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faculty n e w s
Awards
• Two students rotating in Azza El-
Remessy’s lab were awarded the
following: Mohamed Abdelsaid, a
CET graduate student was awarded
first place in MCG graduate
research day (poster presentation)
and Roshini Prakash, a CET
graduate student was awarded
second place in VA Research day
(poster presentation).
• Mohamed Abd El Said was
awarded Best Poster prize for
Program in Clinical and Experimental
Therapeutics Graduate
Research Day at MCG and works
with Azza El-Remessy demonstrating
the positive effect of
antioxidants on the development
of neovascularization in a model
of retinopathy.
• Jennifer Boykin was selected as
recipient of the 2008 RXportfolios
National Achievement
Award, based on content, quality
of writing and overall achievements
professionally displayed in
her RX Portfolio.
• Daniel Forrister was selected to
be a UGA Service-Learning Fellow
for 2008-09.
• Richard Lo and Andrew Rogalski
were named to Blue Key Honor
Society.
• Vasu Nair received UGA Inventor
of the Year Award for his work
with HIV integrase inhibitors.
• Kalen B. Porter became a certified
asthma educator by passing
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the National Asthma Educator
Certification Exam.
Grants
• Susan C. Fagan, received
$16,652 from the Medical
University of South Carolina for
continuing research on neuroprotective
exploratory trials in
Parkinson’s Disease pharmacology.
She has also been named
the third Albert W. Jowdy Professor
of Pharmacy Care at The
University of Georgia College of
Pharmacy and received $80,799
from the Medical College of
Georgia for a continuing study
using minocycline to improve
neurologic outcome.
• Chung “David” Chu received
$496,711 for a continuing study
of the synthesis and biotransformation
of anti-HIV prodrugs
from the National Institutes of
Health.
• Azza El-Remessy received
$150,000 from Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation International for
study of the Pro-inflammatory
role of peroxynitrite diabetic
retinopathy.
Recognition
• Douglas C. Anderson published
“Pharmacogenetic Dosing of
Warfarin for Peri-procedural
Anticoagulation in Orthopedic
Patients” in the Journal of
Clinical Outcomes Management
and “A Survey to Determine
Influences on Students’ Choice
of Pharmacy as a Major” in the
American Journal of Pharmacy
Education, with Melody Sheffield
and Henry Cobb.
• James V. Bruckner participated
in a meeting of the Toxicology
section of the Threshold Limit
Value Committee of the American
Conference of Governmental
Industrial Hygienists in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
• Brian D. Buck has been named a
Fellow of the American Society
of Health-System Pharmacists
(ASHP).
• Tony Capomacchia’s “Accelerated
dissolution testing for
controlled release microspheres
using the flow through apparatus”
was accepted for publication
in Pharmaceutical Development
and Technology with Deborah
Strong and James Price.
• Brian S. Cummings’ “Alterations
in Phospholipid and Fatty Acid
Lipid Profiles in Primary Neocortical
Cells During Oxidant-Induced
Cell Injury” was accepted
for publication in Chemico-Biological
Interactions, with James
L Franklin. Cummings also
published “Inhibition of Ca2+-
Independent Phospholipase A2
Decreases Prostate Cancer Cell
Growth by p53-Dependent and
-Independent Mechanisms”
in the Journal of Pharmacology
and Experiment Therapeutics
and “Decreased iPLA2gamma
expression induces lipid peroxi-
dation, cell death, and sensitizes
cells to oxidant-induced apoptosis”
in the Journal of Lipid
Research, in collaboration with
laboratories at the Medical University
of South Carolina and St.
Louis University.
• Azza El-Remessy published
“Role of NADPH Oxidase and
STAT3 in Statin-mediated Protection
Against Diabetic Retinopathy”
and “Role of NADPH
Oxidase in Retinal Vascular Inflammation”
in Investigative Ophthalmology
and Visual Science. He
also published “Aldose reductase
inhibitor fidarestat counteracts
diabetes-associated cataract
formation, retinal oxidativenitrosative
stress, glial activation,
and apoptosis” in International
Journal of Molecular Medicine.
• Daniel Forrister presented
“Career awareness roundtable:
Clinical community practice” at
the American Pharmacists Association
annual meeting. He also
attended the Georgia Pharmacy
Association New Practitioner
Leadership Conference at St.
Simons Island.
• Duska M. Franic published
“Patient reported outcomes in
stuttering treatment: conceptual
framework” in Expert Review
of Pharmacoeconomics and
Outcomes Research, an invited
critique of a recently published
paper in quality of life and
“Pharmaceutical care: what’s in
a name? A qualitative analysis of
patient perceptions of pharmacy
practice” in the Journal of Pharmacy
Technology 2008, a study
evaluating patient perceptions of
pharmacist cognitive services.
• Shelley Hooks presented a
seminar titled “Lysophospholipids
Grease the Wheels of
Neural Progenitor Development:
mechanisms for proliferation
and morphology changes” and a
poster titled “Human embryonic
stem cell-derived neural progenitor
cells express functional
lysophospholipid receptors
that stimulate proliferation and
morphology changes” at The
Symposium for Stem Cell Initiatives,
hosted by the Georgia Stem
Cell Initiative.
• Sally A. Huston published
“Pharmacoeconomics of anticoagulants
in acute coronary
syndrome and percutaneous
coronary intervention” in Current
Pharmaceutical Design.
• Russell May published an article,
“Assessing antibiotic therapy
for Acinetobacter baumannii
infections in an academic
medical center” in the European
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
and Infectious Disease, with
Dan Dauner, former MCG/UGA
Pharmacy Practice Resident. He
also presented the 2008 UGA
College of Pharmacy Rho Chi
Lecture titled, “Creating a Positive
Image for Pharmacy Via Our
faculty n e w s
Identity”; and at the Medical
College of Georgia Primary Care
and Family Practice Symposium
he presented “New Drug Update:
A Formulary Approach.”
• Beth B. Phillips published
“Evaluation of anticoagulation in
patients with antiphospholipid
syndrome” in the American Journal
of Health-System Pharmacy.
• Bradley G. Phillips published
“Sleep Disorders.” In: T. Dunsworth,
M. Richardson, C.
Chant, J.W.M. Cheng, K.H.
Chessman, A.L. Hume, et al, eds.
Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment
Program, 6th ed. Pulmonary
and Critical Care. American
College of Clinical Pharmacy
2008.
• Melody C. Sheffield published
“Influences on Pharmacy Students
Decision to Pursue a Doctor
of Pharmacy Degree” in the
American Journal of Pharmaceutical
Education, with Douglas C.
Anderson and Henry H. Cobb.
She also presented “Fibromyalgia”
to the Coping with Pain
Group, Outpatient Behavioral
Health, Phoebe Putney Memorial
Hospital in Albany.
• Kenneth L. Waters Lecture is
scheduled for October 7 with Dr.
Jane Henney, vice president and
Provost of Medical Affairs at the
University of Cincinnati.
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