Ampul Fall 2016

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2016 A M AG A Z I N E F O R A LU M N I & F R I E N D S O F T H E R U D O L P H H . R A A B E C O L L E G E O F P H A R M AC Y

THE AMPUL

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

The Hakes Pierstorf Family Education Center, dedicated on Oct. 6, 2006.

The Ampul is a publication of The Rudolph H. Raabe College of Pharmacy

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Editors: Josh Alkire Sheila Baumgartner Design: Toma (Grothous) Bomser, BFA ’96 Contributors: Hayley Stratton Scott Wills, BSBA ’87 The Ampul is published by Ohio Northern University, 525 S. Main St. Ada, OH 45810, 419-772-2000.

If you have comments about this publication, please send them to h-stratton@onu.edu.

The R.H. Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University has long been recognized as one of the premier colleges of pharmacy in the nation, continually meeting the high standards of pharmaceutical education. Throughout its prominent history, the college has graduated pharmacists who now have successful pharmacy practices and who are active in local, state and national health-related organizations.

More than one-fourth of all pharmacists in Ohio are Ohio Northern alumni. www.onu.edu/pharmacy

Dear friends, This summer, we celebrated the culmination of a career spent in service to Ohio Northern University and to the profession of pharmacy. Dr. Tom Kier, BSPh ’82, our associate dean and faculty member of 30 years, hung up his spikes for the last time. Tom has been an institution in the Raabe College of Pharmacy for three decades. In this issue, we recognize Tom’s impact on the college and the thousands of students he has influenced over the years.

We also celebrated the life and passing of a true friend of the College of Pharmacy, Dr. Ervin Pierstorf, Hon. D. ’78. Pierstorf celebrated his 100th birthday on July 11 and passed away one month later on Aug. 12, 2016.

Pierstorf influenced hundreds of pharmacy students over the years through his scholarship and loan programs that help make an ONU education pos-

sible. He served on the University’s Board of Trustees and the college’s Advisory Board.

These two men, both from northeast Ohio, exemplify the family of College of Pharmacy alumni and friends. Our family is diverse and engaging, and it extends across the globe. It is this family that makes an ONU diploma so valuable. The family shapes and guides its learners while they are here on campus and connects and nurtures them when they leave the nest and set out on their careers. I love being a part of this amazing family!

As we embark on a new academic year, we have new faculty and staff, new advisory board members, new strategic initiatives, and more than 180 new students! With an eye to the foundation on which the college was built, we are constantly reinventing the education of the pharmacist and the role of the College of Pharmacy on our campus and in our community. We

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are happy to welcome 37 transfer students to the college this fall, a record number in our era.

Many of these transfer students have undergraduate degrees and bring a diversity of experiences and backgrounds to our program. We are delighted they have joined the family!

I know you’ll enjoy this edition of The Ampul. It highlights some of the outstanding accomplishments from the college and our students this past year. Those students will become the leaders of our profession in the future. What they do from here in Ada sets the stage for what they’ll do across the nation after graduation.

Go Polar Bears!

Steven J. Martin Dean of the College of Pharmacy

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PHARMACY COMMENCEMENT

ONU HEALTHWISE UPDATES

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FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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CELEBRATING A LEGEND

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BRINGING THE CLASSROOM TO LIFE

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PHARMACY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

PAUL WHITE A LIFE IN PHARMACY

Dr. Ervin “Erv” W. Pierstorf, Hon. D. ’78, passed away Aug. 12, 2016, at the age of 100 at his home in Rocky River, Ohio. A Cleveland native, Pierstorf earned his pharmacy degree from Western Reserve University in 1940. When Western Reserve closed its phar-

macy school, Pierstorf “wanted and needed a pharmacy home,” so he selected ONU’s College of Pharmacy for this honor. Pierstorf became a member of ONU’s Board of Trustees in 1981 and remained a life trustee until his passing. He received an honorary degree from Ohio Northern University in 1978 and was made an honorary member of the class of

1953. He and his wife, Florence, established the Dr. and Mrs. Ervin W. Pierstorf Scholarship Fund and Loan Program in 1989. Pierstorf, his family, and his dear friend, Vern Hakes, PH C ’33, Hon. D. ’76, are responsible for the Hakes-Pierstorf Family Pharmacy Education Center, dedicated in 2006. The center is home to the Pierstorf Family Pharmacy

Museum, which offers a historical view of the pharmaceutical profession. Pierstorf served as a charter member of the West Shore Pharmacy Association, president of the Cleveland Academy of Pharmacy, and member of the Board of Directors of the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association, which is now the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA).

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: THE POOL IS HIS CLASSROOM

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YEAR IN

REVIEW JANUARY 2016 Dr. Manoranjan D’Souza, assistant professor of pharmacology, receives AACP New Investigator Award.

FEBRUARY 2016 The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education finds the College of Pharmacy to be fully compliant in all 30 standards and grants a full eightyear reaccreditation.

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ONU’s Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) team selected as one of five regional winners of the 2015-16 “Prescription for Service” competition. The ONU division receives a $2,500 grant award that enables them to implement a service program in the community.

SEPTEMBER 2015 Cardinal Health awards the College of Pharmacy a $113,000 grant to provide increased support for current and future pharmacy students with an interest in community and independent pharmacy.

NOVEMBER 2015 College of Pharmacy holds 16th annual Professional Commitment Ceremony.

SEPT. 2015

College of Pharmacy honors John A. Armitstead, BSPh ’79, Leonard L. “Bud” Lance, BSPh ’70, and Timothy Tracy, BSPh ’83, with Distinguished Alumni Awards.

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FEB. 2016

ASHP president and ONU alumnus John A. Armitstead, BSPh ’79, speaks at annual Sebok Lecture.

APRIL 2016 Faculty and alumni honored and the strength of ONU pharmacy on display at the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) Annual Conference and Trade Show.

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Dale English II, BSPh ’93, PharmD ’05, and Mary Ellen Hethcox, director of ONU’s Drug and Health Information Center and assistant professor of pharmacy, are elected to the AHSP House of Delegates as junior delegates.

Karen Kier, BSPh ’82, ONU professor of clinical pharmacy and director of assessment, returns as a senior delegate to complete her term.

MAY 2016 College announces winner of first Toby Clark Resident Research Award during the fourth annual Ohio Pharmacy Resident Conference on campus. Clark received his BSPh in 1967 from Ohio Northern. He passed away in October 2015 after a long and successful career in hospital pharmacy management and education and being recognized with many awards and honors.

Pharmacy students and faculty named 2016 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Walmart Scholars.

2016 pharmacy graduates match into residency program positions at a rate higher than the national average.

ONU’s College of Pharmacy hosts hospital pharmacy leadership summit at The Inn at ONU.

College of Pharmacy receives Walgreens Diversity Grant.

Pharmacy students host ONU’s first Mental Health Week to raise awareness about mental illness.

The week was capped off with a Light Up the Night walk in honor of those affected and to raise funds to support a local National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) chapter.

Students welcome state Sen. David Burke to the ONU Student Chapter of the National Community Pharmacists Association Legislative Reception, during which students heard about legislative issues that will impact their future careers as pharmacists.

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College of Pharmacy graduates 152 new doctors of pharmacy into the profession.

Commencement address delivered by Dr. Tom Kier, BSPh ’82.

ONU’s NCPA chapter receives Dennis Ludwig Memorial Scholarship in Government Affairs.

MAY 2016

BY THE NUMBERS AVERAGE ACT SCORE:

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RETENTION RATE:

GRADUATION RATE:

(2014: first year to second year)

(0-6 years in program)

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TOP 5 STATES OF RESIDENCE:

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

731 INDIANA: 45 PENNSYLVANIA: 28 MICHIGAN: 24 ILLINOIS: 15

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OHIO:

STUDENTS IN PERFORMING ARTS:

21%

of pharmacy students are involved in the performing arts

OUT-OF-STATE ENROLLEES: 28%

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STUDENTS INVOLVED IN NCAA DIVISION III ATHLETICS:

15% of pharmacy students are ONU NCAA Division III athletes

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College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) grants awarded to: Joelle Hall, a third-year pharmacy student from Strongsville, Ohio, and Rachel Jackson, a fourthyear pharmacy student from Lebanon, Ohio, were two of only 20 students nationwide selected to receive the $500 grant.

AWARD WINNERS

Leah Schomburg, a sixth-year pharmacy student from Painesville, Ohio, was a recipient of the 2016 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Walmart Scholarship. She is pictured here with her mentor, Dr. Michelle Musser, associate professor of pharmacy practice at Ohio Northern.

Ohio Northern Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) was selected as one of five regional winners. SNPhA President Hannah English, a sixth-year pharmacy student from Findlay, Ohio, is pictured with SNPhA National Projects Chair Ruth Aminu, a fifth-year pharmacy student from Beachwood, Ohio.

William “Blake” Hays, a sixth-year pharmacy student from Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award for his dedication to the public.

OPA ANNUAL TRADE SHOW

Emily Wells

Olivia Dinsmore

Sigma Xi Research Conference Honorees: Emily Wells, a fourth-year pharmacy major from New Carlisle, Ohio, and Olivia Dinsmore, a third-year pharmacy major from South Lyons, Mich., were recognized by their peers for their research presentation at the Student Research Conference hosted

by Sigma Xi.

INNOVATIVE PHARMACY BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION: FIRST-PLACE WINNERS! ONU fourth-year student team: Emily Carlson, Hannah Gustafson, Austin Hilverding, Alexa Smalley and Chau Tran.

OTC/SELF-CARE CHALLENGE COMPETITION THIRD-PLACE WINNERS! ONU Student team: Kara Kubbs, Joe Marchiano, Heather Fogarty and Amanda Liebrecht (Alternate: Alex Alter).

STUDENT OLYMPICS CHALLENGE FIRST-PLACE WINNERS! Megan Myers, Ashley Raffay, Sean Bennett, Clare Korleski, Sarah Bova, Shannon Kraus, Taylor Reed, Alison Dailey, Miranda Kay and Jennifer Kappenman.

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Taylor Lewis, a fourthyear pharmacy student from Cincinnati, Ohio, was appointed to the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Student Leadership Council (SLC) for a two-year term.

Kier earns his Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from ONU 1977

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Kier joins the pharmacy faculty as a visiting clinical instructor

Kier begins classes as a student at ONU

Kier becomes assistant to the dean 1987

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CELEBRATING Alumni and friends establish The Kier Fund for providing support for current and future pharmacy students and honoring Tom's and Karen's service to Ohio Northern.

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LEGEND Tom Kier, BSPh ’82, longstanding Raabe College of Pharmacy instructor and administrator, retired on Aug. 2, 2016, after a three decades of service and leadership to the college.

2001 Kier becomes associate dean

Kier serves as interim dean

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Since 2001, Kier has served as associate dean of operations and clinical instructor. In this capacity, he’s developed academic programs; coordinated, assessed and evaluated curriculum; managed the college’s budget; served as chair of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) self-study committees for accreditation; and carried out faculty policies.

Kier also served as the college’s interim dean during the 2013-14 academic year. During his career, he has assisted almost 4,000 pharmacy graduates. That is over half of all living alumni!

Throughout his career, Kier has helped advance the practice of pharmacy at ONU and in the state of Ohio by addressing ethics and the moral development of pharmacy students. He has introduced national assessments that evaluate the ethical development of ONU pharmacy students. As ethical development and empathy are imperative to the pharmacy profession, his work has assisted in maintaining pharmacy’s status as one of the country’s most trusted professions.

Kier also has committed much of his professional life to assisting pharmacists and pharmacy students with addiction and chemical dependency. As a member of the Board of Trustees for Pharmacists Rehabilitation Organization Inc., he has ensured that pharmacists and pharmacy students have the resources and assistance they need to return to the practice of pharmacy in the state of Ohio when appropriate and safe. To further increase pharmacists’ knowledge of addiction and dependency, Kier has sponsored a number of pharmacy students to attend programming with him at the University of Utah’s School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies.

In 2016 Kier was honored with the Ohio Pharmacists Association’s Beal Award for outstanding contributions to the pharmacy profession. This award is presented annually to honor a pharmacist who has made continued, outstanding contributions to the advancement of the pharmacy profession.

Kier received his Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from ONU, his Master of Arts in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University, and his Doctor of Philosophy in higher education administration from Bowling Green.

Contributions continue to be accepted for the Kier Fund.

To contribute, please use the enclosed return envelope in the center fold and / or contact Director of Development Scott Wills at s-wills@onu.edu / 419-772-2705

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Kier first joined the pharmacy faculty in 1986 as a visiting clinical instructor. He became an assistant to the dean in 1987 as director of student services for the pharmacy college. He also served in additional administrative capacities as the assistant and associate dean. His roles have included recruiting, advising and counseling students; teaching ethics courses; and developing curriculum.

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THE POOL IS HIS CLASSROOM

Brian Heilbronner came to Ohio Northern from Lorton, Va., to become a pharmacist. It was an extension of his lifelong interest in the pharmaceutical sciences and health care. He wanted to pursue an education that would equip him with the knowledge and skills to help others.

At the same time, he wanted to grow as a student-athlete by swimming competitively.

“I initially considered Ohio Northern University because of its reputable pharmacy and swimming programs,” he says. “I finally chose to attend Ohio Northern because of its strong sense of community and family. From my campus visits, I could tell that everybody here was passionate about being a Polar Bear.”

On campus, Heilbronner found his own passions and kept himself busy. He’s president of Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society and president of the Honors Council. He received the Dean’s Endowed Scholarship Award and was the featured student speaker at the 2015 Honors Day Convocation.

In the pool, he was six-time OAC champion and was named All-OAC twice.

For the past two athletic seasons, he combined his swimming and leadership acumen as head coach of the Ada High School swim team. A continuation of his own swimming career at Ohio Northern, Heilbronner’s coaching tenure began when another Northern pharmacy student, Ryan Siefring, PharmD ’15, had to vacate the position because of his upcoming pharmacy rotations.

fifth-year student for the 2015-16 winter athletic season.”

During those two seasons, the Ada swim team included approximately 20 high school students, evenly split between boys and girls. Heilbronner describes the team’s skill and experience levels as varying widely. Some student-athletes were entirely new to the sport, while others had been swimming since a young age. The individual goals and aspirations of each student-athletes were

“After meeting with the Ada High School athletic director, I was offered and then accepted the position as head coach for the 2014-15 winter athletic season during my fourth year,” he says.

“I decided to continue as head coach the following year as a

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diverse, too. Some of the newer swimmers simply wanted to master the fundamental skills of swimming, whereas some of the more advanced swimmers aspired to become top contenders in the sectional and district tournaments.

“Regardless of the level of experience or each swimmer’s individual goals, all of our student-athletes had a genuine passion for the sport of swimming and representing the Ada Bulldogs,” Heilbronner says.

PHARMACY STUDENT ACTIVITIES student-athlete achieve their goals in at least some capacity throughout the season.”

As a student-athlete, Heilbronner could easily gauge his own success. Shaving a few seconds off his personal-best time, or moving from second place to first, gave him a static way to measure his progress.

But as a coach, he looked at success a bit differently.

“Whether it was mastering a simple swimming technique during a swim practice, overcoming the feelings of nervousness before a swim race during competition, or even qualifying for the district tournament and accomplishing a school record, I considered it my greatest success in helping every

After graduation, Heilbronner wants to practice pharmacy as a clinical pharmacist in a specialty field, although he’s not yet sure what that specific field might be. “Several pharmacy specialty fields that I find interesting include infectious diseases, neurology, psychiatry, oncology and palliative care. In whatever field I choose to practice, I also would like to be involved in academia and teaching in a college of pharmacy.”

He hopes to continue coaching, too, either as an assistant or head coach again. He leans toward the high school level, but he’s also interested in children’s club swimming or collegiate swimming.

It’s just further proof of how the ONU College of Pharmacy works to cultivate and strengthen a lifetime of passions.

Joelle Farano dances in the Choreographers’ Showcase.

Pharmacy Phest was held on Aug. 23, 2016.

Maggie Fuller, a first-year pharmacy student from Naples, Fla., competes in ONU's first ever female Lacrosse team.

Annual Bury the Hatchet Kickball match held between the Engineering and Pharmacy students (students pictured with Dean Martin).

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STUDENT SUCCESSES

John Mostowy, a fifthyear pharmacy student and previous captain of the ONU Tennis Team recorded his 100th career win in 2016. He is the 22nd individual in school history to accomplish this feat.

John exemplifies what it means to be both a successful athlete as well as a student and future professional.

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Heilbronner was closely and actively involved in the development and success of each student-athlete. He created a shared vision and designed a comprehensive training regimen, all while accommodating each student-athlete’s unique situation and experiences to help them maximize their potentials.

Now a sixth-year pharmacy student, Heilbronner has rotations scheduled all over the country. Some are close to campus (Columbus, Ohio), but others will take him to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., and the Indian Health Service in Winslow, Ariz. Just prior to graduation, he will return to Ada and Ohio Northern to complete a rotation in teaching and education.

PHARMACY COMMENCEMENT 2016 The 132nd annual pharmacy commencement was held at Ohio Northern University on May 8, 2016, for 152 graduating students.

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Graduate Katrina (Brand) Kremer, PharmD ’16, hugs her mother Judy Brand of Yorkshire, Ohio.

Kelsi Wurm, PharmD ’16, receives her hood from Dean Steven J. Martin and Andrew Roecker, PharmD ’00, professor of pharmacy practice.

Graduate Amy Hamburg, PharmD ’16, speaks with her sister Megan Schimmoeller and 2-year-old niece Avery Schimmoeller, both of Ottoville, Ohio.

From left, Laura Avino, PharmD ’16, and Melissa Barker, PharmD ’16, applaud after moving their tassels.

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Bree Meinzer, PharmD ’16, walks down the hall before commencement.

DIPLOMAS DURING THE 2016 PHARMACY COMMENCEMENT

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Graduate Samantha Schulte PharmD ’16, speaks to Natalie DiPietro Mager, PharmD ’01, associate professor of pharmacy practice.

Albert Bui, PharmD ’16, receives his degree from ONU President Dan DiBiasio.

Dominique McKee, PharmD ’16, is photographed with Zach Woods, a sixth-year pharmacy student from North Canton, Ohio.

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ALUMNI IN THE NEWS Deirdre “Dee Dee” Myers, BSPh ’83, ONU pharmacy and laboratory instructor, was presented the 2014-15 Albert E. Rosica Jr. Memorial Award by the American College of Apothecaries (ACA) at the College’s 2015 Annual Education Conference in Denver in August 2015. This award, established in memory of Albert E. Rosica Jr., a past president of the ACA, is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to pharmacy education.

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Dr. Chet Kaczor, PharmD ’06, was installed as president of the Ohio Pharmacists Association during its Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio, in April 2016. Kaczor assumed the presidency from another ONU alumnus, Dr. Jeff Bartone, PharmD ’08.

In September 2015, Natalie DiPietro Mager, PharmD ’01, ONU associate professor of pharmacy practice, was named a co-recipient of the William L. Robinson Young Alumni of the Year Award. The award is given each year to individuals who are committed to Ohio Northern University, his/her profession and the community.

DiPietro Mager currently teaches in the areas of public health, pharmacy administration and pharmacy professionalism. Her research interests include the role of the pharmacist in public health and maternal and child health.

Dr. Brittany Long, PharmD ’15, ONU HealthWise resident, and her faculty mentor, Deirdre “Dee Dee” Myers, BSPh ’83, ONU pharmacy and laboratory instructor, were named recipients of the 2016 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Walmart Scholars Program in April 2016. The pair received a $1,000 scholarship to attend the AACP Annual Meeting and the AACP Teachers Seminar in Anaheim, Calif., in July 2016.

Two ONU pharmacy leaders were honored by the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) during its 2016 Annual Conference & Trade Show in April 2016. Dr. Tom Kier, BSPh ’82, associate dean of pharmacy operations, received the Beale Award. Dr. Karen Kier, BSPh ’82, professor of clinical pharmacy, received the Keys Award.

KAPPA PSI 30TH REUNION WOOSTER July 14, 2015 Jeff McCracken, BSPh, BSPh ’81, Jeffrey Carty, BSPh ’71, Paul Cibula, BSPh ’71, Ronald Knoble, BSPh ’71, Tim Hacker, BSPh ’71, Art Marinaro, BSPh ’74, David Baumlein, BSPh ’71, Jim Hay, BSPh ’72, Joseph Lewis, BSPh ’71, Robert Mabe, BSPh ’71, Dave Valasik, BSPh ’71, Jim Barnett, BSPh ’75, Andy Mathis, BSPh ’71, Ronald Smetana, BSPh ’71, Keith Pattison, BSPh ’73, Bill Woodward, BSPh ’62, Eric Ritzman, BSPh ’73, Don Berlin, BSPh ’71.

WADSWORTH Dec. 3, 2015 Robert Hytree, BSPh ’72, Bruce Harbaugh, BSPh ’72, James Keifer, BSPh ’74, Thomas Dietrich, BSPh ’72, David Baumlein, BSPh ’71, Jospeh Lewis, BSPh ’71, Jeffery Carty, BSPh ’71, Keith Pattison, BSPh ’73, Richard Maceyko, BSPh ’72, Paul Cibula, BSPh ’71, Ronald Smetana, BSPh ’71, Eric Ritzman, BSPh ’73, James Pritchard, BSPh ’71, James Hay, BSPh ’72, David Valasik, BSPh ’71, David Hill, BSPh ’71, Robert Mabe, BSPh ’71, James Barnett, BSPh ’75, Forest Stoudt, BSPh ’70, Brian Stoudt, BSPh ’73, Andrew Mathis, BSPh ’71 (Missing from picture: Bruce Kolbe, BSPh ’70, Gerald Ritzman, BSPh ’70, and Al Barber, BSPh ’73)

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ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS

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“It is hoped that some person of the future will be inspired to prepare a glowing account of this College of Pharmacy, its purpose and usefulness.”

— Dr. Charles O. Lee

Tom Gossel, BSPh ’63, dean emeritus, was one of those self-described “wise guys” in high school. He had no particular interest at all in learning about the history of anything.

That mindset began to change when, six months before graduating from high school, he was turned on to the world of pharmacy and decided to pursue a career in that field. His choice was solidified after a visit to ONU’s College of Pharmacy and a meeting with Dean Albert C. “Doc” Smith.

“He made me feel like I was the most important person he had

ever met,” Gossel recalls. “So I quickly decided it was time for me to grow up and try to excel in whatever I tried.”

There was just something special about Smith and the other ONU faculty members.

Gossel still finds it hard to believe that such good people actually existed. He was so humbled to discover that a college could care that much for him, a “genuine loser” in his high school days, that he was determined to straighten himself out.

Enrolling in the College of Pharmacy at Northern, Gossel quickly discovered that his

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personal road down the straight and narrow led directly through Ada, Ohio. He met his future wife, Phyllis (Black), BSEd ’63, on campus, and he continued to learn from dedicated and knowledgeable professors. One, in particular, planted the seeds of a project that would not be fully realized until five decades later.

“There was one very special faculty member, Dr. Charles O. Lee, who taught a required History of Pharmacy course that turned me further toward the right side,” Gossel says.

In the early 1960s, Lee authored a series of articles that detailed the college’s history from its very beginnings. They were

published in The Ampul, and Gossel read them with great interest. “I remember thinking what a wonderful addition these were to the pharmacy literature, especially since ONU played such a major role in pharmacists’ education.”

Gossel saved each of Lee’s history articles and read them again and again during the next several decades. He kept coming back to a specific comment that Lee made in concluding his fifth and final article: “It is hoped that some person of the future will be inspired to prepare a glowing account of this College of Pharmacy, its purpose and usefulness.”

As he neared retirement in the early 2000s, Gossel decided to take Lee up on his offer. He started collecting anything he could find about the history of the College of Pharmacy.

The Remarkable Story of Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy, to be complete.

One day, after dozens of re-writes and everything else that goes with producing a final manuscript, Gossel considered his book, From Then to Now:

From where Gossel sits, with the college’s history so fresh in his mind, one thing stands out as the institution’s greatest success: its consistent success despite its location.

“I wanted to produce a book that spoke to events and people “I had quite a collection of infor- of the time, without concenmation that got me started. I trating on absolute dates and worked on the manuscript off typical trivia found in most and on until about five years ago other history books that would when I started pulling every- turn people off while trying to thing together, a process that make sense of it all. I think I succeeded in this.” took about four to five years.”

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“THERE WAS ONE VERY SPECIAL FACULTY MEMBER, DR. CHARLES O. LEE, WHO TAUGHT A REQUIRED HISTORY OF PHARMACY COURSE THAT TURNED ME FURTHER TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE,” GOSSEL SAYS.

Dr. Charles O. Lee

“Think about it,” Gossel explains.

“The college is not part of a medical center or major hospital, and it is not located in a major city that offers health care services on nearly every corner.

It is all alone, surrounded by cornfields and bean fields and grain-storage silos and pickup trucks and tractors and more tractors.”

Gossel proudly notes that the college has done so much more than merely survive during the last 130 years. It has set the standard for health care education and services, and its graduates find success all over the world.

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Moving the Pharmacy Hall building in 1909.

This success has everything to do with the somewhat surprising dedication of Dean Rudolph H. Raabe, PH G 1910, Hon. D. ’64, and the other pharmacy faculty who decided to stay on during so many of the institution’s rough periods.

Gossel’s eyebrows raised as he researched historical salary data as well as the working conditions of past deans and faculty. “I can truthfully say I don’t know how these individuals survived on the minimal salaries and long hours on the job, without vacation leave, they were faced with. The University went through many tough times, and there just wasn’t enough money coming in to pay decent

from Ohio Northern in 1963, he became a licensed pharmacist and earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology/toxicology from Purdue University. He returned to ONU’s College of Pharmacy in 1972 as an assistant professor of pharmacology and went on to serve for 30 years as a professor, department chair, associate dean, interim dean and, finally, dean.

After such a lengthy and distinguished career, one filled with one achievement after another, Gossel views From Then to Now as one of the best things he’s ever done.

The College of Pharmacy would like to thank the following individuals who generously gave to help underwrite the costs associated with publication of From Then to Now. Peter Apone, BSPh ’77 Bruce Bouts, BSPh ’82 Mark Butler, BSPh ’79 Shawn Eaton, PharmD ’01

The book is dedicated, by the way, to Lee. “Once the project was completed, I was happy to be able to say, ‘Dr. Lee, This one’s for you!’” salaries. But these dedicated men and women loved their college and University, and they loved what they were able to do for their students.”

Gossel’s name would certainly be added to any list of individuals who worked tirelessly for the University. After graduating

For more information about receiving a copy of Dr. Tom Gossel’s From Then to Now: The Remarkable Story of Ohio Northern University’s Raabe College of Pharmacy, please contact Scott Wills, BSBA ’87, senior director of development, at s-wills@onu.edu or 419-772-2705.

Verne Haugen, BSPh ’53 George Hill, BSPh ’74 J. Michael Hoopes, BSPh ’70, and Janet (Ward) Hoopes, BSPh ’70

Phil Oleson, BSPh ’66, and Mary (Monstwil) Oleson, BSPh ’70 Theresa “Tip” Parker, BSPh ’74 Bob Parsons, BSPh ’71 Erv Pierstorf, ’53, Hon. D. ’78 Bill Robinson, BSEd ’61, and Gretchen Robinson

Kathy Karas, BSPh ’75

Todd Sega, PharmD ’11

Rick Keyes, BSPh ’92, and Jennifer (Yerkey) Keyes, BSPh ’92

Michael Storey, PharmD ’10

Paul Kocis, BSPh ’88, PharmD ’03 Ronda (Spencer) Lehman, BSPh ’98 Phil Lettrich, BSPh ’85, and Susan (DiNezza) Lettrich, BSEE ’85 Jim Mannion, BSPh ’76 Steven J. Martin, dean of the College of Pharmacy

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Vaiyapuri Subramaniam, BSPh ’74 Tim Tannert, BSPh ’99, and Amy Tannert Hanley Wheeler, BSPh ’82, and Mary (Murphy) Wheeler, BSPh ’82 Tom Wiechart, BSPh ’81 Scott Wills, BSBA ’87, and Jamie Wills Suzanne Eastman-Wuest, BSPh ’74, and J. Richard Wuest

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“Being able to put this book together was one of the joys of my life, and I did it because I believe so strongly in what ONU and the College of Pharmacy are all about.”

Bob McCurdy, BSPh ’65, and Myrna (Woodward) McCurdy, BSBA ’66

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A LIFE IN PHARMACY PAUL WHITE

After more than half a century in the business, Paul White, BSPh ’66, has seen the world of pharmacy from all angles. He’s worked for chains, and he’s owned and operated his own set of community pharmacies. He’s watched the role of the pharmacist twist and turn as health care in America has changed and evolved. He knows what works and what doesn’t, and he knows how and why to give back to the people in his community.

White’s journey began at Ohio Northern in the early ’60s. He enrolled in the College of Pharmacy without even making a campus visit. Those days, a person’s options for pharmacy school in Ohio were limited, so White figured he may as well go to the best one.

There was no need to shop around.

When he arrived on campus, White did what many others did in that era: He joined a fraternity. “I belonged to Phi Mu Delta. And later on I belonged to Phi Delta Chi when we reactivated that chapter. At that time, fraternities and sororities were pretty much the center of social life.”

He spent his summers working at Schuman Drug Company, a local family drug chain back home in Canton, Ohio. When he graduated

from Northern in 1966, he returned to Schuman to begin his career.

Owning a pharmacy was the last thing on his mind.

“At that time, there were a lot of independent pharmacies, and after working in a chain drugstore, I remember thinking to myself, ‘I’ll never own a drugstore. It’s too much hassle.’”

His thinking would change dramatically in the years to come.

After a decade with Schuman, White received a postcard one day from Medicine Shoppe International, a company seeking franchisees for its chain of pharmacies. Intrigued, White signed a contract to open his own Medicine Shoppe in 1976.

During his first year, White had one part-time employee. The most high-tech piece of equipment in the store was a $50 manual typewriter, which turned out to be a good thing during the infamous Blizzard of ’78.

“I basically worked alone with no power, no light, no heat for three days. But I had a manual typewriter. Back then, you could run a store without power if you had to. It was so cold, and I had so many clothes

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He also shares his expertise by hosting an hour-long, health-related talk-radio show, “Health Matters with the Medicine Center Pharmacy,” during which he welcomes health care professionals from different specialties as guest speakers. The public is invited to submit questions in advance, or call in and talk with these professionals about their areas of expertise.

To offset the cost of the radio show, Medicine Center Pharmacy sought sponsorship from Canton’s Mercy Medical Center. This led to Mercy performing weekly outreach lab work in a Medicine Center Pharmacy.

“Every Tuesday in one of our stores, we’re doing blood testing,” White says. “We do diabetes, cholesterol, A1C, thyroid and two different levels of cholesterol. All the prices are $10 or less. Some are $5. The A1C is $10, a price that is near-impossible to find anywhere.”

It was so cold, and I had so many clothes on, I could hardly move around.

But I filled 70 scripts myself in one day.

That’s the kind of challenge we faced to get to where we are today.”

White reports that these events typically bring about 50 people during a four-hour period. “It certainly is a wonderful service for those individuals who just don’t have insurance.”

White has been active with several organizations in the community, too, such as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the American Cancer Society. He’s also the former president and vice president of the Rotary Club of Canton, from which he received the 2012 Rotarian of the Year Award.

on, I could hardly move around. But I filled 70 scripts myself in one day. That’s the kind of challenge we faced to get to where we are today.”

After weathering storms both real and metaphorical, White now owns five pharmacies in northeast Ohio. He has since left the Medicine Shoppe franchise system, and his four retail stores are known as Medicine Center Pharmacy. His also operates a fifth store, a longterm care pharmacy called Medicine Center Institutional Pharmacy.

All told, Medicine Center has 65 employees, 13 of whom are pharmacists.

His manual typewriter has been replaced with computers and robotics.

“We have two types of robotic units in our stores. One does strip packaging and mini-blisters. And the other one counts the tablets, puts the label on the bottle, caps the bottle and shoots the unit out of the robot.

All we need to do is make several checks before we put the meds out.”

With all the changes, White never lost sight of the need to give back.

Having lived in Canton for his entire life. he’s placed a huge priority on supporting the community. He gives to reading programs in the local school systems, and he helps many of the local sports teams with advertising dollars.

Reflecting his love of pharmacy, White is the chairman emeritus of the Chain Drug Marketing Association, from which he received the Member of the Year Award in 2011. He’s also active in the National Community Pharmacists Association, the American Pharmacists Association and the Ohio Pharmacists Association.

Since graduating, White has returned to Northern’s campus several times, both as a mentor speaking to classes, and as an employer recruiting students to work for his pharmacies. And during each visit, he’s impressed with what he sees. “It’s really different. Ada and Ohio Northern have so dramatically changed from when I was there, I kind of wish I was there now,” he says with a grin.

These in-store labs. Giving back to Northern. His radio show. The one-on-one personal attention he gives to each customer. They’re all reminders of why, as White enters his sixth decade in the business, he started in the first place: “I still think it’s an honorable profession, and there’s a lot more that pharmacists can do. I just don’t want anybody to suffer. I became a pharmacist to help people.”

And that’s just what he’s done.

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In recognition of this commitment to his hometown, the Ohio Pharmacists Association gave White the 2013 Pharmacist Public Relations Award, which is presented annually to honor a pharmacist for continuous service in educating the public on pharmacy-related issues and safe medicine use.

UPDATES FROM ONU HEALTHWISE

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ONU HealthWise PGY1 Residency Program receives grant

Th i s p a st Fe b r u a r y, Oh i o health care setting. ONU Health- experiential teaching in patient Northern University HealthWise Wise is an interdisciplinary team care activities; receive formal residency program received an of pharmacists, nurses, exercise leadership and management American Society of Health- physiologists and nutritionists training; and supervise patient System Pharmacists (ASHP) that serves Hardin County citi- and health care provider educaFoundation Pharmacy Residency zens and the employees and tion through the ONU Drug and Health Information Center. The Expansion Grant for the 2016-17 students of ONU. residents will complete a longiresidency year.

As clinical pharmacists on The grant, totaling $25,000, is t h e t e a m , t h e r e s i d e n t s used to provide financial support provide primary patient care, for the training of an additional i n c l u d i n g m a n a g e m e n t of Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) diabetes mellitus, anticoaguresident. The overarching goal lation, hyperlipidemia, hyperof the ASHP Foundation Phar- tension, smoking cessation macy Residency Expansion and preventive medicine. The Grant Program is to expand the residents are involved in care number of ASHP-accredited transitions for patients recently This year’s ONU HealthWise resiPGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy resi- discharged from hospitals or dents are Bree Meinzer, PharmD dency positions for the 2016-17 long-term care facilities. Addi- ’16, and Colin Frank, PharmD ’16. tionally, ONU HealthWise resitraining year. dents will complete a teaching Meinzer is a 2016 graduate of The PGY1 Pharmacy Practice certificate program, which the Raabe College of Pharmacy.

Residency at ONU HealthWise includes providing small-and She grew up in Ida, Mich., with provides the opportunity to large-group instruction, instruc- her parents, Scott and Wendy, work in an extremely innovative tional and learning theory, and and younger brother, Connor.

tudinal project focused on patient care and present their work at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting as well as the annual Ohio Pharmacy Residency Conference.

2016-17 ONU HEALTHWISE RESIDENTS

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Bree Meinzer

Since her trip to the Dominican Republic, Meinzer has had a strong interest in an ambulatory care pharmacy setting. Because of this, she is very excited to work with ONU HealthWise and the mobile clinic to continue providing care to employees and patients who have limited access. Her main research will focus on increasing immunization rates among employees at Ohio Northern and patients in the mobile clinic. Meinzer currently resides in Findlay, Ohio, with

her husband, Colin, whom she married on June 25, 2016.

Frank is a 2016 graduate of the College of Pharmacy who grew up in Tiffin, Ohio, and attended Tiffin Calvert High School. While a student at ONU, Frank was involved in athletics, academic and service organizations. His athletic interests included club soccer, club ultimate Frisbee, and disc golf.

Ac a d e m i c a l l y, Fra n k wa s involved in the Ohio Society for Health-System Pharmacists (OSHP), the National Community Pharmacy Association (NCPA) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). He also was education chair for the student Personalized Medicine Coalition (sPMC) (an organization advocating the incorporation of pharmacogenomics into patient therapy) and Northern Without Borders.

Frank currently is interested in ambulatory care and rural health.

He is focusing on Colin Frank finding ways to decrease the lack of health services in rural communities. Currently, he is researching how to create a mobile smoking cessation program in Hardin County through the ONU HealthWise mobile health clinic. He also is researching the impact of House Bill 188, which expanded consult agreements to allow pharmacists to perform more patient care services.

Both Meinzer and Frank have recently passed the NAPLEX and MPJE exams and are now registered pharmacists through the Ohio Board of Pharmacy.

They will work alongside two other ONU alumni, Dr. Michael Rush, PharmD ’05, director of ONU HealthWise, and Dr. Amy Fanous, PharmD ’12, director of ONU’s rural mobile health clinic, as they complete their PGY1 residencies with ONU HealthWise.

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While attending Ida High School, she enjoyed playing softball and basketball. She continued her softball career at Northern, where the team went to the Women’s College Softball Championships in 2012. While at Ohio Northern, Meinzer spent her free time as a member in Kappa Epsilon and Rho Chi. She also was vice president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and enjoyed attending The Unit women’s bible study and YoungLife. After her third year, she spent time in the Dominican Republic with Northern Without Borders (a medical mission trip) providing free medical care to patients.

ONU HealthWise encourages alumni, students and employees to contact them to receive accurate, unbiased information to address drug and health-related concerns.

STUDENT OUTREACH STORY

Aaron Salwan Sixth-year pharmacy student from Munroe Falls, Ohio

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My outreach has reinforced the idea that drug addiction is in fact a disease, and I believe it is a disease that can be prevented with proper patient education.

I have a very intense interest in mental health and addiction, partially because I grew up with a psychologist for a dad and a social worker as my mom, but the Central Nervous System module inspired me to pursue outreach activities relating to addiction. Every time the word addiction or opiate or narcan pops up in class, I give my full attention because I know for a fact that pharmacists are underutilized when it comes to mental health and addiction treatments.

With all that I have learned throughout my modules, I knew that I could make a difference using my therapeutic skills and my ability to communicate with patients. My main focus

soon turned to what is known as the worst heroin epidemic that our country has ever seen.

I have friends from high school that have died from heroin overdoses, and have heard so many heartbreaking stories involving this poison. So I got to work.

The majority of my outreach hours came after I created a trifold poster board with facts and figures relating to heroin, prescription opiate drugs, treatment options, and some basic information on addiction and addiction services. Then, on my own, I spoke with the pharmacist at the Rite Aid in Ada, Ohio, and explained to him my goal of increasing opiate and heroin awareness in our community.

He was incredibly encouraging and helpful, and because of that I was able to sit down and present my information to whoever would like to talk.

My experience at Rite Aid was incredibly rewarding. I would sit there with my board for about two to three hours at a time,

BRINGING CLASSROOM KNOWLEDGE TO LIFE mostly just smiling and greeting customers. But every time I was there, I was able to have at least four or five really good conversations about heroin and addiction.

The experiences and conversations that I remember the most, however, are those that I had with parents of addicts. Hearing their stories often brought tears to my eyes, and I was so grateful that they were willing to share.

I realized that I needed to do more for these people stricken with addiction. So I reached out to Dr. Micah Sobota, PharmD ’04, of Coleman Behavioral Health in Lima, Ohio. He provided me with brochures about Coleman and what the center can do when it comes to drug addiction. So now I was able to pass these out to family members dealing with these issues.

I then contacted the local alcohol, drug addiction and mental health board in Findlay, Ohio, and received a Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone) kit. Now, I was able

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to educate family members about Narcan and how to use and obtain a Dawn kit, which includes an intranasal device, a DVD on how to use the kit, and step-by-step instructions.

My experience during outreach opened my eyes as to how many people are affected by opiates in one form or another. My outreach has reinforced the idea that drug addiction is in fact a disease, and I believe it is a disease that can be prevented with proper patient education.

Now that I have completed my required 40 hours of outreach in my interprofessional pharmacy experiences, I realize that I can still help educate the public. So I will continue to demonstrate how to use a DAWN kit and listen to anyone who wants to tell their story for a few hours a week. I started this project on my own, solely so I could get my hours, but now I feel a sense of responsibility to the general public to help win the war against heroin and opiate addiction.

STUDENT ROTATION STORIES Abby Copley

Chuck D’Imperio

Jonathan Harrison

Kyla Hemphill

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Taylor Rhew

STUDENTS HAVE GREAT Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) on their journey to become pharmacists.

Kay Bahrey, sixth-year pharmacy student from Cortland, Ohio Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, Fla.

Joelle Farano, sixth-year pharmacy student from Darien, Ohio U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Washington, D.C.

Hannah Nystrom, sixth-year pharmacy student from Chardon, Ohio Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio

Steven Cole, sixth-year pharmacy student from Fairport, N.Y. Grace Cottage Hospitalin Townshend, Vt.

Allison Fye, sixth-year pharmacy student from Reynoldsville, Pa. Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, Fla.

Lauren Von Stein, sixth-year pharmacy student from Redmond, Ore. Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Md.

Jonathan Harrison, sixth-year pharmacy student from Ada, Ohio PharMerica in Wailuku, Hawaii

Paige Waugh, sixth-year pharmacy student from Dublin, Ohio Kaiser Permanente Greeley Medical Offices in Greeley, Colo.

Abby Copley, sixth-year pharmacy student from Gibsonburg, Ohio Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

Chuck D’Imperio, sixth-year pharmacy student from Livonia, N.Y. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

Allie Dolan, sixth-year pharmacy student from Massillon, Ohio Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, Fla. Katie Elsass, sixth-year pharmacy student from Wapakoneta, Ohio Ohio Pharmacists Association in Columbus, Ohio

Kyla Hemphill, a sixth-year pharmacy student from Wooster, Ohio and Taylor Rhew, a sixth-year pharmacy student from Valparaiso, Ind. Wolf Point, Mont.

Shannon Kraus, sixth-year pharmacy student from Pittsburgh, Pa. OhioHealth in Columbus, Ohio Helena Ladd, a sixth-year pharmacy student from Boardman, Ohio Romania, Ohio

Matthew Willoughby, sixth-year pharmacy student from Uniontown, Ohio Winslow Indian Health Care Center in Winslow, Ariz.

Lauren Yates, sixth-year pharmacy student from Riga, Mich.

UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Joelle Farano

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FIDGET BLANKETS With 47.5 million people around the world suffering from dementia, and another 7.7 million new cases diagnosed every year, nearly everyone has been touched by its symptoms in some form.

Because of this prevalence, the Raabe College of Pharmacy’s student chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) has taken a novel approach to behavioral management within the dementia population.

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A SENSORY stimulation OUTREACH program creates heartfelt strategies to REDUCE UNNECESSARY MEDICINAL use among people with DEMENTIA

leads to a reduction in BPSD behaviors, which can decrease the need for the inappropriate use of antipsychotics.

During this discussion, Trautwein talked about ways to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). These symptoms can include agitation, aberrant motor behavior, anxiety, elation, irritability, depression, apathy, disinhibition, delusions, hallucinations, and sleep or appetite changes.

Trautwein then introduced a much safer method to the group: multi-sensory stimulation (MSS). An example of a specific MSS is what’s called a “fidget blanket,” a piece of fabric that contains zippers, pockets, buttons, ribbons, bells and other objects that a patient can manually manipulate.

Designed to fit on a person’s lap, the blanket engages tactile, visual and acoustic senses and may provide sensory stimuli that result in positive behavioral outcomes in patients experiencing BPSD.

Motivated by Trautwein’s talk, Rachel Kerns, PharmD ’16, made a fidget blanket of her own. This led to a University-wide “Fidget Blanket Drive” during Elderly Awareness Week in spring 2015. ONU pharmacy students collected hundreds of items from students, staff and faculty to make fidget blankets for local long-term-care facilities within the state of Ohio, specifically in underserved areas of Hardin and Allen counties.

Trautwein described how antipsychotics are often used to combat BPSD, despite warnings from the Food and Drug Administration regarding side

The theory is that these blankets place fewer demands on a patient’s intellectual abilities, while enhancing his or her residual motor abilities. This

Next came the Sensory Stimulation Committee, a student group led by Brianne Mosley, a fourth-year pharmacy student from Bremen, Ohio. Created to handle the production of the finished blankets, the group and its impressive efforts were

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featured in the June 2016 issue of The Consultant Pharmacist.

Although this project is still ongoing, the students have already learned firsthand about the unique opportunities afforded to consultant pharmacists to play vital roles in interdisciplinary approaches to behavioral management within the dementia population.

The Fidget Blanket Drive generated excitement within the student chapter, and its members are now able to think of alternate ways to treat symptoms in patients diagnosed with dementia who are experiencing BPSD. These outreach efforts also give ONU’s students the opportunity to develop, implement and assess their own senior-focused outreaches and to appreciate the importance of providing individualized patient care.

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effects such as cerebrovascular events, falls, extrapyramidal side effects, arrhythmias and even death.

The students were inspired by an on-campus lecture, “Nonpharmacological Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia,” delivered by Heidi Trautwein, site manager at Marion General Hospital in Marion, Ohio, during a monthly meeting of the ASCP student chapter.

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SIGNIFICANT FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dr. Kelly Shields, associate dean in the College of Pharmacy, completed the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Academic Leadership Fellows Program in July 2016. The yearlong fellowship began in July 2015 and finished with a commencement ceremony at the AACP Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif. In June 2016, Shields was named associate dean of the College of Pharmacy; she oversees academic affairs in addition to other senior leadership responsibilities.

Her previous posts with the college have included serving as director of the Drug and Health Information Center and, for the last five years, as assistant dean and director of student services.

In May 2016, Dr. Yousif Rojeab, associate professor of pharmaceutics, was named Pharmacy Biological Sciences Faculty of the Year. Dr. Karen Kier, BSPh ’82, professor of clinical pharmacy and director of assessment, was named Pharmacy Practice Faculty of the Year. Each year, students in the College of Pharmacy vote for these honors.

Kelly Reilly-Kroustos, associate professor of pharmacy practice, received the 2016 Ohio Pharmacists Association Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award in April 2016. This award recognizes a pharmacist who has graduated in the last 10 years for contributions made to the profession of pharmacy. As a certified dementia practitioner and certified geriatric pharmacist, Reilly-Kroustos is an expert in hospice and palliative care. Additionally, she works as a clinical pharmacist at the Palliative Care Consulting Group in Dublin, Ohio.

Two College of Pharmacy faculty members were voted to the 2016 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists House of Delegates in April 2016. Dr. Mary Ellen Hethcox, director of ONU’s Drug and Health Information Center and assistant professor of pharmacy, was elected junior delegate to serve a twoyear term. Dr. Karen Kier, BSPh ’82, ONU professor of clinical pharmacy and director of assessment, returns as a senior delegate to complete her term.

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In January 2016, Dr. Manoranjan D’Souza, assistant professor of pharmacology pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, was one of 14 recipients of New Investigator Awards as announced by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in January 2016.

His research project, “Brain kappa opioid receptors and aversive effects of nicotine,” investigates the role of kappa opioid receptors in specific brain regions, thus advancing the understanding of the neural circuitry mediating the aversive effects of nicotine and providing a novel target for future smoking-cessation medications.

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“Many students have no idea about research and research techniques prior to joining my laboratory,” he says. “Training students in research techniques is very satisfying, and I believe it helps them enhance their educational experience. Plus, students are always fresh with ideas and can sometimes provide a novel or out-of-the-box approach to existing health problems or experimental challenges.”

D’Souza seeks to identify new targets for future smoking-cessation medications. His research aims to assess the role of brain kappa opioid receptors in nicotine addiction, the role of RGS proteins in nicotine addiction, and the effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure on nicotine addiction.

D’Souza’s research has earned him the AACP New Investigator Award, a Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Fellowship (TRDRP); and an Addiction Research Travel Award and BruceJones Graduate Fellowship from the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research. He also was featured in a recent issue of Academic Pharmacy Now, the news magazine of the American Association of College of Pharmacy.

Needless to say, there is strong incentive to develop smoking-cessation products for the good of the entire planet.

Looking forward, D’Souza plans to create a state-of-the-art drug addiction research laboratory. Through identification of the genetic underpinnings that predispose an individual to drug addiction, he hopes to establish targets that can be used to develop better tobacco cessation medications in the future. He will share his findings with the community to educate them on drug addiction and prevention.

Many such products already exist. Most of them work by targeting nicotinic receptors in the brain. Unfortunately, not all smokers effectively respond to these medications, and many of those who quit eventually relapse. Additional research on brain mechanisms and new targets for smoking cessation medications are absolutely necessary.

And that’s where Dr. Manoranjan D’Souza, assistant professor of pharmacology, comes in.

“Growing up, I knew of family members who struggled with alcohol addiction. Therefore, I was always intrigued by it,” says D’Souza. “It’s this intrigue and challenge in the study of drug addiction that provide me with the motivation to conduct my research.”

An ONU faculty member since 2013, D’Souza focuses his research on identifying the neural mechanisms underlying drug addiction.

The goal of his lab is to create awareness while training pharmacy students about nicotine and drug abuse research.

“The plan to develop a state-of the art laboratory involves publishing my research in respected peer-reviewed journals and writing grant proposals to foundations and governmental organizations to fund my research,” he says. “Increased funding will help me purchase equipment and laboratory chemicals to conduct cutting-edge research and enhance the student learning experience.”

While D’Souza states that his fundamental goal is to train students in drug addiction research, he’s also positioned to make a positive impact on all of society. His efforts are absolutely habit-forming.

D’Souza earned his MBBS in medicine and his MD in pharmacology from Mumbai University in India. He earned his Ph.D. in neuropharmacology from the University of Texas at Austin, and he finished a postdoctoral research fellowship in neuropsychopharmacology at the University of California San Diego.

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Around the world, 1 billion people smoke cigarettes. Half of them will eventually die because of it. Every year, tobacco causes the deaths of 6 million people. This includes not only 5 million smokers, but also 600,000 non-smokers who have been exposed to second-hand smoke. If things continue unchecked, the American Cancer Society estimates that, by 2030, 8 million will die each year because of tobacco use.

YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN THANK YOU TO THE 2016 PHARMACY GOLF OUTING PARTICIPANTS: Jeff Allison, BSPh ’71, PharmD ’95

Mike Michelsen, BSPh ’73

Jim Reiselman

Brandon Baird

Kevin Mitchell, BSPh ’89

Jerry Ritzman, BSPh ’70

Marcus Barr

Ron Mundziak, BSPh ’82

Eric Ritzman, BSPh ’73

Rich Bensman

Matt Mustaine

Andy Roecker, PharmD ’00

Mark BonDurant, BSPh ’78

Jeff Muszynski

Boyd Rorabaugh

Jason Briscoe, PharmD ’01

John Navin

Mike Rush, PharmD ’05

Katerina Bryan

Jeff Nichols

Luke Sargent, PharmD ’02

Thomas Nichols, fifth-year pharmacy student

John Saunier, BSPh ’90

Chance Charette

Pat Gayetsky, sixth-year pharmacy student

Randy Cox

Todd Grundrum

Mark Niederkohr, BSPh ’82

Bimal Dassani, BSPh ’82

Angie Guinn, BSPh ’00

Cindy (Hinkle) O’Bryant, BSPh ’94

Kelly Sheridan, sixth-year pharmacy student

Nick Depeel

Jim Hay, BSPh ’72

Dean Paul

Cameron Van Dyke, BSPh ’96

Vince DiMaggio, BSPh ’79

Jim Heisel, PharmD ’11, JD ’11

Scott Pope, PharmD ’01

Tom Wiechart, BSPh ’81

Mark Doerr, BSPh ’96

Mark Hester

Mike Purdy

Chris Dolfi, BSPh ’01

Tom Hildebrand

Greg Ream, BSPh ’83

Zach Woods, sixth-year pharmacy student

Michele Durand

Larry Hildebrand, BSPh ’77

Patty (Schott) Ream, BSPh ’83

Mark Fada, BSPh ’03

Tristan Hill

Amy Fanous, PharmD ’12

Jeff Holycross, BSPh ’78

Mike Faul

Bryan Hutcheson

Dan Flynn

Keith Jacobs, PharmD ’02

Les Foster, BSPh ’78

Mike James, BSPh ’92

Colin Frank, PharmD ’16

John Johnson, BSPh ’65

Joel Gause, PharmD ’13

Mike Kitz

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Charlie Cather, PharmD ’05

Tom Koskinen, BSPh ’95 Leonard “Bud” Lance, BSPh ’70 Austin Marquart, PharmD ’15 Robbie Mastandrea Vincent Mauro, BSPh ’82 Bob McCurdy, BSPh ’65 Joe Metzger, BSPh ’61

Riley Sember

Andy Young

GET INVOLVED Your donations, time, expertise and feedback all have lasting effects that can be seen and felt within the walls of the college.

High-impact opportunities exist to help the college. You can: • Recommend a student to Ohio Northern University • Mentor a current pharmacy student — we need your leadership!

• Interview incoming pharmacy students for entry into the program • Support the college by making your annual gift Sign up for these opportunities online today at WWW.ONU.EDU/GET_INVOLVED

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THE IRA ROLLOVER OPPORTUNITY AVOID INCOME TAXES AND HELP YOUR RAABE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY! Congress has enacted a permanent extension of the IRA charitable rollover provision. As a result, individuals age 70½ or older can make gifts directly from their IRA to the Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern.

BENEFITS OF AN IRA CHARITABLE ROLLOVER o Avoid taxes on transfers of up to $100,000 from your IRA to Ohio Northern o Satisfy your required minimum distribution for the year o Reduce your taxable income, even if you do not itemize deductions

o Provide much-needed financial support to current and future Polar Bear students!

HOW AN IRA CHARITABLE ROLLOVER GIFT WORKS o Contact your IRA administrator to request that a charitable distribution be transferred to ONU’s Raabe College of Pharmacy o To ensure that gifts are properly recognized and recorded, instruct your IRA administrator to indicate the donor’s name on the check and specify that the gift is an IRA charitable distribution o Send your check to Raabe College of Pharmacy Attn: Scott Wills 525 S Main St Ada, OH 45810 CONTACT US If you have any questions about an IRA charitable rollover gift, please contact Scott Wills, BSBA ’87, senior director of development, at s-wills@onu.edu, 419-772-2705 (office) or 419-402-9828 (cell).

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o Make a gift that is not subject to the 50 percent deduction limits on charitable gifts

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BEN ARONSON

Ben Aronson, assistant professor of social and administrative pharmacy, earned his PharmD and Ph.D. (in social and administrative policy) from the University of Minnesota. His research experience includes the Maawaji’ idi-oog mino-ayaawin (Gathering for Health), which investigates how stressful experiences relate to diabetes-related

KYLE PARKER

Kyle Parker, BSPh ’93, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, earned a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from Ohio Northern University and an MBA from Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Ky. He has served as an adjunct professor at ONU

health problems in indigenous communities; the impact of medication knowledge on adherence to hormonal contraceptives among female college students; and the effectiveness of MTM in treating long-haul drivers with hypertension. Prior to joining the ONU College of Pharmacy, Aronson worked as a pharmacist at St. Luke’s Hospital Pharmacy in Duluth, Minn. He is member of AcademyHealth, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Pharmacists Association, the American Public Health Association, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

since September 2014. Prior to this, he was assistant director of pharmacy-finance at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center and executive director of the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy. Parker has taught state and federal pharmacy law to students at Ohio Northern, Cedarville, and North East Ohio Medical University, and he has conducted multiple presentations at state and national conferences regarding state and federal regulatory issues. He is a member of the National Association of Board of Pharmacy.

Steve Martin, Dean of College of Pharmacy, PharmD, BS Pharmacy – Ferris State University, Fellowship – University of Illinois at Chicago Sheila Coressel, director of student affairs, BS Accounting – Akron, MS Counseling and Student Personnel – Oklahoma State, Ph.D. Higher Adult and Lifelong Education – Michigan State University.

Kelly M. Shields, Assistant Dean Pharmacy Practice, PharmD – Butler University, Fellowship – University of Missouri – Kansas City Scott Wills, senior director of development, BSBA – Ohio Northern University, MBA – Ashland University

FACULTY DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Dr. Mark E. Olah, Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Associate Professor of Pharmacology Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, BS Pharmacy – Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Ph.D. – Ohio State University, Post-doctoral – Duke University Medical Center Dr. Jeffrey Christoff, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Science, BS Pharmacy – Duquesne University, Ph.D. – Ohio State University Dr. Manoranjan D’Souza, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, M.D. – University of Mumbai, Ph.D. – University of Texas at Austin, Postdoctoral Fellowship University of California San Diego Dr. David Kinder, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, BS – Purdue University, MS - Indiana University, Ph.D. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Dr. David Koh, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, BS Biology – Centre College, BS Pharmacy, Ph.D. – University of Kentucky, Postdoctoral Fellowship – M.D. Johns Hopkins, University School of Medicine Dr. Tarek Mahfouz, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, BS – Cario University, MS - West Texas A&M University, Ph.D. - University of Houston Dr. Yousif Rojeab, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, BS – Jordan University of Science and Technology, Ph.D. – University of Houston Dr. Boyd Rorabaugh, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, BS – Mount Vernon Nazarene University, MS – Bowling Green State University, Ph.D. – Creighton University, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Lerner Research

Dr. Amy Stockert, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, BS, MS – Indiana-Purdue at Fort Wayne, Ph.D. – Ohio State University

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE Dr. Andrew M. Roecker, Chair of Pharmacy Practice Dept., Professor of Pharmacy Practice, PharmD, Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy – Ohio Northern University Dr. Eyob Adane, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, B.Pharm, Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy, MS – Addis Ababa University, Ph.D. – University of Kentucky Dr. Jeffery C. Allison, Professor of Pharmacy Practice, BS, Doctor of Pharmacy – Ohio Northern University

Dr. Karen L. Kier, Director of Assessment, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, BS – Ohio Northern University MS, Ph.D. – Ohio State University, ASHP Accredited Residency – Grant Medical Center, Advanced Specialty Residency – University of North Carolina Dr. Jennie Kline Grundey, Associate Director of Experiential Program, PharmD – Ohio Northern University Dr. Kelly Reilly Kroustos, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, BS – Ohio Dominican University, PharmD, Ambulatory Care Residency – Ohio State University

Dr. Michelle Musser, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, BS – Ashland University, PharmD – Ohio State University, PGY-1 Residency – Ohio Northern University Deirdre L. Myers, Pharmaceutics Laboratory Instructor, Pharmacy Instructor, BS – Ohio Northern University Dr. Pat Parteleno, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Director of Experiential Education, BS, PharmD – Ohio Northern University Dr. Lindsey Peters, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, PharmD – University of Cincinnati PGY-1 Residency – Grandview Medical Center, Pharmacy Practice Residency Teaching Certificate – Ohio Northern University Dr. Erin Petersen, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, PharmD – Ohio Northern University, PGY-1 Residency – Blanchard Valley Medical Associates Dr. Michael Rush, Director, ONU HealthWise, PharmD, Pharmacy Practice Residency – Ohio Northern University

PHARMACY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS Bruce Bouts, BSPh ’82 General Internist Blanchard Valley Medical Associates Inc. Findlay, Ohio Jason Briscoe, PharmD ’01 Director, Pharmacy Operations Discount Drug Mart Medina, Ohio Mark Butler , BSPh ’79 Chief, Pharmacy Service Dayton VA Medical Center Dayton, Ohio Kelli Duprey, BSPh ’89 Senior Vice President, Primary Care Franchise Boehringer Ingelheim Ridgefield, Ct. Shawn Eaton, PharmD ’01 Regional Sales Manager CVS Caremark Twinsburg, Ohio Kathy Karas, BA, BSPh ’75 Staff Pharmacist Acme Akron, Ohio

Paul T. Kocis, BSPh ’88, PharmD ’03 Staff Clinical Pharmacist, Anticoagulation Clinic Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University Hershey, Pa. Ronda K. Lehman, BSPh ’98 Chief Operating Officer St. Rita’s Professional Services Lima, Ohio Phillip Lettrich, BSPh ’85 Channel Manager First Databank Inc. Kirtland, Ohio Theresa “Tip” Parker, BSPh ’74 Director of Trade Relations & Pharmacy Operations, Retired Abbott PPD Bonita Springs, Fla. Robert “Bob” Parsons, BSPh ’71 Executive Vice President Ohio Society of Health-System Pharmacists Marietta, Ohio Todd Sega, PharmD ’11 Manager of Payer Relations Pharmacy Quality Solutions Inc. Durham, N.C.

Megan Keller, PharmD ’11 Director, Clinical Pharmacy Services Doctors Hospital Family Practice Michael Storey, PharmD ’10 Pharmacy Manager, Grove City, Ohio Acute Medicine Nationwide Children’s Hospital Richard Keyes, BSPh ’92 President Columbus, Ohio Meijer Inc. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Suzanne Eastman Wuest, BSPh ’74 Clinical Senior Director of Adheris Health Cincinnati, Ohio

Dr. Kristen Finley Sobota, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Doctor of Pharmacy – West Virginia University, Pharmacy Practice Residency and Teaching Certificate – Ohio State University

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Dr. Mary Ellen Hethcox, Director of Drug Information and Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, BS – University of Rhode Island, PharmD – Virginia Commonwealth University

Dr. Natalie DiPietro Mager, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, PharmD – Ohio Northern University, MS Public Health – Indiana University-Indianapolis, Visiting Scientist Fellowship Program in Women’s Health – Eli Lilly & Co.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING PHARMACY EVENTS: THE 2017 SEBOK PHARMACY LECTURE FEB. 16, 2017

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