STUDENT NEWS

STUDENT NEWS In-person outreach events returned in the fall of 2021, and our students were excited to once again participate in community events.

Walking to End Alzheimer’s

Members of the School of Pharmacy student chapters of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists, the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists, Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, and Phi Delta Chi Professional Fraternity collaborated to raise money for and participate in the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s in October at Hunt Valley Towne Centre in Cockeysville, Md. b

Giving, Not Taking, Tests

Lu Chen (left), Class of 2022, and Paul Badua, Class of 2023, represent the student chapters of the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists, the National Community Pharmacists Association, and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists at a point-of-care testing event in November at Professional Pharmacy in Rosedale, Md. b

Happy (and Healthy) Halloween

Members of Rho Chi Honor Society, Students Promoting Awareness, the Pediatric Pharmacy Association, the Student National Pharmaceutical Association, the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists, the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists, Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, and Phi Delta Chi Professional Fraternity resurrected their annual Healthy Halloween event for Baltimore-area schoolchildren on Oct. 30 in Pharmacy Hall. b

Taking the Lead

Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society hosted its 2022 Induction Banquet in April at the Baltimore Museum of Art. New members are selected each year by their peers in recognition of their leadership and contribution to the profession of pharmacy. b

Rho Chi Roll Call

The Rho Chi Honor Society hosted its annual induction ceremony in April at the Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore, where dozens of new PharmD, PhD, and MS students were inducted based on their academic and professional achievements. b

Legislative Learning

Members of the UMSOP community joined the Maryland Pharmacy Coalition and state politicians for a virtual Legislative Day in February to push for two bills that would improve health care access. More than 200 Maryland pharmacists and student pharmacists, and more than 100 Maryland legislative personnel, including district delegates, senators, and aides, virtually attended Legislative Day, which allowed students to gain confidence and experience in engaging with legislators to discuss important issues. b

Advice From the Top

University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay A. Perman, MD, joined more than 80 UMSOP students, faculty, and staff on Oct. 27 for a virtual fireside chat where Perman shared his career journey and provided advice on developing as a leader, the value of interprofessional education and practice, and the importance of advocacy. Perman’s chat was organized by the School of Pharmacy’s Student Government Association as part of American Pharmacists Month, a time to reflect on accomplishments, thank peers and colleagues, share stories, and spread the word about the valuable services pharmacists provide. b

STUDENT NEWS Being a Good Neighbor

On May 7, UMB partnered with Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan to host the Annual Neighborhood Spring Festival, which brought together the Baltimore community and included Korean performances, tae kwon do demonstrations, activities for children, health screenings, and free food. Student pharmacists from the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists and the Pediatric Pharmacy Association volunteered to educate the community about poison prevention. They also helped attendees discern candy from medicine and taught them how to properly draw up oral liquid medications. After a year of virtual learning, student pharmacists were eager to get back into the community and apply what they learned in class. b

From left: Bich Thy Nguyen, Elisa Sangriu, Javier Trujillo, Ifunanyachukwu Azikiwe, all of the Class of 2024; Mrs. Hogan; Eileen Zheng, Class of 2024; Adam Bennett, Class of 2023; a community member; and Adamary SanchezMartinez, Class of 2025.

Reconnecting At Last

On Oct. 20, the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research’s (PHSR) Graduate Program hosted a "Getting to Know You" event to facilitate social engagement among students, faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and staff after more than a year away from the office. Held on the lawn across from the Saratoga Building where PHSR is located, the groups played "Getting to Know PHSR" bingo to encourage people to mingle through a fun game of identifying shared interests. Godwin Okoye, BPharm, an MS student in PHSR (center), was the first to proclaim "BINGO!" and relayed the fun facts he learned about members of the PHSR community. b

APhA-ASP Social

The School’s American Pharmacists AssociationAcademy of Student Pharmacists chapter held a social on April 27 at Pickles Pub in Baltimore. More than 40 students and guests attended, the majority of whom were first-year student pharmacists. The social celebrated the chapter’s achievements and recognized the outgoing and incoming executive board officers, chapter advisors, and committee members. b

Cannabis Spring Symposium

First-year students (Class of 2023) in the School’s MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics program gathered at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, Md., on April 22 for their spring symposium. Approximately 110 students heard from program faculty and staff and interacted with experts about the science, therapeutics, and policy of medical cannabis. An additional 90 students participated in the symposium virtually. b

Laurels

The School of Pharmacy’s chapter of the American Pharmacists AssociationAcademy of Student Pharmacists (APhAASP) received the OTC Medicine Safety Regional Award from APhA-ASP.

Alexandria Chan and Samuel Krug, graduate students in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC), received Spring 2022 Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Awards. Krug also received an Eastern Analytical Symposium Student Award.

Lu Chen, a Class of 2022 student pharmacist, received the Maryland Pharmacists Association’s (MPhA) 2022 Outstanding Student Pharmacist Achievement Award.

U.S. Army Maj. Ryan C. Costantino, PharmD, MS ’19, MS ’20, BCPS, BCGP, CPHIMS, a student in the PhD in Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (PHSR) program, received the 2022 Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award.

First-year student pharmacists Oritsemisan Ejutse and Shelley Wang have been selected for the 2022 University of Maryland Summer Scholars program.

Kyungwan Hong, MS, PharmD, a graduate student in PHSR, received the department’s 2022 Harris Zuckerman Scholarship. Matthew Hursey, a graduate student in PSC, received the 2022 American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Predoctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Fourth-year student pharmacists Sung Jin “Julie” Jeong and Sean Kim, and Belinda Tamrakar, a second-year student pharmacist, received MPhA Foundation Student Scholarships. Jeong also received the 2022 Boyle Family Scholarship from the APhA Foundation.

Dante’ Johnson, a graduate student in PSC, received the UM Ventures 2022 Graduate Translational Research Award.

Kayleigh Majercak, MS, a graduate student in PHSR, received the department’s 2022 Dr. Arthur Schwartz Memorial Scholarship Award.

Delaney McGuirt, a fourth-year student pharmacist, received a national Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) Pharmacy Leadership Society junior internship. McGuirt is president of the School of Pharmacy’s Beta Lambda Chapter of PLS. She and Eileen Zheng, a secondyear student pharmacist, received MPhA Student Scholarships.

Juliet Obi, a graduate student in PSC, received a 2021-2022 Nigerian Association of Pharmacists & Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas scholarship, an American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Travel Award, a Nicoya Lifesciences scholarship, and a Biophysical Society Graduate Student Travel Award.

Dami Onasanya, MPH, MD, and Sarah Tanveer, MS, graduate students in PHSR, received the department’s 2022 Student Travel Scholarships.

Second-year student pharmacists Iulia Opran, Chenchu Vignesh Pernati, and Belinda Tamrakar won the Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation’s 10th annual America’s Got Regulatory Science Talent Competition.

Lori Russell, a student in the MS in Palliative Care Program and the palliative care nurse coordinator at UPMC Western Maryland, received the Maryland Rural Health Association’s 2021 Outstanding Rural Health Practitioner Award.

Brianna Scotland, a graduate student in PSC, has been selected as a GenentechMeyerhoff Graduate Fellow Program Scholar.

Chintal Shah, MS, BPharm, a graduate student in PHSR, received the department’s 2022 Donald O. Fedder Memorial Fellowship.