The Pharmacist / Spring 2022 / Volume 44 / Issue 2

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STUDENT NEWS UIC Pharmacy Students Provide Services to Uninsured Patients In 2021, UIC Pharmacy students continued to provide services to uninsured patients at CommunityHealth, the largest volunteer-based free clinic. This practice site for UIC clinical pharmacists Drs. Nazia S. Babul and Jewel Younge is an opportunity for many students, several of whom created videos for patients. VALLARI SHAH, president of the college’s Association of Indian Pharmacists of America (AIPhA) student chapter, took the lead in these efforts. Fellow students who created videos, the videos they oversaw, and the organizations they are a part of are noted to the right. Diabetic Foot Health Vallari Shah (P3, SNPhA/AIPhA) Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemi Josh Posner (P3, SNPhA) Lifestyle Modification: Diet Sally Ndir (P3, SNPhA) Lifestyle Modifications: Exercise Ashley Choi (P2, SNPhA) Lifestyle Modifications: Exercise Demos Monaz Engineer and Alisha Desai (P4s, AIPhA) Emen Salam (P3, AIPhA) Spanish Translation Marisol Wences (P3, HLPSA) A number of the patient engagement videos may be found at go.uic.edu/HealthEdVideos. Additionally, MARISOL WENCES and MONICA CARRANZA CRUZ were recognized by CommunityHealth for their efforts in patient outreach in getting patients vaccinated for COVID-19 at CommunityHealth. IPhA & MPA Pharmacy Conference Winners UIC Pharmacy students competed in the Business Plan Competition at a joint Illinois Pharmacists Association (IPhA) and Missouri Pharmacy Association (MPA) meeting. The IPhA & MPA Pharmacy Conference 2021 was held October 21–24 in St. Louis. UIC sent two student groups, and we are proud to note that they represented the school well. The winning group was PharmFit, which included student pharmacists CHERRI PHAN, ELNA SHIBU, MEGAN MURTAGH, and GUNJAN PATEL. The team that came in second included MARY TRAN, WILLIAM YE, EMEN SALAM, and CHRISTIAN SAN ANDRES—all from UIC Pharmacy. 8 THE PHARMACIST PHARMACY.UIC.EDU
Dr. Eva Vivian Does More than Talk the Talk BY JESSICA CANLAS diet change. I began to learn that there are so many factors influencing a person’s health,” she explains. “I decided to switch to community-based research, where I could work with people within the community and learn about [these] factors.” Shortly after that, in 2006, she accepted her current position at the University of Wisconsin, where she went on to earn her MPH and a PhD in civil society and community research. Dr. Eva Vivian EVA VIVIAN, PharmD ’95, believes her role as a pharmacist is to be a “trusted messenger” in the community she serves. Pharmacists are in a position to help patients glean truth from the information overload that the internet, family, and friends offer, she says. “Pharmacists should learn more about the communities where their patients reside so they have a better understanding of the challenges and barriers their patients face when attempting to live a healthy lifestyle.” When it comes to understanding her patients, Vivian, who specializes in community-based diabetes research, has been known to do more than talk the talk. As a professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and certified diabetes care and education specialist, she occasionally spends time wearing an insulin pump (filled with saline), using a glucose monitor, and restricting her grocery shopping to the city’s food deserts, areas with limited access to fresh, whole foods. Vivian’s interest in community-based disease-prevention research developed during her first faculty position at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. She established a pharmacist-managed hypertension clinic that eventually evolved into a cardiovascular risk-reduction clinic treating hyperlipidemia and diabetes. “On occasion, I’d work with a patient whose blood pressure remained elevated in spite of medication and In Madison, Vivian’s work focuses on identifying disparities in the treatment of hypertension, diabetes, and other chronic diseases among ethnic minorities, particularly African American and Latin American patients, and developing and implementing strategies to reduce and eliminate them. Her research has recently turned its attention to children and adolescents at particular risk of diabetes in a project called Healthy Outcomes through Peer Education (HOPE), which educates African-American grandmothers, who often become caregivers for their grandchildren. Funded by a grant from the American Diabetes Association, HOPE provides one year of education, training, and peer support for grandmothers enrolled in a diabetes prevention program. HOPE will educate and equip participants with the necessary support to work toward better health for themselves and their grandchildren. “We need to get in front of this train driving towards the development of diabetes and slow down the progression of the disease.” A fellow of the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists, she maintains a practice at Access Community Health Centers in Madison. She has been honored multiple times for her work in the city’s marginalized communities, including the American Pharmacists Association’s Wiederholt Prize and the Healthy Aging STAR Award for Health Equity from the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging. Vivian, who admits she hadn’t envisioned her career path as it has unfolded, advises students to chase their dreams and be open-minded. “Become a lifelong learner. We are all in a process of ongoing development. Life is full of experiences that will encourage us to expand our goals and strengthen our skills.” SPRING 2022 THE PHARMACIST 9
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