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School of Pharmacy
Annual Report 2007 - 2008
A Lifetime
of Service
Contents
Faculty & Staff
Dean’s Message
A Lifetime of Service
Honor Roll of Donors
Commencement
Graduates
Student News
More Student News
Focus on Faculty
Ambulatory Care
Focus on Faculty
Medicine & Aging
Faculty Publications
Pharmaceutical Practice
Faculty Publications
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Focus on Faculty
Granular Flow
Focus on Faculty
Hepatotoxicity
New Faculty & Staff
Lunch & Learn
Alumni Awardees
More Student News
Residents & Fellows
Postdoctoral Fellows
Alumni Board
Advisory Board
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On the Cover:
Samuel Kalmanowitz ‘61 is awarded the
University of Connecticut Medal by Dr.
Michael J. Hogan, president of the
university. Mr. Kalmanowitz was the
first alumnus of the School of
Pharmacy to receive this high honor.
On the Back:
Graduate student at work in the
medicinal chemistry labs; SNPhA
students at their annual meeting; P3
students celebrate their final exam at
the Associate Dean’s Reception; Prepharmacy students attend the Human
Bodies exhibit in Hartford, CT with
staff members Elizabeth Anderson and
Sharon Giovenale; Students volunteer
at the clinics for migrant farm workers
at Lyman Orchards.
Darlene Able ‘80
Owner, Able Care Pharmacy
Janet Kozakiewicz ’79
Pharmacy Director, Hosp. of St. Raphael
Lydia Borysiuk
Chief of Pharmacy, VA Connecticut
Healthcare System
Jennifer Osowiecki ’85
Partner, Cox and Osowiecki, LLC
Mark Brackett ‘78
Vice President of Corporate
Development, Kinney Drugs, Inc.
Richard T. Carbray ‘75
Owner, Apex Pharmacy
Angelo DeFazio ‘85
President, Arrow Pharmacy
Joseph E. DeLucia ‘65
Executive Director, NCS Health Care
Joseph D. Palo, ‘73
President, JD Pharma, LLC
Ex-Officio Members
Anne-Margaret Gaffney
University of Connecticut Foundation
Robert L. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Pharmacy
Faculty Members
Joseph C. Papa ‘78
President and Chief Operating Officer
Perrigo Company
Dennis J. Chapron, ‘71
Associate Professor
Erica Peitler ‘88
President, Erica Peitler & Associates, Inc.
Dr. Khanh “Devra” Dang
Assistant Clinical Professor
Charlene Polino ‘81
President and Chief Executive Officer
Secure Source, Inc.
José Manautou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Student Members
Peter Farina, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Development
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Deborah Faucette ‘80
Senior Vice President of Sales &
Marketing, Learn Something, Inc.
Mark Rubino ‘73
Chief Pharmacy Officer, Aetna
David Sencabaugh
Director of Pharmacy Professional Services
Ahold USA, Inc. / Stop & Shop
Teather Sundstrom
Tyson Thornton ‘08
Jean Paul Gagnon ‘63
Director of Public Policy, Sanofi-Aventis
Roger Stoll, Ph.D. ‘73
Chairman, President and CEO
Cortex Pharmaceuticals
UConn’s School of Pharmacy is accredited by the
Accreditation Council on Pharmacy Education.
Rachelle Goto ‘76
Vice President of Marketing
Secure Source, Inc.
Lisa Stump ‘91
Director, Pharmacy Services
Yale - New Haven Hospital
The University of Connecticut is accredited by the New
England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Gregory Gousse ‘71
Implementation Manager
Visiting Hospital Association
Papatya Tankut
Vice President of Professional Services
CVS
Margherita Giuliano, ‘75
Executive Vice President
Connecticut Pharmacists Association
Elliott D. Tertes ‘62 [2003-2005, 2007- ]
Chairman, Board of Trustees
American Society Consultant Pharmacists,
Research and Education Foundation
William Hait ‘65
Vice President, Schraft’s Pharmacy -A Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy
Samuel S. Kalmanowitz, ‘61
Sarah Kelly, Ph.D.
Vice President of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Pfizer
Allison Kiene ‘88
Vice President, Assistant Group
Secretary, Montpelier RE
Alan D. Traster ‘71
President, Trasco Management
Lawrence V. Traster ‘75
President, Trasco Management
Margaret Weaver ’80, ’90
Safety Profiling & Assessment
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.
Jeannette Wick ’79
Captain, U.S. Public Health Service
Special thanks to all of those who contributed their time
and talents to the publication of this annual report:
Elizabeth Anderson, Amelia Arnold, Kristin Bielik, Christina
Biondo, Lisa Brown, Dan Buttrey, Tina Covensky, Frank Dahlmeyer,
Clayton English, Andrea Hubbard, Sam Kalmanowitz, Jeffrey
Lalama, Renee Larouche, Leslie LeBel, Christine Lee, Daniel Leone,
Karen Logan, Robert McCarthy, Christopher Morales, Peter
Morenus, Barbara Murawski, Danielle Pierce, Jennifer Prushko, and
Abdullah Wardak.
University of Connecticut
School of Pharmacy
69 North Eagleville Road ~ Unit 3092
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3092
Telephone: (860) 486-2129 Facsimile: (860) 486-1553
Marketing &
Communications
Faculty & Staff
Elizabeth E. Anderson, MBA
Director
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, Department
Head, and Professor Pharmaceutical Sciences
Amy C. Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Head, Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate
Professor
Marie A. Smith, Pharm.D.
Department Head and Clinical Professor
Pharmacy Practice
Philip Hritcko, Pharm.D.
Assistant Head, Department of Pharmacy
Practice, Director, Office of Experiential
Education, and Assistant Clinical Professor
Francis “Skip” Copeland
Building Manager
Wanda Joy
Assistant to the Dean
Meg Tartsinis, B.S.
Administrative Services Specialist
Assessment & Accreditation
Lauren S. Schlesselman, Pharm.D.
Director
Business &
Technology Services
Deborah Milvae, B.S.
Director
Mark Armati, B.A.
Assistant Business Manager
Paul Shea
Storekeeper
Douglas Willour, B.S.
Technology Coordinator
Sue Donnelly
Administrative Services Specialist
Jenna Henderson, B.S.
Program Assistant
Jill Fitzgerald, Pharm.D.
Director
Meg Tartsinis, B.S.
Assistant Director
Pharmacy Practice
Marie A. Smith, Pharm.D.
Department Head and
Clinical Professor
Jennifer E. Girotto, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Sean M. Jeffery, Pharm.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Effie L. Kuti, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor
Jennifer J. Lee, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Robert L. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Professor
Trinh P. Pham, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Development
Lauren S. Schlesselman, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Anne-Margaret Gaffney, B.A.
Associate Director of Development
Barbara E. Murawski, B.S.
Department Administrative Assistant
Diana Sobierj, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Experiential Education
Philip Hritcko, Pharm.D.
Director
Mary Ann Phaneuf
Assistant Director
Peter J. Tyczkowski, MBA
Educational Outreach Coordinator
Andre LaCombe, B.S.
Field Coordinator
Mary P. Petruzzi, B.S.
Field Coordinator
Pharmacy Library
Sharon Giovenale, MLS
Librarian
Alumni Relations
Daniel C. Leone
Director and Executive Secretary School
of Pharmacy Alumni Association
Pharmacy Professional
Development
Michael C. Gerald, Ph.D.
Professor
Philip Hritcko, Pharm.D.
Assistant Department Head and
Assistant Clinical Professor
Associate Dean’s Office
Andrea K. Hubbard, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Associate Professor
Karen S. Logan, B.A.
Coordinator
Jill Fitzgerald, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, Pharm.D.
Associate Professor
Sneha G. Baxi, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Charles F. Caley, Pharm.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Kevin W. Chamberlin, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Dennis J. Chapron, M.S.
Associate Professor
Craig I. Coleman, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor
Khanh (Devra) Dang, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Megan Jo Ehret, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor
[Above Right] Dr. Jennifer Lee at
the White Coat Ceremony
sponsored by Rite Aid.
Neil J. Facchinetti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Fei Wang, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Kathryn Wheeler, Pharm.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
C. Michael White, Pharm.D.
Associate Professor
Urs A. Boelsterli, Ph.D.
Professor
Robin H. Bogner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Diane J. Burgess, Ph.D.
Professor
Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Gerald Gianutsos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
David F. Grant, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
James G. Henkel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Andrea K. Hubbard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Devendra S. Kalonia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ronald O. Langner, Ph.D.
Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
John B. Morris, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor
Amy C. Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Department Head and
Associate Professor
Leslie LeBel, B.A.
Office Manager
Brian J. Aneskievich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
José E. Manautou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Spiro Pavlopoulos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Michael J. Pikal, Ph.D.
Professor
Olga Y. Vinogradova, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dennis L. Wright, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ben A. Bahr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
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A Message from the Dean
In this annual report, we focus on
service and honor the lifetime of
service given by alumnus and friend
Sam Kalmanowitz, Class of 1961.
Dear Friends:
This has been a
year marked by
the realization of
important milestones
for the school: our
first professional
students studying
abroad; the first
student to hold
national APhA
office; the awarding of the
first AHRQ Evidence-based Practice
Center to a school of pharmacy;
the first pharmacy students to
receive the university diversity
award; the school’s first Lyman
Award recipients, awarded for the
best paper published in the
American Journal of Pharmaceutical
Education; and the school’s first
recipient of the University of
Connecticut Medal. These
milestones are a testament to the
commitment of our students,
faculty, staff, and alumni to
establishing our school as one of
the nation’s premier, public,
research schools of pharmacy.
The school continued to make
excellent progress in meeting the
goals established in our strategic
plan/master plan. Steady progress
was made this past year in the
development of the school’s
assessment program including the
employment of AACP-developed,
psychometrically-valid surveys to
faculty, graduating students,
preceptors, and alumni and the
procurement of RxOutcomes to
provide the assessment software
to monitor student progress.
We continue to work on
initiatives that strengthen our
diversity, cultural competence,
and outreach to underserved
populations. We began our first
international experiences for our
students. Two students completed
a research rotation at the
University of Barcelona in Spain
and two other Pharm.D. students
completed an extended advanced
pharmacy practice rotation at
the University of Rennes in
France. Rising P2 and P3 students
completed a 5-week summer
program in traditional Chinese
medicine through our sister school
Peking University. We continue
to partner with our Schools of
Dental Medicine, Medicine, and
Nursing in the Urban Service
Track Program to prepare health
care professionals to practice in
urban environments. Five
pharmacy students were selected
as Urban Service Track Scholars
and attended the Institute for
Interprofessional Prevention
Education sponsored by the
Association for Prevention
Teaching and Research.
Pharmacy Student Government
continued the school’s low health
literacy project to train personnel
at community pharmacies with
identifying and assisting patients
with health literacy needs. Several
chain pharmacies have participated
training dozens of their staff
members.
Working with the Eastern
Highlands Health District, the
school helped create a tool
designed to help health care
providers assist patients in
keeping a portable medical
record on hand. Utilizing a
format called the File of Life,
faculty and students were able to
assist patients at a number of
health fairs. We have also
remained active in efforts
regarding disaster preparedness,
working with the Eastern
Highlands Health District in the
planning for a pandemic flu
alternate care site drill.
The 2007-2008 academic year
marked the end of guaranteed
admission into our professional
program. Beginning with the
class entering in fall 2009, the
new admissions criteria goes into
effect. These criteria eliminate
guaranteed admission, institute a
required interview, require the
Pharmacy College Admissions
Test [PCAT,] and allow greater
consideration of non-grade
qualifications. Any permanent
Connecticut resident, whether
or not they have completed
their prepharmacy studies at
UConn, now will be eligible for
admission.
The faculty approved a new
Pharm.D./M.B.A. program that
will allow students to complete
both degrees in seven years.
The first student to pursue this
joint degree is taking business
classes during the 2008-2009
academic year.
Our development efforts
continue to be successful with
total fundraising commitments
to the school over the last six
fiscal years in excess of $9
million. The efforts to establish
the Henry A. Palmer Endowed
Chair in Community Pharmacy
continued at a strong pace this
year and we anticipate reaching
the endowed professorship level
in the next academic year. Thanks
to the generous support of so
many of our corporate friends
and alumni, we have again seen a
significant increase in the amount
of scholarship support we are
able to provide for our students.
In the last four years, we have
been able to increase our annual
scholarships from approximately
$53,000 to over $125,000.
The Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences continues to be quite
productive as measured by peer
reviewed publications and
extramural support. For the
third consecutive year, the
department attracted in excess
of $2.5 million in extramural
research support and over 50
peer reviewed papers were
published, primarily in high
impact journals.
The Department of Pharmacy
Practice faculty published 70
full-length articles in refereed
journals and six chapters in
textbooks and internet courses.
A total of 35 active or approved
grants were reported by the
faculty, yielding a total of
$1,138,276 in direct costs. Drs.
Craig Coleman, Lauren
Schlesselman, and C. Michael
White published a paper
entitled, “Journal publications by
pharmacy practice faculty
evaluated by institution and
region of the United States
(2001-2003).” We were not
only pleased with the paper,
which garnered the prestigious
Rufus A. Lyman Award, but
with the results that rank our
pharmacy practice faculty 14th in
total number of publications
and first in publications per
faculty member.
Drs. C. Michael White (PI) and
Craig Coleman were awarded an
Evidence-based Practice Center
by the Agency for Healthcare
Research & Quality (AHRQ).
This is the first time AHRQ has
awarded an EPC to a center
based at a school of pharmacy
with the principal investigator a
pharmacy faculty member.
The National Institute for
Pharmaceutical Technology and
Education (NIPTE) consortium
of eleven universities focused on
education and research in
pharmaceutical technology
received its first two FDA
grants this year. Both Drs. Robin
Bogner and Michael Pikal, who
have played instrumental roles in
the development of NIPTE, are
part of the funded research
teams. Dr. Bogner has also been
elected chair of the NIPTE
Faculty Committee and I serve on
the Board of Directors.
The Department of Pharmacy
Practice offered its first invitational
conference, the 2008 Hewitt
Symposium, “Value of Medicines,
Value of Pharmacists: Better Care at
Lower Costs.” The symposium,
chaired by Dr. Marie Smith,
brought together practitioners,
agency executives, legislators,
insurers, company benefits
managers, and others in a program
that allowed for sharing of creative
models and solutions employing
pharmacists and medications to
improve patient outcomes while
effectively managing costs.
I am pleased to announce several
faculty promotions. Dr. John
Morris, head of the Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was
also named assistant dean for
research and will oversee our
school-wide research effort as well
as assist faculty with research design
and grantsmanship. Dr. Amy
Anderson was appointed assistant
head of the Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dr.
Philip Hritcko assumed the
position of assistant head of the
Department of Pharmacy Practice,
while continuing to lead our
experiential education program.
Dr. C. Michael White was promoted
to the rank of professor and Dr.
Fei Wang was promoted to
associate clinical professor.
Long time faculty member, Dr.
Neil Facchinetti, retired at the
end of the academic year and
Professor Emeritus Henry Palmer,
retired from the position of
director of Continuing Education.
In the Department of Pharmacy
Practice, three new individuals
joined the faculty: Dr. Kate
Wheeler, assistant clinical professor
with a new practice in internal
medicine at Backus Hospital; Dr.
Diana Sobieraj, assistant clinical
professor with a new ambulatory
care practice at the Community
Health Center, Inc., in Meriden;
and Dr. Jill Fitzgerald, assistant
clinical professor and director of
the Office of Pharmacy Professional
Development. In addition to
continuing education, Dr.
Fitzgerald will oversee all school
career services including the
career triad and career counseling.
Our dedicated faculty, staff,
students, and alumni continue to
garner awards nationally,
internationally, and within the
university community. Dr. Robin
Bogner was selected as a 20082009 University of Connecticut
Teaching Fellow, the institution’s
highest award for teaching. Dr.
Bogner joins Dr. James Henkel and
Dr. C. Michael White, both of the
School of Pharmacy, as one of only
38 Teaching Fellows university-wide.
Dr. Burgess and co-authors
Siddhesh Patil and David Rhodes
were selected for the 2007 AAPS
Journal Manuscript Award,
sponsored by Hoffmann-La
Roche, Inc.
Dr. Megan Ehret received a WalMart Student/Faculty Annual
Conference Scholarship and was
selected to participate in the ASHP
Research Boot Camp designed to
further develop the scholarly
skills of pharmacy faculty and
practitioners.
Dr. José Manautou received the
2008 AstraZeneca Traveling
Lectureship Award, presented
through the Society of Toxicology,
to recognize excellence in research
and service in toxicology and
enables a lecture tour of Europe
to promote collaboration between
European and North American
toxicologists. His research in the
fields of hepatotoxicity and drug
transporters has gained international
recognition for excellence.
Sharon Giovenale assumed office as
chair of the Libraries/Educational
Resources Section at the 2007
Annual Meeting of the American
Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy. Dr. Philip Hritcko
became chair-elect of the
Experiential Section at the same
meeting. Dr. Hritcko also has
been selected as a 2008-2009
AACP Leadership Fellow. Dr.
Gerald Gianutsos was selected as
the 2008 School of Pharmacy
Teacher of the Year.
Our excellence in graduate
pharmacy education was exemplified
once again with the selection of
Igor Gurevich, Tzipporah Kertesz,
and Shumet Hailu as 2007-2008
American Foundation for
Pharmaceutical Education PreDoctoral Fellows. Sarah Barnes
was the recipient of the 3rd place
graduate trainee research award at
the XI International Congress of
Toxicology. Upkar Bhardwaj
received the Diabetes Technology
Peterson Student Research Gold
Prize. The Planning Committee for
the Seventh Annual Diabetes
Technology Meeting voted Upkar’s
abstract the best abstract firstauthored by a student. Kristyn
Greco was selected as one of six
new USP Fellows for 2007–2008.
P-3 student, Mike Nowicki, was
the first author of a peer-reviewed
paper on transport protein
expression in type 2 diabetic rats
accepted for publication in the
journal Drug Metabolism Letters.
For the first time in school
history, a UConn student has
been elected to an APhA-ASP
national office. P3 student
Andrew Bzowyckyj was elected
member-at-large at the APhA
Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Andrew now becomes just one of
five national officers providing
leadership for thousands of
pharmacy students nationwide.
Pharmacy alumnus, donor, and
founding member of the School
of Pharmacy Advisory Board Sam
Kalmanowitz received the University
of Connecticut Medal from
President Michael Hogan. The
Medal, among the university’s
highest honors, has been presented
to fewer than 30 individuals since its
inception. Sam was the first
member of the pharmacy family
to receive the Medal. After
receiving the Medal, Sam was the
keynote speaker for the P2
ceremony on Saturday evening.
Sadly, just 10 days after what he
called one of the best days in his
life, Sam unexpectedly passed
away. His remarks at
commencement ring true for all
of us -- not just the students
whom he addressed -- and are
reprinted in the following pages
as a legacy to his lifetime of
service to the University of
Connectcut, the School of
pharmacy, and his community.
I have been professionally blessed
first by coming to the University
of Connecticut and then by being
given the opportunity to lead this
wonderful school. I have been
fortunate to have the support of
the administration as well as an
exceptional student body, faculty,
staff, and alumni. It was not a
difficult decision when Provost
Nicholls offered me a new five-year
term. I enter the next half decade
with as much enthusiasm and as
many ideas as I did when I was first
named interim dean. I am proud
of what we have accomplished
together, yet much remains to be
done. My commitment to helping
to make our school one of the
premier schools of pharmacy in the
nation has not wavered. I am
confident that together we will
achieve this goal.
Warmly,
Robert L. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Dean & Professor
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A Lifetime of Service ~ Honoring Sam Kalmanowitz
Samuel S. Kalmanowitz graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science degree
in Pharmacy, in 1961. Entrepreneurial from the outset, he began his 40-year career as a Connecticut
community pharmacist by establishing his own business, Kaye’s Pharmacy in 1963 which grew to
processing nearly one thousand prescriptions per day, for thousands of patients.
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In addition to his contributions to the profession, Mr. Kalmanowitz was an active leader in his
community, having served as chair of the Meriden Redevelopment Agency from 1988 to 1995. He led a
project that redeveloped Meriden’s downtown area and also served on the building committee for the
town’s new YMCA building. His civic contributions were recognized in 1997 when he was inducted into
the Meriden Hall of Fame.
Sam joined an elite group as he was honored with the University of Connecticut Medal for his
contributions to his community, to the profession of pharmacy, and to the University of Connecticut.
This is the first time that a member of the School of Pharmacy has received the university’s highest
honor.
Sam’s lifetime of service exemplified what we expect of all our students and alumni. While we mourn
the loss of his life, we can still celebrate the gifts that he has given us. His lasting monument to the
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Studies Class of 2008 appears below. His message of hard work,
ethics, humanity, and service are his legacy to the UConn School of Pharmacy that he loved so dearly.
“The dean speaks of my success.
The question one might ask is,
what is success? The dictionary
defines success as “favorable or
desired outcome; gaining wealth
and fame; one that succeeds.”
Well I can forget about the wealth
or fame; however I can speak to
achieving my desired outcome.
That desired outcome was to build
a great community pharmacy
and serve my patients with the
utmost care and respect and treat
my employees as my equal and
not to expect any more from
them than I expect from myself.
I strived to engage in community
service and to give something
back to the school of pharmacy.
I feel that I achieved this after 40
years of dedicated hard work,
perseverance, foresight, some
calculated risk taking, self
education and keeping a pulse on
all aspects of pharmacy.
Everyone desires to be successful in
their endeavors, however, some
succeed and unfortunately, some
fail. Each of you has a goal.
Immediately, I would think that
your goal is to complete your P3
and P4 years here at UConn and
then transition to other ventures.
Some may seek positions in
pharmacy through community,
military, hospital or industry and
some may pursue advanced
degrees and continue your formal
education with residencies,
fellowships and ultimately go into
research or education.
Whatever your goal or dream is
there are certain criteria that
you must adhere to in order to
be successful. Today I challenge
you to attain that goal that you
pursue, and I would like to share
with you some of the components
of the strategy that will help you
succeed in your journey toward
that goal.
As future pharmacists, I would
like to frame these components
within the context of a
prescription for you. This
particular prescription will have
three ingredients that you will
have to triturate together in
order to make this particular
compounded Rx.
The very first ingredient is a
complex chemical that I would
list under ETHICS. I’m speaking
about a discipline dealing with
good and evil and moral duty. I’m
speaking about moral principles or
practice. These moral principles
apply to one’s conduct during
your formal education process,
within the community and during
your practice of pharmacy upon
graduation from UConn.
Pharmacists are held in high
respect by their patients and one
must never compromise that
position. Unfortunately there
are some people in all professions
and walks of life that overlook
ethics. Usually two things happen
when this occurs. They will be
exposed and severely punished
and they will hurt the reputation
of a profession that 99.9% of
the people have worked so
ethically to preserve.
Inextricably entwined with ethics
is humanity. Humanity deals
with human concerns. This
encompasses your concern for
others and in particular with
your accessibility to patients and
fellow employees. The world
today, as I view it, is so challenging
because of a lack of humanity.
Your compassions, kindness,
mercy, attention, forbearance,
self control, tolerance and
empathy are just a few of the
attributes you must adhere to in
order to perpetuate this ingredient
that I refer to as ethics. My
personal involvement as a
pharmacist with hospice
underscores the relationship
between patient and humanity. I
urge you to be self disciplined, set
your standards, pursue your
vision but above all never, ever
compromise your ethics.
The second ingredient in this
prescription for success is to
CONTINUE TO EDUCATE
YOURSELF. Never stop learning.
Remember, no one can take
your education from you. It
belongs to you and will remain
with you the rest of your life.
Cherish it and continue to add
to and enhance that education.
The profession of pharmacy is in
a constant metamorphosis both its
school of pharmacy curriculum
and within the practice of
pharmacy. When I attended
pharmacy school here at UConn
the curriculum was somewhat
different from the course work
that you have experienced and
are about to incur during your
P3 and P4 years. Change is
inevitable and is important. We
should not be satisfied with the
status quo but rather embrace
change. When I graduated
pharmacy school in 1961 there
were no courses that covered
the Cytochrome P-450 system,
Beta Adrenoceptor blocking
agents, ACE inhibitors or Calcium
channel blockers as well as
Hyperlipidemia drugs. Why?
Was it the fault of the faculty
or was it the fault of the
curriculum. It was neither!
1990 Bowl of Hygeia Award from A.H. Robins · Bowl of Hygeia Hall of Fame · 1998 Named an Independent Superstar by Drug Topics · Kaye’s Pharmacy Named the Top Independent Pharmacy in the US · 1994 Pharmacy Alumni Association Award for Di
Rather, it was because the insight
to these drug pathways were not
yet discovered and the drugs that
affect these pathways had not been
formulated. I learned from students
that interned in my pharmacy and
worked part time for me while
attending school. The difference
between knowledge and wisdom is
that knowledge is a result of
change but wisdom is the ability
to know when to change. Self
study, purchasing new textbooks,
on line and live continuing education
courses, state, regional and national
meetings and conferences helped
me to continue to expand my
base of knowledge.
This class has the privilege of
having a great dean for leadership,
a highly renowned, skilled and
concerned faculty and the finest
physical facility in the country.
The point is that 10 years after
you finish P4 and graduate, the
curriculum will have changed and
it will become a necessity for you
to continue to educate yourself in
some other manner because of the
constant evolving changes in
pharmacy. Change continues to
happen in pharmacy. Curriculums
change. Years ago curriculums
stressed being proficient in
pharmaceutical chemistry in the
hope that pharmacists would be
able to look at the drug’s chemistry
and be able to predict which drug
was the best to use. Then it changed
to educate pharmacists to be drug
product specialists and to know all
about a drug product including how
[Pictured from right] Sam with
longtime friend and classmate,
Buddy Roth; showing his Husky
Pride at a UConn football game
with Deb Faucette; studying the
School of Pharmacy historical
timeline at the dedication of the
Pharmacy-Biology Building in
2005; and with fellow members of
the School of Pharmacy Advisory
Board, Rick Carbray and Angelo
DeFazio.
it was formulated so they could
not only recommend the drug of
choice but the drug product of
choice. Then evolved clinical
pharmacy and today we stress
Medication Therapy Management
with emphasis on patient care.
Pharmacy has changed from
product orientation of pharmacy
to patient care orientation. Some
of these changes will be academic,
some based upon advances in
technology and some in
marketplace economics. However,
what ever the change, you must
meet the challenge to educate
yourself.
The third and final ingredient in
this prescription for success is
called HARD WORK. If you will
be kind enough to bear with me
regarding this point as I want to
take a circuitous route in speaking
about this ingredient by taking
you back to a page in my history.
There are few people in this room
who can speak of a former
professor at the UConn School
of Pharmacy and I’m sure that
there are not many people who
have even heard of him. You may
recognize his name because in May
of each year there is a Continuing
Education Symposium named after
him or you might recognize his
name as he was Dean of this
School of Pharmacy from 19701980 or you may have heard of
him as the author of many
publications regarding his
knowledge of all aspects of
Pharmacognosy or may have read
his co-authorization of Introduction
to Chromatography. The person
to whom I’m referring to is the
late Dr. Arthur E. Schwarting.
Dr. Schwarting was professor of
Pharmacognosy at UConn from
1949 thru 1970. He was a graduate
of South Dakota State College and
received his Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy
from Ohio State University. That
was the first Ph.D. Degree conferred
by the college of pharmacy at Ohio
State. He taught at the University
of Nebraska for 6 years prior to
joining the staff at the University
of Connecticut.
Dr. Schwarting revolutionized a
tremendous change in the science
of Pharmacognosy by teaching
the science that was organized
largely from a botanical point of
view including emphasis on
taxonomic, morphologic and
histological aspects of natural
drugs. Dr. Schwarting classified
drugs on the basis of their active
chemical constituents and included
chemical, bio-chemical and biosynthetic considerations in
defining modern Pharmacognosy.
So therefore, the course was
taught from a chemical perspective
rather than a botanical perspective.
Pharmacognosy is the science
which treats the history,
production, commerce, collection,
selection, identification, valuation,
preservation and use of drugs
and other economic materials of
plant and animal origin. Now
this was a course that this P2
class did not have in its curriculum
and I would encourage you to
thank members of the curriculum
committee from sparing you this
great Herculean task. I had to
take this course and it was an
extremely difficult 5-credit course
spanning two semesters in our
then junior year. You could not
take the second semester until you
passed the first semester and
there were no summer courses
available. If, therefore, you flunked
the first semester you in effect
had lost a year and could not
take the course until the
following fall. Sadly, some of my
classmates had to repeat an
additional year.
The class met for Pharmacognosy
lectures in room 351 of the old
pharmacy building for an hour
and a half on Tuesday and
Thursday as well as a 4-hour lab
once a week. I always seemed
to take at least 15-16 pages of
notes in this class per lecture
because invariably the volume of
information that was generated
was of monumental proportions.
I would describe Dr. Schwarting
as a tall, slender, distinguished
looking gentleman with grey wavy
combed back hair, a protruding
Adam’s apple, and he always
wore a bow tie.
This one particular lecture was a
lollapalooza and he was going
ahead full steam and filling up
the entire blackboard with
chemical and mathematical
equations while he was spouting
botanical origins of plant names
that you could not pronounce
much less spell. As soon as the
lecture concluded I ran up to
the podium and said. “ Doc, I
missed some spellings and a few
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We gratefully acknowledge the alumni, corporations,
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School between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008. Your
continued commitment provides very important resources
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Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery
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U.S. Pharmacopeia
Capuano Associates
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Connecticut Pharmacists Association
CVS Charitable Trust, Inc.
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Grannick’s Pharmacy
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Jose E. Manautou, Ph.D.
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Carbray, Jr.
Dr. Philip J. Carrigan
Ms. Jennifer L. Cox and
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Dr. Sandra M. Alfano
Mr. Allan D. Anderson
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School of Pharmacy Scholarship Convocation. Rite Aid sponors this
wonderful event where the donors and recipients have a chance to meet.
The generosity of our donors made it possible to award over $125,000 in
scholarships for the 2007-2008 academic year.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Brackett
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Dickson
Mr. Bernabe Garcia
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Mr. Michael H. Geerts
Mr. and Mrs. Barry N. Gordon
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Hermes
Mr. and Mrs. Hayden O. Houston, Jr.
Dr. Sarah E. Kelly and
Mr. Kenneth G. Sigel
Mr. George F. Kirkpatrick, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Klish
Dr. Sarah McCabe
The Medicine Store of Groton
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Dr. and Mrs. Roland A. Patry
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Rxperts
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Mr. and Mrs. James D. Damicis
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Ms. Barbara A. DeNicola
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Elkhorn Associates, Inc.
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Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Gershman
Mr. Gary M. Ginsburg
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Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Grossman
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The Burr F Hamilton
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Kenneth G. Hermann, PhD
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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Hintz
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey F. Hodkinson
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Holmes
Ms. Patricia A. Howard
Hughes Health & Rehabilitation
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Dr. Walter G. Jump
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kandarian
Dr. Gary J. Kanter and
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Mr. and Mrs. Adam D. Kaprove
Kinney Drugs Incorporated
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Mrs. Dorothy C. McLaughlin
Mr. Robert A. Mead and
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Mr. Jeffrey R. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Milvae
Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Mittl
Ms. Martha G. Mosher
James W. Munden, Ph.D.
Mr. Ronald F. Nolan, Jr.
Maria J. Paccioretti, MD
Ms. Suzanne M. Pelletier-Bauerle
Mr. Dennis N. Popadic
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Quercia
Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Rasero
Mr. Edward S. Rippe
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Rup, Jr.
Mr. David L. Rosen
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Roszko
Dr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Rotty
Mr. Jerry S. Rubin
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Mr. and Mrs. James Ryan
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Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Sampieri
Mr. Robert L. Santone
Schering Corporation
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Mr. and Mrs. Peter K. Smiledge
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Sobel
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Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Spasiano III
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Mrs. Denise Svoboda
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Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Thomson
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United Way
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Vaughan’s Pharmacy, Inc.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dale Clifford Walker
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of the botanical names. Don’t want
to bother you. May I just see
your notes and I’ll copy the
names down correctly.” He looked
at me, shrugged his shoulders
and laid down a 3 x 5 index card
on the table, turned and walked
away. I picked up the index card
and there were just 3 words on
the card, none of which were in
the lecture.
I describe this man as a prelude
to what was about to occur.
During my first year at UConn, I
was having a rough time with
chemistry 127 & 128. I think this
class may have even remembered
those courses. Each student had
a faculty advisor to which you
could turn to for some help and
maybe some encouragement.
Well, my advisor was, you may
have guessed, Dr. Schwarting.
I made an appointment to meet
in the Pharmacognosy lab after
class at a certain time and date. I
appeared at the predetermined time
and met him there. He looked at
me and asked why I wanted to
see him. I then explained that I
was having a rough time with
chemistry and could he offer any
suggestion regarding my obtaining
some special help. He looked at
me and without acknowledging
my request, turned and approached
the blackboard. He proceeded to
draw a horizontal line with chalk on
the blackboard. He labeled the
beginning of the line with an F
and he labeled the end with a G.
Dr. Schwarting then said,
“Kalmanowitz this is the line you
have to travel in order to get
from F, your freshman year to
G, graduation. This line that you
travel consists of two components,
hard work and intelligence.” He
then marked an X on the
horizontal line approximately
85% along the line from the F.
Dr. Schwarting continued, “If you
have this much intelligence then
all you need is 15% hard work.”
He then marked another X on the
horizontal line 15% from F and
continued to say, “In your case
you only have 15% intelligence
and you will need to work 85%
in order to graduate. Now get
working”. He then turned his
back on me and walked into his
office closing the door behind
him. Now I’m not convinced
that the assessment Dr. Schwarting
placed upon my intelligence was
accurate but I do believe that this
metaphor he produced was
rather a charge to me more so
than the depiction so described.
This may have been a long winded
way to convey to you that hard
work is a key ingredient in this
formula for success. I subscribed
to this work hard theory throughout my years at UConn and
continued to use that premise
throughout my years of operating
a pharmacy. One can not run a
business from a rocking chair or
virtually anything else by not
rolling up his sleeves and working
hard.
The world today is different than
the world was when I started in
business. Globalization,
consolidation, downsizing,
internet purchasing and lack of
humanity are the hallmark of
today’s reality. Large corporations
have not only invaded retail
pharmacy but have affected
grocery stores, banks, restaurants,
dental practices, physicians, hair
salons, florists, airlines and
countless other business types.
Apathy has replaced empathy. It
will be more challenging to you
than it was for me because of
these changes. I urge you to adapt
to the changes, but vigorously
challenge the aspect of
inhumanity that has become
prevalent within these changes.
So, this is my prescription to
you for success. Maintain your
ethical standards; never
compromise them under any
circumstances and above all I
caution you to balance the
overwhelming pressures to
succeed with that of humanity.
Never stop learning, always
continue your education, and
work hard and diligently at
whatever task you take on.
Commencement 2009
[Above] The family of Alfred D. Ford ‘50 attended the
School of Pharmacy Awards Banquet in May. Lola Odesina
[second from right] was the first recipient of the Alfred D.
Ford Diversity Award established in his memory.
[Below] The Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2008 takes the
Oath of a Pharmacist.
I challenge you to fill this
prescription, not just for today
or tomorrow or until you receive
your Pharm.D degree, but rather
for the rest of your life. If you
do that I can reasonably guarantee
you being extremely successful.
It has been my honor to share
this day with you and your
loved ones and extend my
personal congratulations for a
task well done. Thank you!”
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Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Studies
Class of 2008
Danyel Kelly Adams
Salma H. Afifi
Jillian Anne Asselin
Brian Christopher Bachyrycz
Katherine Ellen Banker
Meredith Kate Barone
Amanda Colleen Barrett
Jamie Ray Beever
Adrian Daniel Bobriwnyk
Whitney Marie Boudreau
Sarah Elizabeth Bourgoin
Ana-Maria Capatina
Christopher Alex Cardoni
Andrew Wah Chiu
John Lawrence Conley
Jason Michael Corbo
Sarah Elizabeth Culbreth
Erica Jacqueline Cywar
Katherine Genevieve Davoren
Christopher John DeLucia
Rachel J. Dicker
Kelly Anne Dinsmore
Lam Xuan Du
Brandon Albert Dubos
Nicholas Robert Dumont
Diane Louise Duncheskie
Kevin Patrick Embree
Abraham Kidane Feshazion
Craig Warren Freyer
Joshua Aaron Friedman
Natasha Froonjian
Jessica Lynn Gale
Stephen Andrew Gannon
Ahmad Farid Ghafoor
Nicole M. Giannotto
Marta Gola
Alexei Nishan Goshdigian
Timothy William Haberern
Kathryn Kimberly Hanson
Danielle Marie Henry
Whitney Marie Hollands
Sharon Hwang
Ryan Christopher Isacsson
Sara Mary Izzo
Adam Tadeusz Jankowski
Nicole Marie Jordan
Daniel Edward Kilcoyne
Richard Francis Kiley
Anna Maria Kolodziejczak
Katarzyna Wanda Kozubal
Anne Elizabeth Krzystofik
Brendan Robert LaPorte
Alice M. Lee
Michael Huie Li
Brennan Christopher Luke
Darrell Charles Machir
James Thomas Malaney
Adam S. Mannes
Thomas Andrew Marottolo
Ana Christina Martinez
Christy Mathew
John Thomas McCarthy
Brenna Lynn McDonald
Jillian Elise McEnery
Andrew Jan Medwid
Megan M. Mooers
Alexandra Claire Mooney
Christopher David Morales
Lindsy Lee Murphy
Anisa Naka
Jenna Ann Neal
Anh Yen Nguyen
Phuong Ai Nguyen
Kelly A. O’Grady
Joy Udego Otaluka
Alyssa Ann Palladino
Hyun-Sook Park
Rakesh Ranjit Patel
Rinkesh A. Patel
Lauren Marie Prezioso
Grzegorz Rdzak
Joanna Marie Rhieu
James Rico
Brian J. Rodowicz
David Alexander Rozolsky
Jaclyn Collins Sanborn
Michael Robert Schaedler
Charlotte Mary Scherr
Romil D. Shah
Arielle Rose Shiely
Shally Sinha
Katrina A. Skroupa
Catherine Marie Sliwinski
Peter Stephen Smith
Elizabeth Marie Tallis
Colleen Joan Teevan
Alexander Yutaka Toyoda
Arlene My Tran
Laura Anne Tuttle
Erica Carla Vincent
Kristie Jean Wahl
Jenifer Danielle Walczyk
Michelle Rae Waligora
Michael Bernard Windisch
Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2008
Christopher Abbott
Christopher Antoszek - CVS
Nicholas Baccari - Rite Aid
Graham Barnett - Walgreens
Miranda Beaudoin - Walgreens
Amber Bednarz - Stop & Shop
Margaret Berlinger
Audrey Bernard
Dennis Boateng
Richard Bowman, III - CVS
Jenna Brooks - Rite Aid
Catherine Bulat
Aaron Burton - residency
Lisa Campanelli - Village Pharmacy
JoAnna Ceneri - Omnicare
Sidaka Choau
Ashley Christensen - Hartford Hosp
Deborah Cios - residency
Tiffany Colandrea - CVS
Jennifer Colby - Hartford Hosp
Analix Colon - Rite Aid
Joshua Cummings
Stella Damalas - CVS
Phong Dang - Rite Aid
Karen D’Arco - CVS
Kristy Daub - VA CT Healthcare
Jillian Daviau - CVS
Melissa Davis - residency
Brent De la Bruere
Adam Deletetsky - Rite Aid
Jennifer DeLucia
Dharmik Desai - residency
Susan Deslandes - Bray
Marie Dubois - CVS
Danae Dupras - Target
Andrew Dzierlatka - St. Raphael
Paulette Fam - Hartford Hosp
Anthony Faustini
Drew Gervasi
Kim Gilligan
Marina Grgas - residency
Nicholas Haralabakis - CVS
Andrea Hasselbacher
Nichola Holcomb - Rite Aid
John Hudak - CVS
Thor Huntley
Meghann Jones - Walgreens
Sarah Jordan - Walmart
Deanna Joubert - OSCO
Devin Jumper
Nicole Kaminski - CVS
Kevin Kiley - Walgreens
Heather Kleeman - Christiana Care
Stephanie Kregling - Walgreens
Carly Kruchten-Sheridan - CVS
Abraham Kuruvilla
Renee LaPlante - Price Chopper
Albert Lawson
Alexander Levine - Beth Israel
Andrea Lewtas - Commonwealth Med
Jenny Lipeika - fellowship
Michael L’Italien
Michelle Lorentz - CVS
David Malitsky - Walgreens
Nicole Manfria - CVS
Malgorzata Michalowska-Suterska
Ann Miecznikowski
Vesna Mitrevska - Rite Aid
Master of Science & Doctor of Philosophy Class of 2008
Sophia Ryzhikov
Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Major Advisor: Dr. Ben A. Bahr
David Morizio - CVS
Ellie Morrill
Katherine Nason
Trucha Nguyen - CVS
Jennifer Norton - Abington Hosp
Katherine Nowak
Michael Nowicki - residency
Temilola Odesina - residency
Erin O’Marra Wissler
Edith Owusu - Walgreens
Mary Pabilonia - Walmart
Shawn Pelletier - NMMC
Megan Perez - VA CT
Glenn Rappaport
Jonathan Reynolds - Rutland Med
Anna Rocki - VA CT/Rite Aid
Krzysztof Rosa - Walgreens
Kristen Rychalsky - CVS
Elisa Saranitzky - Walgreens
Joseph Serio
Bhavisha Sheth - Boston Med Ctr
Steven Shive - Walgreens
Lori Smogowicz - Walgreens
Joohan Song
Christina Spagnoli
Charles Struzynski
John Szymanski - VA
Tyson Thornton - E Maine Med
Poev Touch
Teresa Ucher
Ryan Vaughan - medical school
Brenda Wagoner
Gregory Zanger - Rite Aid
Kelly Zhang - residency
Kristin Zimmerman - residency
Shakiru Olajire Alapafuja
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry
Doctoral Dissertation: Novel CB2 Selective
Cannabinoids and Inhibitors of Endocannabinoid
Deactivation
Major Advisor: Alexandros Makriyannis
Deepak Bahl
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmaceutics
Doctoral Dissertation: Physical Stabilization of
Amorphous Drugs by Co-Grinding with Silicates
Inhibitors of Endocannabinoid Deactivation
Major Advisor: Robin H. Bogner
Mingnan Chen
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry
Doctoral Dissertation: The Role of Tapasin in MHC
Class I Antigen Presentation
Major Advisor: Marlene Bouvier
Charudharshini Srinivasan
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmaceutics
Doctoral Dissertation: Quantum Dot Assisted
Long-Term Intracellular Trafficking and
Development of Safe and Efficient Non-Viral
Vector
Major Advisor: Diane J. Burgess
Commencement Speakers & Honorees
Robin H. Bogner, R.Ph., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Connecticut Teaching Fellow
Gerald Gianutsos, R.Ph., Ph.D. J.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Keynote Speaker
Doctor of Pharmacy Commencement Ceremony
School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year 2008
Philip M. Hritcko, Pharm.D.
Suman Luthra
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Pharmaceutics
Doctoral Dissertation: Impact of Optimum
Annealing on Chemical Stabilization of Model
Amorphous Pharmaceuticals
Major Advisor: Michael J. Pikal
Ying Pei
Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry
Doctoral Dissertation: Utilizing a Cysteine
Substitution Strategy to Elucidate Key Residues in
hCB2 and mCB2 Binding Pocket: Ligand-Based
Structural Biology
Major Advisor: Alexandros Makriyannis
Assistant Department Head, Director of Experiential
Education, and Associate Clinical Professor
School of Pharmacy Faculty Service Award 2008
Lucinda L. Maine, Ph.D., R.Ph.
Executive Vice President and CEO
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Keynote Speaker
School of Pharmacy Awards Banquet
Samuel S. Kalmanowitz, R.Ph.
Keynote Speaker
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Studies
Commencement Ceremony
University of Connecticut Medal Recipient
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Student News
Pharmacy Student Government
had their busiest year to date.
PSG was involved with multiple
short-term and long-term
projects. In October, PSG held
the first Halloween festival at
the School of Pharmacy. A
costume contest was held and
prizes were given. The first
place prize was awarded to
Taylor Devens, who dressed as
Bjork. Honorable mentions
went to the LKS girls, who
dressed as Oompa Lumpas
from the classic book, Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory.
Besides the costume contest,
students enjoyed decorating
the school with carved and
painted pumpkins and breaking
piñatas during break periods.
The idea behind this project
was to allow pharmacy students
to de-stress from fall midterms
and enjoy the New England
Halloween spirit.
Veteran’s Day weekend served
as the date for the Annual PSG
Formal. The formal, sponsored
by OSCO/Shaws/Supervalu
PSG
AAPS
Pharmacy Student
Government
Clayton English
President
American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists
Kavita Jerath
President
was once again held at the
Crowne Plaza in Hartford, CT.
The formal set an attendance
record with over 150 students
and faculty attending the event!
In December, PSG teamed up
with the leaders from PLS to
collect toiletry goods and winter
clothes to donate to the local
Manchester Homeless Shelter,
in conjunction with School of
Pharmacy staff. The toiletry
goods were mainly designed for
younger-age men, which is the
majority of the population that
resides at the shelter.
In early March, PSG students
researched and presented
important pharmacy topics at
the Connecticut Pharmacy
Leadership Group Day at the
Capitol. Poster presentations
were on display at the capitol
to present to legislators. The
posters addressed key pharmacy
issues including medication
safety, medication disposal, the
impact of health literacy, and
behind the counter medications.
Pharmacy student government
teamed with Walgreens to hold
its second annual fun run which
is a charitable event to raise
money for the Susan G. Komen
Foundation. Over 100
participants were involved with
the race including students
from pharmacy, nursing, and
engineering. More than $1700
was raised for the foundation.
PSG has also been extremely
busy with their long term
project of bringing back “The
Capsule”, the yearbook of the
School of Pharmacy which has
been out of production since
2002. PSG members and
delegates worked hard on
reproducing the yearbook and
so far it has been a huge
success. The yearbook was
processed by Herff Jones
Publishing and the first printed
copies were released to
students in early May. We
hope to continue this project
in the upcoming years and we
hope it will be a lasting
tradition within the school of
pharmacy.
The 2007-2008 academic
year was another very
productive one for the
American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists
student chapter. The group
organized a Graduate Student
Welcome Lunch in the fall
semester. We also assisted in
setting up for School of
Pharmacy Annual Research
Symposium.
AAPS hosted the visits of
guest speakers, Dr. Rajesh
Krishnamurthy, from
Immunogen, Inc. and Dr.
Vinay Radhakrishnan from
Amgen. We also sponsored a
Coffee Hour and hosted guest
speaker, Jon Mole, from Sirius
Analytical, Ltd.
The group raised money and
participated in the Windham
area Adopt-a-Family program
for the holidays. We
sponsored a four member
family, two parents and two
children by providing dinner
and gifts.
We continued our social
networking by hosting a
Holiday Party for graduate
students and faculty members.
During the Connecticut Junior
Science and Humanities
Symposium hosted by
University of Connecticut, the
AAPS student chapter
interacted with highly
motivated and interested high
school students. We organized
laboratory tours for the
research labs and provided
information regarding the
significance of scientific
research in labs and future
career prospects.
APhA-ASP
American Pharmacists
Association - Academy of
Student Pharmacists
Abdullah Wardak
President
The 2007-2008 school year
proved very successful for the
UConn chapter of the American
Pharmacist Association– Academy
of Student Pharmacists. Our
first major, fall event was the
visit of national APhA-ASP
President Brandon Patterson
who gave a presentation on
policy and advocacy at our
chapter meeting. He provided
insight on the policy process to
the chapter members who were
attending the Midyear Regional
Meeting.
Our chapter continued the
tradition of attending one of
the football games and having a
stand to distribute medication
vials containing information
and sweets to the general
public. We also incorporated
Heartburn Awareness at this
event by handing out Prilosec
OTC and brochures. We also
had a presentation board set up
about heartburn and over the
counter treatments. We
promoted American Pharmacist
Month during October.
Operation Immunization
continued its efforts in
providing assistance at school
flu clinics. Flu kits containing
hand sanitizers, cough drops,
and tissues were handed out at
the Student Union. There were
also displays and posters
around the Student Union
along with flyers that provided
information about the flu
vaccine along with myths and
truths about the flu. Lastly, a
chapter member wrote an
editorial for the student
newspaper. This editorial
emphasized the importance of
getting vaccinated, regardless
of your health and age.
IPSF was also able to expand
their own patient care project
– HIV/AID Awareness Week.
Teaming up with the school
chapter of SNPhA, we had a
fund-raising 3-on-3 basketball
tournament in order to raise
money for the AIDS research
group AMFAR. A presentation
was also given by an APRN
from a local hospital about HIV
ASCP
and AIDS. AIDS awareness was
further promoted by having a
table at the Student Union
where posters with statistical
information about HIV/AIDS
and handouts were available.
Our last patient care project
consisted of the annual Blood
Pressure Clinic that we held at
two women’s basketball games.
We were able to check the
blood pressure of many people
in addition to counseling these
people on their medications.
Emphasis was placed on home
monitoring of blood pressure.
Our chapter had an amazing
turnout at the Mid-Year
Regional Meeting held in Albany,
New York. A record 33
members, including one prepharmacy student, attended.
Two of our chapter members,
Aaron Burton and Andrew
Bzowyckyj, the MRM Chapter
Delegate and Regional Member
at Large, respectively, helped
encourage members to attend
and think of new policies.
Twenty-three students were
able to attend the annual meeting
in San Diego. Chapter member
Andrew Bzowyckyj ran for and
won the office of National
Member at Large, making this
the first time in our school
history in which a UConn
chapter member held a national
office.
American Society of
Consultant Pharmacists
Renee Larouche
President
The 2007-2008 academic year
was very eventful for UConn’s
ASCP chapter. We started off
the year by adding many new
members. In November, nine
students attended the annual
meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
UConn was one of only a few
chapters who had students at
the meeting, and we were very
well represented. The students
were able to attend educational
sessions, get new ideas, network
with students and pharmacists,
and, of course, have fun!
In order to fulfill our mission of
exposing students to consultant
pharmacy, we set up a shadowing
program. Several members of the
CT ASCP chapter volunteered to
have a student spend a day with
them to see what it is like to
work in consulting. Two
students participated in the
shadowing program, and they
both came back really excited
about a career in consulting.
We will definitely be looking to
continue and expand the
program this year.
Another new project was
volunteering at the Bolton
Senior Center to help us
connect with the geriatric
population. Students visited
the Senior Center several times
throughout the year, educating
the patrons about healthrelated topics each time,
including MRSA and the flu
vaccine. We also painted
pumpkins and learned how to
play cribbage! At the end of
the year we, along with NCPA,
completed a File of Life for the
patrons of the senior center.
Students continued to attend
the CT ASCP Board of Directors
meetings and Senior Symposium.
At Senior Symposium, students
announced speakers and helped
with registration. It was a great
opportunity to learn more
about caring for the geriatric
population, MTM, and so much
more. The past year was very
productive for UConn’s ASCP
chapter and we hope to
continue growing and expanding
on our accomplishments.
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CSHP
More Student News
Connecticut Society of
Health-Systems Pharmacists
Jeff Lalama
President
AZO
Alpha Zeta Omega
Nu Chapter
Christina Biondo
President
The 2007- 2008 year was a
successful one for the Nu
Chapter. We proudly welcomed
eleven new brothers to our ever
growing family. As a professional
fraternity, we have continued
the tradition of service to the
community. By holding bake
sales and other fund-raisers, we
had one of our most successful
years raising donations for the
American Cancer Society and
Relay for Life, for which we
created a team and participated
in the walk. The Nu Chapter
also actively volunteered last
spring at the annual pharmacy
4K run to raise money for the
Susan J. Koman Fund for a Cure.
The Nu Chapter participated at
campus clean up events in the
fall. In February, we started a
Valentine’s Day carnation sale.
For the first time in several
years, we were able to send two
brothers to the AZO National
Convention held in Sarasota, FL.
It was a very valuable experience
from which we gathered many
new ideas and new friends.
Last year, we made Big Brother/
Little Brother events mandatory
and we decided to not have
pledging in the spring to allow
for more bonding activities.
Our chapter came together on
a weekly basis for meetings and
bonding events such as bowling,
dinners, movie nights, scavenger
hunts, and ice skating with our
national president.
We also joined with our pharmacy
peers when we sponsored a
pharmacy outlook seminar. AZO
invited several guest lecturers to
speak about their career paths in
pharmacy providing a broader
appreciation of the wide range
of applications in the field. This
seminar was especially helpful
not only those to in pharmacy
school, but also to our prepharmacy student brothers. We
look forward to continued growth
and success for all of our AZO
brothers and the Nu Chapter.
CSHP has had a busy 2007-2008
school year. We partnered with
Student Health Services on
campus for breast and testicular
cancer awareness week. We
went to 3 different dining halls
during the week to give
students information about
these diseases.
A member from the national
organization, ASHP, paid a visit.
Chris Fortier, a UConn alum,
joined our chapter in the
morning for breakfast and then
gave a talk about residencies at
a Lunch and Learn that was
open to the entire school. We
held our 2nd annual holiday toy
drive for the Connecticut
Children’s Medical Center. The
drive was very successful filling
two very large boxes.
CSHP hosted a financial advisor
to provide information about
finances and how to plan for
the future. We also held a CV
workshop for our members
where faculty members and P4
students gave advice on how to
improve our CVs.
Several professors donated their
time to allow CSHP members to
job shadow at their sites of
practice. Some of the places that
we visited are the VA in West
Haven, the Meriden Community
Center, and the Hospital of St.
Raphael’s in New Haven. The
other ongoing activity in which
CSHP has participated is Poison
Prevention. For this activity, we
go to elementary schools in the
surrounding areas and talk with
1st and 2nd grade students
about how to avoid poisons.
This program was presented in
the Tolland School System both
last year and this year. We saw
quite a bit of growth and hope
to continue this partnership.
CSHP contributed to the Unity
Week art show creating a
“kaleidoscope” documenting
what we do. Also, the officers
of our chapter met with URI’s
ASHP officers to plan a fundraising competition to raise
money for charity. All
proceeds went to the winning
school’s charity of choice.
Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical
Fraternity, Inc. has recently seen
its membership and involvement
grow to new heights. Nu
Chapter now has over forty
active brothers taking part in
numerous chapter events
ranging from philanthropic to
social.
Over the past year, brothers
volunteered some of their
Saturdays to talk with and assist
members of the Mansfield
Nursing Home/Rehabilitation
Center in weekly bingo contests.
We have attempted to expand
our alumni connections and are
I don’t know what your destiny will
be, but one thing I do know: the
only ones among you who will
be really happy are those who have
sought and found how to serve.
LKS
NCPA
Lambda Kappa Sigma
Alpha Beta Chapter
Kristin Bielik
President
Kappa Psi
National Community
Pharmacists Association
Phi Lambda Sigma
Nu Chapter
Chris Morales
President
planning to meet up with
Kappa Psi Alumni this spring,
in hopes of establishing a
stronger influence from the
alumni members in our region.
Kappa Psi has also expanded its
social events for the chapter by
establishing our first intramural
teams in recent memory and
hosting our first annual Spring
Pig Roast. Several brothers are
traveling down to Clearwater,
Florida this summer for Kappa
Psi’s 54th Grand Council
Convention to take part in
fraternity activities on the
national level.
I don’t know what your destiny will
be, but one thing I do know: the
only ones among you who will
be really happy are those who have
sought and found how to serve.
Alpha Gamma Chapter
Amelia Arnold
President
Lambda Kappa Sigma is busy as
always! Membership has been
steadily increasing semester by
semester, and ideas for events
are never in short supply.
This year, LKS has been
fortunate enough to host two
successful ‘Pharmacy Night
Out’ events at Huskies, with
proceeds going to our
philanthropy, Project Hope,
which works to make health
care accessible around the
world. Other fund-raisers
included a spaghetti dinner
and a penny war between the
classes and the faculty/staff.
The faculty/staff raised the
most money, and donated the
prize of a free breakfast for all
to the entire school of
pharmacy! Other events have
included a end-of-semester
holiday party, several sister
dinners at local restaurants, and
attending a UConn football
game with our alumni.
We sold pink breast cancer
ribbons for display in our
lobby to benefit Susan G.
Komen, and sold heavyweight
UC Pharmacy sweatshirts
just in time for winter! We
have also created several
posters for health fairs and for
display in the campus health
center. LKS organized and gave
a well attended presentation for
pre-pharmacy students on how
to get accepted into the School
of Pharmacy and on other
health care related majors. LKS
had a fantastic year and we
look forward to next year!
Lambda Kappa Sigma members
show their spirit at Pharmacy
Student Government’s
“Get to Know Your Student
Organizations” Ice Cream
Social generously sponsored
by Stop & Shop.
NCPA
PLS
NCPA spearheaded the “File for
Life” program. This program
allows us to go out into the
community and work directly
with patients concerning their
medications and health. We
take down information
regarding their emergency
contact, diseases, medications,
and health insurance and print
them out two well organized
sheets- one a perfect size for
their wallet and another to post
on their refrigerator in case of
emergency.
PLS has been working closely
with the Office of the
Associate Dean in order to
start a program to encourage
“Future Pharmacy Leaders.”
This program has 10 current
participants, all of whom have
been paired with a PLS mentor.
The participants attend
interactive sessions about
leadership development and
meet with mentors on a biweekly basis. PLS hopes that
this will encourage P1s to get
involved in pharmacy school
and shape the future of their
profession! PLS also teamed up
with PSG this fall to help with a
toiletry drive for a shelter in
Manchester, CT.
We visited McKesson Corporation
in Rocky Hill, CT to tour their
distribution center. We were
warmly welcomed there and now
have a much better understanding
of exactly what must happen for
the shelves of a pharmacy to
stay stocked. We sent
information to parents of all P4
students for our annual fundraiser- an engraved Cross Pen
for them to present to their
new pharmacists at graduation!
PLS also recently welcomed 12
new members with its annual
induction ceremony, this year
generously sponsored by
Walgreens. Marghie Giuliano,
the executive vice-president of
CPA, spoke at the ceremony.
~ Albert Schweitzer
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More Student News
Rho Chi
Phi Delta Chi
Alpha Gamma Chapter
Danielle Pierce
President
Alpha Lambda Chapter
Jen Prushko
President
Phi Delta Chi is a co-ed
professional pharmaceutical
fraternity and our objective is
to develop leaders to advance
the profession of pharmacy.
This past year has been busy
for the Alpha Lambda chapter!
Last fall, we had 13 new
brothers join Phi Delta Chi.
Our chapter supported and
participated in the Diabetes
Walk that we attend yearly.
Another tradition is sending
huge care packages to the
troops in Iraq for both
Thanksgiving/Christmas and
Valentine’s Day.
We also raised money to send
to our philanthropy, St. Jude’s
Children’s Hospital, by selling
School of Pharmacy sporty
style t-shirts and sweatshirts,
water bottles, and having
numerous bake sales. We met
our goal of doubling the
amount of money we sent last
year. We are thrilled that the
outpatient pharmacy will be the
Phi Delta Chi pharmacy because
of our fraternity’s four-year,
$200,000 commitment.
This past spring, we attended
our regional meeting in
Baltimore, Maryland. Our
officers for the 2007-2008
school year were:
Worthy Chief Counselor
Jennifer Prushko
Worthy Vice Counselor
Michelle Gala
Worthy Correspondent
Charlotte Scherr
Worthy Alumni Liaison
Jaclyn Sanborn
Worthy Master at Arms
Valerie Muthig
Worthy Inner Guard
Daniel Kilcoyne
Worthy Keeper of Finance
Jennifer Young
Worthy Keeper of Records
& Seals
Steve Hintz
Worthy Prelate
Lindsey Desjardins
The 2007-2008 scholastic
year was a particularly
productive year for UConn’s
Rho Chi Chapter. In October
2007, members of the society
prepared a presentation
entitled “Sleep Disorders” for
the University Health Fair.
Members made poster boards
and handouts to give to fellow
students who attended the fair
as well as answering a broad
spectrum of questions on the
topic. This year also marked
the beginning of our formal
tutoring program. The Rho
Chi president delivered a
message to both professors
and students informing them
to contact Rho Chi officers if
any student felt they needed
further assistance in any class.
The president then found a
member of the society that
would be willing to meet
privately with students to
tutor the topic. The program
was a great success; many of
the members of the society saw
several students for tutoring
sessions before the semester
ended. Fifteen new members
were also inducted into the
Rho Chi society in the spring
of 2008. These students
consisted of 10 students from
the 2nd professional year, and 5
students from the 3rd
professional year. A very
successful, formal induction
ceremony and banquet,
sponsored by Target, followed.
In addition to these events, two
of our members attended the
regional and national Rho Chi
meetings which were held in
Albany, NY and San Diego, CA
respectively. This year we are
all looking forward to a year of
similar successes and have plans
for even more events.
Our SNPhA chapter has grown
nearly five times its size from just
a small group in 2004. Besides
SNPhA’s national mission of
community education and service
to under-represented minority
populations, our chapter is
committed to engage its
members to understand
responsibility, the importance of
commitment, communication
and teamwork, and to understand
the importance of using our
knowledge to provide health
related-information to the public
through programs. We want
members to obtain experience
and knowledge in a variety of
areas from blood pressure,
diabetes, to AIDS and HIV and
be able to relay the information
to the public whether it is at
programs we have at the
university or at a local health
fair.
Members have participated in
many programs such as blood
pressure screenings at Walgreens
Pharmacy in Willimantic, CT and
becoming mentors of high school
students from the New Haven
area in the program called Gear
Up. Through Gear Up, we
provide information and personal
SNPhA
Focus on Faculty
Student National
Pharmaceutical Association
Christine Lee
President
Ambulatory Care
Dr. Fei Wang
Associate Clinical Professor
experience on what to expect
when they go to college and the
possible challenges they may
face. We also teach the students
what they should and should not
do in a job interview and convey
that communication and
networking is very important.
Members planned our annual
Unity Week events around the
theme of “The Kaleidoscope of
Pharmaceutical Practices.” Our
goal was to display to the UConn
community that pharmacy is not
only in hospital and retail settings.
We brought in pharmacists from
a variety of areas including a
long term care consultant, a
nuclear pharmacist, and a
member from the retail Target
Pharmacy chain to talk about
their profession. In addition, we
also had our annual art show
and a potluck to kick off the
celebration of diversity and the
importance of unity. The turn out
for the week was phenomenal.
Four members were able to
attend the Regional Meeting at
the Medical University of South
Carolina where they networked
with other chapters and speakers
at the workshops.
Fei Wang, M.Sc., Pharm.D., BCSP,
FASHP is an associate clinical
professor of pharmacy practice
with a focus in primary care. At
her practice site, Hartford
Hospital’s Adult Primary Care
Practice, she tirelessly promotes
education and provides services
and care to the culturally diverse
and medically challenging, underserved populations of Hartford.
Her passion for dealing with
people of diverse backgrounds
and empathy for helping people
in need is grounded in her early
childhood years spent living in
Ethiopia and traveling through
many countries in Africa, Asia,
and Europe as the daughter of a
United Nations official. The
stark contrast between third
world countries and western
culture created a lasting
impression of the social
inequities and this enriching
experience was compelling
enough to direct her into a
career in the healthcare field.
Her interest in teaching was
sparked by her desire to “give
back” to the profession and
through the remarkable support
of colleagues, mentors, and family.
Dr. Wang received her Doctor
of Pharmacy degree, Master of
Science, and Bachelor of Science
in pharmacy from the College of
Pharmacy and Allied Health
Professions at St. John’s University
in New York. Dr. Wang also
completed a specialty residency
in Adult Internal Medicine at
the Medical University of South
Carolina. She is a board certified
pharmacotherapy specialist and a
certified smoking cessation
specialist.
At Hartford Hospital, Dr. Wang
develops and implements new
collaborative practice pharmacy
services in the Adult Primary
Care Practice. She developed a
smoking cessation program and
a cardiovascular risk reduction
program in the areas of diabetes
mellitus, hypertension, and
hyperlipidemia. Patients are
referred by their providers for
collaborative care management,
medication therapy management,
or patient education. These
programs complement current
physician services and provide
individualized patient follow-up care
and, in turn, more empowerment to
the patient.
One of the skills students quote
gaining at the end of this rotation
is their ability to implement
medication therapy management
and manage chronic disease states
in primary care and to communicate
with patients and physicians with
increased confidence.
Dr. Wang is dedicated to enhancing
the role of pharmacy education in
the clinical practice setting. She
has been actively involved in the
teaching and clinical precepting of
pharmacy students and postgraduate pharmacy residents
during their experiential clerkship
rotations in ambulatory care. She
was a past residency director of a
PGY-2 ambulatory care residency
program, and a current residency
coordinator of an ASHP accredited
PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency
with emphasis in primary care. Dr.
Wang works closely with her
students to facilitate communication
of recommendations and to
provide up-to-date drug information
to medical residents and staff.
She continues to develop
educational programs and
curricula for the medical
residents, advanced practice
nurses, registered nurses, and
pharmacy staff on “hot” topics.
She is involved in numerous
community based service activities
such as leading diabetes support
groups and providing teaching
opportunities to senior citizens on
the “Basics of Medication
Safety”, and participating in
community health fairs.
Dr. Wang’s current research
focuses on the relationship
between health literacy and
medication adherence in the
underserved Latino community
with the goal of finding culturally
appropriate interventions to
enhance medication compliance.
She is an active member of the
Connecticut Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists (CSHP),
serving as a junior and senior
board member, as chair of
various committees, as president
elect in 2008-2009, and
president in 2009-2010. She was
a nominee for the ASHP section
of clinical specialists and
scientists for office in the
executive committee, and serves
as a state delegate to ASHP. Dr.
Wang was recently recognized
as a 2008 fellow of the
American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists in Seattle,
Washington and is also the
recipient of the 2007 CSHP
Pharmacist of the Year award
for her outstanding contribution
to advancing and supporting the
profession of pharmacy by
improving medication use and
enhancing patient safety.
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Focus on Faculty
Department of Pharmacy Practice - Faculty Publications for Academic Year 2007 - 2008
SNEHA G. BAXI
Medicine & Aging
Baxi S. Psoriasis and its treatments. US
Pharmacist.2008:73-81.
Dr. Kevin Chamberlin
Assistant Clinical Professor
CHARLES F. CALEY
Goethe JW, Szarek BL, Caley CF. The metabolic
syndrome and depression: a review. Depression:
Mind and Body 2008;3;138–49.
KEVIN W. CHAMBERLIN
Teaching, and subsequently was
the recipient of the 2007
School of Pharmacy’s Preceptor
of the Year Award.
Dr. Kevin Chamberlin, an
assistant clinical professor of
pharmacy practice at the School
of Pharmacy, also holds
appointments in the UConn
Health Center’s Department of
Medicine and Center on Aging.
Dr. Chamberlin has focused his
efforts on clinical teaching in
internal medicine and geriatrics
at the UConn Health Center in
Farmington. His teaching
philosophy focuses on what he
refers to as “buffered autonomy”
or a “one hand on, one hand
off” approach – allowing
students the freedom to
experience all aspects of realtime direct patient care alongside
their medical colleagues, while
being available to them in person
on medical rounds for having
their understanding confirmed,
their thinking re-directed, or
their recommendations tweaked.
His mantra is that “it is the
students’ rotation, the patients
are together our responsibility,
and we are colleagues from the
first day onward.”
Each day, students on his
advanced practice experience in
General Medicine I are required
to state one or two things they
have learned that day, an effort
that Dr. Chamberlin describes as
reflection and conversion of
short-term memory into longterm understanding. Students
have written in his teacher
reviews that Dr. Chamberlin’s
rotation is perhaps the most
rigorous within the School of
Pharmacy, but that the complete
submersion into the subject area
was entirely worth the early
mornings, long days, and late
nights. In 2005, Dr. Chamberlin
created a General Medicine II
elective in which P4 students
apply and are selected based on
pre-determined criteria,
including desire to precept and
or teach in future practice.
Dr. Chamberlin was recognized
for his clinical teaching
excellence by the UConn Health
Center Internal Medicine
Residency Program with the
2006-2007 David S. Frederick,
MD Award for Excellence in
Tercius AJ, Kluger J, Coleman CI, White CM. An
Association Between the Administration of
Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate and Successful
Cardioversion in Atrial Fibrillation Patients. PACE
2007;30:1331-1335.
His service to the hospital and
to the profession are also
evident, as he serves as the cochair for the UConn Health
Center’s Pain and Palliative Care
Committee, is a member of the
Board of Directors for the
Connecticut Chapter of the
American Society of
Consultant Pharmacists, and is
the continuing education chair
for CT-ASCP’s Annual Senior
Symposium each spring.
Dr. Chamberlin’s scholarly
endeavors focus on his postgraduate training roots in
geriatric pharmacotherapy, as
he serves as an editorial
assistant with the Geriatric
Pharmacy Review.com, an
online review course for
preparation for and recertification as a credentialed
Certified Geriatric Pharmacist
(CGP.) Additionally, Dr.
Chamberlin is involved in
numerous projects and services
related to pain management as
an area of interest.
Chamberlin KW, Cottle M, Neville R, Tan J. “Oral
Oxymorphone for Pain Management.” The Annals
of Pharmacotherapy. 2007 Jul/Aug;41(7/8):1144-1152.
CRAIG I. COLEMAN
Coleman CI, Gillespie EL, Kuti J. Principles of
Pharmacoeconomics, Chapter 17. In: Antimicrobial
Pharmacodynamics in Theory and Practice.
Nightingale CH, Murakawa T, Ambrose PG (Eds).
2nd Edition. Marcel Dekker, Inc. (2007).
White CM, Coleman CI. Drug-Induced Cardiac
Disease. In: Schumock GT, Brungage DM, et al (Eds).
Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program (PSAP),
Sixth Edition, Book 1 Cardiology. American College
of Clinical Pharmacy Inc, Kansas City. MO. (2007)
White CM, Kluger J, Lertsburapa K, Faheem O,
Coleman CI*. Effect of preoperative angiotensin
converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor
blocker use on the frequency of atrial fibrillation
after cardiac surgery: a cohort study from the atrial
fibrillation suppression trials II and III. European
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2007;818-821.
Coleman CI, Lucek DM, Hammond J, White CM.
Preoperative statins and infectious complications
following cardiac surgery. Current Medical Research
and Opinion 2007;23(8):1783-1790.
Coleman CI, Rigali VT, Hammond J, Kluger J,
Jeleniowski KW, White CM. Evaluation the safety
implications of aprotinin use: The Retrospective
Evaluation of Aprotinin in Cardio Thoracic Surgery
(REACTS). Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgery 2007;133(6):1547-1552.
Coleman CI, Schlesselmann LS, Lao E, White CM.
Number and impact of published scholarly works by
pharmacy practice faculty members at accredited US
colleges and schools of pharmacy (2001-2003).
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
2007;71(3):1-5.
Lertsburapa K, White CM, Kluger J, Faheem O,
Hammond J, Coleman CI*. Preoperative Statins For
the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After
Cardiothoracic Surgery. Journal of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery 2008;135:405-11.
Coleman CI, Kluger J, Dale K, Sander S, Gallagher R,
Takakda H, Humphrey C, Shah, S, Henyan N,
Gillespie EL, White CM. Impact of Amiodarone on
the Ability of Anterior Fat Pad Retention to Prevent
Post-Corornary Artery Bypass Surgery Atrial
Fibrillation Incidence: A Substudy of Atrial
Fibrillation Suppression Trial III (AFIST III). Expert
Opinion in Pharmacotherapy 2008; 9(1):7-13
Coleman CI, Schlesselmann L, White CM. Scholarly
Publications by Pharmacy Practice Faculty Evaluated
By School and Region of the Country. Pharmacy
Practice 2007;5:151-6.
Anglade MW, Kluger J, White CM, Aberle J, Coleman
CI*. Use of Thiazolidinediones in Suppression of Atrial
Fibrillation After Cardiothoracic Surgery. Current
Medical Research and Opinion 2007;23(11):2849-2855.
Ruffin RT, Kluger J, Baker W, Ferris A, White CM,
Coleman CI*. Association Between Perioperative
NSAID Use and Post-Cardiothoracic Surgery Atrial
Fibrillation, Blood Transfusions, and Cardiovascular
Outcomes: A Nested Cohort Study from the AF
Suppression Trials (AFIST) I, II and III. Current
Medical Research and Opinion 2008;24:1131-6.
Coleman CI, Kluger J, Bhavani S, Clyne, Yarlagaada
R, Guertin D, White CM. The Impact of Statins on
Survival and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients
With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Heart
Rhythm 2008;5:507-510.
Dale K, White CM, Kluger J, Coleman CI*. The
Impact of Statin Dosing Intensity on Muscle and
Liver Safety. American Journal of Medicine
2007;120:706-12.
Lucek DM, Coleman CI*. The Impact of Statin Use
on the Mortality of Patients with Bacteremia.
Connecticut Medicine 2007;71(7):409-12
Jennings DL, Kalus JS, Coleman CI*, Manierski C,
Yee J. Combination therapy with an ACE inhibitor
and an angiotensin receptor blocker for diabetic
nephropathy: a meta-analysis. Diabetic Medicine
2007;24(5):486-493.
Shah SA, Sander S, White CM, Rinaldi M, Coleman
CI*. Evaluation of Echinacea for the treatment and
prevention of the common cold: a meta-analysis.
Lancet Infectious Diseases 2007;7:473-480.
Baker WL, Gutierrez G, White CM, Kluger J,
Coleman CI*. Effect of cinnamon on glucose control
and lipid parameters. Diabetes Care 2008;31(1):41-43.
Baker W, White CM, Coleman CI*. The Impact of
Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Potency on Clinical
Outcomes of Stroke, Acute Myocardial Infacrtion
or Death. Formulary 2007; 42:581-598.
Coleman CI, Kluger J, Baker WL, White CM.
Antihypertensive Medications and their Impact on
Cancer Incidence: A Mixed Treatment Comparison
Meta-Analysis. Journal of Hypertension 2008;26:622-9.
Baker W, Coleman CI. Effect of Non-Ergot
Dopamine Agonists on Restless Leg Syndrome.
Annals of Family Medicine 2008;6(3):253-62.
Kuti EL, Patel AA, Coleman CI*. Impact of
inappropriate antibiotic therapy on mortality in
patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and
acy Practice - Faculty Publications for Academic Year 2007 - 2008
blood stream infections: A meta-analysis. Journal of
Critical Care 2008;23:91-100.
Coleman CI*, Reinhart K, Kluger J, White CM. The
Effect of Statin on the Development of Diabetes
Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis. Current Medical Research
and Opinion 2008;24:
Baker WL, White CM, Coleman CI. Effect of
nonergot dopamine agonists on symptoms of
restless legs syndrome. Ann Fam Med. 2008 MayJun;6(3):253-62. Review article/written CE
Talati R, White CM, Coleman CI*. Focus on
Rotigotine. Formulary 2007;42:633-646
Renin Inhibition: Taking RAAS Blockade to a New
Level?An ACPE-accredited continuing education
program (webinar) for pharmacists and other
healthcare providers through “Drug Store News”.
Available Nationally, October 2007.
White CM, Ellis JM, Talati R, Coleman CI. Impact of
extemporaneously compounded cholestyramine
ointment on severe diaper rash in a thirteen-day old
infant. PJNE 2008;[Winter]:17-20.
White CM, Coleman CI. Reply to a letter to the
editor: Impact of statin dosing intensity on
transaminase and creatine kinase. Am J Med. 2008
Feb;121(2):e11; author reply e13.
White CM, Coleman CI. Reply to a letter to the
editor: Impact of statin dosing intensity on
transaminase and creatine kinase. Am J Med. 2008
Feb;121(1):e3; author reply e5.
KHANH [DEVRA] DANG
Chen JT, La Lopa JM, Dang DK. Innovations in
Teaching: impact of Patient Empathy Modeling on
pharmacy students caring for underserved patients.
Am J Pharm Educ 2008;72(2):40-51.
Herndon CM, Hutchinson RW, Berdine H, Stacy
ZA, Chen JT, Farnsworth DD, Dang DK, Fermo JD.
NSAIDS and chronic non-malignant pain: a joint
opinion statement of the cardiology, ambulatory
care and pain/palliative care practice and research
networks of the American College of Clinical
Pharmacy. Pharmacotherapy 2008;28(6).
Tomky D, Marjorie C, Dang DK, Maryniuk M,
Peyrot M, Mensing C, Fitzner K. American
Association of Diabetes Education position
statement on AADE 7 (tm) self-care behaviors.
Diabetes Educ 2008;34:445-9
Chen JT, Dang DK, Heck Sheehan A. Principles of
obesity management and weight control. Pharmat
continuing education publication 2008;34(3):1-24.
Chen JT, La Lopa JM, Dang DK. Innovations in
Teaching: impact of Patient Empathy Modeling on
pharmacy students caring for underserved patients.
Am J Pharm Educ 2008;72(2):40-51.
JENNIFER M. GIROTTO
Krause PJ, Gewurz BE, Hill D, Marty FM, Vannier E,
Foppa IM, Furman RR, Neuhaus E, Skowron G, Gupta
S, McCalla C, Pesanti EL, Young M, Heiman D, Hsue G,
Gelfand JA, Wormser GP, Dickason J, Bia FJ, Hartman B,
Telford SR 3rd, Christianson D, Dardick K, Coleman M,
Girotto JE, Spielman A. Persistent and relapsing
babesiosis in immunocompromised patients. Clinical
Infectious Diseases 2008;46(3):370-6.
Girotto JE. Maraviroc: The first CCR5 antagonist
for the treatment of HIV. Formulary Journal
2007;42(10):601-608.
St. Germain RM, Girotto JE. A review of clinical
experience with newer antifungals in children.
Journal of Pediatric Pharmacy and Therapeutics
(accepted)
White CM, Ellis J, Talati R, Coleman C. Impact of
extemporaneously compounded cholestyramine
ointment on severe diaper rash in a thirteen-day old
infant. Pharmacy Journal of New England.
2008;5:18-20.
EFFIE L. KUTI
Kuti EL, Coleman CI, Patel AA. Impact of
inappropriate antibiotic therapy on mortality in
patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and
blood stream infection: A meta-analysis. J Crit Care
2008;23(1):91-100.
Schlesselman LS. “Focus on…certolizumab pegol: a
pegylated anti-TNF-alpha antibody fragment for the
treatment of Crohn’s disease.” Formulary
2008;43:22-28
Schlesselman LS. “Focus on…tocilizumab: a
humanized anti-interleukin-6 (anti-IL-6) receptor
monoclonal antibody for the treatment of rheumatoid
arthritis.” Formulary 2008 - date pending
Schlesselman LS. “Managing allergic rhinitis.” Retail
Clinician 2007(Fall);34-43 (CE for retail-based nurse
practitioners
Schlesselman LS. “Counseling patients about allergic
rhinitis.” Retail Clinician 2008 (Summer);34-43 (CE
for retail-based nurse practitioners)
Schlesselman LS. “Oral contractive options.” Drug Store
News CE 2007 (Fall);39-43 (CE for technicians)
Schlesselman LS. “Managing stress.” Drug Store News
CE 2007 (Nov/Dec):23-26. (CE for pharmacists)
DeNardis J, Schlesselman LS. “Understanding
influenza.” Drug Store News CE 2007 (Winter):4650. (CE for technicians)
Schlesselman LS. “Managing stress.” Drug Store
News CE 2007 (Winter): 41-45. (CE for technicians)
Schlesselman LS. “Counseling patients about allergic
rhinitis.” Drug Store News CE 2008 (March/April):
28-34. (CE for pharmacists)
JENNIFER J. LEE
Lee J. Guidelines for the Management of Asthma:
2007 Update. 2008 Schwarting Symposium Home
Study. http://pharmacyce.uconn.edu/
Asthma_Home_Study.pdf
TRINH PHAM
Wu M, Rivkin A, Pham T. Panitumumab: Human
Monoclonal Antibody Against Epidermal Growth
Factors for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal
Cancer. Clin Ther. 2008;30:14-30
LAUREN S. SCHLESSELMAN
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies. Pharmacy Times Apr
2008:60
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies. Pharmacy Times Mar
2008:62
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies.Pharmacy Times Feb
2008: 52
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies. Pharmacy Times Jan
2008:36
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies. Pharmacy Times Dec
2007:32
Lauren S. Schlesselman. Superficial fungal infections.
In: Chisholm-Burns MA, Wells BG, Schwinghammer
TL, Malone PM, Kolesar JM, Rotschafer JC, DiPiro
JT, ets. Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice. 1st
ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2007:1199-1210.
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies. Pharmacy Times
Nov 2007:78
Coleman CI, Schlesselman LS, Lao E, White CM.
“Number and impact of published scholarly works
by Pharmacy Practice Faculty Members at
Accredited US Colleges of Schools of Pharmacy
(2001-2003).” AJPE 2007;71(3): article 44
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies. Pharmacy Times Sep
2007:92
Coleman CI, Schlesselman LS, White CM. “Journal
publications by pharmacy practice faculty evaluated
by instution and region of the United States (20012003).” Pharmacy Practice 2007;5(4):151-156.
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies. Pharmacy Times Jul
2007:50
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies. Pharmacy Times Oct
2007:88
Schlesselman LS. Case Studies. Pharmacy Times
Aug 2007:48
Shah SA, Schlesselman L, Cios D, Lipeika J, Patel AA,
Kluger J, White CM. “Effects of echinacea on
electrocardiographic and blood pressure
measurements.” AJHP 2007;64:1615-8.
Kopecky R, Wang F, Reagan L, Czarnecki GR. An
Update on Recent Advances in Asthma Management.
Connecticut Medicine 2007;72(6):83-87
C. MICHAEL WHITE
White CM, Song J, Kluger J. Research
Considerations in Cardiovascular Therapeutic Areas.
Chapter 12. In: Even RP, Smith LJ (Eds). Drug and
Biologic Development. Springer Verlag, Inc., New
York, NY. 2007:Pg 275-91.
White CM, Song J, Kalus J. Cardiac Arrhythmias,
Chapter 20. In: Koda-Kimble MA, Young LY (Eds).
Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs. 9th
Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, NY, NY.
2007 pg 20.1 to 20.33.
Coleman CI, Schlesselmann LS, Lao E, White CM. An
Evaluation of the Number and Quality of Published
Scholarly Works By Members of Departments of
Pharmacy Practice at Accredited Schools or Colleges
of Pharmacy in the United States (2001-2003)
American Journal of Pharmacy Education 2007;71:1-5.
Shah S, Schlesselman L, Cios D, Lipieka J, White CM.
Echinacea’s Effect on Electrocardiographic and Blood
Pressure Parameters in Young Healthy Volunteers: A
Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.
American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacists
2007;64:1615-8.
McBride BF, Kalus JS, Caron MF, Guertin D, Kluger
J, White CM. The Impact of Catecholamines on
Ventricular Repolarization Among Patients at High
Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmogenesis. Connecticut
Medicine 2007;71:465-8.
Anglade MW, Kluger J, White CM, Aberle J,
Coleman CI. Use of Thiazolidinediones in
Suppression of Atrial Fibrillation After
Cardiothoracic Surgery. Current Medical Research
and Opinion 2007;23:2849-55.
Tercius AJ, Kluger J, Coleman CI, White CM. An
Association Between the Administration of
Intravenous Magnesium Sulfate and Successful
Cardioversion in Atrial Fibrillation Patients. PACE
2007;30:1331-5.
Coleman CI, Schlesselmann L, White CM. Scholarly
Publications by Pharmacy Practice Faculty Evaluated
By School and Region of the Country. Pharmacy
Practice 2007;5:151-6.
Coleman CI, Kluger J, Dale K, Sander S, Gallagher R,
Takakda H, Humphrey C, Shah, S, Henyan N,
Gillespie EL, White CM. Impact of Amiodarone on
the Ability of Anterior Fat Pad Retention to Prevent
Post-Corornary Artery Bypass Surgery Atrial
Fibrillation Incidence: A Substudy of Atrial
Fibrillation Suppression Trial III (AFIST III). Expert
Opinion in Pharmacotherapy 2008;9:7-13.
MARIE A. SMITH
MEGAN J. EHRET
Ehret MJ, Sopko MA, Levine A. Iloperidone: A
Novel Atypical Antipsychotic for the Treatment of
Schizophrenia. Formulary 2008;43:190-203.
FEI WANG
Book chapter: E-Prescribing Book by Michael
VanOrum - Chapter 6 (Jones and Bartlett, 2008)
McBride BF, White CM, Kalus J, Guertin D, Clyne C,
Baker W, Kluger J. The Impact of Carvedilol on the
Defibrillation Threshold. Heart & Lung 2008;37:6771.
Lertsburapa K, White CM, Kluger J, Faheem O,
Hammond J, Coleman CI. Preoperative Statins For
the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After
Cardiothoracic Surgery. Journal of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery 2008;135:405-11.
Ruffin RT, Kluger J, Baker W, Ferris A, White CM,
Coleman CI. Impact of Nonsteroidal AntiInflammatory Drugs on Post-Cardiothoracic Surgery
Atrial Fibrillation. Current Medical Research and
Opinion 2008;24:1131-6.
Coleman CI, Kluger J, Bahvni S, Clyne, Yarlagaada R,
Guertin D, White CM.* Association Between Statin
Use and Mortality in Patients With Implantable
Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Left Ventricular
Systolic Dysfunction. Heart Rhythm 2008;5:507-10.
Coleman CI, Rigali VT, Hammond J, Kluger J, White
CM. Evaluating the Safety Implications of Aprotinin
Use: the Retrospective Evaluation of Aprotinin in
CardioThoracic Surgery (REACTS). Journal of
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2007;133:1547-52.
Kuti EL, Baker WL, White CM. The Development of
New Onset Type-2 Diabetes Associated With
Choosing a Calcium Channel Blocker Compared to
a Diuretic or Beta-Blocker. Current Medical
Research and Opinion 2007;23:1239-44.
Baker W, White CM, Kluger J, Denowitz A,
Konecny CP, Coleman CI. Impact of Steroid
Therapy of Post-Cardiothoracic Surgery Atrial
Fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2007;4:461-8.
Patel AA, White CM, Dale K, Coleman CI. The
Relationship Between Statin Use and Atrial
Fibrillation. Current Medical Research and Opinion
2007;23:1177-85.
Shah S, White CM, Sander S, Coleman CI. Impact of
Echinacea on the Incidence and Duration of the
Common Cold. Lancet Infectious Disease
2007;7:473-80.
Dale K, White CM, Kluger J, Coleman CI. Impact of
Statin Dosing Intensity on Transaminase and
Creatine Kinase. American Journal of Medicine
2007;120:706-12.
Baker WL, White CM, Coleman CI. The Impact of
Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Potency on the
Clinical Outcomes of Stroke, Acute Myocardial
Infarction, or Death. Formulary 2007;42:581-8.
Coleman CI, Kluger J, Baker WL, White CM.
Antihypertensive Medications and their Impact on
Cancer Incidence: A Mixed Treatment Comparison
Meta-Analysis. Journal of Hypertension 2008;26:622-9.
Dale K, White CM. Dronedarone: An Amiodarone
Analog for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and
Atrial Flutter. Ann Pharmacother 2007;41:599-605.
DOI 10.1345/aph.1H524.
Reinhart K, White CM. Focus on Sitaxsentan.
Formulary 2007;42:295-301.
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Publications
Department of Pharmacy
Practice Continued
Shah, S, Kluger, J, White CM. Monotherapy Versus
Combination Therapy With Class III Antiarrhythmic
Agents to Attenuate Transmural Dispersion of
Repolarization: a Potential Risk Factor for Torsade
de Pointes. Pharmacotherapy 2007;27:1297-305.
White CM, Baker W, Coleman CI. Renin Inhibiton:
Taking RAAS Blockade to a Whole New Level. Drug
Store News 2007;9: 47-51.Featured Article with CE
Questions.
Talati R, White CM, Coleman CI. Focus on
Rotigitine. Formulary 2007;42:633-46.
White CM. Is Dronedarone Effective for the
Prevention of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation Nature,
Clinical Practice: Cardiovascular Medicine
2008;5:136-7. PMID: 18087298.
White CM, Ellis J, Talati R, Coleman CI. Impact of
Extemporaneously Compounded Cholestyramine
Ointment for Severe Diaper Rash in a 13-Day Old
Infant. Pharmacy Journal of New England 2008;5:1820.
Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences
AMY C. ANDERSON
Schormann, N., Senkovich, O., Walker, K., Wright,
D., Anderson, A., Rosowsky, A., Ananthan, S.,
Shinkre, B., Velu, S., Chattopadhyay, D. (2008)
“Structure-based approach to pharmacophore
identification, in silico screening and 3D-QSAR
studies for inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi DHFR
function” Proteins, in press.
Bolstad, E. and Anderson, A. (2008) “In pursuit of
virtual lead optimization: the role of the receptor
structures and ensembles in accurate docking”
Proteins in press.
Bolstad, D., Bolstad, E., Wright, D. and Anderson, A.
(2008) “Dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors:
developments in antiparasitic chemotherapy” Expert
Opin. Ther. Pat. 18: 143-157.
BRIAN J. ANESKIEVICH
Gurevich, I. Flores, A.M., and B. J. Aneskievich.
“Corepressors of Agonist-Bound Nuclear Receptors”
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. Sep
15;223(3):288-98. 2007
BEN A. BAHR
Kosten TA, Karanian DA, Yeh J, Haile CN, Kim JJ,
Kehoe P, and Bahr BA (2007) Memory impairments
and hippocampal modifications in adult rats with
neonatal isolation stress experience. Neurobiol
Learning Memory 88:167-176.
Karanian DA, Karim SL, Wood JT, Williams JS, Lin S,
Makriyannis A, and Bahr BA (2007)
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Faculty Publications for Academic Year 2007 - 2008
Endocannabinoid enhancement protects against kainic
acid-induced seizures and associated brain damage. J
Pharmacol Exp Ther 322:1059-1066.
Araújo IM, Carreira BP, Pereira T, Santos PF, Soulet
D, Inácio Â, Bahr BA, Carvalho AP, Ambrósio AF,
and Carvalho CM (2007) Changes in calcium
dynamics following the reversal of the sodiumcalcium exchanger have a key role in AMPA
receptor-mediated neurodegeneration via calpain
activation in hippocampal neurons. Cell Death Differ
14:1635-1646.
Williams J, Wood J, Pandarinathan L, Karanian DA,
Bahr BA, Vouros P, and Makriyannis A (2007)
Quantitative method for the profiling of the
endocannabinoid metabolome by LC-atmospheric
pressure chemical ionization-MS. Anal Chem 79:55825593.
desensitization induced by distinct agonists. Eur J
Pharmacol, March Epub.
Chapter: Bahr BA (2007) Lysosomal enhancement as
a novel strategy to clear toxic accumulations and
promote functional recovery. In Scarpa M, Begley D
(eds): Proceedings of the Brains for Brain Workshop:
European Task Force on Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Madrid, Spain, pp 1-6.
URS A. BOELSTERLI
Siu WP, Pun PBL, Latchoumycandane L, and Boelsterli
UA. Bax-mediated
mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization
(MOMP), distinct from the mitochondrial
permeability transition, is a key mechanism in
diclofenac-induced hepatocyte injury: Multiple
protective roles of cyclosporin A. Toxicol. Appl.
Pharmacol. 227: 451-461 (2008).
Li X, Serwanski DR, Miralles CP, Bahr BA, and De Blas
AL (2007) Two pools of Triton X-100-insoluble
GABAA receptors are present in the brain, one
associated to lipid rafts and another one to the
postsynaptic GABAergic complex. J Neurochem
102:1329-1345.
Lee YH, Boelsterli UA, Lin Q, and Chung MCM.
Proteomics profiling of hepatic mitochondria in
heterozygous Sod2+/- mice, an animal model of
discreet mitochondrial oxidative stress. Proteomics 8:
555-568 (2008).
Romanko MJ, Zhu C, Bahr BA, Blomgren K, and
Levison SW (2007) Death effector activation in the
subventricular zone subsequent to perinatal hypoxia/
ischemia. J Neurochem 103:1121-1131.
Bian HS, Ngo SYY, Tan W, Wong CH, Boelsterli UA,
and Tan TMC. Induction of sulfotransferase 1A3
(SULT1A3) by glucocorticoids. Life Sciences 81: 16591667 (2007).
Kanju PM, Parameshwaran K, Vaithianathan T, Sims
CM, Huggins K, Bendiske J, Ryzhikov S, Bahr BA,
and Suppiramaniam V (2007) Lysosomal dysfunction
produces distinct alterations in synaptic ?-amino-3hydroxy-5-methylisoxazolepropionic acid and Nmethyl-D-aspartate receptor currents in hippocampus.
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 66:779-788.
Lim PLK, Liu J, Go ML, and Boelsterli UA. The
mitochondrial superoxide/thioredoxin-2/Ask1 signaling
pathway is critically involved in troglitazone-induced cell
injury to human hepatocytes. Toxicol Sci 101: 341-349
(2008). Selected for Faculty of 1000 Biology.
Pin SS, Xu C, and Bahr BA (2007) Desensitization and
re-sensitization of CGRP receptor function in human
neuroblastoma SK-N-MC cells. Eur J Pharmacol 577:7-16.
Hill CE, Hurtado A, Blits B, Bahr BA, Wood PM,
Bartlett Bunge M, and Oudega M (2007) Early
necrosis and apoptosis of Schwann cells transplanted
into the injured rat spinal cord. Eur J Neuroscience
26:1433-1445.
Araújo IM, Gil JM, Carreira BP, Mohapel P, Petersén
Å, Pinheiro PS, Soulet D, Bahr BA, Brundin P, and
Carvalho CM (2008) Calpain activation is involved in
early caspase-independent neurodegeneration in the
hippocampus following status epilepticus. J
Neurochem 105:666-676.
Klionsky DJ, Abeliovich H, Agostinis P, Agrawal DK,
Aliev G, Askew DS, Baba M, Baehrecke EH, Bahr BA
et al. (2008) Guidelines for the use and
interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in
higher eukaryotes. Autophagy 4:151-175.
Lim PLK, Tan W, Latchoumycandane C, Mok WC,
Khoo YM, Lee HS, Sattabongkot J, Beerheide W, Lim
SG, Tan TMC, and Boelsterli UA. Molecular and
functional characterization of drug-metabolizing
enzymes and transporter expression in the novel
spontaneously immortalized human hepatocyte line
HC-04. Toxicol. in Vitro 21: 1390-1401 (2007).
Jiao, J. and Burgess, D.J. Multiple Emulsion Stability:
Pressure Balance and Interfacial Film Strength. In
“Multiple Emulsions: Technology and Applications”,
Ed. A Aserin, Wiley Series on Surface and Interfacial
Chemistry, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Hoboken,
New Jersey. Chapter 1, pp.1- 27 (2007)
Abdul-Fattah AM, Lechuga-Ballesteros D, Kalonia
DS, Pikal MJ. The impact of drying method and
formulation on the physical properties and stability
of methionyl human growth hormone in the
amorphous solid state, J Pharm Sci. 2008, 97(1):16384.
Bhardwaj, U., Papadimitrakopoulos, F., and Burgess,
D.J. Development of a vehicle for localized and
controlled drug delivery for implantable biosensors.
JDSAT (2008, In Press).
Saluja A, Badkar AV, Zeng DL, Kalonia DS.
Ultrasonic rheology of a monoclonal antibody
(IgG2) solution: implications for physical stability of
proteins in high concentration formulations, J Pharm
Sci. 2007, 96(12):3181-95.
Vaddiraju, S., Burgess, D.J. , Jain, F. C., and
Papadimitrakopoulos, F. In Vitro Evaluation Of An
Implantable Glucose Sensor With Layer Of Layer
Assembled Outer Membranes Biomedical Microdevices:
BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology. (2008, in
Press).
Voisine, J., Zolnik, B.S. , and Burgess, D.J. * In Situ Fiber
Optic Method for Long-term In Vitro Release Testing
of Microspheres. Int. J. Pharm. 356 (2008) 206-211.
Martinez, M., Rathbone, M., Burgess, D.J., Huynh,
M. In Vitro and In Vivo Considerations Associated
with Parenteral Sustained Release Products: A Review
Based Upon Information Presented and Points
Expressed at the 2007 Controlled Release Society
Annual Meeting. J. Controlled Release (2008 in press).
Zolnik, B.S., and Burgess, D.J. * Evaluation of In vivo
- In vitro Release of Dexamethasone from PLGA
Microspheres. J. Controlled Release 127 (2008) 137-145.
Zolnik, B.S., and Burgess, D.J. * Effect of acidic pH
on PLGA microsphere degradation and release. J.
Controlled Release 2007 122 338-344.
DAVID F. GRANT
Hill, D. W., Kertesz, T. M., Fontaine, D., Friedman,
R., and Grant, D. F. 2008. Mass spectral
metabonomics beyond elemental formula: Chemical
database querying by matching experimental with
computational fragmentation spectra. Analytical
Chemistry (In Press)
ROBIN BOGNER
Bahl D., Hudak J., Bogner, R., Comparison of the
Ability of Various Pharmaceutical Silicates to
Amorphize and Enhance Dissolution of Indomethacin
Upon Co-grinding, Pharmaceutical Development and
Technology, 2008;13(3):255-69.
Scagliarini, M., Bogner, R., Pharmacy Compounding
at the University of Connecticut: Secundum Artem
et Scientia, International Journal of Pharmaceutical
Compounding, May/June, 2008 (in press).
DIANE J. BURGESS
Ryzhikov S and Bahr BA (2008) Gephyrin alterations
due to protein accumulation stress are reduced by
the lysosomal modulator Z-Phe-Aladiazomethylketone. J Mol Neuroscience 34:131-139.
Verma, S., and Burgess, D.J. Solid Nanosuspensions –
The Emerging Technology and Pharmaceutical
Applications as Nanomedicine. In “Pharmaceutical
Suspensions: From Formulation Development to
Manufacturing”, Eds. A. Kulshreshtha, O.N. Singh
and G. Michael Wall. Springer, NY. (2008 in Press)
Yu W, Charych EI, Serwanski DR, Li R-W, Ali R, Bahr
BA, and De Blas AL (2008) Gephyrin interacts with
the glutamate receptor interacting protein 1 isoforms
at GABAergic synapses. J Neurochem, Feb Epub.
Pin SS and Bahr BA (2008) Protein kinase C is a
common component of CGRP receptor
Zolnik, B.S. and Burgess, D.J. In Vitro-In Vivo
Correlation for Parenteral Dosage Forms. In
“Biopharmaceutics Applications in Drug
Development”, Eds. R. Krishna and L. Yu Springer
Science+Business Media, Inc., New York, NY.
Chapter 11, pp. 336-351 (2008).
Luo, B., Norris, C., Bolstad, E. B., Knecht, D. A. and
Grant, D. F. 2008. Quaternary Structure and
expression level contribute to PTS1-mediated
peroxisomal import of human soluble epoxide
hydrolase. J Molecular Biology (In Press).
Sura, P., Sura, R., EnayetAllah, A. E. and Grant, D. F.
2008. Regional distribution and expression of
Soluble epoxide hydrolase in Human Brain. J
Histochem Cytochem (In Press).
Ghosh, S., Grant, D. F., Dey, D. K. and Hill, D. W.
2008. A semiparametric modeling framework for
the development of metabonomic profiles and biomarker discovery. BMC Bioinformatics. 9:38.
EnayetAllah, A., Cao, L. and Grant, D. F. 2007.
Novel role of soluble epoxide hydrolase in
regulating cholesterol levels in mammalian cells.
Open Drug Metabolism (In Press).
Bajaj H, Sharma VK, Kalonia DS. A high-throughput
method for detection of protein self-association and
second virial coefficient using size-exclusion
chromatography through simultaneous measurement
of concentration and scattered light intensity. Pharm
Res. 2007, 24(11):2071-83.
JOSÉ E. MANAUTOU
Moffit, J.S., Koza-Taylor, P.H., Holland, R.D.,
Thibodeau, M.S., Beger, R.D., Lawton, M.P. and,
Manautou, J.E. (2007). Differential gene expression
in liver associated with the hepatoprotective effect of
peroxisome proliferators, Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol.,
222:169-79.
Lickteig, A.J., Fisher, C.D., Augustine, L.M.,
Aleksunes, L.M., Besselsen, D.G., Slitt A.L.,
Manautou, J.E., and Cherrington, N.J. (2007). Efflux
transporter expression and acetaminophen
metabolite excretion are altered in rodent models of
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Drug Metab Dispos.,
35:1970-1978
Maher, J.M., Dieter, M.Z., Aleksunes, L.M., Slitt, A.L.,
Guo, G., Tanaka, Y., Scheffer, G.L., Chan, J.Y.,
Manautou, J.E., Dalton, T.P., Yamamoto, M., and
Klaassen, C.D. (2007). Oxidative and electrophilic
stress induces Mrp transporters via the Nrf2
transcriptional pathway. Hepatology, 46:1597-1610.
Barnes, S.N. Aleksunes, L.M., Augustine, L.M.,
Scheffer, G.L., Goedken, M., Pruimboom-Brees, I.M.,
Jakowski, A.B., Cherrington, N.J., Manautou, J.E.
(2007). Induction of Hepatobiliary Efflux
Transporters in Acetaminophen-Induced Acute Liver
Failure Cases. Drug Metab. Disp., 35:1963-1969.
Aleksunes, L.M., Augustine, L.M., Cherrington, N.J.,
Chan, J.Y., Klaassen, C.D., and Manautou, J.E. (2007).
Influence of acetaminophen vehicle on regulation of
transporter gene expression during hepatotoxicity.
J. Toxicol. Environ. Health A, 70:1870-1872.
Aleksunes, L.M., Slitt, A.L., Maher, J.M., Augustine,
L.M., Goedken, M., Chan, J.Y., Cherrington, N.J.,
Klaassen, C.D., and Manautou, J.E. (2008). Induction
of Mrp3 and Mrp4 transporters during
acetaminophen hepatotoxicity is dependent on Nrf2.
Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol., 226:74-83.
DEVENDRA S. KALONIA
Qiuqiong, C., Aleksunes, L.M., Manautou, J.E.,
Cherrington, N.J., Scheffer, G.L., Yamasaki, H., Slitt,
A.L. (2008). Drug metabolizing enzyme and
transporter expression in a mouse model of diabetes
and obesity. Mol Pharm., 5:77-91.
Zhang J, Kalonia DS. The effect of neighboring
amino acid residues and solution environment on
the oxidative stability of tyrosine in small peptides,
AAPS PharmSciTech. 2007, 8(4):E102.
Nowicki, M.T., Aleksunes, L.M., Sawant, S.P.,
Dnyanmote, A.V., Mehendale, H.M., and Manautou,
J.E. (2008). Renal and hepatic transporter expression
in type 2 diabetic rats. Drug Metab. Letters, 2:11-17.
Focus on Faculty
JOHN B. MORRIS
Bogen, K.T., Benson, J.M., Yost, G.S., Morris, J.B,
Dahl, A.R., Clewell, H.J., Krishnan, K. and Omiecinski,
C.J. (2008). Naphthalene metabolism in relation to
target tissue anatomy, physiology, cytotoxicity and
tumorigenic mechanism of action. Regul. Toxicol.
Pharmacol., in press.
North, D.W., Abdo, K.M., Benson, J.M., Dahl, A.R.,
Morris, J.B., Renne, R. and Witschi, H. (2008). A
review of whole animal bioassays of the carcinogenic
potential of naphthalene. Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol.,
in press.
Siddiqui, S., Morris, J.B., Avery, N., Wyand, S., Rood,
D. and Silbart, L. (2008). Pulmonary eosinophilia
correlates with allergen deposition to the lower
respiratory tract in a mouse model of asthma. Clin.
Exp. Allergy, in press.
DeSesa, C.R., Vaughan, R.T., Lanosa, M.J., Fontaine,
K.G and Morris, J.B. (2008) Sulfur-Containing
Malodorant Vapors Enhance Responsiveness to the
Sensory Irritant Capsaicin. Toxicol. Sci., in press
SPIRO PAVLOPOULOS
Interaction of a fragment of the Cannabinoid CB1
receptor C-terminus with Arrestin-2. Kunal Bakshi,
Richard Mercier, & Spiro Pavlopoulos FEBS Letters
2007 581(25) 5009-5016
MICHAEL J. PIKAL
Gieseler H, Kessler WJ, Finson M, Davis SJ, Mulhall
PA, Bons V, Debo DJ, Pikal MJ. (2007). “Evaluation
of tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy for
in-process water vapor mass flux measurements
during freeze drying.” J. Pharm. Sci., 96(7), 1776-1793.
Abdul-Fattah AM, Kalonia DS, Pikal MJ. (2007) The
challenge of drying method selection for protein
pharmaceuticals: product quality implications. J.
Pharm. Sci., 96(8), 1886-1916.
Luthra Sumit, Lechuga-Ballesteros D, Kalonia DS,
Pikal MJ. (2007). “Simultaneous measurement of
water desorption isotherm and heats of water
desorption of proteins using perfusion isothermal
microcalorimetry.” J. Pharm. Sci., 96(8), 1974-1982.
Abdul-Fattah AM, Truong-Le V, Yee L, Nguyen L,
Kalonia DS, Cicerone MT, Pikal, MJ. (2007).
“Drying-induced variations in physico-chemical
properties of amorphous pharmaceuticals and their
impact on stability (I): stability of a monoclonal
antibody.” J. Pharm. Sci. 96(8), 1983-2008.
Gieseler H, Kramer T, Pikal MJ. (2007). Use of
manometric temperature measurement (MTM) and
SMART freeze dryer technology for development of
an optimized freeze-drying cycle. J. Pharm. Sci.,
96(12), 3402-3418.
Dr. Bodhisattwa Chaudhuri
Assistant Professor
Pikal MJ, Rigsbee DR, Roy ML. (2007). “Solid state
chemistry of proteins: I. Glass transition behavior in
freeze dried disaccharide formulations of human
growth hormone (hGH)” . J. Pharm. Sci., 96(10),
2765-2776.
Bhatnagar BS, Pikal MJ, Bogner RH., (2008) “Study of
the Individual Contributions of Ice Formation and
Freeze-Concentration on Isothermal Stability of
Lactate Dehydrogenase during Freezing”, J. Pharm.
Sci., 97, 798-814.
Bhugra C, Pikal, MJ. (2008) “Role of
thermodynamic, molecular, and kinetic factors in
crystallization from the amorphous state”. J. Pharm.
Sci. 97(4), 1329-1349.
Bhugra C, Shmeis R, Krill SL., Pikal MJ. (2008)
“Prediction of onset of crystallization from
experimental relaxation times. Comparison between
predicted and experimental onset times. II”. J. Pharm.
Sci. 97(1), 455-472.
Abdul-Fattah AM, Lechuga-Ballesteros D, Kalonia,
DS, Pikal, MJ. (2008) The impact of drying method
and formulation on the physical properties and
stability of methionyl human growth hormone in the
amorphous solid state. J. Pharm. Sci. 97(1),163-184.
OLGA Y. VINOGRADOVA
L. Deshmukh, S. Tyukhtenko, J. Liu, J.E.B. Fox, J. Qin
and O. Vinogradova, “Structural Insight into the
Interaction between Platelet Integrin and Cytoskeletal
Protein Skelemin”, JBC, 2007, 288, 32349-56.
S. Tyukhtenko, L. Deshmukh, V. Kumar, J. Lary,
J.Cole, V. Lemmon and O. Vinogradova,
“Characterization of Neuron Specific L1-CAM
Cytoplasmic Tail: Naturally Disordered in Solution It
Exercises Different Binding Modes for Different
Adaptor Proteins”, Biochemistry, 2008, 47, 4160-68
DENNIS L. WRIGHT
Pelphrey, P.M.; Bolstad, D.B., Wright, D.L. Synlett,
2007, 2647-50. “Versatile Oxabicyclic Synthons:
Studies on C8-Oxygenated Eunicellin Diterpenes”.
Luthra S, Kalonia DS, Pikal MJ, “Effect of Hydration
on the Secondary Structure of Lyophilized Proteins
as Measured by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR)
Spectroscopy”, J. Pharm. Sci., 96 2910-2921(2007).
Schormann, N., Senkovich, O., Walker, K., Wright,
D., Anderson, A., Rosowsky, A., Ananthan, S.,
Shinkre, B., Velu, S., Chattopadhyay, D. (2008)
“Structure-based approach to pharmacophore
identification, in silico screening and 3D-QSAR
studies for inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi DHFR
function” Proteins, in press.
Bhatnagar BS, Bogner RH, Pikal MJ. “Protein Stability
During Freezing: Separation of Stresses and
Mechanisms of Protein Stabililzation”, Pharm.
Develop. Technol., 12, 505-523(2007).
Bolstad, D., Bolstad, E., Wright, D. and Anderson, A.
(2008) “Dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors:
developments in antiparasitic chemotherapy” Expert
Opin. Ther. Pat. 18: 143-157.
Luthra S, Obert JP, Kalonia DS, Pikal MJ. “Impact of
critical process and formulation parameters affecting
in-process stability of lactate dehydrogenase during
the secondary drying stage of lyophilization: a mini
freeze dryer study”, 96, 2242-2250(2007).
Granular Flow
Dr. Chaudhuri earned a Ph.D. in
Mechanical Engineering from
the New Jersey Institute of
Technology and received
postdoctoral training at Rutgers
University. Dr. Chaudhuri’s
research program is primarily
focused in unraveling the
behavior of granular material
which poses fundamental
conceptual challenges.
Granular material is an industrial
process on areas ranging from
agriculture to electronics to
pharmaceuticals. Granular flow
impacts numerous unit
operations used to manufacture
medicines and further study is
needed to better understand
how it will impact these
operations. Dr. Chaudhuri, and
his graduate and undergraduate
students, are involved in using
fundamental knowledge of
granular mechanics to
understand, design, model and
scale-up various unit operations
such as coating, milling, drying
and tableting which are key
processes in pharmaceutical
manufacturing. Dr. Chaudhuri’s
research is funded by the UConn
Research Foundation and the
National Science Foundation Center
of Pharmaceutical Processing
Research. Dr. Chaudhuri’s
research on computational
modeling of tableting operations
was recently accepted for
publication in the Journal of
Powder Technology. The research
of his group was also presented at
annual meetings of the American
Association of Pharmaceutical
Scientists and American Institute
of Chemical Engineers.
In the same line of research, Dr.
Chaudhuri collaborates with
faculties in mechanical engineering
in a Pfizer funded project on
Designing and Modeling of
Efficient Pharmaceutical Mixers.
The average pharmaceutical tablet
weighs only a quarter of a gram
and each may include only a few
milligrams of the active ingredient.
Variation in the mixture because
of unwanted shear forces during
manufacturing can lead to a
tablet/capsule not doing what it
is supposed to do or becoming
very dangerous, if not fatal. In
most rotary mixers, radial
convection is faster than axial
dispersion transport. This slow
dispersive process hinders
mixing performance in many
blending, coating and drying
operations. In this project, a
blender is fabricated that rotates
simultaneously around two axes,
causing axial mixing competitive
to its radial counterpart. A
discrete element method based
particle dynamics model is used
to simulate the flow and mixing
behavior of this specific blender.
Dr. Chaudhuri is also researching
multiscale modeling of biological
systems. His focus is in the
development of high performance
molecular modeling algorithms to
gain a fundamental understanding
of nanoscale transport and
thermodynamics. Thereafter, he
intends to employ numerical
tools and mathematical
approaches to integrate models
from micro-scales to macroscales in a seamless fashion to
build quantitatively predictive
models of complex biological
behaviors such as transdermal
or pulmonary activity,
embryonic development and
cancer.
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New Faculty
Focus on Faculty
Hepatotoxicity
Dr. Urs A. Boelsterli
Professor & Boehringer
Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Endowed Chair in Mechanistic
Toxicology
Urs A. Boelsterli is professor
of toxicology in the
Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, School of Pharmacy,
where he also holds the
Boehringer Ingelheim Endowed
Chair in Mechanistic
Toxicology. The Swiss-born
toxicologist received his Ph.D.
from the University of Zurich,
Switzerland. He has worked
both in academia (associate
professor of toxicology, ETH
Zurich; professor of
toxicology, University of Basel)
and the drug industry (Roche,
head of molecular toxicology,
Basel). Prior to his current
position, he was head of the
Toxicology Program at the
National University of
Singapore (NUS) in Singapore.
Dr. Boelsterli’s research area, as
well as his passion for teaching,
is the elucidation of cellular
and molecular mechanisms that
underlie the toxicity of
chemicals. He has published a
sole-author textbook on
mechanistic toxicology.
Specifically, his interests are the
study of mechanisms of druginduced hepatotoxicity. He has
extensively published in this
area and is associate editor of
the journals, Current Drug
Metabolism and Drug
Metabolism Letters.
In recent years, Dr. Boelsterli
and his research team have
been focusing on unraveling
the mechanisms that underlie
drug-induced idiosyncratic (i.e.,
host-dependent) liver injury.
This type of unpredictable
toxicity is rare for a single
drug, but can be severe and has
been reported for a very large
number of different drugs and
herbal medicines, making it
both a significant clinical
problem and a major challenge
for the drug industry. In the
U.S., idiosyncratic drug
hepatotoxicity is the single
most important factor for
acute liver failure and the single
major cause for the withdrawal
of a successfully launched new
drug. To date, neither the
mechanistic pathways leading to
injury, nor the susceptibility
factors that predispose
individual patients to
developing liver injury are
known. For a number of these
drugs, Dr. Boelsterli’s research
team has identified
mitochondria as important
targets and mediators of
toxicity and elucidated some of
the underlying signaling
pathways that lead to cell death.
His laboratory has also
developed an animal model that
mimics a genetic mitochondrial
abnormality, i.e., a clinically
silent and discreet oxidative
stress in mitochondria. Such
mutant mice (but not normal
healthy mice) readily develop
mitochondrial injury and
hepatocellular apoptosis and
liver necrosis if repeatedly
exposed to therapeutic doses of
certain clinically relevant drugs
that cause liver injury in
patients, suggesting that small
abnormalities in patients’
mitochondria may predispose
individuals to the drugs’
hepatotoxic effects. Dr.
Boelsterli and his postdocs and
graduate students explore these
concepts by using a number of
knockout models and gene
silencing techniques, and by
analyzing the underlying
molecular mechanisms in
human immortalized liver cell
cultures. The ultimate goal is to
develop drugs that are hepaticsafer and to predict hepatic
adverse drug effects in patients.
Dr. Boelsterli’s research team is
also interested in investigating
the mechanisms of small
intestinal toxicity, including
ulceration of the mucosa, that
is frequently associated with
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drug (NSAID) therapy and that
leads to considerable morbidity
and mortality in patients.
Again, mitochondria seem to
be key targets and mediators
of toxicity. Currently, the
protective effects of chemical
inhibitors of some of the
pathways involved are being
investigated, which could
potentially lead to novel
therapeutic strategies.
This research is supported by a
number of pharmaceutical
companies including Boehringer
Ingelheim and Pfizer. In
addition, Dr. Boelsterli’s team
maintains strong collaborative
links with the DILI Network
across the U.S., the National
Center for Toxicological
Research (FDA), and a number
of national and international
universities.
Alumnae Jill Fitzgerald, Pharm.D.
has joined the School of
Pharmacy as the director of the
Office of Pharmacy Professional
Development. Dr. Fitzgerald
received a Bachelor of Science,
Pharmacy from the University
of Connecticut in 1986 and a
Doctor of Pharmacy from the
University of North Carolina in
Chapel Hill.
In her new position, Dr.
Fitzgerald will act as director of
the Continuing Education
Program where she is responsible
for accrediting programs,
developing and implementing
existing programs at UConn,
developing new programs as well
as new methods of delivery,
conducting a needs assessment
for continuing education, and
incorporating the new ACPE
standards into the school’s
educational programming. In
addition to these duties, Dr.
New Faculty
Pharmacy Practice
Dr. Jill Fitzgerald
Director of the Office of
Pharmacy Professional
Development and Assistant
Clinical Professor
Fitzgerald will be working in
the area of student career
development.
She has developed a HuskyCT
site for students as a resource
for CV writing, residency and
fellowship training and job
opportunities. Dr. Fitzgerald’s
teaching responsibilities include
course coordinator and
instructor in the Pharmacy
Practice Lab where students
gain hands-on experience with
drug delivery devices,
prescription processing and
patient counseling before
setting out to do their clinical
rotations in the P4 year. In
addition, she will be cocoordinating an elective course
in Pain Management that is
scheduled to be offered in the
fall semester. Dr Fitzgerald also
has been involved in student
activities as a faculty advisor
for LKS Pharmacy Fraternity.
Diana Sobieraj, Pharm.D. joined
the School of Pharmacy as an
assistant clinical professor of
pharmacy practice/clinical
specialist in ambulatory care
upon completion of a
pharmacy practice residency
with focus in ambulatory care
at Hartford Hospital and the
UConn School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Sobieraj received her
Doctor of Pharmacy degree
from the University of Rhode
Island College of Pharmacy.
Her didactic teaching focuses
on patient assessment skills
while her clinical expertise is in
the area of adult chronic
disease such as tobacco abuse,
diabetes, hypertension, asthma,
and COPD. Dr. Sobieraj’s
research interests include
medication therapy
management and promoting
effective communication in
patients with low health
literacy.
Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacy Practice
Dr. Diana Sobieraj
Assistant Clinical Professor
Dr. Kathryn Wheeler
Assistant Clinical Professor
Dr. Sobieraj holds certification
in medication therapy
management and as a smoking
cessation specialist. Dr.
Sobieraj’s clinical practice site is
at the Community Health
Center, Inc. in Meriden,
Connecticut.
Kate Wheeler, Pharm.D. is an assistant clinical professor of
pharmacy practice with an interest in the processes and technology
involved in medication safety. Dr. Wheeler holds a B.S. from Boston
College and a Pharm.D. from the Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy/Boston.
After completing a general medicine residency at Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, she eventually accepted a position at Backus
Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, where she earned her BCPS. Dr.
Wheeler’s teaching and research focuses on the work of
interdisciplinary hospital rounding teams and the processes required
to create a culture of safety within a community setting.
Lunch & Learn
Dr. Jill Fitzgerald provides an overview of
career opportunities to students during a
Lunch & Learn at the School of Pharmacy.
This open forum typically provides a brief
presentation for students followed by a
question and answer period and, of course, a
light lunch. This popular session generated
lively discussion including questions about the
joint Pharm.D. / MBA degree.
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Alumni Association Awardees 2008
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 38th
Annual Pharmacy Alumni
Awards and Reunion Banquet.
2000-2003. He is also a
member of the International
Pharmacy Abstracts Advisory
Board and the Becton Dickinson
Advisory Board. Dr. Patry also
has served as secretary and
president of the Texas Society
of Hospital Pharmacists and on
many of their committees.
Dr. Roland
A. Patry,
Dr. Patry has received many
awards in his career including
being selected as one of 50
outstanding alumni [since its
founding] from the University
of Houston College of
Pharmacy. Other awards
include Outstanding Educator,
University of Houston Mortar
Board; Distinguished Service
Award, Texas Pharmaceutical
Association; Fellow, American
Society of Hospital Pharmacists;
Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center, School of
Pharmacy Professional
Achievement Award; P-4
Graduating Class 2001 Teacher
of the Year Award; and the
TSHP Research and Education
Foundation 2005 award for the
best original research.
awardee in
the field of
academia,
received his
B.S. Pharm from the University
of Connecticut School of
Pharmacy in 1970 and served
an ASHP accredited pharmacy
residency at the Veterans
Administration Medical Center
in Houston, TX from 1975-1977.
He earned a M.S. in hospital
pharmacy from the University
of Houston College of Pharmacy
in 1977 and a Dr. P.H. in Health
Sciences Administration from
the University of Texas School
of Public Health in 1984. Since
2004, he has been professor of
pharmacy practice and chair,
Clinical Practice and
Management, Department of
Pharmacy Practice.
Dr. Patry has been very active in
the American Society of
Hospital Pharmacists having
served on the nominating
committee in 1993 and 1994
and on the board of directors
Barbara H.
Deptula,
awardee in
the field of
industry,
obtained a
B.S. Pharm from the University
of Connecticut School of
Pharmacy in 1978 and an MBA
in Finance Specialization from
the University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business in
1986. From 2004 until the
present, Ms. Deptula has been
the executive vice president,
global business development for
Shire Pharmaceuticals of
Chesterbrook, PA. Shire
Pharmaceuticals is a fast
growing specialty
pharmaceutical company and is
the third largest pharmaceutical
company in the United
Kingdom. In her position, she
is the member of a
management committee
responsible for product inlicensing and corporate mergers
and acquisitions.
In 2007, Ms. Deptula was
named one of Pennsylvania’s 50
best women in business and
one of the 100 most influential
leaders in life sciences. In
2006 and 2007, she was a
non-executive member of the
Board of Directors and member
of the Compensation and
Nominating Committee of
Combinatorx, Cambridge, MA
and a board member of St.
Christopher’s Foundation for
Children, a non-profit
foundation affiliated with St.
Christopher’s Hospital of
Philadelphia. She is an Executive
Board member of the Greater
Philadelphia Life Sciences
Congress, Philadelphia
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Deborah J.
Faucette,
awardee in the
field of
pharmacy
practice,
received her
B.S. Pharm from UConn in
1980. She is a licensed
pharmacist in Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, and Florida.
She is currently the senior vice
president of sales and
marketing for LearnSomething
Inc., a leading provider of elearning solutions for the food,
drug, and healthcare industries.
From 1981-2000, she served in
various positions in human
resources and operations with
the Rite Aid Corporation,
including director of pharmacy
delivery systems, director of
pharmacy and professional
recruitment, director of human
resources, director of
pharmacy training and
director of clinical services.
In 2000, she joined the
National Association of Chain
Drug Stores as director of
pharmacy operations
responsible for developing
pharmacy training and patient
outreach programs. She then
served as vice president,
industry relations and
pharmacy network
development for Catalina
Health Resource before joining
LearnSomething, Inc. this year.
Ms. Faucette served as a
University of Connecticut
pharmacy preceptor from 19811983, an adjunct professor at
the University of Pittsburgh
from 1989-1992, co-chair,
National Diabetes Education
Program, a joint venture of the
National Institutes of Health
and the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention 20012005 and co-chair, Poison
Prevention Week Council,
Consumer Product Safety
Commission 2002-2005. She
is a strong supporter of the
University of Connecticut
School of Pharmacy having
served on the school’s
Advisory Board and as its vice
chair and chair from 20022007. In 1999, Ms. Faucette
endowed a scholarship in
honor of her brother, James,
who died of leukemia at the
age of six. She says part of the
reason she became a pharmacist
was to work with medications
that cure people.
Paul G.
Pierpaoli,
was named an
Honorary
Alumnus. Mr.
Pierpaoli
received a B.S. Pharm in 1960
from the University of Rhode
Island School of Pharmacy and
a M.S. in pharmacy from the
Rackham School of Graduate
Studies, University of Michigan
in 1962. From June 1961 to June
1962, he completed a Residency
in Hospital Pharmacy at
University Hospitals, University
of Michigan. Upon completion
of his residency, he became
assistant to chief, Pharmacy
Department, Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health, in
Bethesda, MD and was a
commissioned officer in the U.S.
Public Health Service.
As noted by Dr. Henry A.
Palmer in his nomination, Mr.
Pierpaoli was “among the first
to conceptualize and implement
clinical pharmacy services.”
Further, that “under his
leadership, the pharmacy
services at the Health Center
became a role model for other
hospitals and served as an ideal
model for training our students
in clinical practice.” He was
also responsible for the
establishment of the UConn
Drug Information Center
facilitating delivery of patient
specific drug information to
health professionals.
Mr. Pierpaoli has held several
positions with the American
Society of Health-Systems
Pharmacists including a member
of the Board of Directors,
president 1984-1985, chairman,
Board of Directors, ASHP
Research and Education
Foundation, and member,
Commission on Goals. He has
been an official delegate to the
U.S. Pharmacopeia Convention,
a member of the American
Pharmaceutical Association
Remington Medal Screening
Committee, and a member of
the Board of Directors of the
American Pharmaceutical
Institute. In 2007, he was
named a Distinguished Alumnus
by the University of Rhode
Island School of Pharmacy.
Service is the rent we pay to be living.
It is the very purpose of life and not
something you do in your spare time.
Department of Pharmacy Practice Residents and Fellows
Academic Year 2007 - 2008
William Baker
Outcomes - Fellow
Hartford Hospital
Preceptor - C. Michael White
Kurt Reinhart
Outcomes - Fellow
Hartford Hospital
Preceptor - C. Michael White
Joshua Courter
Pediatric Infectious Disease - Fellow
Connecticut Children’s Medical
Center
Preceptor - Jennifer Girotto
Michael Sopko
Psychiatric - Resident
Institute of Living
Preceptor - Charles Caley
Rachel Kopecky
PGY1 - Resident
Hartford Hospital
Preceptor - Fei Wang
Man-Yee Meri
Oncology Pharmacy - Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Preceptor - Trinh Pham
Rebecca Neville
Geriatric Specialty PGY1 - Resident
VA Connecticut Healthcare
System
Preceptor - Sean Jeffery
Pam Pelletier
Pharmacy Practice PGY1 - Resident
VA Connecticut Healthcare
System
Preceptor - Sean Jeffery
Ripple Talati
Outcomes - Fellow
Hartford Hospital
Preceptor - Craig Coleman
Leslie Tanquiliut
Geriatric Specialty PGY1 - Resident
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Preceptor - Sean Jeffery
Charlie Waters
Pharmacy Practice PGY2 - Resident
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Preceptor - Sean Jeffery
Nina Yen
Pharmacy Practice PGY2- Resident
Burgdorf Primary Care Clinic
Preceptor - D.evra Dang
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Postdoctoral Fellows
Erin Bolstad
Advisor - Amy Anderson
Pharmaceutics
Ravi Chari
Advisor - Devendra Kalonia
OFFICERS 2007-2009
President
Jacqueline Murphy ‘78
Vice-President
Ellen Konsponre ‘79
Secretary
Donald K. Zettervall ‘79
Treasurer
Austin Bebyn ‘86
Executive Secretary
Daniel C. Leone ‘53
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TERM EXPIRES MAY 2009
Robert Dana ‘63
Sherman R. Gershman ‘51
Keith Lyke ‘92
Edward Sklanka ‘74
Peter Tyczkowski ‘78
Elliott Tertes ‘62
Christopher Weimer ‘94
TERM EXPIRES MAY 2008
Edgar Albuja ‘93
Robert J. Bianchi ‘61
John Capuano ‘73
Alicia A. Gudaitis ‘01
Mary Ryan Norbut ‘92
George J. Perchak ‘81
Kathleen Wozniak ‘92
TERM EXPIRES MAY 2007
~ Marian Wright Edelman
Medicinal Chemistry
David Bolstad
Advisor - Dennis Wright
Alumni Association
Paul Sabila
Advisor - Dennis Wright
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Ahmed Enayetallah
Advisor - David Grant
David Karanian
Advisor - Ben Bahr
Yanzhong Zhang
Advisor - Dennis Wright
Xinsheng Gu
Advisor - José Manautou
Veronica Ramirez Alcantara
Advisor - Urs Boelsterli
Chin-ju Hsiao
Advisor - Urs Boelsterli
Vijay Kale
Advisor - Urs Boelsterli
Ran Wu
Advisor - Brian Aneskievich
Martha Asarisi ‘81
Thomas Buckley ‘82
Joyce Comer ‘75
Margherita Giuliano ‘75
V. Michael Guertin ‘66
Jennifer Judd ‘04
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
Nicole Manfria ‘08
Kristin Zimmerman ‘08
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