The Pharmacist - Fall 2023

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It Is What We Do

BY DEAN GLEN SCHUMOCK

Welcome to the latest issue of The Pharmacist—the magazine of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy that has been published since 1868! You will find this issue packed with news, stories, and highlights that occurred from the end of the spring semester through the summer. This includes the Spring 2023 Honors Convocation and Commencement Ceremonies. Our Commencement featured Miriam A. Mobley Smith, a UIC Pharmacy alumna (PharmD ’95) and former faculty member. Dr. Mobley Smith, who is currently interim dean at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, gave a rousing send-off for the nearly 200 students who graduated on May 4 with the PharmD, master’s, and/or PhD degrees.

And we are already welcoming the new crop of PharmD and graduate students. Our new (P1) PharmD class of 150 students hails from 16 different U.S. states/territories (73% from Illinois). They speak 19 native languages and were born in 17 different countries, and 35% are first-

generation college students. They boast an average GPA of 3.5, and 85% have a prior degree.

The cover of this issue highlights one of the great strengths of the research programs at the college— antibiotic drug discovery. You will read in the pages that follow about some of the groundbreaking work that is occurring here that spans many areas of pharmaceutical and pharmacy-related research. This research, and the impact of it, is what keeps the UIC College of Pharmacy among the top schools attracting funding from the NIH and other sponsors for research. We are again ranked #7 in the country by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy based on total

The research programs for the college bring talented faculty from around the world to work here. Those faculty teach in our classrooms, and our students benefit by learning from folks that are on the cutting-edge of pharmaceutical science. But the success of our students is a

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group effort. Another key component is our alumni and partners who provide opportunities, mentorship, and support. Alumni who give back to the next generation of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists—like Jim Mowry (BS ’77) and Judi Jacobi Mowry. You can read about the Mowry’s “Legacy of Giving” here. The couple, who are both leaders in their respective areas of pharmacy, exemplify what it means to “give back” through professional engagement, volunteerism, and in financial support.

The pursuit of excellence in pharmacy education, pharmaceutical research, and professional and patient-care pharmacy service—it is what drives everything we do. The results—alumni who are leaders in their fields, who are engaged, and who support the next generation; discoveries and innovations in drug therapy and practice that advance science and improve health; and the delivery of compassionate care and pharmaceutical services that improves lives. The UIC College of Pharmacy.

Continuing Education Opportunities

The University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy Office of Continuing Education and Meeting Services (OCEMS) offers continuing education courses for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmaceutical representatives. We have also partnered with the College of Medicine and UI Health to offer a new REMS academic detailing program. See below for more information.

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CE PROGRAMS

10+ ACPE-approved pharmacy technician continuing education programs are available. For more information, please visit go.uic.edu/PharmTechCE

PHARMACIST CE PROGRAMS

30+ ACPE-approved pharmacist continuing education programs are available. For more information, please visit go.uic.edu/PharmacistCE

SPECIALTY PHARMACY PROGRAMS

Please visit go.uic.edu/SpecialtyPharm for our new specialty pharmacy programs.

PHARMACEUTICAL REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAMS

Pharmaceutical representative continuing education programs are available for the City of Chicago and the State of Oregon. For more information, please visit go.uic.edu/PharmRepCE.

UIC OPIOID ANALGESICS REMS PROGRAM

The program includes 15–20 minute academic detailing virtual visits (each program is approved for 0.5 contact hours of CPE/CME/CNE). Fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) education requirement by the FDA and meets DEA requirements for opioid education. For more information, please visit academicdetail .pharmacy.uic.edu

ILLINOIS TRANSPLANT PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION (ITPA) SYMPOSIUM

Please join us for the 6th annual Illinois Transplant Pharmacists Association (ITPA) Symposium to be held at the UIC College of Pharmacy on Saturday, September 16, 2023. For more information and to register, please visit itpasymposium.uic.edu

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Dr. MELISSA BADOWSKI was appointed to serve on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents.

Drs. ZACKERY BULMAN and TOM GAO were named UIC Rising Stars by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the Office of Technology Management. The award recognizes the efforts of individuals who promote continued excellence in research. Dr. Bulman was recognized for his contributions to clinical science and Dr. Gao for his contributions to basic life science.

Dr. ERIN CARSON was voted Preceptor of the Year by the pharmacy residents at UW Health.

JULIANA CHAN , was awarded the Faculty Mentor Award at the 20222023 Chicago Schweitzer Fellows Program.

Dr. ALESSANDRA EUSTAQUIO has been named to the Natural Product Reports editorial board.

A novel Covid-19 drug codeveloped by the UIC COLLEGE OF PHARMACY and the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA R. KEN COIT COLLEGE OF PHARMACY has been exclusively licensed to Sunshine Biopharma to take the technology forward for further development.

Dr. KERI KIM was commended by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for her outstanding work as an author of the Critical Care Self-Assessment Program.

Dr. TOM GAO was awarded a Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative or CTRI Award, which helps prepare early-stage projects for licensing and startup opportunities.

Dr. JEREMY JOKINEN , adjunct faculty member, was recognized by the Drug Information Association with an Americas Inspire Awards Excellence in Service Award.

Dr. TODD LEE was honored by Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences with its 2023 Alumni Achievement Award.

Dr. BRIAN MURPHY

a distinguished lecturer by the American Society for Microbiology. Lecturers speak at local ASM branch meetings throughout the country.

MARIANNE POP professor, and husband Paul, welcomed son John Thomas Pop on April 4, 2023, weighing 7 lbs. 15.7 oz.

KEVIN RYNN Tim King on May 24, 2023.

Dr. KATHRYN SAWYER was awarded the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy New Investigator Award. The award recognizes promising young scientists’ research that will significantly contribute to the global scientific and practice body of knowledge.

Dr. Simon Pickard has been named a university scholar for 2023–2024. The University Scholars Program was created to honor and reward outstanding faculty.

, associate director of development, and husband Joe Betcher welcomed a baby boy. Griffin Robert Betcher was born on February 8, 2023, weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz.

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Dean Emeritus Manasse Honored with Remington Medal at APhA Annual Meeting

Dr. Henri Manasse, professor and dean emeritus of the UIC College of Pharmacy, was awarded the 2023 American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Remington Honor Medal, one of the highest honors in the field of pharmacy, for a lifetime of achievements in advancing the profession of pharmacy and pharmacy education.

Among many other accomplishments, Manasse is a graduate of UIC (BS Pharm) and served as dean of the college for 12 years. He was honored at the APhA annual meeting in Phoenix in March 2023, where current dean Glen Schumock gave a speech in his honor. Below is an excerpt of Dean Schumock’s remarks:

“Henri Manase was appointed acting dean of the UIC College of Pharmacy in 1980 when he was only 33 years old. At that time, the university trustees said he was too young to be a permanent dean; he had to wait until he was 35 for that.

“Henri’s time as dean was one of turmoil and change in both the university and the profession of pharmacy. Like any good visionary, Henri saw opportunity in that turmoil, and he expanded the role of the college in

the operations of pharmacy services and expansion of clinical pharmacy programs.

“Henri was a leader in establishing the entry-level PharmD degree in the 1980s. An extremely controversial move at the time, he and others faced intense opposition. He convinced not only college faculty and state organizations, but the Board of Trustees of the university, to make UIC and early adopter on the PharmD program—which enrolled its first class in 1984.

“In preparation for the conversion to the PharmD program, Henri implemented what was called the CCO Program or Continuing Curriculum Option. This was a nontraditional, postbachelor’s program to grant the PharmD degree to practicing pharmacists. What made the program unique was that it was self-directed and largely ‘online’ before the internet. It was also based on seminal research Henri had done as a faculty member—the ‘Investigational Program for Self-Directed Education Study.’

“Henri left the deanship in 1992 to become the university’s interim vice chancellor for health affairs and later moved to the University of Iowa in that same role. The programs and legacy he built at Illinois have continued and grown.

“Henri returned to the college in 2012, and he remains one of our most enthusiastic faculty. For the past 10 years, he has given lectures, mentored students in independent study every semester, and served on committees. I am personally very fortunate to have him available whenever I need advice or to get a historical perspective on whatever I am working on.

“On behalf of all of the faculty, students, and staff of the UIC College of Pharmacy, I want to wish Henri congratulations on this well-deserved, overdue recognition.”

ABOUT THE REMINGTON HONOR MEDAL

The Remington Honor Medal, which is the pharmacy profession’s most prestigious award, was established in 1918 to recognize distinguished service on behalf of American pharmacy during the preceding year, culminating in the past year, or during a long period of outstanding activity or fruitful achievement. It was created by what was then the APhA New York Chapter in honor of Joseph P. Remington (1847–1918), eminent community pharmacist, manufacturer, and educator.

Dean Manasse at his desk, on the cover of the college newsletter in 1991

Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) Pharmacy Leadership Society awarded the Student Leader of the Year to P3 ALEXA ABRENILLA and the P1 Leader of Year to FOLA AROWORA

MARGARET AFOLABI , P3, has been selected as a scholar to participate in the 2023 Scientist and Mentoring Diversity Program for Biotechnology (SMDP Biotech) with ICPD Programs!

Student pharmacist JULIANNA ESTREMERA started a pharmacy podcast as part of her independent study course. Scan the QR code here to listen to “Becoming THAT Pharmacist.”

Student pharmacists NGOZI IHEMESON and GUNJAN PATEL were each awarded a Pharmacists Mutual Community Scholarship. Awardees must plan to practice in a community pharmacy or an underserved geographic or cultural community.

Student pharmacist MASHAL JIWANI represented the college at the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists National Patient Counseling Competition as a top 10 finalist.

PhD student DAHEE JUNG ’s picture titled “Immunological Boot Camp: Firing Up Antitumor Immunity” was named an honorable mention in UIC's Images of

Research competition. According to Jung, the image represents “the dye-conjugated CD40 antibody distribution in the mouse lymph node after the subcutaneous injection.”

ROCÍO RIVERA RODRÍGUEZ , a PhD candidate in pharmaceutical sciences, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Awardees are selected by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Program, which considers leadership potential, academic and professional achievement, and service record.

Student pharmacist GABRIEL TANKERSLEY won the Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacy's Spring 2023 Patient Case Competition.

UIC Kappa Psi Chapter Hosts Province Assembly

The UIC Kappa Psi chapter hosted the group’s Province Assembly on the Rockford campus. Groups from Florida, Missouri, and Kansas were represented, as well as groups at Roosevelt University College of Science, Health and Pharmacy and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.

UIC Pharmacy Research Team Helps Discover New Treatment Approach for Deadly Parasitic Disease

SCHISTOSOMIASIS AFFECTS AN ESTIMATED 250 MILLION PEOPLE

A team of UIC College of Pharmacy scientists along with their collaborators at Rush University, the University of L’Aquila, the University of Grenoble Alpes, and University of Arizona have discovered a novel approach for the treatment of schistosomiasis, which is considered the second most socially and economically devastating parasitic disease after malaria. Caused by a parasitic flatworm ), the disease affects an estimated 250 million people in over 70 countries. infections are a WHO-recognized risk factor

pulmonary arterial hypertension,

IN SEARCH OF A NEW, EFFECTIVE CURE

The only drug currently available to treat schistosomiasis, praziquantel, has a relatively low cure rate (often less than 50%), doesn’t prevent reinfection, and is ineffective against juvenile parasites. There is also growing evidence that the Schistosoma are evolving resistance to the drug, with little progress in developing new vaccines or drugs.

In a new paper in Nature Communications, the team of scientists outline a promising new treatment that targets a specific enzyme (thioredoxin glutathione reductase) essential for the parasite’s survival inside the human host. The UIC authors include Pavel Petukhov, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, Bikash Dangi, Vamshirishna Gone, Luke N. M. Harding, Dejan S. Nikolic, and Valentina Petukhova.

Pavel Petukhov

Research Day

NOVEMBER 10

CALL FOR POSTER JUDGES

We are seeking judges for our annual poster competition, without whom we would not be able to hold this event. If you are willing to judge, RSVP to Dr. Lindsey McQuade (lmcquade@uic.edu) by Friday, October 27, 2023.

POSTER SESSIONS

College of Pharmacy

DONALD F. STEINER PROFESSOR DEPARTMENTS OF MEDICINE, MICROBIOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

10:30–11:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.

For more information, please visit researchday .pharmacy.uic.edu or contact lmcquade@uic .edu with any questions.

OUR THANKS TO THIS YEAR’S SPONSORS

DIRECTOR, DUCHOSSOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE;

legacy of giving

JIM MOWRY, BS ’77, AND JUDI JACOBI MOWRY have spent their lives shaping the careers of future pharmacists.

Today, they are shaping the future of the profession with their selfless generosity in establishing two gifts to the UIC College of Pharmacy.

The UIC Pharmacy Mowry-Jacobi Clinical Toxicology Fund will support clinical toxicology efforts within pharmacy. The fund will promote careers and enhance research and knowledge in the field. This could include, but not be limited to, student education and training activities; postgraduate training; faculty and student research, scholarship, or travel; and special lectureships or symposia in the college.

The Mowry-Jacobi Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner Scholarship Fund supports PharmD students with preference for students with an interest in pursuing a position in the hospital setting with a focus on either critical care or emergency medicine/toxicology.

The UIC College of Pharmacy owes much of its reputation as a top-ranked institution to the successful alumni and benevolent supporters on which its legacy has been built, and Jim and Judi are a prime example of such ardent champions. Now retired from their pharmacy careers, the Mowrys are self-confessed, lifelong philanthropists who not only made countless contributions to the field during their careers but have made it their continued mission to positively impact future generations of practitioners.

One could say that Jim’s path to UIC–and even his own career in toxicology–was directed by happenstance. Originally from Carbondale, Jim had planned to attend the University of Colorado to pursue his BS in pharmacy. At the last minute, Colorado decided not to admit any out-of-state students, and the pressure was on to find a program whose deadline hadn’t yet passed.

“I had just a week to get an app in [to UIC], so my dad and I got on the train and hand-delivered my application,” Jim recalls.

Judi, on the other hand, has pharmacy in her blood. Her pharmacist grandfather owned what she calls “the classic

little corner store” in the Milwaukee area. She spent her high school summers working for a local retail pharmacy and went on to complete her BS at Purdue, followed by Doctor of Pharmacy training at the University of Minnesota–where Jim earned his PharmD two years prior.

After Minnesota, Jim was set to return to Chicago for a position at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

“As it seems to be with my career,” says Jim, “that job fell through about a month before I was supposed to start.” So, when he got wind that a friend was doing a toxicology residency at the University of Tennessee, Jim interviewed and landed a spot.

Meanwhile, after Minnesota, Judi joined the Ohio State University as one of its first residents in critical care pharmacy before securing a position at a central Indiana hospital and eventually ending up at Methodist Hospital of Indiana in Indianapolis, where she spent the last 24 years of her practice. She also served as adjunct faculty for Purdue and Butler Universities. During her career, she established the Methodist Hospital/Indiana University Health critical care pharmacy residency, through which she trained 18 residents.

The UIC College of Pharmacy owes much of its reputation as a topranked institution to the successful alumni and benevolent supporters .

Jim and his wife Judi are a prime example of such ardent champions.

With a tip from Judi, Jim became director of the Indiana Poison Center, also volunteering as adjunct faculty at Purdue University, Butler University, and the Indiana University of School of Medicine.

“In addition to running the Indiana Poison Center, I was a bedside toxicologist,” Jim explains. “It was pretty much the wild west back then–not many physician toxicologists. Eventually, we developed a medical toxicology consulting service in the Academic Health Center hospitals in addition to overseeing the thousands of calls managed by the poison center.”

As director of the Indiana Poison Center, he developed a clinical toxicology rotation for pharmacy students and participated in a medical toxicology fellowship with his physician colleagues, through which he’s trained 18 physician fellows in toxicology and facilitated clinical toxicology training for innumerable pharmacy students and medical residents since he began his career in 1982–which is the year he and Judi married and made their home in Lebanon, Indiana, halfway between Indianapolis and Lafayette.

Beyond their career accomplishments, Jim might be understating when he says, “We’ve always been very involved in giving back to our profession.”

A past president of the American Board of Applied Toxicology, he also served on boards for the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology as well as the American Association of Poison Control Centers and continues to volunteer for them. Judi is a past president of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the Society of Critical Care Medicine and was an engaged member of other organizations.

Considering their professional activities, it seems fitting that the two met–despite both attending the same school–at an ASHP Midyear Meeting in San Francisco.

“We both ended up a long way from those little corner stores,” Judi comments.

When considering their legacy, the couple decided that they wanted to support the training of changemakers in the profession.

BY JESSICA CANLAS

“Comprehensive medication management” is the model I tried to follow,” says Judi. “It put me, as the pharmacist, in charge of all medications–picking the right drug, monitoring its use and determining when it’s no longer needed. That was my approach, and that’s how we trained our students.”

Jim and Judi both feel, however, that today’s retail model doesn’t adequately prioritize direct patient care.

“Our knowledge of drugs is so much more than anybody else, yet we’re often not in a position to use that to the fullest,” Jim explains, adding that many pharmacists aren’t able to practice to the top of their license.

FY 22 IMPACT REPORT revenue and expenses

Congratulations to the 200 members of the UIC College of Pharmacy

Class of 2023! Special thanks to our commencement speaker, Dr. Miriam Mobley Smith, PharmD 1995, FASHP, interim dean at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, as well as our Golden Graduate (Class of 1973) Dr. Francis Schlemmer, who administered the Oath of a Pharmacist to the graduating PharmD students at the May 4 ceremony.

Watch the livestream of the May 4 ceremony at go.uic.edu/pharmacy23

VALEDICTORIANS (PHARMD)

Kevin Cheng

Abigail Greenwood

Eunice Kim

Rosa Macrito

Bansari Modhera

Joseph Pera

Murrah Sabouni

Nicole Szydlowski

2023 AWARD WINNERS

Golden Apple Award

Brad Bartels, PharmD

Internal Preceptor of the Year

Hailey Soni, PharmD, BCPS

External Preceptor of the Year

Vince Soriano, PharmD 2015, BCPS, BCCCP

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR GRADUATES!

HONORS CONVOCATION

In April, the college celebrated Honors Convocation at both campuses. Eighty-five scholarships (including four new scholarships) were awarded to 156 deserving recipients, totaling over $200,000 in support.

Congratulations to all awardees, and thank you to our generous donors!

BY LAURA HAYES

UIC PHARMACY IS #7 IN 2023 NATIONAL RESEARCH RANKINGS

In the past fiscal year, the college received a record $27.8 million in research awards

UIC College of Pharmacy remains at #7 out of 113 pharmacy colleges in the most recent American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) rankings for total research funding.

For the past federal fiscal year (October 1, 2021–September 30, 2022), the college received a record $27.8 million, an increase of over $3 million from last year. Of the $27.8 million, $22.3 million came from NIH grants.

“Research is a unique facet of what we do at the UIC College of Pharmacy that really sets us apart from other programs,” says professor and associate dean for research Joanna Burdette. “We continue to demonstrate our research excellence with this top 10 recognition.”

The $27.8 million was distributed among 72 funded investigators in the college. Here are some highlights of grants funded within the college for the past fiscal year.

PAX8 as a Drug Target for High-Grade Serious Cancer

JOANNA BURDETTE

Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

DOD OCRP Grant

The goal is to investigate PAX8 to determine if it increases the density and stiffness of tumors, which blocks immune cell infiltration, and see if small molecules that reduce PAX8 expression could serve as potential new therapies for ovarian cancer.

Deciphering Mechanisms of Listeria Placental-Fetal Invasion

NANCY FREITAG

Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

NIH R01 Grant (NIAID)

Brief sedation with propofol, the most commonly used drug for anesthetic induction, has been reported to dramatically increase susceptibility to microbial infection. This project seeks to better define the impact of propofol sedation on respiratory disease caused by the Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae, a serious global threat due to its ability to develop resistance to antibiotics. Experiments will clarify the impact of propofol on host immunity and resistance to infection and will provide valuable and important information regarding the impact of sedation on respiratory disease outcome and prognosis.

Synthesis and Evaluation of Alkaloids to Probe Membrane Receptors

ANDREW RILEY

Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

NIH R35 Grant (NIGMS)

By modulating the activity of ligand gated ion channels (LGICs) and G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), complex natural products have the potential to reveal critical insight into the function of these therapeutically important membrane receptors. This proposal investigates the synthesis and evaluation of two classes of natural products and their development into new chemical tools to investigate LGIC and GPCR pharmacology. By providing new directions to rationally design small molecules that engage their receptors targets, the results from this research will ultimately lead to safer, more effective medicines.

Addressing Barriers to Racial Health

Equity in the Pharmacy Profession

STEPHANIE Y. CRAWFORD

Professor, Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy

AACP

The project will identify and analyze data, policies, accreditation standards, and laws related to pharmacy school admissions, enrollment, academics, and financial aid, including loan repayment programs, and how they impact black students.

Implementing a Multidisciplinary, Pharmacy-Driven Addiction Consult Team (IMPACT) program

JENNIFER B. JARRETT

Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice

Illinios Department of Health & Human Services

The primary goal of the IMPACT program will be to develop and implement a multidisciplinary addiction consult team to provide comprehensive screening, evaluation, and treatment, including medicationassisted recovery (MAR), for patients with substance use disorder (SUD) while admitted to the hospital. Most adult and pediatric patients served through our health systems settings experience a range of health disparities, including high rates of SUDs and cooccurring SUD and mental health disorders. A coordinated effort to adequately respond to these health disparities depends upon the universal implementation of evidence-based SUD screening and treatment services for patients who we serve in the inpatient setting with successful coordination of services for longitudinal care upon discharge.

Defining the Role of Isoprenylated Xanthones from the Mangosteen for Enhancing Degradation of Full-Length and Variant Forms of Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer

JEREMY J. JOHNSON

Professor, Pharmacy Practice

NIH R37 (NCI)

New approaches for treating prostate cancer are needed because many FDA approved drugs can develop resistance in as little as 3–6 months. The project’s long-term goal is to identify dietary and semisynthetic xanthones that may inspire a new class of compounds to prevent and/or treat prostate cancer. A promising natural source of new compounds is the mangosteen fruit, which is rich in xanthones including α-mangostin, gartanin, and others with more than 80 unique xanthones identified.

DAVID BEARDEN , PharmD ’97, was named dean of the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy.

MARTY CALABRESE , PharmD ’15, joined the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to be part of the new Medicare Drug Rebate and Negotiations Group (MDRNG) in the Division of Data Assessment and Analytics.

GREG CALIP, PharmD ’08, started a new position as adjunct associate professor at the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

WEI-HAN “WENDY” CHENG , MS ’14, started a new position as director, Health Economics and Value Assessment Business Partner–Dupixent, at Sanofi.

ANDRE CONAWAY, BS ’74, and JEAN (PIOTROWSKI) CONAWAY, BS ’81, are both retired and enjoy traveling.

LAUREN CUNICO , PharmD ’17, started a new position as pharmacist at Pharmacy Alternatives.

JESS DE JESUS , PharmD ’90, started a new position as president & chief pharmacy officer at Beth Israel Lahey Health Pharmacy, Inc.

CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS , PharmD ’08, was selected as Faculty Preceptor of the Year by the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy Class of 2023.

DE’LASHAWN FISHER , PharmD ’21, started a new position as pharmacy manager at Walmart

BEATRICE FONGE , PharmD ’19, started a new position as pharmacy manager at Target.

ALVIN GODINA , PharmD ’16, started a new position as clinical pharmacy specialist–ambulatory endocrinology at Advocate Aurora Health

LINDA GRIDER , BS ’75, was voted as Professor of the Semester, Spring 2023, by the Class of 2024.

RACHEL HARRINGTON , PhD ’19, started a new role as senior research scientist in health equity at NCQA.

NICOLE (JOHNSON) HEUN , PharmD ’19, started a new position as pharmacist in charge at Hartig Drug.

TAYLOR HOLDER , PharmD ’21, started a new position as clinical pharmacist at UChicago Medicine.

MARIANA IVANYLO , PharmD ’04, obtained a new certification Controlled Substance Management from American Association of Allied Pain Management Professionals

YOKO KAMEI , PharmD ’21, started a new position as associate director, Global Pricing, Reimbursement & Access, at Eli Lilly and Company.

ESTHER KANG , PharmD ’11, joined the Pharmacy Quality Assurance & Patient Safety team at Walgreens.

MYRON LABAN , PharmD ’18, has released a song called “Broken Elevator ” The song was featured on NPR and even appeared on a Vocalo playlist!

CAROLYN (SHARPE) LEONARD , PharmD ’11, started a new position as associate director, Global

Regulatory Strategy, Immunology, at AbbVie.

WAFA MADNI , PharmD ’19, started a new position as pharmacy manager at CVS Health.

HENRI MANASSE , BS ’68, was the invited speaker at the hooding ceremony for the Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy Class of 2023

MARC MCDOWELL , PharmD ’14, started a new position as emergency medicine clinical pharmacist & EM PGY2 residency program director at Advocate Christ Medical Center.

SALLY MEI , PharmD ’21, started a new position as clinical pharmacy specialist–PACT at VA Northern California Health Care System.

MIRIAM MOBLEY SMITH , PharmD ’95, was awarded the ASHP Distinguished Leadership Award from ASHP.

PATRICK NDUNGU , PharmD ’21, had an article published in the journal Clinical and Translational Science titled, “An Evaluation of Adverse Drug Reactions and Outcomes Attributed to Kratom in the U S Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System from January 2004 through September 2021.”

KIM NGUYEN , PharmD ’19, started a new position as district support pharmacy leader at CVS Health.

RACHEL (CZUBAK) O’KOREN , PharmD ’02, was inducted into the Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society for Business Administration and Management and the Golden

Myron Laban

Key International Honour Society for my her academic achievements.

HENRY OKOROIKE , PharmD ’20, is now a board-certified cardiology pharmacist (BCCP).

ARTURO ORTEGA JR , PharmD ’13, started a new position as pharmacist at Supercare Pharmacy.

JENNY PARK , PharmD ’20, was promoted to associate director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, at Horizon.

KRIPA PATEL , PharmD ’16, started a new position as associate medical science liaison at AstraZeneca.

RINA PATEL , PharmD ’17, started a new position as safety evaluator at the FDA.

TOM POZNANSKI , PharmD ’22, started a new position as senior scientific manager, US Medical Affairs–Rheumatology, at AbbVie.

RENE (WILLIAMS) RABAZA , PharmD ’17, was promoted to associate director, Regulatory Affairs US Advertising and Promotion, at AbbVie

NICOLE SALATA , PharmD ’10, started a new position as clinical informatics and analytics pharmacist at Teladoc Health.

SHIVANI SALVI , PharmD ’17, started a new position as associate

director, clinical research scientist, at Insmed Incorporated.

JULIA SAPOZHNIKOV, PharmD ’17, started a new position as medical science liaison at Karius.

ANNIE (RAKOCZY) SCHUSTER and MARIBETH (MARTINEZ) BETTARELLI , PharmD ’06 and PharmD ’98 respectively, were elected to serve as directors for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Board of Directors and were sworn in at the AMCP Annual Meeting that took place March 21–24 in San Antonio.

DAPHNE SMITH MARSH , PharmD ’97, was honored and recognized for her years of service to SNPhA.

ROLLA SWEIS , PharmD ’02, served as the 51st Annual Albert Ebert Lecture keynote speaker on April 14, 2023.

KARINA SZYMULANSKARAMAMURTHY, PhD ’15, received ACRP-CP certification from the Association of Clinical Research Professionals.

J. RUSSELL TEAGARDEN , BS ’78, launched a podcast called The Clinic & The Person (www. theclinicandtheperson.com) along with cohost Dan Albrant and executive producer Anne Bentley. The podcast seeks and presents works from the humanities all genres—

that can bring us knowledge and perspectives about particular clinical events and health care situations people face and that add to or elaborate on what we know about them from the biosciences.

TIFFANY TRAN , PharmD ’21, was promoted to publications manager at Novo Nordisk

LORI UILDRIKS , PharmD ’89, started a new position at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

SANDRA VILLATORO, PharmD ’14, started a new position as associate director, Global Medical Communications, Contract Center Excellence, at Astellas Pharma US.

THERESA (STEWARD) WELLS , MS ’01, started a new position as director, Strategic Global Labeling, at AbbVie.

SOPHIE WIMBERLEY, PharmD ’98, started a new position as therapeutic-area lead, CLL, Global Medical Affairs, at AbbVie.

SOPHIE WIMBERLEY, PharmD ’98, received her executive MBA degree from Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business

WILLIAM WOOD , BS ’69, was recently appointed to the Board of Education of the Ontonagon Area School District in Ontonagon, Michigan

VERNITA (WILLIAMS) BRYANT,

1, 2023.

TERRENCE “TERRY” ECK BS ’68, MS ’77, passed February 26, 2023.

PEGGY REED , PharmD ’89, passed away on August 9, 2023.

THOMAS R. TEMPLE , BS ’75, passed away August 14, 2023.

“Terry” Eck

MICHAEL BRAND , BS ’68, passed away May 22, 2023.

BS ’55, passed away March

Vernita (Williams) Bryant

Terrence

Peggy Reed

JASON CHAN , PharmD ’19, and wife Annabelle Dacuycuy, welcomed their second child, daughter Margot Dayanna Chan on April 24, 2023, weighing 7 lbs. oz. She joins big brother Carson.

SEAN AND AMANDA (SEDDON)

CHANTARAPANONT, PharmD ’11 PharmD ’12, welcomed their third child, Chase James Chantarapanont, on January 27, 2023. Chase joins siblings Oliver and Sophie.

ELLYN (POLLEY) CHWISTEK , PharmD ’18, and husband Michael Chwistek welcomed a baby boy, Theodore Rodney Chwistek, on January 17, 2023.

CAITLIN (CHRISTIAN)

HORBACZ , PharmD ’19, and husband Chris Horbacz, welcomed their first child, son Theodore Thomas Horbacz, on February 15, 2023, weighing 6 lbs 14 oz

STACY (PETERS)

JOHNSON , both PharmD ’16, welcomed their second child, son Griffin Angelo Johnson, on November 1, 2022. He joins big brother Zachary (3)

STEPHANIE (DWYER) KALUZNA , PharmD ’15, and husband Myles Kaluzna welcomed their second child son Kayden Elliot Kaluzna 2023, weighing 8 lbs. 15 joins big sister Lucy (3).

NATASHA (MILIKHIKER) MAHON , PharmD ’17, and Sean Mahon welcomed their first child, James, on March 14, 2023.

LAURIE (KANIA) NOSCHESE , PharmD ’12, and husband Ricky Noschese welcomed their third child, daughter Claire Rosemary, on February 9, 2023, weighing 7 lbs. Claire joins big sister, Abby (6) and big brother Jake (3)

ELMOR PINEDA and LAUREN

CUNICO , both PharmD ’17, welcomed daughter Scarlett Elizabeth on March 10, 2023, at 9:49 a.m. weighing 6 lbs

RYAN SEELING , PharmD ’15, and wife Michelle Seeling welcomed their second child, daughter Olivia Lou Seeling, on Januar y 28, 2023.

ANASTASIA (SHISHKOFF)

SMITH , PharmD ’18, and husband Tommy Smith welcomed their first child, daughter Danielle Jameson Smith, on February 21, 2023.

JAMIE (KALANGARA) THOMAS

PharmD ’18, and husband Steve Thomas welcomed a baby boy, Benjamin Prasad Thomas, in December 2022.

Chase James Chantarapanont

Theodore Rodney Chwistek

SAMANTHA KUSH , PharmD ’16, married Andrew Berry on March 4, 2023. The newlyweds honeymooned in Greece.

ENELA ALIAJ , PharmD ’18, married Nick Batt on May 20, 2023. The newlyweds honeymooned in Phuket, Thailand.

SHIRLEY HUANG , PharmD ’19, married Justin Choi on June 3, 2023.

WAYMOND ZHOU , PharmD ’20, married Phuong Nguyen on June 11.

JARON LOPEZ and JENNY ZHAO , both PharmD ’19, were married on March 6, 2023. The newlyweds will honeymoon this fall in Japan.

ENGAGEMENTS

SANDY EZZET, PharmD ’17, married Jonathan Lam on May 20, 2023. The newlyweds honeymooned in Italy.

MADDIE DIVITTORIO , PharmD ’23, became engaged to Fabian Lara.

KATIE DONNOWITZ , PharmD ’21, became engaged to Nick Johnson

PAULA BIELNICKA , PharmD ’18, married Ryan Wellington on March 8, 2023. The newlyweds honeymooned in Europe.

SYDNEY FISTLER , PharmD ’20, married Daniel Thorsen on May 10, 2023.

MAGELLAN YADAO , PharmD ’18 and CORINNE SONGER , PharmD ’19, were married on May 20, 2023. The newlyweds honeymooned in Italy.

LAUREN ENDRIUKAITIS , PharmD ’17, became engaged to Daniel Raiff.

MIKE ZANGRI and KATIE DALTON , both PharmD ’19, became engaged.

PARVA ZAVERY, PharmD ’23, became engaged to Shivani Patel.