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Dr. Henr yA . Pa l Boehrin ger In hair in Ph arm owed C ace End d uti e sh Pfizer D istin gu i hi rsi Fel Ur low Unive Annual Report 2010 - 2011 Ma .D. sA . Boelsterli, Ph rie ology chn Te cal t School of Pharmacy Practice acy rm ha ac hair dC we do necticut T e rofessor in Com wed P mu ndo nit E yP r me ng y Con of Pharmaceuticals, I nc. eim h l En ge . .D A. Smith, Pharm Mic Con necticut T ea ch i Trus Bo a ce tees Disting uis he d rd T of Joh .D. n B. Morris, Ph Trus tees Disting uis he d UConn rustees Distingu i sh ed ssor ofe Pr D ia .D. ne J . Burgess, Ph Bo a rd of ssor ofe Pr Bo a D. m. Mic r a hael White, Ph UConn C. t Fa of culty n o i t Contin adi ue Our Tr n lle e c Ex UConn Unive low Em ine n rd of . hael J. Pikal, Ph.D ssor ofe Pr Fel rsi y of ng t Ro .D. bin H. Bogner, Ph De bra . h.D P , l l A. Kenda Advisory Board 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 9 10 12 12 14 16 17 17 18 18 20 21 22 22 22 25 25 24 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 1 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. 3 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.” 5 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 7 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 9 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. 13 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. 15 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 Scholarship Recipients Continued from Page 9 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. 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(eds.), Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery, DOI 10.1007/9781-4419-6999-6_27, © Springer Science+Business 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 Schlesselman LS. Drug allergy. In : Katz MD, Matthias KR, Chisholm-Burns MA eds. Pharmacotherapy principles and practice study guide: a case-based care plan approach. New York: McGraw Hill Medical; 2011:231-234. Schlesselman LS. Dermatophytosis. In : Katz MD, Matthias KR, Chisholm-Burns MA eds. Pharmacotherapy principles and practice study guide: a case-based care plan approach. New York: McGraw Hill Medical; 2011:359-360. Schlesselman LS. Vaginal candidiasis. In : Katz MD, Matthias KR, Chisholm-Burns MA eds. Pharmacotherapy principles and practice study guide: a case-based care plan approach. New York: McGraw Hill Medical; 2011:361-364. Schlesselman LS, Coleman CI. Predictors of poor student performance at a single, Accreditatin Council for Pharmacy Education-accredited school of pharmacy. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 2011;3(2):101-105. Schlesselman LS, Freyer CW. Management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. DrugStoreNews Pharmacy Practice Summer 2010:24-29. Marie A. Smith Abrons J and Smith M. A Pharmacist’s Primer on Patient-centered Care in a Medical Home Model (CE article). JAPhA - 2011;51:e38–e50. Smith M, Giuliano MR, Starkowski MP. In Connecticut: Improving Patient Medication Management in Primary Care. Health Affairs 30, no 4 (2011): 646-654. Smith MA, Agresta T. The Time is Now: Academia and Opportunities in Health Info Technology and E-Health. Academic Medicine 2010: 85(7):1108-1109. Smith MA, Giuliano M, Buckley T, Kuti E, Dang D. Medication Therapy Management in a Primary Care Medical Home Model. Journal of American Pharmacists Association, Mar/Apr 2011, page 263. Final Report on CMS Medicaid Transformation Grant. Impact of Pharmacist-provided Medication Therapy Management Services in a Medical Home Model: E-Prescribing and Medication Information Exchange Project. CT Department of Social Services. August 31, 2010 Kathryn Wheeler Expert Commentary for Huff, Charlotte. Pharmacists Help Close the Knowledge Gap for Teratogenic Drugs. Pharmacy Practice News. 2010;37: C. Michael White White CM, Ip S, McPheeters M, Carey T, Chou R, Lohr K, Robinsom K. Chapter 12. Using Existing Systematic Reviews in Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. In: EPC Methods Guide for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. Available at: http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ healthInfo.cfm?infotype=rr&ProcessID=60 Reinhart K, White CM. Antiarrhythmic Drugs. In: Smith KM, Rich DM, Henyan NN (Eds). Clinical 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. 19 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 23 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. 25 263700 University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy 69 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3092 Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3092 A Tradition of Excellence: Preparing Leaders in Pharmacy and the Pharmaceutical Sciences Since 1925 For more information about the School of Pharmacy, visit our website at: www.pharmacy.uconn.edu non-profit organization u.s. postage paid storrs, CT permit no. 3