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Contents
Faculty & Staff
Dean’s Message
New Faculty & Staff
New Faculty & Staff
New Faculty & Staff
Honor Roll of Donors
Scholarship Recipients
Pharm.D. Profile: Dawn Belden ‘11
Commencement
Graduates
Student News
Residents & Fellows
More Student News
More Student News
Rx Impact Day
More Scholarship Recipients
Focus on Faculty
Health Disparities
Faculty Publications
Pharmacy Practice
Faculty Publications
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Focus on Faculty
Drug Solubility
Eminent Faculty
Aimee Dietle: RA of the Year
Mamta Kapoor: TA of the Year
Postdoctoral Fellows
Alumni Board
Alumni Awardees
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On the Cover:
Our eminent faculty [clockwise from
top]: Urs A. Boelsterli, Boehringer
Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Endowed Chair in Mechanistic
Toxicology; Marie A. Smith, Dr.
Henry A. Palmer Endowed Professor
in Community Pharmacy Practice;
Michael J. Pikal, Pfizer Distinguished
Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical
Technology; Debra A. Kendall,
University of Connecticut Distinguished
Professor; John B. Morris, University
of Connecticut Distinguished Professor;
Diane J. Burgess, University of
Connecticut Distinguished Professor;
C. Michael White, University of
Connecticut Teaching Fellow; Robin
H. Bogner, University of Connecticut
Teaching Fellow
On the Back:
Students provide information at the
NBC 30 Health Fair; Pharmaceutical
Sciences graduate students gather at
the AAPS Welcome Event; UConn
Pharmacy Alumni Association awardees.
Darlene Able ‘80
Owner, Able Care Pharmacy
David Rosen ‘78
Partner, Foley & Lardner
Suresh Babu ‘87
Vice President, Drug Product Development
Synta Pharmaceuticals
Mark Rubino ‘73
Senior Director, Field Health Outcomes
and PharmacoEconomics, Endo
Pharmaceuticals
James Baxter
Senior Vice President of Development
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Robert Bepko, Jr. ‘77
Director of Professional Services
Norwalk Hospital
Mark Brackett ‘78
President, Kinney Drugs Foundation
CEO & President, NeuroRedox, Inc.
Robert Dana ‘63
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
& Training and Research Institute,
Parenteral Drug Association
Angelo DeFazio ‘85
President, Arrow Pharmacy
Barbara Deptula ‘75
Executive Vice President, Global Business
Development, Shire Pharmaceuticals
Marion Ehrich ‘75
Professor of Pharmacology/Toxicology
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine
Rachelle Goto ‘76
Pharmacist, CVS
Gregory Gousse ‘71
Implementation Manager
Visiting Hospital Association
William Hait ‘65
Retired Past CEO, Schraft’s
Sarah Kelly, Ph.D.
Vice President of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Research Science & Technology, Pfizer
Janet Kozakiewicz ‘79
Pharmacy Director,
Hospital of St. Raphael
Jennifer Osowiecki ‘85
Partner, Cox and Osowiecki, LLC
Erica Peitler ‘88
CEO, Erica Peitler & Associates, Inc.
David Sencabaugh
Director of Pharmacy Professional
Services, Ahold USA, Inc./Stop & Shop
Roger Stoll, Ph.D. ‘73
Chairman, President and CEO
Cortex Pharmaceuticals
Lisa Stump ‘91
Yale - New Haven Hospital
Papatya Tankut
Vice President of Professional Services
CVS Caremark
Elliott D. Tertes ‘62
Emeritus Chairman, Board of Trustees
American Society Consultant
Pharmacists, Research and Education
Foundation
Margaret Weaver ‘80, ‘90
Safety Profiling & Assessment
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical
Research, Inc.
Jeannette Wick ‘79
Captain, U.S. Public Health Service
Ex-Officio Members
Lisa Brown
University of Connecticut Foundation
Robert L. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Pharmacy
Faculty Members
Dr. Khanh “Devra” Dang
Associate Clinical Professor
José Manautou, Ph.D.
Professor
Student Members
Kelly Forney-Stevens
Carmen Nobre ‘11
UConn’s School of Pharmacy is accredited by the
Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education.
The University of Connecticut is accredited by the New
England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Special thanks to all of those who contributed their time
and talents to the publication of this annual report:
Elizabeth Anderson, Mark Armati, Lisa Brown, Dan Buttrey,
Rebecca DeSousa, Mary Ann Dolan, Mohammed Faisel, Elmira
Fifo, Lanting Fuh, Thomas Hurlbut, Christine Kohn, Heather
Jahn, Kristina Kiley, Leslie LeBel, Daniel Leone, Jacquelyn Lomp,
Christina Matsis, Robert McCarthy, Ryan McLean, Deborah
Milvae, Barbara Murawski, Rosana Oliveira, Katelyn Parsons,
Karolina Prytulo-Griswold, Kayla Ramsay, Corey Robinson,
Rachel Tatulis, Yan Wang, and Megan Zabilansky.
University of Connecticut
School of Pharmacy
69 North Eagleville Road ~ Unit 3092
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3092
Telephone: (860) 486-2129 Facsimile: (860) 486-1553
Faculty & Staff
Dean’s Office &
Administration
Robert L. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
Andrea K. Hubbard, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Associate Professor
John B. Morris, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Research
Marie A. Smith, Pharm.D.
Assistant Dean for Practice and Public
Policy Partnerships and Professor
Pharmacy Practice
Debra A. Kendall
Department Head, and Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Amy C. Anderson, Ph.D.
Associate Head, Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate
Professor
C. Michael White, Pharm.D.
Department Head and Professor
Pharmacy Practice
Francis “Skip” Copeland
Building Manager
Meg Tartsinis, B.S.
Assistant to the Dean
Associate Dean’s Office
Andrea K. Hubbard, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Associate Professor
Philhemina Boone, B.S.
Administrative Services Specialist
Jenna Henderson, B.S.
Program Assistant
Pharmacy Professional
Development
Assessment & Accreditation
Lauren S. Schlesselman, Pharm.D.
Director
Business &
Technology Services
Deborah Milvae, B.S.
Director
Mark Armati, B.A.
Assistant Business Manager
Kathleen Koji
Storekeeper
Development
Lisa Brown, MBA
Associate Director of Development
Experiential Education
Jill M. Fitzgerald, Pharm.D.
Director
Joanne Nault, B.S.
Administrative Services Specialist
Effie L. Kuti, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor
Robert L. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Professor
Michael D. Nailor, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pharmacy Practice
Stefanie C. Nigro, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
C. Michael White, Pharm.D.
Department Head and Professor
Trinh P. Pham, Pharm.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Barbara E. Murawski, B.S.
Department Administrative Assistant
Marissa C. Salvo, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, Pharm.D.
Associate Professor
William L. Baker, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Thomas E. Buckley, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor
Charles F. Caley, Pharm.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Lauren S. Schlesselman, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Marie A. Smith, Pharm.D.
Professor
Fei Wang, Pharm.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Kathryn Wheeler, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Philip Hritcko, Pharm.D.
Director
Kevin W. Chamberlin, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Mary Ann Phaneuf
Assistant Director
Craig I. Coleman, Pharm.D.
Associate Professor
Lisa Bragaw, B.S.
Field Coordinator
Khanh (Devra) Dang, Pharm.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Mary A. Petruzzi, B.S.
Field Coordinator
Megan Jo Ehret, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor
Leslie LeBel, B.A.
Administrative Services Specialist
and Graduate Program Coordinator
Peter J. Tyczkowski, MBA
Educational Outreach Coordinator
Jill M. Fitzgerald, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Laura A. Burnett
Administrative Services Specialist
Michael C. Gerald, Ph.D.
Professor
Brian J. Aneskievich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Jennifer E. Girotto, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Urs A. Boelsterli, Ph.D.
Professor
Pharmacy Library
Sharon Giovenale, MLS
Librarian
Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Gerald Gianutsos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
David F. Grant, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
M. Kyle Hadden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Debra A. Kendall, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor
Andrea K. Hubbard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Amy C. Anderson, Ph.D.
Associate Department Head and
Associate Professor
Devendra S. Kalonia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Alumni Relations
Marketing &
Communications
Lisa M. Holle, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Marcy J. Balunas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mary Ann Dolan, R.Ph.
Director and Executive Secretary
UConn Pharmacy Alumni Association
Elizabeth E. Anderson, MBA
Director
Philip M. Hritcko, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Robin H. Bogner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sean M. Jeffery, Pharm.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Diane J. Burgess, Ph.D.
Professor
Daniel C. Leone, R.Ph.
Director and Executive Secretary
UConn Pharmacy Alumni Association
Dr. Gerry Gianutsos and Dan Leone
receive dedicated yearbooks from
Pharmacy Student Government.
José E. Manautou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
John B. Morris, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor
Michael J. Pikal, Ph.D.
Professor
Theodore P. Rasmussen
Associate Professor
Olga Y. Vinogradova, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dennis L. Wright, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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A Message from the Dean
Robert L. McCarthy, Ph.D.
I am pleased to submit my ninth annual report
as dean. Despite the ongoing challenges posed
by our difficult economic times, we were able to
make significant progress in implementing the
action steps of our current strategic plan.
We continued to make great
strides on the school’s threeyear Diversity Plan. A large
component of the committee’s
work is focused on building
a more diverse pipeline of
students interested in a career in
pharmacy. We maintained close
ties with pre-pharmacy students
at UConn branches with visits
and open houses. New this year
was the addition of visits with
pharmacy alumni to our new
partner pre-pharmacy program
at the University of Bridgeport.
Students volunteered to organize
and facilitate several of our high
school initiatives, including a visit
by New Haven UConn GEAR
UP students that featured handson activities in the compounding
lab and pharmacy care center.
A team of professional and
graduate students offered
a laboratory activity in the
compounding lab for students
with autism. Designed to build
a bridge between these students
and their pharmacists, this handson activity engaged parents and
our university’s LEND program
resources and expertise.
Committee members participated
in or arranged for alumni
participation in a number of
career day presentations as well
as continued involvement in
both the Hartford/UConn HPPI
program and the electronic
mentoring program run in
conjunction with the Stratford
Public Schools.
Our student SNPhA chapter
organized another successful
Unity Week building upon
different aspects of diversity.
Highlights of the week’s activities
included an interactive exchange
between retired pharmacists
and students discussing the
changes in pharmacy practice
over the years and a program
on American Sign Language for
Pharmacists.
The 2010-2011 academic year
also marked the third and final
year of implementation of our
new professional curriculum.
The faculty held a retreat to
review feedback about the
new curriculum. As a result,
some adjustments will be made
in organization, content, and
scheduling.
Despite the current financial
climate, the school had a highly
successful year in development.
Over $1.3 million was raised
including new scholarships,
planned giving, and our annual
fund, which is used to support
students and faculty. We
are pleased that nine school
activities/events received
extramural support this past
year. Absent such support, the
school would be hard pressed to
continue these signature events
given our ongoing financial
challenges.
We are very grateful to the
Pharmacy Alumni Association
for contributing scholarships for
professional students; support for
students attending the American
Pharmacists Association Annual
Meeting, and support for
students completing a traditional
Chinese medicine course at
Peking Medical University.
Alumni, again this year,
participated in and served as
mentors for students at migrant
farm worker clinics and other
events including health fairs,
expos, and immunization clinics.
After more than 14 years
of dedicated service, Daniel
Leone retired as executive
secretary of the Pharmacy
Alumni Association. Dan’s
accomplishments are many,
including achieving a higher
percentage of alumni as members
than the university association.
Our Office of Pharmacy
Professional Development
continued its focus on practicebased educational programming.
The office’s Immunization
Program has raised the visibility
of the School of Pharmacy as a
continuing education provider
and as a partner in expanding
the scope of practice in the state.
Our Anticoagulation Traineeship
expands on these gains and
marks the first public-private
partnership (with Backus Hospital)
of its kind in the state.
School of Pharmacy faculty
continued to demonstrate success
in research and other scholarly
activities this year. Approximately
$7 million (direct costs) in
extramural funding was attracted,
similar to last year’s total and
impressive in an increasingly
challenging funding environment.
New Faculty
The Department of Pharmacy
Practice attracted $2.1 million in
extramural funding; published 52
full-length, peer-reviewed articles,
twelve technical reports, sixteen
book chapters, and 69 conference
papers; and delivered 84 scholarly
presentations at national/regional/
state meetings.
The Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences attracted nearly $5
million (direct costs) in extramural
funding— an increase of more
than 30% over the previous
year—continuing an upward
trend over the last several years.
Five faculty received new grants
in excess of $1 million each. In
addition, faculty published 57
full-length, peer-reviewed articles,
eighteen book chapters and 86
conference papers, and delivered
59 scholarly presentations at
national/regional/state meetings.
Overall, the school continues to
succeed despite our economic
challenges. I attribute this success
to the quality and dedication of
our faculty, staff, students, alumni,
and our practice and corporate
partners.
Respectfully,
Robert L. McCarthy
Dean & Professor
Marcy J. Balunas, Ph.D.,
joined the Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences as an
assistant professor of medicinal
chemistry. After receiving her
Bachelor of Arts Degree in
chemistry and biology at the
University of Rochester, she
received her Master of Science
Degree in plant ecology at
the State University of New
York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry. She
continued on to receive her
Ph.D. in pharmacognosy at the
University of Illinois at Chicago
in 2007.
Dr. Balunas completed a marine
natural products chemistry
postdoctoral joint fellowship
at the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography and the
Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute. Working with the
International Cooperative
Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)
based in Panama, her
& Staff
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Marcy J. Balunas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
postdoctoral research focused
on anti-parasitic and anti-cancer
drug discovery from marine
cyanobacteria off both the
Pacific and Caribbean coasts of
Panama in Central America.
At the University of
Connecticut School of
Pharmacy, Dr. Balunas focuses
on selectivity-based anti-parasitic
and anti-cancer drug discovery
from marine microorganisms,
with a special interest in
psychrophilic bacteria. Her
research also includes studies
on the elicitation of silent
biosynthetic pathways in coldobligate bacteria from the
arctic, as well as working in
conjunction with the Marine
Sciences Department at the
Avery Point campus of UConn.
She has authored and coauthored numerous journal
articles about natural products
and drug discovery.
Alumni Relations
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mary Ann Dolan
Director
Laura Burnett
Grants & Contracts Specialist
Laura Burnett is an alumna of
the University of Connecticut.
She received her Bachelor of
Science in Dietetics in 1996
through the Allied Health
Program and went on to
complete her Masters in Allied
Health Administration in 1999.
She returns to the university
as an administrative services
specialist in the Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences.
resources in order to support
technology-based economic
development. The goal of these
partnerships is to stimulate
local action resulting in lasting
improvements to the state’s
academic research infrastructure
and increased national
research and development
competitiveness. Ms. Burnett
contributed to the development
of new partnerships with state
government, state agencies,
industry leaders, nonprofit
organizations, as well as twoand four-year colleges to
advance economic development,
STEM education and workforce
training.
Prior to her return to the
university, Ms. Burnett
worked to enhance science
and technology in the state
of New Hampshire through
a research infrastructure
improvement grant from the
National Science Foundation.
The Experimental Program to
Stimulate Competitive Research
(EPSCoR) at the University
of New Hampshire partners
with academia, government
and business to leverage
In her new position, Ms.
Burnett will coordinate and
provide support for proposed
and ongoing research with
faculty in the Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
While she is prepared for the
new challenges at the School
of Pharmacy, she is excited
to be back on campus. “This
opportunity has really been a
homecoming for me. UConn
has always remained a special
part of my life.”
University of Connecticut
School of Pharmacy alumna,
Mary Ann Gilroy Dolan
‘86, has joined the staff
as director of the Office
of Alumni Relations and
executive secretary of the
UConn Pharmacy Alumni
Association. She will serve as
a liaison between the school,
the University of Connecticut
Alumni Association and the
not-for-profit University of
Connecticut Pharmacy Alumni
Association.
In addition to communication
with School of Pharmacy
Alumni, maintenance of alumni
records and processing of
annual and life memberships,
Dolan will coordinate the
annual reunions and Pharmacy
Alumni Association Awards.
She is a past president of the
association, having joined
the board soon after her
graduation.
Prior to joining the school, Ms.
Dolan traveled to 40 states as
a meeting moderator at Boron,
LePore & Associates, Inc. in
Fairlawn, NJ and moderated
pharmaceutical product
teleconferences and webinars
for Pharmakon, a PDI company
in Schaumburg, IL.
In addition to her professional
experiences, Ms. Dolan is a
life member of the Portland
Historical Society where she
has served as vice president,
board member, and docent
coordinator for the Callander
House Museum of Portland
History.
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New Faculty & Staff
Pharmacy Practice
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lisa Holle, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Debra A. Kendall, Ph.D.
Department Head & Professor
projects, Dr. Kendall hopes to
gain a deeper understanding
of how the system works so
that they may be optimized for
healthcare and disease treatment.
For her science contributions
she was elected a fellow of the
AAAS in 2008.
Lisa Holle, Pharm. D, joined
the Department of Pharmacy
Practice as an assistant clinical
professor. She received
both her B.S. in Pharmacy
and her post-baccalaureate
Pharm.D. degree from the
University of Wisconsin at
Madison. She completed her
ASHP Accredited Oncology
Pharmacy Specialty Residency
at the University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston, Texas.
Dr. Holle co-coordinates a
Patient Assessment course
with Dr. Marissa Salvo, in
which students are introduced
to clinical skills necessary for
patient analysis. Dr. Holle
commented, “The class is a
cross between the didactic and
real work,” as students are both
taught and given real patient
situations to analyze.
In addition to her research,
Dr. Holle was recently
elected president-elect of
the Hematology Oncology
Pharmacy Association, in
which she has been involved
for seven years. She is also
a member of the American
Society of Health-Systems
Pharmacists, the American
College of Clinical Pharmacy,
the American Society
of Clinical Oncology,
the International Society
of Oncology Pharmacy
Practitioners, the American
Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy, and the American
Pharmacists Association.
As a resident of Storrs, she is
excited to be near her home
and helping both the Storrs
and the UConn communities.
Debra Kendall, Ph.D., is the
head of the Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and a
professor of medicinal chemistry
at the School of Pharmacy. Dr.
Kendall joined the University
of Connecticut in the fall of
1989 as an assistant professor in
molecular and cellular biology.
She was promoted through the
ranks, ultimately to the level of
Board of Trustees Distinguished
Professor in 2003. She spent
almost five years as associate
dean for research and graduate
education in the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences and
was the first woman in almost
two decades to be elected
chair of the Senate Executive
Committee in 2003.
Dr. Kendall’s lab is focusing
on the structure and function
of membrane-interactive
proteins, including components
of the protein translocon in
bacteria and G protein coupled
receptors of the cannabinoid
receptor system. In both
For her research, Dr. Kendall has
two National Institute of Health
(NIH) grants, one of which she
has had continuously renewed
for over two decades. She has
also obtained an American
Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) supplement for
her work. While excited about
her research endeavors, Dr.
Kendall is thrilled to take on
the challenges of her newly
appointed position and “guide
an already excellent program to
become even stronger.”
Prior to her work at UConn,
Dr. Kendall received her
undergraduate degree in
biochemistry from Smith
College and earned her Ph.D.
at Northwestern University.
Pursuing her keen interest in
research, Dr. Kendall completed
her postdoctoral training at
Rockefeller University in peptide
modeling and protein structure.
At Rockefeller, Dr. Kendall
was promoted to the rank of
assistant professor and continued
to conduct research in her lab.
Kathleen Koji has joined the
School of Pharmacy staff
part-time in the receiving
and stockroom department
as a storekeeper. Ms. Koji is
responsible for making sure
that everything that comes
into the stockroom gets
handled in the proper way,
and is distributed correctly.
She describes her work there
as especially rewarding due to
the kind reception she receives
from the other staff and
faculty. “I find working here
enjoyable,” she says of UConn.
“The School of Pharmacy has a
friendly atmosphere.”
As a team-oriented individual,
Ms. Koji was impressed by
the work environment in the
School of Pharmacy, which was
conducive to her work style.
Business & Technology
Professional Development
Pharmacy Practice
Joanne Nault
Assistant Services Specialist
Marissa Salvo, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Kathleen Koji
Storekeeper
Koji enjoys conversation, and
her work provides her the
opportunity to talk to people
who pick up their packages, and
to establish work relationships
that are both rewarding and
fun.
Her secondary education began
with two years at Mitchell
College in New London,
Connecticut, after which she
transferred to UConn to finish
her Bachelor of Science degree.
Prior to her employment at
the School of Pharmacy, Ms.
Koji was self-employed in the
printing industry, and held
various other positions. She
describes herself as someone
who enjoys new and challenging
experiences, and as such feels at
home in her current position.
Alumna Joanne Nault joined
the School of Pharmacy as
an administrative specialist
in the Office of Pharmacy
Professional Development.
She received her Bachelor
of Science in biology and
chemistry from the University
of Illinois and worked toward
her Master of Business
Administration at the
University of Connecticut.
In her new position, Mrs.
Nault works on the continuing
education program with
colleague Dr. Jill Fitzgerald.
Pharmacists in the State of
Connecticut must complete
15 hours of continuing
education each year in order
to maintain their license and
UConn is accredited to offer
the necessary courses. Courses
are not specifically for UConn
alumni; pharmacists from
around the country participate
through seminars and online
courses accredited by the
University of Connecticut.
Mrs. Nault is responsible for
ensuring that the programs and
courses offered comply with
the national standards set up by
the Accreditation Council for
Pharmacy Education (ACPE),
a national agency for the
accreditation of professional
degree programs in pharmacy
and providers of continuing
pharmacy education.
She is also responsible for all
of the administrative tasks
associated with the programs
such as maintaining data and
arranging venues. “I am happy
to be back at the University of
Connecticut and really enjoy
working with Dr. Fitzgerald,”
stated Mrs. Nault.
Marissa Salvo, Pharm.D., joined
the Department of Pharmacy
Practice as an assistant clinical
professor. After receiving her
Doctor of Pharmacy degree
with a minor in leadership
studies from the University of
Rhode Island, she completed
a PGY-1 residency at the St.
Louis College of Pharmacy. Her
practice site was the St. Louis
County Department of Health.
Dr. Salvo completed a residency
research project, which assessed
the impact of a pharmacistmanaged insulin titration
program compared to standard
care on glycemic control and
preventative care measures in
an indigent population with
diabetes. The primary outcome
was glycemic control, while
secondary outcomes included
attainment of preventative care
measures and change in weight
and total daily insulin dose. She
presented her poster at the 2010
American College of Clinical
Pharmacy meeting.
While her research interest
focuses on ambulatory care,
Dr. Salvo also has a keen
interest in pursuing pharmacy
reinforcement. Separate from
her research, she is also a
member of various pharmacy
organizations, including the
American College of Clinical
Pharmacy, the American
Pharmacists Association, and the
American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists. She is also a
sister of Lambda Kappa Sigma, a
well known pharmacy fraternity.
Dr. Salvo is currently working
in the Community Health
Center in Meriden, Connecticut,
where she is providing clinical
pharmacy services. She is
“excited to participate in the
UConn Pharmacy program.”
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Honor Roll of Donors
We gratefully acknowledge the alumni, corporations,
foundations, friends, and parents who made gifts to the
school between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. Your
continued commitment provides very important resources
to our students and faculty.
$50,000+
Robert E. PhD ‘59 and
Glenda S. Singiser
American Petroleum Institute
The V Foundation
American Heart Association
Joseph C. Papa ‘78 and
Nancy K. Papa
$25,000 - $49,999
Helsinn
The Pharmaceutical Research &
Manufacturers of America
$10,000 - $24,999
Rite Aid Corporation
CVS Corporation
Karl A. Herzog ‘71
U.S. Pharmacopeia
Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Charles A. and Lorraine R. Griebell
Kinney Drugs Foundation
Walgreen
$5,000 - $9,999
James T. ‘78 and Karen L. Malaney
Target Corporation
Deborah J. Faucette ‘80
Margaret L. Weaver ‘80 ‘90 and
Margarita M. Padilla
Angelo DeFazio ‘85
John A. Capuano ‘73 ‘02
Robert L. and Maureen McCarthy
V. Michael Guertin ‘66
Joseph D. Palo ‘73 ‘81 and
Lorraine R. Palo
UConn Pharmacy Alumni
Association
$1,000 - $4,999
Elaine M. Greer ‘76
Daniel C. Leone ‘53 and
Maryanne V. ‘59 Leone
Paul H. ‘77 and Dianne L. Deutsch
William E. and Carol L. Oliver
Jennifer L. Cox ‘90 ‘93 and
Jennifer A. Osowiecki ‘85 ‘94
Roger G. Stoll ‘73 and
Kathleen A. ‘68 ‘69 Stoll
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Aaron L. Gersten ‘48 ‘54 and
Sandra P. ‘60 Gersten
Jean P. Gagnon ‘63 ‘68 and
Ann A. Gagnon
Ahold Financial Services
Richard T. Carbray, Jr. ‘75 and
Patricia A. Carbray
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Connecticut Pharmacists
Association
John A. Kiszkiel II ‘75 and
Linda M. Kiszkiel
Garry Levitsky ‘73
Michael J. and Janice L. Pikal
Ralph M. Stanzione ‘72 and
Diana C. Stanzione
Mary Jean Stempien ‘75
Virgina M. Tyler
Joyce F. Jackson
Jayme C. Trott ‘78
Allan P. ‘59 and Susan ‘61 Viner
Elliott D. Tertes ‘62 and
Carolyn Q. ‘60 Tertes
Barbara Ameer ‘75
Albert A. Belmonte ‘73 and
Barbara Belmonte
Joseph B. Bogardus
Kathleen A. Cameron ‘87 and
Anthony J. Young
Richard T. Darrington
Anita P. Denly ‘66
Barbara H. Deptula ‘78
Nicola M. Faccento ‘00 ‘02
Elinor A. Fagan ‘68
Barbara Haber ‘59
Stuart D. ‘70 and Sharon Neiss
Robert G. ‘66 and Joyce ‘66 Pinco
Polish American Congress
Charitable Foundation
Barry Rubinfeld ‘84 and
Karen B. ‘87 Rubinfeld
David B. ‘59 and Merle S. Silver
Bryan F. Zembrowski ‘05 ‘07
$500 - $999
Rachel B. Meyers ‘03 ‘05 and
Jonathan F. Meyers
Nicholas A. Olimpio ‘67 and
Elizabeth S. Olimpio
Iris L. Long ‘72
José E. Manautou
Vinay Radhakrishnan ‘00 and
Manju V. ‘99 Radhakrishnan
Deborah J. Tapley ‘78
Allan D. Anderson ‘62
Irving C. ‘66 and Ellen T. Hughes
Sandra M. Alfano ‘78
David W. Blois ‘67 ‘71 and
Nancy S. ‘67 Blois
Thomas E. Buckley ‘82 ‘94 and
Cynthia J. Kozak ‘82 ‘90
Thomas E. Burke ‘72 and
Susan J. ‘87 Burke
Jennifer S. Chase ‘91
Shari Chetcuti
Joseph T. DiPiro ‘78 and
Cecily R. ‘78 DiPiro
Cynthia E. Huge ‘75
Justgive
Joseph D. Klish ‘61 and
Susan D. ‘63 Klish
Network for Good
Leon R. Pacifici ‘58 ‘62
Jay D. Roberts and
Bryan Zembrowski, Pharm.D. ‘07 presents the Bryan F. Zembrowski
Pharmaceutical Industry Scholarship to Jon Blazawski at the School of
Pharmacy Scholarship Convocation.
Amy J. Pikal-Roberts
Lois A. Reynolds ‘74
Anthony P. Simonelli ‘55 and
Joan A. ‘56 Simonelli
Mary-Elizabeth Stanton ‘81
Peter J. Tyczkowski ‘78 ‘85 and
Barbara ‘79 ‘81 Tyczkowski
$250 - $499
Amina M. Ayub ‘99
Brian F. ‘83 and Jill M. ‘86 Fitzgerald
Walter G. ‘75 and Christine F. Jump
Milton H. Russell ‘60
Kathryn M. Colucci ‘86
Keith D. ‘92 and Suzanne M. ‘89 Lyke
Edward J. Antal ‘81
Shirley M. Bouchard ‘49
Philip J. Carrigan ‘74
George F. Kirkpatrick, Jr. ‘71
Gerald N. ‘60 and Petrina M. Koblin
Shirley Ng ‘75
Corey M. Schmitt
Joel S. ‘65 and Rebecca Kahn
Irving D. Bell
Steven D. and Elaine S. Cohen
Virginia H. Fallon ‘71 and
George Miller
Hayden O. Houston, Jr. ‘72 and
Florence Houston
Paul C. Inguanti ‘82 and
Mary E. ‘83 ‘97 Inguanti
Robert J. Lewandowski ‘71
Barbara J. McDonald ‘58
Rita McGuire ‘52
Ricardo C. Nario, Jr. ‘97
Paul R. O’Dea ‘69
Charles W. Page ‘93 and
Michelle A. ‘94 Page
Douglass W. Sevon ‘90 and
Mary C. ‘85 ‘87 Sevon
Edward J. ‘74 and Susan D. Sklanka
Robert N. Witt ‘57
$100 - $249
James D. Henley ‘78 and
Mary A. ‘78 Henley
Dorothy C. McLaughlin ‘66
James E. Beaulieu ‘87
Alex A. and Judith B. Cardoni
Stephen C. Anderson and
Elizabeth E. Anderson
Raymond M. Milvae and
Deborah B. Milvae
Mary H. Beaulac
Paul F. ‘72 ‘82 and Linda Davern
Eric A. ‘95 and Stefanie ‘97 Ferreri
Deborah A. Fox ‘80
Michael A. Hibbard ‘75 and
Lauren S. ‘75 Hibbard
Charles E. Inturrisi ‘62 and
Barbara E. Inturrisi
Michael E. and Debbie C. Krawczyk
James A. Langone ‘72 and
Theresa M. Guiribitey
Paul J. Roszko ‘78 and
M. Patricia ‘99 Roszko
Mark E. Sampieri ‘86 and
Anna M. ‘86 Sampieri
Jeffrey V. Judson, Jr. ‘71
Dale C. ‘83 and Carol R. ‘85 Walker
Rutherford C. Burgess ‘51 and
Barbara T. Burgess
Robert H. Carpenter, Jr. ‘76
Richard T. Cranston ‘72 and
Suzanne R. Cranston
John P. Dunn ‘82 ‘84
Edith G. Goodmaster
Gregory C. Gousse ‘71 ‘77 and
Elaine C. ‘71 Gousse
James B. LaFlamme ‘79
Kenneth R. Lalime ‘79 and
Kathleen M. ‘80 Lalime
Kathleen A. Rup ‘78 and
John J. Rup, Jr.
Jill N. Sackett ‘81
Timothy J. Whitney ‘89 and
Laureen L. ‘90 Whitney
Marc R. Summerfield ‘74 and
Anna L. Summerfield
Alexander L. Thomson ‘77 ‘78 and
Janet L. ‘83 Thomson
Margaret Tartsinis
Charles L. McClester ‘57
Marion F. ‘76 and Roger W. Ehrich
Anthony J. Volpe, Jr. ‘85 and
Janice Volpe
Sharon Giovenale
Joan P. ‘55 and John C. Alvord
Gerard Acampora ‘78 and
Kathleen I. Acampora
Paul and Gail Altieri
Jack R. Anderson ‘70
Katherine E. Banker-Murphy ‘08 ‘10
Austin A. Bebyn ‘86
Robert J. Bepko, Jr. ‘77
Robert D. Blauvelt ‘93 and
Jane W. ‘89 Blauvelt
Dennis J. Chapron ‘71 and
Linda L. ‘70 Chapron
Douglas R. Chung ‘82
George H. Cocolas ‘52
Robert M. Coughlin ‘75 and
Claudia S. Coughlin
Peter A. Dellaripa ‘78 and
Karen L. ‘79 Dellaripa
Terry E. Edgell ‘58
Edward A. English, Jr. ‘63 and
Margaret W. English ‘64
Robert P. Fineberg ‘51
Phillip S. Fontana ‘70
Thomas E. Fraser ‘79 and
Sheryl R. ‘78 Fraser
Walter A. Galazka, Jr. ‘58 and
Florence Galazka
Karl M. Gelotte ‘90 and
Cathy K. ‘81 ‘87 Gelotte
Barry E. ‘65 and Marsha Goldstein
Merece L. Goodwin ‘58
Gerald J. Grossman ‘56 and
Shirley L. ‘56 Grossman
Michael J. Gumkowski ‘77 and
Francine D. Gumkowski
Sandra K. Hague ‘77
Kenneth G. Hermann ‘60
Ernest H. ‘60 and Marion J. Hintz
Jan T. Jens ‘87
Ernest A. Judson, Jr. ‘55 and
Helen M. Judson
Anne L. Kahrimanis ‘69
George K. Karanian ‘55
Joseph J. Kozakiewicz ‘78 ‘81 and
Janet M. ‘79 Kozakiewicz
Joseph J. Krzanowski ‘62
Ronald A. Lesnikoski, Sr. ‘53
Leona R. Levitt ‘55
Nancy B. Lindsay ‘80
Fred R. ‘60 and Rhoda G. London
William T. Lonergan, Jr. ‘62 and
Jean B. Lonergan ‘68 ‘79
Jerome A. Munic ‘83 and
Gerda Maissel ‘83
Christine E. ‘94 and David Major
Craig A. ‘83 and Lisa P. Massaro
Robert A. Mead ‘77 and
Susan W. Hamlin ‘79
Alan J. Milbauer ‘65 ‘68 and
Nancy K. ‘67 ‘77 Milbauer
Jeffrey R. Miller ‘97
Ernest M. Mrazik, Jr. ‘69 and
Cheryl Horowitz-Mrazik
Mark P. Murzyn ‘77
Nancy E. Patridge ‘98
James Perugini III ‘81 and
Teresa Perugini
Charles D. Ponte ‘75
Dennis N. Popadic ‘69
Lawrence J. Rasero, Jr. ‘60 ‘66 and
Judith K. Rasero
Edmund J. Rotty ‘69 and
Rosemary W. Rotty
Jerry S. Rubin ‘56
Robert L. Santone ‘58
William E. Sergiy III ‘84
Stanley Sklar ‘65 ‘66
Dennis M. ‘69 and Mary R. Soucy
David L. Spadaccini ‘77
Kenneth A. Speranza, Sr.
M. Denise Tremalgia ‘79
University of Connecticut
Mark B. Zonenshine ‘70 and
Kim M. Venterea-Zonenshine ‘81
Jason R. Virelli ‘92
Gayle W. Winkler ‘69
Wesley N. Young ‘65 and
Dianne T. Young
Donna M. Zarzuela ‘89
Under $100
Ronald J. Abrahams ‘63 and
Brina M. ‘63 ‘81 Abrahams
Ronald F. Aeschlimann and
Judith A. Aeschlimann
Joyce B. Arnold ‘57
Frederick C. ‘63 and Cheryl B. Arzt
John Babina, Jr. ‘65 and
Carol A. Babina ‘67
Brian C. Bachyrycz ‘08 ‘10
Sarah Barnes ‘08
Anthony M. Bartholomeo ‘75 and
Linda M. ‘76 Bartholomeo
Amy J. Bartlett ‘99
David A. Chuckta ‘82 and Lori B.
‘84 Chuckta
Antonio Ciarleglio ‘87 ‘91
Roy J. Ciarlo ‘81 ‘89
Richard D. Clayman ‘68 ‘72
Frank A. Cocchiaro ‘70 and
Marianne B. Cocchiaro
Stephen R. Conboy
Timothy F. Conboy ‘09 ‘11
Donald E. and Carol A. Costello
Joseph W. Cranston ‘67
Daniel D. Crosby ‘88
Jennifer E. Crowe
Vito D’Aiuto, Jr. ‘55
Paul A. ‘84 and Maura David
Lawrence H. Day ‘59 and
Deborah D. ‘61 Day
Judith M. Deglin ‘72
Mary A. DelDebbio ‘79
Suzanne Deliee ‘71
Frederick DeMella, Jr. ‘81
“The results of philanthropy are
always beyond calculation.
~ Miriam Beard
Ellis N. Bean ‘59
Martin L. Berenson ‘65
Crystal L. Bissonnette ‘05 ‘07
Cynthia B. Bizon ‘71
Dexter P. Blois ‘65 ‘66
Tien T. Bo ‘99 ‘01
Frank J. Bonelli ‘50
David M. Bowe ‘73
Deborah A. Bray ‘99 ‘01
Richard S. ‘60 and Inez L. Bromberg
Marta J. Brooks ‘87 ‘87
Allan M. Burkman ‘54
Rose Carotenuto ‘52
Garrett J. Cavanaugh ‘93
Sokheng Chay
and Colleen C. DeMella ‘82 ‘88
Barbara A. DeNicola ‘55 ‘60
Patricia A. Destefano
William L. Dewey ‘67
Mario and Maria A. Diamandis
Richard C. Dion, Jr. ‘82
Jennifer S. Dizney ‘00 ‘02 and
Jonathan Dizney
Sheila A. Dorval ‘81
James T. Durkin, Jr. ‘62 and
Mary E. Durkin
Louis M. Edouard ‘03 and
Meghan F. Wilkosz ‘01 ‘03
Paul W. ‘68 and Mary R. English
Continued on Page 8
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Honor Roll of Donors ~ Continued
Shari D. Fine ‘82
Patricia Fiore-Strilbyckij ‘80
Suzanne Fitzgerald ‘61
Kathryn M. Foley ‘04 ‘06 ‘09
Shirley M. Ford ‘78
Debra L. Fox ‘83
Susan C. Fratoni ‘89
Frederick J. Fuller ‘75 ‘78 ‘81 and
Susan A. ‘76 Fuller
Richard H. Gannon ‘77 and
Judy W. ‘78 Gannon
Neal R. ‘67 and Carol A. ‘70 Ganz
Guillermo Garcia ‘78
Sidney A. Gitlitz ‘52
Thaddeus J. Golebiewski III ‘97 and
Valerie J. Golebiewski
Gerald H. Grant ‘59
Gale L. Greenberg ‘56
Carol A. Griffith ‘79
David Grillo, Jr. ‘59
Santo J. Grillo ‘61
Meredith P. Hager ‘59
Ronna L. Haynes ‘92
Gertrude S. Hintz ‘50 and
William E. Hintz
Mary N. Howansky ‘70
Alan R. Hurwitz ‘53 ‘58 and
Mona C. Hurwitz
Margaret A. Kamveris ‘79
Mark W. Kaplan ‘68 ‘75 and
Regina Holdstock ‘74
Walter A. ‘75 and Melinda S. ‘75
Karwon
Michael M. Karwon ‘62 and
Sheila P. ‘63 Kerzner
Judith S. Kinner ‘66
Michelle G. Klesser ‘96
John P. Knapp ‘87 and
Patricia L. ‘86 Knapp
James J. ‘81 and Alice G. ‘77 Knittel
Rita ‘59 and John Krumins
Theodore J. Lapuc, Jr. ‘59 and
Theresa S. Lapuc
Edward S. ‘79 and Joan L. Lazer
William S. Leach, Jr. ‘86 and
Patricia A. Leach
Angelique R. Leeman ‘04 ‘06
Russell J. Leonard ‘57 and
Jeanne M. Leonard
Debra M. Leventhal ‘83
Linda J. Liguore ‘82
Frank J. ‘59 and Ina G. London
Mark W. and Kelly B. Ludvigson
Michael W. Magdycz ‘92
Alexandra M. Maldonado ‘89
Timothy V. Marcham ‘66
William G. Markham ‘69
Michelle L. Martin
Nancy R. Martin ‘71
Carl A. Massaro, Sr. ‘51 and
Dorothy L. Massaro ‘52
Joey R. McLafferty ‘59
Ernest L. Meerbach ‘52
Zhaoxing Meng ‘93
Stephen P. Mieczkowski ‘73
Robert J. Miller ‘60 and
Lynne E. ‘63 Miller
Lori A. ‘92 and John Minard
Lydia Mis ‘82
Amit K. Mitra ‘81
Patricia L. Mochel ‘78 and
Gordon C. Mochel
Beverly A. Morrow ‘79
Barbara E. Murawski
Janet L. Muro ‘73
Eric J. Pacheco
Frank E. Page ‘78
Peter J. ‘57 and Cynthia M. Patrick
Richard R. Paulhus ‘58
David Peters ‘63
Ralph E. Peterson ‘72
Frank A. Petitti ‘62 ‘68 and
Mary E. Petitti
Theodore J. Busky ‘83 ‘98 and
Jeannette Picard ‘81 ‘81 ‘85 ‘87
James M. Potrepka ‘70
Valarie J. Raymond ‘76
Brian D. Remillard ‘79 and
Elaine L. Fleming
Nancy J. ‘62 and David F. Rhodes
Alicia Ribas ‘78
Christopher E. Richard
Tracey A. Richie ‘87
Karl H. Riotte ‘75 and
Barbara A. ‘83 Riotte
Lynne D. Robinson ‘81 ‘86 and
Edgar F. Robinson
Helen M. Rochefort ‘46
Scholarship Recipients
Robert J. ‘55 and Joan H. Rogers
Nicholas A. ‘83 and Linda Romano
Daniel L. ‘82 and Carmela M. Ross
Lori A. Rudker ‘82
Ann C. Ryan ‘83
Elizabeth B. Sammarco ‘85 and
Domenic A. Sammarco
David A. Sartini ‘91
Laurie I. ‘78 and Carmine P. Schiro
Harvey E. ‘53 and Arline E. Seltzer
Nicholas J. Seminerio ‘98
Peter B. Skonieczny ‘57
James T. Smith ‘81 and
Sung-Sook ‘81 Smith
Anthony Spasiano III ‘67 and
Janet Spasiano
Edward T. Stango, Sr. ‘71
Sheldon Steinhaus ‘50
Greg M. ‘96 and Carol E. ‘98 Stotz
Sally Talaga ‘77
Thomas D. Tallarini ‘64 and
Alexandra ‘65 Tallarini
John M. Termine ‘73
Jon R. Tessler ‘78 and
Margaret J. ‘76 Tessler
John A. Tillistrand ‘78 ‘90 and
Ann M. ‘80 Tillistrand
William F. Tote ‘66
Jeanette E. Vail ‘44
Frederick C. Vegliante ‘52 and
Elizabeth Vegliante
Robyn J. Wahl ‘89
Clifford C. Walker ‘51
Stephen H. Weisenberg ‘61 and
Ruth R. Weisenberg
Barbara G. Weisenfeld ‘61
Elizabeth S. Wheaton ‘88
Kathleen D. White ‘80
Karol G. Wollenburg ‘75
William ‘51 and Muriel W. Zeldis
Paul S. ‘83 and Elaine S. ‘85 Zielinski
We have prepared the 2010-2011
Honor Roll of Donors with great
care. If, however, we have omitted,
misprinted or listed your name
incorrectly, please notify the UConn
Foundation at (860) 486-9342. In
some cases, the school may not yet
have been notified of matching gifts.
Graduate Student Recognition
Gerald Jackson Award in Pharmaceutics
Xiaoming Xu
Richardson-Vicks/A. Francis Summa
Award in Pharmaceutical Science
Edward (Zack) Oblack
Doctor of Pharmacy
Professional Program
Scholarship Recipients
Abraham Freeman Memorial
Scholarship
Olusegun Awodele
Sherman R. Gershman ‘51 Pharmacy
Scholarship
Gabrielle Richterman and Quy Vinh
Sister Maria Lucia Gerty Memorial
Scholarship
Linda Zhang
Edmund E. Goodmaster, Sr. Memorial
Scholarship
Emily Merrick
Arrow Pharmacy Endowed Scholarship
Vanessa Bys and Liv Erhard
Richard C. Gorecki Scholarship
Daniel Michalak
Harold M. Beal Memorial Scholarship
Rebecca Dube and Cynthia Gagliardi
Greater Bridgeport Pharmaceutical
Association of Connecticut, Inc.
Scholarship Fund
Carmen Nobre and Kevin Silvestre
Felix Blanc Memorial Scholarship
Nicole Millar
The Capuano Fund Scholarship
Ijeoma Ezeoke
Cardinal Health Scholarship
Jonathan Caranfa and Tricia Lemieux
Chase Memorial Scholarship
SungHee Lee
Class of 1971 Scholarship
Danielle Voisine
Abraham D. Cohen & Sandra Cohen
Fagan Memorial Scholarship
Tiffany Battles
Amelia Ardizzone Comer Memorial
Scholarship
Tracy Rosenblum and Milena Rydzewski
CVS Pharmacy Scholarship
Michael Angell, Thomas Baran, Alicia Caccavelli,
Justine Dickson, Gina Guinta, Brittany Larsen, Erica
Lepkowski, Victoria Liu, Hannah Lupinacci, Rachael
Merson, Dien Nguyen, Gabriel Ouellette, Robert
Pawlik, Marc Pulford, Albert Saito, Matthew St. Onge,
and Ashley Underwood
Griebell Family Fund Scholarship
Allan Costa, Jr., Amit Lal, Ilona Lourie, Christina
Pornprasert, Ashley Procaccini, Roopa Raju, Lisa
Semancik, Ju-Sung Song, and Nhi Tran
William & Adam Hait Scholarship
Carlie Hershgordon
The William M. Hait Family Scholarship
Katherine Arlington, Anthony Proli, and
Muamer Ramic
Nathan Hamerman Memorial
Scholarship
Elizabeth Zhu
William E. Harris Memorial Scholarship
Sophia Iliadis
H.G. Hewitt Memorial Scholarship
Quang Truong
Emily Ann Jordan Memorial Scholarship
Nicole Peters
William S. Katz/Alpha Zeta Omega
Scholarship
Rupangi Datta
Angelo DeFazio Scholarship
Eunice Antwi-Mensah, Kwasi Anyinam, and
Olayinka Lawal
Sarkis Jack Kazarian Memorial
Scholarship
Quang Truong
Raymond L. Dunn Scholarship
Melissa Yanurian
Kinney Drug Employee Owners Scholarship
Shamsul Arif, Kelly Cabral, Rosana Oliveira, and
Katelyn Parsons
John T. & Margaret Dziubinski
Memorial Scholarship
Christine Kohn, Shawn MacVane, and Monika
Zmarlicka
James Faucette Memorial Scholarship
Hyejin Kim and Michelle Nadeau
Nicholas W. Fenney Memorial
Scholarship
Kristen Murray
Paul J. Kunkel Memorial Scholarship
Kevin Luck
Norman Lacina Memorial Scholarship
Mark O’Brien
Daniel C. Leone, Jr. Scholarship
Ruta Shinkevich
Daniel C. Leone, Sr. & Mary C. Leone
Memorial Scholarship
Charles Jones and Katarzyna Zlotnik
Abraham N. Levy & Kathryn D. Levy
Memorial Scholarship
Sabina Alikhanov, Chi Huynh, and Christine Lee
James T. Malaney Rho Chi Scholarship
Jonathan Caranfa
Dean Robert L. & Maureen A. McCarthy
Scholarship
Rukshana Chowdhury, Rhandin DeSantis, Gwen
Egloff, Nicole Murphy, Corey Robinson, Vadim
Shinkevich, Corey Scheer, and Wenisa Tran
Gordon and Rita McGuire ’52 Family
and Friends Scholarship
Duquesa Nacpil
Raymond T. McMullen Memorial
Scholarship
Heather Jahn
Raymond T. & Josephine D. McMullen
Memorial Scholarship
Lyndsi Branon and Gabriella Pugliese
NACDS Education Foundation
Scholarship
Emma Hardy, Nathaniel Johnson, Kenneth Lupi, Jr.,
and Kelly Sullivan
New Haven Pharmaceutical
Association Memorial Scholarship
Lauren Bendel and Katherine Richardson
Karl A. and Joan C. Nieforth
Pharmacy Student Scholarship
Jillian Koczela and Kimberly Widmann
Karl A. Nieforth Pharmacy Student
Research Award
Elizabeth Flatley and Christine Kohn
John L. O’Brien Memorial Scholarship
Trudy Lewis and Andrew Straznitskas
William M. and Olga Oliver Memorial
Scholarship
Kelly Hughes and Malek Mediouni
Joseph C. Papa, Sr. Endowed Scholarship
Elizabeth Casserly, Lynsey-Lyn Genauer, and
Eric Gloede
Donna Farrow Pelkey ~ PADA Scholarship
Mark O’Brien
Herman & Mary Perillo Memorial
Scholarship
Kelly Hagstrom and Daniel Michalak
UConn Pharmacy Alumni Association
Memorial Scholarship in Tribute to
Joseph D’Alessio (Class of 1985)
Daiki Saito
Continued on Page 17
Dawn Belden - Pharm.D.
Class of 2011
Dawn Belden Pharm.D. ‘11,
is just one of the many
students who will go on to
become a leader in the field
of pharmacy. Belden, a New
England Scholar, was not the
average college student. Not
only did she accomplish a
great deal academically, but she
was also involved with several
activities within the university
community. These activities
include the acapella group
UConn Chordials and the
Alpha Lambda Delta National
Honors Society. She also spent
time as a representative for
Pharmacy Student Government
(PSG). “I always have felt that
keeping myself busy forces me
to be organized, motivated and
proactive about what things
need to be done. Developing
strong time management
habits help to make it less
overwhelming,” explained
Belden.
Belden also enrolled in the
Army ROTC, a decision she
made as a senior in high school.
“The challenging coursework,
real world preparation, and
benefits are what attracted
me to the Army ROTC, and
ultimately UConn,” said Belden.
Having always been interested
in serving her country and
having the ability to make a
difference made Army ROTC
“the logical choice.”
While completing her Advanced
Pharmacy Practice Experience
rotations, she realized solving
problems in clinical practice is
not always clear and concise.
“I used to think in science,
like math, there was a right
answer and everything else was
considered wrong, but now I
understand there are shades of
gray.” She admits that she has
enjoyed realizing this fact. “To
be honest, I kind of like it that
a strict formula is not the only
way to solve problems. Where
is the fun in exact science? I
also really came to appreciate
the work of colleagues.” In the
past, Belden preferred doing
work on her own; however,
as she points out, “In practice
I have seen that working
cooperatively as a team will
result in a better quality of care
for our patients.”
Belden said that rather than the
rotations helping her decide on
the field in which she would like
to pursue a career, the opposite
occurred. “I enjoyed a number
of the rotations. I found
this experience has served to
expand rather than narrow my
interests.” After graduation,
Belden assumed her commission
with the U. S. Army.
Dawn, is pictured top right, receiving
an award from Dean McCarthy for
services to the school.
Commencement 2011
Commencement Speakers & Honorees
Sean M. Jeffery, Pharm.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Keynote Speaker
School of Pharmacy Awards Banquet
School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year 2011
John B. Morris, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Research and Board of
Trustees Distinguished Professor
Faculty Service Award 2011
Erica Peitler ‘88
President & CEO, Erica Peitler & Associates
Keynote Speaker
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Studies
Commencement Ceremony
Charles D. Hepler, Ph.D. ‘60
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
University of Florida College of Pharmacy
Keynote Speaker
Doctor of Pharmacy Commencement Ceremony
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Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Studies Class of 2011
Eunice Antwi-Mensah
Lauren Bendel
Ruchita Bhagat
Evan Bois
Lyndsi Branon
Seth Burzycki Vanessa Bys
Kelly Cabral
Elizabeth Casserly
Anna Chmielewska
Allan Costa, Jr.
Jessica Courtois
Daniel DiMeo
Sally Doan
Rebecca Dube
Liv Erhard
Ijeoma Ezeoke
Cristina Fantino
Christine Fisher
Elizabeth Flatley
Lanting Fuh
Cynthia Gagliardi
Lynsey-Lyn Genauer
Kelly Hagstrom
Emma Hardy
Taylor Hoige
Zachary Hovis
Heather Jahn
Joe Jiravisitcul
Nathaniel Johnson
Amreen Josen
Andrea Kam
Kirandeep Kaur
Kevin Keller
Grace Kim
Justin Klein
Jillian Koczela
Amit Lal
Emily Lau
Lisa LaValley
David Lee
Rebecca Lessick
Sherry Liu
Chien Lo
Ilona Lourie
Vivian Lua
Emily Ludvigson
Darren Luon
Richelle Manalang
Eva Manjani
Alyssa Meier
Daniel Michalak
Nicole Murphy
Preston Noon
Mark O’Brien
Hannah O’Neill
Dan Pham
Michelle Pheng
Robyn Pisacane
Manas Prasad
Ashley Procaccini
Gabriella Pugliese
Roopa Raju
Amina Ramic
Amanda Ramsdell
Katherine Richardson
Corey Robinson
Daniel Rocki
Ludwig Rosiclair
Derek Ruiz
Justin Smith
Lindsay Smyth
David Snyder
Gretchen Stern
John Stiles
Samuel Strong
Jody Sydor
Amanda Szeligowski
Randy Tang
Daniel Tardette
Tayla Thompson
Quang Truong
Kevin Tse
Anna Tuminska
Jamie Smith
Robert Urban
Chelsey Varghese
Daniel Ventricelli
Matthew Wang
Ashley Warning
Kimberly Widmann
Daniel Young
Eric Zaccaro
Yunfeng Zhu
Monika Zmarlicka
Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2011
Sabina Alikhanov - Walgreens
Michael Angell - CVS
Katherine Arlington
Laura Ash - Long Term Care
Olusegun Awodele - Walgreens
Victoria Baczek - Natural Standard
Jacob Badura - CVS
Thomas Baran - CVS
Kristine Barbino - CVS
Tiffany Battles - CVS
Dawn Belden - U.S. Army
Stephen Bendel
Zachary Binkowski - St. Vincent
Lisa Blanchette - Residency
Gerard Borrelli - CVS
Danielle Voisine Bowen - Residency
Lucy Chang - Vancouver, Canada
Wenjie Chen
Janet Cho - Residency
Jeanine Clark - CVS
Christopher Colgan - CVS
Courtney Collins
Timothy Conboy
Kevin Crozier - CVS
Patricia Cutting - Residency
Rupangi Datta - Residency
Justine Dickson - Residency
Jillian Dorrance - CVS
Michael Duda - CVS
Stephanie Gaburo - Rite Aid
Habiba Ghafoor - CVS
Danielle Griep - Walgreens
Carlie Hershgordon - Target
Scott Hogrefe - Nuclear Pharmacy
Erica Huang - Walgreens
Chi Huynh - CVS
Sophia Iliadis - CVS
Matthew Jenings - Walgreens
Lena Kissi Mensah - CVS
Amanda Koury - Expert Care
Viljan Kristollari - Rite Aid
Jeffrey Lagasse - Stop & Shop
Brittany Larsen - Residency
Dayne Laskey - Residency
Christine Lee - Walgreens
Jiehyun Lee - Burgdorf Clinic
Tricia Lemieux - Walgreens
Trudy Lewis - CVS
Anni Li - Rite Aid
Brendan Limone - Fellowship
Victoria Liu - Residency
Wenxi Liu - CVS
Michael Lombardo - Residency
Kevin Luck - Nuclear Pharmacy
Kenneth Lupi, Jr. - Residency
Hannah Lupinacci - Target
Shawn MacVane - Residency
Ian McColl - Nuclear Pharmacy
Malek Mediouni - Hannaford
Rachael Merson CVS
Sara Miernicki - CVS
Nicole Millar - Big Y
Soo Moon - CVS
Haley Morrill - Residency
Lindsy Murphy - Target
Kristen Murray - Hope Street
Duquesa Nacpil - Rite Aid
Carmen Nobre - Residency
Master of Science & Doctor of Philosophy Class of 2011
Gabriel Ouellette - CVS
Nishtha Mital Padhy - CVS
Christopher Papa - Walgreens
Nicole Peters - Hannaford
Brian Petras - Walgreens
Alexandra Polito - Residency
Anthony Proli - Residency
Marc Pulford - CVS
Tracy Rosenblum - Residency
Milena Rydzewski - CVS
Bryan Sandy - CVS
Corey Scheer - Residency
Kevin Silvestre - Walmart
Doniel Simon - Target
Jennifer Smith - CVS
Jason Somma -- Stop & Shop
Demetre Stamatis - Fellowship
Andrew Straznitskas - Residency
Kelly Sullivan - Residency
Daniel Tavares - Hope Street
Reem Telmesani- MPH Harvard
Steven Thai - Residency
Rachelle Thermora - Walgreens
Christine Torda - Residency
Wenisa Tran
Khrystyna Tsar - Target
Ashley Underwood - CVS
Allison Wiencek - Hope Street
Kristina Wilson - McNabb
Sara Winkler - Residency
Clifford Wright, Jr. - CVS
Melissa Yanurian - Walgreens
Linda Zhang - Walgreens
Huawen Zheng - Backus Hospital
Elizabeth Zhu - Residency
Daniel Albaugh
Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Thesis: Prediction of HPLC Retention Index Using
Artificial Neural Networks and IGroup E-State Indices
Major Advisor: Dr. David F. Grant
Lalit Deshmukh
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry
Doctoral Dissertation: Integrin, IIb ß3: Tale of
Two Cytoplasmic Tails
Major Advisor: Dr. Olga Y. Vinogradova
Kavita Jerath
Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmaceutics
Thesis: Electrostatic Interactions in High
Concentration Protein Solutions
Major Advisor: Dr. Devendra S. Kalonia
Kristyn Greco
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmaceutics
Doctoral Dissertation: Solution Mediated Phase
Transformation: Investigation using a Novel FlowThrough Dissolution Apparatus
Major Advisor: Dr. Robin H. Bogner
Meeghan O’Connor
Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Thesis: The Use of Gene Array Analysis to Define
Potential Pathways Associated with Changes in
Acetaminophen Toxicity Following Several Treatment
Conditions
Major Advisor: Dr. José E. Manautou
Archana Rawat
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmaceutics
Doctoral Dissertation: Electrostatic Interactions in
High Concentration Protein Solutions
Major Advisor: Dr. Diane J. Burgess
Ekneet Sahni
Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmaceutics
Major Advisor: Dr. Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri
Sandeep Yadav
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmaceutics
Doctoral Dissertation: Systematic Investigation
of Factors Affecting the Viscosity and SelfAssociation Issues in High Concentration
Monoclonal Antibody Solutions
Major Advisor: Dr. Devendra S. Kalonia
Congratulations Class of 2011
Department of Pharmacy
Practice Residents and
Fellows Academic Year
2010 - 2011
Student News
AAPS
PSG
Pharmacy Student
Government
Rosana Oliveira
President
Wendy Chen
Outcomes Fellow
Hartford Hospital
Preceptor - Craig Coleman
American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists
Yan Wang
President
Jennifer Colby
Outcomes Fellow
Hartford Hospital
Preceptor - C. Michael White
Soyon Lee
Outcomes Fellow
Hartford Hospital
Preceptor - C. Michael White
Jennifer Scholle
Outcomes Fellow
Hartford Hospital
Preceptor - C. Michael White
Atula Vachhani
Primary Care Fellow
Pharmacy Practice Resident
Burgdorf Primary Care Clinic
Preceptor - Devra Dang
This year, PSG hosted its first
Alcohol Awareness Week.
The P3 students prepared
informational posters about
alcohol and other drug use,
which were displayed in the
School of Pharmacy. A
pharmacist who has struggled
with addiction also came to
share his story during a Lunch
and Learn. With the help
of Alcohol and Other Drug
Services and Counseling and
Mental Health Services on
campus, we were able to reach
out to our students during
their normal class time.
The 5th Annual James Malaney
Pharmacy Fun Run had over
300 runners pre-registered,
including about 50 members
from the UConn ROTC
program. The support has
really been overwhelming.
All proceeds are donated to
the James Malaney Memorial
Scholarship, which is made
possible through generous
sponsorship by Walgreens.
Before the race, almost $4500
had been raised for this great
cause.
PSG hosted two Autism
Awareness events this year.
Speakers included the mother of
a six year-old son with autism,
an attorney, and a graduate
student at UConn studying
special education who is
working as a graduate assistant
with Leadership Education
in Neurodevelopmental and
Related Disabilities (LEND)
program. In collaboration
with the Connecticut Family
Support Network, twelve
high-functioning students with
Autism or Asperger's spent
a day at the school. Events
included presentations, lunch,
and a session for parents while
the students compounded a
prescription in the lab. PSG
had a very busy year, full of
reaching out to the community.
PSG also produces the yearbook
featuring the P3 students that are
leaving campus to begin their
rotations. PSG members design
the yearbook in its entirety, and
it is truly a demonstration of
the family-like atmosphere we
all know and love at the SOP.
The mission of the AAPS
University of Connecticut
Student Chapter serves to
increase student awareness
of career opportunities and
the latest discoveries in the
pharmaceutical sciences. The
chapter provides students with
opportunities for professional
advancement and leadership
development, and fosters
participation in outreach
activities that further the goals
and objectives of AAPS.
The chapter organized a
“Welcome Lunch” which was
sponsored by the School of
Pharmacy. We successfully
recruited new members from
multiple disciplines including
pharmaceutical sciences,
pharmacology, medicinal
chemistry, chemistry, and
material sciences.
Members participated in the
“2010 School of Pharmacy
Research Symposium.” Fortyeight abstracts were collected
including 25 abstracts from
pharmaceutical sciences, and
23 abstracts from pharmacy
practice. All the collected
abstracts were printed in a
handbook.
The chapter, with the CRS
Connecticut Student chapter,
held a lunch-and-learn event
sponsored by Perkin Elmer
that focused on basic research
skill training: “HPLC trouble
shooting.” Two industrial
experts in this field, Susan Ryan
and John Schwarz, spoke at the
event.
It was an honor to invite four
outstanding scientists from
industry or academia to visit
UConn: Dr. Irina Kazakevich
(October 22nd, 2010), Dr.
Patrick Marsac (November
9th, 2010), Dr. Michael
Siedler (March 3rd, 2011), and
Professor Vladimir P. Torchilin
(April 6th, 2011). Each speaker
presented their research and
shared their professional
experience with our students.
APhA-ASP
American Pharmacists
Association - Academy of
Student Pharmacists
Lisa Semancik
President
Over the past year, APhA-ASP
has accomplished many things.
Our involvement in patient
care projects grew throughout
the year. Operation Heart was
launched this summer. We
set up blood pressure clinics
and informational tables at
Lake Compounce, Stop &
Shop, and throughout campus.
GenerationRX was another
program launched to allow
students to get involved in
activities promoting awareness
about medication abuse.
Students presented at RA
training in the winter. We
collaborated with PSG and their
Alcohol Awareness Week and
organized a Lunch and Learn
with a pharmacist recovering
from addiction. For the
Heartburn Awareness Challenge,
we set up an educational booth
at the homecoming football
game in the fall.
Students also went to the
Manchester Senior Center
to have a discussion about
heartburn with the seniors.
Operation Diabetes was a great
success for us throughout the
year as well. We submitted
diabetes friendly recipes to the
dining hall and set up a display
case in the Student Union about
diabetes awareness. Our biggest
project under Operation Diabetes
was a Diabetes Day at the Rolling
Hills Community; we presented
medications and techniques for
diabetic equipment along with
students from the nursing and
nutrition schools to provide a
complete overview for those that
attended.
This year at our annual meeting,
we won the regional award
for Operation Immunization.
Students helped at university
flu clinics, tabling in the
Student Union and at Bradley
International Airport to promote
healthy habits to protect yourself
during flu season, and used the
advertisements during union
sponsored movies to remind
people to get their flu shots.
We also set up a table during
the study abroad fair to help
students find out which vaccines
they need to get before taking
their trips.
Our chapter had great success
with International Pharmaceutical
Student Federation (IPSF) this
year. We had a wonderful
speaker join us to talk about
HIV/AIDS. Students also
educated others about TB at
the study abroad fair. The IPSF
committee has also worked on
establishing programs about
tobacco cessation. One of
our students was also selected
to participate in the student
exchange component of APhA
in Barcelona this summer. The
committee has also worked hard
to set up an exchange site at
UConn. This will hopefully give
more of our students a chance
to go to another country as part
of the exchange program. Our
former IPSF committee head, Eric
Zaccaro, was elected National
Student Exchange Officer-elect.
He will help with IPSF projects
and help in the process of
selecting students to participate
in the exchange programs. He
will take over as National Student
Exchange Officer in October.
Thirty students attended our
Midyear Regional Meeting
in November. A total of 25
students attended the APhA
Annual Meeting in Seattle.
ASCP
American Society of
Consultant Pharmacists
Heather Jahn
President
The UConn ASCP Chapter had
an extremely productive year.
Students visited the Alzheimer’s
Resource Center several times
a week to visit with patients
and complete activities that are
geared towards enhancing the
physical and mental functioning
of the residents. The students
are very dedicated to learning
more about dementia and
helping to improve the quality
of life of the patients they see
at the center.
Students are split into groups
that visit the VA in West
Haven each month to shadow
Drs. Jeffery and Daub at their
respective practices. Students
sit in on outpatient clinics
to visualize what the role of
a geriatric pharmacist is and
what skills are needed to be
successful with this patient
population. Students also are
shown the Long Term Care
side of the VA, where patients
stay for extended periods of
time to receive care or for
rehabilitation purposes.
Thirteen students attended the
annual meeting in Orlando,
Florida. This is the largest
group we have sent to a
meeting. We were able to
bring back with us many new
ideas for national projects
and community service based
activities that we hope to
implement in the future.
The chapter also assists with
the Senior Symposium, an event
that educates professionals
who deal with elderly patients
in their profession. Student
members attend the two-day
forum and are able to split
their time between volunteering
and attending sessions. The
chapter volunteers at File of
Life, a mini medical history
that is placed in each patient’s
wallet and on their refrigerator,
making it easy for emergency
medical teams to accurately give
care to patients who may be
unresponsive or unable to recall
their medications or illnesses.
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CSHP
More Student News
Connecticut Society of
Health-Systems Pharmacists
Manas Prasad
President
AZO
Alpha Zeta Omega
Nu Chapter
Katelyn Parsons
President
This fraternal year was another very successful year for the Nu
Chapter of Alpha Zeta Omega! After inducting 20 new fraters,
Nu Chapter is now the largest it has been in five years with 51
current fraters. We participated in the 1st Annual Pharmacy
School Trivia Night for Charity and held our own charity
basketball tournament, “Bank for the Panc,” to benefit the
Lustgarten Foundation for pancreatic cancer research. In addition,
we continued our main patient-care project from last year,
presenting at local senior centers on pharmacy-related topics;
this year, however, we were honored to have the opportunity
to coordinate these presentations for the entire P3 pharmacy
class for IPPE service learning hours. We co-hosted Rotations
Night with Phi Delta Chi and participated in the James Malaney
Pharmacy Fun Run and HuskyThon, an all-night dance marathon
to benefit Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. We also hosted
a speaker on breast cancer, participated in Relay for Life, and held
fundraisers for the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Japan
relief efforts.
This year we were very busy increasing our AZO involvement
at the national level. Seven of our fraters attended the National
Winter Convention in Delray Beach, Florida, and we participated
in many chapter visits with other undergraduate chapters
throughout the year. We also continued our efforts to further
bridge the gap between Nu Chapter and the Connecticut Alumni
Chapter through numerous joint dinner meetings. Overall, the
Nu Chapter of Alpha Zeta Omega has had a very successful and
productive year, and we are extremely excited to be co-hosting
the National Summer Convention in Mystic, Connecticut!
The 2010-2011 year has
been an exceptional one for
the UConn CSHP chapter.
We continued to see an
increase in membership from
previous years and more
active participation in chapter
events. Furthermore, our
relationship with the state
chapter has grown even
stronger as student members
were given the opportunity
to attend state meetings
and network with other
pharmacists.
As in previous years, we
hosted various shadowing
opportunities with different
pharmacists at their practice
sites that allowed student
members to get a taste of
some of the different roles
hospital pharmacists play.
Through our extremely
successful pharmacy mug
fundraiser, we have also
continued our tradition of
funding our P4 students
to attend the ASHP annual
midyear meeting.
CSHP feels it is important to
give back to the community and
has, therefore, created several
events that help members
gain necessary healthcare
experiences, while positively
impacting the local community.
Our biggest event is Poison
Prevention, which has been
designed to be a fun and
interactive program for 1st and
2nd graders in local elementary
schools to teach them the
dangers of poisons and drugs.
We have also continued our
community involvement
in Breast and Testicular
Cancer Awareness Week, the
Connecticut Children’s Medical
Center Toy Drive, and new for
this year, HIV/AIDS Awareness
Week. CSHP will continue to
evolve and expand both our
contributions to the community
and our contributions to
pharmacy in the upcoming
years.
Kappa Psi has focused the
past academic year on
brother bonding and brother
development to ensure the
continuing success of the
fraternity. This led to a
decreased public presence
of the fraternity but we are
confident that this will result
in a large increase in our
involvement next year.
Kappa Psi enrolled 22 new
students into membership and
many of these new brothers
elected to sober drive for
the UConn volunteer service
“Guard Dogs.” Older
members also partook in the
activities of those selected
“Guard Dog weekends” which
included free food, fun, and
of course, escorting the
UConn student body to and
from parties.
We also raised a substantial
amount of funds for our
public philanthropy, the
LKS
Lambda Kappa Sigma
Alpha Beta Chapter
Rachel Tatulis
President
Kappa Psi
Nu Chapter
Corey Robinson
Regent
“Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids
Foundation.” Non-volunteer/
philanthropic activities included
a sober alternative party for
UConn Spring Weekend and
various trips to restaurants
including Willington Pizza, Red
Rock, and Ted’s, to facilitate
brotherly bonding.
The brothers of Kappa Psi
plan on raising upwards of
$1,000 for our chapter charity
in addition to $150 for our
regional charity. We are also
tasked with organizing the
2012 spring regional meeting
in which 13 other chapters will
be extended an invitation to
UConn to discuss fraternal
matters. We plan on continuing
our progression towards
increased brother bonding and
increased brother enrollment.
The Lambda Kappa Sigma
Social Committee planned
several events. The fall Night
Out for Project Hope raised
$450 for our charity. Several
sisters went to a haunted
house in Willimantic and we
held our annual holiday party.
The theme was “Uggs and
Ugly Sweaters.” The members
rented out a volleyball court
for some friendly competition,
and the chapter held a dinner at
Margarita’s.
The chapter is working on
reforming an alumni chapter
of LKS. Sisters and alumni
went to the Michael J. Fox
talk at UConn. Sisters met up
with alumni before the event
in the pharmacy school and
had some snacks beforehand.
We are working on getting
alumni information to send
out birthday cards to each of
our alumni so get in touch
with us if we don’t have your
information. We also worked
with “almost alumnae” P4
students to document their
thoughts and experiences on
their rotations.
Alpha Beta also participated
in several community service
events. We sold ribbons for
breast cancer; $42 was raised
and donated at the Breast
Cancer Walk. Several sisters
volunteered at Mansfield
Rehabilitation. Members also
made Veteran’s Day Cards that
were delivered to the VA in
Northhampton, MA. Sisters
tabled at Towers Dining Hall,
handing out information about
the flu and collected items for
donation to the Willimantic
Soup Kitchen. Valentine’s Day
cards were made for veterans.
The sisters also tabled at Towers
Dining Hall for Cover Your
Clover and arranged for clovergrams with condoms and safe
sex tips to be sent to residents
in Towers residence hall.
Ribbons for Japan were sold in
the School of Pharmacy and in
the Student Union.
Our professional committee
was also busy. Several sisters
participated in the Health
Fair on campus presenting
information about skin care
and Plan B/one step. A time
management workshop was
held with Dr. Fitzgerald. A
workshop about how to get
into pharmacy school and
alternatives to pharmacy school
was held for pre-pharmacy
students. A residency talk was
held with one of our alumni
which was open to the public.
Phi Lambda Sigma
Alpha Gamma Chapter
Karolina Prytulo
President
Phi Lambda Sigma recognized and inducted 13 new members into
our chapter, Alpha Gamma. These new inductees included ten
students and three faculty members. Phi Lambda Sigma worked
with Dr. Bogner to host UConn’s first Student Compounding
Competition. Teams of three students worked together in
a three-part competition that encompassed clinical practice,
regulation standards, and formulation development. The winning
team, Preston Noon, Kevin Keller, and Daniel Dimeo, traveled
to the University of Florida to compete on a national level.
Although they did not place first, the competition was a great
success as the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
was one of only five schools in the national competition! The
trip was partially funded by the School of Pharmacy and the
Undergraduate Student Government.
Four students from Phi Lambda Sigma traveled to Seattle for
the APhA Annual Meeting. At the meeting we had a delegate
from our chapter vote in the Phi Lambda Sigma house of
delegates. This was a great networking tool as our members
talked with other chapters and developed leadership projects in
our school. This trip was funded by the Undergraduate Student
Government.
Phi Lambda Sigma was hard at work with the Future Pharmacy
Leaders elective course. We had 16 students enroll in this class
to develop leadership skills. As part of the class, the students
traveled to Hartford for Pharmacy Day at the Capitol. It was a
great way to learn to interact with our lawmakers. The student
presence was also important to help lobby for pharmacy laws.
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Rho Chi
More Student News
Phi Delta Chi
Alpha Gamma Chapter
Christina Matsis
President
Alpha Lambda Chapter
Stephen Rainey
President
This past year, Rho Chi has continued its peer tutoring program.
Students were tutored in a number of courses including
immunology, bio-organic chemistry, the autonomic nervous system
module, and the psychiatric module.
Phi Delta Chi is a co-ed
professional pharmacy fraternity
that accepts both pre-pharmacy
and pharmacy students. Phi
Delta Chi’s primary philanthropy
is with St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, a nonprofit
located in Memphis, Tennessee
devoted to research and
treatment of cancer and other
severe pediatric diseases. No
child is ever turned away based
on race, religion, or even ability
to pay. Every year, our chapter
sends out letters to family,
friends, and others to raise
money for the hospital with the
goal of building new pharmacy
facilities and improving the care
of the children in the hospital.
Another philanthropy to which
Phi Delta Chi contributes is
Relay for Life, a nonprofit event
dedicated to raising money for
cancer research and prevention,
as well as recognition for those
who have survived their battles
with cancer. To raise money for
Relay for Life, we held a bake
sale where we took donations
and a bar night where all of the
money made at the door went
specifically to our Relay for Life
team’s funds. Our bar night
was done in conjunction with
Alpha Zeta Omega, another
pharmacy fraternity on campus.
A second bar night, held in
conjunction with Rho Chi, was
in honor of James Malaney,
one of our brothers that
passed away from cancer on
January 1, 2010. The money
raised throughout the night
went towards a newly founded
scholarship fund in his name.
We also sent a box to a group
of troops overseas with useful
food and supplies to thank
them for their service. Finally,
we participated in a walk for
breast cancer held in Hartford,
Connecticut.
Phi Delta Chi sold T-shirts
and sweatshirts with UConn
Huskies Pharmacy printed
across them. We also held a
Rotations Night in conjunction
with Alpha Zeta Omega, where
current P4s were able to come
back and talk to the P1-P3s
about their experiences with
rotations thus far.
Rho Chi also developed and held endocrinology review sessions this
year. Prior to each endocrinology exam, review sessions were held
in the format of a Jeopardy game where students competed for a
small prize, while also preparing for their upcoming exam.
SNPhA
Student National
Pharmaceutical Association
Lanting Fu
President
During this past year, UConn's Student National Pharmaceutical
Association chapter participated in a variety of events focused on
serving the under-served populations of Connecticut. We held blood
pressure screenings in Willimantic and Storrs community pharmacies,
represented the School of Pharmacy in the Louis Stokes Alliance for
Minority Participation Symposium, and helped out at on-campus flu
clinics. Our biggest events included this year's Unity Week, themed
"Diverse Population Expectations within Healthcare." Our speakers
discussed the expectations of retired pharmacists, the deaf community,
as well as war refugees. As always, Unity Week included a potluck
dinner, dance performances, and the art show. We also be held
another Gear Up program event aimed at mentoring New Haven
area high school students, encouraging them to pursue health-related
careers.
The 2010-2011 academic
year marks the second year
of the Society of Pharmacy
Research (SPR) at the
University of Connecticut
School of Pharmacy.
This year SPR was able
to obtain group status
and funding from the
university. SPR sponsored
the “2010 University
of Connecticut School
of Pharmacy Research
Symposium” as part of our
larger mission designed to
acquaint Pharm.D. students
with research-oriented
opportunities in the field
of pharmacy. With more
than 44 abstracts and
posters from students and
professors in the School
of Pharmacy, this event
heightened awareness of
research conducted at our
school; students were able
to discuss research, ask
questions, and develop a
greater understanding of
recent past and current
research endeavors.
Guest speakers taught us
about opportunities for
research, the importance of
SPR
Society of
Pharmacy Research
Christine Kohn
President
fellowships after graduation,
and industry careers available
to Pharm.D. graduates.
Most notably, Dr. William
Figg, Pharm.D., head of
molecular pharmacology
and senior scientist at the
National Institutes of Health
came to present his cutting
edge research on novel
cancer therapies and drug
development. With over 400
peer-reviewed publications
and 80 novel anticancer
agents patented, his talk
illustrated the potential for
research with a Pharm.D. and
the benefits of being both a
clinician and a researcher.
SPR members will be
attending the 2011 AAPRSNortheast Regional Annual
Meeting on April 15th.
Future plans include making
the poster symposium an
annual event, partnering with
graduate student groups
in the School of Pharmacy,
and facilitating Pharm.D.
students in search of research
opportunities within the
school.
Students Participate
in RxImpact Day in
Washington, D.C.
Several Pharm.D. students
traveled to Washington,
D.C. during spring break
to take part in the National
Association of Chain Drug
Stores (NACDS) RxImpact Day
on Capitol Hill. Their goal was
to help NACDS by lobbying
senators and representatives
to support the Medication
Therapy Management (MTM)
Empowerment Act.
Medication therapy management
refers to the wide range of
services provided by pharmacists
in which they work, through
various avenues of reviewing and
consulting with a patient, to find
the medication regimen that best
benefits the patient. Currently,
the health care bill only allows
MTM for patients who are
taking eight prescriptions and
have been diagnosed with at
least three chronic diseases, such
as heart disease and diabetes.
Passing this new act will expand
coverage to allow a patient who
only has one chronic disease to
receive MTM and the ability to
choose their pharmacy.
The pharmacy students who
travelled to Washington, D.C.
were John Stiles, Allan Costa,
David Lee, Elizabeth Casserly,
Katherine Richardson, Nancy
Jaser, and Agnya Desai. The
first day of the trip included
a preparation and networking
dinner. This allowed the
students not only to network
with companies involved with
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NACDS, but also advised them
on how to speak with members
in Congress in order to gain their
support for the act. “[NACDS]
doesn’t want you going in
without any preparation,”
explained Stiles. “They teach you
how to talk to lawmakers because
representatives and senators only
have time for you to get to the
point.”
The second day centered on
lobbying for the Medication
Therapy Management
Empowerment Act. The
students’ goal was to explain to
legislators that this bill would
allow for, among other things,
getting the most effective
medication to patients. During
this day, it was the students’
responsibility to remind
Congressmen how the bill would
benefit them, as well as patients
receiving MTM, because it would
take a financial burden off of the
citizens they represent.
The bill could save up to $290
million annually. The students
described how this fact helps
with lobbying because sometimes
legislators do not necessarily
understand the practice of
pharmacy, but they understand
the financial effect the bill would
have on health care.
Many of the students claimed
the networking opportunities
UConn Pharmacy Alumni Association
Scholarship
Melanie Allen, Jimmy Cao, Janet Cho, Brienne
Dufresne, Judy Huang, Kirandeep Kaur, Lisa Meijer,
Montanna Paulhus, Rebecca Smith, Bradley Sprecher,
Paul Staffieri, Sweta Vachhani, Danielle Voisine, and
Danielle Wojtaszek
Leslie & Ethel Spaner Memorial
Scholarship
Stephen Bendel and Huawen Zheng
Robert & Joyce Pinco Scholarship
Ruchita Bhagat and Chelsey Varghese
Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. Scholarship
Aimee Dietle and Jeffrey Lagasse
Melvin A. Prawdzik Memorial Scholarship
Nadine Jaber
Selma & Harry Swatsburg Scholarship
Michelle Pheng and Kevin Tse
Rite Aid Corporation Scholarship
Dawn Belden, Ashley Greene, Grace Kim, Peter
Kwon, Emily Ludvigson, Ramonita Maldonado,
Hannah O’Neill, Mehak Talwar, Tayla Thompson, and
Daniel Ventricelli
Target Corporation Scholarship
Daniel Baxter, Andrew Perugini, Karolina Prytulo,
Doniel Simon, and Khrystyna Tsar
Karen & Barry Rubinfeld Scholarship
Lisa LaValley and Lindsay Smyth
Maxwell E. Rulnick Memorial Scholarship
Vishal Barochia, Eric Halpern, and Sarah Livings
School of Pharmacy Faculty and Staff
Scholarship
Darren Luon and Ushma Patel
School of Pharmacy Recognition
Scholarship
Christina Matsis
Joseph L. Sewall Memorial Scholarship
Jiehyun Lee and David Lee
William H. Silver Memorial Scholarship
Eva Manjani and Alyssa Meier
Milton Smirnoff & Beatrice Smirnoff
Scholarship
Manas Prasad
they had at the event were
extremely beneficial for finding
possible career options in the
future. With the district heads
of corporate pharmacies, such
as Rite Aid, in attendance, the
students were able to meet
people who had great influence
within their companies. “They
see you’re motivated which
shows that you’re taking
steps to move ahead with a
profession in pharmacy,” said
Stiles. Students also learned
that NACDS offers rotations
geared towards policy making
for P4 students, providing a
Ralph ‘72 and Diana Stanzione Annual
Scholarship
Emily Lau and Preston Noon
Allan P. Viner Scholarship
Mi Hye Kim and Linda Zhang
Walgreen’s Diversity Scholarship
Marian Merced
Wal-Mart Stores Scholarship
Mobolaji Adio, James Finlayson, and Minh Tue
Nguyen
Jerry and Babs Weitzman Memorial
Scholarship
Victoria Baczek, Daniel Baxter, Cristina Fantino,
Chien Lo, Andrew Perugini, Duy Pham, Karolina
Prytulo, Daniel Rocki, Lisa Ruohoniemi, Samuel
Strong, Randy Tang, and Ashley Warning
Walter R. Williams Memorial
Scholarship
Richelle Manalang
Bryan F. Zembrowski Pharmaceutical
Industry Scholarship
Jon Blazawski
different kind of environment
that pharmacy students can
explore when completing their
rotations.
The students agreed that there
needs to be more advocacy for
pharmacy in Congress. Many
noticed that pharmacists are
still viewed by some people
within the government as
people who fill prescriptions,
though, pharmacists are as
crucial to health care as doctors
and administrators.
17
Focus on Faculty
Faculty
Publications
Health Disparities
Thomas E. Buckley, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor
of Pharmacy Practice
Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann
M.J. Rybak, J.R. Aeschlimann, and K.L. LaPlante.
Laboratory Tests to Direct Antimicrobial Therapy
(Ch. 113). In: Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic
Approach (8th Edition). Joseph T. DiPiro, Robert L.
Talbert, Gary C. Yee, Gary R. Matzke, Barbara G.
Wells, and Michael L. Posey (editors). McGraw-Hill,
NY, USA.
William L. Baker, Jr.
Thomas Buckley, assistant clinical
professor in the Department of
Pharmacy Practice, centers his
research on health disparities
and their impact on quality of
care, access to care, and on
outcomes of Medication Therapy
Management (MTM) projects.
He engages his students in his
research while on rotations at
Khmer Health Advocates (KHA)
in West Hartford, an organization
with a mission to care for the
health needs of survivors of
the Mahandori (the Cambodian
holocaust) and their families.
Working with populations that
have had health disparities for
over 20 years, his research is
focused on two areas which are
linked together. He evaluates
how pharmacists deliver MTM
services to the most vulnerable
patients in society, and focuses
on culturally-specific high-cost,
high-risk patients, particularly the
Cambodian American population
at KHA. Buckley’s research
aims to benefit the pharmacy
profession by demonstrating
how pharmacists provide direct
patient care services outside of
the traditional role of pharmacists
dispensing medication.
In alignment with federal and
state health reform initiatives,
Buckley’s research is proving
that pharmacists are an integral
part of a medical home team.
He feels his research can show
that pharmacists, as the most
accessible health care provider,
can link up with people who
have the least access to care.
“These patients have incredible
appreciation of the care that
we’re giving them,” explains
Buckley. “The most satisfying
thing we see is they are able to
help themselves, even a little
bit of information we provide
empowers them to move
forward and take control of
their lives.”
Buckley has always been
interested in health disparities,
combining his passions for
pharmacy and public health. He
has been driven by the question,
“How can we get a pharmacist,
and the public, to realize they
are an essential member of
the public health team?” After
completing an International
Rescue Committee Global
Health Fellowship working
with Burmese refugees at the
Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand, he
returned to the United States
and found that KHA patients
had similar cultural and health
issues to the Burmese. He felt it
was important that pharmacists
and pharmacy students should
understand how specific cultural
attributes of diverse groups can
affect how a person both seeks
out and responds to health care.
Buckley recalls a patient’s
appreciation, “This is the first
time I’ve ever cared about my
health before” and describes the
feeling as very rewarding. The
most gratifying part is seeing
how students become involved
with the patients and their care.
He can see the passion rising in
his students to help the most
marginalized patients in society,
and how appreciative they are to
receive it.
His work with Cambodian
Americans and KHA is
worthwhile and he continues
to benefit the School of
Pharmacy and its students with
his knowledge and experiences.
The influence he leaves with his
students he hopes will inspire
them to work with high-risk
patients, creating a lasting impact
on the profession of pharmacy.
Coleman CI, Tuttle LA, Teevan C, Baker WL,
White CM, Reinhart KM. Antiplatelet Agents for
the Prevention of Arteriovenous Fistula and Graft
Thrombosis: A Meta-Analysis. International Journal
of Clinical Practice 2010;64(9):1239-44
Trikudanathan G, Philip A, Dasanu CA, Baker WL*.
Association between Helicobacter pylori Infection
and Pancreatic Cancer: a Cumulative Meta-Analysis
Journal of the Pancreas 2011;12(1):26-31
Baker WL, Colby JA, Tongbram V, Talati R,
Silverman IE, White CM, Kluger J, Coleman CI.
Neurothrombectomy Devices for Treatment of
Acute Ischemic Stroke: State of the Evidence. Annals
of Internal Medicine 2011;154(4):243-52
Chen WT, White CM, Phung OJ, Kluger J, Ashaye
A, Sobieraj D, Makanji S, Tongbram V, Baker WL,
Coleman CI. Association Between CHADS2 Risk
Factors and Anticoagulation-Related Bleeding: A
Systematic Literature Review.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2011;86(6);509-521
Baker WL*, Karan S, Kenny AM. Impact of
Dehydroepiandrosterone on Muscle Strength and
Physical Function in Older Adults: A Systematic
Review. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
2001;59(6):997-1002.
Phung O, Baker WL, Baker EL, Coleman CI. Barriers
to Updating Systematic Reviews: Results of an
Internet Survey. Journal of Investigative Medicine
2011;59(5):811-815
Banach M, Kourliouros A, Reinhart KM, Benussi S,
Mikhailidis DP, Jahangiri M, Baker WL, Galanti A,
Camm JA, White CM, Alfieri O. Postoperative Atrial
Fibrillation: What Do We Really Know? Current
Vascular Pharmacology 2010;8(4):553-72
Baker WL,* Data R. Pitavastatin: A New HMGCoA Reductase Inhibitor for the Treatment of
Hyperlipidemia. Advances in Therapy 2011;28(1):13-27
Reinhart KM, Baker WL, Siv MLW. Beyond
the Guidelines: New and Novel Agents for the
Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiothoracic
Surgery. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology &
Therapeutics 2011;16(1):5-13
Bendel SD, Bona R, Baker WL*. Dabigatran: An
Oral Direct Thrombin Inhibitor for Use in Atrial
Fibrillation. Advances in Therapy 2011;28(6):460-72.
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Thomas E. Buckley
Schafermeyer RW (ed), McCarthy RL (ed), Plake K
(co-ed). Introduction to Health Care Delivery: A
Primer for Pharmacists (5th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones
& Bartlett Publishers LLC.
“Appendix A: The Effect of Common Medications
on the Response to Exercise”; LS Pescatello (ed),
Arena R, Riebe DW and Thompson PD (assoc. eds.).
American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines for
Exercise Testing and Prescription (9th ed.). Baltimore,
ML: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Craig I. Coleman
Phung OJ, Baker WL, Baker EL, Coleman CI. Intent
to update systematic reviews: results of an internet
survey. J Investig Med. 2011;59(5):811-5.
Ehret M, Goethe J, Lanosa M, Coleman CI*. The
effect of metformin on anthropometrics and insulin
resistance in patients receiving atypical antipsychotic
agents: a meta-analysis. J Clin Psychiatry.
2010;71(10):1286-92.
Coleman CI, Tuttle LA, Teevan C, Baker WL,
White CM, Reinhart KM. Antiplatelet agents for
the prevention of arteriovenous fistula and graft
thrombosis: a meta analysis. Int J Clin Pract.
201;64(9):1239-44.
Agarwal V, Phung OJ, Tongbram V, Bhardwaj A,
Coleman CI*. Statin use and the prevention of
venous thromboembolism: a meta-analysis. Int J Clin
Pract. 2010;64(10):1375-83.
Wanahita N, Chen J, Bangalore S, Shah K, Rachko
M, Coleman CI, Schweitzer P. The Effect of Statin
Therapy on Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias: A MetaAnalysis. Am J Ther. 2010 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of
print]
Phung OJ, Coleman CI, Baker EL, Scholle JM,
Girotto JE, Makanji SS, Chen WT, Talati R, Kluger
J, White CM. Recombinant human growth hormone
in the treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis.
Pediatrics. 2010;126(5):e1211-26.
Wundes A, Brown T, Bienen EJ, Coleman CI.
Contribution of intangible costs to the economic
burden of multiple sclerosis. J Med Econ.
2010;13(4):626-32.
Collins C, Limone BL, Scholle JM, Coleman CI. Effect
of pharmacist intervention on glycemic control in
diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2011;92(2):145-52.
Baker WL, Colby JA, Tongbram V, Talati R,
Silverman IE, White CM, Kluger J, Coleman CI*.
Neurothrombectomy devices for the treatment of
acute ischemic stroke: state of the evidence. Ann
Intern Med. 2011;154(4):243-52.
Phung OJ, Sood NA, Sill BE, Coleman CI. Oral antidiabetic drugs for the prevention of Type 2 diabetes.
Diabet Med. 2011;28(8):948-64.
Chen WT, White CM, Phung OJ, Kluger J, Ashaye
A, Sobieraj D, Makanji S,Tongbram V, Baker
WL, Coleman CI. Are the risk factors listed in
warfarin prescribing information associated with
anticoagulation-related bleeding? A systematic
literature review. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65(7):749-63
- Faculty Publications for Academic Year 2010 - 2011
Chen WT, White CM, Phung OJ, Kluger J, Ashaye
AO, Sobieraj DM, Makanji S, Tongbram V, Baker
WL, Coleman CI. Association between CHADS2risk
factors and anticoagulation-related bleeding: a
systematic literature review. Mayo Clin Proc.
2011;86(6):509-21.
Mathias, Chisholm-Burns. New York, New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2011.
Phung OJ, Scholle JM, Coleman CI. Adding
Noninsulin Antidiabetic Drugs to Metformin
Therapy for Type 2 DiabetesReply. JAMA.
2010;304(4): 406-7.
Ehret MJ, Sopko MS, Lemieux T. Focus on
lurasidone: a new atypical antipsychotic for the
treatment of schizophrenia. Formulary 2010;45:313-7.
Phung OJ, Coleman CI, Baker EL, Scholle JM,
Girotto JE, Makanji SS, Chen WT, Talati R, Kluger
J, Quercia R, Mather J, Giovenale S, White CM.
Effectiveness of Recombinant Human Growth
Hormone (rhGH) in the Treatment of Patients With
Cystic Fibrosis. Comparative Effectiveness Review
No. 23. (Prepared by the University of Connecticut/
Hartford Evidence-based Practice Center under
Contract No. 290-2007-10067-I) AHRQ Publication
No. 11-EHC003. Rockville, MD: Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality. October 2010.
Available at: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/
reports/final.cfm.
Baker WL, Colby JA, Tongbram V, Talati RA,
Silverman IE, White CM, Kluger JK, Coleman
CI. Neurothrombectomy Devices for Treatment
of Acute Ischemic Stroke. Technical Brief No.
4. (Prepared by the University of Connecticut/
Hartford Hospital Evidence-based Practice Center
under Contract No. 290-2007-10067-I.) AHRQ
Publication No. 11- EHC020-EF. Rockville, MD;
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January
2011. Available at: http://www.effectivehealthcare.
ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
Colby JA, Chen WT, White CM, Kluger JK,
Coleman CI. Biologic and Non-biologic Systemic
Therapy and Phototherapy for Treatment of Chronic
Plaque Psoriasis. Technical Brief. (Prepared by the
University of Connecticut/Hartford Hospital
Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No.
290-2007-10067-I.) Rockville, MD; Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality. October 2010.
Khanh [Devra] Dang
Kalantaridou SN, Dang DK, Davis SR, Calis KA.
Hormone therapy. In: DiPiro JT, Talbert R, Yee G,
Matzke G, Wells BG, Posey LM. Pharmacotherapy: A
Pathophysiologic Approach, 8th Edition. New York:
McGrawHill, 2011: chapter 91.
Dang DK. Taking medications. In: Mensing C, ed.
The Art and Science of Diabetes Self-Management
Education: a Desk Reference for Healthcare
Professionals. Chicago: American Association of
Diabetes Educators, 2011:147-166.
Vachhani A, Dang DK. Cushing syndrome. In:
Matthias K, Katz M, Chisholm-Burns MA, eds.
Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice Study
Guide: a Case-Based Care Plan Approach. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2010:chapter 49.
Dang DK. OTC product: Kank-A Soothing Beads.
Pharmacy Today 2010; 16(11):39.
Megan J. Ehret
Ehret MJ. Alzheimer’s Disease. Pharmacotherapy
Principles and Practice Study Guide. Ed. Katz,
Delgado A, Ehret MJ. Atypical Antipsychotic
Augmentation in Treatment-Resistant Major
Depressive Disorder. Conn Med 2011;75:153-156.
Ehret MJ. Pharmacological treatment of bipolar
depression. Conn Med 2010;74:407-11.
Shelton D, Ehret MJ, Wakai S, Kapentanovic T,
Moron M. Psychotropic medication adherence
in correctional facilities: a review of the literature.
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2010;17:603-13.
Michael C. Gerald
The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie, University of
Texas Press, re-issued paper back edition of original
(1993) cloth edition.
Jennifer E. Girotto
Girotto JE. Central Nervous System Infections. In:
Sutton SS, eds. McGraw-Hills Naplex Review Guide.
New York, NY: McGraw Hill Medical; 2011: 215-222.
Phung OJ, Coleman CI, Baker EL, Scholle JM,
Girotto JE, Makanji SS, Chen WT, Talati R, Kluger J,
White CM. Recombinant human growth hormone
in the treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis.
Pediatrics. 2010 Nov;126(5):e1211-26. Epub 2010
Oct 4.
Hershgordon C., Girotto J. Vaccine Update 2009
– 2010. Pharmacy Journal of New England. Nov
2010.
Courter JD, Teevan CJ, Li MH, Girotto JE, Salazar
JC. Role of tipranavir in treatment of patients with
multidrug-resistant HIV. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2010
Oct 5;6:431-41.
Cutting PE. GirottoJE. 2011 Immunization
“CatchUp” Pharmacy Journal of NewEngland.
Spring 2011.
Mital N, Girotto JE. What Parents Should Know
about Prevnar 13. Parent information leaflet for
Kidsmeds. Available at: http://www.kidsmeds.info/
en/art/78/
Courter JD, Girotto JE, Lobato MN, Orcutt D,
Burke M, Feder HM Jr, Krause PJ, Cohen-Abbo
A, Salazar JC. Intravenous streptomycin treatment
for an infant with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
meningitis. Pharmacotherapy 2010 Nov:30:
481e–484e.
Philip M. Hritcko
Skrabal MZ, Jones RM, Walters RW, Nemire
RE, Soltis DA, Kahaleh AA, Hritcko PM, Boyle
CJ, Assemi M, Turner PD. - National Survey
of Volunteer Pharmacy Preceptors: Effects of
Region, Practice Setting, and Population Density on
Responses. Journal of Pharmacy Practice (JPP) 2010
23:265-272
Sean M. Jeffery
Chapter 18; Medication Usage in Older
Cardiothoracic Surgical Patients. Richard A.
Marottoli, Sean M. Jeffery, and Roshini C.
Pinto-Powell; R.A. Rosenthal et al. (eds.), Springer
Science+Business Media, LLC, M.R. Katlic (ed.),
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© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Chapter 27; Drug Usage in Surgical Patients:
Preventing Medication-Related Problems. Richard
A. Marottoli, Sean M. Jeffery, and Roshini C. PintoPowell; R.A. Rosenthal et al. (eds.), Principles and
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Media, LLC 2011
Logsdon M, Jeffery SM. Geriatric Pharmacy Review
Advanced Case Study; Failure to Thrive. Published
1/11 at www.GeriatricPharmacyReview.com
Robert L. McCarthy
McCarthy, RL, Schafermeyer, KW and Plake, KS
(eds). Introduction to Health Care Delivery: A
Primer for Pharmacists, 5th ed. Jones and Bartlett:
Sudbury, MA. 2011.
Michael D. Nailor
Zimmerman, LH, Tyburski JG, Glowniak J, Singla
R, Lavery T, Nailor MD, Stassinopoulus J, Hong
K, Barshikar S, Dolman HS, Baylor AE, Wilson RF.
Impact of evaluating antibiotic concentrations in
abdominal abscesses percutaneously drain. The
American Journal of Surgery, 201: 348-352, 2011
Boyd N and Nailor MD. Combination antibiotic
therapy for treatment of serious Gram-negative
infections. Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
Newsletter, 20(3): 19-28, 2010
Stefanie C. Nigro
Soberiaj DM, Nigro SC, Olaywiola JN. Targeted
hypertension medication therapy management in a
federally qualified health center. Pharmacy Journal
of New England. 2011; 18(1):16-23.
Sobieriaj DM, Nigro SC. Focus on Bazedoxifene:
An investigational selective estrogen receptor
modulator for the treatment and prevention of
osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Formulary.
2011; 46:159-176.
Lauren S. Schlesselman
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Schlesselman LS. Dermatophytosis. In : Katz
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Schlesselman LS. Vaginal candidiasis. In : Katz
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Schlesselman LS, Coleman CI. Predictors of poor
student performance at a single, Accreditatin
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Schlesselman LS, Freyer CW. Management of type
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Marie A. Smith
Abrons J and Smith M. A Pharmacist’s Primer on
Patient-centered Care in a Medical Home Model
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Smith M, Giuliano MR, Starkowski MP. In
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Smith MA, Agresta T. The Time is Now:
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Smith MA, Giuliano M, Buckley T, Kuti E, Dang
D. Medication Therapy Management in a Primary
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Kathryn Wheeler
Expert Commentary for Huff, Charlotte.
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C. Michael White
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Lohr K, Robinsom K. Chapter 12. Using Existing
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healthInfo.cfm?infotype=rr&ProcessID=60
Reinhart K, White CM. Antiarrhythmic Drugs. In:
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Drug Data, 11th Edition. McGraw-Hill, NY, NY
2010. Pg 395-419.
Phung OJ, Coleman CI, Baker EL, Scholle JM,
Girotto JE, Makanji SS, Chen WT, Talati R, Kluger
J, White CM. Recombinant Human Growth
Hormone in the Treatment of Patients with Cystic
Fibrosis.
Pediatrics 2010;126:e1-e16: DOI: 10.1542/peds.20102007
Baker WL, Colby JA, Tongbram V, Talati R,
Silverman IE, White CM, Kluger J, Coleman CI*.
Neurothrombectomy devices for the treatment of
acute ischemic stroke: state of the evidence. Ann
Intern Med. 2011 Feb 15;154(4):243-52.
Chen WT, White CM, Phung OJ, Kluger J, Ashaye
A, Sobieraj D, Makanji S,Tongbram V, Baker
WL, Coleman CI. Are the risk factors listed in
warfarin prescribing information associated with
anticoagulation-related bleeding? A systematic
literature review. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65(7):749-63
Chen WT, White CM, Phung OJ, Kluger J, Ashaye
AO, Sobieraj DM, Makanji S, Tongbram V, Baker
WL, Coleman CI. Association between CHADS2risk
factors and anticoagulation-related bleeding: a
systematic literature review. Mayo Clin Proc.
2011;86(6):509-21.
Scholle JM, White CM.* Bivalrudin: A Review of
Pharmacology and Therapeutic Use.
Connecticut Medicine 2010;74:595-7.
Cheng JWM, Dopp AL, Kalus JS, Rogers KC, Sanoski
C, White CM. Key Articles and Guidelines in the
Management of Arrhythmias 2004-2010.
Pharmacotherapy 2011;31:1e-32e.
Talati R, White CM.* Dabigitran: a new orally
available anticoagulant for prevention of strokes and
thrombosis in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Formulary 2011;46:44-53.
Phung OJ, Coleman CI, Baker EL, Scholle JM, Girotto
JE, Makanji SS, Chen WT, Talati R, Kluger J, Quercia
R, Mather J, Giovenale S, White CM. Effectiveness
of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (rhGH)
in the Treatment of Patients With Cystic Fibrosis.
Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 23. (Prepared
by the University of Connecticut/Hartford Evidencebased Practice Center under Contract No. 2902007-10067-I) AHRQ Publication No. 11-EHC003.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality. October 2010. Available at: www.
effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
Baker WL, Colby JA, Tongbram V, Talati RA,
Silverman IE, White CM, Kluger JK, Coleman
CI. Neurothrombectomy Devices for Treatment
of Acute Ischemic Stroke. Technical Brief No. 4.
(Prepared by the University of Connecticut/Hartford
Hospital Evidence-based Practice Center under
Contract No. 290-2007-10067-I.) AHRQ Publication
No. 11- EHC020-EF. Rockville, MD; Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2011.
Available at: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.
gov/reports/final.cfm.
Colby JA, Chen WT, White CM, Kluger JK, Coleman
CI. Biologic and Non-biologic Systemic Therapy
and Phototherapy for Treatment of Chronic Plaque
Psoriasis. Technical Brief. (Prepared by the University
of Connecticut/Hartford Hospital Evidence-based
Practice Center under Contract No. 290-200710067-I.) Rockville, MD; Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality. October 2010.
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Faculty
Publications
AMY C. ANDERSON
Frey, K., Georgiev, I., Donald, B. and Anderson,
A. (2010) “Predicting Resistance Mutations using
Protein Design Algorithms” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,
107: 13707-13712.
Beierlein, J., Karri, N. and Anderson, A. (2010)
“Targeted Mutations of Bacillus anthracis
Dihydrofolate Reductase Condense Complex
Structure-Activity Relationships” J. Med. Chem. 53:
7327-7336.
Zhang, Y., Oblak, E.Z., Bolstad, E., Anderson,
A., Jasinski, J., Butcher, R., and Wright, D. (2010)
“Synthetic and computational studies on liphagal:
a natural product inhibitor of PI-3K” Tet. Lett.
51:6120-6122.
Algul, O., Paulsen, J. and Anderson, A. (2011)
“2,4-diamino-5-(2’-arylpropargyl)pyrimidine
derivatives as new nonclassical antifolates for human
dihydrofolate reductase inhibition” J. Mol. Graph.
29:608-613.
Wright, D. and Anderson, A. (2011) “Antifolate
Agents: A Patent Review (2006-2011)” Expert Opin.
Ther. Pat.
BRIAN J. ANESKIEVICH
Scanning for transcription factor binding by a
variant EMSA. Gurevich I., Zhang C., Aneskievich
B.J. Methods in Molecular Biolology 585: 147-58.
2010
MARCY J. BALUNAS
Balunas, M.J.*; Kinghorn, A.D. Natural product
compounds with aromatase inhibitory activity: An
update. Planta Medica 2010, 76, 1087-1093.
URS A. BOELSTERLI
Hsiao CJ, Younis H, and Boelsterli UA.
Trovafloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic with
hepatotoxic potential, induces mitochondrial
peroxynitrite stress in a mouse model of underlying
mitochondrial dysfunction. Chem.-Biol. Interact. 188:
204-213 (2010).
LoGuidice A, Ramirez-Alcantara V, Proli A, Gavillet
B, and Boelsterli UA. Pharmacologic targeting
or genetic deletion of mitochondrial cyclophilin
D protects from NSAID-induced small intestinal
ulceration in mice. Toxicol. Sci. 118: 276-285 (2010).
LoGuidice A and Boelsterli UA. Acetaminophen
overdose-induced liver injury in mice is mediated
by peroxynitrite independently of the cyclophilin
D-regulated permeability transition. Hepatology, in
press (2011).
ROBIN H. BOGNER
S. Hailu, R. Bogner, Complex Effects of Drug:Silicate
Ratio, Solid-State pHeq and Moisture on Chemical
Stability of Amorphous Quinapril Hydrochloride
Coground with Silicates, Journal of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, 100(4): 1503-1515 (2011).
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Faculty Publications for Academic Year 2010 - 2011
S.B. Murdande, M.J. Pikal, R.M. Shanker, R.H.
Bogner, Solubility Advantage of Amorphous
Pharmaceuticals: II. Application of Quantitative
Thermodynamic Relationships for Prediction of
Solubility Enhancement in Structurally Diverse
Insoluble Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical Research
27(12):2704-2714 (2010).
K. Qian, R.H. Bogner, Differential heat
of adsorption of water vapor on silicified
microcrystalline cellulose (SMCC): An
investigation using isothermal microcalorimetry,
Pharmaceutical Development and Technology DOI:
10.3109/10837450.2010.508073 (2011).
K. Greco, D.P. McNamara, R. Bogner, SolutionMediated Phaase Transformation of Salts During
Dissolution: Investigation Using Haloperidol as a
Model Drug, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
100(7): 2755-2768 (2011).
K.K. Qian and R.H. Bogner, Spontaneous crystallineto-amorphous phase transormation of organic or
medicinal compounds in the presence of porous
media, Part 1: Thermodynamics of Spontaneous
Amorphization, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
100(7):2081-2815 (2011).
S. Goss, J. Prushko, R. Bogner. Factors affecting
calcium precipitation during neutralisation in
a simulated intestinal environment, Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences 99(10):4183-4191 (2010).
S.B. Murdande, M.J. Pikal, R.M. Shanker, R.H.
Bogner, Aqueous solubility of crystalline and
amorphous drugs: Challenges in measurement,
Pharmaceutical Development and Technology,
16(3):187-200 (2011
S. Bose, R.H. Bogner, Solventless visible light-curable
coating: I. Critical formulation and processing
parameters. International Journal of Pharmaceutics
393(1-2):32-40 (2010
S. Bose, R.H. Bogner, Solventless visible lightcurable coating: II. Drug release, mechanical
strength and photostability International Journal of
Pharmaceutics 393(1-2):41-47 (2010).
K. Greco, R.H. Bogner, Crystallization of
Amorphous Indomethacin During Dissolution:
Effect of Processing and Annealing, Molecular
Pharmaceutics 7(5):1406-1418 (2010).
A.M. Padilla, I. Ivanisevic, Y. Yang, D. Engers, R.H.
Bogner, M.J. Pikal, The Study of Phase Separation
in Amorphous Freeze-Dried Systems. Part 1:
Raman Mapping and Computational Analysis of
XRPD Data in Model Polymer Systems, Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, 100(1):206-222 (2011).
DIANE J. BURGESS
A. Rawat and D.J. Burgess. USP apparatus 4 method
for in vitro release testing of protein loaded
microspheres, Int J. Pharm. 409 (1-2): 178-84, 2011.
S. Verma, S. Kumar, R. Gokhale, D.J. Burgess Physical
stability of nanosuspensions: Investigation of the role
of stabilizers on Ostwald ripening. Int. J. Pharm. 406
145–152(2011)
J.M. Morais, P.A. Rocha-Filho, D.J. Burgess.
Rheological properties related to required parameters
for one-step W/O/W multiple emulsion formation.
Langmuir. 2010;26(23) 17874-17881. http://dx.doi.
org/10.1021/la103358n.
S. Vaddiraju, D.J. Burgess, I. Tomazos, F.C. Jain, F.
Papadimitrakopoulos. Technologies for Continuous
Glucose Monitoring: Current Problems and Future
Promises. J. Diabetes Sci Technol. 2010;4(6): 15401562. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21129353.
A. Rawat and D.J. Burgess. Effect of ethanol as a
processing co-solvent on the PLGA microsphere
characteristics. Int J Pharm. 2010;394(1-2):99-105.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2010.05.013.
BODHISATTWA CHAUDHURI
Sahni, E., Chaudhuri, B. (2011) Estimation of Coating
variability under Optimal Coating conditions in a Pan
coater, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 418,
286-296.
Naik, S., Chaudhuri, B. (2011) Investigating
Granular Milling in a Hammer Mill: Experiments
and Simulations, Computational Methods and
Experimental Measurements, 15, 121-132.
Sahni, E., Yau, R., Chaudhuri, B. (2011) Understanding
granular mixing to enhance coating performance in
a pan coater: Experiments and Simulations, Powder
Technology, 205(1-3), 231-241.
Sahni, E., Hallisey, J., Morgan, B., Strong, J.,
Chaudhuri, B. (2011) Quantifying drying performance
of Filter Dryer: Experiments and Simulations,
Advanced Powder Technology, doi:10.1016/j.
apt.2011.03.002.
DEVENDRA S. KALONIA
Use of dynamic light scattering to determine second
virial coefficient in a semidilute concentration regime,
Sandeep Yadav, Steven J. Shire† and Devendra S.
Kalonia, Analytical Biochemistry 2011, 411(2), 292-6.
Factors Affecting the Viscosity in High
Concentration Solutions of Different Monoclonal
Antibodies, Sandeep Yadav, Steven J. Shire† and
Devendra S. Kalonia, Journal of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, 2010, 99(12), 4812-29.
DEBRA A. KENDALL
Bertalovitz, A.C., Ahn, K.H. and Kendall, D.A.
(2010) Ligand Binding Sensitivity of the Extracellular
Loop Two of the Cannabinoid Receptor 1, Drug
Development Research, 71, 404-411.
Croke, R.L., Patil, S.M., Quevreaux, J., Kendall, D.A.,
and Alexandrescu, A.T. (2011) NMR Determination
of pK(a) Values in -Synuclein, Protein Sci. 20,
256-269.
Stadel, R., Ahn, K.H. and Kendall, D. A. (2011) The
Cannabinoid Type-1 Receptor Carbobxyl-Terminus;
More than a Tail, J. Neurochem., 117, 1-18.
Wowor, A., Yu, D., Kendall, D.A. and Cole, J. (2011)
Energetics of SecA Dimerization, J Mol Biol. 408,
87-98.
JOSÉ E. MANAUTOU
Aleksunes, L.M., Goedken, M.J., Rockwell, C.E.,
Thomale, J., Manatou, J.E., and Klaassen, C.D.
Transcriptional Regulation of Renal Cytoprotective
Genes by Nrf2 and its Potential Use as a Therapeutic
Target to Mitigate Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity, J
Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 335:2-12, 2010.
Park, H.J., Dinatale, D.A., Chung, M.Y., Park, Y.K.,
Lee, J.Y., Koo, S.I., O’Connor, M., Manautou, J.E.,
and Bruno, R.S. Green tea extract attenuates hepatic
steatosis by decreasing adipose lipogenesis and
enhancing hepatic antioxidant defenses in ob/ob mice.
J. Nutr. Biochem. 22:393-400, 2011.
Chung, M.Y., Park, H.J., Manautou, J.E., Koo, S.I.
and Bruno, R.S. Green tea extract protects against
nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in ob/ob mice by
decreasing oxidative and nitrative stress responses
induced by proinflammatory enzymes. J. Nutr
Biochem. May 2 [Epub ahead of print], 2011.
Cheng, Q, Taguchi, K., Aleksunes, L.M., Manautou,
J.E., Cherrington, N.J., Yamamoto, M., and Slitt,
A.L. Constitutive activation of nuclear factor-E2related factor 2 induces biotransformation enzyme
and transporter expression in livers of mice with
hepatocyte-specific deletion of Kelch-like ECHassociated protein 1. J. Biochem. Mol. Toxicol. May 2.
[Epub ahead of print], 2011.
JOHN B. MORRIS
Lanosa, Willis, Jordt and Morris. Role of metabolic
activation and the TRPA1 receptor in the sensory
irritation response to styrene and naphthalene.
Toxicol Sci 115: 589-595 2010.
MICHAEL J. PIKAL
Patel SM, Takayuki D, Pikal MJ. 2010. Determination
of end point of primary drying in freeze-drying
process control. AAPS PharmSciTech, 11(1), 73-84.
Caron V, Bhugra C, Pikal MJ. 2010. Prediction of
onset of crystallization in amorphous pharmaceutical
systems: Phenobarbital, nifedipine/PVP, and
Phenobarbital/PVP. J. Pharm. Sci., 99(9), 3887-3900.
Patel SM, Chadhuri S., Pikal MJ. 2010. Choked
flow and importance of Mach I in freeze-drying
process design. Chem. Eng. Sci., 65(21), 57165727.
Padilla AM, Ivanisevic I, Yang Y., Engers D,
Bogner RH, Pikal MJ. 2011. The study of phase
separation in amorphous freeze-dried systems.
Part I: Raman mapping and computational
analysis of SRPD data in model polymer
systems. J. Pharm. Sci., 100(1), 206-222.
Padilla AM, Chou SG, Luthra Sumit, Pikal MJ.
The study of amorphous phase separation in a
model polymer phase-separating system using
Raman microscopy and a low-temperature
stage: Effect of cooling rate and nucleation
temperature. J. Pharm. Sci., 100(4), 1362-1376.
Padilla AM, Pikal MJ. 2011. The study of phase
separation in amorphous freeze-dried systems,
part 2: Investigation of Raman mapping as a
tool for studying amorphous phase separation
in freeze dried protein formulations. J. Pharm.
Sci., 100(4), 1467-1474.
Murdande SB, Pikal MJ, Shanker RM, Bogner
RH. 2011. Aqueous solubility of crystalline and
amorphous drugs: Challenges in measurement.
Pharm. Develop. Technol., 16(3), 187-200.
Kikuchi T, Wang B, Pikal MJ. 2011. Highprecision absolute (true) density measurements
on hygroscopic powders by gas pycnometry:
Application to determining effects of
fornmulation and process on free volume of
lyophilized products. J. Pharm. Sci., 100(7),
2945-2951.
Patel SM, Pikal MJ. 2011. Emerging FreezeDrying Process Development and Scale-up
Issues. AAPS PharmSciTech, 12(1), 372-378.
Schneid SC, Gieseler H, Kessler WJ, Luthra
Suman, Pikal MJ. 2011. Optimization of the
Secondary Drying Step in Freeze Drying Using
TDLAS Technology. AAPS PharmSciTech, 12(1),
379-387.
THEODORE P. RASMUSSEN
BBo, D., Dahmani, F., Cichocki, J.A., Swanson,
L.C., Rasmussen, T.P. (2011) Detection of
post-translational modifications on native intact
nucleosomes by ELISA. Journal of Visualized
Experiments.
Patel SM, Jameel F, Pikal MJ. 2010. The effect of dryer
load on freeze drying process design. J. Pharm. Sci.,
99(10), 4363-4379.
Krueger, W., Swanson, L., Tanasijevic, B.,
Rasmussen, T.P. (2010) Natural and Artificial
Routes to the Pluripotent Epigenome.
International Journal of Developmental Biology
54: 1545-1564.
Murdande SB, Pikal MJ, Shanker RM, Bogner
RH. 2010. Solubility Advantage of Amorphous
Pharmaceuticals: II. Application of Quantitative
Thermodynamic Relationships for Prediction of
Solubility Enahncement in Structurally Diverse
Insoluble Pharmaceuticals. Pharm. Res., 27(12), 27042714.
Dodson, M.V., Hausman, G. J., Guan, L.L., Du,
M., Rasmussen, T.P., Poulos S.P., Mir, P., Bergen
W.G., Fernyhough, M.E., McFarland, D.C,
Rhoads , R.P., Soret, B., Reecy, J.M., Velleman,
S.G., and Jiang, Z. (2010) Lipid metabolism,
Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences Postdoctoral Fellows
Academic Year 2010-2011
Focus on Faculty
Medicinal Chemistry
adipocyte depot physiology and utilization of
meat animals as experimental models for metabolic
research. International Journal of Biological Sciences
6(7):691-699.
Andy Wowor
Advisor - Debra Kendall
Dodson, M.V., Hausman, G.J., Guan, L.L., Du, M.,
Rasmussen, T.P., Poulos, S.P., Mir, P., Bergen, W.G.,
Fernyhough, M.E., McFarland, D.C., Rhoads, R.P.,
Soret, B., Reecy, J.M., Velleman, S.G., Jiang, Z. (2010)
Skeletal muscle stem cells from animals I. Basic cell
biology. International Journal of Biological Sciences
6(5): 465-474.
Sarah Auclair
Advisor - Debra Kendall
Rasmussen, T.P., and Corry, G.N. (2010) Epigenetic
pre-patterning and dynamics during initial stages of
mammalian preimplantation development. Journal of
Cellular Physiology 225: 333-336.
Kwang Hyun Ahn
Advisor - Debra Kendall
DENNIS L. WRIGHT
Oblak, E.Z.; Wright, D.L. (2011) “Highly Substituted
Oxabicyclic Derivatives from Furan: Synthesis of
(±)-Platensimycin” Org. Lett. 13:2263-5.
Oblak, E.Z.; G-Dayanandan, N., Wright, D.L. (2011)
“Tandem Metathesis Reactions of Oxabicyclo[2.2.1]
heptenes: Studies on the Spirocyclic Core of
Cyclopamine” Org. Lett. 13:2433-5.
Zhang, Y., Oblak, E.Z., Bolstad, E., Anderson, A.,
Jasinski, J., Butcher, R., and Wright, D.L. (2010)
“Synthetic and computational studies on liphagal:
a natural product inhibitor of PI-3K” Tet. Lett.
51:6120-6122.
Sundstrom, T.J.; Wright, D.L. (2010) “Azaviridins
as new scaffolds for the development of PI-3K
inhibitors” Synlett 2875-8.
Sunskaya, Y.; Swain, P.W.; Bergmeier, S.C.; McMills,
M.C.; Priestley, N.D.; Wright, D.L. (2011) “Natural
feedstocks for diversity-oriented synthesis:
macrolide-like scaffolds from nonactate” Arkivoc
144-66.
Phillips, J.B.; Smith, A.E.; Kusche, B.R.; Bessetter,
B.A.; Swain, W.; Bergemeier, S.C.; McMills, M.C.;
Wright, D.L.; Priestley, N.D. (2010) Natural product
derivatives with bactericidal activity against Grampositive pathogens including methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant
Enterococcus faecalius Bioorganic Med. Chem. Lett.
20, 5936-8.
Wright, D. L. and Anderson, A. (2011) “Antifolate
Agents: A Patent Review (2006-2011)” Expert Opin.
Ther. Pat.
Drug Solubility
Dr. Robin H. Bogner
Associate Professor of
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dongmei Yu
Advisor - Debra Kendall
Paolo De Bona
Advisor - Debra Kendall
Rebecca Stadel
Advisor - Debra Kendall
Pharmaceutics
Norman Chieng
Advisor - Michael Pikal
Loren Schieber
Advisor - Michael Pikal
Puneet Sharma
Advisor - Michael Pikal
Jie Shen
Advisor - Diane Burgess
Shubhadra Singh
Advisor - Devendra Kalonia
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Igor Gurevich
Advisor - Brian Aneskievich
Xinsheng Gu
Advisor - José Manautou
Chin-ju Hsiao
Advisor - Urs Boelsterli
Prasad Krishnan
Advisor - Urs Boelsterli
Dr. Robin H. Bogner, associate
professor of pharmaceutics,
has been engaged in research
involving dissolution
enhancement of drug solubility,
rapid screening of dissolution
solid forms formulations, and
predicting product quantity
performance variation due to
process variation through the
University of Connecticut’s
School of Pharmacy since the
early 1990s. Her research has
led her to a recent flow-cell
patent in February 2011.
Dr. Bogner first became
interested in studying pharmacy
in high school because it
combined both her love of
science and helping people. She
went on to study pharmacy at
Rutgers University. While in
school, she was introduced to
research during a summer job
at Johnson & Johnson where
she studied tablets and capsules.
Her interest in how things
worked led her to continue
her research, and she pursued
pharmaceutics at both Rutgers
University and the University
of Iowa.
At UConn, Dr. Bogner is
currently mentoring graduate
and honors students in her
laboratories, while teaching
pharmacy courses and graduate
courses in her research area
of pharmaceutics. Describing
herself as curious, Dr. Bogner’s
curiosity and interest in her
research continually benefits
the School of Pharmacy and the
students whom she supervises.
A University of Connecticut
Teaching Fellow and former
School of Pharmacy Teacher
of the Year, Bogner has a
knack for explaining things
to students in a way that is
understandable. Many drugs,
for example, are given to
patients or stored as solids;
however, they have to go into
solution in order to work. Dr.
Bogner compares the solid state
to solution process to mixing
sugar into coffee. The change
of sugar from a solid state to a
solute state in coffee is similar
to the ingestion of a drug in
that the sugar must be stirred
into the coffee and the sugar
mixes easier in a hotter coffee.
The comparison only gets more
complicated with drugs.
Recently, Dr. Bogner, along
with a UConn research team,
was awarded a patent on a
flow-cell device. The device
aids in studying the dissolution
of poorly soluble drugs. It
allows for observation of
solids and liquids during
dissolution, particularly when the
pharmaceutical solid undergoes
some type of transition and/or
unusual behavior. By using the
device, Dr. Bogner is looking
at the solids and liquids in a
controlled way. She measures
what comes out of the other
end of the flow cell in a precise
way rather than simply shaking
up a vial and estimating the
numbers. This provides
measurements that previous
research was unable to generate.
Dr. Bogner was grateful for the
opportunity to work and learn
with the engineers that helped
design the flow-cell. “It’s great
to work on an interdisciplinary
team,” she comments. “You
learn to think in new ways.”
She’s also currently collaborating
on projects with colleagues at
the Health Center.
21
Eminent Faculty Increases
A decade ago, Dr. Alex
Makriyannis, now retired,
became the school’s
first Board of Trustees
Distinguished Professor
joining University of
Connecticut Teaching
Fellow Dr. James
Henkel, also retired, in
the ranks of eminent
faculty. These awards,
established in 2000
and 1993 respectively,
honor UConn faculty for
excellence in their field.
Since that time, the
school’s reputation has
grown along with its
ranks of eminent faculty.
In 2005, Dr. Michael
Pikal became the Pfizer
Distinguished Endowed
Chair in Pharmaceutical
Technology, the school’s
first endowed faculty
position. In 2007, Dr.
Urs Boelsterli became
the Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Endowed Chair in
Mechanistic Toxicology.
The university named
Drs. C. Michael White
and Robin Bogner
as University of
Connecticut Teaching
Fellows in 2006-2007
and 2008-2009,
respectively. Dr. Diane
Burgess was named Board
of Trustees Distinguished
Professor in 2009.
Students Garner University-Wide Awards
Doctor of Pharmacy Student Named RA of the Year
The 2010-2011 academic year
brought three, new eminent
faculty members to the School of
Pharmacy. Dr. Debra Kendall, a
Board of Trustees Distinguished
Professor, joined the school
as head of the Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dr.
John Morris was named as such
in 2011. Dr. Marie Smith became
the Department of Pharmacy
Practice’s first endowed faculty
member when she was named the
Dr. Henry A. Palmer Endowed
Professor in Community
Pharmacy Practice.
These eminent faculty members
bring recognition to the school
through their excellence in
teaching, research, and service.
Named faculty positions provide
sustained funding for research
in particular areas of expertise
and bring with them scientific
advancement in those fields of
study. Junior faculty members
benefit from the mentorship of
these talented individuals. Most
importantly, these eminent
faculty are representative of the
excellence of our faculty overall.
Aimee Dietle exudes
compassion, understanding,
hard work, and perseverance
in her job as an RA. She
cites a desire to help and
educate others as a primary
motivation for working hard.
These qualities make her an
exemplary resident assistant.
As such, she was named the
Resident Assistant of the Year
for 2011. It is a job with many
responsibilities and students
are held to high standards. This
award therefore, is significant
for Ms. Dietle as a student and
community leader.
Dietle served as an RA in
the Pre-Pharmacy Learning
Community at UConn from
August 2007-May 2011 giving
her a unique opportunity to
grow and learn along with
her residents. Her four years
of experience allowed her to
expand her knowledge about
the community while her own
experiences within the pharmacy
community also grew. “I spent
time with the P3 students
learning about pharmacy school.
I had to learn very quickly
otherwise my freshmen would
have been missing out on many
experiences that they deserved.”
Her achievements are a positive
reflection on this learning
community and this, Dietle
explains, is extremely important.
“I could never settle for being
an average RA who just was
there and did the bare minimum
to get by and get a paycheck
[because] I also really felt my
residents deserved an RA who
put in more than ‘average’
effort. I am very appreciative
of winning this award because I
feel it is a representation of all
the students I have helped over
the years. ”
Being a resident assistant
allowed Dietle to connect and
help her residents in a more
personal way. “I have a really
strong desire to help and
teach others. In the learning
community I do that by being
able to help freshmen navigate
the transition to college, prepharmacy course work, and
then application, and hopefully
acceptance, into pharmacy
school.” She credits her
abilities to personal experience
and to the resources,
knowledge and skills she was
taught through the RA training
process.
Dietle’s desire to teach and
learn diffuses to her studies
as she pursues a career in
ambulatory care. “My favorite
thing in pharmacy is to counsel
patients and I am interested in
pursuing a career in ambulatory
care. In the pharmacy
world, that means teaching
patients drug information or
demonstrating how to use
certain medications that I have
been taught in pharmacy school
and am starting to gain real
life experience with on my
rotations.”
She can also attribute the skills
she gained as an RA to her
success in
pharmacy.
“A lot
of the
interviewing
techniques
when you
are talking
to a patient
Aimee Dietle
about their
medications I had previously
learned from being an RA.
When I was an RA, I would
have to talk one-on-one with
students about their struggles
with eating disorders or alcohol
misuse. Now I am speaking to
patients about their struggles
with diabetes or asthma. It’s
the same skills you learn just
with different topics. It taught
me really how to listen and how
to help people help themselves.”
As she works to manage her
school responsibilities, Dietle
maintains a consistent regard
for her residents. “I facilitate
my passion as a pharmacy
student to my residents simply
by talking to them and leading
by example. We frequently
speak about what I’m doing
in classes or how much I love
pharmacy school. We talk
about different careers that you
can have as a pharmacist.” Her
dedication is clear when she
asserts, “I don’t think I attended
a single event without thinking
or asking, I wonder if my prepharmacy students would be
able to come to this.”
Alumni Association
OFFICERS 2011-2013
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student
Named Teaching Assistant of the Year
A great teacher provides insight,
understanding, and help to their
students while also pushing
them to work harder and do
better. In the undergraduate
programs, it is the teaching
assistants who fulfill a vital
role in teaching and helping
the students in the School of
Pharmacy. For this reason, the
Outstanding Graduate Assistant
Award is a significant way in
which TAs are recognized for
their contributions to UConn’s
undergraduate programs. This
year, the award was given to
Mamta Kapoor, a dedicated
second-year TA and fifth-year
Ph.D. student in the Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Kapoor attended the College
of Pharmacy (DIPSAR) in New
Delhi, India, and received her
M.S. at the National Institute
of Pharmaceutical Education
and Research (NIPER) in
Mohali, Punjab, India. Although
originally interested in medicine,
Kapoor’s education provided her
with the credentials necessary
to teach students at UConn.
When she attended college in
India, Kapoor recalls, she learned
by memorization and reciting
the information back for exams.
At UConn, she was taught
concepts and ideas that she had
to remember forever, not for
one exam.
This new way of learning
influences the way she now
teaches. She explains how,
when a student doesn’t know
something, she helps them get
to the answer by asking them
simpler questions. “I don’t give
them the answer, I don’t spoon
feed it to them, I provide the
direction they need to take to
answer it,” says Kapoor.
As a teacher, Kapoor does her
best to work together with
her students, to be available
to them when they need help
and to provide support in their
classes. One facet that Kapoor
stresses in terms of teaching is
approachability. “The comfort
level you establish with the
students is extremely important.
I really feel that I should help
them learn to develop their
thinking abilities and problem
solving. They get groomed
here and learn more and they
become better students,”
Kapoor describes. That quality,
Kapoor believes, is one of the
reasons she was recognized for
this award. She stressed how
she tries to connect with her
students and not seem too
authoritarian because, “it builds
that mutual trust and confidence
and makes them perform better.
I’m happy when they do well, it
makes me proud.”
Her TA responsibilities are
challenging because she is
responsible for the lectures and
lab preparations. Even so, the
courses she helps teach coincide
with her own interests in
pharmacy, namely gene delivery.
Kapoor works in Dr. Diane
Burgess’s lab focusing on siRNA
delivery. She explains, “siRNA
uses liposome formulation
developments to help treat fatal
diseases.” Pharmacy interests her
because the work she is doing
will benefit others. “I am deeply
inspired by my professor, Dr.
Diane Burgess and have learned a
lot from her teaching style.”
Though the challenge of
managing research with her
teaching can sometimes be
overwhelming, Kapoor knows
that she was awarded this
honor because she excels at
it. She relays her passion and
research to her students in her
lecture on gene delivery. “I like
when students tell me they’re
interested in this topic and I try
to give them the basics and meet
with them later if they want
more information.” Despite her
immense workload, she smiles
and readily says she enjoys
teaching students. “Whatever
time I spent and things I did
outside of what was required…
it helped me be motivated as
a TA. This second year I feel
more responsible because of
this recognition but it means I
take my job more seriously and
it makes me feel good to be
recognized; to have students say
hello and remember me.”
In the future Kapoor hopes
to work in the pharmaceutical
industry in research, and
eventually in management. For
President
Donald K. Zettervall ‘79
Vice-President
Karen B. Rubinfeld ‘87
Secretary
Martha Asarisi ‘81
Treasurer
Austin Bebyn ‘86
Executive Secretary
Daniel C. Leone ‘53
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mamta Kapoor receives the TA of
the Year Award from Associate Vice
Provost Keith Barker
others hoping to achieve this
award, she has a few last words
of wisdom; “For this award,
develop an intention to help
students. To be the best TA,
you have to have knowledge in
what you are teaching and be
approachable. Most of all the
air needs to be positive, this
is crucial so that the students
trust you. Eventually things will
fall in place.”
“The fact that two
students in our small
school garnered two
university-wide awards
is a testament to the
quality of our people.”
~ Robert L. McCarthy ~
Dean
TERM EXPIRES MAY 2013
Kevin Chamberlin ‘03
Margherita Giuliano ‘75
Jennifer Judd ‘04
Marielle Nyser ‘92
Jill Loser St. Germain ‘07
David St. Germain ‘98, ‘03
Thomas J. Thompson ‘78
TERM EXPIRES MAY 2012
Robert J. Bepko, Jr. ‘77
Robert Dana ‘63
Sandra Grillo ‘74
Keith Lyke ‘92
Edward Sklanka ‘74
Peter Tyczkowski ‘78
Elliott Tertes ‘62
TERM EXPIRES MAY 2011
Edgar Albuja ‘93
Robert J. Bianchi ‘61
John Capuano ‘73
David J. Cooper ‘75
Alicia A. Gudaitis ‘01
George J. Perchak ‘81
William P. Ward ‘66
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
Carlie Hershgordon ‘11
Marian Merced ‘13
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Alumni Association Awardees 2011
The Pharmacy Alumni
Association honored three
alumni in academia, industry
and pharmacy practice who
have distinguished themselves
in our profession. The awards
were presented at the 40th
Annual Pharmacy Alumni
Awards and Reunion Banquet.
Shankar
Musunuri,
awardee in
the field of
industry
obtained his Ph.D. in
Pharmaceutical Sciences
from the University of
Connecticut School of
Pharmacy in 1993. Prior
to that, he received his B.
Pharm (Hons) from the Birla
Institute of Technology
and Science, India. He also
holds an MBA from Duke
University’s Fuqua School of
Business. In his early career,
Dr. Musunuri worked at
Amylin Pharmaceuticals
and McNeil Consumer
Products. He then spent
about fourteen years
at Pfizer and Wyeth in
various roles with increased
leadership responsibilities in
the areas of strategy, global
manufacturing, business
development, R&D, and
commercial teams. His efforts
contributed to several
product launches during his
tenure, including Prevenar
13, one of Pfizer’s top three
products, and the number
one global vaccine based on
revenues.
Currently, Dr. Musunuri is
chief executive officer of
Nuron Biotech, in Exton, PA.
He is a company founder and a
member of the Nuron Biotech
Board of Directors. Since
initiating operations in April
2010, the company has been
focused on bringing to market
innovative and improved
specialty biologics and vaccines,
and is currently working on
products for the treatment of
Multiple Sclerosis and wound
healing.
Dr. Musunuri has authored
numerous publications, and has
contributed to several patents
as a co-inventor. He served
as Biotech section chair for
the American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists, and
was also the founding chairman
of the San Diego Pharmaceutical
Forum. Dr. Musunuri
actively supports a non-profit
organization, Shakti Foundation,
which was founded by his wife,
Sailaja Musunuri, M.D., in order
to provide care and enrichment
for children with developmental
and intellectual disabilities.
David R. Taft,
awardee in the
field of academia,
received
his Ph.D. in
Pharmaceutical Science from
the University of Connecticut
School of Pharmacy in 1993.
Prior to that, he obtained his
B.S. in Pharmacy, with Highest
Distinction, from the University
of Rhode Island College of
Pharmacy. His graduate work
at UConn was followed by
a postdoctoral fellowship
in pharmacokinetics at the
University of North Carolina
School of Pharmacy. In June
1994, Dean Taft joined the
faculty of the Arnold & Marie
Schwartz College of Pharmacy,
Long Island University, as
assistant professor in the
Division of Pharmaceutics and
Industrial Pharmacy. He became
associate professor, with tenure,
in 2000, and director of the
Division of Pharmaceutical
Science in January 2008. In
September of the same year, he
was appointed as professor and
dean of the Arnold & Marie
Schwartz College of Pharmacy.
Dean Taft has supervised eleven
doctoral students during
his academic career, and has
chaired, or been a member
of, a number of college and
university committees. He also
serves on the editorial boards
of the Journal of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Drug Development
and Industrial Pharmacy,
and Current Drug Discovery
Technologies, and has reviewed
manuscripts for a dozen other
pharmaceutical publications.
He is a member of the Rho
Chi Society, Phi Lambda Sigma
Leadership Society, American
Association of Pharmaceutical
Scientists, American Association
of Colleges of Pharmacy, and
International Society for the
Study of Xenobiotics.
Beginning with his time as a
UConn graduate student, Dean
Taft has published over 85
articles, books, book chapters
and abstracts concerning
pharmacokinetics. He has
also been awarded almost 20
research grants, and was the
recipient of the 1998 American
Association of Pharmaceutical
Scientists New Investigator Grant
Award in Pharmacokinetics,
Pharmacodynamics, and Drug
Metabolism.
Richard H.
Gannon,
awardee in the
field of pharmacy
practice, received
his B.S. in Pharmacy, Summa
Cum Laude, from the University
of Connecticut in 1977, and
began his pharmacy career as a
poison information pharmacist
at the UConn Health Center
in Farmington, CT. Following a
pharmacy residency at Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital
in Philadelphia, he received
his Pharm.D. degree from
the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy & Science, and
subsequently returned to
Connecticut in 1980 as a
clinical pharmacist practicing
at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
In 1984, Dr. Gannon moved to
Hartford Hospital, and within
a few years he was assistant
director for clinical services
and director of pain control
services. His career at Hartford
Hospital has evolved over the
years, and he has been a clinical
specialist in pain control since
2002. As a pharmacist clinician,
Dr. Gannon has developed
a pain service that includes
direct patient contact for every
consult that is performed. Dr.
Gannon joined the University
of Connecticut School of
Pharmacy as assistant clinical
professor in 1984.
Since his early career, he has
instructed UConn Pharmacy
students, as well as pharmacy
residents, medical students,
medical residents, and midlevel practitioners. In recent
years he has conducted a Pain
Management Rotation for the
University of Puerto Rico,
and he led a pain rotation for
French pharmacy students
in 2008. Dr. Gannon is
known as an outstanding
pharmacy preceptor, and his
Pain Management Rotation
consistently ranks as a top
elective rotation.
Dr. Gannon has given
numerous presentations to
pharmacists, physicians, nurses,
and health-care consumers,
and is widely published in the
pharmaceutical literature. He
is a member of The Rho Chi
Society, Connecticut Society of
Hospital Pharmacists, American
College of Clinical Pharmacy,
and International Association
for the Study of Pain. He is also
a volunteer with the American
Cancer Society. He has received
many honors during his career,
including a Distinguished
Service Award from Hartford
Hospital, the Paul G. Pierpaoli
Award (2006) from the CT
Society of Hospital Pharmacists,
and the 2009 Innovative
Pharmacy Practice Award from
the National Alliance of State
Pharmacy Associations.
Diana C.
Stanzione,
RN, named an
honorary alumna
trained in New
London, CT at Lawrence and
Memorial Hospital, finishing
her nursing degree in 1970. In
her early career, she worked
in the hospital setting, and
also as nursing director for a
LTC facility. Later, she joined
Syntex Pharmaceuticals as a
sales representative for eastern
Connecticut. The University
of Connecticut School of
Pharmacy was within her
territory, so she frequently
would visit the school, and
was also involved in selecting
students for awards given
by Syntex. This is when Mrs.
Stanzione became familiar with
the medicinal herb garden in
the courtyard of the Harold
G. Hewitt Pharmacy Building.
Syntex later became Roche,
and she was with the company
for 20 years. In 2000, Mrs.
Stanzione decided to pursue
the Master Gardener Program
offered by the UConn
Cooperative Extension System.
The Master Gardener Program
is a public service program that
provides university training
to volunteers for the purpose
of enabling them to serve
their communities through
horticulture, gardening, and
management. As part of the
curriculum, Mrs. Stanzione
chose the medicinal herb garden
as her community project. She
pulled weeds, transplanted plants
back to their original areas, and
identified plants from a botanical
and medicinal perspective. Mrs.
Stanzione completed additional
training, and became an
advanced master gardener. For
several years, Mrs. Stanzione
encouraged other master
gardener candidates to consider
the garden as their community
project, and along the way
there were other gardeners who
pitched in. Mrs. Stanzione also
recalls encouragement from
Dean McCarthy and faculty and
staff of the School of Pharmacy.
Today, the 50-year-old
medicinal garden is a memory,
as is the HG Hewitt Pharmacy
Building. Before the demolition,
Mrs. Stanzione saved plants
and original bricks, with the
hope of placing them in a new
medicinal herb garden adjacent
to the current PharmacyBiology Building. Plans for that
garden are currently on hold,
awaiting the demolition of a
nearby building.
In addition to the hundreds of
hours to nurture and preserve
the medicinal herb garden, Mrs.
Stanzione is also a member of
the Mystic Garden Club and
a volunteer with the garden
division of Mystic Seaport.
She currently works for a
rehabilitation facility, Groton
Regency, and plays flute and
piccolo in a couple of bands
that entertain residents at local
LTC facilities.
Michael P.
Starkowski,
named an
honorary
alumnus,
received his B.S. degree in
accounting from Central
Connecticut State University in
1974. He began his career with
the Connecticut Department
of Social Services the following
year as a Connecticut careers
trainee, and then an accountant.
Over his 35 year tenure
with the state, he served in
various capacities with the
Connecticut Department
of Social Services and the
Connecticut Department of
Human Resources, ultimately
becoming commissioner of the
Department of Social Services in
2007. In 2011, he retired from
the commissioner position.
Mr. Starkowski’s
accomplishments on behalf of
Connecticut residents include
being a policy maker in the
creation and implementation
of HUSKY Plan (Healthcare for
Uninsured Kids and Youth,)
which continues to be an
exemplary health coverage
program, serving over 360,000
Connecticut children, teenagers,
parents and caregivers. He
also coordinated the design,
integration and implementation
of benefits provided by state
pharmaceutical programs, in
conjunction with the Medicare
Part D drug benefit. As
commissioner, he administered
over 90 programs in a $55
billion agency responsible for
serving more that 750,000
people who rely on safety net
programs, primarily Medicaid.
He is known as a leading
authority on public financing of
health care for children, elders
and citizens with disabilities.
In April 2011, Mr. Starkowski
co-authored a health affairs
article with Dr. Marie Smith the
Dr. Henry A. Palmer Endowed
Professor in Community
Pharmacy Practice and assistant
dean at the UConn School
of Pharmacy, and Margherita
R. Giuliano, executive vice
president of the Connecticut
Pharmacists Association. The
article presented findings
from a recent Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services
demonstration project involving
nine pharmacists in Connecticut
who identified drug therapy
problems and resolved them
with significant savings on
medication claims and medical,
hospital, and emergency
department expenses.
Mr. Starkowski is a Constitution
Circle member of the UConn
Foundation Founder’s Society.
During his career, he has
been the recipient of many
awards, including honors from
the Connecticut Pharmacists
Association, the Radiological
Society of Connecticut, and
the Connecticut Association
of Optometrists. In 2009, the
Wheeler Clinic Foundation
selected Mr. Starkowski for
the Fostering Positive Change
Award, in recognition of
outstanding advocacy, service
and commitment to human
services and fostering positive
change in the lives of individuals,
families and our communities.
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