Gatton RX - 2018 Alumni Magazine for ETSU's Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy

GATTONRx 2018 MAGAZINE

National Impact on the

Opioid Crisis

IN THIS ISSUE: Generation Rx named best in country for third time in a row pg. 4

Global Experience pg.18

Fighting Multiple Myeloma pg. 22

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Building 60

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Generation Rx

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Global Experience

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Fighting Multiple Myeloma

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Faculty

ADMINISTRATION Dr. Brian Noland ETSU President Dr. Wilsie Bishop ETSU Vice President for Health Affairs

BILL GATTON COLLEGE OF PHARMACY Dr. Debbie Byrd Dean Dr. Adam Welch Associate Dean for Assessment and Academic Affairs Dr. Ralph Lugo Chair of Department of Pharmacy Practice Dr. David Roane Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Steve Ellis Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Aaron Scott Director of Development

Editors Kristen Swing Director of Communications Stephen Woodward Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy Communications and Engagement Manager

Letter from the Dean This is a special occasion. You are the reading the debut edition of Gatton Rx Magazine, a relaunch of our annual alumni magazine for ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy. This magazine is slimmer than past publications, easier to hold and read, and we’re more focused on telling the stories that make Gatton truly an extraordinary place.

These stories have helped launch Gatton to the national and global stage—as you’ll read much more about. In July, I started my third year as Gatton’s dean, and it has never been clearer to me that our students and faculty are making an incredible impact on the lives of others.

We are taking the lead in the fight against the opioid crisis. For the third year in a row, our Generation Rx committee—whose aim is to target prescription drug abuse through public education—was named the best in the country by the American Pharmacists Association–Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP). Drs. Sarah Melton and Nick Hagemeier continue to make huge strides in the prescription drug abuse fight—and they’ve received much-deserved recognition.

In August, our service-oriented chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) took home seven national awards at the organization’s annual convention, including small chapter of the year. More than ever before, Gatton is offering opportunities for its students to help those in rural and underserved communities, at home and all over the world.

In addition, ETSU is making a name for itself across the country as a leader in interprofessional education. We recently opened a new building dedicated to this purpose: the Interprofessional Education and Research Center (Building 60).

Because of his work in interprofessional education, Dr. Brian Cross, associate professor and vice chair in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and will spend several months overseas working with faculty at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. I also was fortunate enough to visit Robert Gordon University in Scotland this fall with Dr. Cross and Dean Emeritus Larry Calhoun where we shared our efforts in interprofessional education at their International Pharmacy Education Symposium.

As I watched another remarkable year go by, I am proud again of the accomplishments of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. We hope that as you read these stories about how Gatton is making a difference, you will consider how you can engage with us. Maybe you connect us with a student interested in pharmacy; or share a post from Gatton on your social media; or pledge to visit, volunteer, and/or give through our #Give2GattonRx campaign. Whatever you decide, we hope you’re as excited as we are to see where Gatton’s footprints lead!

Graphic Design Stephen Russell Creative Manager Principal Photography Ron Campbell, Matthew Carroll, Larry Smith, Charlie Warden, Stephen Woodward

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Debbie Byrd, PharmD, MBA, BCPS Dean and Professor

Economic Impact Gatton College of Pharmacy was founded by generous support from the community 13 years ago. Now, that investment is paying dividends. Below is a snapshot of Gatton’s economic impact in 2017.

Spending to support college operations generated a total annual statewide increase in economic output of

$531,145

$13,686,821 Includes labor income of over $5M and 119 jobs

Includes labor income of almost $11M and 127 jobs

IN 2017

annual statewide increase in economic output of

annual statewide increase in economic output of

$21,912,152

IN 2026

Spending by campus visitors generated a total

Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy student spending generated a total

spending by the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, students, and visitors generated an

Includes labor income of more than $200K and 6 jobs

OVERALL ANNUAL STATEWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT

OF MORE THAN $36M the economic impact of the college will be

$44,177,308 EACH YEAR

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Projected statewide economic impact for the

10-YEAR PERIOD

will total more than

$379M 1

Building 60

The dream of transforming a historic building into a state-ofthe-art interprofessional education center on the university’s Veterans Administration campus became a reality over the summer as the doors of ETSU’s new Interprofessional Education and Research Center officially opened to health sciences students, faculty, and staff.

Building 60, as it is commonly referred to, once served as a quartermaster’s storehouse for the Veterans 2

Administration and then a fire station.

In November 2016, ETSU leaders broke ground on a $13 million renovation of the structure to transform it into ETSU’s Interprofessional Education and Research (IPER) Center.

The renovated and repurposed building does not belong to any single health sciences college at ETSU, but instead represents a space where students, faculty, and staff from all five such colleges at the university can work and learn in a team-based environment.

“We have been living interprofessional education since the 1990s here at ETSU, but this building gives that concept a physical headquarters on our campus and that is very exciting,” said Dr. Wilsie Bishop, ETSU vice president for Health Affairs. “We are excited about what the future holds in this building and all of the interprofessional learning that will take place here.”

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ETSU Receives 2018 Public Health Excellence Award for Work on Opioid Epidemic In the spring, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Interprofessional Education Collaborative recognized ETSU with the 2018 Public Health Excellence in Interprofessional Education Collaboration award, given to the team at ETSU for its “innovative approach to community and public health practice” with an emphasis on addressing social determinants of health and health equity.

ETSU was recognized for its strong community focus on the prevention and treatment of substance abuse throughout East Tennessee and the region.

“ETSU’s dedicated and remarkable multi-year effort embodies a national model for how communities, campuses, and providers can and should partner together to solve complex public health challenges,” said Rear Admiral Dr. Pamela M. Schweitzer of the U.S. Public Health Service. “Through collective action and meaningful collaboration, we can better promote and advance the health and safety of our nation.”

ETSU’s work to address the opioid crisis exemplified excellence in interprofessional collaboration, community engagement, outreach scholarship and evidence-based clinical service, according to organization leaders. ETSU’s efforts primarily are coordinated by the university’s Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment, in close collaboration with the institution’s interdisciplinary, community-based Prescription Drug Abuse Working Group, which has grown to 250 members since its establishment in 2012.

By the numbers: ETSU’s Interprofessional Education program began this year with 180 students from five different colleges, over 50 faculty, more than 20 standardized patients, in 2 different buildings, visiting 6 different clinical sites in 4 different locations across the Tri-Cities.

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ETSU project members were recognized by the IPEC Council in June at the Association of American Medical Colleges Learning Center in Washington, D.C. 3

Generation Rx This year, for the third time in a row, the American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists named Gatton’s Generation Rx committee best overall in the country.

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Generation Rx holds training events all over the region to combat the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs. In October, they partnered with REVIVE at Remote Area Medical (RAM) in Grundy, Virginia, to train over 140 patients and volunteers on using Narcan, as well as provide over 100 prescriptions for it.

Photos courtesy Augustine Bui ('20), top left and right, bottom right.

AS PHARMACISTS, WE HAVE THE FIRST-LINE ACCESS TO PATIENTS, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.” - EMILY PEREZ ('20) While the national recognition for their efforts certainly is nice, members of the Gatton Generation Rx chapter say it is the difference they are able to make in people’s lives that is the real reward.

“It is very humbling to interact with others and hear the stories about how their lives have been saved or their loved ones are still here because of what we are out doing,” said Dawnna Metcalfe, a second-year student pharmacist. “We really work hard to get knowledge out there about safe medication practices for all ages.”

Since its inception, the ETSU Generation Rx chapter has aimed to enhance medication safety and combat the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs.

Members have reached thousands of young people through community outreach presentations and even created a provider toolkit presentation to help educate health care providers about safe prescribing practices.

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“We really just try to have as much outreach into the community as possible,” said Megan Ferry, chair of the chapter and a third-year student pharmacist at Gatton. “We go into elementary, middle, and high schools teaching kids about safe medication practices. We attend Remote Area Medical clinics all over this region and other events to conduct naloxone training, and we go into retirement living communities to do safety training with the elderly populations.”

In one academic year alone, Generation Rx members at ETSU partnered with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to create a continuing education program on opioid safety and overdose that has been reviewed by more than 33,000 pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and physicians in all 50 states. During that same time period, Generation Rx members conducted nearly 60 events, providing education that reached a total

of 101,733 community members, health care providers, student pharmacists and other health care professional students.

For third-year student pharmacist Emily Perez, the mission is a personal one. The native of Montgomery, West Virginia, lost her older sister to an opioid overdose.

“I was in high school when she passed away and it deeply affected me. It made me realize how much these people really need our help and that this is not something you can just ignore,” Perez said. “It also made me aware of how many other people are affected by it, because once you tell your story, you hear everyone else’s stories too.

“That has fueled my passion for a career in pharmacy, because as pharmacists, we have first-line access to patients, and we have the ability to go out in the community and make a difference.”

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Students Give Back CPFI served breakfast and lunch to about 200 people at One Acre Cafe, a local non-profit restaurant where customers pay through donations or volunteer time. They also raised around $1,000.

Gatton and pre-pharmacy students, as well the Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment, hosted a drug take back event with local police and collected eight pounds of drugs, including 6.25% that were controlled substances.

110 pharmacy students, eight student instructors, one PGY2 resident, and one faculty mentor participated in APhA-ASP Patient Care Skills Day, designed to train student pharmacists for community patient care.

Generation Rx members partnered with the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train 535 people on opioid overdose emergencies and dispense over 500 free naloxone nasal spray kits at the Remote Area Medical Clinic (RAM) held in Wise County, Virginia, in July.

Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) partnered with the Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International (CPFI) and National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) to help 25 area people enroll in Medicare Part D, saving them an average of $400 and a total of nearly $10,000.

Through the Mr. Pharmacy Pageant, Kappa Psi and Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists together raised $500 to help a classmate whose home burned.

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SNPhA also partnered with Kappa Psi and Phi Delta Chi to collect over 180 toothbrushes in one week for attendees of the inaugural Hispanic Health Fair.

They also raised $120 to purchase children’s books on health topics.

Phi Delta Chi raised over $3,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

NCPA members registered 60 new donors to the DKMS bone marrow donor registry.

After the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Phi Delta Chi raised over $221 in two days through a bake sale for victims.

80 students attended a talk sponsored

by College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists on how pharmacists can make a difference in the life of a patient suffering from epilepsy.

Kappa Psi and SNPhA raised $1,400 and worked 76 hours during the Apothecary Dash 5k at Relay for Life in Johnson City.

CPFI provided free blood pressure and blood glucose screenings to 63 patients in Johnson City for free over two days, in collaboration with Appalachian Miles for Smiles

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Student Group Wins 7 National Awards Gatton College of Pharmacy’s chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) took home seven national awards at the organization’s annual convention in August, including Small Chapter of the Year.

SNPhA is an educational service association of pharmacy students who are concerned about serving the underserved through pharmacy and health care related issues, as well as the minority representation in pharmacy and other health-related professions. The purpose of SNPhA is to plan, organize, coordinate, and execute programs geared toward the improvement for the health, educational and social environment of the underserved community.

In addition to winning the Small Chapter of the Year award, winners from ETSU were: BILL GATTON COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

• Danielle Eskens ('20), from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was named Chapter President of the Year. She also was appointed to the National Chair for Chronic Kidney Disease.

• Jessica Stringfellow ('19), from Murphy, North Carolina, received the award for Chronic Kidney Disease Initiative of the Year.

• Audrey Ololade Amolegbe ('19), from Greensboro, North Carolina, received the Operation Immunization Initiative of the Year award.

• Sam Ngata ('20), of Nairobi, Kenya, took home second place overall in poster presentations.

• Class of 2020 members Matthew Spence, of Kingsport, and Timothy London Archibald, of Huntington Beach, California, took second place

in the Walgreen’s HIV/AIDS Health Outcomes Award. Archibald also was appointed to the position of National Remember the Ribbon chair.

• Sarah Ofori ('19), from Lynchburg, Virginia, earned the Walmart Health and Wellness Endowed Scholarship.

The organization’s House of Delegates also approved a new resolution drafted

by Omri Coke ('20), from Margate, Florida, into the SNPhA bylaws.

“I am so proud of these students’ hard work,” said Dr. Debbie Byrd, pharmacy school dean. “This group competed against over 90 other chapters across the country, from much larger institutions, and demonstrated that Gatton students truly have what it takes not only to compete, but win on the national level.”

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All the Way to the Top:

A Fourth-Year Pharmacy Student Dreams Big

Cara Carter grew up on the south side of Kansas City, Missouri. While she lived in a decidedly urban environment, Carter says the health care experiences in her hometown are not that different than those found in rural settings.

“It is definitely a health care desert so I know what it is like for there not to be a doctor for miles,” said Carter, a fourthyear student pharmacist attending Gatton College of Pharmacy. “There are veterinarian offices and some clinics 8

that take place for back-to-school physicals, but there is no real health care facility there.”

In fact, it is ETSU’s focus on serving the underserved that attracted Carter to Gatton. She says she immediately saw the potential such an education could have on health care deserts.

“Since the doctor is so far away, the only health care provider they see may be their pharmacist,” said Carter about residents in her hometown. “So I

wanted to learn more about the role of pharmacists in primary care, in doing things like diabetic foot exams and hypertension management.”

Carter, who earned a dual undergraduate degree in math and chemical engineering, always knew she wanted a career in health care, but pharmacy became her specific path after she worked as a hospice volunteer at the age of 14.

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pharmacist, they said ‘Don’t stop there.

Go all the way to the top. Be the head of the Food and Drug Administration,’” Carter recalled. “I looked into it and decided being the FDA commissioner would be my career goal.”

Carter has spent the past three years at Gatton working toward that goal and even landed a prestigious internship with the FDA – the first student from Gatton selected for the federal position.

Through the internship, Carter is spending part of the year learning from individuals in the Office of Clinical Pharmacology at the FDA headquarters just outside of the nation’s capital.

While she is aiming to one day hold the top position at the FDA, Carter has a few other career goals to accomplish first.

“I want to do a residency in pediatric pharmacy after I leave Gatton and after that,” she said. “I have always wanted to do a little more world travel so I’d like to do Doctors Without Borders for a while, too.”

This fall, Carter completed a rotation in Uganda, spending an entire month there to prepare for applying to Doctors Without Borders.

at ETSU called STEMposium, which invited girls ages 12-18 to the campus to explore opportunities and interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“From a small age, my parents taught me anything was possible – being a doctor, a lawyer, an astronaut, the president but that wasn’t taught to all of my classmates and peers. They were never told and encouraged that they can do these kinds of things and a large part of that is they never saw anybody doing it,” Carter said. “Now that I am the one doing it, there’s an opportunity to reach back and help somebody else. There’s always that person who needs to see that this is possible, and if it is their dream, they should go for it.”

For Carter, becoming a successful health care provider isn’t just her dream; it is a dream that stretches back generations.

“Earlier this year, I went home and visited our family graveyard to see my grandmother’s grave and the grave of my uncle who recently passed away from cancer,” Carter says. “While I was standing there, it was such an amazing feeling to look around and

“NOW THAT I AM THE ONE DOING IT, THERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH BACK AND HELP SOMEBODY ELSE." - CARA CARTER ('19)

“I loved all the patient interaction but found myself really interested in the medicines – how they got to the patients and what they did with them,” Carter said. “That’s when I decided pharmacy school was probably for me.”

It is also during her time volunteering that she discovered her ultimate career aspiration.

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Throughout her time at Gatton, Carter has not only focused on her own future, but also the future of others. She has been instrumental in creating a mentorship program within the national Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) and attended the conference in Utah this spring.

The mentorship program, which was established at her suggestion, brings together individuals at varying levels of practice – from students, to residents to practicing pharmacists – to interact and learn from one another.

She also recently took part in an event

see the graves of my ancestors and realize I am really and truly living their wildest dreams and going places they never could have.

“It’s just remembering that you are not just doing this for yourself but also for the culture, for the little black girl who looks up to you and for all these people who just never thought they could do it.

You are doing it for everyone.”

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Driven to Succeed

to do both. My mom played a major role in my life in helping me believe that with hard work and determination anything is possible.

Nathan Martin ('19) with fiancé, Laura Dollins, Gatton PGY1 resident, and Caleb Knight ('19) pictured right.

On July 28, Nathan Martin ('19), of Teaberry, Kentucky, won the Fastrak Crate Late Model series feature event at 201 Speedway in Sitka, Kentucky.

His fiancé, Laura Dollins, is the first resident in Gatton’s new Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) Community-based Pharmacy Residency.

What got you interested in racing?

I grew up going to the local tracks in Eastern Kentucky with my dad and brother. This was my favorite thing to do as a kid. I looked forward to Saturday night all week long. They started a 10

race team when I was around eight years old and that really amped up my interest in racing. Just being part of the team and having hands-on activity took my passion to another level. After not missing a weekend of racing for about four years, my dad decided it was time to test my driving ability. We did some practice sessions and then he cut me loose against the men when I was 13.

Both pharmacy school and racing take a lot of determination and hard work.

You cannot just start studying the night before a test and expect to get a good grade just like you cannot expect to start working on a racecar the night before the race and expect to win. To be really good in racing, it’s a 5-day-a-week job in order to get everything that needs to be done finished before race day on Saturday.

Lucky for me, some of the same guys who I study for tests with help me outside of school in the garage. My buddy/classmate Caleb Knight ('19) has moved into a shared crew chief role this year. It’s been pretty awesome to think that in three short years at Gatton you make friendships that will last a lifetime.

What are your career goals?

My first career goal is to of course finish pharmacy school and obtain a residency next year. After that, I would like to work in an ambulatory care setting or own an independent pharmacy. As far as racing goes, I want to become one of the most competitive late model teams in the South. Hopefully in a few years, once pharmacy school is behind me, I can travel a little more and get my name out there.

How does your interest in pharmacy intersect with racing, if at all?

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ETSU Welcomes New Pharmacy Residents, Fellow Gatton College of Pharmacy welcomed several new residents and a fellow who will be furthering their postgraduate pharmacy training in various practice settings over the next few years. Laura Dollins, of Berea, Kentucky, is the first resident in Gatton’s new Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) Community-based Pharmacy Residency, a program created in partnership with Boone Drug and Healthcare in Boone, North Carolina. Cameron Lanier, of Wilmington, North Carolina, has been accepted into the college’s Internal Medicine Residency for second-year postgraduates. Tyler Melton, of Sylva, North Carolina, has been accepted into the Community Pharmacy Practice Research Fellowship. Wade Tugman, of Mountain City, has been accepted into the Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency for second-year postgraduates.

Two ETSU Doctoral Students Receive National Fellowship Awards for Their Research Two doctoral students have received prestigious fellowship awards for their research efforts within Gatton College of Pharmacy.

Hannah Oakes (pictured left), of Bristol, earned a PreDoctoral Fellowship Award from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE). The highly competitive fellowship award includes $10,000 per year to be used toward research and educational costs. Oakes’ research is related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and the long-term consequences of the most common drug used to treat the disorder. This marks the second time in as many years that Oakes received the honor for her work alongside Dr. Brooks Pond, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Jessica Bouldin, of McMinnville, earned a $5,000 Gateway to Research Scholarship from the AFPE for research focusing on the effects of synthetic drugs known as “bath salts” on individuals who abuse them.

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Pharmacy Student Receives Prestigious SAMHSA Summer Internship

Students Experience Internship at Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Kathleen McGuire White, a first-year pharmacy student spent the summer in Rockville, Maryland, after landing a prestigious internship with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

White was selected to intern for the SAMHSA Office of the Administrator and, as part of the internship, had opportunities to shadow the acting deputy assistant secretary.

“I am really interested in how pharmacists can play a role in the public health realm, especially related to issues of substance abuse and mental health,” White said of her interest in the internship. “I believe pharmacists have an important role to play there, and I want to learn more about how policy is developed, what research is used to make programming decisions, and how those programs are implemented.”

White said she believes pharmacists can be a valuable resource in the process of developing methods for measuring the prevalence of an issue and coming up with subsequent solutions. She also would like to see pharmacists serve more significant roles in policy development in the United States.

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Third year students Christie Monahan (left) and Danielle Eskens landed a prestigious internship this summer at the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences in Rochester, Minnesota. Both of them served as inpatient interns, and their job responsibilities included splitting time between the emergency department and central pharmacy.

“The most important thing I learned was to be flexible and to continue learning in every environment,” said Monahan, of Charleston, South Carolina. “Take opportunities when they are presented, even if the tasks may be out of your comfort zone.”

Eskens, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, agreed.

“Some of the experiences I enjoyed the most were my one-on-one interactions with the clinical practitioners,” she said. “Also, I really enjoyed observing team-based care in action. It really was a treat to witness the values and principles we discussed in class regarding how to put patient care into real world practice!”

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Ofori to Complete Rotation at Bristol-Myers Squibb Sarah Ofori ('19) will complete an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) 4-week rotation this Fall in the medical strategy field at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), a global biopharmaceutical company, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, the company’s headquarters.

“I will have the opportunity to work on two of their therapeutic products,” said Ofori. “My goal following the completion of the rotation is to have a better understanding of the planning and steps that are associated with bringing a medication to market. I also would like to learn how the cross-functional areas work together and the various roles they play in the industry. Furthermore, I would like to learn how BMS addresses the needs of their patients.”

Ofori hopes to one day work in the pharmaceutical industry or a related-governmental agency.

“The chance to complete a rotation at such a prestigious drug company is an amazing opportunity that I hope to maximize,” said Ofori. “From a career standpoint, I would like to be positioned within the pharmaceutical industry or relatedgovernmental agency in the future. I believe this rotation will help me prepare for such a career.”

A Passion for Giving Kellie Abbott’s ('21) mission to help save police officers' lives started in high school when the unthinkable happened to a close friend of hers.

Sergeant Tim Prunty, an officer in Shreveport, Louisiana’s police department, was shot by a civilian and bled to death on the scene.

Abbott started a non-profit called “Blue Forever” as a senior class project and has since donated over 2,800 life-saving trauma kits to police departments across 14 states, including the Tri-Cities region.

The kits contain QuikClot combat gauze, gloves, and a SWAT-T mini compression tourniquet.

“Minutes and seconds count and when you’re bleeding out.

Things like these kits can really truly save lives,” Abbott told WJHL in Johnson City. “I wanted every single officer to have the best chance they could to come home to their family members and all their friends.”

Learn more about “Blue Forever” www.blueforever.org.

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#Give2GattonRx In August, Gatton launched an alumni engagement initiative across social media encouraging them to visit, volunteer, and/or give.

You can support your alma mater and help us reach our goal of 100 alumni engaged in the #Give2GattonRx initiative by December 31. On these pages you will see snapshots from social media of how our alumni, faculty, and staff #Give2GattonRx. Want to tell the world how you give back?

Tear off the attached hashtag banner (instructions on the back) and shout from the digital rooftops!

Drs. Sidney ('18) and Chris ('14) Lopez stopped by for a visit recently to introduce four-weekold Peyton, future member of the #GattonRx Class of 2042! Sidney and Chris #Give2GattonRx by visiting and recruiting the next generation of Gatton pharmacists.

Gatton College of Pharmacy took a chance on me as their last student accepted into the Class of 2012 to be exact. I will truly never be able to thank them enough. This college, my classmates, my professors, the staff, and Dean Calhoun molded me into the person I am today. I will always be grateful for the opportunity and proud to be a part of the Gatton College of a Pharmacy family. Without this school and these people I wouldn’t be able to do what I love every day! I chose to give back to the college that gave me so much more than an education! #Give2GattonRx - Dr. Morgan Pendleton Randolph ('12)

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Our story began 13 years ago. We were founded on the generosity of the community.

Thank you for believing in us and helping make us who we are!

No matter where you end up, @etsu_pharmacy will always be home. We may be Hoosiers now, but the legacies and values of GCOP continue to carry us on. That’s why we #Give2GattonRx, so the Gatton community can continue leaving a lasting impact anywhere from down the street to across the globe.

Haley M. Peters

Help us leave footprints for the next generation.

Why do I #Give2GattonRx? Because Gatton has given me more than just an education.

They have given me a support system that continues years after graduation. They have also given me a pharmacy family, one that I relied heavily upon for support during my studies, and while I was trying to buy my pharmacy. Those were some very stressful times, but I never felt alone in the process thanks to them. I’m happy to donate my time and money to help continue the mission of patient centered care and rural health care. I hope that I can help students as those before helped me. I am proud to be a product of East Tennessee State University College of Pharmacy and to help carry on #Give2GattonRx.

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Whether it’s tailgating with us at a fall football game or just stopping by to say hello, we want to stay in touch.

There are so many ways you can help shape the lives of our students. Help with recruiting, Interview Day, mentoring students, and more!

Make an investment in the next generation of Gatton students as others made an investment in you. Every gift makes an impact—$5, $15, or $50!

- Dr. Courtney Pitre ('13)

Visit etsu.edu/Give2GattonRx to make your pledge.

GET SOCIAL Tear off this page, snap a selfie, and share on social using #Give2GattonRx about how you plan to support Gatton.

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Class of 2018

74% of

BGCOP students are from the region

8 Earned

Dual Degrees 7 MBA 1 MPH

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17 Pursued

Post-graduate Training

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Class of 2022

14 states 2 foreign countries

55% have a bachelor’s

degree or higher upon coming into BGCOP BILL GATTON COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

38 different colleges and universities

64% women 36% men 17

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Global

Experiences On a trip this summer to Uganda, Gatton’s student group, led by Dr. Susie Crowe, learned very quickly that the resource-limited country didn’t have access to the same health care resources that they were used to having.

It was also clear to Shagavah that people shouldn’t fault the medical staff of an underserved public hospital in Uganda just because they lack resources.

“WHEN YOU ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU SEE HOW IMPACTFUL YOUR ROLE IS, ALL YOU CAN DO IS KEEP GIVING OUT.” - SANTON SHAGAVAH ('19) “The hospitals were frequently out of medications,” said Crowe, director of experiential education. “As pharmacists, we had to make other recommendations, like changing an antibiotic to something that was available, or reallocate resources or medications.”

“The drive and passion from the health care providers cannot be matched,” he said. “Even if the resources are a big limitation, the nurses, physicians, residents, and other staff members are willing to work with the same goal of patient care in mind.”

While working with limited resources was a major challenge, the students soon understood how much they were learning from the experience.

For Katrice Lampley (’19), the experience taught her how important a pharmacist’s role can be.

“We hold a lot of knowledge that can be impactful to lots of people,” said Santon Shagavah (’19). “At times we might doubt it, but when you are in an environment where you see how impactful your role is, all you can do is keep giving out.”

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“I learned just how much pharmacists can play important roles in medication management and lifestyle interventions for chronic diseases,” she said.

“Although Americans may do many things differently from the health care professionals in Uganda, we can learn just as much from them as they can from us.”

To Crowe, a global experience is incredibly important for pharmacy students.

“It opens up their perspective on the world,” said Crowe. “It’s part of Gatton’s mission to prepare team-oriented pharmacists who improve health care in rural and underserved areas. A lot of our students haven’t traveled internationally, so for them to go to an underserved setting in a place like Uganda opens up perspectives on other health care settings. With limited access to health care and supplies there, our students learn the ability to work through those challenges.”

On the trip, the students made rounds every day at the local hospital and saw conditions that included chronic disease, heart failure, diabetes, and HIV associated illnesses. They also worked with pharmacy students at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), who they helped teach and share knowledge.

Crowe and the students documented their travels and experiences on Gatton’s Global and Rural Engagement blog, at gattoncop.wordpress.com. In a post, Lampley reflects on a lesson at MUST: “During our learning session, we were able to educate MUST students on the importance of identifying patients 19

L-R: A local Ugandan, Dr. Susie Crowe, Katrice Lampley, and Mia Rahimi Baladezaei.

with risk factors for diabetes such as high blood pressure, obesity, physical inactivity, and high cholesterol.” said Lampley. “By the end of the day, we all felt confident in our abilities to help with the prevention and management of diabetes! We are now eagerly looking forward to identifying new ways we can better serve our patients in Uganda and in the United States.”

With diabetes being so prevalent in Uganda, but medical resources so limited, the students were able to make an impact on several patients. Crowe recounted one particularly memorable experience with a diabetic.

“The patient’s blood sugar was really high and we had to get it down,” said Crowe. “In the U.S., the patient would be on an insulin drip. In Uganda, there is no access to IV pumps outside the ICU, and there is only limited access to glucometers and insulin. Because there is only one nurse covering many patients, it is difficult to check the glucose and give insulin as frequently as is needed. Our students went and checked the patient’s glucose and insulin every hour and helped the 20

“IT’S PART OF GATTON’S MISSION TO PREPARE TEAM-ORIENTED PHARMACISTS WHO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS.” - DR. SUSIE CROWE, DIRECTOR OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION patient get better. If this person were left alone, that patient would have been in the hospital a lot longer. Our students were able to really make a difference in this patient.”

Global Outreach Gatton’s global outreach began in 2011 with students going to Zambia. Since then, nearly 50 students have traveled to Moldova, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Uganda.

As the program grew, the College of Pharmacy developed two facets to their global rotations: Global Health Outreach, which works with the Christian Medical and Dental Association for short-term

medical mission trips, taking medical supplies and health care to rural areas with limited health care infrastructure; and Global Health Initiatives, which works within the existing health care system in a developing country. In addition, Gatton offers APPE rotations abroad in Ireland, Scotland, and Hungary. Those students document their travels on this blog: gattonoee.wordpress.com Dr. Emily Flores, associate professor of pharmacy practice, leads Gatton’s Global Health Outreach rotations and was recently in Uganda in September with the college’s second student group.

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Both Crowe and Flores believe the future of Gatton’s global experiences will continue to grow in the years to come.

They hope to increase the number of students interested in going, as well as the amount of time students stay.

Crowe and Flores would like to see Gatton become a recognized leader in global health education and clinical practice.

“It would be a great experience for students to assist in building up health care infrastructure from scratch,” Crowe added.

In addition, Crowe has received global recognition for her efforts directing a top-notch global experience program.

Starting in October 2019, she will serve as chair of the Global Health Practice Research Network, a PRN under the American College of Clinical Pharmacy that has approximately 150 members in the U.S. and a few outside the country. In this role, she will take on a national leadership role in a group created to address global health concerns and reduce the disparities in the delivery of pharmacy services on an international level.

“I’m really excited about this,” said Crowe. “I hope to engage more global partners in the committee and give them a voice. I also plan to continue to develop global health best practices for pharmacists and assist with programming for the ACCP national conference in 2020, which may have a major global focus.”

For Lampley, her trip to Uganda this summer was more than merely a way to put her three years of pharmacy education into practice.

On the trip, the students made rounds every day at the local hospital and saw conditions that included chronic disease, heart failure, diabetes, and HIV associated illnesses. They also worked with pharmacy students at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), who they helped teach and share knowledge.

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“This trip was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in my life,” she said. “I am so grateful for having the opportunity to explore and learn about the health care and culture of Uganda.”

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Fighting Multiple Myeloma

different types of cancer. This new fight against multiple myeloma, however, began after she received funding from a local donor this spring.

“The research is urgent,” said Palau.

Scientists all over the world are working as quickly as Palau to make headway on a cure or, at the very least, new treatment options.

Palau said that her work in cell signaling and plants, specifically her practice of working with new methods and treatments, helped make her proposal for the funding more appealing.

Dr. Victoria Palau leans over the microscope. She spins the dials a few times and they come into focus — little round blobs floating in a petri dish.

innocently enough, in a type of white blood cells from the immune system called plasma cells, which help people fight infections.

“I look at all the options,” said Palau.

“Cancer cell signaling is very complex; dysregulation has to be addressed from different angles. Thus, we are trying to find additional therapeutic methods that may offer better disease management or in the best case, a cure.”

The enemies.

Palau, an associate professor who specializes in cancer research, has a long history of testing plant-derived compounds to determine their impact on

Of course, she’s not working alone.

Palau has a team of 8-10 pharmacy students every semester who help her work in her lab in Stanton-Gerber Hall.

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“It’s a good experience for them because what they’re doing provides an opportunity to solve a complex problem that has not been published anywhere,” said Palau, “It’s great for developing reasoning and critical thinking. If they have a question, they have to find the answer themselves and learn how to look things up. They have to run an experiment in order to answer it, and they come up with creative answers.”

“IT’S A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE WHAT THEY’RE DOING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE A COMPLEX PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED ANYWHERE.” - DR. VICTORIA PALAU

She also works with a colleague, an organic chemist from Palau’s home country, Colombia, who has dedicated his life to identifying compounds extracted from plants that can be used medicinally. He collects the plants from the Andean region and takes them to a botanical garden to be properly identified.

And these special plants don’t just come from the rainforest.

Palau recently was sent plants with purported anticancer properties from Pikeville, Kentucky, that she is in the process of testing. Palau started her cancer research with plants when she came to ETSU in 2007.

LAB: P3 students Samuel Ngata, Del Dorjsuren, and Austin Gardner work in Dr. Palau’s lab.

Interprofessional teamwork is something that Palau strongly believes in doing. She works with physician Dr. Koyamangalath Krishnan in the ETSU Quillen College of Medicine, who treats cancer patients and has his own team of student researchers. “I always tell my students how important it is to talk with physicians and learn their clinical insight on the characteristics of a particular disease,” said Palau.

“All of us, in some way, have been touched by cancer,” said Palau. “We all know someone who has fought cancer or is going through that fight right now.

Putting a little piece of information out there that might make a difference – that is really important to me. There are thousands of people working on cancer all around the world. As long as we keep working on it, we’re bound to make strides.”

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Like Father, Like Daughter Dr. McKenzie Calhoun ('11) , assistant professor of pharmacy practice, has been named 2018 Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year in Tennessee. The prestigious award was conferred at the recent meeting of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association. The honor is presented annually to a pharmacist in each state for individual excellence and outstanding contributions in state pharmacy association activities, community affairs, and in professional practice. The award is sponsored

by Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company.

Her father and Gatton Dean Emeritus, Dr. Larry Calhoun, was awarded the Bowl of Hygeia Award for Outstanding Community Service in Pharmacy.

Melton Receives Prestigious Tennessee, Virginia Appointments Dr. Sarah Melton, professor of pharmacy practice and faculty advisor for Gatton’s Generation Rx chapter, was appointed by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to the Tennessee Commission on Pain and Addiction Medicine Education. The commission developed competencies for Tennessee’s medical education institutions to address proper treatment for pain, safe and effective prescribing practices, and proper diagnoses and treatment for individuals misusing controlled substances. Melton also served on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s Transition Policy Council on Opioids and Substance Misuse. In addition, she chairs One Care of Southwest Virginia, a collaborative of substance use coalitions across 21 counties and cities. One Care was recently awarded a $200,000 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Planning grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

In August, Melton was featured in Pharmacy Today for her work at the Center of Excellence for HIV/AIDS Care at ETSU.

A “Cheeky” Experiment In August, Gatton P1s took their own cheek swab samples in lab to have a pharmacogenomics (PGx) profile completed, which will predict how their bodies process different pharmaceutical compounds.

“The use of PGx, or Precision Medicine, is bringing a new foundation of knowledge and prediction to the practice of pharmacy,” said Dr. David Hurley, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, who along with Dr. Sam Harirforoosh, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, obtained a grant to fund the complete PGx analysis of all first years who chose to have the test done. “These are the first students at Gatton to complete this type of project, and the ultimate outcome will be they will have knowledge and experience to lead the use of PGx with their future patients.”

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Hagemeier Selected for New National Pain Management Task Force

Dr. Brian Cross Named Fulbright Scholar Dr. Brian Cross, associate professor and vice-chair of pharmacy practice, is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship award that has taken him to Ireland. Cross is spending several months overseas working with faculty at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). The focus of his work will be interprofessional education and teaching others how to best provide team-based care.

Cross was among six ETSU faculty and administrators to visit Ireland and Scotland last spring, serving as consultants and collaborators in interprofessional health care practice and education. The Fulbright award is allowing Cross to continue those efforts with RCSI. “They have research right now where they have embedded pharmacists in general practitioner offices in Ireland,” Cross noted. “I’m going to be working with them on that process.”

Cross will also help with the creation and assessment of new interprofessional learning experiences in RCSI’s curriculum.

“Receiving the Fulbright Scholar award is humbling,” said Cross, who serves as the director of ETSU’s Interprofessional Education and Research Committee. “It is validation of our interprofessional program here at ETSU and gives us, and what we are doing, the stamp of approval on a much larger, international level.”

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Dr. Nick Hagemeier, associate professor of pharmacy practice, is among just 28 individuals – and one of only two pharmacists – across the country appointed to a national task force charged with looking at best practices related to pain management.

Hagemeier was appointed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force by Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.

The group is charged with determining whether there are gaps or inconsistencies in pain management best practices among federal agencies; proposing recommendations on addressing those gaps or inconsistences; providing the public with an opportunity to comment on any proposed recommendations; and developing a strategy for disseminating information about best practices.

The task force includes representatives of federal agencies including the Departments of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and Defense, as well as the Office of National Drug Control Policy and non-federal individuals representing diverse disciplines and views. Members include experts in areas related to pain management, opioid use disorders, mental health, minority health, and more.

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New Addition: Dr. Siva Digavalli

David Roane, chair and professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. “That, along with his brilliant intellect, bring a unique aspect to the department. Also, he is an idealist with a passion for giving back. He’s a consummate gentleman with a large heart for caring and compassion.”

For Digavalli, his passion for research and drug discovery has always been a part of his desire to reach out and help.

“Schizophrenia is such a complex and debilitating disorder for the patients and their families, and while I may not be able to cure it, there are things I can do to advance a path towards a cure,” he said.

Gatton welcomed a new addition to its faculty this fall: Dr. Siva Digavalli, who will serve as an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences.

Digavalli has over 16 years of drug discovery experience working for Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), a global biopharmaceutical company. There he served as a principal scientist and led a team of scientists for multiple discovery programs, including areas of neuropsychiatric, pain, and gastrointestinal motility disorders.

His research focuses on advancing biomarkers to facilitate neuropsychiatric drug development. In particular, he has focused on treating schizophrenia. At Bristol, Digavalli was integral to the 26

effort that delivered nearly a dozen candidate drugs, several of which completed early phase clinical trials.

After it was announced that the BMS location he worked at in Wallingford, Connecticut, was closing its doors, Digavalli decided it was time to pursue a long-held interest in academia. He was drawn to Gatton for several reasons: the collegial nature of the department, the right mix of teaching and research, the beauty of this region, and proximity to a major medical center.

“I was impressed by his professional credentials, his publication record, and his extensive industry experience in a cutting-edge laboratory,” said Dr.

Digavalli earned his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Master of Pharmacology from Kakatiya University, Warangal, India. He went on to earn a Master of Science in Toxicology from the University of Louisiana, and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. In addition, Digavalli trained as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Swallowing and Motility Disorders, West Roxbury VA Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School. He has been an invited speaker at national and international meetings on translational biomarkers. He has authored over 25 peer-reviewed publications including reviews and monographs.

In his spare time, he loves the outdoors and spending time with his family and two dogs, as well as reading non-fiction.

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Gatton Launches Student Mentoring Program

“GATTON WAS FORMED BY THIS COMMUNITY 13 YEARS AGO, SO IT’S ONLY APPROPRIATE THAT WE LAUNCH A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING OUR STUDENTS’ CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY PHARMACY OWNERS WHO HELPED GET US STARTED.” - Dr. Debbie Byrd In September, Gatton launched a new mentorship program designed to better connect its students with independent pharmacy owners. Second year student pharmacists interested in becoming independent community pharmacists were assigned independent pharmacy owners as their mentors. Beyond the development of crucial networking opportunities, mentors are scheduled to work one-on-one with their student mentees to develop important leadership and business skills.

“Formally, the program is designed to last 24 months, but we anticipate the relationships will last a lifetime,” said Dr. Jeffrey Gray, program director and associate professor of pharmacy practice. Inclusion in the program was application based and highly competitive.

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its students’ interest in community pharmacy, focusing on four key areas: independent pharmacy mentorship, residency training for postgraduates, community-based research, and curricular enhancement.

“We are excited to launch our mentoring program, as part of the Community Pharmacy Initiative, and see the impact it will have not only on our students but pharmacies in this region,” said Dr. Debbie Byrd, dean.

“Gatton was formed by this community 13 years ago, so it’s only appropriate that we launch a program dedicated to developing our students’ connection to the community pharmacy owners who helped get us started.”

“ETSU can accelerate the impact of medication experts by supporting innovative community pharmacy providers and engaging students in advanced pharmacy practices,” said Gray, who also serves as CPI chair.

The 2018 mentorship assignments are as follows (student—mentor): Kellie Abbott—Dr. Courtney Pitre (’13), Courtney’s Thriftyway Pharmacy, Arnaudville, Louisiana

Holly Adams—Dr. Alan Corley, founder of Corley’s Pharmacies, Greeneville, Tennessee

Brianna Burdette—Dr. Autumn Wells, Family Drug, Inc., Big Stone Gap, Virginia

Justi Curry—Dr. Corey Furman, Boone Drug, Inc., Boone, North Carolina

Dawnna Metcalfe—Randy DeBord, McFarland Apothecary, Morristown, Tennessee

Brady Ratliff—Dr. Will Giddings, Atchley Drug Center, Greeneville

Zach Wills—Dr. Jeff Ward,

co-owner of Corley’s Pharmacy, Greeneville

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Gatton Launches New Summer Camp Gatton kicked off its inaugural summer program, Gatton Pharmacy Footprints, in June for high school students. They got a taste of what it was like to be a pharmacist by learning real pharmacy skills from the college’s expert faculty, as well as touring local health care facilities and pharmacies—all while having fun in a caring environment.

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