The News Magazine of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
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Volume 3 Issue 1
Unlocking the Future Creating Excitement in Pharmacy Careers
University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy 2009 Pharm.D. graduate Dr. Clay English shows students how to enter a mock prescription in the CVS Pharmacist Care Center.
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News in Brief 5
Features
News Briefs
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In Memoriam
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Capitol Hill News
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Novel Parkinson’s Research at Houston
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Where Does It Hurt?
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Redefining PatientCentered Care
Delving into a Disaster
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2010 AACP Interim Meeting
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Promoting Pharmacy to the Next Generation
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Faculty News 41 43 59
2009 American Pharmacy Educator Week
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The Last Word
Cover: University of Connecticut Page 9: University of Southern California Page 12: University of Houston
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Touro College of Pharmacy– New York Page 23: Maureen Thielemans, AACP
Page 13: Duquesne University
Page 24: James Kegley; Maureen Thielemans, AACP
Page 14: Christina Murrey, The University of Texas at Austin
Page 25: Rebecca Morgan, AACP
Page 15: Auburn University
Pages 27, 29: Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Page 16: University of Missouri– Kansas City
Page 28: University of Connecticut
Page 17: Creighton University; Midwestern University–Chicago
Page 30: Campbell University
Page 18: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Purdue University
Page 33: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Pages 21–22: Ruth E. Nemire,
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Page 32: University of Minnesota
Page 34: Idaho State University;
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Illinois at Chicago Page 36: Mercer University; College of Notre Dame of Maryland Page 37: Northeastern Ohio Universities; Ohio Northern University; The University of Oklahoma Page 38: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine; The University of Tennessee; University of Houston Page 39: Washington State University Page 43: Cynthia H. McMullen, Virginia Commonwealth University
letter from the editor
Dear Colleagues: “May you live in interesting times” is a saying that reflects the tensions we encounter in the course of our normal living. Happiness arising in the midst of sadness is just one example. Few would doubt that these are very interesting times in our society and our profession. The world economy struggles to revive yet Ford recorded profits for the first time in many quarters. Signs indicate the global economy is stabilizing yet the impact of double-digit unemployment and state budget deficits is felt by many of our member schools. Some schools express concern regarding their applicant pools although the number of applicants in PharmCAS rose more than 5 percent in this cycle compared to 2009. Without a doubt, the class of 2010 will face the most challenging job market since the one encountered by those of us who graduated in the early ‘80s. In the face of this uncertainty, does it seem odd to devote this issue of Academic Pharmacy Now to the pipelines of future students and faculty? Not at all! We can never take our eyes off the ball with respect to activities that ensure that young people from all walks of life are challenged to find the excitement of careers in patient care and discovery. With the majority/minority composition of the U.S. population in such a dynamic period of change, it is especially important that we find meaningful ways to engage our faculty and student pharmacists in outreach to their communities, beginning with the K-12 population of learners. AACP forged a partnership with the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education and the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science several years ago to identify what we could do, individually and collectively, to strengthen the pipeline of future scientists. This year that focus is on identifying working models of K-12 programs to share with the Academy and scientists working in industry and other fields. What an amazing outpouring of program descriptions—we have to split them across two issues of the magazine! Of course, “may you live in interesting times” was appropriate for our Feb. 7–10 Interim Meeting experience as well. For those that made it to D.C. despite airport closures, flight cancellations/rebooking/cancellations and three feet of snow, thanks for your great spirit of “go with the flow” and camaraderie. For those not so fortunate, we appreciate the fact that you tried, and tried, and ultimately told us that you had to give up when the airlines couldn’t get you to D.C. until the meeting essentially was going to be over. The good news is that next year’s meeting is later and farther south and we look forward to seeing you all in Savannah! Of course, now we’re on to Seattle to expand our horizons to keep academic pharmacy on the cutting edge of discovery, innovation and service to society. Sincerely,
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News Briefs University of Texas at Austin Alcoholism Researcher Receives Prestigious Award Dr. Rueben A. Gonzales, professor of pharmacology and toxicology at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, has been awarded a $2.8 million MERIT Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Established in 1986, the Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) program has become a symbol of scientific achievement in the research community. MERIT Awards are offered to a limited number of investigators who have demonstrated superior competence and outstanding productivity during their previous research endeavors. Gonzales’ research involves chemical changes in the brain that underlie alcohol drinking. Of particular interest is the role of dopamine, a chemical produced and found in the brain that relays, amplifies or modulates signals between a neuron and another cell. “We know that dopamine does play a role in the urge to drink,” said Gonzales. “What we’re trying to determine in our lab is exactly when the dopamine response occurs. This will help answer the basic question of how the dopamine response may guide the individual to select drinking over other behaviors.”
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Professors Awarded NIH Grants Two Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) professors will each receive a grant to help predict how new drug candidates are likely to behave in the body and to explore new approaches for managing thyroid activity in patients suffering from breast cancer. Dr. Stefan Balaz, chair and professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the ACPHS Vermont campus, has been awarded a fiveyear grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the amount of $1,350,000. Dr. Balaz and his team will develop an approach that will model how chemicals are transported and accumulate in biological membranes, helping researchers predict how new drug candidates are likely to behave in the body. Dr. Shaker A. Mousa, executive vice president and chairman of the Pharmaceutical Research Institute (PRI) at ACPHS, was recently awarded a $372,680 research grant from the Na-
tional Cancer Institute, part of the NIH. Dr. Mousa and a team of PRI investigators will use nanotechnology to explore new approaches for managing thyroid activity in patients suffering from breast cancer. The thyroid naturally produces hormones that help regulate heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight, but also accelerates tumor growth in cancer patients by stimulating blood vessels. Mousa is exploring an approach that will allow normal thyroid activity to take place in cancer patients while eliminating the adverse effects related to the spread of the disease.
University of Iowa Student Pharmacists Organize Prescription Drug Drop-off Event The University of Iowa student pharmacists Christina Balmer and Julie Freeman collaborated with Iowa City leaders to organize the area’s first-ever prescription drug drop-off where residents of Johnson County could turn over expired or unused prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Student pharmacists, along with assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science Dr. Susan Staggs, were partners with The University of Iowa Engineers for a Sustainable World, ECO Iowa City, Iowa City Landfill & Recycling Center, Iowa City Public Library, The Nest of Johnson County, Iowa State Patrol and the Iowa City Police Department. During the three-hour event, volunteers accepted nearly 136 pounds of over-thecounter and prescription drugs from 94 people, filling eight 5-gallon buckets. The event was so successful that another disposal event is planned for this spring.
Faculty and Students from Touro College of Pharmacy–New York Offer Free Seasonal Flu Vaccines Volunteer faculty and student pharmacists from the Touro College of Pharmacy in Harlem, N.Y. administered free seasonal flu vaccines throughout the community during Harlem Influenza Awareness Week, Oct. 17-23, and the New York Academy of Medicine’s Project Viva, Oct. 27 and 28. This year marks the first time that pharmacists are allowed to administer flu shots to adults 18 and older in New York state. Dr. Stuart Feldman, dean of the Touro College of Pharmacy– New York, explained that flu vaccine clinics such as these are a necessity in communities where vaccines are in short supply or where cost is prohibitive. In addition, he said, no appointments are needed, offering greater accessibility.
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University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy Reaches American Samoa There’s only one place in the small, far-flung U.S. territory of American Samoa for its 60,000-plus residents to fill their prescription needs. Dr. Evelyn Ahhing-Faaiuaso oversees it all as the chief of pharmacy for the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center. She’s one of only two pharmacists on this group of islands 2,600 miles southwest of Hawaii and is the only one licensed in the U.S. Three University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH-Hilo) College of Pharmacy faculty members and two third-year student pharmacists recently spent a week in American Samoa to assess the hospital’s pharmacy needs, educate medical staff and encourage island students to pursue a pharmacy career. Dr. Carolyn SJ Ma, associate professor and chair for pharmacy practice and director of experiential education, first visited the hospital in March to determine how UH-Hilo’s expanding pharmacy program could help the territory now and in the long-term, in line with its mission to improve the quality of healthcare in Hawaii and throughout the Pacific. The college has begun a pre-pharmacy initiative at American Samoa Community College through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Ma and Drs. Anita E. Ciarleglio and Scott Holuby, assistant professors in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, also offered continuing education classes for pharmacy staff, physicians and nurses.
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Hopes to Close Clinical Gap for Elderly Blood Disorder The National Institutes of Health has awarded a competitive grant of more than $777,000 to the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and Johns Hopkins University researchers to study the costs, risks and benefits of treatments for blood disorders that affect more than 10,000 elderly patients each year. The challenge grant targets a widely accepted practice by clinicians of controlling anemia of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), sometimes called pre-leukemias, with erythropoietin, a hormone-controlling red blood cell production. Drugs called erythropoietin stimulating agents, or ESAs, are effective in treating anemia in MDS patients, however, little is known about the drugs’ longer-term health effects. “In this study, we will use data from regional cancer registries that are linked to Medicare enrollment and insurance claims data,” said Dr. Amy J. Davidoff, research associate professor at the School of Pharmacy. “We will examine the characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with MDS, patterns of treatment, safety and effectiveness of ESA use, and costs of care.”
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Dr. Sheila Weiss Smith, professor at the School of Pharmacy, is a co-grantee.
University of California, San Francisco Professor Argues for Pharmacists in the Medical Home Dr. Helene Levens Lipton, professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy, presents data in support of including pharmacists in the medical home model of healthcare in her Nov. 23 editorial in the Archives of Internal Medicine. “As the nation once again engages in discussions of health reform, issues of quality and cost containment are high on the agenda,” writes Lipton. “One approach to addressing these challenges is team-based delivery of health care services, including physicians and allied health professionals working collaboratively.” Two other reports in this issue investigate allied health providers’ impact on patient care, including one by Dr. Paul C. Walker of the University of Michigan, in which he and colleagues evaluated the addition of a pharmacist to the team caring for patients discharged from general medical services of an academic medical center. “The results of the three articles in this issue of the Archives, in the context of available literature, make the case that teambased interventions enhance quality of care and improve clinical outcomes, with mixed effects on medical service use and costs,” Lipton writes. “The medical home—a model of comprehensive health care delivery and payment reform that emphasizes the central role of primary care—offers opportunities to implement team-based care and systematically and rigorously evaluate its effects on quality and costs.”
Lucinda L. Maine Receives APhA’s Jacob W. Miller Award AACP executive vice president and CEO Dr. Lucinda L. Maine received the APhA Foundation’s Jacob W. Miller Award at the Foundation Contributor Breakfast during the 2010 APhA Annual Meeting, March 12–15. The Miller Award honors an individual for their outstanding achievement and dedication to the pharmacy profession. Prior to her current role at AACP, Maine worked at the American Pharmacists Association as senior director and later senior vice president of professional affairs from 1992–2002. She was also a faculty member at Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy from 1986-1991, serving as associate dean for student/alumni affairs from 1989–1991.
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Student Pharmacists Take Top Honors at National Competitions Student pharmacists at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and the University of Washington (UW) took first place in the National Clinical Skills Competition at the midyear meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Pruitt-Schutte Business Plan Competition, respectively. Tamara Spraker and Sijy Mathew from UT Austin placed first among student teams representing 102 U.S. colleges of pharma-
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cy competing for the award at the ASHP meeting. The National Clinical Skills Competition is an interactive, team-based analysis of clinical scenarios for hospital/health-system pharmacists to help patients make the best use of their medications. UW third-year Pharm.D. candidates Alisha Fewins, Dana Ling and Rachel Merrill, and second-year candidate Zsolt Hepp, created a business plan for Frick’s Rexall Drug Store in Sequim, Wash. for the NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Business Plan Competition. In it they demonstrated how the pharmacy could grow its profits if the new owner forms a junior partnership agreement with Jim’s Pharmacy in nearby Port Angeles and receives a loan to modernize the facility and expand its services.
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Curricular Guide for Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy • Increase awareness of and access to tools and resources for pharmacy-based memory screening • Facilitate meaningful teaching and training activities within colleges and schools of pharmacy
Pharmacy–based Identification and Screening for Memory Decline
• Use in professional practice laboratories, geriatric practice courses, service-based learning activities and student organization activities
Curricular Guide for Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy Prepared by: Jann B. Skelton, RPh, MBA Silver Pennies Consulting
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To access and download the Curricular Guide for Pharmacy-based Identification and Screening for Memory Decline, please visit the Curricular Resource Section of www.aacp.org. The Guide was developed by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) with financial support from Eisai Inc. The development of the Guide was directed by an Academic Advisory Committee composed of AACP members with experience implementing pharmacy-based memory decline screening and identification services.
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AJPE Features Article on Social Media Accountability and E-Professionalism As “digital natives,” today’s student pharmacists view and experience technology differently than previous generations. Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are becoming more prevalent in students’ daily lives, but are they aware of the effects of their online posting behavior? A team of pharmacy educators from three universities sought to assess student pharmacists’ Facebook activity and opinions regarding accountability and e-professionalism, and determine effects of an e-professionalism education session on students’ posting behavior. Their results are featured in the article “Pharmacy Students’ Facebook Activity and Opinions Regarding Accountability and E-Professionalism,” which is included in volume 73, issue six of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.
Study conclusions indicated that Facebook plays at least a nominal role in the daily lives of incoming first-year student pharmacists, which is consistent with social networking usage statistics among other college students. A large percentage of students in this study felt that individuals should not be held accountable to authority figures for information posted on Facebook. In particular, male students were significantly more likely than female students to oppose accountability for information posted on Facebook. Approximately a third of students have posted information that they would not want faculty members, potential employers and patients to see. A combination of lack of awareness and inappropriate attitudes may contribute to student e-professionalism transgressions.
Authors Jeff Cain, Dr. Doneka R. Scott and Dr. Paige S. Akers developed a 21-item questionnaire and pilot-tested, revised and administered it to 299 student pharmacists at three colleges of pharmacy. Following a presentation regarding potential e-professionalism issues with Facebook, students with existing profiles answered an additional question concerning changes in online posting behavior.
To read this and other original peer-reviewed articles that advance pharmacy education, visit the AJPE Web site at www. ajpe.org.
Two Universities Help Local Pharmacists Prepare for Seasonal Influenza and H1N1 Vaccinations Pharmacy faculty at Howard University and the University of Maryland hosted informational seminars for Washington, D.C. and Baltimore-area pharmacists to offer training and preparation for the seasonal flu season as well as an H1N1 flu pandemic. Howard University School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Center for Minority Studies, Inc., sponsored a PharmacyBased Immunization Delivery Program on Oct. 31, 2009. The program was held at Howard University Hospital Auditorium in Washington, D.C. School of Pharmacy faculty members Drs. Youness R. Karodeh, Euni Lee and Oluwaranti Akiyode delivered the lecture material and supervised the individual hands-on practice in the “Vaccine Administration Technique” part of the program. Thirty-nine pharmacists were trained by the conclusion of the seminar. In order to better prepare pharmacists to assist community members in an H1N1 flu pandemic, the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy conducted a free continuing education training program for area pharmacists on influenza pandemic
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preparedness on Oct. 3, 2009. The program, co-sponsored by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Services and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, was filled to its 100-person capacity within three days of the announcement in the pharmacy community. As the most accessible members of the healthcare team, pharmacists in Maryland play an important role in responding to the H1N1 flu pandemic. From answering questions from anxious customers and patients to being called on by the state to assist with mass vaccination efforts, pharmacists need to be prepared to rise to the challenges of an H1N1 flu pandemic. This targeted continuing education program for local pharmacists provided the latest epidemiologic update on pandemic influenza, discussed the responsibilities of pharmacists and the role of public health during a pandemic, and identified relevant preparedness resources available to pharmacists. Pharmacists and public health experts also addressed available treatment options and the roles of state and local governments in a flu emergency.
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University of Southern California Pharmacy Professor to Head Schaeffer Center Dr. Dana P. Goldman, professor of clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical economics & policy at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Pharmacy, has been named director of the new Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at USC. The center is a collaboration between the School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD) and the School of Pharmacy, with the goal of raising awareness and producing groundbreaking research in the areas of health economics, health policy and pharmaceutical economics. Goldman, who most recently served as director of the RAND Corp.’s Health Economics, Finance and Organization Division, will hold the Norman Topping Chair in Medicine and Public Policy at the USC SPPD, and has a joint appointment at the School of Pharmacy. He is joined by three other prominent health economists from the RAND Corp. Together, they will form the core of the newly-established Schaeffer Center, which is named for healthcare industry leader Leonard D. Schaeffer. Two of the new faculty members—Drs. Geoffrey Joyce and Neeraj Sood—will be based in the School of Pharmacy; the third, Darius N. Lakdawalla, will be based in the SPPD, where the Schaeffer Center is housed. They will be joined by the current pharmacoeconomics
From left: Dr. Geoffrey Joyce, Dean Dr. R. Pete Vanderveen, Dr. Dana P. Goldman and Dr. Neeraj Sood. Joyce, Goldman and Sood, all experts in health policy and economics, have joined the faculty of the USC School of Pharmacy.
group at the School of Pharmacy, including Drs. Jason Doctor, Joel Hay, Kathleen Johnson, Jeff McCombs and Mike Nichol, who has a joint appointment with the SPPD, as well as Vivian Wu of the SPPD. The four-member team holds an impressive track record in attracting funding for research projects. “These outstanding new hires will help create a dynamic culture of research collaboration and information exchange that will impact positively the future direction of healthcare,” said School of Pharmacy dean Dr. R. Pete Vanderveen. At RAND, Goldman held a chair in health economics and served as director of several other centers and activities, including the Bing Center for Health Economics, the Roybal Center for Health Policy Simulation and the RAND Summer Institute. In the past 10 years, he has published 70 peer-reviewed articles and received more than $10 million in externallyfunded research grants. He is on the editorial board of Health Affairs, is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and serves on numerous advisory panels with the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging and the Institute of Medicine.
Schaeffer Center Economists Honored for Study on Drug Prices, Medical Innovation Three leaders of the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center at the University of Southern California (USC) were honored with the Research!America 2009 Garfield Economic Impact Award for the study “U.S. Pharmaceutical Policy in a Global Marketplace” published in Health Affairs earlier this year. Dr. Darius N. Lakdawalla, associate professor at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development (SPPD) and his co-authors Drs. Dana P. Goldman, Neeraj Sood, Pierre-Carl Michaud and Robert Lempert explored ways to lower U.S. prescription drug prices without creating unintended consequences in cost to consumers, quality of life or future drug innovation. Their thought-provoking conclusions suggest the value of reduced drug copayments for consumers, as opposed to U.S. price controls, as a strategy to promote current use as well as future development of new pharmaceuticals. “We hope that by showing how out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs can be lowered for consumers without stalling medical innovation, our study will inform policymakers as they debate healthcare reform,” said Lakdawalla.” Promoting further investment in medical research and innovation is an important way to help get our economy back on track.” Goldman is director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at USC and holds academic appointments in both the SPPD and the School of Pharmacy. Sood is associate professor of clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical economics & policy. 9
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Capitol Hill News by Will Lang
In Memoriam Walter F. Stanaszek Dr. Walter F. Stanaszek, former professor of pharmacy practice at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, passed away on Sept. 2, 2009. He was 68 years old. Prior to joining the faculty of the College of Pharmacy in 1970, he received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois Medical Center Campus in Chicago where he completed a residency in hospital pharmacy at the University of Illinois Research and Education Hospitals and a research fellowship at Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center. Stanaszek was an accomplished author having published extensively in scientific and professional literature, and served on the editorial boards of four pharmacy publications, including U.S. Pharmacist, for which he authored the monthly case studies column for 13 years. He co-edited one of the first textbooks on clinical pharmacy practice published in 1972 and co-authored The Inverted Medical Dictionary, The Proctor and Gamble Pharmacist’s Handbook and Understanding Medical Terminology: A Guide for Pharmacy Practice. In addition to journal articles, abstracts and book reviews, his publications also included textbook chapters and correspondence courses. In 1974 Stanaszek was a recipient of the AACP Rufus A. Lyman Award, honoring the most outstanding paper in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Recognitions include listings in Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, the Directory of Distinguished Americans, Dictionary of International Biography, and Men of Achievement. Stanaszek was also selected four times by students and alumni as Outstanding Faculty Member at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. During his tenure with the College of Pharmacy he was also a guest lecturer at The University of Oklahoma College of Nursing for more than 20 years. He served on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association Oklahoma City Chapter and as consultant to various healthcare organizations and institutions. Stanaszek is survived by his wife, Mary, of Norman and daughters Jennifer and Sara of Redstone, Colo.
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The provision of clinical pharmacy services and the evaluation of these services for benefit and cost are important aspects of the work of academic and professional pharmacy. Over the last year, AACP has spent innumerable hours providing information to and educating members of Congress and their staff about how faculty at our nation’s colleges and schools of pharmacy create evidence showing how healthcare quality can be improved, access increased and costs decreased. This important role of faculty in evaluation of programs and practice patterns, and of clinical faculty in the provision of patient care services, requires an ongoing commitment by federal policymakers to ensure future capacity for these complementary activities to continue. While most Americans, including those within our own Academy, have focused on the divisive issues of healthcare reform, too few have recognized that both House (HR 3962) and Senate (HR 3590) contain provisions aimed at improving the education of our nation’s health professions workforce, improving the quality of care and ensuring that public policy development continues to benefit from the formidable biomedical and health services research capacity of pharmacy faculty. To complement this edition of Academic Pharmacy Now, let’s look at some of these provisions so as to better improve our individual and organizational appreciation of these comprehensive approaches to reform.
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Authorizes the establishment of Medicare accountable care organizations (Section 1301, Section 3022)
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Authorizes the establishment and evaluation of home-based physicianled primary care teams (that include pharmacists) (Section 1312, Section 3024)
Authorizes the establishment of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Section 2401, Section 3501)
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Authorizes the establishment of centers to support patient-centered outcomes research (comparative effectiveness research in the House) (Section 1401, Section 6301)
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Authorizes the establishment of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test service and payment innovations that have the potential to improve care and reduce Medicare and Medicaid costs (Section 1907, Section 3021)
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Authorizes the establishment of an Advisory Committee on Health Workforce Evaluation and Assessment (House) or a National Health Workforce Commission (Section 2261, Section 5101)
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Authorizes the establishment of Prevention and Wellness Trust (House) or a Prevention and Public Health Fund (Senate) to provide expanded and sustained support for public health programs (Section 3111, Section 4002)
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Authorizes the Secretary to establish a national strategy focused on improving the health of the nation through evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness activities (Section 3121, Section 4001)
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts or provide grants to an accredited health professions school to “test, develop and evaluate” cultural competency training programs and to implement those programs (Section 2257, Section 5307)
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Authorizes the establishment of a Public Health Investment Fund for support of programs including Title VII health professions education programs (Section 2002) Authorizes the establishment of the Frontline Health Providers program, which would be a loan repayment program for healthcare professionals including pharmacists not eligible for National Health Service Corps (Section 2211) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts or provide grants to an accredited health professions school to “test, develop and evaluate” health professions training programs that promote team-based, patient-centered care including medical homes and medication therapy management, and care coordination across care settings including community and homebased (Section 2252)
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Authorizes increased access to tobacco cessation counseling, pharmacotherapy for Medicaid recipients (Section 1712, Section 4107)
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Authorizes the establishment of Medicaid medical home pilots (Section 1722, Section 2703)
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Authorizes the establishment of Medicaid accountable care organizations (Section 1730A, Section 2706)
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Authorizes the establishment of a grant program to eligible entities “to implement medication therapy management services provided by licensed pharmacists, as a part of an interdisciplinary, interprofessional approach to treatment of chronic disease…” (Section 2528, Section 3503)
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Authorizes Medicare Medical Home Pilot (Section 1302)
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Authorizes payment for services by state licensed healthcare practitioners certified by the National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators (Section 131)
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Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities, including schools of pharmacy, to develop curricula that integrate concepts of quality improvement and patient safety into the clinical education of health professionals (Section 3508) Reauthorizes the Area Health Education Centers, Geriatric Education Centers, and Centers of Excellence programs (Section 5305)
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Authorizes the establishment of a Telehealth Advisory Committee that shall include two non-physician practitioners (Section 1191)
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Requires the Secretary to evaluate and report on conditions and diseases that are of high cost to Medicare and discuss whether the research around how to ameliorate these conditions and diseases is sufficient to reduce their cost impact on Medicare (Section 1906)
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Long-term Exercise May Delay Onset of Parkinson’s Disease A new study by University of Houston College of Pharmacy (UHCOP) researchers suggests that long-term endurance exercise may slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease by protecting key cells involved in maintaining function and movement. The research by UHCOP pharmacology graduate student Gaurav Patki and Dr. Yuen-Sum “Vincent” Lau was one of only 12 presentations, out of a pool of nearly 16,000 submissions, to be selected for a news conference at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in October 2009. “Clinical reports have implicated exercise training in improving the physical performance and mobility of people with Parkinson’s disease, but no one has demonstrated, either clinically or in laboratory models, whether exercise can delay the progression of neuronal degeneration,” said Lau, the John and Rebecca Moores professor and chair at UHCOP. “This study was aimed at investigating this possibility and at examining how exercise protects neural mitochondria.” Parkinson’s disease involves the degenerative loss of neuronal cells that produce the key chemical, dopamine. While the causes that lead to Parkinson’s disease are largely unknown, it has been suggested that neurons may die due to genetic and environmental factors by triggering oxidative stress and impairing mitochondrial function in the dopamine-containing brain cells. Mitochondria are vital organelles that supply energy and support cell survival.
University of Houston pharmacology student Gaurav Patki and College of Pharmacy John and Rebecca Moores Professor Dr. Yuen-Sum “Vincent” Lau, review the results of their research suggesting exercise may provide neuroprotective benefits against Parkinson’s disease. Their research was one of only 12 presentations out of nearly 16,000 projects to be featured at a national news conference during the Neuroscience 2009 meeting in October.
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The chronic mouse model developed in Lau’s laboratory exhibits many features that resemble human Parkinson’s disease, including impaired movement and a marked loss of brain dopamine and mitochondrial function. The subjects were divided into two groups: one was kept sedentary, the other exercised on a motorized treadmill for 40 minutes daily, five days a week, for 18 weeks. At the end of the study, the exercise-trained Parkinson’s mouse model had significantly higher brain dopamine content, exhibited greater brain mitochondrial activity and performed better on balance tests than the sedentary mouse model. “This research provides scientific evidence that long-term endurance exercise protects brain mitochondria and dopamineproducing neurons from undergoing progressive degeneration as demonstrated in the chronic mouse model of Parkinson’s disease,” Lau said. “We also proved and want to emphasize that exercise has to be long term in order to sufficiently produce the neuroprotective benefits.” The research was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. In the next phase of their research, Lau and Patki are interested in investigating whether any drugs might mimic the neuroprotective benefits of exercise and whether exercise could replace or reduce the use of Parkinson’s medication at early disease stage.
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Duquesne University Researchers Tackle Cocaine Addiction with Over $2.4 Million in Grants Armed with more than $2.4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and an innovative approach, a pharmacologist, a medicinal chemist and a computational chemist at Duquesne University are teaming up to fight psychostimulant dependence. Specifically, they are seeking drugs to block the actions of cocaine and amphetamines, psychostimulants that have seen growing abuse nationwide. While heroin addicts can use methadone or buprenorphine to ease withdrawal symptoms without providing the same level of dependence, nothing comparable is available to the estimated 1.9 million cocaine users nationwide or the 1.3 million people who have used methamphetamine. “We want a drug that interferes with cocaine action without being another cocaine,” said Dr. Christopher K. Surratt, division head of pharmaceutical sciences and associate professor of pharmacology at Duquesne who has been working on addiction issues since 1991.
controls movement, motivation, emotion and pleasure in the brain. “Right now, there is no known experimental structure of a dopamine transporter,” Madura said. “We are using a computerbuilt, 3-D structure. We don’t know if what we have built is correct, so we need to validate our structure using the pharmacological results from Dr. Surratt’s laboratory.” Lapinsky, the medicinal chemist, creates compounds that can refine and validate the computer-generated model, ultimately leading to the discovery and development of new compounds that Surratt can test in his lab. Through Madura’s “virtual screening,” millions of chemical compounds are filtered using this computer model to identify potential candidates that may block the cocaine “high.” The most promising compounds are then tested at the lab bench. Based upon the pharmacological findings, new compounds may be synthesized.
In this way, Madura eliminates much of the costly trial-andSurratt, Dr. David J. Lapinsky, assistant professor of medici- error factor in drug discovery, saving both time and money. His nal chemistry, and Dr. Jeffry Madura, chair of the chemistry work allows Surratt and Lapinsky to focus on compounds most department, each received separate grants from the National likely to block the euphoria of cocaine. Institute on Drug Abuse, a branch of the NIH, to work on a multi-year project that uses a “rational design” drug discovery approach. In looking to lessen the impact of cocaine and amphetamine addiction, each professor coordinates with the other From left: Dr. Christopher K. Surratt, Dr. Jeftwo, examining issues simultaneously. fry Madura and Dr. David J. Lapinsky have The unusual triple-threat approach grew naturally from harnessing similar interests, similar goals and diverse skills— and reflects the recent emphasis of NIH on funding highly collaborative efforts, which was one consideration for the grants.
received more than $2.4 million in NIH grants to help fight cocaine dependence.
“You’d be hard-pressed to find another school with a teacher-scholar faculty model that has this,” Surratt said. In their work, the researchers are first trying to determine exactly how, at the cellular level, cocaine and amphetamines bind to the dopamine transporter, a protein that shuttles the neurotransmitter dopamine across membranes. Dopamine
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University of Texas at Austin Researcher Asks, “Where Does it Hurt?” Dull, sharp, aching, gnawing and stinging “People may have pain even if they are not are just some of the words patients use to able to communicate it,” Strassels said. “The describe their pain to Dr. Scott A. Strassels subjectivity of pain is part of what makes of the University of Texas at Austin (UT pain so difficult to treat and explains why Austin) College of Pharmacy. it is so important that clinicians accept patients’ reports of pain.” Strassels was among six pain management experts from the United States and Canada Strassels wants people to speak up about who received Mayday Pain & Society Fel- pain and says the first step is to begin a nalowships last fall. The fellowships provide tional conversation among patients, healthleaders in pain management with tools and care providers and related organizations. skills to advocate on behalf of better treatment for pain. Both Strassels and Dr. Eun-Ok Im of the School of Nursing believe that pain is often undertreated in this country and many people suffer unnecessarily.
“Pain management after surgery is particularly vital,” Strassels said. “If a person’s pain is undertreated, he or she is less likely to want to get up and moving. Then, you’re asking for more problems like possibly developing pneumonia or having an increased risk of developing persistent pain.”
said Strassels, assistant professor in the Division of Pharmacy Practice.
Pain is one of the most common reasons for which individuals visit the doctor. Yet many healthcare providers do not receive adequate training on how best to care for people with pain, Strassels and Im said, adding that health providers also are often unfamiliar with how best to use the wide array of pain-relieving strategies available. “The result is unnecessary suffering with myths and misplaced fears about pain and pain relievers being reinforced at all levels of society,” said Strassels. Even with all the descriptive and colorful words, it is surprisingly difficult to describe how pain feels because each of us experience pain differently. And because it is highly subjective, it also is a challenge for the healthcare provider to evaluate.
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Strassels has conducted several studies on pain at the end of life and after surgery. He also has been involved with research on other pain reliever interventions like corticosteroid injections and nerve blocks that can be used alone or in combination with painrelieving medications. Non-drug treatments, including acupuncture, massage, yoga and meditation also help people with pain.
Depending on the type of pain, an interdisciplinary approach is often useful, he said, adding that treating pain at its onset is more effective than waiting until it worsens.
“Many of us don’t know what to expect from pain relievers or how to best advocate for ourselves and our loved ones who have pain,”
Untreated or undertreated pain can rob people of the ability to function and can cause depression, irritability, sexual dysfunction and disruptions in sleeping, eating and mobility, according to the UT Austin researchers.
research on cancer pain, funded by NIH, has dealt with gender and ethnic differences in the cancer pain experience.
Dr. Scott A. Strassels of the UT Austin College of Pharmacy wants people to speak up about pain and says the first step is to begin a national conversation among patients, healthcare providers and related organizations. Because pain is highly subjective, it is important for doctors to trust what their patients tell them.
He has been working with Paul J. Christo, a doctor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Dr. Bonnie Stevens, who teaches nursing at the University of Toronto, in spreading the word about good pain management. One such step already is under way. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has introduced a “Speak Up!”campaign to encourage patients to talk about their pain.
Undertreatment of pain also can contribute to higher costs directly by lengthening hospital stays, he said. There are several factors that contribute to poorly managed post-operative pain. Clinicians’ may have mistaken attitudes and beliefs about adverse effects and addiction. Patients may believe they should not complain about pain, they may be concerned about addiction or believe pain is to be expected and is not treatable. Clinicians also may fear legal action for aggressive treatment of pain. All in all, pain is an integral part of being human, Strassels said.
Also, in its “Roadmap for Medical Research,” “But fear of side effects is not a good reason the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to avoid pain-relieving medications. Our calls for reengineering the way healthcare hope is that people who suffer from pain providers respond to patients’ pain and will come to understand that you don’t have other symptoms. Im, too, believes education to choose mental clarity or pain relief. You about pain management should be a prior- can have both.” ity for the nation’s healthcare system. Her
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Pharmacy Professor Knows the Right Questions to Ask and How to Ask Them To say that Dr. Bruce A. Berger is pas- ing which many constituents discussed sionate about patient care would be an the current adherence crisis and possible understatement. It has been the focus of solutions. To his amazement, not one his more than 30-year career in pharma- report addressed the role of pharmacists cy education and although he is formally and how they counsel patients. retired from Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, he is still extremely “If the medication adherence rate hasn’t vocal about pharmacy education, espe- changed and medications have changed cially when it comes to redefining what it dramatically, maybe part of the problem is us,” he says. “Maybe we haven’t means to provide patient-centered care. changed the way we talk to patients. Why Berger believes that colleges and schools do we keep using a model that’s broken?” of pharmacy must make a fundamental shift in teaching how they train students to talk to patients, which he explains in his patient-centered viewpoint published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, volume 73, issue five. In it he asserts that there is more to patient care than simply providing a list of reasons why a patient should take a particular medication, then asking if they have any questions. To Berger, being patient-centered means establishing what the patient knows and understands about the illness, how they make sense of this and determining their knowledge of the risks and susceptibility if they don’t take their medication. When treating a patient for diabetes, for example, Berger sees a disparity in the functions pharmacists currently perform and what they should be doing.
“It’s not about telling patients ‘you should take this medicine,’” he says. “It’s about discovering what they know and understand about their medication and finding out what diabetes means to them in their own words. It is about being a resource for patients and assisting them in reaching THEIR health goals.” In August 2009, the New England Healthcare Institute reported that poor medication adherence costs the U.S. as much as $290 billion annually, a crisis Berger says is not to be blamed on the patient. Last year he participated in two national medication adherence panels, dur-
Dr. Bruce A. Berger, AACP’s 2009 Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award recipient, developed the Auburn University Motivational Interviewing Training Institute in 2006 to train fellow educators on a patient-centered counseling method for addressing patient ambivalence and resistance to change.
true in drug therapy, but the patient must be recognized as an expert, too. They have a lot to share with a pharmacist: do they understand what the pharmacist is asking of them, what are their concerns about possible side effects and do they think things will get better by taking this medication? These are all elements of patient-centered counseling that the pharmacist must take into account. The Auburn University Motivational Interviewing Training Institute, which partners with AACP and the Case Management Society of America, is one way pharmacy faculty can learn about specialized pharmacist communication skills and how to implement them in the curriculum at their home institution. One example of motivational interviewing is learning to explore the patient’s understanding and motivations toward health behaviors, including taking their medications. It also involves supporting behaviors the patient is engaged in that support their health. While the workshops are a rigorous immersion in patient-centered counseling, Berger says the real challenge is putting into practice what the faculty member has learned at the workshop in a basic and clinical science-heavy curriculum at schools of pharmacy. Berger points out that courses focusing on communication and psychology are not as prevalent in pharmacy school. At Auburn University, student pharmacists undergo 14 contact hours in motivational interviewing. At other institutions, the requirement could be much less.
Making the shift toward more patientcentered care starts with the training students receive in pharmacy school. Institutions have made significant strides in utilizing problem-based learning in integrated pharmacotherapy courses, Berger “The bottom line is that we have to talk to says, but more can be taught with regard a patient like a human being and know to medication adherence. For example, enough psychology to begin explorstudents need to understand what the ing what would help them reach better likely adherence problems they would en- health outcomes,” he says. “Pharmacy counter given drug X and disease Y. Also, should take the reins, especially in regard what are the strategies for overcoming to the appropriate use of drug therapy… and if not us, then who?” them with the help of the patient? Students are also taught to believe that they are the expert, Berger says, which is
–Maureen Thielemans
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Caring for their Communities Top community engaged service projects in the Academy are recognized Four student-led community engagement projects and one school of pharmacy were honored for their extraordinary commitment to community service during a special awards luncheon on Monday, Feb. 8, at the 2010 AACP Interim Meeting in Arlington, Va. A fierce blizzard could not stop the celebration but unfortunately it did force some teams to remain at their universities due to treacherous travel conditions. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student team leader Carson P. Padgett and her faculty advisor Dr. Melissa M. Dinkins gratefully accepted their award at the luncheon, as did Dr. Susan Cornell, faculty advisor of the team from Midwestern University. Drs. Amy Wilson, Steven A. Scott and Patricia A. Marken accepted the awards on behalf of teams from Creighton University, Purdue University and the University of Missouri – Kansas City, respectively. The University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) School of Pharmacy received the 2009–10 AACP Transformative Community Service Award. This award honors a college or school of pharmacy demonstrating a major institutional commitment to addressing unmet community needs through education, practice and research. The award, consisting of a Steuben glass lighthouse and a financial stipend, high-
lights community service as an important element of the academic mission, and singles out institutions that can serve as examples of social responsiveness on the part of the academic community. Student-led groups from Purdue University, Midwestern University, Creighton University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill each received the 2009–10 Student Community Engaged Service Award at the 2010 Interim Meeting. The four groups were chosen for their outstanding programs delivering consumer education about medication use, expanding access to affordable healthcare and improving the public’s health. In addition to receiving a commemorative prize, the winning pharmacy college or school’s dean’s office will also receive $10,000 to be used exclusively to support program expansion of recognized or new community engaged service projects and a $5,000 team prize to be administered for participating students to be used for enhancing/sustaining the program being recognized. Academic Pharmacy Now highlights the incredible work and dedication to community service on behalf of the UMKC School of Pharmacy and the four student-led groups.
Transformative Community Service Award University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Pharmacy Engagement within Cities and Regions to Improve Public Health The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School of Pharmacy has a long tradition of engaging within its cities and the regions in which it resides to improve the public health in all aspects of the life span across a multitude of specialties and patients. This realization has continued to expand into one that embraces the aspects of global health and civic responsibility across borders and interprofessional relationships. Our commitment to excellence in healthcare is embedded within our mission and vision. It embraces the actuality that all our faculty, staff and students have a role in the improvement of the lives of those around us. The garnering of resources to support the strategic placement of faculty within areas of most need has resulted in obtaining all aspects of Healthy People 2010 while meeting the CAPE education guidelines. In turn, this has resulted in best practices and scholarship that furthers the research mission of the school and university. By leading these efforts, the UMKC School of Pharmacy has sought to further the health-related knowledge to which scientists, practitioners and patients will look as the body of knowledge surrounding healthcare continues to evolve. Furthermore, our student pharmacists continually observe positive models in our faculty, staff and alumni resulting in their development into change agents and leaders within the profession and the future communities in which they will serve.
The University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Pharmacy has sought to further the health-related knowledge to which scientists, practitioners and patients will look as the body of knowledge surrounding healthcare continues to evolve.
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Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions Cardiovascular Risk Screening and Health Promotion Course The Creighton University Cardiovascular Risk Screening and Health Promotion Program started as a course to help students develop skills necessary to aide a local clinical site, The Cardiac Center of Creighton University, in performing health screenings of patients and assessing their cardiac risk. However, through the initiative and hard work of the students, this program has evolved into a highly soughtafter professional development elective in which students are able to not only gain clinical skills that will help them develop as future pharmacists, but also exposure to underserved patients. Students were able to measure risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as blood pressure,
cholesterol, BMI, ankle-brachial indices and educate the patients they encountered to prevent complications that may have come from undiagnosed or untreated disease. Reflections analyzed from students who completed the course identified major themes demonstrating students’ appreciation of their ability to work with multiple cultures, learn and master patient assessment skills, and improve their ability to communicate with patients in a real-world setting. Creighton University instructional methods are structured to incorporate Jesuit Ignatian values throughout all coursework. One of these values embraces a theme of “Cura Personalis,” meaning “caring for the whole person.” Students involved in this program represent the spirit of Creighton
Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy Collaborative Health Advocate Team The Collaborative Health Advocate Team (CHAT) is a student community service project conceptualized, developed and implemented at Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy. In this project, students from pharmacy, medicine, physician assistant studies and other health science related programs on campus work as a team in providing diabetes self-management education and training (DSME/T) to people with diabetes in underserved community clinics and centers, through a series of informal, interactive classes on a monthly basis.
Educator and are required to shadow/observe experienced students on-site for a minimum of two classes.
As an extracurricular program, interested students apply and interview for the CHAT project. Prior to teaching and facilitating DSME/T classes in clinics, students are trained by a pharmacist/Certified Diabetes
Students learn and apply communication skills and techniques that help patients make health behavior changes to better manage their diabetes and its related conditions. Additionally, students experience a better understanding
The uniqueness of our project is that students from various healthcare disciplines are teaching the DSME/T classes together, under (multidisciplinary) faculty supervision. This supports and enables the collaboration and socialization of the professional disciplines, while allowing students to experience the clinical, educational and behavioral aspects of optimal patient care. They truly become student diabetes educators.
University in ensuring all people have access to appropriate healthcare. With the help of this grant, we plan to expand the outreach efforts of this program, reaching more patients and providing more students in multiple healthcare disciplines the opportunity to be involved. This unique elective course could not have been completed as successfully without a student body enthusiastic about using their patient care skills to “touch the hearts of their community.”
Far left and left: At the Cardiac Center of Creighton University, students measured risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as blood pressure, cholesterol, BMI, ankle-brachial indices and educated the patients they encountered to prevent complications that may have come from undiagnosed or untreated disease.
Right and far right: Students from Midwestern University pharmacy, medicine, physician assistant studies and other health science-related programs on campus work as a team in providing diabetes self-management education and training (DSME/T) to people with diabetes in underserved community clinics and centers, through a series of informal, interactive classes on a monthly basis.
and learn how to affectively respond to cultural influences and health literacy/numeracy while reducing health disparity. The initial program, which debuted in 2005, provided classes at three clinics. Since then, CHAT has grown and provided services at nine different clinics/centers, with additional site requests for 2010. Classes have also expanded from English and Spanish to include Urdu and American Sign, with requests for Russian and Armenian at this time. The true success of the CHAT project is patients learning from students and students learning from patients.
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Student Community Engaged Service Awards University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy Student Health Action Coalition The Student Health Action Coalition (SHAC) is a student-led organization whose mission is to provide free health services to local underserved individuals and communities, partner with communities to develop and implement sustainable programs, and create an interdisciplinary service learning environment for students in the health science programs at UNC. SHAC is an amazing opportunity for student practitioners in the health professional schools to work together to provide much-needed care for underserved patients in the communities surrounding the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Medicine, public health, physical therapy, nursing, dentistry, social work and pharmacy all work together to provide complete care for local patients.
The Student Health Action Coalition has many outlets to serve its patients. There is a weekly medical clinic for underserved patients in the community; an HIV testing center is part of this clinic. There is also a twice-weekly dental clinic for patients. Beyond Clinic Walls forms medical teams that go to the homes of patients with limited access to community clinics and other local services. Community Outreach runs clinics, health fairs and wellness programs across the region. SHAC provides medications and testing supplies for each of these patient-care activities. The Native Health Initiative coordinates health programs in Native American communities in the state. Each year, Health for Habitat partners with another community group to build a house for a family in Orange County.
Purdue University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Purdue Pharmacy Kenya Program The mission of the Purdue Pharmacy Kenya Program (PKP) is to address the healthcare system barriers which prevent the dissemination of high quality care in the resource-constrained setting. PKP works within the United States Agency for International Development–Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare Partnership (AMPATH) to provide pharmaceutical care in Eldoret, Kenya and the surrounding area. Purdue has been involved in this engagement initiative since 2003. More than 100 students have participated in this elective global experiential learning opportunity. Student pharmacists are vital to initiating and expanding care. Students provide community service in a variety of settings while in Kenya
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for the eight-week clinical experience. Students participate in daily ward rounds at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH). As a result of their exemplary service, MTRH has seen an increase in the number and role of clinical pharmacists. Students complete patient care projects in AMPATH and MTRH clinics. Examples include training rural clinic pharmacy staff in computer use and the development of standardized patient education materials. Students also assist with diabetes and anticoagulation disease state management. Finally, students have implemented and sustained a sewing initiative at the Sally Test Pediatric Center. Students provide medical education to families whose children are hospitalized while providing sewing instruction. In addition, they entertain children,
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While SHAC is an opportunity to provide care for underserved patients, it is also an incredible hands-on experience that teaches students to work together as an effective healthcare team. The skills that the student volunteers develop will serve them well as they transition into the professional world. The students have all seen compassionate, continuous care at its best and will be able to incorporate it into future practice.
Far left and left: The Student Health Action Coalition, a student-led organization whose mission is to provide free health services to local underserved individuals and communities, offers many outlets to serve its patients. There is a weekly medical clinic for underserved patients in the community; an HIV testing center is part of this clinic. There is also a twice-weekly dental clinic for patients.
Right and far right: Students participating in the Purdue Pharmacy Kenya Program contribute in daily ward rounds at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and complete patient care projects in AMPATH and MTRH clinics. Examples include training rural clinic pharmacy staff in computer use and the development of standardized patient education materials.
care for abandoned infants and coordinate activities at the center. While all of the care provided by students has an impact on the Kenyan patients they serve, it also impacts the students as they develop into professionals. Comments like “I was able to see the importance of communication on all levels” and “Through my experience, I found a passion for international healthcare” are not uncommon. The program and student impact has been evaluated using a variety of methods. Overall, student-led service and dedication have made this engagement experience successful.
Diary of a PharmCAS Super-User
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Disaster Ruth E. Nemire of Touro College of Pharmacy–New York inspires us to become better “global citizens” Since a very young age, Dr. Ruth E. Nemire, associate dean at Touro College of Pharmacy–New York, has helped people cope with and survive disasters. At age 4, she stood in the front doorway of her home in Republic, Ohio with her father and watched several tornadoes destroy parts of her neighborhood and the surrounding towns. She personally witnessed the devastation and toll that such horrifying events can have on families. Her father was a minister at a local church and responsible for helping families of his parish and the surrounding communities find food, shelter and clothing. She watched and assisted people from places like Rockaway, Ohio, a town that had been completely lost in the storm, clean up and begin to rebuild their lives.
When she first arrived on the scene physicians were writing prescriptions for drugs that would be found in a regular pharmacy. Unfortunately, as is the case with any disaster relief effort, the supplies vary tremendously based on what is donated or arrives on scene. Nemire did not have a fully stocked pharmacy.
Since becoming a pharmacy educator, Nemire has dedicated herself to becoming and educating “global citizens.” She traveled the globe assisting with the recovery efforts of major disasters such as Hurricane Katrina.
“When I walked away from this event, I really got to learn firsthand how pharmacy and medicine should go together.”
Her first experience caring for victims of a disaster as a pharmacist was during her fellowship at the University of Miami. On the morning of Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida as a Category 5 system. After being swiftly evacuated, Nemire and two other fellows, neurology physicians, wanted to help and made an agreement to do whatever it took to provide care for those that were in need. They went to a South Dade criminal justice unit and joined up with the Disaster Medical Assistance (DMAT) team. She was a practicing pharmacist with eight years of experience. She obtained her Florida license a few days prior to the hurricane. She entered the DMAT unit with no idea what people would need. Her “trial by fire” began. “I was still in shock as there was nothing left of South Florida,” she said. “My new home had been destroyed and that took some time to get past.”
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She quickly took charge of the situation and within 10 minutes established an efficient way of providing medical treatment for patients. She developed a system in which physicians would come to her with patients’ conditions they needed to treat. Nemire determined what medications were available that would treat their patients’ conditions. For the next two weeks she ran the pharmacy in the DMAT unit.
These two weeks became the foundation through which she obtained her appreciation of the synergy between an interprofessional healthcare team and how it can benefit the care of a patient. “I had worked with physicians in a clinical setting prior but this was just so easy that it really made me understand that this is how it should be all the time. It also made my fellowship go much smoother because the physicians understood it too.” On Jan. 12, 2010, when she heard that an earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude hit Haiti, admittedly her first thought was, “How can I get there?” Within days she was on the ground. “I actually went into Haiti twice within a two-week period to assist with the recovery efforts. The first time, I went thinking I was going to be in the Dominican Republic to provide aid for Haitians that crossed the border. It was a surprise when I landed and they quickly transported me directly to Haiti. Unfortunately, I was ready to be in a country that had provisions for medical professionals, and clean food and water. I was unprepared to be in Haiti itself, and had to quickly remove myself from the country so I too would not become a casualty of
the earthquake. I promised myself that I would return with the proper provisions to ensure I could be of assistance.”
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And return she did, with an additional public health pharmacist, Fred Townroe, to aid in the relief efforts. She also brought her own water and “power bars” for sustenance during her stay. Nemire worked in a “hospital” tent with other medical professionals day and night to provide care for the wounded. However, despite the difficult and varying conditions of the injured, she maintained strict policies to minimize the level of trauma to her patients. She limited injectables to traumatized patients, especially children, and scoured the facility for oral medications. She monitored aspects of care like minimizing the use of morphine for pain. “Haitians are unfamiliar with pain medications so their respiratory systems have not built up a tolerance to meds like morphine,” explained Nemire. “I just wanted to make sure that we were not endangering patients with depressed respiration, and I wanted to change them over to oral pain medications as quickly as possible, all the while making sure their pain was controlled.” She also worked through medication histories with translators and identified medications by their look or description as all the pharmacies in Port Au Prince were destroyed or inoperable.
“When I walked away from this event, I really got to learn first-hand how pharmacy and medicine should go together.”
“I became central supply,” she recalled. “I handed out syringes, catheter bags, baby food and formula, flushes, you name it.” These experiences continue to provide Nemire with a wealth of knowledge in dealing with disaster relief. She believes that as a pharmacist, she, like many of her colleagues, want to help but cautions about going into a situation with limited or biased information.
“Each time you are a part of a disaster relief team, you learn new and different things. This time I was struck by how as Americans, we really want to help, but are not quite sure what to do. We have knowledge and the call-toaction, we just have to develop the most effective and efficient ways of delivering goods and care.” Nemire’s family lovingly jokes, “Where there’s a disaster there’s Ruth.” There might be some truth in that jest, but those affected by such events are truly glad that Nemire and other pharmacy educators are willing to provide patient care to those most in need. “It’s very simple, you want to help people find a way to move forward. I want to teach this to our students. I believe it’s our responsibility as educators to continue to be and create ‘responsible global citizens.’”
For more tips and information on disaster relief volunteer information and how you can assist with relief efforts, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Web site at http://emergency.cdc.gov/ disasters/volunteers.asp. –Rebecca Morgan
Ruth E. Nemire, associate dean at Touro College of Pharmacy–New York, returned to Haiti after initially arriving in the country ill-prepared to handle the mass devastation. She brought her own water and “power bars” for sustenance during her stay. Nemire worked in a “hospital” tent with other medical professionals day and night to provide care for the wounded. However, despite the difficult and varying conditions of the injured, she maintained strict policies to minimize the level of trauma to her patients.
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Getting Involved When asked what she would recommend to colleagues who might also want to contribute their skills or expertise to disaster relief teams in the future, Nemire provided the following suggestions: 1. Be thoughtful. “I was not only thinking about how I could go to Haiti, but I was planning to make the trip one that was beneficial to the victims of the earthquake.” 2. Bring your own resources. Do not depend on or use the resources of disaster victims. 3. Major disasters are not for the faint of heart. Be prepared to witness things you have never experienced before. Also, be prepared to acknowledge that there are people and things that you cannot effect, change or help. 4. Leave patients with sustainable care. When you provide a medication or therapeutic regime, patients must have a way to continue that care. Remember in disaster situations, the bare essentials are difficult to come by. Even drinking eight glasses of water a day can be difficult for patients with limited resources.
Top: Nemire, second from left, worked through medication histories with translators and identified medications by their look or description as all the pharmacies in Port Au Prince were destroyed or inoperable. Bottom: Nemire, wearing a pink shirt, handed out syringes, catheter bags, baby food and formula.
5. Know and respect the culture of those affected by the disaster. “In Haiti, prescribing new and “western” medicines to patients can be difficult and can have long-term effects that will continue to affect the people of Haiti for years to come. The right thing to do for them now to move forward is to look at what we can do for prevention and wellness for them, and that is immunization, pain relief, and making sure that they get infections treated.” Prescribed medications are often sold or thrown away. There was also the potential for mistrust and lack of knowledge about drugs. “Medical professionals need to respect the remedies that these patients are accustomed to using, otherwise patients can feel alienated and denigrated. They will be less likely to subscribe to recommendations of their medical team.” 6. Know and respect the other healthcare professionals on scene. 7. Volunteer for a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT). 8. Ask for help. If you know a “native” of the country or location where the disaster has taken place, invite them to join you as support, but do not expect them to contribute to the entire relief effort as they are usually personally involved. 9. Be ready for primitive situations. Once a hurricane or major earthquake hits a city, all infrastructures can be lost.
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10. Join your Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). “Most MRC units are comprised of local volunteers and are set up to deal with local or regional urgent care needs or emergencies.” The MRC program can provide pharmacists with the resources necessary to be an effective member of a medical response team.
Academic Pharmacy Stands Committed to Setting the Standard of Patient-centered, Team-based Care
2010 AACP Interim Meeting Despite two blizzards and nearly three feet of snow, pharmacy educators from across the country convened in the snow white city of Arlington, Va. for the 2010 AACP Interim Meeting, Feb. 7–10, eager to answer the question, “How can health professions education generally, and academic pharmacy specifically, heighten its commitment to educating collaborative professionals who are competent to meet the needs of both individuals and communities?” The record-shattering storms forced AACP to cancel some sessions and events on the final days of the conference, but not before attendees were challenged to contemplate a healthcare system reorganized around the needs of patients and populations.
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“Pharmacy is a fulfilling profession,” he said. “We have the opportunity to make a difference in patients’ lives and improve public health. Our star is rising.” Menighan addressed the ways in which academic pharmacy can influence the future of pharmacy and the patient-centered medical home model by telling attendees “Don’t walk away from reform.” He stressed that there will always be winners and losers in any type of healthcare reform, but pharmacy can play a significant role as primary care givers and as a solution to the medication use crisis.
Top: From left: Dr. Steven A. Scott, associate professor at Purdue University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, accepts the Student Community Engaged Service Award on behalf of the winning team with Dr. Rodney A. Carter, AACP presidentelect, and Dr. Jeffrey N. Baldwin, AACP president. Middle: Carson P. Padgett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy team leader, and faculty advisor Dr. Melissa M. Dinkins made the trip to the 2010 AACP Interim Meeting despite the blizzard to accept her team’s Student Community Engaged Service Award. Bottom: Harry P. Hagel, director of Health Information Technology at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, participated in an external stakeholder panel on Monday, Feb. 8 at the 2010 AACPacademic Interim Pharmacy now Jan/Feb/Mar 2010 Meeting.
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“Push the right buttons,” he said with regard to healthcare reform. “And Congress and the White House will listen!” Following interactive panel discussions with leaders from the Pharmacy Quality Alliance and the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, members of the Academy provided insight into the patientcentered medical home model and how attendees can be responsible for providing patient care that ensures optimal medication therapy outcomes. Awards in the area of community engaged service were bestowed upon student and faculty groups from member institutions during a special luncheon following the morning of panel discussions. AACP president Dr. Jeffrey N. Baldwin presented the awards to four student-led community engagement
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projects and one school of pharmacy. Due to treacherous travel conditions, some teams were unable to attend the luncheon, but representatives from their schools accepted the awards on their behalf. To learn more about the awardwinning projects, turn to page 16. Monday concluded with an AACP Town Hall meeting during which attendees
discussed the use of simulations in introductory pharmacy practice experiences, AACP’s strategic planning and ways members of the Academy can enhance their advocacy efforts. As the second fierce blizzard began to approach the region, AACP leaders deterimined that both Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s events were canceled. The
2010 AACP Interim Meeting may have been interrupted by Mother Nature, but attendees left armed with opportunities to help develop, implement and evaluate individual, local and regional healthcare improvements, making the 2010 AACP Interim Meeting a truly historic event.
Pre-session Attendees Find Innovative Ways to Hold Meetings While Promoting Pharmacy Education The 2010 AACP Interim Meeting unofficially kicked off on Saturday, Feb. 6 with the third annual, two-day CEO Deans’ Retreat during which deans examined key issues in accreditation for pharmacy and other health professions education programs. An unexpected, but welcomed, item was added to their agenda on Sunday, Feb. 7 as the deans met with a fellow group of academic leaders who were snowed in at the Crystal Gateway Marriott: high school students. The teens were in D.C. participating in a Leadership Experience and Development (LEAD) Conference, sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The students were snowed in and their retreat was canceled without any warning to them or their advisors. Dr. Patricia D. Kroboth, chair of the AACP Council of Deans, and Melinda D. Colón, governance programs and meetings manager, saw an opportunity to discuss successful leadership skills with the stranded students. Kroboth and Dr. John A. Pieper, speaker of the house, talked about the characteristics of group work, how to successfully work within a team and how to deal with different personalities. Down the hall, communications professionals from across the country gathered, either in person or via teleconference, to examine the processes used at their academic pharmacy institutions to convey key messages to the public and throughout the Academy. The informal setting allowed for a candid and informative discussion, one professional noted, as attendees analyzed marketing and communications survey results, and learned more about the role that
AACP’s communications team plays in the development and promotion of the Associations’ programs, products and services. Dennis Wagner, acting director of the Office of Health Information Technology & Quality at the Health Resources and Services Administration, helped attendees develop powerful methods and mindsets for working with colleagues, brainstormed ideas for version 1.0 of a national pharmacy message and created a vision for the work of the group in the future. To view speaker’s presentations from the Communications Workshop, as well as from other meeting sessions, visit the Interim Meeting Information section of the AACP Web site, www.aacp.org.
University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy dean and speaker of the house Dr. John A. Pieper talks to high school students about successful leadership skills and how to work as a team. academic Pharmacy now Jan/Feb/Mar 2010
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Opportunities Abound in Pharmacy K–12 students receive career counseling from nation’s top educators, researchers Promoting careers in pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical sciences and academic pharmacy is a top priority for all of our nation’s colleges and schools of pharmacy. In the first of a two-part series, Academic Pharmacy Now features programs at some member institutions that aim to generate interest in science and healthcare-related careers among students of all ages. Be sure to check out the April/May/ June issue for more stories on how pharmacy schools are reaching out to the future generation of scientists, pharmacists and educators.
ACPHS students serve as mentors for the young students in the ACPHS Academy.
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A collaborative partnership between the Commencing in the sixth grade and continuUniversity of Connecticut (UConn) School of ing throughout the students’ high school caPharmacy and the GEAR UP program (Gain- reers, the GEAR UP–School of Pharmacy parting Early Awareness and Readiness for Un- nership aims to expose high school students dergraduate Programs) provides local high to the realistic and practical applications of school students the opportunity to learn mathematics and science, which will hopeabout the college admissions process while fully encourage the completion of their high being exposed to careers in the pharmaceu- school degree and initiate a career in the tical sciences. pharmaceutical sciences. The GEAR UP program is a U.S. Department of Education initiative that helps low-income students plan for and succeed in higher education. The goal to improve the penetration of this initiative to local schools has enjoyed new contacts with the Hartford Public School system through work with the Health Professions Partnership Initiative at the UConn Health Center, in addition to another partnership with the Waterbury School System through work with the Waterbury YMCA Leadership Program. “It’s more than likely some of the students will make UConn their choice, and we hope they choose our pharmacy program as well,” said Peter Tyczkowski, the educational outreach coordinator for the School of Pharmacy. While visiting the school, students experience a day in the life of a pharmacist by preparing “Magic Lotion” in the Boehringer Ingelheim Dosage Forms Laboratory and then enter information into the pharmacy dispensing system to process the order as a mock prescription in the CVS Pharmacist Care Center. Above: GEAR UP students prepare “Magic Lotion” in the Boehringer Ingelheim Dosage Forms Laboratory.
The career exploring program was established at Butler in 2004 by Dr. Carriann E. Richey, assistant professor of pharmacy practice and co-advisor of Phi Lambda Sigma. It is a subsidiary program of Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of America, which serves more than 50,000 youth in central Indiana counties each year. Indianapolis high school students with an interest in pharmacy are paired with current student pharmacist mentors, provided opportunities to job shadow a pharmacist and invited to attend informational programs about the education path and the profession. Those programs include the pharmacy school admissions process, financial aid and scholarship opportunities, postgraduate residencies and fellowships, clinical pharmacy, compounding lab and patient counseling. Currently, the Butler University program has about 20 high school participants and has proven successful as some alumni of the program are now enrolled at Bulter’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
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Exploring higher education options can be a daunting task for some high school students so Butler University’s Phi Lambda Sigma chapter created a High School Explorers program for Indianapolis (and surrounding city) high school students interested in a health career.
In keeping with Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ (ACPHS) tradition of fostering and developing an interest in science and mathematics among young children, the college launched an ambitious initiative in 2007 called ACPHS Academy. This after-school enrichment program works with inner city children beginning in the third grade and continues with them each year through high school. Areas of study for the first three years of the program include physical science, life science, earth and space science, and science in personal and social perspectives. Years four and five focus on mathematics. There are currently four classes (approximately 65 students) enrolled in the program, with one class in each grade from third through sixth. Participating students in the ACPHS Academy are bused from their schools to the college twice a week for ten weeks each semester. Classes are held on the ACPHS campus so these students can literally “go to college,” an important factor in helping them aspire to higher education. The classes are taught by local schoolteachers who are assisted by ACPHS students serving in the role of mentors. The student-mentor relationship is an important dynamic of the program as each group helps inspire the other to redefine their own expectations—academically, professionally and as community members.
Above: An ACPHS Academy student displays his science fair project to his proud mother. Below: ACPHS Academy students take a “field trip” to the pharmacy practice lab.
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Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CU CPHS) began its science outreach efforts with programs for local middle school students more than ten years ago with funding from a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Student Science Enrichment Grant. Since that first grant, the Science Education Outreach (SEO) programs have grown to include high school students and teachers primaily from the local area and also from other states. Current SEO programming includes the SciPharm Summer Day Camp, High School Science Seminars (HISS) and Summer Shadow Interns. SciPharm Summer Day Camp is a week-long program for secondary education students who are interested in pharmacy or pharmaceutical science as a career choice. HISS invites high school students to the college’s campus for one-time events on various topics hosted by science faculty from the university or the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Students receive a book in the mail on the selected topic to read before the HISS program and are encouraged to come ready to discuss what they’ve learned. While on campus, the students complete hands-on lab activities inspired by the book. The Summer Shadow Internships are reserved for high school students that participated in at least one HISS program. If selected for the internship, students work side-by-side with researchers on current projects. After working in the lab for two weeks, the interns present their results to faculty, family and friends.
Above: At the conclusion of the SciPharm Summer Day Camp at Campbell University, over three-quarters of the students were thinking about taking more science classes in the future and indicated that SciPharm had encouraged them to think more about pursuing a job in a science-related career. Right: Harnett County Schools is a grant partner for the Campbell University High School Science Seminars (HISS) program. They provide bus transportation for students when needed and facilitate the distribution of applications and advertisements for the HISS programs to their students through high school science teachers.
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Student pharmacists often work with local Girl Scout Troops by participating in educational programming on many healthcare topics. Girl Scouts hosted an annual day-long Girls Go Global conference to empower girls to change the world through issues that affect their own neighborhoods. “Healthier Horizons” was the theme for 2009 and UI members of the American Pharmacists Association— Academy of Student Pharmacists taught kindergarten through fourth grade Girl Scouts about appropriate and responsible medication use.
UI Colleges of Pharmacy and Engineering collaborated to host the first-ever PharmCamp, led by faculty member Dr. Jennifer Fiegel, assistant professor of pharmaceutics and translational therapeutics. PharmCamp is a week-long day camp for young girls who have just completed the fourth, fifth or sixth grade. Eighteen applicants were selected and spent time at the Colleges of Engineering, Pharmacy and Medicine, participating in laboratory exercises and meeting professionals in various health-related careers. The College of Pharmacy also participated with the College of Engineering in hosting a one-day Go! Girls Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Exploration Day. Go! Days, sponsored in part by the Iowa Math & Science Education Partnership, showed more than 100 fifth to seventh grade girls the range of careers in the sciences that are available.
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At The University of Iowa (UI) College of Pharmacy, students and faculty court not only future pharmacists, but also educators and researchers through myriad programs for school-age children.
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) has a longstanding history of devotion to the community and the promotion of the profession of pharmacy. Last fall, pharmacy faculty members at the Worcester/Manchester campus were approached by the Massachusetts Area Health Education Center to promote careers in pharmacy for their annual Health Care Pathways Conference. The conference serves to bring awareness to and provide education about a variety of healthcare professions to high school counselors, educators, librarians, career coordinators and workforce development professionals in the area.
Drs. Kimberly A. Pesaturo, Adriana Cabrera, Valerie Azzopardi, Morgan Comee and Helen Pervanas volunteered their time to participate in the event. Posters were created describing the steps to becoming a pharmacist and the various career paths available to pharmacists upon graduation. Participants took part in a jeopardy-style game highlighting the role of pharmacists in various settings. Faculty members also interacted with conference attendees during the exposition, answering questions and dispelling many common myths about the process of becoming a pharmacist.
On Nov. 10, 2009, 40 students from Manchester, N.H.’s McLaughlin Middle School attended the second annual “Access to College through the Sciences” program at the Manchester campus of MCPHS. The program is coordinated by Dr. Carroll-Ann W. Goldsmith, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences and Josh Aiello, associate director of service learning & community outreach, Worcester/Manchester. McLaughlin students learned how to make lozenges in the pharmacy lab, how to conduct some physical assessments in the physician assistant lab, and spoke with students from physician assistant studies and pharmacy about their experiences and backgrounds.
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“It was interesting to see some of the students light up and gain a sense of what a science career entails.”
Dr. Rick Wagner realizes that during his presentations to students he may not be able to universally spark an interest in sciences, but for the right student the message may open up a whole new world of possibilities. “People don’t typically think of scientists as creative people, but scientists are truly some of the most creative minds we have,” said Wagner. “Science takes work, perseverance and stamina - and the rewards are many.”
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Dr. Rick Wagner, professor and director of graduate studies, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
Dr. Rick Wagner credits several encouraging teachers along the way for nurturing his interest and encouraging him to follow his passion in science. So when a local teacher asked if he’d come to speak to a classroom of high school students about science, he didn’t hesitate. “It was interesting to see some of the students light up and gain a sense of what a science career entails,” said Wagner, professor and director of graduate studies at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. Since his first talk on the role of a scientist, Wagner has expanded his science presentations to students at the elementary school level, the middle school level and to a program hosted at the university each summer called Kids into Health Careers. During his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a professor introduced him to the research lab and offered him opportunities that opened his eyes to the potential of science and the intersection of chemistry and biology. For the past two years, Wagner has presented an overview of science and the role of the scientist to more than 20 diverse students from the region who participated in the Kids into Health Careers initiative at the university. He explains not only what a scientist does, but offers them a glimpse into the world of drug design through conducting an actual experiment, which expands their sense of how science contributes to quality of life and well-being.
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center At some point in their lives, before they became graduate students at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Sarah Willis and Naomi Wangler were inspired to pursue a career in science. Today they are turning those inspirations into reality and hope to inspire others to do the same. Willis and Wangler recently took part in an event known as the WISE (Women in Science Endeavors) seminar, an annual event sponsored by the Amarillo Independent School District designed to introduce middleschool aged girls to career opportunities in various science-related fields. “The WISE program is a very worthwhile community event that makes science fun for young girls,” Willis explained. “I believe the program definitely has a large impact on how the girls view science and science-based careers. I also like the fact that the girls are introduced to many possible career choices such as nursing, surgery, chemistry, engineering and pharmacy.” With the help of Willis and Wangler, the girls learned about compounding by making flavored lip balm and lozenges, extracted DNA from fresh strawberries and crushed candy pills using a mortar and pestle. Willis said all of the girls who participated were excited to do so and were very attentive. She believes the program plays an important role in how the students view science and she is certain that some will be motivated to pursue their scientific interests with more confidence because they have a better idea of what a career in pharmacy entails.
Graduate student and Women in Science Endeavors program participant Naomi Wangler believes that memorable experiences and passionate mentors can have a lasting impression on a student and his or her chosen area of study. “Programs like WISE allow impressionable kids to have the opportunity to become inspired like we were. It makes me excited to see others get enthusiastic for science, and if I can influence that, I’m happy.”
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A Passion for the Profession America’s pharmacy educators ignite teaching spark in students For the last seven days in October 2009, colleges and schools of pharmacy across the country celebrated the innovative discoveries and accomplishments of America’s pharmaceutical scientists and educators who dramatically influence science and the delivery of patient care every day. The inaugural American Pharmacy Educator Week aimed to generate interest in academic careers among student pharmacists and judging by the activities featured in this edition of Academic Pharmacy Now, pharmacy faculty and administrators rose to the challenge. From faculty scavenger hunts to question-and-answer sessions with the dean, American Pharmacy Educator Week 2009 honored those who work to create the next generation of pharmacists, researchers, and hopefully, educators. academic Pharmacy now Jan/Feb/Mar 2010
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Inaugural American Pharmacy Educator Week Supported in U.S. House of Representatives On Oct. 22, 2009, Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) introduced House Resolution 857, expressing support for designation of the week of Oct. 25-31, 2009 as American Pharmacy Educator Week. AACP requested that members of the Academy contact the member of the U.S. House of Representatives that represents the district in which their college or school of pharmacy is located and ask him or her to cosponsor this resolution. Currently, AACP only has 11 cosponsors and needs 50. Below are some tips to consider when contacting your member of Congress’ office: •
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Mercer University American Pharmacy Educator Week kicked off at Mercer University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences with daily e-mails sent to students in the college’s Pharm.D. and Ph.D. programs that included their own “Discovery of the Day.” Featured were Mercer pharmacy faculty who, through their research and teaching activities, have embodied the week’s themes of shaping the future and impacting patient care. Students had informal opportunities throughout the week to discuss academic pharmacy with faculty. A special luncheon at the end of the week brought together 16 faculty members and 45 students to facilitate more formal conversations about a career in pharmacy education. “Many students were unaware of what a professor’s job entailed and were quite amazed with the variety of activities and the ‘give back to the profession’ opportunities a career in academia provides,” said Dr. Michelle B. Redding, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice and director of Mercer’s community pharmacy residency program. “Many wanted to know more about postgraduate educational requirements to enter academia.” The students who attended the luncheon appreciated faculty insight on academia. “I had met with several of the faculty members one-on-one to discuss classroom material or other school-related issues, but the Educator Week reception was the perfect time for the professors to express their enthusiasm about pharmacy to the students,” said student pharmacist Rebecca Miller Spivey.
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College of Notre Dame of Maryland University of Maryland student pharmacist Andrew York, College of Notre Dame of Maryland School of Pharmacy assistant professor Dr. John Michael O’Brien, physicians and medical students from Johns Hopkins University, and other community leaders from Baltimore met with U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes during American Pharmacy Educator Week. In addition to thanking Sarbanes for his support of pharmacists in health reform as a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Dr. O’Brien and York explained the role of pharmacists as healthcare professionals who provide essential patient care and are responsible for ensuring optimal medication therapy outcomes. As a congressman from the state with the highest ratio of pharmacists per capita, Sarbanes appreciated learning more about pharmacist services, asked to speak to students at both schools of pharmacy and invited Dr. O’Brien and York to follow up with his deputy chief of staff about future legislation and internship opportunities for student pharmacists. Sarbanes also co-sponsored House Resolution 857, expressing support for designation of Oct. 25–31, 2009 as American Pharmacy Educator Week. Maryland’s third congressional district is home to the College of Notre Dame of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
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Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM) celebrated American Pharmacy Educator Week by hosting a “Life in Academia” luncheon during which pharmacy faculty discussed their academic career track with student pharmacists. Throughout the week, both pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical science faculty wore American Pharmacy Educator Week buttons to express their fulfillment in their academic careers. The highlight of the week was a special session of “Pharmacy Career Stories” hosted by the Office of Career Development and Advising. During the event pharmacy faculty shared information about their academic careers and offered advice to students who are interested in pursuing a career in academia. The panel included Dr. David Allen, dean of the College of Pharmacy, and faculty members Drs. Sara E. Dugan, Scott S. Wisneski and Louis D. Barone. In addition, a “Pharmacy Faculty Scavenger Hunt” was organized to provide student pharmacists a unique and fun opportunity to get to know the pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical science faculty on campus. Winners of the scavenger hunt were announced at the “Pharmacy Career Stories” event and awarded prizes.
Ohio Northern University In an effort to encourage student pharmacists to pursue academic career opportunities, the Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University (ONU) hosted the first-ever academic careers booth at the College of Pharmacy’s Jobs Fair on Oct. 12. Dr. Jeffrey J. Christoff, professor of medicinal chemistry, organized the academic careers booth and displayed materials such as American Pharmacy Educator Week pamphlets, posters, decals and badges, a collection of ONU alumni biographies for graduates with academic appointments, as well as a poster representing the institutions where ONU alumni currently hold appointments. A presentation of current faculty and their respective institutions was also on display during the session. Several recent ONU graduates were invited back to campus to staff the booth. Discussions with more than 20 interested students focused on necessary postgraduate training as well as current academic responsibilities and faculty interests of the alumni participants. Over the past 15 years, ONU has graduated 33 students who currently hold an academic appointment or are completing doctoral studies with intent to pursue an academic appointment upon completion of their degree requirements.
The University of Oklahoma Emphasizing pharmacy education is important to The University of Oklahoma (OU) College of Pharmacy, thus the college recognized American Pharmacy Educator Week as a fitting culmination to American Pharmacists Month. On Oct. 13, College of Pharmacy dean Dr. JoLaine R. Draugalis gave a presentation summarizing her journey in academia and research, as well as her role as a mentor. Tammy L. Lambert, OU’s first Wal-Mart Scholar, also spoke about her experiences at the AACP Annual Meeting and Seminars. Dr. Judith L. Beizer, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists distinguished lecturer and clinical professor at St. John’s University, gave a presentation on Oct. 21 titled “Aging Baby Boomers— Is Pharmacy Ready?” The following day Sheiva Ghazanfari, an OU College of Pharmacy alumni who is currently a Rutgers pharmaceutical industry Fellow, gave a presentation describing fellowship opportunities available through Rutgers. On Oct. 24, students participated in the Day Center for Homeless Health Fair in Tulsa. Dr. Nancy E. Ray and six participating students worked with patients in screening for elevated blood pressure and blood glucose, in addition to helping patients complete medication history cards for their personal use. A special luncheon was held on Oct. 28 during which students premiered a faculty appreciation video. OU faculty enjoyed the student video so much that it was downloaded to the college’s YouTube site for further viewing and distribution.
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Dr. Hershey S. Bell, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the Lake Erie College of Medicine (LECOM) School of Pharmacy, spoke to dozens of student pharmacists eager to take advantage of a question-and-answer session with LECOM faculty and administrators during American Pharmacy Educator Week.
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy celebrated American Pharmacy Educator Week with several special activities. The week kicked off with a joint meeting of the American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists and Rho Chi Society where a faculty member discussed careers in academic pharmacy. AACP’s promotional posters were displayed throughout the college and faculty members proudly wore the buttons. Videoconferencing among campuses displayed an electronic bulletin board to showcase college of pharmacy faculty between classes throughout the week. Faculty were given a slide show template with the American Pharmacy Educator Week logo and encouraged to share their experiences and background with students. The Knoxville campus held receptions attended by faculty, staff and students to discuss careers in academic pharmacy.
Organized by the school’s Student Government Association (SGA), the event acknowledged the contributions pharmacy educators make and explored the possibilities that each student could pursue after completing their pharmacy training. Dr. Bell, a medical educator for more than a quarter century, said the roles played by those who become educators are rewarding for the students and the teachers. “There are so many potential roles in academics and on a personal level, I am absolutely certain I have impacted healthcare in a way that some people who only practice medicine can never impact,” he said. In addition to Dr. Bell, LECOM faculty who participated in the discussion included Drs. Janene M. Madras, Kimberly A. Burns, Bojana Stevich, Ashok E. Philip, Naushad K. Ghilzai and Abby A. Kahaleh. “The faculty and staff gave the students a lot to think about in terms of their future,” said student pharmacist and SGA president Nate Dahl. “I think we learned a lot about the benefits of being an educator, and I know there are people who will take what they heard today and apply it to their own career path.”
University of Houston A scavenger hunt at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy gave student pharmacists the opportunity to learn more about faculty members and their personal journeys to careers in pharmacy education. Students were given a list of 27 clues by which to identify faculty from information available on the faculty member’s Web page. Once the clue was linked to a specific faculty member, students had to meet with faculty and learn about why he or she chose a career in academic pharmacy. The student with the most correctly identified faculty was the winner. Feedback from both students and educators indicate it was a success; faculty enjoyed talking to students and sharing their reasons for choosing a career in education and students enjoyed learning more about the faculty member and life in academia. “Although it’s too early to say whether academia is in my future, it definitely will be something to consider because I didn’t realize how many opportunities are available to teach while also conducting research or in clinical practice,” said student pharmacist Brian Dinh. “Several faculty members told us how being in academia encourages them to stay on top of the latest developments in their scientific or professional fields and in the literature.”
“As an educator, for every one person I impact personally, the effect of my influence extends to hundreds and thousands of people every day.” –Dr. Hershey S. Bell, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the LECOM School of Pharmacy
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More Schools Stepping it up During American Pharmacy Educator Week Washington State University As American Pharmacy Educator Week began, three Washington State University professors and 23 of their students were called upon to help the Spokane health district immunize priority groups against the novel H1N1 virus. For the students, the clinic provided “hands-on” learning in vaccinating large numbers of people quickly while answering many questions about the H1N1 virus. For the people who lined up for blocks waiting for the clinic to open, it was a lesson in how capable student pharmacists were in helping them and their children. “There were a number of people who came to my station who did not realize that many pharmacists are certified to give vaccinations,” said student pharmacist Ashley Mullins. She volunteered to spend her Saturday in the downtown Spokane public events arena because she thought it might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in a mass immunization clinic.
E-mails, baked goods and letters-to-the-editor were some of the other ways colleges and schools of pharmacy celebrated the historic American Pharmacy Educator Week: •
Student pharmacists at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy created a YouTube video thanking the school’s educator-preceptors for their leadership, vision and passion for pharmacy. A link to the video was circulated to the school’s preceptors and faculty by Dr. Cynthia J. Boyle, associate professor, and dean Dr. Natalie D. Eddington.
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At the University at Buffalo (UB), the State University of New York, student pharmacists recognized faculty members by making posters and hanging them on office doors in appreciation of their guidance and hard work as pharmacy educators. The Buffalo News published a letter from School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences dean Dr. Wayne K. Anderson that explained the important role of pharmacy educators at UB and how they positively impact healthcare at the local, regional and national levels.
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Faculty and staff at The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy were treated to a basket of cookies from Treanor Architects in recognition of American Pharmacy Educator Week. School of Pharmacy dean Dr. Kenneth L. Audus and members of his staff graciously accepted the gift.
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Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy displayed an American Pharmacy Educator Week banner on their Web site’s home page, prompting visitors to learn more about careers in academic pharmacy.
The Spokane Regional Health District’s group of volunteers vaccinated about 2,100 people during the five-hour clinic.
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Faculty News The University of Arizona Grants • Marie A. Chisholm-Burns has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health of more than $1 million to study the effects of pharmacists’ involvement in renal transplant patients’ drug therapy.
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Appointments/Elections
Awards
• Joseph Paladino has been elected to the board of directors of the Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists.
• Joseph P. Balthasar received an Outstanding Manuscript Award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) in modeling and simulation for “Use of an anti-vascular endothelial growth factor antibody in a pharmacokinetic strategy to increase the efficacy of intraperitoneal chemotherapy.”
• Jun Qu was appointed as assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Butler University Grants • Bernadette K. Brown renewed a grant with CICOA for fall 2009, spring 2010 in the amount of approximately $25,000. • Alison Walton received two grants: Cardiovascular Research and Education Foundation of Indiana for $3,686, WISE HEART-ED (Working to Improve, Strengthen, and Empower through HEART Education); and St. Vincent Foundation for $3,086 for the same project.
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Appointments/Elections • Lois E. Coulter was appointed associate professor, Northwest Arkansas campus. • Dwight A. Davis was appointed director of Evidence Based Prescription Drug Program. • Renee M. DeHart was appointed associate dean for administrative affairs. • Schwanda K. Flowers was appointed to the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program. • Stephanie F. Gardner was appointed to a term on the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education board of directors, 2010-2016. • Paul O. Gubbins was elected president-elect of the Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists. • Bill J. Gurley Jr. was appointed to the editorial board of the medical journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. • Jan K. Hastings was elected president of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association for 2009–2010. • Jonell S. Hudson was appointed assistant professor, Pharmacy Practice Department. • Scott Kaufman was appointed assistant professor, Pharmacy Practice Department. • Kathryn K. Neill was appointed hospital experiential director. • Elvin T. Price was appointed assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Department.
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• Eric F. Schneider was appointed associate dean for the Northwest Arkansas Satellite Campus. • Ashley R. Stinnett was appointed assistant professor, Pharmacy Practice Department. • Jeremy L. Thomas was appointed assistant professor, Pharmacy Practice Department. • Daohong Zhou was appointed professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Radiation Health.
Awards • Renée M. DeHart was named a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. • Eddie B. Dunn received the Bowl of Hygeia and Arkansas Pharmacists Association Community Service Award and the Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award. • Sarah Frank received the Arkansas Pharmacists Association Young Pharmacist of the Year Award. • Amy M. Franks was selected for Focused Investigator Training Program at The University of Utah. • Martin Hauer-Jensen served on Radiation Therapy and Biology (RTB) Study Section of the National Institutes of Health. • Jonathan J. Wolfe received the Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award.
Grants • Marjan Boerma was awarded $15,000 from the Medical
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Research Endowment Fund at UAMS for 2010 for a project titled “Bradykinin and Radiation-Induced Heart Disease.” • Nalin Payakachat will receive $14,300 from the Medical Research Endowment Fund for her project titled “Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Affecting Pharmacists’ Job and Career Satisfaction.” • The college’s satellite campus in Fayetteville received half of a $1 million grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation, split with the College of Medicine. • The Wal-Mart Foundation gift activated a $50,000 challenge grant to the College of Pharmacy made by Collier Drug, Inc. in northwest Arkansas that was designed to stimulate giving to the pharmacy college at the satellite campus. • The College of Pharmacy reached its $1 million goal to establish the college’s first endowed chair, the Dean’s Chair, with a $20,000 capstone gift from Smith Drug Company. Dean Stephanie F. Gardner will be named to the chair at an investiture on April 27. • The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy established a Loan program at the college with grant of $500,000 authorized during the last Arkansas legislative session. The board also gave an additional $50,000 to make the first awards, in order to allow the endowment to grow.
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faculty news Members Working For You VCU Professor Utilizes AACP Resource to Teach How to Identify Dementia in Patients
Pharmacists are ever-expanding their roles in patientcentered care, carving out critical responsibilities in the treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes and osteoporosis. However, Dr. Patricia W. Slattum, associate professor and geriatric specialist at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy, believes pharmacists can do more for patients with diseases such as dementia and specifically, Alzheimer’s. Training student pharmacists to be prepared for this type of patient care is key, she said, and that’s why she has begun to utilize AACP’s curricular resource Pharmacy Based Identification and Screening for Memory Decline in her teachings at VCU. The guide aims to increase faculty awareness of and access to tools and resources for pharmacy-based memory screening that will facilitate meaningful teaching and training activities within colleges and schools of pharmacy. It can be used by faculty responsible for professional practice laboratories, geriatric practice courses and servicebased learning activities, as well as those advising student organizations. Slattum is director of the geriatric pharmacotherapy program and is extremely passionate about geriatric patient care. A family member struggling with dementia was identified by a healthcare provider—a dentist—after erratic visits to the office, sometimes missing a scheduled appointment or arriving at the office without one. “Having that dentist pick up the phone and make a call was tremendously helpful,” she said. “Why can’t pharmacists do the same thing?” They can, she said, by being adequately trained in conducting pharmacy-based memory screening and knowing how to do it well. “If we can incorporate this into pharmacy
school’s training, we will be able to get a cadre of practitioners that is prepared and capable to perform this screening.” A team of pharmacists across the country, including Slattum, worked with national pharmacy organizations to evaluate screening tools and assist in the development of the memory screening guide. At VCU, it was incorporated in fall 2009 in the foundations course (skills lab) to accompany the content on Alzheimer’s disease in the neurology module of the school’s clinical therapeutics sequence. After Slattum’s student pharmacists read the guide as background material, she led a group discussion on what they perceived to be the issues that block implementation of screening services based on their reading and what they observed in their introductory pharmacy practice experiences. Next, students participated in simulated scenarios with VCU graduate students acting as patients. The student pharmacists were expected to set the tone for the screening, develop a report with the simulated patients, explain what they were going to do, administer the test, offer advice to the patients and explain what the results meant. Initial feedback from both her students and the simulated patients was positive, she said. The next challenge for Slattum is to help her students experience this type of patient care in real life. VCU student pharmacists are required to do an advanced pharmacy practice experience in geriatrics so Slattum is developing some continuing education content for geriatrics preceptors that will teach them how to use the tool. Pharmacists utilizing memory screening in real life requires changing their preconceived notions about diseases such as dementia, and what they believe is their role, Slattum said. “I want to help pharmacists feel empowered that they can do something. And that doing something makes a big difference.” The Pharmacy Based Identification and Screening for Memory Decline guide is available on the AACP Web site under Resources, then Educational Resources. Next, click on Curricular Resource Center. –Maureen Thielemans
VCU students Holly Moore (left) and Drewry Nickerson simulate a patient-pharmacist exercise in the lab with the mini-cog, a toolnow used to academic Pharmacy Jan/Feb/Mar 2010 test a patient’s ability to recall and retain information. Nickerson is acting as a pharmacist.
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Chicago State University Appointments/Elections • Miriam A. Mobley Smith has been appointed as interim dean.
College of Notre Dame of Maryland Appointments/Elections • Jane Frumin, assistant professor, clinical and administrative sciences • Asish Kumar Dutta assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences
University of Connecticut Appointments/Elections • William Baker, assistant clinical professor of pharmacy practice • M. Kyle Hadden, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences–medicinal chemistry • Michael D. Nailor, assistant clinical professor of pharmacy practice • Stephanie C. Nigro, assistant clinical professor of pharmacy practice • Theodore P. Rasmussen, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences–pharmacology/toxicology
Grants • Craig I. Coleman, Pfizer Inc./Hartford Hospital $12,377, “A Healthcare Decision Maker’s Guide to Reviewing and Using Meta-Analyses: A White Paper of the HOPE Collaborative Group.”
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• Michael J. Pikal, National Institutes of Health/Department of Commerce/National Institute of Standards & Technology $126,253 “Ambient, Dry State Preservation of Therapeutic Macromolecules.”
Promotions • Craig I. Coleman, associate professor of pharmacy practice • Khanh “Devra” Dang, associate clinical professor of pharmacy practice • Devendra S. Kalonia, professor of pharmaceutical sciences–pharmaceutics
Retirements • James G. Henkel, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences–pharmacology/toxicology • Andre “Andy” LaCombe, field coordinator, Office of Experiential Education
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Duquesne University Appointments/Elections • Marc W. Harrold was named associate editor for Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Education. • Jelena M. Janjic, assistant professor of pharmaceutics, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Awards • M. Christianah Adeyeye received $4,500 for the Fulbright Specialists Program Award: Pharmaceutical Science Issues in Public Health Fulbright Organization: Center for International Exchange of Scholars. • Lawrence H. Block was awarded Fellow status in the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).
Grants • Carl A. Anderson, Ira S. Buckner, James K. Drennen and Peter L. D. Wildfong received $164,857 from NSF via the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education for “Development of Quality by Design (QbD) Guidance Elements on Design Space Specifications across Stability Considerations.” • Ira S. Buckner received $7,077 from Boehringer Ingelheim Inc. for “Upgrade of Compression Calorimeter Hardware and Software.” • Aleem Gangjee received $223,085 from NIH, National Cancer Institute for “Antitumor Antimitotics That Reverse Tumor Resistance”; $611,564 from the NIH, National Cancer Institute for “Single Agents with Designed Combination Chemotherapy Potential”; and $253,704 from NIH, National Cancer
Institute for “Alpha Folate Receptor Mediated GARFTase Inhibitors as Selective Antitumor Agents.” • Jelena M. Janjic received $50,000 from NIH, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for “Dual Mode Nanoemulsions for 19F MRI and Fluorescence Detection.” • David A. Johnson received $36,618 from PPG Industries for “Investigation into the Mechanism of Toxicity of 2-Chloroacrylonitrile.” • Khalid M. Kamal received $44,556 from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. for “Impact of Non-Medical Switching Between Different Angiotensin Receptor Blockers (ARBs) on Continuity of Care and Blood Pressure Control.” • David J. Lapinsky (P.I.), Christopher K. Surratt and Jeffry D. Madura received $364,182 from NIH, National Institute on Drug Abuse for “Non-Tropane Irreversible Dopamine Transporter Ligands.” • Jeffry D. Madura (P.I.), Christopher K. Surratt and David J. Lapinsky received $1,545,450 from NIH/ NSF CRCNS, National Institute on Drug Abuse for “Computational and Experimental Study of Dopamine and Serotonin Transporters.” • Christopher K. Surratt (P.I.), David J. Lapinsky and Jeffry D. Madura received $627,250 from NIH, National Institute on Drug Abuse for “Dopamine Transporter Structure and Function.” • Peter L. D. Wildfong received $24,177 from the FDA for “Solid Oral Dosage Forms (SODF) Review Training.”
The University of Georgia Awards • John “Jake” Galdo, a third-year student pharmacist is the recipient of the 2009 Pharmacy Times/ Wal-Mart RESPy (respect, excellence, and service in pharmacy) Award, and was nominated by Alan P. Wolfgang.
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University of Houston Appointments/Elections • Rajender R. Aparasu has been appointed associate editor of BMC Geriatrics and editorial board member of Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety. • Jeffrey T. Sherer has been appointed editorial board member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program (7th edition).
Awards • Kimberly K. Birtcher has been elected Fellow of the American Heart Association’s Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.
Grants • Richard A. Bond has received a
two-year, $682,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01) for “Mechanisms of Betablocker Induced Improvements in Asthma.” • Ming Hu has received a fouryear, $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01) for “Disposition of Flavonoids via Metabolic Interplay.” • Tahir Hussain has received a five-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01) for “Renal Angiotensin II Receptor Function in Obesity.” • Russell E. Lewis has received a one-year, $66,750 grant from Gilead Sciences Europe Ltd. for “Liposomal Amphotericin B Dose-Intensification and DeEscalation Strategies for Experimental A. Terreus Pneumonia.”
• Bradley K. McConnell has been awarded a $15,047 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in HealthRelated Research program. • Ke-He Ruan has received a twoyear, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Challenge Grants in Health Science Research (RC1) for “Prostacyclin-secreting Cells as Therapy for Pulmonary Artery Hypertension,” in collaboration with Richard Dixon at the Texas Heart Institute. • Vincent H. Tam has received a one-year, $99,856 grant from Merck & Co. for “Evaluation of Optimal Combination of a Novel Beta-lactamase Inhibitor.”
Lipscomb University Appointments/Elections • Thomas M. Campbell assumed office as president of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association for 2009–10.
Long Island University Appointments/Elections
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• Supriya Bavadekar, assistant professor of pharmacology
• Antony Pham, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
• Harold L. Kirschenbaum, associate dean for professional affairs
• Joseph Bova, director of continuing professional education
• Amy Wang, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
• Kristin Fabbio, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
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• Anastasia M. Rivkin, director of the Division of Pharmacy Practice
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The University of Iowa Awards • Dale Eric Wurster has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Research Achievement Award in Manufacturing Science & Engineering.
Grants • Elizabeth Chrischilles, P.I., and John M. Brooks, Barry L. Carter, Alan Christensen, William R. Doucette, Barcey Levy, Gary Rosenthal, co-investigators, received funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality in the amount of $799,998 for University of Iowa Older Adults CERT. • Elizabeth Chrischilles, P.I., Natalie Denburg, William R. Doucette, David Eichmann, Karen B. Farris, Juan Hourcade, Barcey Levy and Jane Pendergast, coinvestigators, received funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality in the amount of $394,947 for Personal Health Records and Elder Medication Use Quality. • Peter Cram, P.I., and John M. Brooks, Claire Pavlik and Gary Rosenthal , co-investigators, received funding from NIH in the amount of $575,002 for Cardiac Care in Specialty and General Hospitals. • Maureen D. Donovan, P.I., and Daryl J. Murry, co-investigator, received NIH funding in the amount of $290,678 for Bypassing the Blood-Brain Barrier:
Modulation of Transporters in the Nasal Mucosa. • William R. Doucette, P.I., received funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $472,532 for Demonstration of Quality Improvement of Medication Therapy Management Services. • Robert J. Kerns, P.I., received funding from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in the amount of $88,290 for Lethal Action of Fluoroquinolones with Non-Growing Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. • Keela Herr, P.I., and Sara Sanders and John M. Swegle, co-investigators, received NIH funding in the amount of $435,026 for Cancer Pain in Elders: Promoting Evidence-Based Practices in Hospices. • Paul Mulhausen, P.I., and Kathryn Buckwalter, Jane Chalmers, Michael W. Kelly and Margo Schilling, co-investigators, received funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $379,448 for Iowa Geriatric Education Center. • Peggy Nopoulos, P.I., and John Canady, Jeffrey Dawson, Michael Karnell, Vincent Magnotta, Jeffrey Murray, Daryl J. Murry, Lynn Richman and Eva Tsalikian, co-investigators, received funding from NIH in the amount of $649,979 for Brain Structure and Function in Children with Oral Clefts.
• Larry Robertson, P.I., and Garry Buettner, Thomas J. Cook, Michael W. Duffel, Prabhat Goswami, Keri Hornbuckle, Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Gabriele Ludewig, David Osterberg, Jerald Schnoor, Douglas Spitz, Peter Thorne and Kai Wang, co-investigators, received funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health in the amount of $3,059,879 for Semi-Volatile PCBs: Sources, Exposures, Toxicities. • Paul Romitti, P.I., and Trudy Burns, Kim Keppler-Noreuil, Jeffrey Murray, Daryl J. Murry, Wayne Sanderson, Peter Weyer, co-investigators, received funding from the NIH Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the amount of $682,329 for Iowa Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention. • Peter Veng-Pedersen, P.I., received funding from Roche, Inc. in the amount of $99,145. • John Widness, P.I., and Edward Bell, Leon Burmeister, Scott Lindgren, Peggy Nopoulos, Lynn Richman, Asha Rijhsinghani, Ronald Strauss, Peter VengPedersen and Miriam Zimmerman, co-investigators, received NIH funding in the amount of $1,637,366 for Neonatal Anemia: Pathophysiology and Treatment.
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University of Maryland Appointments/Elections • Cynthia J. Boyle was elected as an officer in the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) for 201012. • Amy Davidoff has been named graduate program director in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. • Lauren M. Hynicka has been installed as a member of the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacists Board of Directors. • Linda Simoni-Wastila has been named vice-chair of research in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research.
Awards • Nicole J. Brandt was a co-winner of a Promoting Excellence in Assisted Living Award from the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living. • Raymond C. Love received the
2010 Judith J. Saklad Award from the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists. • Paul Starr has been named a Diplomate of the American Board of Applied Toxicology.
Grants • Amy Davidoff received $773,678 from the National Cancer Institute for “Comparative Effectiveness: Erythropoietic Stimulating Agents in Treatment of MDS.” • Alexander D. MacKerell Jr. received $47,019 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “Enegetics of Oligonucleotide Conformational Heterogen.” • Gail B. Rattinger received $25,000 from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education for “Pharmacy Faculty Fellowship in Geriatric Pharmaceutical Science.” • Fadia Shaya received $30,360 from Bon Secours Baltimore
Health System for a Pre-doctoral Fellowship. • Peter Swaan received $7,571 from the University of Kansas Medical Center for “Initiator-effect Gene Sets Regulating Myometrial Contractility During Term and Pre-term Labor.” • Bruce Yu received $228,180 from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering for “Engineering Peptide-based Materials.” • Angela Wilks received $575,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for “Structure-function of the Shigella Dysenteriae Heme Uptake Operon (shu),” $300,000 from NIAID for “Heme Oxygenase: Structure, Function, and Pathogenesis.”
Retirements • Donald O. Fedder retired as a professor emeritus after 35 years of service to the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research.
Mercer University Grants • Ajay K. Banga received a grant of $20,400 from GlaxoSmithKline to investigate skin permeation of H2-receptor antagonist. • Dr. Joseph T. Dye and Michael W. Jann were awarded a grant for “Evaluating Outcomes of Longacting Antipsychotics in a Rural Healthcare Setting” in the amount of $120,600 from Ortho-McNeil Janssen.
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• Nader H. Moniri was awarded a grant of $10,000 from the Diabetes Action Research Foundation for “In vivo analysis of the role of omega-3 fatty acids in regulation of GPR120 expression.” • Pamela M. Moye, Lisa M. Lundquist, Phillip S. Owen and Angela O. Shogbon received an annual grant of $10,000 from Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. for Quantifi, a clinical documentation and financial outcomes interface, for “the therapeutic and economic
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value of faculty precepted fourth year students on APPE rotations at practice sites in metropolitan Atlanta.” • Chad M. VanDenBerg was awarded a grant for “A randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled, crossover study, evaluating the effects of sustained release caffeine, immediate release caffeine, and placebo on vigilance and reaction time,” in the amount of $64,125 from Cognitive Research Corporation.
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University of Minnesota Appointments/Elections • Ahmed Heikal joined the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences as an associate professor.
Grants • Elizabeth Amin received a $1,907,358 NIH/NIAID grant for her study, “Anthrax Toxin Lethal Factor Inhibition Study.” Co-Investigators on this project are Barry C. Finzel, Derek J. Hook, Rodney L. Johnson and Michael A. Walters. • Cynthia R. Gross received a $114,928 grant for her study, “Mindfulness for Symptom Reduction: A Transplant Candidate Study.” • Jatinder K. Lamba received an Administrative Supplement Award in the amount of $92,000 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 to further support the research proposed in her parent R01, “Pharmacogenetics of Ara-C Metabolic Pathway.” • Susan E. Marino received NIH funding in the amount of $34,791 for her study “Forecasting Topiramates Effect on Cognitive Function.” • Serguei V. Pakhomov received a $17,240 NIHNational Library of Medicine grant for his project, “Semantic Relatedness for Active Medication Safety and Outcomes Surveillance.” • Jayanth Panyam received NIH funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for his project, “Sustained Release Curcumin Microspheres for Breast Cancer Chemoprevention.” The grant award is $75,500 over a two-year period.
• Jayanth Panyam, along with Judith Whittum-Hudson, co-P.I., received a $1,528,920 RO1 grant for the project, “Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Targeted Antibiotic Delivery.” • Marnie L. Peterson received a four-year, $1.2 million R01 grant from NIH for her project, “Staphylococcal Superantigen Interactions with Vaginal Epithelium.” • Ronald A. Siegel received a four-year, $48,000 grant as part of a collaboration with researchers from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Arizona State University. The grant, funded by the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, is titled “Experimental and Theoretical Study of Actively Deforming Sheets.” • Todd D. Sorensen received a $416,740 educational grant from Sanofi-Aventis as part of a collaboration with AACP. The grant is titled, “Enhancing Diabetes Outcomes in Underserved Populations through the Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Collaborative.” • Raj G. Suryanarayanan received a grant for $109,928 for his research for the utilization in situ XRD in lyophilized formulation development project. • Timothy S. Tracy and Peter M. Gannett from West Virginia University (co-P.I.s) have been awarded a two-year R01 grant from NIH as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program. The grant, “P450 Protein-Protein Interactions Determined by Selective Protein Manipulation,” is in the amount of $367,463 over a two-year period.
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The University of Montana Grants • Richard J. Bridges and Nicholas R. Natale have been awarded $424,500 from NIH to study Fluorescentbased Probes for the Glutamate/Cystine Exchanger System Xc-. • Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez has been awarded $1,744,434 from NIH for Oxidative Damage to DNA Implications for Neurodegeneration in Aging. • John M. Gerdes has been awarded $1,650,184 from NIH, in part as an ARRA supplement, to study PET Imaging Tracers to quantify Norepinephrine Transporter in the Brain. • Andrij Holian has been awarded $185,760 from NIH for an ARRA supplement for Environmental Health Science Education for Rural Youth. He has also been awarded $875,389 from NIH for an ARRA supplement for a Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program grant titled the Center for Environmental Health Sciences. • Andrij Holian has been awarded $450,000 from NIH for an ARRA supplement to study Bioactivity of Engineered Fiber Shaped Nanomaterials. • Michael P. Kavanaugh has been awarded $899,595 from NIH for an ARRA supplement to his Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience Translational Research grant. He also has been awarded $359,017 from NIH for an ARRA supplement to his Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience Translational Research grant.
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• John J. Lawrence has been awarded $80,000 from the Alzheimer’s Association to study Acetylcholine and Somatostatin Interactions in Alzheimer’s Models. • Lori J. Morin has received $92,549 from HHS, Bureau of Health Professions for an ARRA supplement for Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students in Pharmacy. • Dave J. Poulsen was awarded $989,000 from the Office of Naval Research for Cell Type Specific, Viral Mediated Gene Delivery/Expression to Enhance Hair Cell Regeneration Within the Murine and Guinea Pig Cochlea. • Kevan Roberts has been awarded $210,067 from NIH for an ARRA supplement for Mechanisms that Regulate TH2 Mediated Lung Inflammation. • Anthony J. Ward has been awarded $939,906 from NIH for an ARRA supplement for Air Pollution Outreach, Education, and Research Capacity Building in Alaska Native Villages. He has also been awarded $71,886 from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to study PM2.5 sources in Fairbanks, Alaska. • Anthony J. Ward and Curtis W. Noonan have been awarded $266,467 from NIH for an ARRA supplement for Indoor Wood Smoke PM and Asthma: A Randomized Trial.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Grants • Stephen V. Frye, National Institutes of Health, $875,802 “Discovery of Small Molecule MBT Domain Antagonists.” • Andrew L. Lee, National Institutes of Health, $97,566, “Dynamic Networks and Mechanisms of Allosteric Communication in Proteins.”
• Rihe Liu, National Institutes of Health, $353,670, “Identification of the Interactome of Methylated Histones from Human Proteome.” • Alexander Tropsha, National Institutes of Health, $730,789, “Predictive QSAR Modeling.”
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy Appointments/Elections • Jay Alan Gershen has been named president of the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM).
Ohio Northern University Awards • Robert W. McCurdy and Albert Sebok were recognized for their outstanding career accomplishments and their contributions to ONU by receiving Distinguished Alumni Awards.
The University of Oklahoma Appointments/Elections
Promotions
• H. Anne Pereira, professor and associate dean for research
• Nathan Shankar to professor and vice-chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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University of Nebraska Medical Center Appointments/Elections • Jered Garrison, assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences • Matthew L. Kelso, assistant professor, pharmacy practice • Sorin Luca, assistant professor, pharmaceutical sciences • Julie Oestreich, assistant professor, pharmacy practice • Keith M. Olsen has been elected to serve a three-year term to the Board of Regents of the American College of Critical Care Medicine.
Awards • Jeffrey N. Baldwin received the UNMC Spirit of Community Service Award for his involvement with the scouts, Camp CoHoLo and numerous service activities. He also assumed the roll of president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. • Daniel Flaherty is one of eight recipients of a 2009-2010 Presidential Graduate Fellowship; Jonathan L. Vennerstrom is his faculty advisor. • Alexander Sasha Kabanov was presented with the New Invention Notification (multiple) and Patent Issued awards. • Xinming Liu received the Postdoctoral Scholar of the Year Award from UNMC’s Postdoctoral Council; Dong Wang is his mentor and was recognized for his support at the Forum as well. • Yuri Lyubchenko and Jonathan
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L. Vennerstrom were awarded the UNMC Distinguished Scientist awards. • Kyle R. Peters received the 2009 College of Pharmacy Distinguished Teaching Award. • Edward B. Roche was selected by The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy as one of their 2009 recipients of the Jack L. Beal Post-baccalaureate Alumni Award. He was also awarded the 2009 Grand Council Deputy Certificate of Excellence for his involvement in Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity. • Dong Wang was selected as a UNMC Distinguished ScientistYoung Investigator; he also received the New Invention Notification Award. • Hongwei Zhang received a travel award from the Modified Release Focus Group of AAPS, sponsored by Schering-Plough, to attend the 2009 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition in Los Angeles in November. Zhang was a postdoctoral student in Serguei V. Vinogradov’s laboratory.
Grants • Gary L. Cochran received a $673,838 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for Comparing the Effectiveness of Medication Use Systems in Small Rural Hospitals. • Courtney V. Fletcher will share a five-year, $12 million National Institutes of Health program project grant that will focus on
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discovering ways to stop the replication of the HIV/AIDS virus. • Alexander Sasha Kabanov is a co-principal investigator on a project with researchers from Iowa State University that received a $4 million earmark from the DoD to engineer vaccines to fight respiratory infections. He has also been awarded two NIH grants totaling $495,892 for Interactions of Pluronic block copolymers in drug resistant cancer and Polymer based gene delivery. • Peter F. Kador received a grant from the American Diabetes Association in the amount of $103,046 for Treatment of Diabetic Periodontal Disease. • Timothy R. McGuire was awarded a $72,343 grant from Astra Zeneca for Effect of Statins on LPS response in healthy subjects: Potential mechanisms of improved survival in patients with sepsis. • Keith M. Olsen received a grant from Takeda in the amount of $45,994 for Correlates and Economic Outcomes of Enteral and Parenteral PPI Use in the ICU and after ICU discharge. He also received a grant from Astellas for Comparison of Telavancin, Vancomycin and Ceftriaxone Efficacy and Pharmacodynamics in a rat model of Pneumococcal Pneumonia totaling $102,780. • Jonathan L. Vennerstrom received a grant from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Frederick Inc. in the amount of $119,948
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for Synthesis of Bis-ImidazolinoPhthaiamide Derivatives.
coming Drug Resistance to Nucleoside Analogs by TumorTargeted Active Nanoforulations.
• Serguei V. Vinogradov received a grant from the NIH in the amount of $260,625 for Over-
University of Pittsburgh Appointments/Elections • Sandra L. Kane-Gill was invited to serve on the editorial board for Critical Care Medicine. • Rima A. Mohammad was named an assistant professor of pharmacy and therapeutics. • Michael A. Shullo has been selected to serve on the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation task force on heart transplantation.
Awards • Edward P. Krenzelok received the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology Career Achievement Award. • Dexi Liu received the 2009 Nagai Foundation Tokyo Distinguished Lectureship.
• Amy L. Seybert received the 2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation Pharmacy Residency Excellence Preceptor Award. • Robert J. Weber was certified as a pharmacotherapy specialist by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties.
Grants
• Samuel M. Poloyac, co-investigator on a National Institutes of Health grant with Paula Sherwood (School of Nursing), received $3,470,058 from the National Institutes of Health for Determining Genetic and Biomarker Predictors of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia and LongTerm Outcomes after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
• Alexander Doemling received $403,369 from the National Institutes of Health for Anchor: A PDB-Wide and Web-Based Discovery Resource of Small Molecular Weight Protein Interaction (Ant) Agonists.
Promotions
• Dexi Liu received $485,889 from the National Institutes of Health for Image-Guided Hydrodynamic Gene Delivery.
• Beth M. Minnigh, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences
• Scott M. Mark, associate professor of pharmacy and therapeutics • Melissa A. Somma McGivney, associate professor of pharmacy and therapeutics
Palm Beach Atlantic University Appointments/Elections • Jonathan Coffman, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences and director of administration and planning • Erin Dorval, assistant professor of pharmacy practice • Jamie L. Fairclough, assistant professor of administrative and social sciences
• Anne C. Harring, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
• Krisy-Ann Thornby, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
• Shine A. Joseph, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
Grants
• Mara N. Poulakos, assistant professor of pharmacy practice • Thomas A. Robertson, assistant dean of students • Devon-Anne Sherwood, assistant professor of pharmacy practice
• Seena L. Haines, $10,000 Tau grant from Allegany Foundation for Diabetes Self-Management Education. She also received a $35,000-grant from Palm Healthcare Foundation for clinical pharmacy services at the DERC.
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Purdue University Appointments/Elections • Arun K. Ghosh was appointed to the AIDS Discovery and Development of Therapeutics Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, NIH. He was also selected as a 2010 Arthur C. Cope Scholar from the American Chemical Society.
Awards • Stephen R. Byrn received the 2009 David J.W. Grant Research Achievement Award in Physical Pharmacy from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. • Sharon M. Erdman received the 2009 Award for Outstanding Clinical Practice in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy from the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists. • Sonak Pastakia received the 2010 New Clinical Practitioner Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. • Yoon Yeo is a 2009 recipient of an AAPS New Investigator Award. • Alan J. Zillich received the 2010 New Investigator Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).
Grants • Eric L. Barker and Val J. Watts received $30,000 from Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation for “Drug Screening Assay Development for Niemann-Pick Disease Type C.” • Donald E. Bergstrom received $298,298 from NSF for “Single molecule tools for evaluating histone modifications in single living cells.” • Robert L. Geahlen received $265,350 from NIH for “Tyrosine Protein Kinases and Lymphocyte Activation.” • Mark A. Green received $916,640 from NIH for “Whole-Body PET/CT Assessment of Tumor Perfusion Using Generator-Produced 62Cu.”
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• Greg H. Hockerman received $421,528 from the National Science Foundation for “Development of a Dielectrophoretic Force Scanning Microscope for Non-Contact Biological Imaging.” • Christy Nash received $10,000 from the Abbott Fund for “Diabetes Education Outreach Program.” • David E. Nichols and Val J. Watts received $363,458 from PHS-NIH National Institute of Mental Health for “Development of Potentially Selective Dopamine Agonists.” • Laurie L. Parker received $110,627 from the U.S. Army for “Dynamic Monitoring of Phosphorylation in Breast Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Kinase Nanosensors.” • Carol B. Post received $162,183 from NIH for “NMR Structure of Peptide and Protein Complexes.” • Jean-Christopher Rochet received $55,000 from Elan Pharmaceuticals for “Over-expression of A53T a-synuclein.” • Elizabeth Topp received $1,070,866 from NIH for “Protein Aggregation in Amorphous Solids.” • Val J. Watts received $100,000 from National Association for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression for “In vitro and in vivo PKC activation induces D3 and D1 dopamine receptor heteromers.” • Val J. Watts received $24,946 from PHS-NIH National Institute of Mental Health for “D2 ReceptorInduced Sensitization of Adenylate Cyclase.” • Val J. Watts and David E. Nichols received $225,059 from PHS-NIH National Institute of Mental Health for “Development of Allosteric Modulators for D1 Dopamine Receptors.”
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Temple University Appointments/Elections • Magid Abou-Gharbia was appointed associate dean for research; professor, medicinal chemistry and director of the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research.
Promotions • Scott M. Rawls was promoted to associate professor and was granted tenure.
Grants • Magid Abou-Gharbia, Robert Raffa, Scott M. Rawls (P.I.) and Sarah Ward have been awarded a NIH research Challenge Grant in the amount of $995,749 over two years. • James M. Gallo was awarded $1.5 million from NIH for a grant titled, Development of Targeted AntiCancer Drugs. She was also awarded $150,000 from the National Cancer Institute to investigate: Conjugation of Anticancer Drugs.
• Swati Nagar was selected as the recipient of the 2009 AAPS New Investigator Grant in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism. • Scott M. Rawls was awarded $225,000 from NIDA/ HIH for a grant titled, Can Beta-Lactam Antibiotics Decrease Morphine Physical Dependence? • Ellen A. Walker (P.I.) with Rachel Clark-Vetri, Swati Nagar, Robert Raffa and Ronald Tallarida (TU School of Medicine) were notified their grant, Effects of Chemotherapeutic Agents on Learning and Memory in Mice, received $1.25 million in NIH funding, after receiving a score in the 0.8th percentile. • Ho-Lun Wong was awarded $112,000 from the Department of the Army Breast Cancer Research Program to study Megalin-Mediated Oligonucleotide Trafficking for Breast Cancer Chemosensitization.
The University of Tennessee Awards • Roland N. Dickerson has been named the recipient of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation’s 2009 Award for Sustained Contributions to the Literature of Pharmacy Practice.
The University of Texas at Austin Awards
Grants
• Student pharmacists Tamara Spraker and Sijy Mathew won the ASHP National Clinical Skills Competition; James A. Karboski is the faculty sponsor of the Society of Health-System Pharmacists student chapter.
• Andrea Gore has received a two-year, $841,000 Challenge grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the transgenerational effects of environmental contaminants on neurological and reproductive development.
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Appointments/Elections • Mary Klein has been elected director at large for the Texas Pharmacy Association and will serve a threeyear term on the TPA executive committee. • Eric J. MacLaughlin will participate as one of 26 sites chosen for the Collaboration Among Pharmacists and Physicians To Improve Outcome Now (CAPTION) trial.
other panels of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration.
Awards • The TTUHSC Board of Regents has named Quentin R. Smith as the sixth recipient of the Grover E. Murray Professorship, the highest honor TTUHSC bestows upon its faculty members.
• Majid Y. Moridani has been appointed to a four-year term as a consultant for the Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices Panel and to several
Virginia Commonwealth University Appointments/Elections • Michael L. Bentley was appointed as member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Fundamental Critical Care Support program and also the society’s Research Committee. • Lemont B. Kier will assist with faculty mentoring and development, graduate student mentoring and other special projects. • Gary R. Matzke was appointed to subcommittee D of the grant review panel of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Awards • Sharon S. Gatewood (team leader), Akash J. Alexander, Jean-Venable “Kelly” Goode, Amy K. Kennedy, Gary R. Matzke and Leticia R. Moczygemba, along with community partners from Daily Planet Health Care for the Homeless Clinic, received three awards during the Health Resources and Services Administration Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative, Learning Session 4, in Dallas: the Health Outcome Management Award, the Clinical Pharmacy Services Improvement Award and the Life Saving Patient Safety Award. • Ronald E. Polk received the 2009 Russell R. Miller Award at the 2009 American College of Clinical
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Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif. • Three faculty’s combined projects were selected as one of six Exemplary Community Service Projects for VCU’s 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll: Sallie D. Mayer, “Pharmacy Students Improving Care for Underserved Diabetic Patients”; Evan Sisson, “Pharmacy Education Opportunity and Improved Access to Healthcare: VCU School of Pharmacy/Free Clinic Collaboration”; and Akash J. Alexander, “CVS Care Days.”
Grants • Umesh R. Desai, $469,653 grant from National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, “A Robust Predictive Method for Heparin and Heparan Sulfate Binding to Proteins”; also, $1.5 million grant from National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for “Direct Dual Inhibitors of Thrombin and Factor X.” • Edwin J. van den Oord, $4.5 million RC2 ARRA grant to detect schizophrenia methylation markers. • Yan Zhang, $1.1 million National Institute of Drug Abuse grant to discover mu opoid receptor selective antagonists as pharmacological tools and potential therapeutics to treat drug abuse and addiction and alcoholism.
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Touro College of Pharmacy–New York Awards • Joyce Addo-Atuah has been named by the Global Health Council (GHC) as one of the 24 recipients of the GHC’s New Investigators in Global Health Awards for 2009.
University of Washington Awards • Sidney D. Nelson Jr. was awarded a National Institutes of Health Fellowship to carry out research in the areas of metabolomics and metabonomics in the laboratory of Professor Jeremy Nicholson at Imperial College London. Nelson was also named the National University of Singapore Society Visiting Professor for 2009 and will be returning in June 2010 as part of their Department of Pharmacy program review and other lectureship activities. • Peggy S. Odegard and Jennifer Beach received a team Golden Eddy award for their role in a 10-hour outpatient-education program on diabetes titled “In Control — That’s the Goal.” • Andy S. Stergachis received the Washington State Pharmacy Association innovative pharmacy practice award.
• UW faculty members received more than $3.75 million in stimulus funding from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. Recipients of the funding were: David R. Goodlett, Mary F. Hebert, Shiu-Lok Hu, Nina Isoherranen, Allan E. Rettie, Sean D. Sullivan, Kenneth E. Thummel, Jashvant D. Unadkat and David Veenstra. • Shiu-Lok Hu is collaborating with the University of Massachusetts and New York University on a $10 million grant funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases HIV Vaccine Research and Design grant program. The project, “Induction of neutralizing antibodies targeting CD4-binding region of HIV-1 Env,” will assess a vaccine designed to prevent HIV infection. • Sean D. Sullivan was among four principal investigators named on a $4 million grant recently awarded to the UW through the federal stimulus package.
• Ann Wittkowsky won an individual Golden Eddy award for her work in anticoagulation services.
Retirements
Grants
• Rene H. Levy, professor of pharmaceutics, retired at the end of 2009.
• Gail D. Anderson received an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for her project titled “Pharmacological optimization of poly-drug therapy in traumatic brain injury.” The five-year grant totals $3.3 million.
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West Virginia University Appointments/Elections
Grants
• Jennifer E. Confer, Jonathan M. Kline, Diana Vinh and Jon P. Wietholter were recognized as board certified pharmacotherapy specialists (BCPS) by passing the certification examination in October 2009. • Betsy L. Elswick was selected as the president of the West Virginia Pharmacists Association (WVPA).
• Peter M. Gannett received a $722,176 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study metabolic details of P450. He was also awarded $367,463 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to develop new immobilized enzyme methods that will enable accurate predictions of drug pharmacokinetics from in vitro data.
• S. Suresh Madhavan was appointed to serve a four-year term on the Healthcare Quality and Effectiveness Research study section of the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality from Oct. 1, 2009 through Sept. 30, 2013.
• Under the direction of S. Suresh Madhavan, the West Virginia Collaborative Health Outcomes Research of Therapies and Services Center received an AHRQ grant to continue studying health disparities in the state of West Virginia.
• Charles D. Ponte was recertified in pharmacotherapy by examination.
• Rae R. Matsumoto was awarded $61,824 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support the training of undergraduate research students and to purchase new technologies that will facilitate the evaluation of novel compounds being developed as potential treatments for substance abuse.
Awards • Charles D. Ponte was selected as the American Society of Pain Educators (ASPE) 2009 Academic Pain Educator of the Year. • Virginia Scott was selected as the recipient of the 2009 Lambda Kappa Sigma (LKS) Advisor Award.
• Yongyut Rojanasakul was awarded $136,515 from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to further his studies on mechanisms of lung cell death.
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the last word Total Amount of Grants and Contracts Awarded per Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Ph.D. level Faculty in 2009 Rank Institution
Total # FTE Ph.D.
Total per FTE Ph.D.
1
University of California, San Diego
14
$811,103
2
University of California, San Francisco
45
$622,666
3
The University of Kansas
40
$568,570
4
University of Nebraska Medical Center
15
$441,642
5
The University of Arizona
26
$409,710
6
Xavier University of Louisiana
15
$404,700
7
The University of Montana
30
$374,159
8
University of Michigan
23
$354,693
9
Northeastern University
19
$350,157
10
University of Washington
29
$335,953
11
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
62
$314,255
12
University of Colorado Denver
27
$306,571
13
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York
19
$278,263
14
University of Illinois at Chicago
56
$253,314
15
The University of Utah
58
$245,703
16
University of Rhode Island
27
$232,603
17
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
43
$204,159
18
South Carolina College of Pharmacy
26
$201,808
19
University of Southern California
35
$189,195
20
The University of Texas at Austin
30
$186,607
21
Purdue University
47
$179,657
22
University of Florida
34
$178,880
23
Virginia Commonwealth University
35
$173,113
24
University of Missouri– Kansas City
18
$170,583
25
The University of Iowa
25
$153,175
26
The University of Tennessee
19
$151,646
27
University of Pittsburgh
40
$150,503
28
University of Wisconsin–Madison
37
$150,472
29
University of Kentucky
41
$146,280
30
The Ohio State University
41
$145,620
31
Wayne State University
15
$142,367
32
The University of New Mexico
23
$138,269
33
Florida A & M University
35
$128,762
Rank Institution
Total # FTE Ph.D.
Total per FTE Ph.D.
34
Oregon State University
21
$127,364
35
University of Minnesota
61
$112,251
36
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy
3
$110,312
37
The University of Mississippi
43
$103,799
38
University of Maryland
41
$102,674
39
Duquesne University
19
$93,719
40
University of Houston
28
$87,089
41
West Virginia University
14
$85,411
42
Howard University
9
$81,778
43
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
25
$80,205
44
The University of Oklahoma
23
$66,255
45
North Dakota State University
11
$65,462
46
University of Connecticut
23
$56,980
47
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
21
$56,434
48
Temple University
16
$56,156
49
Washington State University
22
$52,224
50
The University of Georgia
29
$51,129
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University of Wyoming
8
$49,167
52
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
15
$44,950
53
Creighton University
18
$34,399
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University of Cincinnati
17
$31,496
55
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
40
$29,051
56
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
17
$25,585
57
South Dakota State University
9
$24,083
58
Texas Southern University
16
$22,612
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Idaho State University
15
$19,026
60
The University of Toledo
27
$15,428
61
Hampton University
10
$14,647
62
University of the Pacific
19
$14,497
63
Ohio Northern University
15
$12,473
64
Touro University
15
$11,220
65
Texas A&M Health Science Center
11
$11,132
66
University of Puerto Rico
11
$10,227
67
The University of Louisiana at Monroe
24
$7,449
68
Western University of Health Sciences
13
$2,885
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