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Spring 2007 SCHOOL OF PHARMACY NEWS

Polished social skills can help pharmacy careers

By Kenna Bruner Her strategies for socializing successfully started with the Office of Public Relations admonition that students should hone their social skills early in their school careers in order to attend professional functions and In her school-wide presenta- job interviews with poise. tion, Arcelia Johnson-Fannin, Her tips ran the gamut from how to enter a room – confi- PharmD, RPh, stressed to stu- dently -- to demonstrating how to shake hands – firmly. Every dents the importance of having conversation is an opportunity for success. Stick to “safe” topics polished social skills in further- of conversation, such as the weather, sports, travel or food. Avoid ing their pharmacy careers. conversation killers like controversial current affairs and never For nearly 30 years Johnson- tell jokes. Fannin has devoted herself to She stressed following what she called the “10-5 rule” when Arcelia Johnson-Fannin, PharmD, RPh, effecting change in the industry left, advises students on the fine art of net- attending a professional or social gathering. and empowering students to take working and socializing. “If you come within 10 feet of someone, you should make control of their lives through aca- contact of some kind, such as eye contact, a nod of the head,” she demic and professional excellence. explained. “If you come within five feet, you should interact with them Johnson-Fannin, who received her pharmacy degree from Mercer and introduce yourself.” University, is the only black woman to have founded a school of pharma- She advised students to be sure their body language is relaxed and to cy and the only woman to have started two schools of pharmacy at the give their undivided attention when engaging with another person. University of Incarnate Word in Texas and Hampton University in In the hierarchy of making introductions, a colleague gets introduced Virginia. In 1999, Johnson-Fannin was named one of the 50 most influ- to a person of higher rank such as the company president, and a younger ential pharmacists in America. person is introduced to an older person. “Your credentials will get you in the door,” she told the audience. “You need to be able to socialize successfully to impact your life and “What will set you apart from other pharmacy graduates vying for the same career,” she said, “but you’ve got to prepare.” residency position is you, the person. Socializing successfully is vital to your career.” Variations on a theme of macrophages Pharmacy student’s art in Art in Science/Science in Art exhibit

Art and science have long been considered to be opposite extremes with little in common. In the Art in Science/Science in Art exhibit, the line between science and art is blurred, with visually and artistically stunning results. The 66 images in the exhibition can be seen in a Web gallery at http://ArtSci.uchsc.edu. Elizabeth Redente, a fourth year PhD student, had one of the images from her research accepted for display in this juried exhibition of images by University of Colorado-affiliated scien- tists. Her art piece shows colorful clusters of macrophages pres- ent around human lung cancer tumors. For the exhibit, she used Photoshop to manipulate the colors of the macrophages to produce dazzling images. “In science you have to be very careful to not manipulate your data or alter the colors,” she said. “This exhibit was an expressive and fun way to take something that’s very factual and move into the art realm This image by Elizabeth Redente, PhD student in the School of where you can make changes to the Pharmacy, shows clusters of macrophages, a type of immune images and the colors.” Redente is studying lung cancer cell, present around human lung tumors, showing the many progression in mice. What she’s see- faces that may influence cancer development. ing are changes in the lungs that have been altered by the tumor. The alterna- to the lungs. This is a global effect on the body.” Elizabeth Redente tions are also happening in the bone mar- In the 20th Annual Student Research Forum held last year, row, so the changes are not just localized Redente received a top overall award for her poster project titled around the site of the tumor. Temporal Changes in Macrophage Activation May Mediate Lung “This tells us that tumors are really powerful and they are actually Tumor Progression. As an award winner, she was invited to give influencing the bone marrow to alter the macrophages before they even presentations to both the CU Retired Faculty Association and leave the bone marrow,” she said. “They’re being altered before they get the Health Sciences Center Retired Faculty Association. SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 2

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYNEWS PAGE2 Spring 2007 Providing aid in a state of emergency

By Kenna Bruner Office of Public Relations

After spending three weeks last summer helping hurricane victims in Louisiana, Jeffrey Bratberg, PharmD, BCPS, saw first hand just how tenu- ous the health care system in the United States can be in the face of cas- cading disasters. At the annual Mont Gutke Lecture, supported by a gift from the ALSAM Foundation, Bratberg spoke about his experiences and what phar- macists’ roles should be in a disaster. His talk, titled State of Emergency: A First-Hand Account of Providing Pharmacy Services Following Hurricanes Katrina and “What happens when your Rita, was highlighted by hospitals don’t work and a poignant video that put into stark relief the your clinics shut down hurricanes’ devastation after a disaster?” and the toll on resi- dents. Bratberg, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, was part of a 35-member Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) deployed to Louisiana after Hurricanes Jeffrey Bratberg, PharmD, BCPS, (left) is thanked by Chris Katrina and Rita. The DMAT team spent two weeks in New Orleans, La., Turner, PhD, director of experiential programs, for his presenta- in August 2005, and one week in September in Lafayette, La. tion on providing pharmacy services after Hurricane Katrina. He described conditions there as “austere,” with no electricity or run- ning water, 100 degree temperatures and with a limited supply of medica- faculty. “What happens when you can’t treat people who take medications tions to dispense. for chronic illnesses? People die. We don’t understand just how fragile our “What happens when your hospitals don’t work and your clinics shut health care system is.” down (after a disaster)?” he asked the audience of pharmacy students and His team focused on providing primary medical care for storm-related illnesses and injuries, and for individuals with chronic conditions who had gone days without their medication. Bratberg’s duties included dispensing medications, and administering vaccinations for diseases caused by the unsanitary living conditions, such as hepatitis and tetanus. $2.7 million awarded A DMAT is a group of professional medical personnel who provide medical care during a disaster. When teams are deployed to a disaster site, to study treatment for they typically take three days worth of supplies that include a medicine cache and a written agreement that allows them to get pharmaceuticals mustard gas exposure from area pharmacies. Bratberg discovered that the pharmaceutical cache was inadequate for treating the bacterial infections from contaminated water they encountered and so focused on educating residents about how Rajesh Agarwal, PhD, a professor in the Department of to prevent infection. Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy, has been “Preventing infectious diseases is the best way to treat infectious dis- awarded a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of eases; not antibiotics,” he said, “especially when you have a limited and Health to conduct research that may lead to a treatment for those unknown number of antibiotics. In an emergency situation you have to be exposed to mustard gas. flexible. (For example) what do you do with insulin when it is 110 degrees A common over-the-counter dietary supplement may help treat and you’ve got no refrigeration?” burns caused by mustard gas – a toxic, chemical warfare agent that Bratberg encouraged pharmacy students to consider serving with a causes the skin to break out in large blisters, and if inhaled, may DMAT chapter. For information about the Colorado DMAT chapter, visit cause blistering or bleeding in the lungs, as well as in other inter- the web site at www.coloradodmat.com. nal organs, potentially causing death. Agarwal’s research will focus on the toxicity of sulfur mustard to exposed skin cells and skin tissues and then test the efficacy of silibinin as a protective agent. Silibinin is a common dietary sup- SCHOOL OF PHARMACY plement derived from milk thistle and used in the treatment and NEWS prevention of liver toxicity. A member of the daisy family, milk thistle grows wild throughout Europe, North America and Ralph J. Altiere, PhD Kenna Bruner Australia, and has been used for 2,000 years to treat a range of Dean, School of Pharmacy Communications Specialist liver and gallbladder diseases. Office of Public Relations Agarwal’s most recent research with milk thistle at UCDHSC Susan Saunders found the compounds in the extract to be effective in the preven- Assistant to the Dean UCDHSC tion and treatment of skin and prostate cancer. His new research School of Pharmacy School of Pharmacy Mail Stop C-238 will utilize the compound through both topical application and Mitzi Schindler 4200 E. Ninth Ave. dietary ingestion to determine if silibinin prevents and/or treats Director of Publications Denver, CO 80262 sulfur mustard damage to the skin. Office of Public Relations “Sulfur mustard is a continued military threat, and also has [email protected] grown to become a chemical-terrorism threat against civilians in Mike Cobb the post 9/11 era,” said Agarwal. “This new research will allow us Art Director http://www.uchsc.edu/sop to test a new potential cure for patients affected by mustard gas.” Office of Public Relations SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 3

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Following in a family’s footsteps to a pharmacy career

By Kenna Bruner construct the mirror for the second He was a consultant to the local tioned in a variety of posts, from Office of Public Relations generation Hubble Space hospital for several years and served San Antonio to Puerto Rico, and Telescope. on the city council and the hospital held numerous positions, includ- When he was 18, Darryl Since Darryl grew up observing board of directors, also he was a ing pharmacy advisor for a medical Leopold wanted to follow in the the pharmacy careers of his father member of Rotary and the fundamentals course, squadron footsteps of his father and an uncle and uncle, he developed a good Chamber of Commerce. commander, pharmacy supervisor, to become a pharmacist. The year understanding of how much the a hospital business officer and hos- was 1970 and the country was community relies on pharmacists. pital administrator at Francis E. embroiled in the Vietnam War, so He fondly recalls his uncle’s Rexall Warren Air Force Base in Darryl postponed college to join Pharmacy in Chappell, Neb. Cheyenne, Wyo. He also served as the Navy. Located on the town’s main street, the course supervisor of the pro- the pharmacy served as a focal gram for indoctrination of newly point because it was where the bus commissioned Medical Service dropped off passengers. While his Corps officers at Sheppard AFB in uncle took care of the medication Wichita Falls, Texas. needs of folks who came from miles In 1965, he received a master’s around, his aunt tended the old- degree in hospital administration fashioned soda fountain and made from the University of California at him coke floats. Gerald Leopold Berkley. Gerald retired from the “It’s been a long and circuitous military in 1976 and was an assis- path to getting my pharmacy “Working in an independent tant administrator at Wichita degree, but I’m looking forward to pharmacy in a small town for so General Hospital in Wichita Falls finally graduating this May and many years, you get to know every- until 1982. For the next 23 years he Darryl Leopold starting what I postponed in 1970,” body and you’re a part of the com- worked in numerous pharmacies Darryl said. munity,” he said. for such companies as Safeway, He was accepted into the Naval Thinking he was ready to retire Eckerd, CVS, as well as an inde- Academy Preparatory School and Robert Leopold, BS ’48 15 years ago, Robert sold the busi- pendent pharmacy. Since 1985, he received an appointment to the After serving in the Navy Air ness. Three months later he real- has served as a consulting pharma- Naval Academy where he studied Corps for 19 months, 1944 to ized he really wasn’t quite ready to cist with the Wichita Falls-Wichita engineering, since pharmacy was 1945, Robert enrolled at CU. His give it all up. County Health Department. not available. After leaving the classes were held on the Boulder “I went back begging for a job,” Navy four years later, he finished campus and he hitchhiked back he joked. his engineering degree at the and forth to Loveland where he Today, Robert works two days a University of Colorado, later receiv- worked in an independent pharma- week for the people who bought his ing a master’s degree in environ- cy on weekends. After graduation, business. He also works one day a mental engineering from the Robert worked in his uncle’s drug- week at a pharmacy in Oshkosh, Colorado School of Mines. store in Lexington, Neb., and then Neb., about 30 miles up the road Fast forward 37 years. Darryl, a in a pharmacy in Longmont for from Chappell, and a couple of P4 in the School of Pharmacy, is seven years. days a month at a pharmacy in just weeks away from realizing his In 1959, Robert bought his own Sidney, to the west. dream of being a pharmacist, like drugstore in Chappell, Neb., for “I enjoy the interaction with his father, Gerald Leopold, BS ’56, $21,000, with no money down and people,” he said. “I get to fill pre- MS; and his uncle, Robert 2 percent interest. Monthly pay- scriptions for people from every Gerald Leopold in 1957 Leopold, BS ’48. ments on the building were $125. walk of life.” Both Gerald and Robert, who Chappell Pharmacy was open seven were themselves influenced by an days week, until 9 p.m. Mondays - Gerald Leopold, BS ’56, MS Gerald now works 15 hours a uncle who owned an independent Saturdays and 4 p.m. on Sundays. (hospital administration) week in a United Supermarkets pharmacy, are still hard at work dis- As the only pharmacist in the only After his discharge from the pharmacy in Wichita Falls. This pensing medications, counseling drug store in town for 31 years, Army, Gerald followed in his older past summer he returned to the patients and enjoying their so- Robert worked long hours and was brother’s footsteps by enrolling in SOP to attend his 50-year reunion. called retirement years. always on call, although he took the the School of Pharmacy. He was “Why do I work? I can’t play golf In January, Darryl was in a rota- time to get involved in community president and the honor graduate every day,” he quipped. “But seri- tion at Wardenburg Health activities. of the class of 1956. His ensuing ously, I would miss the people if I Center’s pharmacy, a health facility career has been eclectic. didn’t work.” for students, faculty and staff on After graduation in 1956, he Gerald and Robert are pleased the CU-Boulder campus. worked at Hodel’s Drug Store in that Darryl is continuing the phar- During an average day when Boulder from 1956 to 1959. macy tradition. The careers of the school is in session, the pharmacy From 1959 to 1960, Gerald three Leopolds show the variety of dispenses between 150 and 200 worked for Skaggs Drug Center in options available in the pharmacy prescriptions, primarily for contra- Denver after being recruited by profession. Their paths may differ, ceptives, antibiotics and attention Mont Gutke, a former faculty mem- but they agree that pharmacy can deficit disorder medication. ber for whom a lecture series at the be a satisfying long-term career. Although a full-time student, school is named. “Pharmacy is a great profes- Darryl is working part-time as a Gerald joined the Air Force sion,” said Gerald. “With the mechanical engineer at Ball where he was commissioned as increased demand for pharmacists, Aerospace and Technologies Robert Leopold pharmacy officer. During his 17- you can go almost anywhere and Corporation where he is helping year military career, Gerald was sta- name your price.” SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 4

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYNEWS PAGE 4 Spring 2007 Dr. Karl Maluf joins Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

By Kenna Bruner how another motor protein is able to stuff the DNA Office of Public Relations genome into the interior of a virus. Nasib Karl Maluf, PhD, has come full circle. In “Imagine punching a hole in your car tire, and trying Dec. 2006, he joined the Department of to seal the hole with your thumb,” he said. “Now multi- Pharmaceutical Sciences as an assistant professor -- the ply this force by 10, and you’ve got the amount of pres- same department where he was a postdoctoral research sure this viral motor has to work against to stuff the fellow from 2003 to 2005, working for Professor DNA into the virus. This is the most powerful molecu- Carlos Catalano, PharmD, PhD. lar motor discovered to date, and it would be pretty cool His research interest is the molecular mechanisms to figure out its engineering. It’s a remarkable process.” of genome packaging in the adenovirus, a linear, dou- Maluf received his BS in biochemistry from the ble-stranded DNA virus that causes respiratory tract University of Arizona and his PhD in molecular bio- infections, and is a particular threat to individuals physics from Washington University School of Medicine with weakened immune systems, such as organ trans- in St. Louis, Mo. Immediately prior to joining the plant recipients and AIDS patients. When he starts School of Pharmacy faculty, he was a postdoctoral Nasib Karl Maluf, PhD talking about his research, the conversation quickly research fellow in the Department of Microbiology at veers into the arcane scientific terminology and the University of Iowa. abstruse vocabulary of molecular biology. His wife, Katrina Maluf, PhD, has a faculty position in the Department From his early days in graduate school, Maluf has been interested in of Physical Therapy at UCDHSC. They have a six-year-old son, Sean, and understanding how motor proteins, which literally are little molecular are expecting a second child. motors, are able to perform mechanical work on other biological mole- Maluf returned to the School of Pharmacy because of the many oppor- cules, such as DNA and microtubles. The prototypical example of a motor tunities for research collaboration. protein is the kinesin protein, which transports cargo along a filament “This is a fantastic department,” he said. “You see the whole spectrum from one part of the cell to the next. This process looks like a gigantic bag here, from developing drugs to delivering them to the patients. It’s great of cargo being hauled around the cell by a little speck of a protein, much being surrounded by colleagues who, when you have an idea or are con- like a small tugboat towing an ocean liner out to sea. ducting research, can help you take it to the next level.” While conducting research with Catalano, Maluf became interested in DOPS faculty Faculty productivity update honors and notices

LaToya Jones, PhD, (with Dr. Wenchang Ji from Amgen), co- chaired the ACS ProSpectives Meeting Successful Protein Therapeutics: The Interconnection of Formulation, Processing Development and Manufacturing. The meeting was held in San Diego, Calif., July 23-25. In September, Christina Aquilante, PharmD, was appointed as a voting member of the University of Colorado General Babies in order of “appearance” -- Emile Ndikum, Leif Hansen, Evan Linnebur, Victor Bonhan Clinical Research Center Scientific Cai and Maggie and Rowan Ulrich. Advisory Committee (SAC). Dan Gustafson, PhD, and Dawn Duval, PhD, left the depart- ment in January and have accepted DOPS Grants positions at Colorado State Rajesh Agarwal, PhD Peter Anderson, PharmD University. Develop CEES-Induced Skin Toxicity Models and Evaluate Bristol-Myers Squibb Silibinin Efficacy U54 Genetic Determinants of protease inhibitor pharmacology (PI: Carl White) $46,352 -- 09/01/06-08/30/08 National Jewish subcontract NIH/NIAID Total Costs: $2,015,088 -- 9/15/06-9/14/11 (Co-PI, Chris Aquilante) Interim Genetic determinants of protease inhibitor pharmacology Tom Anchordoquy, PhD $100,000 -- 08/01/06-07/31/08 positions State of Colorado CUTTO Proof of Concept Award (Co-PI with Karen Stevens) Christina Aquilante, PharmD A New Treatment for Ineffectively Treated Schizophrenia NIH/NIDDK The School of Pharmacy is Patients: Pre-clinical Validation for Centrally Genetic Predictors of Thiazolidinedione Response pleased to announce that the fol- Administered Clozapine $556,556 -- 07/01/06-06/30/11 lowing faculty members are serving $200,000 -- 1/1/07-6/30/07 Manisha Patel, PhD in interim administrative positions: CUTTO Proof of Concept Award Epilepsy Foundation of America, Post-doctoral fellowship • Douglas Fish, PharmD, associate A New Treatment for $40,000 -- 12/06-11/07 professor and interim chairman, Schizophrenia Department of Clinical Pharmacy $25,000 -- 4/1/06-10/31/06 David Ross, PhD State of Colorado CUTTO Proof of Concept Award • David Thompson, PhD, associate (Co-PI’s Philip Reigan, David Siegal) professor and interim associate HSP 90 Inhibitors dean. $200,000 -- 1/07-12/07 SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 5

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYNEWS Spring 2007 PAGE 5 In his own words: DOPS graduate student shares his experiences

By Danny Chou, PharmD, MBA The following article was taken from a recent issue of DOPS Notes. Hello to all professors and students! My name is Danny Chou and I am a fifth-year graduate student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (DOPS). I am currently in the process of completing my thesis under the guidance of my advisor Dr. John Carpenter, co-director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at CU. Prior to joining the pro- gram I earned my PharmD and MBA degrees from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. I have several years of experience as the man- ager of a community pharmacy and also had a stint as sales and marketing manager for a big pharmaceutical company on the East Coast. After concluding that neither of these career options fulfilled me on a personal level, I decided to undertake additional training to earn the expertise that would give me an opportunity to work as a scientist in the exciting world of biotechnology. It was one of the best decisions of my life because under the tutelage of Dr. Carpenter, I have been exposed to the most cutting-edge knowledge on stabilization of protein pharmaceuticals. Chou visited the National Palace Museum in Taipei where some of Protein-based drugs are becoming an integral part of our pharmaceutical China’s 5,000-year-old treasures are displayed. arsenal against a wide array of diseases, ranging from dia- taken by my uncle during our trips to various part of the country. The betes and inflammatory dis- large building behind me is the National Palace Museum on the outskirts eases to cancer. of Taipei. It displays some of China’s most ancient treasure from its 5,000 With the support of a NIH year history. The leaders of Republic of China brought them to Taiwan training grant and Human when they fled mainland China after defeat by the communists in 1949. Genome Sciences, a biotech The collection is so large that even though it is less than 10 percent of firm in Maryland, I was able antiquities passed down from generations of Chinese emperors, it still to devote most of my time to would take 60 years of regular rotations to be shown in its entirety. Taipei laboratory research, which 101 is currently the tallest building in the world and Taiwan has the involved characterization and longest mountain tunnel in Asia at 13 Km. After emigrating to the United States development of strategy for It took us almost 20 minutes to pass through it. Not bad for a nation 24 years ago, Danny Chou visits stabilization of albumin- of 23 million people. If any of you visit Asia in the future I highly recom- Taiwan, the country of his birth. fusion proteins. These pro- mend visiting Taiwan. teins are the result of genetic In closing, I want to express my sincere gratitude to the wonderful peo- fusion of the DNA sequences that encode for human serum albumin and ple in the DOPS; to everyone, including professors, fellow students, and a pharmacologically active protein molecule. This has been found to result the administrative staff who have contributed to my positive experience in in improvement of important characteristics like solubility, physical stabil- Colorado. Thank you very much! Specifically, I want to thank John ity, as well as pharmacokinetic parameters such as serum half-life. Carpenter, Mark Manning, Ted Randolph, Tom Anchordoquy, and David The exciting part for me is that the knowledge I have gained from my Bain for serving on my thesis committee. No matter where I go in the studies is directly applicable to the production and formulation of human future I will have fond memories of my time at the School of Pharmacy. therapeutics. I know this because for several months now I have been working in the department of Drug Product Process Development at Shell Prize and Heim Awards announced Amgen in Thousand Oaks, Calif. My brief amount of time here has rein- Dr. Rajesh Agarwal has been selected as the recipient of the forced my belief that our program does a great job of preparing students 2006 John and Barbara Shell Prize for outstanding achievement in for careers in the pharmaceutical industry. Now I am depended on by my research and graduate education. colleagues for advice on how to safely produce biopharmaceuticals at the Natalie Lassen and Erica Pierce have been selected as the recip- commercial scale, a responsibility that challenges and excites me at the ients of the 2006 Heim Award for outstanding achievement in same time. research while pursuing a graduate degree or fellowship. So far my work has taken me to Puerto Rico, Germany, Switzerland, The three will be honored at a symposium this spring. and the Czech Republic. I will probably accrue a few more frequent flyer miles before the year is over. Amgen has recently decided to invest about $3 billion to build a state-of the-art manufacturing plant in Ireland in the PhD student awarded Ebert Prize next four years and I am on the core team responsible for its successful Renuka Thirumangalathu, a PhD student in pharmaceutical sciences, implementation. has been selected as the recipient of the Ebert Prize for 2007 from the I am writing this article on a plane returning from a trip to Taiwan, the American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA) for her manuscript, Effects country where I was born. This a very special trip for me because it was my of pH, temperature and sucrose on Benzyl alcohol-induced aggregation of first time back after coming to the United States 24 years ago. On my recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating. mother’s side of the family we have many relatives there, the oldest being The Ebert Prize is presented for the best original investigation published my grandmother, who is almost 90 years old. I brought my mother with in the APhA journal each year. Thirumangalathu’s doctoral work includes me and we had a wonderful reunion in a restaurant at the top of a moun- investigation into mechanisms of protein aggregation and oxidation, effect tain near Taipei. My family treated me as if I had never left; I was truly of solution conditions on protein stability and heterogeneous nucleation touched by the genuine love and affection I felt from everyone. induced protein aggregation. The award includes a silver medal, an The cousins I used to play with are now parents of little kids and have engraved certificate and complimentary registration and lodging for the their own careers. The most striking thing I noticed about Taiwan is how spring annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. modern it is; it is very similar to what I saw in Japan two years ago when I She received her BS degree in pharmacy from Birla Institute of attended the Global Pharmaceutical Education Network (GPEN) meeting Technology and Sciences in India. In 2000, Thirumangalathu came to the in Kyoto. And of course the food is fabulous! For the first time in almost United States and received an MS degree in industrial pharmacy from the a quarter century I spoke almost no English for an entire week. I’m glad I University of Toledo in Ohio. Her plans are to pursue a career in the still can read Chinese. The pictures you see here are some of the ones biotechnology industry. SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 6

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYNEWS PAGE 6 Spring 2007 New generation of leaders needed in next decade A significant shortfall of phar- macy from Oregon and the need for more post-gradu- macy managers and directors is State University, an ate training for potential managers, anticipated in the next 10 years. MS in Hospital and came up with recommenda- More troubling is that many clini- Pharmacy Manage- tions for addressing those issues. In cal and staff pharmacists appear ment from Ohio State 2005, the American Journal of uninterested in stepping into University, and com- Health-System Pharmacy published leadership positions. pleted an American her report, “Will There Be a Health- In her school-wide presenta- Society of Health- System Pharmacy Leadership Crisis?” tion last fall, Sara White, MS, System Pharmacists White’s research revealed that FASHP, urged students to become (ASHP) accredited while most pharmacy directors and leaders in their profession and to pharmacy residency at middle managers were satisfied take charge of developing a satis- Sara White, right, talks with students at a Ohio Sate University with their positions, nearly 80 per- fying pharmacy career. reception held after her recent presentation Hospitals and Clinics. cent said they will leave their jobs “You are the future of the pro- on leadership skills. White received health- in the next decade. fession and whether or not you system pharmacy’s “To be truly successful in your think of yourself as a leader, you after 11 years as pharmacy director highest honor in 2006 by being profession, you need to take charge need to be a leader in your prac- at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, named the recipient of the ASHP of your career,” she said. “You need tice,” she said. and 20 years as associate director of Harvey A.K. Whitney Lecture Award. to be the chief executive officer of White has more than 30 years pharmacy at the University of She conducted research into the your own career. It’s not too early experience in pharmacy practice Kansas Medical Center. shortage of young pharmacy lead- leadership. In 2003, she retired She earned a BS degree in phar- ers, the turnover of current leaders Continued on page 14... Post-Katrina business a struggle for independent pharmacists

By Kenna Bruner cians. Before Katrina, all employees drug therapy that can have direct Office of Public Relations worked full time. effects on health outcomes. When Jack, BS ’54, and Edith It is predicted that New Orleans “As long term care pharmacists, Sassone returned to New Orleans will probably not regain its pre- we provide and maintain an emer- after Hurricane Katrina, they were storm population. Residents are gency medication supply, have one relieved to find their closed-door trickling back, although the city is or more daily deliveries, and take dispensing pharmacy had suffered well under half of its pre-hurricane 24-hour calls for emergencies,” he little damage. population of 460,000, further said. “We conduct in-service educa- There had been no flooding contributing to the dramatic down- tion programs and participate in from the breached levees in their turn in business. the infection control committee, in Jefferson suburb, and other than “The economy has taken a nose addition to many other committees some shingles blown off the roof, dive. Half the people have left. and reviews on patient care issues.” Alpha Pharmaceutical Company Who’s going to buy what? There Undaunted by the uncertainty had received no direct damage aren’t enough people living here of what the future holds in New from wind and floods. With the Jack Sassone who have the money to buy any- Orleans, the Sassones retain a sense National Guard stationed in a near- thing,” said Edith. “A lot of our of pride and commitment in their by building, the couple’s business Katrina is still being tallied. More friends have left, walked away from community and the traditions that stayed safe from looters. than a year after Katrina made their houses with no intention of are a part of Louisiana’s cultural As soon as electricity was landfall, on Aug. 29, 2005, New coming back. The whole complex- fabric. restored to their neighborhood, the Orleans has become a place of ion of the city has changed. Aside As a member of the Women’s Sassones were able to get back to quiet desperation, where thousands from that, I am grateful for what we Guild of the New Orleans Opera business and serve the institutions of damaged homes remain empty, do have. As for our future, I can’t Association, Edith happily that were still open. businesses have been slow to even predict that now.” announced that productions are Indirectly, however, their 30- reopen and city services haven’t In October 2003, Jack and resuming with the 2007-08 opera year-old business has suffered from returned to normal. In some areas Edith visited Denver where Jack season, although at a temporary a ripple effect of the storm. Their of New Orleans traffic lights still presented the first Mont Gutke lec- venue since storm damage repairs closed-door pharmacy specializes in aren’t working and trash removal is ture at the School of Pharmacy. His to the historic New Orleans Opera providing prescription delivery erratic at best. Before the storm, topic was Consulting Pharmacy. Guild Home are under way. services to patients in long-term there were about 63 nursing homes The lecture series is named in “Quarters are tighter and adjust- care facilities, rehab centers and in the New Orleans area. Today, honor of Mont Gutke, a former ments have to be made,” said hospitals. Many of those institu- there are 34. Only half of the city’s executive with Skaggs Drugstores Edith, “but Faust and Il Trittico tions that were the Sassones’ cus- hospitals have reopened. who served on the School of will open to the acclaim of a sold- tomers were severely damaged in A study by Louisiana State Pharmacy faculty from 1951 to out house and will delight both the flood and have not reopened. University showed that about 60 1955. Gutke was Jack’s professor, audiences and critics.” “We were fortunate in so many percent of the businesses within the advisor and mentor. “We have a longing for life to ways,” said Edith, “but now we’re city limits have not reopened. The Jack’s career has taken him return as it was,” said Jack. “So just trying to hang on. It doesn’t LSU study also showed that the through many facets of pharmacy much is still ‘shuttered.’ We are look like our business will get back hurricane affected more businesses which has included retail, hospital focusing most of our energy these to normal any time soon. It may with fewer than 50 employees than and institutional pharmacy. He days on rebuilding our business, take us 10 years to recover.” any other business sector. Many of believes that the consulting seg- since most of our clients have relo- The Sassones weathered the the independent businesses that ment of institutional pharmacy is cated and do not plan to return, storm in Vicksburg, Miss. When are open are financially struggling pharmacy at its purest since it and we are marketing in other areas they returned two weeks later, they to survive. involves reviewing patients’ pre- with a new vision.” were shocked at the devastation to The Sassones currently employ scription records, conferring with a their city. four part-time pharmacists and range of other health care providers The damage from Hurricane three part-time pharmacy techni- and recommending changes in SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 7

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY STUDENT NEWS Spring 2007 PAGE 7 Participation in school organizations provides richer experience for students

Recently the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences’ College of will be covered in future issues. Pharmacy magazine declared this “the Golden Age of student organiza- The 10 organizations include: tions.” We find that to be the case in Colorado, too. Pharmacy students • Asian American Pharmacy Student Association (AAPSA) carry a heavy load of classes and experiential learning obligations, yet they • Academy of Students of Pharmacy/American still find time and energy to pour into several student organizations. Pharmaceutical Association (ASP/APhA) The leadership experience and the camaraderie gained from member- • Colorado Student Society of Health-system Pharmacists (CSSHP) ship in these organizations can be immensely rewarding and round out • Kappa Epsilon (KE) each member’s educational experience. At the University of Colorado • National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) School of Pharmacy, students can choose to join one or more of 10 organ- • Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) izations in addition to serving on Student Council. Previously, student • Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) professional organizations were divided by gender and focus. Currently • Pharmacists for Christ membership is mixed in all organizations. • Phi Delta Chi Those originally set up by minority groups for minorities have diverse • Rho Chi memberships while their purpose remains to advance the health care serv- ices for minority populations. Quite often, students choose more than SNPhA chapter to host one, based on the different focus of each group; SNPhA alone has 179 members. regional meeting in March The stories on these pages highlight a few of the many service activities undertaken in the fall of 2006. Another busy semester is in progress and The SOP’s Student National Pharmaceutical Association chapter (SNPhA) hosted this year’s regional meeting, March 23-25. Jocelyn Elders, MD, former U.S. Surgeon General and the first African American woman to hold that post, gave the keynote address Saturday evening. The meeting was held in downtown Denver and focused on current leg- islative issues related to health care and/or heath disparities, such as Medication Therapy Management and Point of Care ACPE continuing education workshops, asthma continuing education session, cultural com- petency session, immunization training, career networking, educational exhibits, a recruitment fair, and a pipeline program to orient underserved pre-health students to career opportunities in pharmacy. Elders was appointed surgeon general of the Public Health Services by President Clinton and served from Sept. 8, 1993, to Dec. 31, 1994. As sur- geon general, Elders argued the case for universal health coverage, and was a spokesperson for President Clinton's health care reform effort. She was a strong advocate for comprehensive health education, including sex edu- Kappa Epsilon promotes cation, in schools. SNPhA is an education and community service association of pharma- breast cancer awareness cy students who are interested in providing pharmacy services to diverse and underserved communities. The SNPhA chapter at the school was cre- By Amber Hodges ated in 2003 to “accept the challenge of serving underserved and diverse The members of Kappa Epsilon-Theta (KE) chapter, a profes- communities.” sional pharmacy fraternity, are proud of our accomplishments in Recent SNPhA activities include “Get on the Path to Wellness” health 2006 to promote breast cancer awareness. Together, the members of fairs, pre-collegiate summer pipeline programs, flu shot clinics, the Denver KE raised more than $1,000 to support the Susan G. Komen Indian Health and Family Services Chart Review, The GLBT Center Foundation and The Young Survivor’s Coalition. Brown Bag and Education Session, the Black Church Diabetes Class, and The money we raised came from three sources. First, a number a multicultural food fest. These programs support the purpose of the of our members and guests participated in the Komen Race for the national SNPhA organization, which is to plan, organize, coordinate and Cure in Denver in October. Second, a bake sale was sponsored to execute programs geared toward the improvement of health, education raise money and patrons were given pink ribbons to wear in honor and social environment of diverse and underserved communities. of breast cancer awareness. Finally, a collection box was circulated among members of each pharmacy class to help raise money. In addition to raising money to support breast cancer awareness and research, KE also is involved in other related projects. Each year, we participate in the Yoplait Save the Lids! campaign in which stu- dents save the pink lids from Yoplait yogurt containers. The lids are returned to Yoplait and the company makes a donation proportion- KEal to the number of lids to breast cancer awareness and research. Every spring, KE members assemble baskets of gifts for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. These homemade baskets are deliv- ered to patients starting chemotherapy at the Anschutz Cancer Pavilion. The gift baskets bring comfort and let these patients know that people care about them and are thinking about them during this difficult time. Ralph Altiere, dean of the school, (third from right on back row) Breast cancer awareness is an extremely important and valuable and members of the Student National Pharmaceutical cause for both our chapter and our national organization. We would Association’s SOP chapter take a photo break at the luncheon like to thank everyone who helped make our projects such a success. honoring keynote speaker Joycelyn Elders. SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 8

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Holiday Formal celebrates semester’s end The annual School of Pharmacy Holiday Formal was held Dec. 7 at the Phipps Mansion Tennis Pavilion. Students from all four classes and many of the professors dressed up for an evening of dancing, relaxing and cele- brating the semester that was finally coming to an end. Food and beverages were served while the music played. The DJ was required to wrap up the music prior to 10 p.m. in compliance with neighborhood rules, eliciting the only complaint: an early end to the party. Students were able to spend time with students from other classes and their professors talking about things unrelated to school. Students and professors alike enjoyed a night away from studying and school responsibilities to share and celebrate their accomplishments.

Putting a smile on children’s faces By Tara Vlasimsky The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) stu- dent chapter, Colorado Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSSHP), has been brightening the lives of children and their families at The Children's Hospital for the last several years through their annu- al Valentine's Day and Halloween events. At Halloween, CSSHP members dress up in their costumes and help children decorate pumpkins and play a game of "pumpkin toss" (throwing a ball into an inflatable pumpkin). For Valentine's Day, CSSHP members take craft materials for the children to make Valentine's Day cards for loved ones. At each visit, we hand out goodie bags to the children and their sib- lings filled with non-candy treats and age-appropriate toys. CSSHP’s visits to The Children's Hospital have become an invaluable experience for our members. We all truly enjoy being able to put a smile on each child's face. SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 9

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY STUDENT NEWS Spring 2007 PAGE 9 The evolution of the Colorado SNPhA chapter

By Olivia Rapacchietta members from our chapter plus Dr. appointed as the Region IV facilita- tion of immunizations for those The CU SNPhA chapter was Valdez and Beverly Brunson experi- tor. Our responsibilities in our students whose schools have no cer- busy this past summer participating enced the city of brotherly love for respective offices began July 31. The tification program. Although most in three pre-collegiate summer the weekend and proudly repre- new national executive board tran- states allow pharmacists to give camps at the Health Sciences sented the state of Colorado. Our sition with the past officers will last immunizations, only a hand full of Center campus, preparing six chapter had a great presence and until July at the 2007 national con- states allow pharmacy interns to posters to present at the national was recognized in several ways. We vention, where I take over as the give immunizations and offer the convention and preparing for the received two awards: Largest Chapter SNPhA national president. certification course at their school upcoming school year. We wanted Representation at the convention Some of my responsibilities as of pharmacy. to send as many CU SNPhA mem- and Outstanding Community Service the president-elect include visiting I was a bit overwhelmed by the bers to the national convention in for our health fairs. We also other SNPhA chapters, represent- whole weekend but very honored; Philadelphia, as possible. In order received three certificates of recog- ing SNPhA on the NPhA Board of and even two months into my term for our chapter to do this, we had nition for participation in Directors and presiding over the it still seems surreal. I am very com- to do some serious planning and Operation Immunization, The delegate business sessions at the mitted to this organization and the fundraising! Scrapbook Competition and the regional and national conventions. communities that we target. I have Several P2, P3 and P4 members most poster presentations. I look forward to helping my CU always hoped to make a difference raised money for the convention by Nick Pollard and I were recog- chapter host the convention for in the profession and know that staffing the Office of Diversity’s nized for our hard work and com- regions two, four, and five in the these next two years give me the Pre-Collegiate summer programs mitment to SNPhA and the profes- spring of 2007 and know that we opportunities and tools that will for Denver area high school stu- sion of pharmacy and we were invit- will represent our school proudly. make me a better pharmacist. dents June through July. ed to run for national positions. I My presidential goals are chapter The CU SNPhA chapter was Responsibilities included mentor- took advantage of this great oppor- development and expansion into formed in 2003 with five members. ing and teaching several topics of tunity and ran for the national pres- schools of pharmacy without The chapter has grown to 164, health disparities to students par- ident-elect position. I had to cam- SNPhA chapters. Also, I am trying almost tripling in membership ticipating in the camps. Nick paign, interview and undergo an to extend opportunities to SNPhA since last year. Our chapter is now Pollard (P4), Reannon Castelleja open forum question and answer, members from other pharmacy the second largest chapter in the (P4), Stephanie Cho (P3) and but by the end of the weekend I was schools by establishing Pharmacy nation and we have representation Gloria Mendez (P3) even chaper- sworn in as the 2006-2007 presi- Based Immunization Workshops at at the national level. oned the students on an overnight dent elect and Nick Pollard was the conventions to allow certifica- trip to Balarat camp grounds. These SNPhA members had the opportunity to really get close to the high school students and help Students say ‘thank you’ at answer questions about going into pharmacy school. I had the oppor- Faculty Appreciation Brunch tunity to teach several of the health By Elyse Attwood disparities topics, but my favorite The Faculty Appreciation Brunch held in November has been an annual tradition hosted by part of the pre-collegiate camps was Kappa Epsilon (KE) for the past several years. This year, the Student National Pharmaceutical being able to teach STDs and Association, Phi Lambda Sigma, and the Colorado Student Society of Health Systems Pharmacists HIV/AIDs to the high school stu- collaborated with KE to help sponsor the affair. dents. It was very challenging to The Faculty Appreciation Brunch involved students providing food and refreshments for the fac- keep their attention, but these lec- ulty members of the School of Pharmacy to thank them for all their hard work and dedication. There tures really engaged and educated was a great turnout of faculty in addition to the organizations’ members, who were present to express them. They commented to me that their gratitude for the faculty’s constant hard work. The commitment of our faculty members is what nobody really talks to them about makes us successful students. This brunch is a small way that we can say thank you. these things and they were sur- prised at how little they really knew. After the camps ended, we worked to get ready for our nation- Students lend comfort to soldiers in Iraq al NPhA-SNPhA convention. We had submitted six abstracts in June In October 2006, the School of Pharmacy stu- shirts, underwear and scrubs, to mouthwash, shav- to the national office and all were dent council launched a drive that was a little differ- ing cream and antibacterial gel. accepted for presentation. Two of ent from the clothing or food drives they had con- The students also collected money to purchase the posters were research based; ducted during past holiday seasons. It started with more items and to assist with shipping expenses. Stephanie Cho (P3) and Dr. Valdez an email from a service member stationed in Iraq Approximately 20 boxes were mailed in late had each prepared posters that who had visited the Combat Surgical Hospital in the December to the CSH. Col. Jesse Deets, command- reflected Native American Indian International Zone in which he wrote, “I was con- er of the Joint Area Support Group, and Lt. Sharon attitudes and beliefs regarding their cerned to discover from the nurses that they do not Burns, the public affairs officer, notified students health care. The other four posters have all the supplies they need. Our service members that the boxes arrived safely and sent them a certifi- were prepared by other CU SNPhA need various items and the Combat Surgical cate of appreciation. The TLC project was deemed a members and reflected the differ- Hospital (CSH) is running very low.” huge success. ent chapter activities from last year; This message sparked students to respond to the An excerpt from the email in response to the Operation Immunization, the call for TLC: Together Lending Comfort. As mem- gifts: “I got to finally meet Lt. Burns from the CSH Denver Indian Health Fair, the Pre- bers of the health care profession, pharmacy stu- last night and we were both overwhelmed with hugs Collegiate programs and the Faith dents wanted to do something to assist those serving and tears at the outpouring of support from every- and Health Ministries Collabor- their country overseas. TLC information explained one, and especially from the students at the School ative Health Fair. that injured service members arrive at the CSH with of Pharmacy. Lt. Burns said she received so many The 2006 SNPhA national con- no toiletries and only the clothing on their backs, supplies she has been able to stock the hospital here vention was held in Philadelphia, which is often cut off to reach wounds for treatment. in the International Zone and the outposts and even Pennsylvania, July 29-31. Twenty The students collected various goods ranging from t- the CSH in Kuwait.” SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 10

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY STUDENT NEWS PAGE 10 Spring 2007 Second graders get to play pharmacists for a day

Members of CSSHP, SNPhA, Rho Chi and KE combined forces to by members of Phi Lambda Sigma. These students are taking pre-phar- host 72 second graders from Denver area elementary schools at the School macy advising information to university and college campuses in the area of Pharmacy. The visiting students were given a taste of professional prac- as a student-to-student expansion on the school’s regular recruiting efforts. tice in the learning center at four different stations. Focusing on the need to use medications prop- erly and on poison prevention, the students par- ticipated in exercises to compare the look-alike properties of common candies and real medica- tions, such as purple Good and Plenty candies and Prilosec OTC as well as compounding exercises designed to demonstrate the consequences of fol- lowing directions correctly or incorrectly. The students also received a demonstration and actually practiced reading a prescription, fill- ing and labeling it, and finally counseling a fellow student-patient on the proper use of the pre- scribed medication. All were provided short white coats for the day and certificates of participation. It’s never too “The kids were fun to work with. We were pleasantly surprised at their interest and level early to introduce the idea of proper medication of involvement throughout the day. By varying the style of the lessons, the children use or a future in health care. became more engaged in the activities and, hopefully, learned a lot about the pharmacy profession by the end of the day,” said Darcie Ryant, P3. Further outreach programs are being provided SNPhA provided health care outreach at annual stock show

By Baochau Nguyen In collaboration with students we provide risk assessments, but we needs of rural communities. SOP SNPhA Chapter Secretary from the medical school, the physi- also promoted health awareness Students served as friendly ambas- This semester has been busy and cian assistants program and the and disease prevention. In addi- sadors for the HSC; directing visi- successful for the Student National nursing school, we set up two tion, we provided education and tors around our exhibit and answer- Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) booths at the National Western encouragement about health career ing questions regarding the health chapter. We continue to accept the Stock Show. This exhibit, CU in opportunities. This exhibit high- care education programs offered at challenge of serving the under- Good Health, ran for the duration lighted UCDHSC’s commitment the HSC, health care itself, and served communities. of the show, Jan. 6-21. Not only did to rural health to more than myriad health career opportunities 600,000 visitors during the event. available to them. The health screening exhibit This interdisciplinary event was Clinical Skills included several testing stations for a huge success! Not only did we blood pressure, cholesterol screen- provide healthcare, promote aware- Competition winners ing, pulmonary function testing ness and disease prevention coun- using spirometry, Framingham risk seling, we also were able to reach a assessment, and risk factor modifi- population with which we were pre- cation counseling. More than 75 viously unable to establish contact. pharmacy students participated This was a great opportunity for all during the Stock Show Health Fair involved; the students were able to (a mighty feat considering a majori- build upon their classroom educa- ty of the event fell during winter tion with real-life experience break). Collectively, we worked Many of the participants were with approximately 500 patients via rural ranchers or small business blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose owners who do not have access to or lung function screenings. health insurance. We hope to Pharmacy students and faculty become an annual presence at the staffed more than 130 hours. National Western Stock Show and The educational booth empha- continue our outreach to other sized how the Health Sciences underserved populations as well. Center (HSC) is addressing the

Congratulations to the 2006 Clinical Skills Competition win- ners for our school: 1st place, Kevin Flynn and Matt Marshal; 2nd place Jamie Billotti and Jessica Morris; 3rd place, Megan Eck and Stacy Shadburne. The first place team went on to represent the school at the ASHP National Clinical Skills Competition at the ASHP Midyear in early December and placed in the top 10 out of 86 competing schools. Many thanks to our faculty evaluators, Drs. Robert Page, Laura Hansen and Joseph Saseen, for taking time out of their busy P2 Tracey Laessig provides health care to National Western Stock schedules to participate in this event. Show visitors. SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 11

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYNEWS Spring 2007 PAGE 11 Rotation in Wales: An eye opening experience

By Jordan Bendinelli tioned officers within the pharmacy beds for as long as they were admitted, which, Recently I had the opportunity community. It was evident everyone surprisingly, often was chronically. The hospital to travel abroad and perform one of I interacted with was willing to give did not have the right to discharge an elderly my P4 rotations in Wales, a part of of their time and was interested in patient unless arrangements were made for other the United Kingdom (UK). I stud- discussing the similarities and differ- means of care. Families often refuse to care for ied in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, ences between the United States and their mother/father and the result is that the near the border with England. the UK. It seemed as if I stood as the sole expert hospital assumes the role of long term care facil- I had arranged the rotation with the and liaison of the American health care system ity for free. University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, which is with the whole of Wales. It was exciting and very Inpatient and outpatient medications are highly involved in pharmacy-related issues in rewarding. free as well. Currently, much of the UK places a Wales as well as student programs and training. Wales, along with the rest of the UK (Wales, 3-6 pound surcharge on each outpatient medica- The hospital (referred to locally as Heath England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland), uses tion, but by next year, Wales is doing away with Hospital) spearheads much of the development a socialized health care system. The motto is that charge and there will be no cost for medica- of pharmacy practice and research and leads "Free upon the point of admission." It was new tions whatsoever. The advantage of this system pharmacy for all of Wales and much of the UK. for me and an informative rotation to be able to is apparent in that no patient is discriminated My goal in pursuing this rotation was to observe how this system operates and how it against for being uninsured or unable to afford become acquainted with a health care system affects the practice of pharmacy. I did get to medications. outside the United States and to be further inte- work in a community setting while I was there, Disadvantages of the system were apparent as grated with other pharmacy practices with but the majority of my training was spent in hos- well however. Two disadvantages that appeared around the world. The staff at Heath Hospital pital pharmacy practices. I often heard com- to be the most evident: the use of hospital beds went beyond my expectations of familiarizing me ments regarding the cost of health care in and excessive distribution of medications. with the system of pharmacy and healthcare in America, but through direct observation, I was Because no cost is imposed on patients or their the UK. I was able to work alongside Sarah able to point out pros and cons to the differences families for using a hospital bed, you often find Jones, who is in charge of student pharmacy in the reimbursement systems. patients occupying beds for no apparent reason development in Wales and arranged a specific I found it an advantage that every person or because they had nowhere else to go. The program for me during my six week stay there. (regardless of class, citizenship, age) was eligible result is a problem regarding vacancy rates at the The first four weeks of my rotation, I was at for completely free health care. This resulted in hospitals, posing a disadvantage for patients in a different pharmacy site every day, which gave great access for the people in Wales. Patients serious need of a bed. me a snapshot of nearly every facet of Because there is no consideration of pharmacy practice. I attended many dif- “It seemed as if I stood as the sole expert and cost for medications, there appeared to ferent pharmacy-run clinics including liaison of the American health care system with be situations where patients would rheumatology, anticoagulation, pre- the whole of Wales. It was exiting and rewarding.” abuse this system receiving unneeded admit, Medical Admissions Unit, medications with no incentive to use methadone, HIV, Parkinson’s, Clonzapine, med- could call for an ambulance, get admitted into them. Many patients would bring bags into the ical information, the poison unit, and mental ill- intensive care, get treated with medications, get hospital, full of medications from prescriptions ness wards. I also trained at Llandough Hospital transferred to a ward, take up a bed, and then get they had been filling and refilling without ever and Whitchurch Hospital which handles acute released without the mere mention of cost or actually taking them! mental illness cases. reimbursement. I was amazed at how much of the health care Because my primary objective was to under- It was actually a foreign concept for many system I was able to learn in my six weeks in stand a foreign health care system, meetings were people that a country could charge patients for Wales. I increased my interest and knowledge of arranged for me with the chief executive of phar- treating their illnesses. No discrimination was international health care affairs as well as gaining macy for Wales, the vice president of the Welsh made if you were a foreign citizen in need of greater appreciation for the advanced health assembly government at the royal pharmacist treatment while in the UK. (Often these patients research and technology that the United States society, and the pharmacy director for public are asked to reimburse the hospital, but if they offers. My experience in Wales was rewarding health in Wales. I was consistently surprised by fail to pay, there would be no follow-up). This and informative... one that I will remember the access I was given to engage with highly posi- system also allowed elderly patients access to free throughout my pharmacy career. The Dean’s List

P1 Class of 2010 Johnson, Steven Wirawan, Jay Carson, Sarah Noor, Hodan Alquist, Elizabeth Kanani, Zanette Yacko, Lisa Cho, Stephanie Patten, Audra Anderson, William Kennedy, Jill Yacoub, Basheer Cummin, Matthew Pham, Tiffani Arndt, Emily Kim, Miron Yeung, So Do, Quynhtram Puga, Jacqueline Berch, Allison Krisl, Jill Zhen, Danna Doniec, Andrew Pulido, Michelle Blocher, Andrea Kryskalla, Jennifer Zoffka-Zimmerman, Kennda Hodges, Amber Red Owl, Melanie Blunt, Nnenne Larkin, Adrian Hounshell, Natasha Ryant, Darcie Brady, Michael Le, Minh P2 Class of 2009 Jackson, Tenesha Sampayan, Michele Burgeson, John Lewis, Angela Anderson, Laura Kirkpatrick, Jennifer Sanderson, Melissa Cake, Ronald Li, Xiao-Meng Azadegan, Mana Leonard, Jessica Schmidt, Jennifer Calvert, Paul Lowe, Rachel Eckley, Darla Letourneau, Ashley Shalberg, Brandy Cao, Bich-Chi Luetters, Angela Hanselin, Brittany Lumsden, Katheryn Stahle, Sara Carlstrom, Kelley Morison, Laura Hanselin, Michele Martell, Chad Stansfield, Lindsay Clark, Dain Nicolarsen, Lana Holbrook, Ri Mccauley, Patrina Strebig, Charli Cochrane, Rebecca Paul, Jennifer Refaat, Momein Mcgee, Bradley Sumner, Sarah Cook, Jesse Pham, Myhao Simons, Kathleen Meadowcraft, Lindsy Tran, Thu Crona, Daniel Schultz, Benjamin Voitseklovitch, Nikolai Meyers, Kelly Van, Trang Decker, Kimberly Singer, Brenda Miller, Katherine Vlasimsky, Tara Eyeson, Rosemary Smith, Scott P3 Class of 2008 Morris, Jessica Watson, Amy Floyd, Corinne Tran, Anna Alarid, Liza Nguyen, Xoa Frame, Kelli Urban, Jamela Andreas, Tracie Nguyen, Xuan Godfrey, Maria Vandiver, Jeremy Arnold, Timothy Nielsen, Adam SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 12

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYNEWS PAGE 12 Spring 2007 Honor Roll of Donors

Contributors leading the way... Donald Lee Kautz Richard Itsuma Omura Christina M. S. Tancik This Honor Roll of Contributors recognizes the gen- Ruth G. Kemper Christopher Mark Paap Christine A. Thomas Ronald L. Kennedy John Anthony Panepinto Bradley J. Thompson erosity of those who have made a commitment to the John Albert Kennison Sandra H. Paolini Margie Gaasch Thompson future of the School of Pharmacy. The names that follow Beverly C. Kimmel-Sullivan Jacqueline Marie Parpal Rachel Lydia Thompson represent the alumni and friends whose gifts are helping Joseph L. Klune Judy Peratt Jean B. Tingley create and improve programs, and strengthen the support Roberta M. Kneisel Donald D. Petersen John Todoroki C. James Knopp Barbara J. Peterson Huyen Xuan Tran of our outstanding students and faculty. The School of Arthur R. Konialian Richard A. Pickett II Frank A. Tsutsumi Pharmacy extends its sincere thanks for your support. Tatiana E. Kosyak Jairo Enrique Ramirez Susan C. Turman Every effort has been made to produce an accurate list- Michael Kullas Julia Baker Rawlings John Tymkowych, Jr. Robert T. Kurita Sherman I. Rich Laura L. Tyndall ing of donors who made a gift to the School of Pharmacy Lester L. Lakey Bruce Allan Richardson Gary A. Ungerman from January through December 2006. We apologize for Jerome G. Lambrecht Robert J. Ringer James N. Updegraff any incorrect listings, spellings or omissions. Please let us Michael W. Laufenburger Richard L. Ripple Josh Kyle Urano know. Direct your comments or inquiries to Susan Steven Mark Lawrence Gerald Roberts Tad Ken Ushijima Ronald P. LeBlanc Janet S. Roberts Valmond Joseph Vachon Saunders at 303-315-7359, by e-mail to: Francis E. Lefler Keith M. Robinson David Joseph Valdez [email protected] or School of Pharmacy C-238, Diana L. Leher Robert Robles Robert Valuck UCHSC, 4200 E. Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262. Gerald L. Leopold Franklin Earl Rogers Leslie VanMeter Robert B. Leopold Susan J. Rosen Monica S. VanVorst Samuel C. Abernathy, Jr Christian A. Due Michele C. Lester Joseph I. Rotenberg Elizabeth J. Wakimura Albertina Almgren Adcock Joel Edelman Brenton James Libby Nancy Roth June Ann Walega James F. Aichelman Dorothy M. Egan Rhonda Beth Liberto Paul Joseph Rotunno Steven Richard Walker Thomas W. Alexander Richard Dean Eisenberg Gregory Lichtenwalter Kathleen M. Rudd M. Margaret Ward John Amaya Dwayne W. Else Emerson E. Liley, Jr. B. Kurt Sabados Doris Warren Reanna M. Anders Lauri L. Engelhardt Paul Nicholas Limberis Fred David Sachs Herman H. F. Wat Helen H. Angel Joy Nkechi Ezidinma W. Ed Linderholm, Jr. Anthony E. Saiz Robert E. Watzl Ethan E. Annis Robert D. Fiorenzi Jenae Lorenzo Lock Dean Sanderson Scott G. Wheeldon Rudy J. Anselmi Joseph Rex Foltmer Marvin B. Lofgren Leo Edward Sands Lydell V. Whiteside Anne Y. Asaoka David L. Frydendall Cynthia Lopez Jack E. Sassone Jenny Bingham Willis Nancy M. Babich W. William Fuegy, Jr. Wilner R. Lowe (Timothy) & Patricia Saunders Raymond Alan Wodicka Jacquelyn Bainbridge Steven Toshi Fukumoto Sally Ann Lowes Richard Clair Saxon Warren Louis Worker Jack S. Bakeman Rudolph A. Gallegos Diane Lumpkin Lorna Ann Schreiner Ronald C. Wreath Edmond R. Beasley Judith K. Geller Theodore B. Lyckberg Robert M. Schroetke James Michael Yahns Lyal S. Beattie III Timothy David Georgia Richard Lym Michelle A. Schueller Linda Sue Zarei David G. Beer Donna B. Gesumaria Ben L. Lynch Lewis John Schwartz Gerald H. Berlage Curtis Edward Giersch Barbara E. MacIntyre H. Emmett Seal Corporate Donors William R. Blade Robert W. Goettsch Eugene Y. Manabe Terry Lynn Seaton Albertson's Stores Charitable Thomas Blake Michael E. Goldman Cynthia C. Marchant Katherine Selenke Foundation Robert Bruce Boardman Lillie D. Golson Noble Mark Hubert Robert C. Semmens ALSAM Foundation Shari Sue Bohn Joseph Ronald Good II George Masunaga Zahra Fariba Shaghaghi Coca Cola Enterprises, Inc Marti H. Bok Mark T. Goodrich Louis Matsukado Karen Mariette Shawler CVS Pharmacy, Inc David Martin Bott Xuanphung Thi Ha Robert L. Maynes Carie E. Shealy J.M. Long Foundation Pamela Sue Bower David Haner James H. McCorcle Barbara & John Shell Kaiser Permanente Suzanne Rohner Brooks Iris Harnagel John A. McEntee Rudolph P. Shelley King Soopers/Kroger Company Joseph W. Brougham Mary Hastings John & Judy McEvitt Philip C. Shockman Foundation K. Morrison Brown Elizabeth & Richard Hayes George Damien McGoff Robert Elwin Siemer NACDS Foundation Frederick D. Brunner Richard A. Haynes Debra Topping McGrath Stephen Allan Sigman Safeway, Inc Thomas J. Byrnes Leo J. Hayward Scott A. McHugh Tisha S. Silva Walgreens Company Edwin D. Campbell Christopher C. Heissenbuttel Gene McMahan Pamela J. Sims Wal-Mart Ylan Cat Cao Warren D. Heston Robert Medina, Jr. Edward Skaff Mark Thomas Carlton Susan Virginia High Misty Raye Meister George L. Skiffington Faculty & Staff William F. Carlyle David Hill Patricia Yaude Melendy Amy Louise Smith Ralph Altiere Patricia A. Castrodale Jerrold Himelfarb Franklin O. Meroney Ketsy S. Smith Thomas Anchordoquy Scott A. Chapman Lorraine Hisamoto Stephen Edward Michaud Sandra Ann Smith Jacquelyn Bainbridge Jill C. Chappell Norman F. H. Ho Albert M. Miyamoto John Kurt Soffa Carol Balmer Wilson A. Chase Jerry Hofmann Sue C. Moody Stanley Stein Beverly Brunson Edgar Dwayne Childers Marguerite C. Holden Caroline Y. Moon Douglas Allan Stewart Catherine Jarvis Connie Sue Clark Jonathan S. Holman John S. Moore Joyce Stoddard Dennis Petersen William E. Collins Carrie Kresl Hopkins Marguerite G. Moore Stephanie G. Stone Sheldon Steinhauser Betty Conner Irvin G. Hopson Brian Craig Morganfield Lee Richard Strandberg Christopher Turner Stephen P. Cook Richard James Howden Rita B. Morrill Henry Strauss Robert Valuck Milton W. Coppi Todd Dale Huff Stephen M. Morse Kathryn Nelson Sullivan Dawn Lynn Cornier John Lewis Icke David M. Mumaugh Diana M. V. Swedhin Colleen R. Cornwell Barbara T. Irby Craig J. Murobayashi Gary Evan Takahashi Pamela Kelly Cozzetta Lucinda K. Iverson Myrle Ann Myers Nathan P. Cruz Donald E. Jacobsen Nancy Naeve Bill Dale Oddy G. Jacobsen Silvana G. Nelson Hale Davis Martin Alan Javors Rebecca Sue Nemechek Beverly A. Boudreau de Saules Carmen Jimenez Terri Leigh Neuendorf Otto Richard A. Deitrich William Dennis Jinkens James & Mary Newell Miriam L. Denham Calvin Johnson Brian Nielsen Lifetime benefactors Dino Mario DeVito Douglas H. Johnson Eleanor S. Noble Christina M. Doherty Philip N. Johnson Mark H. Noble In recognition of alumni and friends who have Donna R. Donelson Robert D. Johnson Kenneth J. Norris, Jr made contributions of $25,000 or more: Amy Lynn Doros Joseph B. Jones Elizabeth Ann Nowakowski Henry L. Downing Valdis Kalnins Geraldine T. Oerter John A. Biles Eugene C. McMahan Henry E. Drewniany Kathryn Sells Kalsman James Dale Olson, Jr. V. Gene Erwin John & Barbara Shell Annibel Gardner Edward Skaff Gift Dedication Rachel (Becky) S. Gilbert Pearl S. Stehley Richard C. Lym, Class of 1953, made a generous contribution to scholarships Mont H. Gutke James H. Vincent in honor of Dr. Louis Diamond’s twenty years of service as dean and in memory Marguerite C. Holden of Dr. Mont H. Gutke, a friend and Practical Pharmacy instructor. SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 13

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYNEWS Spring 2007 PAGE 13 School of Pharmacy prepares to move

The Skaggs Pharmacy Building at the corner of Eighth Ave. and Department of Clinical Pharmacy will move to a temporary home on Colorado Blvd. in Denver was first occupied in August of 1992, becom- the first floor of Academic Office West. In the fall of 2008, with the ing the home of the consolidated programs of the School of Pharmacy opening of the second research building at the AMC, faculty members in Denver. Fifteen short years have brought the school to the brink of and administrators of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences will another series of moves. In the fall of 2007, with the opening of the edu- move into a separate temporary home on the third and fourth floors of cation and office buildings at the Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Research Complex II. Construction of a new home for the School of the PharmD students, the administration and faculty members of the Pharmacy is expected to begin at the AMC in the fall of 2008. $10 million gift from ALSAM Foundation will support construction of new SOP building

The School of Pharmacy will receive a $10 million gift from The ALSAM Foundation, a Utah Trust, to assist with the construction of a new, 105,000 square foot building to be located on the UCDHSC Anschutz Medical Campus. The School of Pharmacy is one of the top-ranked pharmacy schools in the nation and is committed to excellence in pharmaceutical education, research and patient care. The school consistently ranks at or near the top of the nearly 100 schools of pharmacy in the United States in terms of National Institutes of Health research grants per faculty member and has been widely acclaimed as having one of the country’s most diverse phar- macy student bodies. The ALSAM Foundation gift is the largest ever to the School of Pharmacy and one of the most substantial ever to the Health Sciences Center. To honor and memorialize the Skaggs family, the school will be renamed the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. L.S. Skaggs and his family are nationally recognized as pioneers in the retail drug and grocery business and as generous philanthropists. In appre- ciation of their earlier financial support, the current pharmacy building at Eighth Ave. and Colorado Blvd. in Denver is named for the Skaggs fami- The current Skaggs School of Pharmacy building on the Ninth ly. The University of Colorado awarded Skaggs a doctor of science degree, Ave. and Colorado Blvd. campus Honoris Causa, in 1992.

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SCHOOL OF PHARMACYNEWS PAGE 14 Spring 2007 Good news for donors! As of Aug. 17, 2006, a special grams and other projects. IRAs also make sense for immedi- [email protected]) or Marsha window for charitable giving Using IRA assets for the charita- ate charitable giving, so you can wit- Dawe, Foundation director of gift opened with the signing of the ble portion of your estate planning ness the benefits of your generosity planning (303-813-7925; Pension Protection Act of 2006. has always been a good way to max- in your lifetime. [email protected]). Until Dec. 31, 2007, alumni and imize your ability to provide for We at the School of Pharmacy They can provide you with sam- friends, at least 70.5 years old, can your heirs and the organizations in would be delighted to speak with ple gift letters and letters of instruc- make a charitable gift by rolling which you believe strongly. If you you about the details of such an tion for your IRA custodian to ini- over a part of their IRA directly to leave IRA assets to your favorite tax- arrangement to benefit the school. tiate the transfer. the University of Colorado exempt charitable organization, the Here are some key points about the Foundation to benefit the School full amount of your gift will go for new law: of Pharmacy. This is great news for your intended purposes. Then you • The provision remains effec- Meet those of you who care deeply about can leave your family and friends tive only for tax year 2007 and you Elizabeth Oser the School of Pharmacy and wish other estate assets like cash, stock must have reached the age of 70.5 to provide immediate support for and real estate that are income tax- by the time the gift is made. Elizabeth Oser, joined the our students, faculty, research pro- free. While this new law is in place, • The charitable rollover allows School of Pharmacy last October as charitable gifts of up to $100,000 an administrative assistant in the for each individual’s IRA (which school’s experiential program. Making a gift to the could mean $200,000 for husband Her position entails managing and wife). the plethora of paperwork generat- • The rollover must be a direct ed by students, preceptors and fac- School of Pharmacy payout from the IRA to the ulty in the program, which includes When making a gift to the School of Pharmacy, please make University of Colorado Foundation tracking mechanisms to provide your checks payable to the University of Colorado Foundation. The and the rollover cannot be used to accurate program data for a variety foundation has been designated by the CU Board of Regents as the fund a life-income gift. of activities, such as final grades organization to receive and deposit private gifts to the university. • The rollover may be used to and evaluations. If your check is made payable to the School of Pharmacy, we are satisfy your required minimum dis- Wanting to make a lifestyle prohibited by law from depositing it in the foundation. This means tribution in 2007, in full or in part. change to pursue the outdoor activ- we cannot deposit the check in our growing endowment fund where • The rollover amount will not ities she enjoys, Oser left Boston it will benefit the school in perpetuity. To allay concerns about prop- be included in your adjusted gross where she had been a computer er crediting to the School of Pharmacy, you may note us in the income, nor will you receive a instructor for seven years at the memo line of your check; attach a simple signed note saying deduction for the gift, so the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. But you “enclosed is my gift for the School of Pharmacy,” or enclose your rollover gift can be made in addi- won’t detect much of a Bostonian pledge card when responding to a solicitation. tion to other charitable gifts you accent because she’s originally from To further ensure proper crediting upon receipt of your gift, mail have planned. Ohio. When not in the office, Oser your contribution to: If you are interested in support- likes snowboarding, hiking, rock Director of Development ing the School of Pharmacy by mak- climbing and power yoga. School of Pharmacy C-238 ing a gift from your IRA, please “I really enjoy working with the 4200 E. Ninth Avenue contact Shelly Steinhauser, School pharmacy students and seeing Denver, CO 80262-0238 of Pharmacy director of develop- them progress in their classes,” she ment (303-315-0983; sheldon.stein- said.

Supporting the school’s educational programs New Generation Continued from page 6

to start thinking about that.”

She suggested students should: • Invest in their future with con- tinuing education, such as a master’s degree, residency or a fellowship • Develop a relationship with a mentor • Work well with others; be fair • Be a self-starter – don’t wait to be discovered • Work effectively to get results • Be careful when sending e-mails • Balance work with personal time Her final words of advice were to “boldly go where there is no trail and make your own.” “Look at your career as a life- long self-development project,” Don Johnson, Ralph Altiere, Louis Diamond, Cheryl Chamberlain and Wayne Gold (class of White said. “Whether or not you ’97) pose outside the School of Pharmacy following a presentation of a check by the three go on to assume formal leadership Walgreens executives. Walgreens has consistently and generously supported the school’s edu- positions, don’t ever forget that as a cational programs. pharmacist, you’re in charge.” SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 15

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYNEWS Spring 2007 PAGE 15 Alumni News

Richard L. Clark, class of ’61, publisher and president of HCCA, On Dec. 19, 2006, the School of Dr. Bober continued to serve writes to let his classmates know he a Denver-based firm that publishes Pharmacy held a memorial celebra- the school until his retirement in moved to California’s wine country the Arizona and Colorado Managed tion and reception honoring the 1997. As an associate professor in 2000. His wife, Charlene, passed Care newsletters. He recently life of Harold L. Bober, MS, PhD, emeritus, Dr. Bober maintained his away in 2003. He manages a served on the search committee for who passed away on Oct. 22, 2006. ties with pharmacy education Safeway store, plays golf and keeps the new dean of the School of Dr. Bober’s two daughters, Simone through appointments at Arapahoe very active in civic affairs. Pharmacy and is a member of the and Melanie, attended the celebra- Community College and Front He can be reached at 707-256- school’s Development Council. tion and shared a personal perspec- Range 3210 or 3210 von Uhlit Ranch Rd., tive and a photographic recollec- Community Napa, Calif. 94558. A. Wayne Gold, class of ’97, has tion of their father’s life. Former College, been promoted to Mountain West dean, Dr. Louis Diamond, recalled directing Miles Doane, district pharmacy supervisor for many facets of Dr. Bober’s career pharmacy class of 2000, wrote Walgreens. He joined the company with the School of Pharmacy. technician to announce that in 1997 as a pharmacy intern and Several other guests spoke of their programs for he and his wife, was most recently pharmacy manag- love and respect for Dr. Bober and both colleges. Lisa, introduced er at 1601 W. 84th Ave. in Federal of the many wonderful ways he had He graciously Audrey Yu-Ying Heights, Colo. touched their lives. mentored students in these pro- Doane to the world Dr. Diamond concluded the grams, counseling the best of them on Oct. 1, 2006. In Memoriam event by leading the group in recita- to apply to the school. Audrey’s middle name means tion of the mourners’ Kaddish, a Dr. Bober’s pharmacy educa- moon bright in Chinese. Dorothy M. Snyder, class of Jewish prayer for the departed. tion began with a bachelor's degree ’73, passed away at the age of 87 on Dr. Bober began his long asso- from the University of Manitoba in James R. Hertel, BPharm ’72, November 12, 2006. The news was ciation with the School of 1960 followed by a master’s degree MBA ’74, has been elected to the sent to us by her son, who noted Pharmacy in 1987 as an adjunct in Pharmacy Administration and Board of Trustees of the Colorado that he graduated from the associate professor of law and phar- Business from the University of Health & Hospital Association as University of Kansas School of macy administration. In 1991, he Colorado in 1967. After finishing a its Volunteer Trustee member. He Medicine the same week that his became an associate dean and from PhD degree in Educational is the chairman of the Board of mother graduated from the School 1994 to 1995 he served as the inter- Administration and Business at the Trustees of the Platte Valley of Pharmacy. im chairman of the Department of University of New Mexico in 1977, Medical Center in Brighton. He is Pharmacy Practice. Dr. Bober went on to become the vice-president or president of sever- al drug information companies until starting on the faculty of the ASHP mid-year reception University of Colorado. He also had faculty experience at the University of New Mexico as an assistant professor from 1968-1972, as an assistant dean from 1972- 1975 and as an assistant professor at North Dakota State University from 1976-1979. Interspersed between his educa- tional training and faculty appoint- ments were positions with Gurvey’s Pharmacies, Ltd. of Winnipeg, Eli Lilly Company, Ltd., of Toronto and Pharmaco Nuclear, Inc. of Kansas City. His breadth of busi- ness and teaching experience brought a wealth of knowledge to Colorado’s pharmacy community. Dr. Bober earned many honors and awards including Pharmacist of Drs. Catherine Jarvis, Laura Hansen and the Year in New Mexico, the Joseph Saseen hosted the School of Pharmacy President’s Excellence in Teaching reception for alumni and friends during the Award in 1993 and 1995 at the ASHP mid-year conference in early December. University of Colorado and the The Colorado Pharmacists Society co-sponsored School of Pharmacy's Distinguished this year’s event, with Dr. Norman Kwong co- Coloradan Award in 1998. He served hosting. Many alumni, faculty and students who on the board of directors of the were attending the conference dropped in at the Colorado Prevention Center and reception in the Anaheim Sheraton Resort. the Colorado Pharmacist Recovery Top Photo: Danielle Cassidy (P4), left, and Network. Dr. Bober's congeniality, Sarah Anderson (P4). Right Photo: Angela generosity, pleasant manner and Schuman, seated, a resident at The Children’s constant hard work on behalf of Hospital, with Danielle Cassidy (P4). the pharmacy profession created a proud legacy that will be long remembered. Spring 2007 Tell us your news SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Name NEWS

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Also Inside: Nonprofit Organization Pharmacy runs in the U.S. Postage Leopold family – page 3 School of Pharmacy PAID Mail Stop C-238 Boulder, CO Sassones weathered 4200 E. Ninth Ave. Permit No. 257 the storm in New For the 13th consecutive year, the School of Denver, CO 80262 Orleans – page 6 Pharmacy's students and employees collected more than 800 items for a food drive to benefit The Special student Gathering Place, a daytime shelter for homeless Address service requested section – page 7 women and children. Chad Martell and Jackie Martin (pictured) were the student organizers and Honor roll of donors – Charlotte Klaus coordinated the employee participa- page 12 tion for the drive. Student organizations are thriving at the School of Pharmacy. A special section has been SOP prepares to dedicated to their activities, starting on page 7. move – page 13 SOP_Spring2007.qxd 4/11/07 9:00 AM Page 16 Page AM 9:00 4/11/07 SOP_Spring2007.qxd