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New Faculty and StaffHonors and AwardsQuang Le, PharmD, PhDDr. Le received his BS inPsychobiology and CognitiveSciences from UCLA, PharmD fromLoma Linda University, and PhD inHealth Economics and Policy fromUSC. He has been working as aresearch consultant for Genentech aswell as other health economicsconsulting firms for 4 years. Hisresearch interests include HealthrelatedQuality of Life (HRQOL)methodology, Applied Econometrics,Bayesian-Network Model, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, andBehavioral Economics. He haspublished his work in top medicaland psychology journals formethodology including Journal ofExperimental Psychology –Learning, Memory & Cognition,Medical Decision Making, MedicalCare, and Cancer. He is a member ofASCO, SMDM, and ISPOR.Stacy RyeStacy Rye joined the College ofPharmacy in November 2010 as anAdministrative Assistant III. She isresponsible for assisting the Office ofExperiential Education office withstudent rotations, faculty support,professionalism credit and gradesalong with other duties. She hasover ten years administrativeexperience in the Real Estate and OffRoad Industries. She still spends herweekends doing Off Road Media.Stacy is excited to be a part of theWesternU College of Pharmacyfamily and looks forward to a longand happy career.Faculty News & AccomplishmentsGrants and ContractsCampbell A “Cerium Oxide in diesel exhaust and neuroinflammation,” National Institute forPublic Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands; $7,500.Hess K, Supsin C “Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceived Barriers of Elderly Patients and PrimaryCare Providers Regarding Shingles and Shingles Vaccine Administration.” APhA FoundationIncentive Grants Program.Jackevicius C “Measuring and Improving the Quality of ST-segment Elevation MyocardialInfarction (STEMI) Care.” Canadian Institutes for Health Research (Canadian equivalent to NIH)$1 million over four years.Prabhu S, Huang Y, Wang J, Campbell A “Chemoprevention of pancreatic cancer using acombinatorial nano-drug system,” NIH, $149,000.Hess, Karl• Dr. Karl Hess has been named recipient ofthe Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Awardby the California Pharmacists Association(CPhA). The award will be presented atCPhA Outlook in February 2011.Klotz, Roger• Prof. Roger Klotz was elected Chair-Elect ofthe Executive Committee for the Section ofHome, Ambulatory, and Chronic CarePractitioners for the American Society ofHealth-System Pharmacists.Hoffman, Janice• Completed the requirements to obtain thecredentials for a Certified GeriatricPharmacist (CGP). The purpose of the CGPcredential is to identify and recognize thosepharmacists who have expertise andknowledge of drug therapy principles forolder adults.• Dr. Janice Hoffman and College of Pharmacyalumnus class of 2008 Chen Chen wereappointed to the Academy of Long TermCare Board for the California PharmacistsAssociation.• Dr. Janice Hoffman was awarded the FacultyService Award. This award is awarded topaid faculty who have provided outstandingservice to the College of Pharmacy.Khasawneh, Fadi• Dr. Fadi Khasawneh was awarded theFaculty Service Award. This award isawarded to paid faculty who have providedoutstanding service to the College ofPharmacy.20 | RxBound WesternU, College of Pharmacy
Lambros, Maria• Dr. Maria Lambros was awarded the FacultyService Award. This award is awarded topaid faculty who have provided outstandingservice to the College of Pharmacy.Law, Anandi• Anandi Law has been confirmed for a 3-yearappointment on the Editorial Advisory Boardfor the Journal of the American PharmacistsAssociation.Min, David• Dr. David Min was awarded the FacultyService Award. This award is awarded topaid faculty who have provided outstandingservice to the College of Pharmacy.Murray, Wallace• Dr. Wallace Murray has been selected toreceive the 2011 Rho Chi National FacultyAdvisor award. Rho Chi is The AcademicHonor Society in Pharmacy.Nguyen, Mark• Dr. Mark Nguyen was recently installed asincoming President of OCHSP (OrangeCounty Society of Health-System Pharmacists).O’Barr, Steve• Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences, wasinitiated as Chair of the Biological Sectionand was selected to participate in the 2010-11 Academic Leadership Fellows Program.Robinson, Daniel• Dean Daniel Robinson was initiated asSecretary of the Council of Deans for AACP.Dean Robinson also served as theAdministrative Delegate from WesternU.Schwartzman, Emmanuelle• Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman successfullyreceived her CDE (Certified DiabetesEducator) certification that demonstrates that“a health care professional possesses distinctand specialized knowledge, thereby promotingquality care for persons with diabetes.”Wang, Jeffrey• Received the Chinese American FacultyAssociation of Southern California(www.CAFASC.org) 2011 Service Award. Hewas recognized on February 26, 2011, duringthe association’s 40th annual convention.Over the past seven years, Dr. Wang hasserved as secretary, vice president andpresident of the association, and continues toserve as a board member.• Dr. Jeffrey Wang was selected to attend theMary Frances Picciano Dietary SupplementResearch Practicum held at the NationalInstitutes of Health.• Was invited to review NIH’s R01 grantapplications for the National Center forComplementary and Alternative Medicine(NCCAM/NIH) together with the Office ofDietary Supplements (ODS/NIH) and theNational Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH).PublicationsChow S, O’Barr S, Quist R, Peng JT, Chew EE,Pak F, Patel P, Patterson JH, Heywood JT.“Renal function and neurohormonal changesfollowing intravenous infusions ofnitroglycerin vs. nesiritide in patients withacute decompensated heart failure” (ABC-HFTstudy). J Card Fail. 2010 Dec 02.Chow S, O’Barr S, Peng J, Chew E, Pak F, QuistR, Patel P, Patterson J, Heywood J. Modulationof Novel Cardiorenal and InflammatoryBiomarkers by Intravenous Nitroglycerin andNesiritide in Acute Decompensated HeartFailure: An Exploratory Study Circ Heart Failpublished 16 May 2011, 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.958066, http://circheartfailure.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.958066v1Robinson D and WesternU Director of theInterprofessional Education Program SusanMackintosh, DO, MPH, were members of theInterprofessional Education Collaborative(IPEC), which developed core competencies forinterprofessional education in the healthprofessions, as well as action strategies toimplement the new competencies. The corecompetencies were announced May 10 by theHealth Resources and Services Administration(HRSA).Hess KM, Haines SL, DeHart RM, Flynn AA,Marciniak MW, Mount J, Phillips BB, SassenJJ, Zatzkin SW, “Academic Pharmacy andPatient-Centered Health Care: A Model toPrepare the Next Generation of Pharmacists,”JAPhA 2011; 51: 194-202.Jackevicius C, Guertin J, Cox J, Humphries K,Pilote L, So D, Tu J, Wijeysundera H, RinfretS, “The potential economic impact of restrictedaccess to angiotensin-receptor blockers.”CMAJ pub ahead of print, January 24, 2011.Jackevicius C, Carreon D: Journal of theAmerican Medical Association (JournalCitation Reports Impact Factor: 28.899).Jackevicius C, Tu J, Ross J, Ko D, Carreon D,Krumholz H, “Use of Fibrates in the UnitedStates and Canada” JAMA. 2011;305(12):1217-1224Law A, Vu M. “Goal-attainment scaling:A review and applications to pharmacypractice.” in Research in Social andAdministrative Pharmacy. 2011; 1-20.Law A, Jackevicius C, Bounthavong M, “AMonograph Assignment as an IntegrativeApplication of Evidence-Based Medicine andPharmacoeconomic Principles.” AmericanJournal of Pharmaceutical Education 2011; 75(1) Article 1.Le Q, Doctor JN. “Probabilistic Mapping ofDescriptive Health Status Responses ontoHealth-State Utilities using Bayesian Networks:An Empirical Analysis converting SF-12 intoEQ-5D Utility Index in a National U.S.Sample.” Medical Care 2011. PublishedAhead-of-Print. http://journals.lww.com/lwwmedicalcare/Abstract/publishahead/Probabilistic_Mapping_of_Descriptive_Health_Status.99609.aspxLutfy K, Wang Y, Nakagawa Y, Liu L, Wang W,Ren X, Anghel A, Friedman TC, Liu Y,“Tissue-specific dysregulation of hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate transporter production in db/dbmice as a model of type 2 diabetes”Diabetologia 2011 54 (2): 440-50Lutfy K, Parikh D, Hamid A, Friedman TC,Nguyen K, Tseng A, Marquez P, “Stress-inducedanalgesia and endogenous opioid peptides: theimportance of stress duration.”Eur J Pharmacol.2011 Jan 15;650(2-3):563-7.Min D, Shah T, Tellez-Corrales E, Yang Jw,Qazi Y, Wang J, Wilson J, Hutchinson I, “Thepharmacokinetics of enteric coatedmycophenolate sodium and its gastrointestinalside effects in de novo renal transplantrecipients of Hispanic ethnicity,” inTherapeutic Drug Monitoring 2011;33:45-9.WesternU, College of Pharmacy RxBound | 21
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