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Appointments
• Thomas Baillie has been selected as the next dean of
the University of Washington School of Pharmacy.
• Rodney J. Ho was appointed associate editor of the
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Susan Lakey was named postdoctoral fellow and
received an NIH New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit
New Investigator Award.
• Danny D. Shen was elected the 2008 Chair for Pharmaceutical
Science for the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
Awards
• Don Downing was named Pharmacist Leader of the
Year by Pharmacy Access Partnership. He also received
a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition
by the U.S. Congress.
• John Hoekman was part of a team that took the
$25,000 grand prize in the UW 2008 Business Plan
Competition. Hoekman co-invented this technology
with Rodney Ho, endowed chair of pharmaceutics,
in the Ho Lab.
• Sidney D. Nelson was named Outstanding Dean of
the Year for 2007 by APhA-ASP.
Grants
• Jeannine S. McCune was awarded by the National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute a four-year R01
entitled Population Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics
in Nonablative Stem Cell Recipients.
Recognition
• The School of Pharmacy’s medicinal chemistry and
pharmaceutical sciences research programs were
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ranked among the best in the nation in terms of
scholarly productivity in a survey reported in The
Chronicle of Higher Education.
• John R. Horn presented a lecture on drug interactions
with anticoagulants at Sharp HealthCare's
Annual Anticoagulation Management Conference in
San Diego.
• John R. Horn, Shabir M. Somani, Pamela Wareham,
Jacqueline Osborn and Philip D. Hansten presented
a poster titled "Clinical decision support systems:
Customization of a drug interaction database to
avoid alert fatigue" at the American Society of
Health-Systems Pharmacists summer meeting in
Seattle.
• Rene H. Levy gave the opening remarks at the 11th
International Conference on Drug-Drug Interactions
in Seattle. Carol Collins, Houda Hachad and
Rodney Ho also presented at the conference.
• Sidney D. Nelson gave the keynote address at the 7th
International Conference on Early Toxicity Screening
in Seattle.
• Sean D. Sullivan published research findings that
showed the antibody drug omalizumab (Xolair) is
cost-effective for treating allergic asthma that has
not responded fully to steroid inhalers and other
medications.
• Rheem A. Totah presented her work on arachidonic
acid metabolism by CYP2J2 and cardiotoxicity at the
Drug Metabolism Gordon Research Conference in
July in New Hampshire.
News from emerging schools
University of
new england
Appointments
• Roberta M. Barber has been appointed
chair of pharmacy practice along with an
academic appointment as clinical associate
professor.
• Curt Cyr has filled the position of associate
dean, with an appointment as an
associate professor.
• Douglas H. Kay was appointed to the position
of executive associate dean, having
been appointed in April 2007 as special
assistant to the dean.
• Mark Polli joined the college in September
2007 as director of experiential
programs.
• John V. Schloss will serve as chair of
pharmaceutical sciences and is appointed
as a professor.
Recognition
• The Maine State Board of Education
has given its unconditional approval
for UNE’s College of Pharmacy, and
precandidate accreditation application
materials were completed in May of
2008. Fifty-three prepharmacy students
are currently enrolled on the University’s
campus in Biddeford.
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Appointments
• James M. Culhane has been appointed
chair of pharmaceutical sciences of its
new School of Pharmacy.
• Anne Y. Lin has been appointed an external
examiner to a pharmacy program
at Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• Nicole Sparano Culhane has been
appointed director of experiential education.
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Appointments
• Richard E. Stull, dean of the school
of pharmacy and assistant provost for
graduate studies at the University of
Charleston in Charleston, W. Va., has
accepted the college’s offer to become
dean. He will lead the team that is
charged with developing the first school
of pharmacy in upstate South Carolina.
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