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Accreditation; Michael Brodeur, Assistant Dean for Financial and Administrative Affairs, Daniel<br />

Robinson, Associate Dean for Innovation; Michael McKenzie, Associate Dean for Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

Affairs; and William Millard, Executive Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Research and<br />

Graduate Studies.<br />

2000 Offices, classrooms, and laboratories were designed for the new pharmacy building scheduled to<br />

be completed in 2002. The first graduates <strong>of</strong> the concurrent Pharm.D./Masters <strong>of</strong> Physician<br />

Assistant Studies program received their degrees at commencement ceremonies. The Kappa<br />

Epsilon pharmaceutical fraternity was selected the most outstanding organization on campus. The<br />

faculty, staff, students, and alumni <strong>of</strong> the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong> participated in the self-study<br />

process for the ACPE accreditation visit scheduled for January 2001.<br />

2001 <strong>Faculty</strong> were selected as recipients <strong>of</strong> two endowed chairs in the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong>: Dr.<br />

Abraham Hartzema for the Perry A. Foote Chair in <strong>Pharmacy</strong> Health Care Administration and Dr.<br />

Raymond Bergeron for the Frank A. Duckworth Chair in Medicinal Chemistry. The first all entrylevel<br />

Pharm.D. class graduated in May 2001. The new Doctor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong> curriculum was fully<br />

implemented over a four year time period. The Center for Pharmacogenomics was established with<br />

Dr. Julie Johnson as Director. Deborah DeSantis, alumnus <strong>of</strong> the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong> and<br />

executive vice president for Rexall Sundown Vitamins, gave the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong> a $2 million<br />

dollar gift to enhance technology. This is the largest single monetary gift ever given to the <strong>College</strong>.<br />

The <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong> received full accreditation from the American Council on Pharmaceutical<br />

Education. The <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong> began a joint curricular program for PharmD/Masters <strong>of</strong><br />

Public Health degrees. Actual construction was begun on the new pharmacy building, and<br />

renovations were completed on the sixth and fifth floors <strong>of</strong> the present pharmacy building to create<br />

a state <strong>of</strong> the art research facility.<br />

2002 The <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong> implemented three <strong>of</strong>f-campus sites in Jacksonville, Orlando, and St.<br />

Petersburg for the delivery <strong>of</strong> the Doctor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong> degree in order to address the shortage <strong>of</strong><br />

pharmacists in the state <strong>of</strong> Florida. The Admissions Committee admitted 130 students to the<br />

Gainesville campus and 150 students to the three <strong>of</strong>f-campus sites. This is the largest entering<br />

pharmacy class in the history <strong>of</strong> the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong>. Directors for the new <strong>of</strong>f-campus<br />

programs were hired: Dr. Carol Duda in Jacksonville, Dr. Erin St. Onge in Orlando, and Dr. Jennifer<br />

Williams in St. Petersburg. Dr. Sven Normann was appointed Assistant Dean <strong>of</strong> Distance,<br />

Continuing, and Executive Education. The Working Pr<strong>of</strong>essional PharmD program expanded as an<br />

international program to include seven students from Germany. Construction continued for the new<br />

pharmacy building and renovations were completed on the four floor <strong>of</strong> the present pharmacy<br />

building. Deborah DeSantis and family donated funds to endow a pr<strong>of</strong>essorship in natural products<br />

teaching and research. The ChelaDerm Company was formed by Proctor and Gamble and the UF<br />

Research Foundation to foster development <strong>of</strong> the photoprotective iron chelator 2-furildioxime<br />

compound through the research work <strong>of</strong> Dr. Raymond Bergeron, Frank Duckworth, J.D., Eminent<br />

Chair Scholar Chair in Drug Research and Development.<br />

2003 The new pharmacy building in the Health Pr<strong>of</strong>essions, Nursing and <strong>Pharmacy</strong> Complex<br />

(HPNP) was dedicated on April 25, 2003. The first pr<strong>of</strong>essional year curriculum was<br />

successfully delivered utilizing video-streaming technology and course facilitators to pharmacy<br />

students in three distance education campus sites. <strong>Pharmacy</strong> student organizations were<br />

created in the three distance education campuses. Dean Emeritus Michael Schwartz retired<br />

from the faculty. <strong>Faculty</strong> members Douglas Ried, Carole Kimberlin, Michael Meldrum and<br />

Michael McKenzie along with former faculty member Gayle Brazeau received the Lyman<br />

Award for the best manuscript published in the American Journal <strong>of</strong> Pharmaceutical Education.<br />

The Center for Drug Interaction Research and Education was established with Dr. Hartmut<br />

Derendorf as Director.<br />

2004 The <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong> participated in the 150 year celebration <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Florida.<br />

The second year <strong>of</strong> the PharmD curriculum was implemented into the distance education<br />

campuses. This was the first year the Office for <strong>Student</strong> Affairs utilized a centralized<br />

application service (PharmCAS). The total number <strong>of</strong> applications (1834) was the largest<br />

applicant pool in the history <strong>of</strong> the <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pharmacy</strong>. The Working Pr<strong>of</strong>essional PharmD<br />

program continued with plans formulated to expand the program to Brazil and South Korea.<br />

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