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A newsletter for Chicago State University College of Pharmacy alumni and friends

It’s cause for celebration when the nation’s most prestigiousleadership program for health profession students – the AlbertSchweitzer Fellowship Program – recognizes the insights of a singlestudent pharmacist and his or her potential to address the root causesof health care disparities. And if you’re part of the College of Pharmacy community, it’s aneven bigger deal when that vote of confidence goes to a ChicagoState University student pharmacist … again. In April 2014, Michael Wilcox became the fourth consecutive CSUstudent pharmacist to receive the only Schweitzer Fellowshipawarded to a Chicago-area pharmacy student. Graduate students of every discipline within the health professioncompete annually for one of several Schweitzer Fellowships. Wilcoxwas one of 31 Chicago-area graduate students selected to participatein the program during the 2014-15 academic year. Each Fellow willcollaborate with a community-based health and/or social serviceorganization to lead a patient-centered program to improve access tohealth care in an underserved community.

“This is remarkable, absolutely remarkable,” says Dean MiriamMobley Smith, PharmD, FASHP. With three graduating classes ofpharmacists under its belt, the CSU-COP will admit its sixth class offirst-year student pharmacists in Fall 2014. Having four SchweitzerFellows emerge from five pharmacy classes represents a strong recordof success Mobley Smith hopes to continue. “The Schweitzer Fellowship embodies the important componentsof what our mission is about and our relationship to the community’shealth. I call it a living testament that the [CSU-COP] program isproducing the type of health professionals that we intend to, and thatwe say we do” now and in the future, Mobley Smith says. At the end of his Fellowship year, Wilcox will join his classmate,fourth-year student Bernice Man, and CSU-COP alumni James Lott,PharmD ‘12, and Maimoona Batul, PharmD ‘14, in havingdistinction as a Schweitzer Fellow for Life. To date, alumni from 13 U.S.programs form a nationwide network of 3,000 health professionalswho are skilled in, and committed to, meeting the health needs ofunderserved people throughout their careers.

See page 9 for details about CSU’s Schweitzer Fellows.

COP Celebrates CSU’s Fourth Schweitzer Fellow

Michael Wilcox Bernice Man James Lott Maimoona Batul

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FALL 2014 VOLUMe 2, NO. 2

Publisher Miriam A. Mobley Smith, Pharm D, FASHPDean and Professor Chicago State University

College of Pharmacy

editor-in-ChiefLouis Wright

Executive Director of Development

Managing editorCassie Richardson

Contributing Cassie Richardson and Louis Wright

CSU-COP Marketing Communications Committee

Don Brower, BS PharmAdvanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Coordinator

Amalia DiazStudent Affairs Program Advisor

Sultan Farabee Recruitment Coordinator

Michael Danquah, MS, PhDAssistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Marketa Marvanova, PharmD, PhDClinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Jozef Stec, PhDAssistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

A newsletter for CSU-COP alumni and friends. DEAN’S CORNER

Academic year 2013-14 was a very successful one for theCSU College of Pharmacy, as you’ll read in this edition of The Capsule.

Though it was bittersweet to see our Class of 2014 graduateand leave campus, we are proud of their accomplishments andknow they will represent us well in the profession. I look forwardto staying in contact and hearing about their many futuresuccesses through the COP's Alumni Association, whichcontinues to develop by leaps and bounds. (See page 11 for alumni activity updates). Meanwhile, our continuing student pharmacists advancedCSU-COPs stellar reputation by adding to our ever-increasingnumber of honors and acolades for academics, professionalismand service. And with generous support from donors andcorporate partners Cardinal Health and Kirby Lester, we expectour students to reap even more positive recognition in thefuture. (Read about thsee gifts on page 4). As you read this edition of The Capsule, I hope you'll agreewith me that CSU-COP has a thriving community of dedicatedand compassionate student pharmacists and faculty educators.We can all take pride in what our "little community" hasachieved at this point in our journey in pharmacy education.Likewise, we can all remain optimistic about what lies in storefor CSU-COP.

The sky is our limit!

Professionally,

Miriam A. Mobley Smith, PharmD, FASHPDean and Professor Chicago State University College of Pharmacy

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ContentsCOP Celebrates CSU’s Fourth Schweitzer Fellow 1Dean’s Corner 2

Giving – Kirby Lester Donation 4

Thomas Wang Receives First Cardinal

Health Scholarship

Faculty News 5Michelle Obama Honors Pharmacy Students’ Work at Teen Event

AHA Honors CSU Community Ambassadors

Graduation 2014 6

Student Perspective: Put Yourself in Their Shoes 7

Student News 8Urban Legends: CSU Schweitzer Fellows

Residency Matches Share Pearls of Wisdom 10 Alumni News 11Message from COP Alumni Council President

Faculty Achievements 12

Rx Insights: Pharmacists 15Who’ve Made A Mark on History

Calendar of Events

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KIRBY LeSTeRDONATION

Kirby Lester donated a KL15e tablet counter valued at $5,695, to the Chicago StateUniversity College of Pharmacy. In addition to the company’s in-kind equipmentdonation to the College, Kirby Lester’s Vice President of Business DevelopmentChristopher Thomsen, provided a lecture on technology in health systems andpharmacy to 95 student pharmacists. “I cannot thank Christopher and Kirby Lesterenough for being a consistent supporter of the Chicago State University College ofPharmacy over the past few years,” said Dean Miriam A. Mobley Smith, PharmD, FASHP.

The device will play an integral role in the College’s practice laboratory training ofstudent pharmacists by enabling first-hand utilization of current pharmacy dispensingtechnology. The donated device will be housed in the College's Pharmacy PracticeTraining Laboratory and will play an integral role in the hands-on preparation of firstyear pharmacy students.

There’s something to be said for being yourown boss, says fourth-year studentpharmacist Thomas Wang. And the word isflexibility.

After graduation, Wang dreams ofreturning to Walnut, California, his hometownjust 30 minutes outside of Los Angeles. That’swhere he plans to eventually open anindependent pharmacy and one day addressthe health disparities affecting thispredominantly Asian community.

“Many of the people [in this community] don’t see doctors becausethey treat themselves or they don’t have the money,” Wang says. “Iwant to offer clinical services to these people and improve their lives.” Owning a pharmacy has long been a consideration for Wang —even before pharmacy school. During his undergraduate days at theUniversity of California-Riverside, he worked in two independentpharmacies. “I noticed how the independent pharmacist made a bigimpact and I wanted to do the same,” Wang says, adding that he started asa sales clerk and worked his way up to pharmacy technician.

Although he thought about becoming a medical doctor andactually worked one year as an Emergency Medical Technician, thepharmacy profession appealed to him the most. During his tenure asa student pharmacist, Wang worked in numerous communitypharmacies where he began collecting valuable experiences in thedaily operations and management of a pharmacy. “I’m interested in opening a couple or a chain of pharmacies. I wantto do something interesting and new in the field of pharmacy in the[Southern California] community to improve people’s health.” To dothis, Wang says he will need the flexibility to adjust costs and businessprotocols to address the health challenges of individual patients. In addition to a cash award to be applied to the costs of Wang’stuition, the Cardinal Health Scholarship also provides a travel grant toattend the July 2014 Cardinal Health Retail Business Conference.Wang plans to attend the conference, where he hopes to network andlearn new operational techniques that will help in the future when heis ready to start his own independent pharmacy business.

—by Cassie Richardson

GIVING

Congratulations Thomas Wang!Recipient of CSU’s First Cardinal HealthIndependent Pharmacy Scholarship

Wang is a member of Alpha Epsilon Lambda, National Graduate and Professional Honor Society, and The Rho Chi Society, the Academic Honor Society in Pharmacy.He also sits on the Student Chapter of the American Pharmacist Association Executive Board, and serves as President of the Asian Pharmacist Association.

PromotionJanene Marshall, PharmD,BCPS, was promoted fromthe rank of clinical assistantprofessor to clinicalassociate professor ofpharmacy practice.

Mentor AwardsDiana Isaacs, PharmD,BCPS, BC-ADM, assistantclinical professor ofpharmacy practice,received a 2014 SchweitzerFellowship ProgramOutstanding Faculty Award.

Marketa Marvanova,PharmD, PhD, CGP, clinicalassociate professor ofpharmacy practice,received the CSU-COPTeacher of the Year awardin April 2014.

Board Certification

Cindy Roberson, PharmD,BCACP, clinical assistantprofessor of pharmacypractice, was officiallyrecognized by the Board ofPharmacy Specialties as acertified ambulatory care

pharmacist.

New Appointments

Marketa Marvanova,PharmD, PhD, CGP, clinicalassociate professor ofpharmacy practice, wasappointed to the positionof associate professor ofneurology at Northwestern

University’s Feinberg School of Medicine,Department of Neurology. Thisappointment is a formalization of anongoing research and service relationshipin the area of neuropsychopharmacologyand clinical pharmacy.

Michael Danquah, PhD,assistant professor ofpharmaceutical sciences,was named Editor of theSource Journal ofPharmaceuticals.

Faculty News

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AHA Honors CSU Community AmbassadorsThe American Heart Association (AHA) Power to End Stroke program recognized Angela C. Riley, PharmD, CGP,assistant professor of pharmacy practice and coordinator of introductory pharmacy practice experience, along withseveral CSU student pharmacists for their efforts to educateand share lifesaving messages in the community. AHA invitedeach CSU ambassador to attend a VIP reception with Gospelrecording artist Yolanda Adams, where they were awardedwith a Power of Excellence certificate and pin. Also, inrecognition of her exemplary community engagement, Dr. Riley received a plaque and the designation of Gold Ambassador.

Michelle Obama Honors StudentPharmacist's Work at Teen eventAs president of the Howard Alumni Association of Chicago (HUAAC), third-year studentpharmacist Danielle James organized a four-day excursion that brought 53 Chicago PublicHigh School students to her alma mater’s Washington, DC campus to discuss the importance of a college education. The 11TH annual trip — a product of a partnership between the HUAAC, Chicago PublicSchools, and Chicago’s People Union, an organization of current Howard University studentswho hail from Chicago — was headed for success, as usual. Then a very famous Chicagoandropped in and made the trip one that neither the students nor the organizers will forget. United States First Lady Michelle Obama came to the event to congratulate trip organizersand meet the college hopefuls as part of the White House’s higher education initiative,designed to immerse high school students in the college environment. “I was amazed! This was my first time meeting her and I was on cloud nine,” James says. “A lotof people look up to her — including me. She’s from Chicago and she’s always given back …and she addressed the fact that our generation needs to do that [too],” James said. Entertainer Bow Wow accompanied the First Lady and spoke with the students. The visit,called “Escape to Mecca (HU’s nickname),” was featured on his BET network program, “106 andPark.” News about the trip and the White House’s endorsement also appeared in the ChicagoTribune, The Washington Post, and other media. After a half hour of media interviews, Mrs. Obama dismissed reporters and held a privateroundtable discussion with the young students and trip organizers. “It was amazing because she inspired a lot of students who were thinking,`Maybe I need todo other things; education is not that important. ’ You have some young people who think ‘I want to be a rapper or a singer.’ And [Obama] basically announced that there are differentfields. You can still be a rapper or a singer but you have to have a backup plan,” James said. James added that she made it a point to encourage several high schoolers to think about acareer in pharmacy or any of the health professions.

— by Cassie Richardson

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Graduation Activities 2014The College of Pharmacy Class of 2014 commemorated the completion of theirfour-year pharmacy education during a May 15 Oath and Hooding Ceremonyandawards dinne at the Chicago State University Emil and Particia Jones ConvocationCenter. The Executive Director of the Accreditation Council for PharmacyEducation, Peter H. Vlasses, PharmD, DSc (Hon.), BCPS, FCCP, delivered thekeynote address to the 92 graduates. One day later, the new pharmacists joinedthe university-wide commencement exercises wearing their newly earnedacademic regalia.

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We've all heard the empathetic phrase, “Put yourself in theirshoes,” before we pass judgment or treat someone in aparticular way. But how many of us actually do this?

As health care professionals and future pharmacists, it is imperativethat we all fully understand what that expression means, and theimpact it can have on patients and their caregivers. My sister, Jessica, and I found ourselves wearing the shoes of patientand caregiver when we learned that Jessica needed emergencysurgery to remove a kidney stone. To the credit of many of thephysicians and nurses we encountered, they made us feel that aspatients, we were their top priority. However, there were a fewproviders who made our pre- and post-surgery experience dreadfuland at times, unbelievable.  Fortunately, our turn on the receiving side of the health care systemprovided valuable lessons that reinforced everything we’ve learned aspharmacy students. Our first eyebrow-raising event presented itself before Jessica’ssurgery. A nurse attempted to insert medication into my sister’s IVbefore scanning it through the bar coding system, which was inchesaway from where the nurse was standing. I immediately asked thenurse to stop. After a brief discussion, the nurse agreed to scan themedication before administering it. Although I felt that I might havecaused the nurse some discomfort, I’m hopeful that my inquiry — andour subsequent discussion — will cause her to think twice beforetaking shortcuts in the future.  The next noteworthy event happened after surgery. Jessica wasdischarged around 9 p.m. without discharge papers, a summary of thesurgery, or follow-up instructions. When we asked about these details,a discharging nurse told us to “Call back tomorrow because thesurgeon had already gone home.” Despite our persistence, we werepassed around to various medical professionals who didn't seem tomake a real effort to offer any assistance. After an hour or so, we decided to leave. Thankfully, a residentphysician noticed me struggling to walk Jessica out of the hospital.

He transported us backto the discharge nurse’sstation and asked thenurses to keep us thereuntil they were able tocontact the physicianwho replaced Jessica’ssurgeon. After a few calls,the nurse put thecovering physician (whowas very helpful) on the phone with Jessica.  In the end, Jessica was taken care of and she is doing much bettertoday. But our experience was daunting — to say the least — and as aresult, we continue to feel terrible for patients who have similarexperiences without knowing what dangers or mistreatment theypotentially face.  Unlike Jessica and myself, the majority of people are notknowledgeable about the health care setting or protective protocols.So it’s important to realize that when patients are in the position ofneeding medical care, they’re trusting that we, health professionals,will do our jobs and protect them. Even if we happen to work in a less-desirable facility, we should always strive to go the extra mile toreverse that stigma. Just because someone walks in shoes that cannotafford a good medical insurance plan, that doesn’t mean they are anyless deserving of optimum care than someone who’s fortunateenough to afford an exceptional insurance plan. When we finally take our oaths as pharmacists, it is vital that weremain serious about our oath as well as our profession. To do this, we have to be patient, understanding, and avoid taking shortcuts, as protocols are in place for a reason. We should always strive toprovide all patients with the service that will make their trek throughthe health care system more comfortable and easier to get through.And we must continuously ask ourselves, “How well did I wear mypatient’s shoes?”

Student Perspective:

Put Yourself inTheir Shoes

by Jennifer Macklin

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Jennifer Macklin and Jessica Macklin

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Student News

Fourth-year studentpharmacists, Isaias Isaac andYvette Ruiz wrote an articletitled, “InterdisciplinaryHealthcare in the Highlands ofGuatemala,” which appearedin the Campus News sectionof the April/May/June 2014Illinois Pharmacist Journal.

Second-year student pharmacist Julia Sears placed third in theFebruary 2014 Spring Symposium and Research Conference inScience, Technology, Engineering and Math podium presentationcompetition for graduate students. Sears' presentation, titled“Antibacterial Properties of Extracts of Common Florida Algae AgainstPotential Bacterial Pathogens,” was prepared under the mentorship ofMelany Puglisi, PhD, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences.

CSU’s Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society (Delta GammaChapter) inducted 11 student members during an April 2014ceremony. Students, faculty, and family members attended theinduction and an evening reception where Dean Miriam MobleySmith, PharmD, FASHP delivered opening remarks and ehabAbourashed, PhD, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences,gave the keynote address. The newly initiated students were selectedthrough an application and peer voting process.

In March 2014, 90 second-year student pharmacists deliveredpoison prevention educationpresentations to students at fourSouth Side Chicago elementaryschools. These presentations, which

were part of the Applied Patient Care II course, marked the fifthconsecutive year of a successful outreach partnership between CSUCollege of Pharmacy and Chicago Public Schools.

The Midwest Asian Health Association (MAHA) honored CSU’s AsianPharmacist Association with its 2013 Community Service Award forproviding monthly blood pressure screenings and education tomedically underserved populations with no access to preventivehealth care. MAHA presented this award in November 2013, during at its annual fundraising event entitled “Love your Liver and B a Hero.”

A team of CSU student pharmacistswere named finalists in the 2014Script Your Future MedicationAdherence Team Challenge for healthprofession students. This month-longcompetition engaged more than2,200 future health care professionalsin developing creative ideas for raising awareness about a criticalpublic health issue: medicationadherence. This public awareness initiativeresulted in 300 events, which provided over 9,300 patientsconsultations and reached more than 6 million consumers nationwide. Challenge sponsors included theAmerican Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the NationalAssociation of Chain Drug Stores Foundation, the American MedicalAssociation, the National Community Pharmacists Association, theAmerican Pharmacists Association, and the American Association ofColleges of Nursing. CSU student leaders who organized Script Your Future events withintheir respective student organizations were third-year students NehaChug (AIPhA), Nancy edwards (SNPhA), Bernice Man (APA),elizabeth Philip (SSHP), and Keane Soluade (AfSPA). Fourth-yearstudent pharmacist Miriam ewang also delivered the medicationadherence presentation to patients at two Aunt Martha’s communityhealth centers.

Yvette Ruiz, Dr. Sabah Hussein, clinicalassistant professor, and Isaias Isaac

The Midwest Asian Health Association

Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society

2014 Script Your Future Medication AdherenceTeam Challenge

Poison Prevention Partnership

Periodical Publishes Students' Article

Podium Presentation Award Bernice Man, Dr. Cindy Arocena Roberson, clinical assistant professor, andPeter Gao

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Urban Legends: CSU Schweitzer FellowsIn the past four years, one Chicago State University

student has managed to claim a prestigious SchweitzerFellowship each year. And each year, the recipient was a

student in the College of Pharmacy. Meet the pharmacyprofession’s newest rising stars in urban health outreach,who really take the CSU-COP mission to heart:

Michael WilcoxCSU-COP Class of 20152014-15 Schweitzer FellowFellowship project: Helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) identified adults age 50 and older successfullynavigate the aging process by connecting them with resources andhealth education that will empower them to become confidentadvocates for their own health and well-being.

Community Served: Clients of the Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago’s Uptown/Lakeview neighborhoods.

Unmet Service Need: Many aging LGBTQ adults are at risk ofdeveloping adverse health conditions as much as 10 years before theirheterosexual counterparts. This is due in part to LGBTQ discrimination,age discrimination, lack of adequate family/social support, financialinstability, and isolation.

Who/what fuels your commitment to helping others? My personaland spiritual beliefs.

How will your Schweitzer Fellowship experience impact your career?I’m amazed by the numerous opportunities for communityoutreach/service, personal and professional development, and thepossibility of being a lifelong member of this program dedicated tomaking such a positive impact in so many different ways.

What will your career look like in five years? In five years, I’ll be aclinical pharmacist here in Chicago or working overseas in Europe. Ihope to specialize in emergency medicine or infectious disease.

What’s the most overlooked health issue in America? I believepoverty is among the most overlooked health issues in America.If you weren’t studying pharmacy, what would you be doing? I’dprobably be pursuing a career in real estate.

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James LottCSU-COP Class of 20122009-10 Schweitzer Fellows

Fellowship project: Working with physicians and social workers toprovide medication therapy reviews for patients and health educationseminars, as well as establishing a compilation of research studiessurrounding African American men’s health.

Community Served: Clients of Project Brotherhood, a free healthservice clinic on Chicago’s South Side.

Unmet Service Need: Statistics show that black men are one of theleast likely groups to have a primary care physician, and often seekmedical help when it’s too late. They also have a shorter lifeexpectancy than other groups. Whether it is cultural or circumstantial(e.g. access/affordability), these known facts make African-Americanmen an underserved group in terms of health care.

Who/what fuels your commitment to helping others? My mother,who was a silent community leader. She raised me with great sense ofmoral obligation. Also, being raised in the inner-city with people whoneeded guidance from someone who was able and willing alsohelped. I understood the capacity and potential positive guidancecould make in someone’s life because I, myself, benefited from thesame act of kindness.

How will your Schweitzer Fellowship experience impact your career? Although we live in a fast, financially driven, and ever-changing society, this Fellowship taught me that when peoplemake efforts to help others, it shows measureable impact. It’s a goodinvestment to help those in need as it can help build a strongercommunity and workforce.

What will your career look like in five years? I’d like to have a position where I assist in making decisions that affect a large number of people.

What’s the most overlooked health issue in America? Corporateresponsibility. Corporations benefit greatly from doing business in oursociety, but often employees themselves do not. Many people fail torealize the impact working at a corporation can have on an employee’squality of life. The physical and mental stress of working long hours,often with little pay and no health insurance or other benefits, caneasily take a toll on a person’s overall health. Many problems can stemfrom this model.

If you weren’t studying pharmacy, what would you be doing?I’d probably be in law or studying economics.

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Schweitzer Fellows continued

The Capsule wants to help you stay in touch with your classmates, former instructors and the CSU family.

Tell us about your recent career and professionalachievements. Update us on your major personalmilestones, including marriages, births and civicaccomplishments. We’ll be sure to publish your goodnews in a new Class Notes announcement section,which will soon become a regular feature of thisnewsletter.

To submit your good news, email Louis Wright,executive director of development, atlwrigh27@csu.edu.

Send Us Your News!

Attention CSU-COP Alumni

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Dear Fellow Alumni,

As alumni of Chicago State University College of Pharmacy (CSU-COP), we are part of a distinctgroup. As the first few classes to graduate from the College, we are setting the standard of whatit means to be an alumnus of our beloved College!

I am sure as many of you can attest, the Doctorate of Pharmacy we received from Chicago StateUniversity College of Pharmacy has changed our lives in so many ways. Hence, when the chanceto join and assist as the Chair of the newly organized Pharmacy Alumni Association Councilpresented itself, I welcomed the opportunity to give back to my alma mater.

Service on the Council gives me the chance to be part of the founding group that is devoted tobuilding and strengthening our alma mater. My goal as Chair of the Pharmacy AlumniAssociation Council is to assist the College in fulfilling its core values and mission.

I am likewise devoted to reaching out to all graduates and current student so that the ChicagoState University College of Pharmacy experience will continue long after commencement. Won'tyou please join me in this endeavor by becoming an active member of the Pharmacy Alumni

Association? This can be done easily by sending your current email address, phone number, home and/or business address toLouis Wright, executive director of development, at lwrigh27@csu.edu.

As new alumni to CSU-COP, the long-term impact the College will play in your lifetime is directly correlated to how much youinvest into it. The Pharmacy Alumni Association Council is your connection and your voice with our alma mater and it is my hopethat you and CSU-COP will continue to grow and thrive. To help with that, the Pharmacy Alumni Association Council will facilitatethe interchange of ideas, host activities, and provide graduates with opportunities to network both socially and professionally.This will be accomplished through newsletters, LinkedIn connections, and Facebook posts. We are dedicated to keeping youinformed and updated on what is taking place at CSU-COP.

In the following few months, expect to receive information on how you can become involved as an alumni volunteer and help usbuild and deepen our history, our traditions and our connections with current students of our alma mater.

Warm regards to all,

Tiffany Brown, PharmD ‘13Chair, Pharmacy Alumni Association CouncilChicago State University Alumni Association

Alumni News

A New Tradition Begins The 2014 White Coat Ceremony takes place Monday, September 8.

In 2008, the Chicago State University College of Pharmacy (CSU-COP) hosted itsfirst White Coat Ceremony. This year, the Pharmacy Alumni Association Council, inpartnership with the CSU-COP, will launch a new annual tradition to welcome newstudent pharmacists to the College. Alumni of the College of Pharmacy are invited to come back to campus andparticipate as official white coat presenters at the 2014 Ceremony. As presenters,CSU-COP graduates will have the honor and opportunity to welcome and coat theClass of 2018!

To participate in this special event, alumni should reserve space by emailing Louis Wright, executive director of development, at lwrigh27@csu.edu no later than September 4, 2014. Please note that space is limited.

Tiffany Brown

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Abir el-Alfy, PhD, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences,presented the lecture, “Targeting the Endocannabinoid System for theTreatment of Mood Disorders” at the 2014 ScienceOne Conference onDrug Discovery and Development, which took place in Dubai, UAE,January 21-23, 2014. Dr. El-Alfy was also a member of the ProgramTechnical Committees.

John esterly, PharmD, BCPS AQ-ID, assistant professor of pharmacypractice, delivered the continuing education (CE) webinar titled, “Askthe Expert: Strategies for Optimizing Antimicrobial Use in AcuteBacterial Skin and Skin-Structure Infections and Community-AcquiredBacterial Pneumonia.” Pharmacists who completed this live March2014 broadcast earned one unit of CE credit from the AmericanSociety of Health-System Pharmacists.

Nadeem Fazal, PhD, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences,presented the lecture titled, “The Role of Facebook and YouTube asTools for Interactive Learning for the Millennial Generation: Pros andCons,” at the Taibah University International Conference on Advancesin Information Technology in Medical Sciences, which took placeDecember 22-25, 2013 in Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Marketa Marvanova, PharmD, PhD, CGP, clinical associate professorof pharmacy practice, delivered several clinical trainings at the RushUniversity Epilepsy Center. In January 2014, she delivered the clinicaltraining for neurology practitioners titled, “Clinical Update onFycompa (Perampanel).” In May 2014, she delivered the clinicaltraining for neurology practitioners titled, “Clinical Update on Aptiom(Eslicarbazepine).” Also in May 2014, Dr. Marvanova delivered “BrandName and Generic Medications: What You Need to Know When Youare Treated for Epilepsy,” an educational session for members of theRush University Epilepsy Center’s epilepsy support group. Additionally, in March 2014 Dr. Marvanova attended the AnnualCollege of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists Meeting, inPhoenix, Ariz., where she co-presented the posters titled, “AssociationBetween Pharmacy Education and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Carein Community Pharmacy Settings” and “Disparities in the Availabilityof Cognitive Enhancers for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease inLow- Compared to High-Income Areas of Chicago.” Also in March2014, Dr. Marvanova presented the poster titled, “A ComparativeStudy on Access to Alzheimer’s Disease Care at CommunityPharmacies in High Versus Low-Income Neighborhood with HighElderly Populations in Chicago,” during the Seventh Annual HealthDisparities Conference in New Orleans.

In January 2014, Anna Ratka, PhD, PharmD, RPh, CPe, professor andchair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, presented two

educational seminars for health professionals at the Poznan Universityof Medical Sciences, in Poznan, Poland. She presented “PainManagement: An Interprofessional Approach” at the University’sCenter for Medical Education in English from January 7 through 10,and presented “Chronic Pain” on January 10.

In January 2014, Cindy A. Roberson, PharmD, BCACP, clinicalassistant professor of pharmacy practice, presented the poster titled,“An Evaluation of Cost vs. Quality in Green Tea Dietary Supplements,”during Scripps’ 11th Annual Natural Supplements: An Evidence-BasedUpdate Conference for Health Care Professionals, which took place in San Diego, Calif. Following her presentation, Dr. Roberson’sresearch, which included collaboration from ehab Abourashed, PhD, associate professor of pharmaceutical science, won first place in the Original Research Work Competition, under the basic scienceresearch category.

Grants and AwardsAssociate Professors of Pharmaceutical Sciences Abir el-Alfy, PhD, Nadeem Fazal, PhD, and Mohammad Newaz, MD, PhD, each received a Federation of American Societies for ExperimentalBiology/Maximizing Access to Research Careers Travel Award tosupport their attendance and that of two students at the 2014Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego, Calif.This program offersup to $1,850 for each selected faculty member and student to helpdefray travel expenses.

PublicationsAighoul WM, Kim MS, Fazal N, Azim A, Ali A. “Evidence for SimvastatinAnti-inflammatory Actions Based on Quantitative Analyses of NETosisand Other Inflammation/Oxidation Markers.” Results in Immunology, 4(2014): 14-22.

esterly JS, McLaughlin MM, Malczynski M, Qi C, Zembower TR,Scheetz MH. “Pathogenicity of Clinical Acinetobacter baumanniiIsolates in a Galleria mellonella Host Model According to BlaOXA-40Gene and Epidemiological Outbreak Status,” Antimicrobial Agents andChemotherapy, 2, no. 58 (2014): 1240-2.

Newaz M, Yousefipour Z. “PPARγ and NAD(P)H Oxidase SystemInteraction in Glycerol-Induced Acute Renal Failure: Role of Gp91phoxSubunit of NAD(P)H Oxidase.” Renal Failure, 36, no. 4 (2014): 567-574.

Vellurattil RP, Puglisi MP, Johnson CL, Slonek J. “Introduction of aCapstone Research Program in a New College of Pharmacy: StudentPerceptions.” Currents of Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 6, no. 3(2014): 429-436.

Yousefipour Z, Newaz M. “PPARα Ligand Clofibrate AmelioratesBlood Pressure and Vascular Reactivity in Spontaneously HypertensiveRats.” Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 35 (2014): 476-482.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

Lectures, Presentationsand Panel Discussions

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STUDeNT PeRSPeCTIVe continued

This year, CSU-COP saw a record 11 graduation candidates match with PGY-1 residency programs for year 2014-15. To congratulate these newresidents, Dean Miriam Mobley Smith, PharmD, FASHP, joined faculty members and approximately 30 CSU student pharmacists for an April9TH Residency Match Celebration. In addition to pizza, congratulatory remarks, and mingling, the event included a “Sharing Pearls of Wisdom”panel discussion, which gave third-year student pharmacists an opportunity to learn more about the residency training and the applicationprocess from the newly named residents.

Bernice ManCSU-COP Class of 20152013-14 Schweitzer FellowFellowship project: Increasing health literacy and medicationadherence among Chinese American older adults by providing healthscreenings, disease state education presentations, medication reviews,and “Doctor Q&A” sessions in Cantonese.

Community Served: Residents of the Chinese American ServiceLeague (CASL) senior housing community on Chicago’s South Side.

Unmet Service Need: CASL’s Chinese residents are older adults andpart of an ethnic minority in the city of Chicago. Additionally, they areimmigrants who are not proficient in English, which presents alanguage barrier to health care.

Who/what fuels your commitment to helping others? Both of myparents are health care professionals, and their dedication to helpingothers throughout their careers has fueled my commitment to helpingothers.

How will your Schweitzer Fellowship experience impact yourcareer? I have a new perspective on my pharmacy career goalsbecause of the Fellowship. One possibility is obtaining a master’sdegree in public health and pursuing a career in health care policy. My Fellowship experience has also made me consider a career inambulatory care pharmacy.

What will your career look like in five years? In five years, I will mostlikely have completed both PGY-1 and PGY-2 residencies. I anticipatethat I will be working as a clinical pharmacist and I most likely will beworking in a health system setting.

What’s the most overlooked health issue in America? Poormedication adherence. There are many acute and chronic disease stateoutcomes and complications that could be prevented or mitigated byproper adherence to medications for chronic disease states. 

If you weren’t studying pharmacy, what would you be doing?I most likely would be pursuing a career in acting, film editing/production, or graphic design.

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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17,1790). Early in life Franklin, one of our country’smost well-known forefathers and inventors,worked in a general store that sold variousmedicaments and formulations. In this regard, hefilled the role of “pharmacist” of the day.

William Proctor (May 3, 1817 – February 10, 1874).The “Father of American Pharmacy,” Proctor, in1852, became one of the founders of the AmericanPharmaceutical Association, which we know todayas the American Pharmacists Association.

John S. Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16,1888). Pemberton was an Americanpharmacist/chemist/physician, and is best knownas the inventor of Coca-Cola©. In 1886, heintroduced Coca Cola© in Georgia, originally tocure headaches, calm nerves, act as an alternativepain killer, and to be used as a “brain tonic.”Originally, the drink did indeed contain cocaine.

Charles Alderton (June 21, 1857 – May 29, 1941).Alderton was the creator of the Dr. Pepper© softdrink. He was an M.D. and decided to work as apharmacist, eventually moving to Waco, Texas. Thedrink’s formula was devised in the mid-1880s whileAlderton worked in Morrison’s Pharmacy. When thedrink originally caught on, customers referred it toas a “Waco.”

Caleb Bradham (May 27, 1867 – February 19,1934). Bradham, a pharmacist from North Carolina,developed the original formula for Pepsi Cola©. Hisformula was developed in 1893, and was originallycalled “Brad’s Drink”; it was renamed “Pepsi Cola” in1898. The original formula was a blend of kola nutextract, vanilla, and “rare oils.” The name “Pepsi Cola”was derived from a combination of “pepsin” and

“cola” because Bradham believed his drink aided digestion much likethe pepsin enzyme. Bradham’s idea was to create a fountain drink thatwas delicious, could aid in digestion, and would boost energy. While the accomplishments of most pharmacy professionals willbe on a smaller scale than those of the luminaries listed above, weshould continuously celebrate the achievements of our peers. Theirfame — even if only in the circles of their smaller communities — iswhat continuously makes ours the most trusted health profession. Here’s to a long, innovative, honorable, creative, and memorablecareer to every pharmacy professional, and to every patient whose lifehas been touched by a pharmacist.

RX INSIGHTS: Practical Applications of Pharmacy Research

Pharmacists Who’ve Made A Mark on Historyby Joseph Slonek, PhD

As pharmacy professionals, we all aspire to be remembered — at least in some small way — by those whose lives we’ve touched. For some ofus, our claim to fame is innovative student teaching; for others it’s groundbreaking research; and for still others, it’s outstanding patient care.

Yet, many among our ranks have left their mark on history though iconic actions and accomplishments that are not necessarily related to thepractice of pharmacy. Each of the following pharmacy personalities — whether licensed practitioners, apprentices, or students of the profession — are historically relevant characters who played significant roles in the history of our world and today’s popular culture:

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CSU College of Pharmacy Calendar of EventsSeptember 8: White Coat Ceremony

September 10 &17: Jazzin’ Healthy

September 22-23: CSU-COP Career Fair

October 28: Fall Festival

November 14-15: Slatkin Symposium