Policy Fellow.
• William E. Smith, professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
Grants
Wayne State University
• Kai “Annie” Cheang; American Heart Association
Mid-Atlantic Grant-in-Aid; $155,000; “Oral Contraceptives, Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular
Risk Profile in African-American vs. Caucasian
Women.”
• Michael Hindle (co-PI); $1.9 million; “Effective
Delivery of Pharmaceutical Aerosols During NonInvasive Ventilation.”
• Benjamin W. Van Tassell; American Heart Association; $300,000; “IL-1 Induces Beta 1-AR Dysregulation in Heart Failure Through a PI3K GammaDependent Mechanism.”
Promotions
• Spencer E. Harpe, associate professor with tenure,
Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes
Science
• David A. Holdford, professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
• Cynthia K. Kirkwood, professor, Department of
Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
• Laura A. Morgan, associate professor, Department
of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science
Appointments/Elections
• Denise H. Rhoney, appointed interim chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Grants
• Lynette R. Moser, for the third consecutive year,
has received $15,400 in university funding to
support a P2 Pharmacy Learning Community,
designed to improve academic performance in the
P2 year.
• Denise H. Rhoney, Otsuka American Pharmaceuticals, $100,000, Pharmacokinetics and Clinical
Response of Tolvaptan in Neurocritical Care.
Promotions
• Susan L. Davis, promoted to associate professor
(clinical)
• Candace L. Garwood, promoted to associate professor (clinical)
• Pram Kale-Pradhan, promoted to professor (clinical)
• Dennis Parker Jr., promoted to associate professor
(clinical)
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faculty news
West Virginia University
Appointments/Elections
Western University of Health
Sciences
• Erik Bey, assistant professor, Department of Basic
Pharmaceutical Sciences and eminent scholar in
Lung Cancer Research at the Mary Babb Randolph
Cancer Center’s Allen Comprehensive Lung Cancer
Program
Appointments/Elections
• Lena M. Maynor, director of advanced pharmacy
practice experiences
• Roger S. Klotz was elected chair-elect of the executive committee for the Section of Home, Ambulatory, and Chronic Care Practitioners for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
• Charles D. Ponte has been named to the Advisory
Board for the 2012 revision of “Pharmaceutical
Care for Patients with Diabetes” APhA certificate
program for pharmacists.
Awards
• Charles (CK) Babcock is now a certified diabetes
Educator (CDE).
Grants
• Cindy Tworek is the subcontract principal investigator for the Morgantown, West Virginia, site of a
National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant, “Assessing
the Influence of Packaging and Product Configurations on Appeal and Perceived Risk of Tobacco
Products: Experimental Field Studies among Young
Adults.”
• Diana Vinh received a Public Service Grant in the
amount of $7,327 for the proposal “Enhancing
Communication with Community Networks to
Promote Mobile Mammography” by the University
Senate Service Committee.
• Tara R. Whetsel received a Public Service Grant in
the amount of $7,564 for the proposal, “Development of a Multi-Level Diabetes Education Team,”
by the University Senate Service Committee.
• Janice Hoffman and Chen Chen were appointed
to the Academy of Long Term Care Board for the
California Pharmacists Association.
• Anandi V. Law has been confirmed for a 3-year appointment on the Editorial Advisory Board for the
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.
• Mark Nguyen was recently installed as incoming
president of OCSHP (Orange County Society of
Health-System Pharmacists).
• Daniel C. Robinson was initiated as secretary of
the Council of Deans for AACP. Dean Robinson
also served as the Administrative Delegate from
WesternU.
Awards
• Karl M. Hess has been named recipient of the
Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Award by the
California Pharmacists Association (CPhA).
• Janice Hoffman, Fadi Khasawneh, Maria Lambros
and David Min were awarded the Faculty Service
Award.
• Wallace J. Murray has been selected to receive the
2011 Rho Chi National Faculty Advisor award.
• Stephen A. O’Barr was initiated as chair of the
AACP Biological Sciences Section and was selected
to participate in the 2010-11 Academic Leadership
Fellows Program.
• Emmanuelle Schwartzman successfully received
her CDE (certified diabetes educator) certification.
• Jeffrey Wang received the Chinese American
Faculty Association of Southern California 2011
Service Award.
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faculty news
Grants
• Arezoo Campbell, National Institute for Public
Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands; $7,500, “Cerium Oxide in diesel exhaust and
neuroinflammation.”
• Karl M. Hess, Chariat Supsin: APhA Foundation
Incentive Grants Program, “Knowledge, Attitudes,
and Perceived Barriers of Elderly Patients and
Primary Care Providers Regarding Shingles and
Shingles Vaccine Administration.”
• Cynthia Jackevicius: Canadian Institutes for Health
Research (Canadian equivalent to NIH) $1 million over four years, “Measuring and Improving
the Quality of ST-segment Elevation Myocardial
Infarction (STEMI) Care.”
• Sunil Prabhu, Ying Huang, Jeffrey Wang, Arezoo
Campbell, NIH, $149,000, “Chemoprevention of
Pancreatic Cancer Using a Combinatorial NanoDrug System.”
Wilkes University
Awards
• Jonathan D. Ference received first place in the
Tufts Information Mastery Change Agent Awards.
• Zbigniew J. Witczak was inducted as a 2011 American Chemical Society Fellow.
Promotions
• Scott Bolesta was promoted to associate professor
with tenure.
• Jonathan D. Ference was promoted to associate
professor with tenure.
Wingate University
Awards
• The School of Pharmacy was selected as an APhA
Foundation Project IMPACT: Diabetes Community.
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