The Pharmacist - The Giving Issue/Winter 2017/2018

WINTER 2018 • Volume 40 • Issue 1

The Pharmacist

THE THE GIVING CLINICAL ISSUE ISSUE

A publication of the UIC College of Pharmacy

IGNITING

CHANGE

UIC College of Pharmacy embarks on a bold effort to build on its legacy of excellence.

A Boost of Curb Appeal The POZEN Plaza is adding a fresh new look to the exterior of the Chicago campus.

Sparking the Future A new giving campaign will see the College of Pharmacy raise $35 million dollars by 2022.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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16 Features 10 A Boost of Curb Appeal

A gift from John and Clare Plachetka is making a huge impact on Wood Street.

16 Sparking the Future

IGNITE: The Campaign for UIC has set some challenging goals for the College of Pharmacy!

22 A Giving Nature

Dr. Soejarto’s donation of over 30,000 plant specimen to the Field Museum will advance pharmacognosy research.

In September of 1868, our college published the first issue of a trade journal simply named “The Pharmacist.” The magazine you see before you is named in honor of that historic journal.

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

22 EDITORIAL CREDITS Publisher Jerry L. Bauman, PharmD, FCCP, FACC

Dean

Editors Chris Gummert Assistant Director of Communications

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Christopher J. Shoemaker, MED, MBA, CFRE

Assistant Dean for Advancement & Alumni Affairs Deb Fox MED

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From The Dean

Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

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Director of Engagement and Participation Proofreader Rachel Van Den Broek Contributing Editors Daniel P. Smith Michael Dhar Photography Barry Donald

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College News

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Student News

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Alumni Profile

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Alumni News

UIC Pharmacist 833 S. Wood St. (MC 874) Chicago, IL 60612 Phone: (312) 996-7240 E-mail: pharmacy@uic.edu

Russell and Kim Secter: No Time Like the Present

28 Obituaries

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FROM THE DEAN

“Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”

Dr. Seuss

BY JERRY BAUMAN, DEAN AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR

The young faculty member pictured here would never have dreamt of his good personal and professional fortune over the next 30 years or so…

And good fortune it was. Good fortune for the important mentors, capable colleagues and co-workers; good fortune for the talented students, residents and fellows who came to work with me; good fortune for the leaders at UIC and the University of Illinois for trusting in me; and good fortune to have a loving and supportive family.

Some require special mention: Henri Manasse and Richard Hutchinson pushed (and I mean pushed) me to continue my education and training, faculty at Kansas City demanded (and I mean demanded) excellence in practice and teaching and members of the Section of Cardiology at UIC patiently (and I mean patiently) taught me how to be a clinical scholar. My leadership team in the College, including department heads, center directors, assistant and associate deans are second to none and always have been loyal and supportive. They are so supportive I’m no longer sure I can do anything on my own. During my deanship, I have always felt the support of our wonderful faculty. As dean, I have tried my best to help and support them and in turn, I think they have my back.

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I first met Marieke Schoen more than 30 years ago as a pharmacy student at UIC. Later she completed a research fellowship with me, became a colleague in clinical practice, my Associate Head for Education when I was the Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and now as the Vice Dean of the Chicago campus and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the College. Although I inappropriately get most of the credit, what we did at UIC, we did together. When she told me I was screwing up (not in frequently), I listened.

As Augustus McCrae said: “It’s been quite a party.” Thank you to all who I met along the way while at UIC. PS. Chris Shoemaker, also a great colleague, reminded me this is the “giving” issue and after a decade of being Dean, I’ve seen the transformational impact philanthropy can have on our college. I encourage you to support the college any way you can. 

Our digital edition

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Letters are edited for length and clarity. All reader correspondence to the magazine and its editorial staff will be treated as assigned for publication unless otherwise specified.

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UIC RECEPTION AT ASHP MIDYEAR CLINICAL MEETING

Orlando, Florida. The UIC College of Pharmacy will host a reception in the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Florida Ballroom C from 6-8p.m. RSVP to dfox4@uic.edu.

ILLINOIS RECEPTION AT AT ASHP MIDYEAR CLINICAL MEETING

Orlando, Florida. Hilton Orlando Hotel from 5:30 – 7 p.m. Orange Ballroom A.

7TH ANNUAL RESEARCH DAY

Chicago Campus. The college’s best and brightest students present their finding to a panel of guest judges. To serve as a judge, contact dfox4@uic.edu. This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Steven D. Pearson, MD, MSc, the Founder and President of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), an independent non-profit organization that evaluates the evidence on the value of medical tests, treatments, and delivery system innovations to encourage collaborative efforts to improve patient care and control costs. More information can be found at pharmacy.uic.edu/research/research-day

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Change jobs? Get a promotion? Publish a paper?

Publish a book? Get married? Have a baby? We want to hear about it all! Now you can send your news directly to the magazine editor.

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ASHP MIDYEAR CLINICAL MEETING

Orlando, Florida. Hilton Orlando, Lake Highland Room.

APHA ANNUAL MEETING

Nashville, Tennessee.

66TH ANNUAL HONORS CONVOCATION

Chicago Campus. Join us for the 66th Annual Honors Convocation, a night that brings donors and scholarship winners together and celebrates our culture of philanthropy!

Simply go to: go.uic.edu/PharmNews We’ll do our best to fit it into our publications and/ or social media! If you don’t see it in The Pharmacist please go to go.uic.edu/PharmNews.

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COLLEGE NEWS

PEOPLE

Dr. Okorie-Awé has recently completed

the program and requirements of the Institute for Diversity Certification, and Society for Diversity and Inclusion, and has earned the designation of a Certified Diversity Executive (CDE). This designation is valued and respected as the pinnacle of professional achievement nationally and globally by those in the field of diversity and inclusion. Dr. Okorie-Awé is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy (PSOP). She is also Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion for the UIC College of Pharmacy (COP). Her designation as a CDE provides further evidence of the expertise in diversity and inclusion that resides in the COP.

Dr. Dima Qato, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy (PSOP) and Center Affiliate of the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research (CPR) has been selected as a 2017-2018 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar. She and her team will receive an award of $210,000 to support Dr. Qato’s goal to improve access to prescription drugs for residents living in pharmacy desert communities on Chicago’s West and South Sides that have been affected by pharmacy closures.

In partnership with local pharmacies and community health centers and through the support of Community Health Liaisons, Dr. Qato and her team will establish a “pharmacy referral” service where prescriptions are filled and delivered to patients in need at participating community health centers. Dr. Qato will also collaborate with local public health and policy officials, and pharmacy organizations to address the problem of pharmacy closures by advocating for legislative changes that prevent closures from occurring in the first place. Dr. Qato and her team will also begin an initiative to strengthen the capacity of existing Community Health Centers located in pharmacy deserts to expand their services to include an on-site pharmacy. Dr. Shannon Zenk, Professor from the Department Health Systems Science is a co-investigator for this award.

Daniel R Touchette, PharmD,

MA-Economics is co-investigator on a new R21 funded in the amount of $299,999 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The title of the project is “An Etiology for Medication Ordering Errors in CPOE Systems.” The goals of the study are to investigate the characteristics of and reasons behind erroneous medication orders, estimate the impact of medication errors, and develop a statistical and descriptive model for medication ordering generation and recovery in CPOE systems. It is hoped that in the long-term the effort will facilitate ways to reduce the risk of medication errors and adverse events that occur due to the medication ordering process. Dr. Touchette is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy; and Associate Director of the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, in the UIC College of Pharmacy. He is also the Takeda Professor of Medication Adherence. Other investigators on the grant are Joanna Abraham (PI), Thomas Kannampallil, Bill Galanter, Alana Steffen, and Bruce Lambert.

Dr. Edith Nutescu, Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy (PSOP) and Director of the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research (CPR) has been appointed as Scientific Editor of Pharmacotherapy. Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, is the official journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). The Scientific Editors comprise a small core group of nationally recognized as prominent scientists-clinician-researchers committed to helping Pharmacotherapy exert a positive influence on patient drug therapy, contribute to drug therapy knowledge, and produce a scientific publication of the highest scientific rigor and quality. Pharmacotherapy’s Impact Factor is 2.932, the highest amongst US based Pharmacy focused journals. Dr. Nutescu will assume her appointment as scientific editor on October 1, 2017.

Cindi Schaefer, M.Ed. joined the

Peggy Kuehl, former UIC Faculty member,

was named Faculty Member of the Year UMKC School of Pharmacy at the IPhA/MPA Joint Annual Meeting.

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College of Pharmacy in Rockford as the Program/ Student Advisor.

AWARD

Dima Qato, Assistant Professor in the

Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy (PSOP) and Center Affiliate of the Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research (CPR) will be the recipient of the ASHP Foundation’s 2017 Drug Therapy Research Literature Award for the article entitled, “Changes in Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication and Dietary Supplement Use Among Older Adults in the United States, 2005 vs 2011” which was

published in JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Apr;176(4):473-82.

The award recognizes outstanding original contributions to the peer-reviewed, primary, biomedical literature that address the therapeutic uses of medications. The award will be presented on Wednesday, December 6th at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in Orlando, FL. Co-authors include Jocelyn Wilder from UIC, G. Caleb Alexander from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Phil Schumm from the University of Chicago.

Mayor of Rockford on Campus Jerry Bauman,

BS ’76 lectured at Western University in Pomona, CA from September 20-22.

Rockford’s Mayor Thomas P. McNamara stopped by the Rockford campus on September 6 to kick off the school year and welcome everyone to Rockford.

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Honeybees Could Play a Role in Developing New Antibiotics

BY SAM HOSTETTLER

An antimicrobial compound made by honeybees could become the basis for new antibiotics, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

NORA VÁZQUEZLASLOP

ALEXANDER MANKIN

No new antibiotics have been discovered for more than 30 years, and some bacteria are becoming immune to the drugs used to treat or prevent infections.

Antibiotic resistance, called one of the world’s most pressing public health concerns by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, can mean illnesses that were once easily treatable are now potentially deadly.

Each year in the U.S., at least two million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, and at least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these infections, according to the CDC. Many more people die from other conditions that were complicated by an antibiotic-resistant infection.

In a new study published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, UIC researchers, led by co-investigators Alexander Mankin and Nora Vázquez-Laslop of the College of Pharmacy’s Center for Biomolecular Sciences, explain how a derivative of the antibiotic apidaecin — Api137 — can block the production of proteins in potentially harmful bacteria.

“ Api137 is the first known inhibitor of translation termination.”

ALEXANDER MANKIN

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Many antibiotics kill bacteria by targeting the ribosome, which makes all the proteins in the cell. Protein production can be halted by interfering with different stages of translation — the process by which DNA is “translated” into protein molecules — Mankin said. Api137 is a natural product produced by bees, wasps or hornets. In nature, many organisms defend themselves from infection by making antibacterial peptides, or small proteins. The peptides can be used as antibiotics if “we understand how they work,” said Tanja Florin, a UIC doctoral student who served as one of the lead authors on the paper.

“This project was a result of an excellent collaboration of our team,” said Vázquez-Laslop, who worked with two research groups in Germany. “We can now harness the knowledge of how Api137 works in order to make new drugs that would kill bad bacteria using a similar mechanism of action.”

Co-authors include Dorota Klepacki, UIC; Marina Rodnina, Cristina Maracci and Prajwal Karki, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany; and Daniel Wilson, Michael Graf, Otto Berninghausen and Roland Beckmann, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

The research was funded by grant R01 GM 106386 from the National Institutes of Health; iNEXT project 2259; grants of the Forschergruppe FOR 1805; and a project grant in the framework of the Sonderforschungsbereich SFB860 from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. 

STUDENT NEWS

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

AMCP Rutgers Fellowship Program Visits UIC This year Rutgers was gracious enough to send over five impressive fellows from some of the largest companies in the pharmaceutical industry. The event was a huge success with over 60 students in attendance across the Chicago and Rockford campuses. The fellows gave a brief overview of the different opportunities available to PharmD students as well as the application process for

the Rutgers Fellowship Program. Students got to learn about all the fellows’ unique backgrounds and experiences, and also received advice on developing “power stories” for future interviews. It is always a valuable learning experience when the Rutgers fellows visit UIC.

MEETINGS

Kappa Psi (Chicago Chapter)

IPhA Annual Meeting On September 8th 12 UIC College of Pharmacy students traveled to St. Louis, Missouri to represent our American Pharmacist Association Academy of Student Pharmacists Chapter at the Illinois Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting. Students took part in a weekend of learning, networking, and exploring. The APhA-ASP Chicago Campus President, Katherine Katsivalis, won the patient counseling competition and also presented a poster on the research she conducted this past summer at St. Jude. Junior Vice President of Policy, Kavya Vaitla, presented a poster on policy research on behalf of the Policy Research Committee in the Student Chapter a year in review category.

From Aug 1st-6th, 9 UIC students attended Kappa Psi’s 58th Grand Council Convention in Naples, Florida. This biennial conference brought together upwards of 630 pharmacy students, pharmacists and healthcare industry professionals. During the five-day meeting, students attended continuing education seminars on pediatric and infectious disease pharmacy, learned lessons about networking and social media presence, realized the importance of financial planning after graduation, and participated in various fundraisers benefiting various charities.

A mental health advocate shared her personal experience with suicide and mental health stigma with the group. UIC students and alumni brought home various scholarships and awards, and UIC-COP chapter was recognized as a Top Performing Chapter in 2016-2017. Despite some tropical storms throughout the week, members enjoyed the beach, poolside, and explored downtown Naples, meeting Kappa Psi members from all over the country.

Kappa Psi also elected its new International Executive Board, which will serve the fraternity through 2019.

ICHP UICs ICHP Student Chapter, advised by Dr. Sheila Allen, won the Student Chapter of the Year for the second year in a row at the ICHP Annual Meeting.

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PEOPLE

Author! Author!

Drew Clarke, P4, was published in the ICHP August E-Newsletter. Excerpts from his article titled, ”CPD and Lifelong Learning after Pharmacy School” appear below.

Muslim Pharmacy Student Association (MuPhSA) The Islamic holiday Eid Al-Adha, an occasion celebrating devotion, family, and generosity, took place during the first week of September, and the Muslim Pharmacy Student Association (MuPhSA) wanted to celebrate with their pharmacy family. Welcoming students and faculty back from a three-day weekend, MuPhSA invited the entire college to an open breakfast in the lobby to share in the merriment of Eid and provide their peers with an opportunity to learn more about the holiday. Later that week, MuPhSA encouraged the student body to give back to the Chicagoland community by hosting a school supplies drive for children served by Arab American Family Services – children who are orphans, victims of domestic abuse, and/or living in poverty, all of whom are unable to afford to buy school supplies. Both events were very well-received, and MuPhSA had such a great time sharing the spirit of Eid Al-Adha with the College of Pharmacy!

“As students in the pharmacy classroom, we often fall into a pattern of thinking… Our overly simplistic view quickly falls away as experiences with complicated, nonadherant, real-life patients begin. Sure your patient has hypertension, but he also has glaucoma, had two toes removed following diabetic ulceration, and continues to smoke through his trach!

“Professional degree programs cannot provide all the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values needed by pharmacists to practice in a complex and evolving health care system,” says Jennifer Baumgartner. “In addition to the foundational knowledge and skills built into the didactic curriculum and practice experiences of the PharmD program, it is essential for students to develop habits and skills that ensure their ability to effectively continue learning throughout their career.” …Upon graduation, do we as students have not only the clinical knowledge to begin our practice, but the skills to continue life-long learning? Can we continue to grow and adapt to changes in pharmacy practice, so that we are always providing the highest level of care to our patients, and truly working at the top of our license? That is truly the power and promise of Professional Development.”

Polish American Pharmacist Association Student Chapter (PAPA) Throughout the summer, UIC’s student chapter of the Polish American Pharmacists Association (PAPA) offered services to immigrant populations in Chicago. The translation co-chairs, Agnieszka Karpa and Natalia Kapusciak, translated health hot topic packets from English to Polish monthly to assist Dr. James Lee in educating patients at the Copernicus Senior Center. Their hard work ensures that the language barrier does not inhibit patients from receiving quality health education. In addition, PAPA organized two successful health fairs. In June, UIC PAPA partnered with Midwestern and screened 87 patients’ blood pressure and blood glucose levels at the Holy Trinity Picnic in Stone Park. In September, UIC PAPA held their first annual health fair at the Taste of Polonia and experienced an overwhelmingly positive turnout: we screened 177 patients! We also counseled patients on lifestyle modifications that could be made to optimize the screenings they received.

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Myron Laban, P4, was featured artist at Twist Out Cancer’s Brushes with Cancer event on September 9th. The event pairs artists with cancer survivors, caretakers and those touched by cancer over a six-month period to create a unique piece of art reflective their journey. Myron’s artwork was purchased for $800.

Summer of Service

The summer is normally a quiet time for students, but not ours. Rockford students spent a good deal of time hopping from county fair to county fair doing blood pressure screenings. Specifically:

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Jonathan Nazari, P3, attended the IPSF World Congress in Taipei. Nazari had an opportunity to meet with UIC pharmacist/professor Dr. James Lee and UIC alum Dr. Hsiang-Wen (Margaret) Lin after they both gave talks at the conference. Dr. Lin received her PhD from the PSOP department with Dr. Simon Pickard before returning to work in Taiwan.

BOONE COUNTY FAIR

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Kamila Sibiga (P4) and Joanna Kozien (P2) both won scholarships from the Knights of Dabrowski Crusade for Education. Eligibility is based on documented financial need, academic performance, and community involvement.

Kappa Psi Epsilon Rho Chapter (Rockford) This past August, brothers from the Kappa Psi Epsilon Rho Chapter traveled to Naples, Florida for the 58th Grand Council Convention where they attended meetings and workshops with collegiate and graduate brothers from all over the country. It gave members a number of ideas to bring back to the Rockford chapter. They also participated in the Medication Collection Drive with Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful, Blood Pressure Screenings at County Fairs, and the Walk to Defeat ALS!

GRAND TOTAL

patient BPs taken student hours faculty hours hours spent at the fair

329 patient BPs taken 90 student hours 51 faculty hours 47 147 54 29 24 552 180 109 95

hours spent at the fair

BPs taken student hours faculty hours hours spent at the fair

BPs taken student hours spent faculty hours spent hours spent at all three fairs

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OF CURB APPEAL

BY DANIEL P. SMITH

The College of Pharmacy’s exterior receives a symbolic and dynamic facelift thanks to the generosity of alum John Plachetka, his wife Clare and the Plachetka Family Foundation

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After more than 60 years of sporting the same drab, uninspired look, one more utilitarian than attractive, the UIC College of Pharmacy’s Wood Street home has received an eye-catching facelift.

On Oct. 13, College administrators, faculty, staff and students joined philanthropists John Plachetka BS Pharm ’76 and his wife, Clare, for the official unveiling of POZEN Plaza, the College’s lively new exterior entryway that better reflects UIC’s standing as one of the nation’s top pharmacy schools while simultaneously honoring the legacy of POZEN, the drug development company Plachetka founded 21 years ago.

The Plachetka Family Foundation’s $500,000 gift allowed the College to enhance and expand its initial exterior renovation plans from a brick walkway to a more vibrant, comprehensive project punctuated by a 12,000 pound mortar and pestle sculpture that celebrates the pharmacy profession.

“I was hopeful this project would have a lasting legacy and I certainly believe it will.”

JOHN PLACHETKA

A dynamic space

Crews worked on the curb appeal-boosting project throughout the summer months, replacing the front entranceway’s large concrete slabs, emblematic of the College’s cold, dated look, with a new walkway of textured granite pavers laid in a herringbone pattern. Crews also constructed multiple brick seating walls, planted fresh greenery and flowers and created a cozy socialization area called “Clare’s Corner” that features a sloping accent wall as well as tables and chairs.

Memorial bricks purchased by College alumni, faculty, staff and friends encircle the plaza and its dynamic centerpiece: a 4.5-foot tall mortar and pestle sculpture constructed of Indiana limestone. A spirited homage to the pharmacy profession as well as the College’s history of excellence, the sculpture sits atop a tiered, circular planter wall surrounded by greenery and flowers and is illuminated by four LED floodlights at night.

“To steal a line from Chevy Chase, ‘Who wouldn’t want to see the largest mortar and pestle in the Western Hemisphere?’” Plachetka jokes. “It’s clearly one of a kind.”

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When UIC College of Pharmacy Dean Jerry Bauman, a former College classmate of Plachetka’s, watched a crane place the sculpture on Aug. 24, he was touched with emotion. Not only does the completion of POZEN Plaza bookend his deanship, but it was also made possible by Plachetka, a man with whom he has shared a nearly 50-year relationship.

“People who visit the College will remember this as a visible statement piece for our College,” Bauman says of the dramatic mortar and pestle sculpture.

Plachetka sees the sculpture as a physical manifestation of the College’s noble roots, steadfast evolution and energized future and he hopes students and faculty use it as a backdrop to photos at events such as the annual white coat ceremony.

“It should be a symbol of the excellence that has been associated with the College for more than 150 years,” Plachetka says.

Memorializing the Pozen name

The POZEN Plaza name, meanwhile, memorializes the North Carolina-based pharmaceutical firm Plachetka founded in 1996 and took public in 2000. Over its 20-year run, POZEN pioneered a new way to conduct drug development and brought three products to market, including migraine treatment Treximet and arthritis treatment Vimovo, before Plachetka’s 2015 retirement.

In early 2016, however, POZEN leadership merged with Tribute Pharmaceuticals Canada to form Aralez Pharmaceuticals, a deal that extinguished the POZEN name. With the plaza project at UIC, however, Plachetka preserves the company’s spirit and accomplishments for all time.

“This project is really a tribute to all the former employees of POZEN, ” Plachetka says. “We were, and still are, a family and I am proud to honor the legacy of the company, which was filled with so many talented and special people.”

A diehard Chicago Cubs baseball fan, Plachetka notes that POZEN Plaza also sits just over the outfield wall of the former West Side Park that the Cubs franchise called home from 1893-1915. West Side Park housed the Cubs’ last World Series-winning team until 2016’s magical title run.

“And that’s pretty special, too,” Plachetka says.

“As I look over there, I could see Clare 45 years ago as a college student enjoying the sunshine and friendly conversation. I hope today’s students get that same feeling.”

JOHN PLACHETKA

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Motivated to give

Plachetka says there was no moment of epiphany or lightning strike that inspired his gift, but rather a mailer he received from Bauman announcing a brick walkway campaign designed to enliven and personalize the College’s West Campus headquarters.

“The walkway was a great start,” Plachetka says, “but I thought, ‘The original drawing had more features that could be added over time, so maybe the College could use some additional support now to complete the entire vision in one go.’”

Plachetka contacted the College and expressed his interest in a gift that would help the College realize the full scope of its exterior renovation plans and produce something more reflective of the College’s prominence.

Within days, the ultra-efficient Plachetka had worked with College advancement staff to define key project details before mailing in a $500,000 check.

“Updating the exterior look of our building was something we were working towards, but John’s gift fast-tracked our efforts,” says Chris Shoemaker, assistant dean for advancement and alumni affairs at the College.

Shoemaker says the modern, urban park for faculty, staff and students simply does not get done without Plachetka’s generous support and resolute motivation.

“You walk in the College of Pharmacy building now and can’t help but be struck by John’s gift,” Shoemaker says.

“POZEN Plaza will be known as a philanthropydriven gift and we hope people see it and say, ‘I can get involved too. How can I help?’”

CHRIS SHOEMAKER

POZEN Plaza represents the second large facilities gift the College has received in the last two years. In 2015, a $1 million gift from the Foglia Family Foundation spurred the renovation and modernization of the College’s compounding lab, which opened to much fanfare last fall.

“The gifts we’ve been blessed to receive from the Foglia Family Foundation and the Plachetka Family Foundation ensure we have spaces that are modern and accessible, but also reflect who we are as a College and where we intend to go,” Bauman says. “POZEN Plaza makes certain that people know of the UIC College of Pharmacy as a dynamic institution that dares to think differently.”

For his part, Plachetka simply hopes POZEN Plaza emerges a prominent daily gathering spot that inspires faculty, staff and students and reflects the College’s past, present and future achievement.

“Continued sustained excellence in academia is hard to come by and I’m really proud to be a graduate of the UIC College of Pharmacy,” Plachetka says. “I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish what I did in business without the education and values the College provided me, which is why I’m so proud to be able to join with many other alumni to help make this new entry courtyard a reality.” 

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COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

SPARKING UIC College of Pharmacy embarks on a

bold effort to build on its legacy of excellence.

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BY DANIEL P. SMITH

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COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

$750 million Ignite: The Campaign for UIC, $35 million by the end of 2022.

As part of UIC’s

fundraising effort,

the College of Pharmacy

has set its sights on raising

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or the College of Pharmacy to achieve its piece of the University-wide effort and pursue its vision of being recognized as the world’s top college of pharmacy, Dean Jerry Bauman says it will take daring action and a fearless belief in the College’s abilities.

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“The Ignite campaign sets us on an ambitious path to invest in new programs, people, facilities and student scholarship and to build expertise in new areas of opportunity while simultaneously heightening our existing strengths,” Bauman says.

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Mapping a path to global prominence With the Ignite campaign serving as the coordinated impetus, College leadership has defined four specific priorities designed to energize the College’s future:

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The College will look to increase investment in existing areas of prominence by retaining top faculty and expanding the College’s research into dedicated centers of excellence. There will also be a strong emphasis on instructional innovation and building a state-of-the-art research infrastructure that inspires forward-thinking discovery and attracts the brightest scholars.

Through the Ignite campaign, the College hopes to establish at least three endowed chairs, four professorships and seven fellowships or residencies across current areas of recognized strength such as infectious disease, drug discovery, pharmaceutical outcomes and natural products. The College also intends to establish the Manasse Alliance for Leadership in Pharmacy Policy (MAPP).

“Having endowed professorships and chairs as well as fellowship and residencies is central to attracting topnotch students and faculty and that goes right to the heart of our vision to be the world’s top college of pharmacy,” Bauman says.

“You can only reach that level of international standing with exceptional faculty and students who achieve greatness and have loyal ties to the College.”

JERRY BAUMAN

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PROVIDING THE HIGHEST VALUE TO STUDENTS

As a public-serving institution, the College has a duty to focus on UIC’s core values, namely providing a high-quality student experience and producing skilled professionals prepared to serve their communities. In the age of shrinking state funding, however, that has become an increasingly complex task.

To ensure affordability and access, the College is working to expand recruitment and retention of qualified students from diverse backgrounds and increase international admissions through scholarship support. By creating at least 10 endowed need-based scholarships as well as 10 endowed merit-based scholarships, the College wants to remove barriers for hungry minds seeking admission into a premier college of pharmacy.

“A great college is so because of its students and we want to make sure everything we do honors the mission of UIC and positions our College to be the very best in the nation,” Bauman says, “if not the world!”

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BUILD EXPERTISE IN AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY

While strengthening existing areas of expertise remains a foremost priority, so, too, does growing the College’s reputation in emerging areas of pharmaceutical science and population health. Ignite gifts will help the College build new research programs and recruit faculty capable of developing global partnerships, promoting healthcare innovation and, ultimately, delivering real solutions to pressing global challenges.

Specifically, the College hopes to broaden its expertise in human translational research and drug development, particularly capitalizing on collaborative opportunities available with the renowned UIC College of Medicine and Cancer Center. In addition, the College will expand its work in biologics, addressing current industry needs for knowledge in the analysis and formulation of biologic compounds such as vaccines, allergenics, gene therapy and therapeutic proteins.

“We see these as growing opportunities in the global industry and directions we need to pursue with an innovative spirit to remain at the top of our field,” Bauman says.

As pharmacy needs continue to evolve in society, the College will also pursue deeper involvement in health disparities and health outcomes based on gender, ethnic and socioeconomic factors. The College is committed to training a diverse and educated workforce prepared to ensure health equity in both urban and rural environments.

“The health disparities theme is central to UIC’s core values and we want our College to be front and center in this important societal issue,” Bauman says.

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CREATE STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS

The College will promote high-risk, high-reward thinking and encourage students to turn their discoveries into new businesses through dedicated training in disclosure, patent and business development. The Ignite campaign will help drive an entrepreneurial spirit through the College with the establishment of an Institute for Pharmacy Innovation featuring a director and two additional senior faculty members holding expertise in drug development and entrepreneurship.

The College also plans to formalize a partnership with UIC’s Liautaud Graduate School of Business; create a competitive seed and bridge fund to help students and faculty advance their discoveries; offer fellowship stipends to students in the entrepreneurship track; and construct new facilities, including a new pharmaceutical research building.

“To succeed in today’s environment, it’s essential to take risks,” Bauman says. “We want to provide our students opportunity to obtain key entrepreneurial skills that will both elevate the College’s international reputation and bring novel discoveries to market quickly.”

A TRACK RECORD OF IMPACT

GUIDO PAULI, C.T. CHE AND SCOTT FRANZBLAU WERE EACHED AWARDED A NAMED PROFESSORSHIP THIS YEAR. DR. PAULI IS NOW THE NORMAN R. FARNSWORTH PROFESSOR OF PHARMACOGMOSY, DR. CHE IS THE HARRY H.S. FONG PROFESSOR OF PHARMACOGNOSY AND DR. FRANZBLAU IS THE ALBERT SCHATZ PROFESSOR .

During UIC’s seven-year Brilliant Futures capital campaign that concluded in 2012, the College raised $24 million, surpassing its goal of $20 million. That support spurred compelling new opportunities at the College and accelerated UIC’s ascent up the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings.

Through the Brilliant Futures campaign, the College created dozens of student scholarships; established 10 professorships and chairs; added courses in cutting-edge topics such as immunology and applied genomics; expanded the number of training sites to create handson learning experiences; developed inter-professional learning opportunities with partner colleges; launched the groundbreaking RPHARM rural pharmacy program as well as a sister program aimed at pharmacy practice in urban neighborhoods; and supported innovative research in areas such as natural products, biotechnology and biodefense, cancer biology and therapeutics, neuroscience and pharmacoeconomics.

“The generosity and loyalty of our alumni and friends during the Brilliant Futures campaign made a tangible difference in how we were able to operate, the research we were able to pursue and the positioning of our College as a thought leader that’s pushing the pharmacy field forward,” says Christopher Shoemaker, the College’s assistant dean for advancement and alumni affairs.

The College now looks to build upon that success with the Ignite campaign, well aware that philanthropy can drive performance and perception. Shoemaker, in fact, points to the University of North Carolina’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy as a noteworthy example. Fueled by a $100 million gift that generated additional support and allowed UNC leaders to set a daring agenda, the Eshelman School now sits atop the U.S. News & World Report pharmacy rankings.

“At UIC, philanthropy has changed our College in visible ways, having an impact on the opportunities we can offer our students and faculty and driving many ambitious projects,” Shoemaker says. “As we embark on the Ignite campaign, we know we can have amazing results if people believe in our success and believe in our future.” 

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A GIVING

NATURE

BY MATT VON KONRAT AND FRANCK MERCURIO

Scientists estimate there are about

400,000 plant species in the world.

Of these, more than

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PROFESSOR DOEL SOEJARTO Field Museum Adjunct Curator and Professor Emeritus of Pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, Djaja Djendoel (“Doel”) Soejarto, PhD, has studied and collected many of these plants throughout his long career. Soejarto is arranging the donation of approximately 30,000 plant specimens from the University of Illinois at Chicago, to the John G. Searle Herbarium—one of the largest donations of its kind in the history of The Field Museum.

Originally from Indonesia, Soejarto earned a PhD in biology from Harvard University; his academic areas of expertise include plant taxonomy, ethnobotany, economic botany, and pharmacognosy (the study of medicinal compounds extracted from plants and other natural sources). Soejarto specializes in tropical species from Asia, and his major contribution to the Museum is the collection of plant specimens gathered from Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Laos.

In the early 1990s, scientists at the U.S. National Cancer Institute discovered anti-HIV compounds called calanolides procured from specimens of the flowering trees Calophyllum lanigerum and Calophyllum teysmannii collected by Soejarto and his team in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo.

Subsequently, The Field Museum mounted a special exhibition in the Botany Hall about the discovery of calanolides and the development of these anti-viral compounds into a drug for human use.

Who knows which of these plants might yield the next generation of natural medications in the future?

DR SOEJARTO WANTED TO THANK HIS MANY COLLABORATORS THROUGH THE YEARS.

Postdoctoral researchers: Bethany Elkington, Ph.D. Marian Kadushin, Ph.D. Jacinto Regalado, Ph.D. Charlotte Gyllenhaal, Ph.D. James Graham, Ph.D. Paid/salaried assistants: Jody Slapcinsky Sarah Long Agnes Rimando Jennifer Slate Volunteers: Deena Wolfson Sandra Kramer Bethany Kautz Megan Van Breemen Ping Cao Josh Henkin Kathie Zink Tristesse Jones

Currently, 4 museum staff members, a postdoctoral researcher and 3 volunteers, are busy cataloging and preparing the 30,000 plant specimens that Soejarto has graciously arranged for their donation to the Museum. 

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WHITE COAT

A Coat, A Career, A Calling On August 24, the UIC College of Pharmacy Class of 2021 took the Oath of the Pharmacist and slipped into their white coats. The annual White Coat Ceremony was sponsored by Jewel Osco. î ľ

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ALUMNI PROFILE

No Time Like the Present You don’t have to wait until you’re 65 — that’s one of the lessons from Russell and Kim Secter’s example. The couple became the youngest to commit to a professorship at UIC College of Pharmacy.

Russell, now 61, and Kim, turning 60, got started early on their estate planning, because, they said, the two have always been planners. And they knew UIC was one of the institutions they wanted to support.

“As we reached the stage in life we started to think about what we wanted to do with our estate, we landed at what mattered to us,” Russell said. That meant UIC Pharmacy and, for Kim, the canine training and charity organizations with which she has volunteered for years.

Getting an early start fit well with the couple’s personalities, they said. Kim never leaves the house for the dogtraining courses she leads without “knowing exactly what they’re going to be doing,” Russell said. And he organizes all of the t-times with his golfing buddies.

“We’re both planners and practical, and we knew what we wanted to do,” Russell said. “We knew the areas we wanted to fund, so we just did it.”

The Secters’ example may inspire other UIC alumni to think about their estates early, and Russell advised others to think about their own values.

“There are so many different ways to give back,” he said. “Everyone’s different in terms of what interests them. Anyone can do it.”

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In the Edwards’ case, funding a professorship made sense because Russell wanted to help future UIC students keep pace with a changing field. The professorship will focus on innovation, he said.

“ I’ve seen a lot of changes in my career as a pharmacist. When I graduated, there was only retail and hospital pharmacy. Now, you can do so many different things. Our hope is that the gift [helps]… expose students to all the different aspects of pharmacy today.”

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With nearly 30 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical field, Russell credits UIC with a lot of his success. Currently president of Regennera Therapeutics, Russell has a litany of leadership positions, and also earned an MBA from Northwestern and a Pharm.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

“I wouldn’t have been able to do the last couple of things without the benefits of UIC,” he said. “You could argue UIC gave me the background to do those things.” 

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ALUMNI NEWS

Ed Cohen, BS 1975, was named the 2017 recipient of the Bowl of Hygeia Award. He received this award on September 9 at the President’s gala during the IPhA/MPA Joint Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Joseph Gomez, PharmD 2016, married Radhika Mehta on August 5.

Dharmesh Bavda, PharmD 2011, became engaged to Nirali Patel.

Brittany Lee, PharmD 2017, became engaged to Andrew Karas.

Antibiotics: just-in-case.

VIDEO VIEWED ON YOUTUBE

BY OVER

7,500 PEOPLE. Debra (Tauscher) Goff, BS 1980, PharmD 1982, is a TedX speaker on the topic of “Antibiotics: justin-case.” The video has been viewed on YouTube by over 7,500 people. She has lectured in 6 continents on the topic of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic stewardship. She published a paper in Lancet Infectious Diseases titled “A global call from five countries to collaborate in antibiotic stewardship: united we succeed, divided we might fail.” She is the 2017 ACCP Global Pharmacy Award recipient for her work in South Africa and other countries.

Debbie and two South African pharmacists spent a day at UIC meeting with Dr. Wenzler (her former OSU resident), Dr. Kraus (her former UIC PharmD classmate), and Dean Bauman (her former instructor!) who described UIC’s global engagement.

 Babies  Emilee (McNally) Hirschman, PharmD 2015, and her husband Patrick welcomed their first child Levi on August 2.

Christi (Cumba) Jen, PharmD 2007, and her husband William welcomed their second child, daughter Ashlynn Charlotte. Ashlynn was born June 10 and joins big sister Ava.

Jeff Krueger, PharmD 2014, and his wife Julie Zhu welcomed their second child, daughter Edith Zhuyidi. Edith was born May 2 weighing 6 lbs 3 oz and 19 ¾” long and joins big brother Benjamin.

Suhail Alhreish, PharmD 2009, and his wife Arij Elatawani welcomed a son, Zakaria, on August 15. He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 22 inches long. (NO PHOTO)

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Lucero (Lozoya) Martinez, PharmD 2011, and husband Alejandro Martinez welcomed son, Emiliano on July 1, 2017.

Laurie (Kania) Noschese, PharmD 2012, and husband, Ricky, welcomed their first child, daughter Abigail (Abby) Ella Noschese on October 5, 2016. The couple just sent us this bib picture!

Renee Petzel Gimbar, PharmD 2004, and Matt Gimbar, Clinical Assistant Professor, welcomed their third child, daughter Avery Elizabeth was born August 21 at 7:36 a.m., weighing 8 lbs and 19 1/4 inches long.

She joins big brothers Graeme and Emmitt. (NO PHOTO)

 Kudos

Bob Heyman, BS 1952, was named Honorary President of IPhA. He received this honor at the IPhA/MPA Joint Annual meeting that took place in St. Louis, Missouri on September 6-10.

Cara Brock, PharmD 2003, was named the 2017 recipient of the Pharmacist of the Year award. She received her award during the IPhA/MPA Joint Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri.

Kari (Babich) Bavirsha, PharmD 2002, is now Pharmacy Manager at CVS Health in Herscher, Illinois

Steven Shoyer, PharmD 2015, spoke at the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) Annual Meeting on the topic of Treatment-Resistant Depression.

Alexandre Endiakov, PharmD 2016, is now a Clinical MTM Pharmacist at Enhanced Medication Services in Orlando, Florida.

Suchi Gandhi, PharmD 2012, is now a Hematology/ Oncology Advanced Practiced Pharmacist at Scripps Health in La Jolla, California.

Joseph Gomez, PharmD 2016, is now a Medical Information Therapeutic Manager at Novo Nordisk.

Choah Kim, PharmD 2015, is now Global Project Country Manager for Samsung Bioepis in Korea.

Akanksha Patel, PharmD 2012, is now a Specialty Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacist at AIM Specialty Health.

Frank Saracco, PharmD 2005, raced in the Grand to Grand Ultra; a 170-mile self-supported race held September 24-30 through the deserts of Arizona and Utah. Saracco raised money for NAMI and NAMI Cook County North Suburban.

Denise Scarpelli, PharmD 1996, now the Executive Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy and Business Development at University of Chicago Medicine.

Henry “Hank” Gould, BS 1954, was named the IPhA Foundation Lifetime Service Award recipient. He received his honor at the IPhA/MPA Joint Annual Meeting that took place in St. Louis, Missouri.

Yoojung Yang, MS 2010, is now the Director, Global Market Access and Value, Early Pipeline at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston, Massachusetts.

Steven Shoyer, PharmD 2015, is now working at Tomah VA Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin as a Mental Health Clinical Pharmacy Specialist.

Elena Telebak, PharmD 2016, is now a Clinical Pharmacist at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.

Dennis, BS ’67 and Lee (Larson) West, BS 1968, traveled to France for the Cannes Film Festival where their daughter, had a film shown called “THEY.” 

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OBITUARIES

Herb Retzky, beloved husband of Carol and dedi-

cated UIC Pharmacy alum, has passed away at the age of 93.

The field of pharmacy played an important part in the lives of both of the Retzkys. Herb was a pharmacist, while Carol was a pharmacy technician. Following a successful career as independent pharmacy owners, the Retzkys searched for opportunities to make a lasting impression on pharmacy as a whole.

The couple consistently supported the college since 2003, and in 2012 their financial gift created the Herbert M. and Carol H. Retzky Endowed Chair in Pharmacy Practice. This gift later expanded to $5 million, the largest monetary gift in the history of the College of Pharmacy, and established the Herbert M. and Carol H. Retzky Deanship. The deanship is the first at UIC. “We wanted to provide something that extends beyond our own time here on Earth, and we found that a gift to the College of Pharmacy would seem to fulfill the ambitions we had,” Herb Retzky said. “We’re grateful that we have been given the chance to assist the college.”

The Retzkys gift will help the college in many different ways. The income from the pharmacy deanship will support expenditures such as salary, research, graduate students, curriculum development, scholarships, outreach, materials and more.

“Herb and Carol’s vision for the role of a pharmacist aligns perfectly with the mission that has guided us since 1859,” said College of Pharmacy Dean Jerry Bauman. “It charges us to raise awareness of the role of the pharmacist within our communities and within healthcare. Their generous gift will allow us to do just that.”

Herb was a passionate advocate for pharmacy and a joy to those who knew him.

“Herb was an amazing man,” said Assistant Dean for Advancement Chris Shoemaker, “I’m glad I got a chance to get to know him over the last few years. His dedication and vision will live on for generations to come.”

Herb is survived by his loving wife Carol.

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Audrey Susanna Bingel, passed away earlier this year.

She was an only child of William and Lillian Bingel, was born in the Bronx, NY, on January 21, 1942. In her youth Audrey sang in her church choir and was an avid fencer. She had a lifelong love of music: plays the piano regularly, a country music devotee; and was a life-long fan of the New York/ San Francisco Giants baseball team (not Cubs, although she lived near Wrigley Field for more than 30 years). Audrey spoke several languages, including Portuguese, Italian, and German, the latter being spoken at home by her first generation German parents, aunt and uncle.

Following graduation (BA) from Hunter College, CUNY in 1963, Bingel studied reproductive biology under the guidance of Prof. Neena B. Schwartz at the UIC/Medical Center, receiving a Ph.D. (Dissertation: “The timing of cyclic and post-partum ovulation in the mouse”) in 1968.

She immediately joined the UIC College of Pharmacy in its new Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. She was a dedicated teacher and was rewarded by one of her classes as a Golden Apple recipient.

Dr. Bingel’s research endeavors focused on the biology of reproduction, which enabled her to serve, along with Drs. Don Waller (reproductive toxicology), D. Doel Soejarto (botany), Geoff Cordell (phytochemistry/chemistry) and Harry Fong (phytochemistry/project leader) as members of a multidisciplinary collaborative research project, funded by the World Health Organization’s Human Reproduction Programme, in the search for active anti-fertility compounds from plants (1977-1987). Significantly, this collaborative team approach represents a new research paradigm in the then prevalent philosophy of “independent” research. Dr. Bingel was responsible for the protocols for conducting the anti-fertility bioassays in hamsters and other animal models. In 1982, Dr. Bingel became a permanent research faculty member in the College’s Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences, until her retirement in 1998.

Alvin S. Anderson, BS 1953, passed away on April 19 at the age 86, in Bedford, Texas. Al was born in Rockford Illinois, graduated from East High and the University of Illinois School of Pharmacy, currently know as the UIC College of Pharmacy. He was the owner of Anderson Rexall Drugs in Belvidere Illinois and later become president of Boone State Bank-Belvidere.

John Eichstaedt, BS 1972, passed away on July 28.

Ken Gogol, PharmD 2016, passed away on August 24.

Ken was born June 10, 1976 in Toledo, Ohio to Thomas S. and Linda S. (Nadeau) Gogol. Ken was a 2016 graduate of UIC College of Pharmacy at Rockford and was voted by fellow students as Student of the Year.

James Hunt, BS 1970, MS 1972, passed away September 2017.

Jeffrey C. Koszczuk, BS 1978, passed away September 12. In 1978, he earned a degree in pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and went on to graduate from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1982.

He did his internship and residency at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Martin “Marty” Lebedun, BS 1952, passed away in December 2017. Marty was a respected pharmacist at Endler’s Pharmacy for 40 years.

Riley Lambert, BS 1952, passed away on May 13. Riley was a World War II Veteran and upon his discharge he attended the University of Illinois at Navy Pier, now the UIC College of Pharmacy. Upon graduation in 1951, Riley became a registered pharmacist. Riley established Lambert’s Village Drug Store in Clarendon Hills, IL on April 1, 1962 until they closed it on Dec. 31, 1987.

Marshall S. Miller, BS 1952, passed away on July 30 of complications from a fall he suffered in his home two weeks before his death. He was admitted to Edward Hospital in Naperville, IL, and entered hospital-based hospice care four days before his death. Mr. Miller was a proud member of the United States Navy during World War Two, then a pharmacist until retirement, first owning and operating his own drugstore on the Far Northwest Side of Chicago, then selling that to work for Kmart.

Andreas “Andy” J. Politis, PharmD 1994, passed away suddenly on August 29.

Steve C. Schumann, BS 1970, passed away on August 17. After high school, Steve earned his Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He worked as Director of Pharmaceutical Technology for Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company as well as Searle Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Donald Goesel, BS 1955, passed away in April of 2016.  The Pharmacist | 29

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