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Gamma Sigma Chapter of the Rho Chi SocietyBy Carrie Bitterlich, PharmD ’13, Vice PresidentThe Gamma Sigmas of the Rho Chi Society started this year with a bang! After alovely candlelit evening, 26 new members from the Class of 2013 and 2012 weregranted lifelong membership into the society at the annual banquet. Next up?Fundraising! I ♥ Rx T-shirts were preordered at the club extravaganza day as wecelebrated our new roles. And yes, you can get one too!With fun and laughter still in the air, the Rho Chi chapter got to work participating in theInterprofessional Health Fair. Members and non-members alike educated the community inemergency and disaster preparedness. Finally, before we parted ways for the summer, amembership luncheon was held, keeping us all up to date and feeling loved. With theseactivities a success, we look forward to an exciting year of social events, community service,school, and encouraging excellence in the pharmacy world.Photo top: Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman, Youkavet Samih, Annie Song, Joanne X. Nguyen, Mehrnoosh Esmaeili, Elnaz Panbechi,Soyoung Lee, Ian Rojas, Jinoo Lee, Valerie Bonifacio, Kelly Huang, Tony Chiang, May Chaivasin, Joanne T. Nguyen, Carrie Bitterlich, Hui-Sheng Cheng, Cindy Fan, Farah Nabi, ThaoPham, Jennifer Hong, Stephanie Lin, Julie Nguyen, Sangeeta Salvi, Eloise Santos, Shreya Shah Hang Tran, Alidz Talatinian and Dr. Wallace Murray at the Rho Chi Initiation Banquet.Photo inset top right: Jennifer Hong, Alidz Talatinian, Carrie Bitterlich and Stephanie Lin at the Rho Chi Health Fair.Photo inset bottom right: Stephanie Lin, Sangeeta Salvi, Jennifer Hong, Cindy Fan, Tony Chiang,Carrie Bitterlich, Alidz Talatinian, Hang Tran and Youkavet Samih at the Rho Chi Fundraiser.APhA-ASPBy Yalda Jahromi, PharmD ’14APhA-ASP’s eventful 2010-2011 academic year was highlighted withseveral firsts. This March at APhA Annual, which was held in Seattle, WA,WesternU earned its very first Region 8 Operation Diabetes Award!Activities that WesternU participated in which contributed to thisimpressive win included diabetes education as well as variousscreenings. We also brought home the CPhA Outlook “65 to StayAlive Competition” award for raising more funds than any otherCalifornia schools. Proceeds from the event will be used to provideschools of pharmacy from across California with the training andiPads for use in expanding patient access to the PharmacyFoundation’s free online “medication safety check.” WesternU won atotal of 3 iPads and a wireless printer. Another first took place onAbove: Mintra Chansiri,Conrad Bio and Joo Hye Pakat the APhA Wine andCheese event.Right: Linda Danh andRichard Garcia with theAPhA Diabetes Award.August 25th, when APhA-ASP organized and led WesternU’s first Interprofessional HealthFair, during which we screened roughly 200 members from our surrounding communities.To conclude the year, APhA-ASP hosted another successful annual Wine and Cheese event, providing over 50 members andnearly two dozen pharmacists with the opportunity to interact and network. Additionally, APhA-ASP prides itself on our abilityto give back to our members. In April we held a capstone Member Appreciation Meeting which was a great opportunity toinform our student members of where we have been as well as where we are headed in the near future.10 | RxBound WesternU, College of Pharmacy
Photo top: guest speaker event “The Future ofPharmacy” by CPhA CEO, Jon R. Roth. Left toRight: Stephanie Wu, Joo Hye Pak, FabiolaEscalante, Paniz Joukar, Jon R. Roth, TiffaniEmerson, Peter Phan, Katie Yomen, Amy Le.Photo bottom: St. Madeleine Annual Fiesta healthfair, Pomona, CA. Left to Right: Dr. Micah Hata,Tanya Pham, Stephanie Wu, Clement Lin.NCPABy Fabiola Escalante, PharmD ’14Our NCPA chapter continues to offer our members a widearray of opportunities to broaden and enrich oureducational experience and gain valuable knowledge incommunity pharmacy. Our mission has been to encourageand foster an interest in community pharmacy through thedifferent events we organize. During this past year, ourNCPA chapter invited several guest speakers from differentareas of pharmacy. On January 22, 2011, CPhA ChiefExecutive Officer, Jon R. Roth, came to speak to our members on the future of pharmacyand the effects of health care reform in the practice of community pharmacy, encouragingstudents to play a stronger role in developing innovative patient care services for thecommunity. In addition, NCPA hosted several health fairs this year including the St.Madeleine Annual Fiesta on May 14, 2011. This event was hosted for two consecutivedays and the free health screenings we provided included blood pressure, blood glucose andBMI. We had almost seventy patients who were able to utilize the free services weprovided. The event was a great success and we will be hosting more health fair events inthe future to promote and educate the community about health lifestyle choices. Ourevents aid our members to further explore new ways to enhance patient care services intheir future practice.AMCP – Night of Managed CareBy Ani Khachatourian, PharmD ’14 & Jacqueline (Angel) Lim, PharmD ’14As the year came to a close, the WesternU Chapter of AMCP hosted our 2nd annual Night of Managed Carefor 60 pharmacists and students. Notable guests in attendance included pharmacists from Kaiser, LA Care,VA San Diego, GSK, IEHP, and Prescription Solutions, as well as our very own Chapter Diplomat, Dr. John Jones,and Chapter Advisor, Dr. Anandi Law. Students had a unique opportunity to engage in multiple roundtablediscussions and to gain invaluable insight onthe many pathways managed care pharmacyhas to offer. The evening not only highlightedfundamental aspects of the new Health CareReform Act, but more importantly stressed theproposals’ impact on the future of pharmacypractice. We would like to thank all of thepharmacists, as well as the board membersand students who made the event a success.Photo left : Dr. Anandi Law, Dr. Courtney Lee, Dr. KrystynaYang, Dr. Nancy Pham, Dr. Danmy Loi, Dr. John Jones,Dr. Bill Templeman, Dr. Richard Smith, Dr. Chris Chan,Ani Khachatourian, Linda Tran, May Chaivasin, Quan Hai,Pauline Pham, Cindy Fan, Stephanie Shieh, Dr. Susan Leong,Jacqueline (Angel) Lim, Heather Nguyen, Annie Song,Lynh Nguyen, Tho Nguyen.WesternU, College of Pharmacy RxBound | 11
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Page 5 and 6: Coming HomeRichard Garcia, PharmD
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Page 11: Kappa PsiBy Jacob Arslanian, PharmD
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