Class Notes

SARA FITZHENRY BABBITT (’17 MPAP)

welcomed her child Charlie Babbitt on August 8, 2021.

JORDAN BALLOU (’15 PHARMD)

received the Mississippi Pharmacists Association 2022 Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award.

KYANDRA “KIA” SMALLS BRASWELL (’18

DPT) married Jordan Braswell on December 12, 2020. She started a new job in April as a staff physical therapist with UNC Lenoir Health Care in Kinston, NC.

SAIKRISHNA BOMPELLIWAR (’15 MSPS)

married Sneha Thatipamula on December 12, 2019, and the couple welcomed their child Vishma Bompelliwar on March 9, 2021. Sai started a new job on September 6, 2021 as Manager Analytical with Tergus in Durham, NC. ERIN BYRD BROWN (’14 MSPH) started a new job in March as the BCCCP Program Coordinator with the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Public Health Cancer Prevention and Control Branch in Raleigh, NC.

MARY WHITE BRUNJES (’15 MSCR)

started new position with PPD as a project manager.

DAVE DIXON (’06

PHARMD) was promoted to professor and awarded tenure at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy where he is also chair of the Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science.

DANA FASANELLA (’10 PHARMD/MSCR)

was honored as a faculty preceptor of the year at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy.

Congratulations to ROMIN (’16 DPT) and EMILY (’15 PHARMD) GHASSEMI on the birth of their daughter, Tyler Ruth, on April 8, 2022. Emily is a clinical assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, and Romin is an adjunct for the Physical Therapy program.

JESSICA SINCLAIR GLOSSIP (’17 MPAP)

started a new job on May 1, 2018 as a physician assistant at Pinehurst Medical in Pinehurst, NC. She married John Glossip on December 31, 2020. The couple and older brother, Emery, welcomed a new member to the family, Elijah, on August 19, 2021. ALLISON HILLIARD (’21 DPT) started a new job in February as a pediatric physical therapist at Now We’re Talking Pediatric Therapy in Garner, NC.

DANA THOMPSON HODGSON (’05

PHARMD) married Michael Hodgson on June 18, 2011 and had a son John Wyatt on August 11, 2016. She has worked with CVS since 2008 as a pharmacist. HOPE IRWIN (’21 MPAP) married Stephen Chan on January 7, 2022 and started a new job on January 10, 2022 as an advanced practice provider with Alteon (now USACS) at Virginia Hospital Center Emergency Department in Arlington, VA.

BRITTANY EVANS JACKSON (’21 BSN)

started a new job in May as a clinical nurse at Duke Raleigh Hospital Emergency Department.

KARSEN PARKER KIMBALL (’18 BSN)

welcomed her son Keeghan Grady Kimball on April 18, 2019. She started a new job in November 2021 as the WakeMed Physician Practices General Surgery Clinical Supervisor at WakeMed in Raleigh, NC. LAUREN STONE MARTIN (’20 BSN) married Kyle Martin on February 13, 2022.

LEILANI MAYBIN (’17 DPT) and DUSTIN MAYBIN (’17 PHARMD) announce the birth of their daughter, Alana Noelle Ayako Maybin on April 4, 2022. HEATHER BAKER MCGANN (’19 BSN) married Bryan McGann on June 2, 2019. The couple have a daughter, Mika Jade, born June 18, 2021. Heather started a new job in January 2022 as a resource nurse in the emergency department at Central Harnett Hospital in Lillington, NC. ROYA NAIM (’17 PHARMD) authored the book Running out of Drugs: The stories of the under-educated and over-medicated. IAIN PRITCHARD (’14 PHARMD) received the 2021 Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award from the Virginia Pharmacists Association (VPhA). JESSICA SCHAVONE (’21 MPAP) started a new job in March as a physician assistant with WakeMed Urogynecology. KELLEY BUMP SHARPE (’13 MPAP) welcomed daughter Madeline Louise Sharpe on September 27, 2021. A resident of Charlotte, NC, Kelley is a physician assistant with Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute at Atrium Hospital in Concord, NC. KAMAL SOAN (’10 MSPS) married Prathyusha M. Tadikonda on June 20, 2010 and the couple has two children; Advita Soan born March 15, 2015 and Adharv Soan born September 15, 2018. Kamal earned an MBA in 2012 and started his career in project management. He currently serves as the practice manager with project managers reporting to him at FIS Canada in Toronto. DALE ST.CLAIR (’08 PHARMD) has been elected chairman of the Virginia Board of Pharmacy.

REAR ADMIRAL BRANDON TAYLOR ('98

PHARMD) of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps was appointed the director for the Defense Health Agency's Public Health directorate. JOEY WADSWORTH (’16 MSPS) had a son, Noah, on February 12, 2022.

In Memoriam

JAMES “JIM” PENNINGTON MUNDY (’91

PHARMD) of Sanford, NC passed away on May 23, 2022.

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