Winter 2007 [pdf] - University of Kentucky - College of Pharmacy

Winter 2007
ƒocus onPharmacy
A Publication for Alumni and Friends of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
IN THIS ISSUE
College News 2-5
Alumni Info 8-11
Minority Enrollment 6
Upcoming Events 12
Members of the UK College of
Pharmacy Class of 2010 gather
outside the UK Singletary Center
after a ceremony welcoming
them to the profession as student
pharmacists.
UK College of Pharmacy Continues to Increase Minority Enrollment
First-year pharmacy student Brett Marryshow receives
his white coat from Dr. Peggy Piascik during the White
Coat Ceremony held at the UK Singletary Center in August.
The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Class of 2010 is not only one of the largest classes in
the history of the Pharm.D. program, but it also is
the most diverse.
The current first-year class has the highest minority
enrollment in school history with 22 minority
students, including 11 African-American students.
Previous classes generally have had about 5 to
8 percent minority students. While faculty and school
officials welcome a more diverse enrollment, they
acknowledge it has taken several years of groundwork
to achieve this milestone.
For the past five years the college has given special
focus to recruiting and retaining a more diverse
associate dean for academic affairs. “We created and
implemented a strategic plan to increase diversity
in our enrollment as well as devoted more resources
to minority recruitment,” he said. “This year we are
pleased to see the results of these efforts in a more
diverse student body.”
Along with providing information and speaking
to students and parents at University-sponsored
recruitment events, the College has taken a personalized
approach to tracking undergraduate minority students
that have expressed an interest in pharmacy or health
professional programs.
student population, said William Lubawy, Ph.D., See MINORITY on PAGE 6
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COLLEGE NEWS
DeLuca Receives Prestigious Research Award from AAPS
Patrick P. DeLuca, Ph.D., professor of pharmaceutical sciences and a Sullivan Medalist
at the University of Kentucky, received the 2006 Dale E. Wurster Research Award in
Pharmaceutics. This prestigious award in pharmaceutics, an honor bestowed by the
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), was presented during the
organization’s annual meeting Oct. 29-Nov. 2 in San Antonio.
Funded by a gift from Dale E. Wurster, professor emeritus of the University of Wisconsin,
the award recognizes individuals who have made significant research contributions to the
pharmaceutical sciences in the specific field of pharmaceutics. Dr. DeLuca also was the
co-recipient of an Outstanding Manuscript Award at the AAPS meeting.
Dr. DeLuca has served the pharmaceutical sciences in enhancing product development
for almost half a century. This commitment began during his tenure in industry at SmithKline
& French Laboratories and CIBA where he pioneered a scientific approach to the development
of freeze-dried pharmaceutical products and the design of lyophilization cycles.
At UK, he continues to make substantial contributions to this area, specifically in
inducing thermal transitions during the lyophilization process, improving cycles through
the addition of mass transfer accelerators and allowing formulation of biopharmaceuticals
through the use of cryoprotectants. Dr. DeLuca joined the faculty at UK in July 1970.
He has maintained an active research and graduate program, having mentored more than
75 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. He was one of the early scientists to enter
the arena of protein and peptide formulation and combined this with his microsphere
technology to deliver biopharmaceuticals via parenteral and pulmonary routes.
Dr. DeLuca is the recipient of numerous awards. His contribution to graduate research
and education was recognized by UK in 1995, when he received the William B. Sturgill
Award and in 1988 by the AAPS, which conferred the first Research Achievement Award
in Pharmaceutical Technology. His contributions to pharmacy education were subsequently
recognized in 2000 when he was named the first recipient of the AAPS Outstanding
Educator Award in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. He has published more than 200 scientific
papers and chapters. In 2003, he was selected as the Swintosky Distinguished Lecturer at
the UK. He also was chosen as a Distinguished Alumnus of Temple University in 1989,
but most noteworthy is his receiving an Honorary Doctorate at University of Perugia,
Italy, in May 2006. The University of Perugia was established in 1308 and granted its first
honorary doctorate in Civil and Canon Law to Pope John XXII in 1311.
Jay Sisco, Ph.D., AAPS past president, presents the Outstanding Manuscript Award to Dr. Pat DeLuca and
former student Susan D’Sousa, a recent graduate of the pharmaceutical sciences Ph.D. program, at the
AAPS annual meeting. DeLuca also received the Dale E. Wurster Research Award in Pharmaceutics.
Dr. DeLuca has been astutely committed to aiding those in need and has given much
of his time to humanitarian efforts. He was instrumental in starting Faith Pharmacy,
a faith-based non-profit pharmacy that provides free prescription drugs to those who
cannot afford to pay for their medications. These efforts were recognized by the
Kentucky Pharmacists Association in 2002 when he was selected as the Pharmacist
of the Year.
In addition, Dr. DeLuca has accompanied groups to Ghana, West Africa, to help build
Habitat for Humanity homes and rebuild a church in a remote village. His humanitarian
efforts locally and internationally were recognized in 2001 by the University of Kentucky
when he received the University’s prestigious Sullivan Medal.
New appointments
since July 2006
Kuhn Honored as Distinguished Practitioner
by the National Academies of Practice
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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Guangrong Zheng, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Kalpana Paudel, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science
David Nau, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and coordinator of the
Pharmaceutical Policy Ph.D. Program
Melanie Mabins, Pharm.D.
Lecturer
Trenika Mitchell, Pharm.D.
Lecturer
Liria Morrell, Pharm.D.
Instructor
Robert Kuhn, Pharm.D.,
p r o f e s s o r o f p e d i a t r i c
pharmacy in the Department
of Pharmacy Practice and
Science, was recognized as a
Distinguished Practitioner in
the National Academies of
Practice (NAP) in Pharmacy
and received a medallion at
the NAP’s reception and awards banquet in Washington,
D.C.
The National Academies of Practice is comprised of
10 academies representing the health care practice areas
of dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, osteopathic
medicine, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, psychology,
and veterinary medicine. The organization was founded
in 1981 to advise governmental bodies on problems of
health care and remains the only interdisciplinary group
of health care practitioners dedicated to addressing the
problems of health care. To be selected as a Distinguished
Practitioner, individuals must have had an exemplary career
of 10 years or more in the direct provision of health care
services and made significant and enduring contributions
to the advancement of professional practice.
Dr. Kuhn has been a faculty member at the UK
College of Pharmacy since 1985 and has served as a
pediatric pharmacist for nearly 25 years. He is an expert
in pediatric pulmonology and drug therapy treatment
for cystic fibrosis and has worked closely with the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation and other organizations to develop
new treatments to manage cystic fibrosis and define the
pharmacist’s role as an essential member of the health care
team at cystic fibrosis centers in the U.S.
In addition, Dr. Kuhn has implemented and maintained
a pediatric pharmacy specialty training program for the
past 20 years and supervised and mentored 28 pediatric
pharmacy residents and one fellow in pediatric pharmacy.
He also has collaborated with other pediatric specialists to
conduct clinical research and advance children’s health care.
He also developed a continuing education-based pediatric
pharmacotherapy workbook and textbook to assist practicing
pediatric pharmacists in developing their knowledge base in
pediatrics. With the help of many collaborators, the book
currently has four editions and has garnered national and
international interest with more than 50,000 continuing
education units obtained with the program.
Dr. Kuhn has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from
Steubenville University, Steubenville, Ohio; a bachelor’s
degree in pharmacy from the Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio; and a doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
from the University of Texas, Austin, Texas. He also is a
certified asthma educator and holds a certificate in medical
management from UK.
He is a Fellow of the Kentucky Society of Health
System Pharmacists and has served as a leader in many
state and national pharmacy and health organizations. In
2001, he received the Outstanding Alumni Award at the
Ohio State University College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Kuhn currently serves as immediate past president
on the national board of directors for Pediatric Pharmacy
Advocacy and is a member of the Kentucky Health
Policy Board. He is a board member of Faith Pharmacy,
Kentucky’s first indigent pharmacy, and president for the
Kentucky Cystic Fibrosis Services. He also served on the
Health Advisory Committee for the Fayette County School
System for four years.

Jay Named AAPS Fellow
Mi c h a e l Ja y, Ph.D.,
professor of pharmaceutical
sciences and director of the
Center for Pharmaceutical
Science and Technology (CPST),
was conferred as Fellow of
the American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
at the organization’s annual
meeting in San Antonio.
AAPS confers the honor of Fellow to recognize
individuals for outstanding contributions that elevate the
stature of the pharmaceutical sciences and for professional
excellence in the field relevant to the mission of AAPS.
In more than 25 years as a UK faculty member, Dr. Jay
has been involved in the discovery, development and
evaluation of pharmaceuticals agents and has engaged in
many objective-driven projects with the pharmaceutical
industry. He is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed
publications and 150 abstracts and presentations. He
also holds nine awarded or pending patents, and is a
recipient of the Berson-Yalow Award from the Society of
Nuclear Medicine, the Mendell Award for Pharmaceutical
Technology, the CP Schaufus Grant from the Parenteral
Drug Association Foundation, and the Distinguished Service
Award from the Bluegrass Pharmaceutical Association.
Dr. Jay currently serves as executive director for
economic development and innovations management in the
UK College of Pharmacy and has held several leadership posts
including director of graduate studies for the Pharmaceutical
Sciences Graduate Program, controlled substances officer for
the college, and coordinator of an NIH-sponsored minority
high school research apprenticeship training program. He
currently serves on the UK College of Pharmacy Executive
Committee and has served on the UK Medical Center
Research Advisory Committee.
Dr. Jay holds a B.S. in pharmacy from the State
University of New York at Buffalo and is a registered
pharmacist in New York and Kentucky. He earned his
Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences at UK in 1980. He
also was a visiting scientist at Oak Ridge Associated
Universities and spent one and a half years as an
assistant professor of nuclear medicine at the University
of Connecticut.
In addition, he is co-founder, along with Dr. Russell
Mumper, of NanoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc., an early-stage
advanced drug delivery company using nanotechnology,
thin film composites and film-forming gels to enable the
development of new drugs and vaccines and to improve
existing drugs.
COLLEGE NEWS
Mumper Receives AAPS
Drug Delivery Systems Award
Russ Mumper, Ph.D., associate professor and vice chair of the Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was awarded the 2006 American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Lipids-Based Drug Delivery Systems Award
sponsored by Gattefosse during the AAPS meeting in San Antonio Oct. 29-Nov. 2.
The award recognizes outstanding research pertaining to lipids and their role in
drug delivery.
Dr. Mumper presented his research and was awarded a plaque and $5,000 at the
Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery (PDD) Section Membership Meeting.
Dr. Mumper’s research involves using nanotechnology to engineer small nanometersized
particles to create improved drug therapies and vaccines. These particles are
100 nanometers in size and are made from safe lipids – the types of materials that comprise cells in the
human body. His ongoing research investigates methods to engineer particles containing anticancer drugs
and vaccines, how these particles interact with blood and other tissues, and methods to target these particles
to specific cells in the body.
Examples of Dr. Mumper’s research include a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded project using
nanometer-sized particles containing the chemotherapeutic drug paclitaxel to target breast cancer cells that
have become resistant to the drug. Another NIH-funded project uses these particles to target non-infectious
proteins from the HIV virus to potent immune cells in the body to potentially develop a safe vaccine to prevent
AIDS. Dr. Mumper also is researching how tissues and cells in the body ultimately digest, metabolize, and
safely degrade the particles.
Since 1999, Dr. Mumper has received over $5.6 million in research grants and contracts as principal
investigator and more than $7.5 million in collaborations. At UK, he has led the Center for Pharmaceutical Science
and Technology’s (CPST) efforts to complete full product development efforts leading to the successful
submission of seven different investigational new drugs and commencement of human clinical trials with
six different industrial clients. He has published more than 160 scientific publications and abstracts and has
25 patents or patents pending in the area of advanced drug delivery systems.
Dr. Mumper serves on the editorial board of three pharmaceutical journals and is an ad-hoc member of
several different scientific review panels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He received his Ph.D.
in pharmaceutics/drug delivery and a B.A. in chemistry from UK. In addition, Dr. Mumper is co-founder of
Wermeling Inducted as ACCP Fellow
Dan Wermeling, Pharm.D.,
associate professor in the
Department of Pharmacy
Practice and Science, has been
inducted as a Fellow of the
American College of Clinical
Pharmacy (ACCP).
ACCP is a professional and
scientific society composed
of practitioners, scientists,
educators, administrators,
students, residents, fellows, and others that provides
leadership, education, advocacy, and resources enabling
clinical pharmacists to achieve excellence in practice
and research.
Dr. Wermeling is a 1983 graduate of the UK College
of Pharmacy and completed a pharmacy residency at
UK Chandler Hospital in 1985. He also completed a
postdoctoral fellowship in drug discovery at UK.
His research involves formal drug development sponsored
by pharmaceutical industry, university or faculty sponsorship,
or products of his own design. Specific development programs
include the design, formulation, manufacturing and clinical
testing of drugs and delivery systems designed for intranasal
drug administration leading toward a new drug application
and FDA approval for marketing.
Karen Blumenschein Receives
National NCPA Award
Karen Blumenschein, Pharm.D., associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy
Practice and Science, received the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)
Foundation’s 2006 Faculty Liaison Recognition Award during NCPA’s 108th Annual
Convention in Las Vegas.
Dr. Blumenschein, who also has a joint appointment as associate professor in the
UK Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, teaches in the areas of research design,
medical literature evaluation and health outcomes assessment and coordinates “The Evidence
Base of Practice” course taken by all second-year students in the UK College of Pharmacy. In
addition, she directs the joint Pharm.D./MPA and Pharm.D./MBA programs at UK which
has graduated more than 20 students since 2000. She has served as the UK faculty liaison
for NCPA since 2001 and has been faculty advisor for two NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Business Plan Competition teams,
including this year’s national finalist team.
She has a B.S. degree in pharmacy and a doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from the UK College of Pharmacy as well
as a B.A. in economics from Transylvania University. She also completed a pharmacy practice residency at UK and a
fellowship in health economics at UK.
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) represents the nation’s community pharmacists, including
the owners of 24,000 pharmacies. The NCPA Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides educational and
research support to pharmacy faculty, students, and practitioners, and assists future pharmacists by providing scholarships
and low-interest educational loans.
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COLLEGE NEWS
UK Students Place Second in National Business Plan Competition
Pharmacy students Sarah Clark, Seth Larkin, Tyler Whisman and Lindsey White
were named the first runner-up team in the finals of the National Community
Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Pruitt-Schutte National Business Plan
Competition Oct. 8 in Las Vegas.
The UK team had been named among the top three teams in the nation in
July. The other finalists competing were from the University of Houston and
Washington State University.
The students presented their business plan to a live audience during the meeting
and proposed the launch of Thoroughbred Pharmacy in Midway, Ky., a pharmacy
specializing in meeting the compounding needs of the equine industry.
The pharmacy students all are members of the NCPA student chapter at UK
and third-year pharmacy students. Whisman is from Berea, Clark is from Sedalia,
Larkin is from Livermore, and White is from Frankfort. They also received first place
in the Annual Idea Fair Business Concept Competition held April 7 at UK.
Their advisor for NCPA, and in completing their business plan, is Karen
Blumenschein, Pharm.D., associate professor in the UK College of Pharmacy.
As their advisor, she also was honored at the national meeting with the NCPA
Foundation’s 2006 Faculty Liaison Recognition Award.
NCPA and the NCPA Foundation established the NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student
Business Plan Competition in an effort to promote interest in independent
community pharmacy ownership. The goal of the competition is to motivate
pharmacy students to create the blueprint necessary for buying an existing
independent community pharmacy or to develop a new pharmacy.
Pharmacy Students Hold Spaghetti
Dinner to Benefit Faith Pharmacy
Victoria Smith was pretty sure she wanted to be
a pharmacist. After her first day volunteering at Faith
Pharmacy, she knew without a doubt.
“Helping people at the pharmacy was an experience
that solidified my decision on what I wanted to do and how
I could have an impact on patients,” Smith said. Currently
a third-year student at the University of Kentucky College
of Pharmacy, Smith volunteers at the non-profit pharmacy
in Lexington once a month and has spent many Saturday
mornings there during the past three years.
On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Smith and her UK pharmacy
colleagues helped patients at the pharmacy in a different
way. Pharmacy students and members of the Kentucky
Alliance of Pharmacy Students (KAPS) served spaghetti
to nearly 300 guests during the Annual Faith Pharmacy
Spaghetti Dinner at Christ the King Church This is
the fifth year pharmacy students and KAPS members
coordinated the event and volunteered for duties including
cooking and serving spaghetti as well as organizing raffles
and selling tickets. This year’s event was coordinated by
Smith and co-chair Julie Baumann.
All proceeds from the event will benefit the pharmacy
which opened in 2000 and provides medications each
Saturday morning for three hours for people who
otherwise couldn’t afford them. All patients who come to
the pharmacy in downtown Lexington must be referred
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through specific referring agencies in the area. While
there, they receive help signing up for free drug assistance
programs and are provided medications needed while
waiting for the programs to help them.
Pat Deluca, professor at the UK College of Pharmacy
and one of the founders of Faith Pharmacy, says the
students’ involvement with the program is invaluable.
“They really have been a Godsend,” he said.
Each Saturday, three to four students volunteer at the
pharmacy along with licensed pharmacists, social workers
and other community volunteers. “I think they enjoy it,
but they also get the chance to interact with patients and
gain experience different than they’ll get working in most
other pharmacies,” DeLuca said.
Depending on where the student is in their education,
they volunteer filling prescriptions, counseling patients,
or assisting with checking in patients or helping them
complete paperwork for the drug assistance programs.
“It’s hectic with 30 to 35 patients and often as many as
100 prescriptions filled in the three hours the pharmacy
is open,” he said.
Many of the students serving spaghetti dinners on
Wednesday are regulars volunteering at the pharmacy. “The
event is another way for us to help the pharmacy and get
even more students involved,” Smith said.
UK pharmacy students joined pharmacy leaders and Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s
proclamation of October as American Pharmacists Month. Standing behind
Gov. Fletcher from left, Brad Hall, executive director of KPhA; Mike Burleson, executive
director of the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy; Tyler Whisman, UK student pharmacist
and KAPS Chair; Jordan Reeves, UK student pharmacist; Jack Nicholson, UK student
pharmacist; Lewis Wilkerson, representing Pfizer and KPhA board member; Duane
Parsons, representing Kroger and KPhA member; Joan Haltom, KSHP president-elect
and director of pharmacy for Ephraim McDowell Health System in Danville.
Faculty advisor Karen Blumenschein and pharmacy students Sarah Clark, Tyler Whisman,
Lindsey White and Seth Larkin are the runner-up team in the NCPA Business Plan Competition
held in Las Vegas.
The NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition is the first
national competition of its kind in the pharmacy profession and is named to
honor two great champions of independent pharmacy, Neil Pruitt, Sr., and
H. Joseph Schutte. Mr. Schutte is a 1956 graduate of the UK College of Pharmacy
who lives in Louisville. The award is supported by contributions from the H. Joseph
Schutte family, the Neil Pruitt family, and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.
Photo courtesy of KPhA
Kirsh Receives NIH
Funding to Study Pain
Management Issues
The National Institutes of
Health (NIH) has awarded an
exploratory grant to Ken Kirsh,
Ph.D., assistant professor at the
University of Kentucky College
of Pharmacy, to study issues in
providing pain management
in end of life care. Kirsh, a
clinical psychologist and pain
medication expert, is also a
member of the Hospice of the
Bluegrass research group. He received notice of the funding
in September for the project, “Building Bridges to Hospice
and Rural Appalachia.”
The project will explore the perceptions and knowledge
of health care workers and use of opiods, the class of
drugs most often used for treating pain but also the most
frequently abused, he said. “There’s a need to understand
the abuse and diversion patterns of these drugs while also
preserving and potentially expanding their use, especially
for patients with pain at the end of life,” Kirsh said.
Kirsh and his colleagues applied for the R21 NIH
grant that encourages exploratory research by providing
support for the early and conceptual stages of projects that
may lead to further study. “We have found no existing
data in this area and intend for this to be the first step
in a new line of research that will continue to grow and
support the partnership between UK and Hospice of the
Bluegrass,” he said.
Funding is being used to develop, and then conduct,
a survey assessing the needs of frontline caregivers who
manage pain issues in rural populations where prescription
drug abuse problems exist. This data will be used to identify
barriers in effective treatment and for future studies, he
said.
The initial survey will be administered to about
300 “frontline” Hospice care workers from Hospice of
the Bluegrass within the next year. Then, a follow-up
survey given to the entire staff will further evaluate pain
medication and management issues. Data from the surveys
will be analyzed to determine further studies and courses
of action, he said.

COLLEGE NEWS
Plan to Attend the 2007 UK Pharmaceutical
Sciences Postgraduate Conference
Plans are under way for the 2007 University of Kentucky
Pharmaceutical Sciences Postgraduate Conference set for
April 19-21 at the UK campus in Lexington.
The conference is coordinated biennially by the
UK student chapter of the American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). The conference
provides a forum for students, faculty and alumni to share
information about their research, network and reconnect
with friends, mentors and colleagues.
The three-day event will begin with an evening
welcome reception April 19. Scientific sessions will be
held April 20 at the UK campus and a banquet will be that
evening at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington. The conference will
conclude on April 21 with a Day at the Races at Keeneland
Race Course.
The keynote speaker for the conference is William
N. Charman, Ph.D., internationally recognized professor
of pharmaceutics and Director of the Centre for Drug
Candidate Optimisation (CDCO) at the Victorian College
of Pharmacy in Parkville, Victoria, Australia. Dr. Charman’s
research team has attracted more than $23 million in
funding in the past six years and is responsible for the
collaborative design of a new drug for malaria currently
in Phase 2 clinical trials.
Dr. Charman is scheduled to present, “Public/private
partnerships - a new drug discovery model for malaria
and other neglected diseases,” during the symposium on
April 20. Other highlights of the conference will be the
presentation of the UK Outstanding Graduate Program
Alumni for the Pharmaceutical Sciences to Munir
Hussain, Ph.D., and Kim Brouwer, Ph.D. Both scientists
are 1983 graduates of the UK Pharmaceutical Sciences
Graduate Program.
Dr. Hussain is a Senior Research Fellow at Bristol-
Myers Squibb Company in New Brunswick, N.J.,
AAPS Awards
UK pharmaceutical sciences graduate
Susan D’Souza, Ph.D., UK postdoctoral
fellow Jabar Faraj, Ph.D., and Patrick
DeLuca, Ph.D., professor, were awarded
the AAPS Outstanding Manuscript Award
for their publication, ”A Model-Dependent
Approach to Correlate Accelerated with
Real-Time Release From Biodegradable
Microspheres,“ 6(4): AAPS PharmSciTech
Article 70, 2005.
In addition, several research associates and
graduate students also were honored at
the meeting.
Research conducted by Donghua Zhu,
Sundar Neelakantan and Mohamed Hamad
was competitively judged as outstanding by
AAPS leadership and chosen for presentations
at the AAPS Graduate Student Symposiums
in San Antonio.
Zhu was selected to present at the AAPS
Graduate Student Symposium in Drug
Delivery and Pharmaceutical Technology;
and Neelakantan and Hamad presented
research in the AAPS Graduate Student
Symposium in Drug Design and Discovery.
In addition, they each received a cash award
and plaque at the end of their presentation,
as well as complimentary registration to the
entire meeting.
and Dr. Brouwer currently is the George H. Cocalas
Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Division of
Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics in the
University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy.
For more information about the 2007 UK Pharmaceutical
Sciences Postgraduate Conference visit the Web site at
www.mc.uky.edu/pharmacy/grad or call (859) 257-1998.
William Charman, Ph.D.
William “Bill” Charman, Ph.D., is the
newly named Dean of the Victorian
College of Pharmacy, Monash University in
Melbourne, Australia, effective from Jan. 1,
2007. He also is professor of pharmaceutics
and director of the Centre for Drug
Candidate Optimisation (CDCO) at the
Victorian College of Pharmacy.
Kim L. R. Brouwer, Ph.D.
Dr. Brouwer is a native of Portland Ore.,
and earned a bachelor of science degree
in pharmacy in 1978 from Oregon State
University. She received a doctor of
pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from the
UK College of Pharmacy and completed
a pharmacy residency at the UK Medical
Center in 1981, and earned her Ph.D. in
pharmaceutical sciences in 1983.
Munir Hussain, Ph.D.
Munir Hussain, Ph.D., a native of Iraq,
earned a bachelor of science degree in
pharmacy in 1970 from the College of
Pharmacy at the University of Baghdad. In
1983, he earned his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical
sciences at the UK College of Pharmacy.
Buss Named New Director
of Graduate Studies
Janice Buss, Ph.D., has
been named the new Director
of Graduate Studies at the
UK College of Pharmacy. Dr.
Buss began her duties Sept. 1.
Dr. Buss served as a faculty
member in the Department of
Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Molecular Biology at Iowa
State University from 1993
until summer 2006. She was
promoted to professor in 2004,
and served as director of the molecular, cellular and
developmental biology interdepartmental graduate program
from 2000 to 2003. She taught at both the graduate and
undergraduate levels and guided the research, funding and
publications of 11 graduate students as major professor,
and more than 60 others as a member of their thesis
committees. Dr. Buss has received two university awards,
one this past semester, for her mentoring of students at the
undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate level.
She received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1970
from Iowa State University, and a Ph.D. in physiologypharmacology
from the University of California, San
Diego, in 1983. She did postdoctoral studies and later
was appointed a research associate at The Salk Institute in
La Jolla, Calif. She also was an assistant staff scientist and
staff scientist at the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation
(Burhnam Foundation) prior to her move to Iowa State
University.
Recent Graduate
Student Awards
Ho and Joguparthi Receive Schering-Plough
Travel Awards
UK pharmaceutical sciences graduate
students Abby Ho and Vijay Joguparthi
were selected from a nationwide pool of
competitive applicants for travel awards
from Schering-Plough. Ho received $2,000
to attend the American Chemical Society
232nd National Meeting in San Francisco.
While there she was honored with seven
other recipients at a dinner on Sept. 11, 2006.
Joguparthi was one of six students awarded a
$2,000 grant to attend the upcoming American
Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences
(AAPS) Annual Meeting Oct. 29 in San Antonio.
Oestreich Honored for Outstanding Student
Research at Clinical Pharmacology Meeting
University of Kentucky clinical
pharmaceutical sciences graduate student
Julie Oestreich received a student award
for her poster at the American College of
Clinical Pharmacology in Cambridge, Mass.
The title of her poster was, “The Effect of the
P2Y12 Receptor Haplotype and Receptor
Antagonism on Platelet Activation and
Aggregation in Healthy Volunteers.”
Oestreich’s award consisted of an
engraved certificate, a $1,000 honorarium,
and a complimentary Annual Meeting
registration. Award winners were recognized
during lunch on the last day of the annual
meeting. In addition, Oestreich was
awarded the Wayne A. Colburn Memorial
Award in which she received a plaque
and was asked to give a presentation.
Aubrey Medendorp Receives AAPS Travel Award
University of Kentucky pharmaceutical
sciences graduate student Clare Aubrey
Medendorp was selected to receive a travel
award from AstraZeneca to attend the 2006
AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition in
San Antonio. The travel award consists of
$500 to be used toward travel and lodging.
Dr. Charles West, NCPA Foundation president, presents the NCPA
Foundation Willard B. Simmons Scholar Award to third-year
student Lindsey White at the NCPA Annual Convention in Las
Vegas. The award consists of $2000 and an award certificate.
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New Rese
Volunteer Faculty Guide t
Mac Bray of Frankfort graduated from
the UK College of Pharmacy 30 years ago,
but he says he hasn’t stopped learning about
the pharmacy profession. Not only does he
share his wisdom with current UK College
of Pharmacy students, sometimes they are the
source of his new knowledge.
Bray is among the more than 300 communitybased
volunteer faculty members who serve as
preceptors and mentors to fourth-year pharmacy
students required to complete 10 one-month clinical
rotations as part of their Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Experience prior to graduation.
“Just as is the case with all pharmacy schools
across the country, we depend on volunteer faculty
to provide experience to our students and prepare
them for their future in this profession,” said John
Piecoro, Pharm.D., director of experiential education
at the UK College of Pharmacy. “Pharmacists who
volunteer as community-based faculty are some of
the most progressive practitioners and our students
often have the opportunity to assist in expanding their
services such as helping in immunization programs
or health screenings.”
This year, 95 fourth-year students will complete a
total of 950 rotations. Sites available are located in every
corner of the state and everywhere in between. Preceptors
represent nearly every facet of the pharmacy profession.
About 75 percent are UK alumni with the remainder
graduates of other pharmacy schools now practicing in
the Commonwealth, said Mike Richardson, program
coordinator for the experiential program.
“Many students say their fourth year of pharmacy
school is the most rewarding because they’re getting
to practice the knowledge they have accumulated over
the past three years,” Richardson said. Although they
benefit from the services of the students, preceptors are
committed to working and supervising the students
including spending one-on-one time with them, he
Fourth-year pharmacy student Jessica Tackett of Georgetown works with Frankfort pharmacist and volunteer communitybased
faculty member Mac Bray at Capital Pharmacy during her December clinical rotation.
said. “We’re fortunate to have so many alumni and
other practitioners in Kentucky devoted to seeing the
next generation of pharmacists succeed.”
Bray, a 1976 graduate, and owner of Capital
Pharmacy, mentors about seven to 10 pharmacy
students a year providing them with some of
the unique experiences found in operating an
independent pharmacy. “Along with medication
therapy management (MTM), health screenings, flu
and shingles vaccines, students are exposed to the
business side of running an independent pharmacy
including third-party billing and other financial
considerations,” he said. The “back room work” of
third-party billing is different than they will find in
other pharmacies, he said.
Jessica Tackett, a fourth-year student from
Georgetown, was working with Bray during
December. She says so far during her rotations
she’s had the opportunity to practice many aspects
of her clinical pharmacy education such as giving
immunizations and compounding medications as well
as learn more about the entrepreneurial and business
management elements of the profession.
Bray says Tackett, like all the UK students who
come to work in his Frankfort business, are well
prepared to handle the increasing demands of the
pharmacy profession.
“I do my best in teaching them about the business,
but I find I’m always learning from them too.”
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But reaching out to undergraduate students isn’t always the best way to recruit future
pharmacy students, said Vickie Henderson, director of recruitment for the UK College
of Pharmacy.
“We’ve learned you can’t wait until students get to college to begin recruiting,” she said.
“It is important to engage younger students and educate them as early as in middle school
on what pharmacy is and the career opportunities that exist. Students also have to know
what they need to do in high school – such as take advanced science and math courses every
year – to get them ready for the college curriculum that eventually will prepare them for
pharmacy school admission.”
In addition to recruiting a diverse student body, retaining minority students is imperative,
Lubawy said. “We hope the activities being offered once students are enrolled in our program
will be a significant factor in providing an inviting multicultural environment.”
AKERS, WENDELL SCOTT, $21,000, American Heart Association
Ohio Valley Affiliate, Julie Oestreich Fellowship: The Effects of P2Y12
Polymorphism on Platelet Receptor Density and Activation.
ANDERSON, BRADLEY D., $150,000, Arno Therapeutics Inc., Kinetic
Control to Optimize Antitumor Efficacy of Liposomal Camptothecin
Prodrugs.
STINCHCOMB, AUDRA L., $14,650, AllTranz, Evaluation of
Nanoparticle Drug Delivery.
CROOKS, PETER A., continued, US Worldmeds LLC, KSTC R & D
Voucher: Product development and formulation.
CROOKS, PETER A., continued, Washington University,
Radiosensitization by the Cellular Heat Shock Response.
CROOKS, PETER A., continued, University of Louisville, KSTC: Bone-
Targeting and Bone Anabolic Compounds.
CROOKS, PETER A., continued, Vanderbilt University, Pharmacokinetics
of Novel Radiation Sensitizers.
CROOKS, PETER A., $25,250, Pradama Inc., Novel Bone-Targeting
Agents.
DELUCA, PATRICK, continued, Swedish Match North America Inc.,
Development of a Microencapsulated System for Food Flavors.
DWOSKIN, LINDA P., continued, National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Nicotinic Receptor Regulation of Dopamine Transporter.
DWOSKIN, LINDA P., continued, National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Development of Novel Treatments for Nicotine Addiction.

he Future of Pharmacists
“…we depend on volunteer faculty to provide
experience to our students and prepare them
for their future in
this profession.
”
Recent Community-based Faculty Promotions
Steve Adams, Versailles, Associate Professor
Lanny Adkins, Lexington, Assistant Professor
Michael Anderson, Maysville, Associate Professor
Jerry Barnette, Mount Sterling, Associate Professor
Ralph Bouvette, Frankfort, Associate Professor
Jackson “Mac” Bray, Frankfort, Associate Professor
John Brislin, Lexington, Assistant Professor
Jackie Burrell, Cynthiana, Associate Professor
Leon Claywell, Bardstown, Associate Professor
Harold Cooley, Prestonsburg, Associate Professor
Debbie Duckworth, Danville, Associate Professor
Bill Grise, Richmond, Associate Professor
Joan Haltom, Danville, Associate Professor
Community-based faculty members are located at sites in 49 Kentucky counties.
George Hammons, Barbourville, Associate Professor
Tom Houchens, London, Associate Professor
Melinda Joyce, Bowling Green, Associate Professor
Martha King, Cynthiana, Associate Professor
Wendy Knox, Lexington, Assistant Professor
Edward Leist, Louisville, Associate Professor
Paul Mangino, Louisville, Associate Professor
Mickey Monroe, Frankfort, Associate Professor
Cathy Shely, Morehead, Associate Professor
William Shely, Morehead, Associate Professor
Charla Thompson, Pikeville, Associate Professor
Cynthia Wilson, Bradfordville, Associate Professor
This year, 95
fourth-year
students will
complete a
total of 950
rotations.
arch Accounts July 1, 2006 through 11/30/2006
DWOSKIN, LINDA P., $1,336,673, National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Development of Novel Treatments for Nicotine Addiction.
JAY, MICHAEL, $10,000, Precision Dose, Stability Study of PD-003
Under Stress Conditions.
JAY, MICHAEL, $58,162, NanoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc., Nanoplate
Engineering of a Stealth MRI Contrast Agent.
LI, TONGLEI, continued, National Science Foundation, CAREER:
Towards Fundamental Understanding and Rational Control of Crystal
Growth.
LI, TONGLEI, $434,506, US Army Medical Research and Materiel
Command, Development of Hybrid Nanocrystals for Simultaneously
Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic and Bioimaging Agents.
LODDER, ROBERT A., continued, Science and Engineering Services
Inc., A Non-invasive Near IR Integrated Alcohol Sensor System.
PAULY, JIM, $183,125, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Prenatal
Nictonic, Behavioral Teratogenicity and Dopamine.
ZHAN, CHANG-GUO, $68,357, University of Michigan, Development
of Esterases for the Treatment of Cocaine Overdose and Abuse.
ZHAN, CHANG-GUO, $366,250, National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Redesign of Butyrylcholinesterase for Cocaine Metabolism.
KIRSH, KENNETH L., continued, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center, Overcoming Barriers to Depression Recognition in Cancer.
KIRSH, KENNETH L., $166,850, National Institute for Nursing
Research, Building Bridges to Hospice and Rural Appalachia.
PERRIER, DONALD G ., continued, National Association of State
Mental Health Program Directors, Performance Measurement System.
PERRIER, DONALD G., $781,920, Department for Mental Health
Mental Retardation Service, Research information systems management
for KY Department for Mental Health/Mental Retardation.
WERMELING, DANIEL P., $47,559, Intranasal Therapeutics Inc.,
STTR - Nasal Delivery of Naltrexone for Treatment of Alcoholism.
JAY, MICHAEL, continued, Precision Dose, API Selection and
Characterization for Generic PD-CPST-01.
JAY, MICHAEL, continued, Niadyne Inc., Clinical Supply Manufacture
of Nia-112.
JAY, MICHAEL, continued, National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, Development of Improved DTPA for Radionuclide
Chelation.
JAY, MICHAEL, continued, Precision Dose, Phase I and II: PD-
CPST-002 API Assay Development and Preliminary Formulation
Development.
MUMPER, RUSSELL J., Starpharma Ltd., Core C:Development of
Dendrimer and Combination Microbicides.
WYSE, JOSEPH W. $3,000, CBA Research Inc., CBA Freezer
Assessment.
WYSE, JOSEPH W. $1,500, Starpharma Ltd., GMP Manufacture
and Filling of 3.5g Applicators with Placebo and 3% w/w VivaGel TM
Formulations 3.
WYSE, JOSEPH W., $57,000, CBA Research Inc., Formulation and
cGMP Manufacturing of a 200mg CBT-1 “Low Mass” Capsule.
WYSE, JOSEPH W., $12,000, Starpharma Ltd., cGMP Manufacture
and Filling of 3.5g Applicators with placebo and 3% w/w VivaGel
Formultations 2.
WYSE, JOSEPH W., Starpharma Ltd., Manufacture of 1%, 3% and 5%
/w SPL7013 Gels (VivaGel).
WYSE, JOSEPH W., $21,500, Starpharma Ltd., Manufacture of 1%,
3% and 5% /w SPL7013 Gels (VivaGel).
WYSE, JOSEPH W., $50,000, Endocyte Inc., EC145 Formulation and
Lyophilization Cycle Development.
WYSE, JOSEPH W., $19,000, Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc., Liposomal
Formulation Development and Clinical Manufacturing.
WYSE, JOSEPH W., $35,500, Lorus Therapeutics Inc., Formulation for
Animal Toxicology Study.
WYSE, JOSEPH W., $171,500, Starpharma Ltd, GMP Manufacture and
Filling of SPL7013 Gel (VivaGel) Formulations: Campaign 2.
WYSE, JOSEPH W., $24,000, Accuthera Inc., Formulation and
Preparation for non-GLP Animal Studies.
Pharmacy Totals
(July 1 through Nov. 30, 2006):
$4,059,302
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ALUMNI NEWS
George Francisco (UKCOP 1979)
Receives 2006 Paul F. Parker Award
George E. Francisco Jr., Pharm.D., professor and
associate dean at the University of Georgia College
of Pharmacy, received the 2006 Paul F. Parker Award
on Dec. 5 in Anaheim, Calif., at the Annual Parker
Luncheon held during the American Society of Health-
System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting.
The Parker Award is presented annually to a past
resident of the University of Kentucky Pharmacy
Residency Program or an individual associated with
the success of the program who displays sustained
contribution to the profession in practice, teaching
or research. It also honors Dr. Parker, the force
behind establishing and developing one of the finest
pharmacy residency programs in the country.
Dr. Francisco received his B.S. in pharmacy at the
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1976. At
UK, he completed a doctor of pharmacy degree and
a pharmacy residency with an emphasis in geriatrics
in 1979. Upon completing his residency, he joined
the faculty of the University of Georgia College of
Pharmacy as assistant professor in the Department
of Pharmacy Practice.
In 1985, he relocated to Virginia where he
developed off-campus teaching and practice sites at
Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va.,
as a faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth
University School of Pharmacy. He also taught in
two family practice residency programs and worked
with five community teaching hospitals in eastern
Virginia to develop clinical pharmacy services. He also
established and taught a course in sports medicine at
Old Dominion University and worked with the Area
Health Education Center to develop health-related
community programs.
He returned to the University of Georgia in
1988 as associate dean in the College of Pharmacy.
In this position, Dr. Francisco oversees curriculum
development and implementation as well as all aspects
of student affairs, including admissions, advising,
progression and retention, professional organizations,
and student professionalism.
He is involved with student and faculty mentoring
and developed a College of Pharmacy New Faculty
Orientation program. Dr. Francisco has served on task
forces to develop the CAPE Curriculum Outcomes
for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
and has served for 15 years as a site team evaluator for
the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
He continues teaching in both the classroom
and laboratory environments. His areas of emphasis
include drug interactions, infectious diseases, and
physical assessment.
He has been recognized for his clinical expertise
and service by the Eastern Virginia Medical School and
the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
and for his teaching accomplishments by the Teaching
Academy and the University of Georgia College of
Pharmacy.
The Margin
of Excellence
As you make or update your estate
plans – including, wills or living trusts, and
health care directives – we urge you to also
consider remembering the UK College of
Pharmacy. We have skilled professionals
available to help in your life and estate
planning. For those who have included
the College in your plans, the University of
Kentucky has formed the UK Bequest Society
to thank and honor you. If you would like
to learn more about the UK Bequest Society,
please contact the UK Department of Estate
and Gift Planning at (859)257-3913, toll
free at (800) 875-6272, or via e-mail at
estateandgiftplanning@email.uky.edu.
Class of 1956 Class of 1966
Class of 1986
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Class of 1996
Reunions 2006

ALUMNI NEWS
The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy would like to thank
and honor the following members of our Fellows Society.
Presidential Fellows
DuPont
H. Joseph and Betty Schutte
Norton Healthcare
James Kennedy Patterson Fellows
Automsoft International Ltd.
Ciba-Geigy Corporation
Eli Lilly and Company
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc.
Kentucky Hospital Association
Merck U.S. Human Health Division
Pfizer Inc
The Procter & Gamble Company
The Robert B. and Helen P. Jewell Scholarship Foundation
John Bryan Bowman Fellows
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc.
FMC Foundation
SmithKline Beecham
Anwar & Nahida Hussain
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
Henry Stites Barker Fellow
3M
American Pharmacy Services Corporation
The Baxter Allegiance Foundation
Cayman Chemical Company, Inc.
Patrick P. and Judy A. DeLuca
Roy L. English
Ronald P. Evens
Terry David Grant
Lynn Harrelson
HCS Healthcare Systems
Institute for the Advancement of Community Pharmacy
Kentucky Pharmacist Education and Research Foundation
Kroger Pharmacy
Lexington Clinic Foundation for Medical Education &
Research
The R. W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute
Rite Aid Corporation
Scott and Mary Bess Ross
Elie G. Shami
Earl P. & Constance M. Slone
Hsin-Hsiung & Chen L. Tai
Walgreen Company
Kenneth E. and Linda L. Wiggins
University Fellows
William E. Adams, Jr.
Ann B. Amerson
G. Preston Art
Emil W. Baker
Thomas H. Barnard
Robert & Lou Anne Barriger
Robert J. Begley
Vera J. Begley
Tara and Larry Blandford
Marvin F. & Mary Ann Blanford
Robert A. & Maureen D. Blouin
John M. & Carla L. Brislin
Kristina Dianne Burleson
M. Kyle Burleson
Michael & Cheryl Burleson
William G. & Vickie W. Byrd
Donald M. Chambers
Joseph C. Chowning
C. C. Cinnamond
Leon and Margaret Claywell
R. David Cobb
Jana E. Cohen
Jordan L. Cohen
Harold Ward Cooley
Ralph & Nancy Deitemeyer
Judith A. DeLuca
Charles Arnold Duncan
Harold Ray & Alisa Kay Duncan
Bruce Thaddeus Eckerle
Mary H. Huang Ensom
Joseph L. & Maureen M. Fink
Jeremy D. and Julie Ann Flynn
Thomas S. & Marijo Foster
Michelle DeLuca
W. Vaughn & Cynthia R. Frey
Eric Todd Gibbs
Mark N. & Constance M. Gillespie
Scott W. & Tobi R. Glasscock
Peter George Glavinos, Sr.
Louis P. & Kimberly S. Glavinos
Myrtle Ann Glavinos
Peter G. Glavinos, Jr.
Dwaine K. Green
George W. Grider
Julia Heather Hanks
Carol Sharpe Harper
Anna Mae Helton
Bill & Jennifer Hewlett
James Foster Hile
Howard Hopkins
Tom M. & Jan T. Houchens
Arthur G. Jacob
David L. Jaquith
Jerry B. Johnson
Breck and Rhonda Jones
James Walker & Barbara Abbott Kemp
Mary Louise Wrightson Kessler
Harry B. Kostenbauder
Robert J. & Janet M. Kuhn
Irvin J. Kupper
Sandra V. Lawler
David W. Lawrence
Charles T. Lesshafft, Jr.
Carl & Carolyn Lintner
Wanda M. Lippert
William C. Lubawy
Vicki Marion
Wes Marion
Philip R. and Ginny S. Mayer
Thomas Robert, Sr. & Elizabeth Buffa Mayhugh
Sheldon M. McCreary
Joe C. & Lorraine D. McMurtry
Patrick & Lynda McNamara
Bruce D. McWhinney
Curtis W. Miles
Thomas M. Moreland, Jr.
Boddapati Ram & Laxmi Murty
Syam B. Murty
Joe W. Myers
Paul Frederick Parker
Duane Parsons
Ayako L. Phillips
Jeffrey Joseph Piecoro
John J. Piecoro, Jr.
Lance T. Piecoro
Sheila K. Piecoro
Steve P’Pool
Anna Kines Price
Timothy Michael Quinton
Robert P. Rapp
Kenneth E. Record
James “Clay” Rhodes
Kenneth B. & Kittye R. Roberts
Frank Romanelli
Joseph I. and Barbara Rouben
Stephen J. & Melody Ryan
Robert E. Sandlin
Stanley Scates
Jean Ann Schulte
Michael C. & Colina R. Shannon
Richard K. & Zena Slone
Harry A. Smith
Brent Spears
Jane Spears
Larry H. Spears
Natalie Spears
Jeanne V. Spicker
Karl Steele
Robert G. Strickley
Gerald F. Sturgeon
Joseph V. & Dorothy A. Swintosky
Gene A. Thomas
Elizabeth Turpin
Roy Turpin
Brian J. & Traci P. Ullom
Jonathan & Marinetta Van Lahr
Billy Wagers
Robert A. & Jeana Burke Wahlbrink
Stephanie Amerson Walker
Robert R. Wallace
Daniel & Susan Wermeling
William K. & Lucy F. Wheeler
Gary W. Wientjes
Bruce T. Wilson
David E. & Pauline Wren
Michael B. & Mary Ann Wyant
Daniel Parker Yeager
Laban E. Young
University Fellows are donors to the University of $10,000 or more, or those
individuals who signify a bequest or permanent life insurance with the intention to
give $50,000 or more to the University.
Henry Stites Barker Fellows contribute $50,000 or more or put in place a deferred
gift of $250,000 or more. Corporations, foundations, trusts and organizations
recognition begins at the Barker Fellows Level.
John Bryan Bowman Fellows contribute $250,000 or more or put in place a deferred
gift of $1,250,000 or more.
James Kennedy Patterson Fellows contribute $500,000 or more or put in place a
deferred gift of $2,500,000 or more.
Presidential Fellows contribute $1,000,000 or more or put in place a deferred gift of
$5,000,000 or more.
New Law Permits
Gifts From IRAs
Congress has given new meaning to the phrase “senior discount.” The tax laws
have been revised to permit donors over age 70½ to make charitable gifts through
their IRAs.
The new law says people age 70½ and older can instruct IRA trustees to make
transfers to organizations they support without incurring taxable income on those
amounts. Up to $100,000 can be given in this manner, both in 2006 and 2007.
Celebrating at the 50-year class reunion were Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Cooper, Franklin
Glin, Dean Kenneth B. Roberts, Alvah Gordon and Mr. and Mrs. James Butler.
No income tax deductions are available for IRA gifts, but IRA donors can still save
significant taxes by removing taxable income from their asset base. Note: The IRA
trustee must transfer all gift amounts—you should not make withdrawals yourself
and then write checks to charity.
Please call the UKCOP Advancement office at (859)257-5303 ext. 81304
or 81305 if you would like more information about planning gifts,
including IRA contributions.
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ALUMNI NEWS
UK College of Pharmacy Alumni and Friends
Swing into Action to Fund Student Scholarships
It started as a small golf outing
for University of Kentucky College of
Pharmacy alumni to have some fun
and reconnect with old friends. But
now a friendly day of competition
has become a significant factor in the
funding of need-based scholarships
for pharmacy students.
The 2006 Annual UK College
of Pharmacy Alumni and Friends
Golf Classic held in September had
more than 150 golfers and raised
nearly $25,000 for the College’s
scholarship fund. During its 16 years
of existence, the tournament has
provided more than one quarter
of a million dollars in financial
assistance to students in the doctor
of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program,
said Dwaine Green, assistant to the
dean for alumni affairs.
Each year, students submit an
application outlining their financial
needs and those in good academic
standing are eligible for awards
from $500 up to $3,000. “For many
Pharm.D. students, scholarships fill
the gap between the financial aid
loans they receive and the increasing
costs of tuition, textbooks, supplies,
and living expenses,” said Catharine
Penfold, director of student services.
These scholarships are essential for
some students to pursue their dream
of earning their doctor of pharmacy
degree, she said.
Although playing in the
tournament has become a tradition for
golf enthusiasts to support the college
and pharmacy students, it began in
1990 as a small alumni event. The
first year the College sent out a note
and got together 10 or 11 teams to
play golf, Green said. “We had some
money left over from the day’s event,
so we put it in the scholarship fund,”
he said. “By the time we held the third
tournament, interest in playing and
sponsorships had exploded.”
The tournament’s move a few
years ago to the University Club
of Kentucky’s two 18-hole courses
enabled more golfers to participate
and ultimately more students to
benefit from the event. “We have
several pharmacists who come back
year after year to play,” Green said.
“We also are excited to see a trend
in many of our recent graduates
– some of whom benefited from
these scholarships as students – now
coming to play and help out
their future colleagues.”
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Wildcat Course low net, first place, Jason Parroco, Bruce Bowdy and Durran Taylor.
Big Blue Course low gross, Chad Downing, Brian Martin, Brian Smith and Jeff Mills.
Big Blue Course low net, first place, Buddy McDannold, Mike Hall, Joe Chowning
and Bill Wagers.
Ambler Joins Pharmacy
Advancement Team
Lauren Ambler joined the UK College
of Pharmacy in July as associate director
for advancement. She previously held the
position of senior account executive with
FundraisingINFO.com based in Atlanta
where she was involved in fundraising
training and consulting as well as sales.
Ambler has a bachelor’s degree in
political science from Georgia Southwestern
University, Americus, Ga., and is currently pursing a master’s degree
in public administration at Eastern Kentucky University.
She can be reached at (859) 257-5303 ext. 81305 or
klambl2@email.uky.edu.
Alum Notes
W. Gary Erwin, Pharm.D., class of 1981,
has been named senior vice president
at Omnicare, Inc. in Covington, Ky.
Omnicare is the nation’s leading provider of
pharmaceutical care for the elderly.
James Wallace, Pharm.D., class of 1980,
is the new vice president of sales and new
product development for AmeriScript.
Located in Stow, Ohio, the company also has
a sales office in Louisville. AmeriScript is an
independently owned and operated national
pharmacy network.
Congratulations to Bob Blouin, Pharm.D.,
class of 1978, and his wife Maureen, who
welcomed their first grandchild, Adaleen Daly
Chaney, born Nov. 3, 2006, in Lexington. Dr.
Blouin is currently dean of the University of
North Caroline School of Pharmacy.
Melody Ryan, Pharm.D., class of 1993,
received the 2006 Rho Chi National Faculty
Advisor Award. Rho Chi is the academic honor
society in pharmacy,
and the award is
presented annually
to recognize unique
contributions and
accomplishments of
outstanding faculty
advisors in building
l e a d e r s h i p a n d
developing chapter
programs. Ryan is an associate professor in
the Department of Pharmacy Practice and
Science of the UK College of Pharmacy, with
joint appointment in the Department of
Neurology at the UK College of Medicine.
Wendy Johnson-Deitemeyer, Pharm.D., class
of 2002, was recently named the Bluegrass
Pharmacists Association’s Pharmacist of the Year
for 2006. Dr. Johnson-Deitemeyer is a clincal
assistant professor and anticoagulation specialist
at the VA Medical Center in Lexington.
Our condolences to the family of Bart
Frederick, Pharm.D., class of 1984, who
was killed during the airplane crash of
Comair flight 5191 in Lexington in August.
He worked for Sanofi-Aventis and lived in
Danville. He had been with Aventis for a
number of years and was a clinical specialist
in Oncology.

ALUMNI NEWS
CECentral.com is a full-service continuing education solution for health care professionals seeking a convenient source of quality accredited
CPE and CME activities. The web site is maintained and administered by the University of Kentucky Pharmacy and Medicine Continuing Education Office.
The web site features CE in PDF and Webcasts (audio and video) formats and provides users with instant grading and a transcript feature that
allows for certificate retrieval at a later date. Users can also stay current with medical news (provided by Reuters Health Information) and find
out about upcoming events related to their specialty or area of interest through our Calendar of Events.
CECentral features nearly 100 accredited activities and adds several new activities each month. Some of the more popular offerings for
pharmacists include:
u Medication Errors in the ICU - presented by Aaron M. Cook, PharmD, and P. Shane Winstead, PharmD
u Lipid Management in Stroke Patients - presented by Aaron M. Cook, PharmD
u A Pharmacist’s Assessment of Pain Control - presented by Robert B. Raffa, PhD, and Thomas J. Schnitzer, MD, PhD
u Avian Influenza: Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst - presented by Craig A. Martin, PharmD
u Making Sense Out of Medication Errors - presented by Kimberley Hite, PharmD
Additionally, five one-hour activities dealing with USP 797 are also available at www.CECentral.com/usp797.
UPCOMING LIVE CE EVENTS from the UK Pharmacy and Medicine CE Office
u UK Pharmacy Live, Jan. 28 - Covington; Feb. 25 - Bowling Green
Pharmacy Live is an outreach CE activity of the College of Pharmacy designed to deliver consistent pharmacy education and updates
across the Commonwealth. The topics address current issues pertaining to the practice of pharmacy and provide practitioners an
opportunity to interact with faculty from the UK College of Pharmacy.
u 2007 Spring Alumni & Friends Weekend (including Pharmacy Law & Calculations Review), April 14 - Lexington
All pharmacists — UK alumni as well as graduates from other institutions — are invited to participate in the 2007 UK College of Pharmacy
Spring Alumni & Friends Weekend. The weekend offers a variety of events such as dinner, dancing, continuing education and a Day at the
Keeneland Races!
Pharmacy Student and Alumnus Honored During
Annual Lyman T. Johnson Awards Banquet
UK College of Pharmacy alumnus Willie Newby Jr., of Louisville, a 1975 graduate,
and fourth-year pharmacy student O’Shea Hudspeth of Murray, a 2007 Pharm.D.
candidate, were honored during the UK Alumni Constituent Group’s 16th annual
Homecoming Awards Banquet in November.
Each college selected an African-American alumni, faculty or staff person and student
to receive the annual Torch of Excellence and Torch Bearer awards inspired by the legacy of
Lyman T. Johnson. Johnson is best known as the plaintiff whose successful legal challenge
opened the University of Kentucky to African-American students in 1949. Johnson was
the grandson of former slaves. He died in Louisville in 1997.
Mr. Newby, a pharmacist in ambulatory care at the University of Louisville Hospital
as well as the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Perryville, was honored with the
Torch of Excellence Award. He is a state pharmacy leader and was named the 2005
Pharmacist of the Year by the Jefferson County Academy of Pharmacy (JCAP). He also
serves as the chairman of the board of directors for JCAP and is a former president of
the organization. He is a member of the professional affairs committee for the Kentucky
Pharmacists Association (KPhA) and a member of the Kentucky Medication Therapy
Management Working Group.
He also is a past recipient of the KPhA Professional Promotions Award (2004) and the
American Cancer Society Community Service Award (2003). He is an associate professor
community-based faculty member at the UK College of Pharmacy, Butler University and
the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
The recipients of the 2006 Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Award are, seated, left to right, Helen Frye; Ruth Gaylord; and Melody Prinkleton;
standing, l-r, Teronna Johnson; Robert Stewart; Rodney Jackson; Jennifer Hatcher; Cathy Black; Willie Newby; Charles Holloway, receiving
for Anthony Pollard; and George Moorman. Award recipients not pictured are Harold Dennis; Mary Adams; Sherrie Lovelace; Bonnie Mitchell;
Marie-Antoinette Sossou; and Eric Smaw.
Recipients of the 2006 Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer Award are, seated, left to right, Sherell Watson; Carol Leath; and Sharay Tolley;
standing, l-r, Kim Wordlow; O’Shea Hudspeth II; Britain Ingram; Bobby Perry; Harold Dennis, Torch of Excellence recipient; Yolanda
Jackson; and Marquita Smith. Recipients not pictured are Michael Aitcheson; Lamar Mills; Anne Ogundele; and Tigist Mammo.
Along with a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from UK, Mr. Newby earned a Ph.D.
in pastoral counseling at the International College and Seminary and a bachelor’s degree
in pastoral care at Simmons Bible College. He is married to Phyllis Newby, a Jefferson
County schoolteacher and has a daughter Tia, who also is a UK graduate.
Mr. Hudspeth was honored with the Torch Bearer Award. He is the son of Danny and
Regina Hudspeth of Murray. He will graduate in May 2007 and currently is completing
clinical rotations throughout Kentucky as a fourth-year pharmacy student. He has been
involved in leadership and service during his educational career as well as been an active
member of the community. He has held memberships in the Kentucky Alliance of
Pharmacy Students and been actively involved in Kappa Psi pharmaceutical fraternity.
Through Kappa Psi, he has been involved in community service programs benefiting the
Ronald McDonald House in Lexington and Kentucky Children’s Hospital. He also has
served as a mentor and big brother in the CAFÉ program and a little league basketball
coach at the Kentucky Basketball Academy (KBA).
He has a bachelor’s degree in biology with minors in chemistry and business
from Georgetown College. While at Georgetown, he served as president of
the Black Student Union and was a member of the football team, which
won the NAIA national championship both in 2000 and 2001.
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2nd Annual Spring Alumni and Friends Weekend
April 13-15, 2007
Friday, April 13
1:30 pm-3 pm New COP Building Groundbreaking
Saturday, April 14
8 am CE Law Review Begins (Embassy Suites)
Kentucky Pharmacists Will Answer
Viewers’ Questions During Annual
‘Ask the Pharmacist’ Program
Television viewers in Central and Eastern Kentucky are invited to
phone in their questions about medications during the annual call-in
show, “Ask the Pharmacist,” scheduled to air from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 27, on WKYT–TV and WYMT-TV. The show, now in its
17th year, is a community service of the University of Kentucky College
of Pharmacy sponsored by UK HealthCare.
Panelists will be John Armitstead, M.S., assistant dean for medical
center pharmacy services at the UK College of Pharmacy and director of
pharmacy services at UK Chandler Hospital; Amy Nicholas, Pharm.D.,
associate clinical pharmacist at the UK College of Pharmacy and co-director
of the UK PharmacistCARE program; Julia Dawson, Pharm.D., a clinical
pharmacist at Meadowview Regional Hospital in Maysville and a 1995
graduate of the College; and Jody Jaggers, Pharm.D., a staff pharmacist at
Walgreens in Frankfort and 2005 UK graduate.
“Ask The Pharmacist” has proven to be a popular community service
program averaging nearly 400 callers annually. Viewers’ questions have
included requests for information on specific prescription drugs, tips
on how to lower prescription drug costs, possible adverse reactions or
counteractions to mixing prescription and over-the-counter medications,
and other medication-related questions.
First-year students in the UK College of Pharmacy doctor of pharmacy
program will answer viewers’ calls and give them to a team of volunteer
pharmacists who will select the best questions to be addressed on air. The show
will be hosted by WKYT-TV Health and Fitness Anchor DeAnn Stephens.
Remember when…
This photo of the Louisville Veterans Drug Club is believed to have been taken in 1965.
Pictured is Ollie Grunzinger, Cal Harding, Jimmie Cox, Roy Baxter, Oscar Demling,
Bryan Clark, Oscar Votteler, Max Schulten, Elmore Eckerle, Arthur Reeb, Nathan Kaplan,
Chet Wobee, Roy Wiehe, Charles Lesshafft, Ted Purdy, Marion Hardesty, Leo Wagner,
Crawford Meyers, Henry Bertlekamp, Carl Schreiber, Fred Jennewein, Brady Winslow,
Rudy Doerhoefer, Arthur Markendorf, Julius Ambrosius and Walter Forbes.
12 pm LUNCH
1 pm-4 pm Law Review (Continued) Board Review (location TBA)
6:15 pm-7 pm Alumni & Friends Reception (Embassy Suites)
7 pm-11 pm Alumni & Friends Gala Apothecary Ball (Students)
Sunday, April 15
11:30 am-4 pm Keeneland Day at the Races
Groundbreaking Ceremony for New
Pharmacy Building is Set for April 13
The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy will kick off the 2007 Spring
Alumni and Friends Weekend with a groundbreaking ceremony for the new building
set to open in 2010.
The ceremony is tentatively set for 1:30 p.m. April 13 at the construction site of the
building adjacent to the UK Biomedical Biological Sciences Research Building (BBSRB) at the
corner of Limestone Street and Leader Avenue. Formal invitations will be mailed in March.
The annual spring schedule of events also will include the Alumni and Friends
Reception and Gala at the Embassy Suites on April 14 and a Day at the Races at
Keeneland Race Course on April 15. In addition, the Pharmacy Continuing Education
Law Review will be available on the 14th. For more information about the 2007 Spring
Alumni and Friends Weekend, please call the Office of Advancement – Alumni Affairs
at (859) 257-5303 ext. 81313 or e-mail copalumnus@uky.edu.
Following groundbreaking, construction for the 280,000 square-foot building is
expected to last a little more than two years. The new College of Pharmacy Building will
be the first academic building completed in UK’s medical campus of the future, a 20-year
and $2.5 billion strategic plan designed to help UK achieve its goal to become a Top-20
public research institution by 2020. Construction of the $450 million UK Chandler
Hospital also is scheduled for completion in 2010.
The new building will front Limestone Street and include five floors plus a basement
with vivarium facilities and a mechanical penthouse.
Features of the facility also include:
• two large 200-seat lecture halls
• several smaller lecture classrooms
• problem-based learning areas
• teaching and patient assessment laboratories
• administrative offices for all departments
• biology, biochemistry and chemistry research laboratories
Overall, research and laboratory space will increase by 75 percent; teaching and
classroom areas by 80 percent; and common areas including study areas and food services
by 325 percent.
UK to Host International
Microencapsulation Symposium in 2007
The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and the American Association
of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) will host the 16th International Symposium on
Microencapsulation on Sept. 9-12, 2007, at the Lexington Convention Center, Lexington,
Ky. The conference is expected to draw more than 300 scientists from around the world.
Microencapsulation is the process whereby small (macro, micro and nano size) discrete,
solid particles or liquid droplets are surrounded or enclosed by an intact shell. The goal of
the symposium is to review, update and discuss all aspects of the science and technology
of microencapsulated particulate systems as they are applied to medical, pharmaceutical,
veterinary, food, cosmetic and consumer products. UK College of Pharmacy professor
Patrick DeLuca, Ph.D., is chair of the conference and the scientific organizing committee,
and Paul Bummer, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the UK College
of Pharmacy, is co-chair of the scientific and local organizing committees. Registration
and additional information is available at http://www.mc.uky.edu/pharmacy.