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COLLEGECURRICULUM OF PHARMACY The College Breaks New Ground
n April 25, the College broke ground on its new academic and O research building and library, ushering in a new era in the College’s 150-year history. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and board of trustees members watched as community and College dignitaries, including Jason Kander, secretary of the state of Missouri, dug their silver spades into the soil at the head of the new building construction site. The new six-story, 213,000-square- foot building will house the School of Pharmacy and will include a large auditorium, several large classrooms, smaller classrooms, study areas, and 30,000 square feet of research space. The library will more than triple in size and there will also be a welcome center for prospective students and their families. The new building has a projected completion date of May 2015.
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SCRIPTVOLUME 24, NUMBER 2 Summer 2014 Editor Sheila Haar Siegel FEATURES Designers Julie Conway Colleen Krutewicz A Global Effort
Contributing Writers An alumnus and two STLCOP students are working to prevent and treat Stacy Austerman 8 patients living with HIV in two very different communities. On two Brad Brown Blaire Leible Garwitz different continents. With two very different approaches. Greg Katski Connie Mitchell by stacy austerman
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Class Notes The Non-Crazy Cat Lady Kristine Bryant Assistant Professor of History Brenda Gardenour Walter, the 2014 Joe. E. President, Alumni Association 12 Haberle Outstanding Educator Awardee, shares her thoughts on medieval Robert Salter ’70 theology, medicine, and the pull toward being a nun.
Chairman, Board of Trustees Jane E. Arnold by sheila haar
President John A. Pieper, Pharm.D.
Vice President, Advancement Preparing Future Leaders Brett T. Schott How the College’s new curriculum will prepare our students to be leaders Assistant Vice President, in the profession of pharmacy and in their communities. And why it is Marketing and Communications 16 Beth Keserauskis happening now.
Director, Alumni Relations by connie mitchell Stephanie Hoffmann
Script magazine is published three times a year for alumni, students, and friends Self-Made: It’s in the DNA of the College. Questions or comments may be addressed to Sheila Haar Dan Fieker ’79 read everything available on the subject, talked with Siegel at [email protected]. 22 anyone he could find, and is now one of only a handful of pharmacists in ADDRESS CHANGES OR the U.S. making pharmacogenomics a part of community practice. TO UNSUBSCRIBE Office of Advancement, 314.446.8394 or [email protected] by brad brown
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New Dean Faculty Footnotes of the School of Pharmacy Faculty Member Professor Elected to bruce canaday, pharm.d., Named Fellow National Leadership Role has been selected by St. Louis College of Pharmacy to serve gloria grice, Pharm.D., terry seaton, as the 15th dean of the School of Pharmacy in the College’s BCPS, associate professor Pharm.D., BCPS, professor 150-year history, effective of pharmacy practice of pharmacy practice, has Aug. 1, 2014. and interim director of been named president-elect Since 2010, Canaday has experiential education, has of the American College served as professor and been named a fellow in the of Clinical Pharmacy chair of the department National (ACCP) following a national of pharmacy practice and Academies election of its members. pharmacy administration at of Practice The organization is one of the Philadelphia College of (NAP). the premier professional Pharmacy of the University of the Sciences. He received Grice, who pharmacy organizations his B.S. degree from Purdue Pharmacy Education (ACPE). has been and represents more than University and his Pharm.D. Prior to joining the given the designation of 14,000 clinical pharmacists from the University of Philadelphia College of distinguished scholar, was across the country. Tennessee. Pharmacy, Canaday was one of only eight pharmacy Seaton was instrumental “We were looking clinical professor and fellows selected this year. in developing the medication for a national leader in vice-chair in the division of NAP is an organization of therapy pharmacy to help us take pharmacy practice at the health care professionals services rules the bold steps necessary University of North Carolina to achieve our vision of at Chapel Hill. He served as who are dedicated to in place for being globally prominent in director of the department promoting affordable, pharmacists pharmacy and health care of pharmacotherapy at accessible, and quality and education, interprofessional the Southeast Area Health health care with an emphasis physicians patient-centered care, and Education Center in on preventative care. in Missouri to work together collaborative research, Wilmington, N.C., where he “I plan to be very involved for the benefit of the and we have found that in spent 35 years as a clinician, with the organization,” patient. As president-elect Dr. Canaday,” said College educator, consultant, and Grice said. “NAP promotes of ACCP, he plans to President John A. Pieper. preceptor for students and Canaday is currently residents. a team-based approach, in continue advocating for a fellow of the American “I am excited about the which professionals from the profession of pharmacy, Society of Health-System forward-thinking vision of different disciplines work now on a national level. Pharmacists (ASHP) and St. Louis College of Pharmacy, together to make decisions “Right now, provider was ASHP president and and the opportunity to join about patient care. The status is the hot issue in chairman of the board in this historic institution,” College’s curriculum is 1998-1999. He served on the Canady said. “In addition to very much focused on this ASHP board of directors an innovative curriculum interprofessional model. My from 1994-2000. He is also and unique location within expectation is to bring this a fellow of the American one of the world’s preeminent Pharmacists Association medical and healthcare work back to the College to (APhA) and served on the complexes, the College is in help prepare our students to APhA board of trustees from the midst of a construction be leaders in the profession of 2002-2008 and as president phase that will provide the pharmacy and health care.” and chairman of the board facilities needed to continue in 2006-2007. He currently to offer the best pharmacy serves as vice-president of education to its students.” John Beale the board of directors of the Accreditation Council for
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pharmacy,” he says. “It may received the Student even be the hottest issue in Enrichment Award, which pharmacy in a long time.” is presented to a faculty member whose interaction Legislation was recently with students outside the introduced in the U.S. classroom goes above and Congress that adds beyond the call of duty. pharmacists to the list of And, for the first time, recognized providers, along two staff members, Ryan with physicians, physician Browning, director of assistants, social workers, academic technology, and nurse practitioners, and Kilinyaa Cothran, director of professional
under Medicare Part B. ColleenKrutewicz student affairs, received ACCP is supporting 2014 Byron Barnes Awardees the College Enhancement additional legislation, soon Award for improving the to be introduced, that would this year, at the annual presented to a staff member College atmosphere to provide yet another benefit faculty and staff luncheon whose work consistently benefit the students’ college of comprehensive medication in May, four St. Louis exceeds expectations experience. management for seniors. College of Pharmacy or who has provided The awards were created “We need to convince employees received the exceptional service to the in 1998 to recognize legislators that pharmacists Byron A. Barnes Excellence College. outstanding service to in Education Awards. the College community. provide critical access Peter Hurd, Ph.D., Eric Knoll, Ph.D., professor of pharmacy Funding for the Byron A. and unique value that assistant vice president of administration and interim Barnes Awards is provided leads to desirable patient college services, received chair of the Department by the BCES Foundation, the outcomes,” Seaton says. the President’s Staff of Pharmaceutical and late Loren G. Cunningham “We have to make sure Excellence Award, which is Administrative Sciences, ’50, and his wife, Sarah. they fully understand the roles pharmacists can play, especially as we’re STLCOP Retirees Honored Four longtime members of the transitioning into a new STLCOP family say farewell.
era of team-based care, the college honored and compensated for the retirees Rasma Chereson, quality and safety of care.” Carol Oliver, Gary Riley, and Mary Kathryn “Kitty” Sims on Saturday, May Professor Receives 10, at a dinner reception Research Grant at the Crowne Plaza in Clayton. The four john beale, professor retirees had a combined total of more than 130 of medicinal chemistry years of service at the and pharmacognosy, and College. Chereson, his collaborator, Nigel
Ph.D., professor of Hastings Sid Cairns, Ph.D., from the pharmaceutics, taught at Washington University STLCOP for 29 years; Oliver, Ph.D., associate College, talked about their lasting legacies, School of Medicine have professor of English and communications, for and wished them well in retirement. A video received a $250,000 grant 37 years; Riley ’01, Ph.D., associate professor was also shown that contained old photos and from C.A.R.T. (Coins for of chemistry, for 31 years; and Sims, senior featured colleagues and students sharing some Alzheimer’s Research and administrative assistant in Enrollment Services, of their favorite memories of each retiree. In the Translation) for Alzheimer’s worked at the College for 40 years. video, Chereson, Oliver, Riley, and Sims also disease research. At the reception, College President John A. talked about what they would remember most Pieper, Pharm.D., thanked Chereson, Oliver, about their time at STLCOP and their plans for Riley, and Sims for their dedication to the retirement.
2 SUMMER 2014 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 3 Jennifer Silverberg Jennifer On Campus CATS Tim Moylan, associate professorthe powerfulmusical storytelling with their of English and director of the physicality, if given the chance. I theater program, first thought already knew that I had a strong he might be able to do CATS after core of committed theater-philes noticing some STLCOP students who were game to throw on the Whelpley Auditorium themselves into anything.” stage, practicing their dance Students—25 cats as it for an upcoming International were—created three memorable Students Organization event. performances of Cats in April in “As I watched them perform, Whelpley Auditorium. “More than noting with what grace and any other show I’ve directed, this sinuousness they moved, I one was an ensemble production,” realized that we do, in fact, have Moylan says. “Nearly everyone is students on this campus who can on and actively involved in nearly dance,” Moylan says. “Not only every song.” who can dance, but who have the It was a Jellicle Ball! kinesthetic awareness to convey PhotoCredit
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4 SUMMER 2014 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 5 Student Profile 6 work Medicine atThe in Shoppe things to Idid was best of the One early possible. as pharmacy as setting Start working a in profession. the and the school STLCOP, fell Ijust and in love with into pharmacy. out check to Idecided time, the look to me encouraged he so two kids were attending STLCOP at teacher’s chemistry advanced school majora chemistry in college. My high be to wanted in and chemistry ested During high really school, Iwas inter education. exceptional pharmacy you’re looking to get an Choose STLCOP because graduating.before how to find the area pharmacyof you love and landposition a get anywherecan’t they that else.” Here, Luong offers advice on importantly,most Iwant to offer them apersonal relationship greet them by name. Iwant them to able be to trust me. And them personable fast, service,” he says. “I want to able be to store’s pharmacist-in-charge. “I to hope impact patients by giving cine Shoppe in St. Louis. In two years, he plans on becoming the practicing pharmacist at the South Grand location of The Medi a full year before he graduated with honors. Luong is now a STLCOP student—Brandon Luong ’14—received an offer almost final year at St. Louis College of Pharmacy stressful.less One Securing aposition before graduating definitely can make the Silverberg Jennifer by Photography by Blaire Leible Garwitz ( How to Land aPosition SUMMER 2014 almost ayear
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Photo Credit Become active in Learn as much as computer program that monitors patients’ adherence to their medica- the profession. you can during your tions. It shows if patients are using Being involved with the Missouri Advanced Pharmacy their medication more often than they Pharmacy Association (MPA) kept me Practice Experiences. should or if they’re not getting their informed on new laws and new devel- My Advanced Pharmacy Practice refills on time. If they weren’t taking opments in the profession and ways to Experiences (APPEs) helped me their medication correctly, a pharma- improve my practice. MPA’s Missouri discover what I loved doing. I cist would call them and help them Legislative Day is a great way for realized I liked the long-term understand how important it is to take students to advocate for the profession. relationships I could develop with the medication as prescribed. After I’ve gone every year. I also went to patients in community pharmacy. seeing how well this adherence pro- Washington, D.C., on behalf of the My rotation at a Medicine Shoppe gram worked, I brought it back to the National Association of Chain Drug- in Pevely, Missouri, also gave me Medicine Shoppe location I had been stores. There, I talked to members some ideas that I want to incorpo- working at for years. That’s something of Congress and advocated for medica- rate into my current Medicine I want to bring to my pharmacy. tion therapy management services. Shoppe position. They were using a SCRIPT MAGAZINE 7 A GLOBAL EFFORT Combating HIV from St. Louis to Swaziland
By Stacy Austerman Photography by Sid Hastings and Eric Pan
More than 55 years after the first HIV case was identified, and more than 30 years after the first patient infected with HIV was diagnosed in the United States, HIV continues to spread around the globe.
In St. Louis, 5,482 people live with HIV and about 200 new cases are reported each year. In Swaziland, with a population of about 1.2 million and the world’s highest prevalence of AIDS, an alarming 26.5% are infected with HIV in the small African country. The average life expectancy in Swaziland is 48.9 years, and the high number of AIDS-related deaths has made a third of the population under 14 years old.
8 SUMMER 2014 COMMUNITIES SERVED St. Louis College of Pharmacy graduates and students are St. Louis, Mo.: Stuart Federman ’07 working to prevent and treat patients living with HIV in two Lubombo, Swaziland: Callie Stoner and Lauren Owens very different communities. On two different continents.
BACKGROUND it. If I speak to a new patient, I want to learn St. Louis: Federman is a pharmacist at as much about her as possible so I can Gateway Apothecary in the city of St. Louis; suggest the right treatment,” Federman registered as a certified HIV pharmacist by says. Depression is also common with the American Academy of HIV Medicine patients who have HIV. “A stigma still exists (AAHIVM). Gateway Apothecary received and, many times, patients don’t have anyone the Peter M. Fox award in credentialing to reach out to, who understands what they excellence from AAHIVM. are going through. I want to give them the Swaziland: Stoner and Owens are sixth- time and attention they need,” he says. year STLCOP students who used computer Swaziland: Many medications used in the tablet devices to provide AIDS education U.S. aren’t available in Swaziland. Owens to health care professionals in Swaziland had to figure out how medications in during a two-month Advanced Pharmacy Swaziland work and try to compare those Practice Experience (APPE). They were drugs to what are used in the U.S., and inspired to create the rotation after attend- then see what substitutions are used for ing a presentation in St. Louis by Sr. Diane patients in Swaziland. Stoner wrote work- DalleMolle, who operates an orphanage and book chapters for the training program on clinic in Lubombo, Swaziland, for children HIV and tuberculosis because the existing who have lost family members to AIDS. program she and Owens used as a model didn’t list HIV and tuberculosis as common COMMUNITY RISKS disease states in the U.S. “Patients also don’t St. Louis: In the city of St. Louis, 3,199 people like the side effects, so they stop taking the drugs. I think explaining the pharmaco- live with HIV. The 63108 zip code, which Top: Stuart Federman ’07, pharmacist at Gateway includes Gateway Apothecary, has the highest Apothecary, in St. Louis, Missouri. dynamics of the antiretrovirals is going to help the workers save lives. We wanted to incidence of HIV in the city. “HIV is a chronic Bottom: Lauren Owens and Callie Stoner, sixth- disease that requires drug adherence,” year students who created a rotation in Lubombo, educate the workers, so they can help stop Federman says. Swaziland the disease from spreading,” Stoner says. Swaziland: “There are attitudes among the Swaziland population that prevent adequate and therapeutic lessons— aimed at helping CONTINUING THE MISSION health care and treatment,” Stoner says. pharmacy technicians educate patients on St. Louis: Federman is working to bring drug- how to properly take HIV medications, manage specific educational programs about HIV to THE FIRST STEP side effects, and take drugs as prescribed health care providers in the St. Louis commu- St. Louis: An HIV program had been so patients do not develop resistance. The nity. Last year, as the president of the St. Louis established at Gateway Apothecary but College’s International Students Organization Area Nurses in AIDs Care, he conducted more Federman, who had previously created a (ISO) chapter purchased the tablets with than 30 educational programs. “We want to new pharmacy program to assist providers proceeds from the ISO International Night, continue to offer the best service we can to helping infected patients at a clinic in which was part of STLCOP’s International our patients and to the physicians with whom St. Louis, has changed how the community Week activities last November. we work. We want to take care of as many pharmacy cares for patients with HIV and people as possible,” he says. assists providers. He offers advice on FINDING THE RIGHT Swaziland: The tablet devices were left for medication issues, helps with insurance TREATMENT TOOLS future reference and to provide access to processing, and explains financial assis- St. Louis: Once a patient starts HIV medica- more learning resources (such as reference tance options to patients who can’t afford tion, he or she will have to take it to suppress books, manuals, instructional materials, their medications. viral load for the rest of his life. Federman workbooks, practice problems) that can be Swaziland: On May 16, Stoner and Owens counsels many patients who choose not to easily updated with the use of inexpensive left to spend six weeks in the remote village take their medications or don’t know they SD cards. Stoner and Owens also worked with of Lubombo at St. Phillip’s Mission to train are infected with HIV. “When I meet with a local officials to ensure that the program will three entry-level health workers by using patient, I try to break things down and find be responsive to local needs. “There is such a tablet computers. Stoner and Owens, along out what is going on. If the patient knows stigma about HIV, so much so that people are with faculty and the Office of International he is infected with HIV and is not taking afraid to get tested or seek treatment. We Programs at the College, developed a his medication, I want to understand what brought so much knowledge, and it will be a training program—which includes basic caused him to not take the medications and powerful tool to treat those infected with anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, help him understand why he needs to take HIV,” Owens says. SCRIPT MAGAZINE 9 Story and Photos Lessons From by Greg Katski the Field: Why More is More When it Comes to Care
The room is loud, busy, and buzzing with ideas care course, for subsequent years,” says Gloria Grice, about patient treatment. Student pharmacists discuss Pharm.D., associate professor of pharmacy practice and proper medication regimens and dosages with aspiring interim director of the office of experiential education. occupational therapists, who want to know their patient’s “We’ve been working to expand our inter- range of motion and mobility after having successful hip professional collaboration with Washington surgery. They ask medical students how the patient is University and Barnes-Jewish College,” Grice says. recovering, who, in turn, check with the nursing students, She spearheaded the initiative for STLCOP, working who are caring for the daily needs of the patient. with faculty from the other two institutions. This is what happens when you put dozens of students The most recent event took place April 11 at Washington from different health care professions in the same University School of Medicine’s Farrell Learning room and assign them to interprofessional teams of and Teaching Building. As health care students filed four or five to draft a treatment plan for a “patient.” into the first session, they were handed a medical The event is part of an interprofessional education chart for “Skylar Field,” a mock patient. Field had hip collaboration between STLCOP, Goldfarb School of replacement surgery and was post operative day one. Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College and Washington The interprofessional student teams were asked to work University School of Medicine. The health care together to devise a treatment and discharge plan. educators have been working together over the last After an hour of collaborative work, facilitated by year to design the event, which was offered three faculty, Grice informed the students that Field had times during the 2013-14 academic year, with plans attempted to get out of her hospital bed, fallen, and to recreate the event four times every year. hurt her shoulder. Teams were instructed to proceed The first year was a pilot, in which STLCOP students to the standardized patient suite and simulation volunteered for the event and received two professional center, which features a dozen patient exam rooms enrichment credits. “It has been so successful, though, surrounding a command center. The exam rooms that I plan to make it a required introductory pharmacy are modeled after a medical exam room, complete practice experience as part of the interprofessional patient with an adjustable patient chair or hospital bed.
10 SUMMER 2014 Each team of students was instructed to decide which interprofessional event was a very exciting and two professions should exam the patient first. The other challenging collaboration,” fifth-year student William half watched and listened in with headphones and Byland says. “It was very rewarding to be confident in laptop screens in a common room outside of the exam contributing information learned at STLCOP to the rooms. Then, the teams of students switched. Faculty interprofessional group and standardized patient. and simulation center staff “This event puts my observed the counseling in education into perspective. the exam rooms from behind “This event puts my education into perspective. It allows me to see past my one-sided windows lining current goals of passing the command center. Teams It allows me to see past my current goals of exams and classes to grasp the were then asked to revise bigger picture of using what I passing exams and classes to grasp the bigger their original treatment plan learn today in the classroom based on the interaction with picture of using what I learn today in the classroom to improve the lives of my Field. Afterward, students future patients,” he adds. debriefed and discussed how to improve the lives of my future patients.” The initiative is one of the teams worked together several new collaborations and what they learned. with Washington Grice says the importance of such events is obvious. University and Barnes-Jewish College, including “Interprofessional exercises not only prepare students the Health Professions Student Leadership Council, for interprofessional collaborative practice, which we made up of students from the three institutions, know improves patient care, but they help equip students and the Center for Interprofessional Education, with important teamwork and communication skills which has been working extensively during the necessary to be effective health care practitioners.” last year to design an interprofessional education The event left an indelible impression on the curricular thread among the various health care fifth-year STLCOP students who participated. “The professions at the three institutions.
SCRIPT MAGAZINE 11 and Ispent all this time reading kid who lived in my imagination, A CHILD? AS LIKE YOU WERE WHAT with my mother to New Hampshire. moved to Germany, and Imoved got divorced,my parents my dad all missile then And when places. awhile for Paso they are because We also lived in Hawaii and El Marshall Islands, above Australia. over apopulated area. It was in the fuselages, you don’t want to do that going flights on empty to do test if you’rethe Pacificbecause South was the numbers guy. We lived in later called] the patriot missile. He [whatthe of fuselages would was SCIENTIST? AROCKET LIKE My dad was guy. arocket UP? GROW YOU DID WHERE thoughts the and medicine, pull on medieval toward theology, being anun. Outstanding Educator Awardee Fulbright former and Fellow to share her courses. We popped into Walter’s asked and office the 2014 E.Haberle Joe. challenging and inspiring been students history global and inher pharmacy I was areally uptight, bookish He was actually an engineer for upI grew in the Pacific. South Since 2008, Associate Professor of HistorySince Brenda Gardenour 2008, Walter has PROFILE STLCOP FACULTY I cooked and IwasI cooked agrill chef, manager amazing at these places. chef and adininga pastry room Iwas ineverything the restaurants. I did restaurants. five-diamond I went into academia; Imanaged PATH? ACAREER AS HISTORY ON SETTLE YOU DID HOW to that.I was kind attracted of far-out 1970ssocks, recluse. But long-haired, jeans-wearing, wool of back home is the sort professor the of history the stereotype OLD PROFESSOR. HISTORY STEREOTYPICAL STODGY A EXACTLY NOT YOU’RE up Igrew on the ocean. because kid. Iloved And the ocean was probably astrange, thoughtful science fiction.Looking back, I watching and movies scary and and stories writing scary I had a really great career before I had before a really career great Isn’t it weird? Yeah, because
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and then I managed these wonderful YOU DID YOUR DISSERTATION of what evil looks like. If you ask the places. But the hours were grueling, RESEARCH IN MADRID, SPAIN average person how they know if and my daughter, who was 4 or 5 AS A FULBRIGHT FELLOW. something is creepy, they’d say ‘it’s at the time, was slowly but surely WHAT WAS THE FOCUS OF gray, it’s rainy, it’s winter, it’s windy, getting angry that I was constantly YOUR RESEARCH THERE? it’s cold, it’s slimy, or it’s haunted.’ busy. So I went back to school. At some point in my undergraduate That paradigm was invented in the career, I decided that the medieval medieval world. So the book looks at HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN world was what I wanted to do theological constructions of evil and YOU WENT BACK TO SCHOOL? because I loved the art, the saints’ the idea of an earthbound body. I had to be about 25. I thought I lives, and all of the healing miracles. would go into advertising because I And then I went to Boston University HOW DOES THE TRIFECTA had already done budget advertising for my master’s degree and Ph.D. OF CULTURE, RELIGION, for restaurants. After about a year So my dissertation research looks at AND MEDICINE AFFECT at the University of New Hampshire the way medical knowledge shaped STUDENT PHARMACISTS? (where Walter received her undergrad the way theologians talk about Because they’re all rooted in the body. degree), I started taking a lot of miraculous healing. People in Western For pharmacists, this really comes up literature and history courses. I was culture think medical knowledge in the global pharmacy class. How do tutoring in the writing center, and I and religion are separate. They’re you perceive others? How do you label loved it. And at some point, I said. actually all over each other all the others without understanding them? ‘You know what? I really want to time. When I was in Spain, I was in How do you know what you know? Are do this.’ And I just couldn’t imagine the Biblioteca Nationale every day you basing your perceptions of other not living my entire life wearing just going through manuscripts. I people on old paradigms, on traditions wool socks and Birkenstocks every was touching things from the plague. and authorities that you’re not even day. It’s the fashion that got me. It was the most wonderful year.
WHAT TOPICS DO YOU DISCUSS HOW DID YOU LAND ON THE IN YOUR HISTORY COURSE? CONVERGENCE OF CULTURE, I organize my classes in the RELIGION, AND MEDICINE? cultural heritage sequence, which Most of my work uses medieval is basically like Western Civilization paradigms and how medieval ideas for student pharmacists, and I make influence modern culture. The old it relevant to them. We talk about structures are with us every day; the history of medicine, and we people don’t realize it. And they show look at epistemologies—how you up in places like bad horror movies know what you know. We also talk and ghost hunting shows—anything about the history of religion because to do with the supernatural. That’s our students can’t get enough of the bridge between those things. it. Then they have to think about it, and we work through it. It’s all MONSTER FLESH IS YOUR dialogue, we talk the whole time. FORTHCOMING BOOK. THAT’S A RATHER FOREBODING TITLE. HOW DO YOU MAKE HISTORY WHAT IS IT REALLY ABOUT? SEEM ALIVE TO YOUR STUDENTS? It looks at medieval structures of I know all of them, and I know their inversion. You create a perfect world, families and their girlfriends, and I and you have God, angels, and the unfortunately know what they did good church. Then you look at the on Friday night. So I pull that into sublunar realm, the world below the class and make everything relevant moon. And you have the construction to them, which only increases their of Satanic upside-down evil in the narcissism but, hey, I’ll work with 13th and 14th centuries from medieval what I’ve got. So have I danced? scholars who were creating this world. Yes. Have I acted things out? Yes. This inverted structure of Satanic Do I use all my funny voices? Yes. evil that they invent is a theological Have I resorted to puppets? Not exercise, but it goes on to influence yet, but the day will come. witchcraft and all sorts of discourse
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aware of, or are you being mindful You know, I get to read books SO WHY DIDN’T YOU? and embracing all people as they are and talk to people, who are I think there is great wisdom in without that? Our students think that really fun, about things I love. realizing that I have problems with everything in the whole world is just obedience. I’m a cat. I work very like here, and they have no sense of WHAT BOOK DO YOU READ well within an institution, but I need AGAIN AND AGAIN? how unique Western culture is, really. to have my own space for freedom. Stephen King’s The Shining. I have We think science is truth, and this The Benedictine sisters in Minnesota read it every fall as a tradition as the is how we know what we know. It’s have an awesome life, and they weather gets colder. Now my husband our primary epistemology. But for the have a lot of freedom, but it just [Brian Walter, associate professor rest of the world, it’s very different. wasn’t right. It’s a journey I’m glad of English at the College] reads it to If you’re dealing with patients from I took. But I definitely made the me while I cook. He thinks it’s not a broad range of backgrounds, then right choice. I was also supposed to literature, but he’s coming around. you need to be able to appreciate go to the Peace Corps right before who they are, where they’re from, and WHY DO YOU LOVE I accepted the position here. They really understand what the issue is. TEACHING HERE? had found a post for me teaching in It really is our students because Romania. Do you know what that WHY DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO? they’re so cool. They’re smart and does to a girl who loves vampires? Because, well, there are so many funny and so wonderfully earnest parts of my job that I love. I’m open SO WHY DID YOU TURN IT DOWN? in so many ways. They’ve got all of with my students, and they know I felt like this was the place to go. the intellect and all the curiosity, I’m a complete and total dork, that It was weird. I came here and was and life hasn’t stepped on them I spend my time in libraries and I’m like ‘oh, there’s something here.’ It’s yet. It feels like, when we come constantly reading. And I love doing kind of a magical place. It has its together, we’re working on things research. I love being a student. If I own challenges, but it has its own as a group. My students and I work could go to grad school for the rest of joys. It’s sort of a very special place. together towards goals. This place my life, I would so do that. This is the feels right. It feels like a family. WHY DO YOU THINK STUDENTS next best thing. RESOND TO YOU SO WELL? WHAT THREE WORDS I think it’s because they know that WOULD YOUR STUDENTS I truly care about them. They matter USE TO DESCRIBE YOU? to me, each one of them is like a I know they think I’m funny. I know daughter or son to me. But I think I’ve heard them say I’m crazy. And I they also realize that I am slightly know it’s going to sound weird, but crazy. I’m slightly less of an adult I think they would say I’m loving. than I should be. That doesn’t mean I think that’s what education is. I’m irresponsible, it just means that It’s not about power. It’s about I’m in touch with my younger self. love and empowering other people to be the best they can be. WHAT IS ONE PIECE OF ADVICE YOU’D GIVE YOUR STUDENTS? IS THERE ANYTHING YOUR Love yourself, because they don’t. STUDENTS WOULD BE SURPRISED They are so driven and so focused, TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? and I honor that. But I think they A lot of my students know this, but sometimes forget how good they are, right before I came here, I had thought not just as students but as people. of being a nun. I had gone through the You know, live more. Go outside. Go endless process of getting baptized, out and play, color. Coloring books and I felt this calling to something. are good. I buy coloring books and For me, it was a process of what can crayons, the big packs, you know? It’s I devote my life to? My daughter is so important to take time to do things grown, so there was some of that. that are meaningless in that beautiful, And I was doing research up in Buddhist way. I do vintage needlepoint, Minnesota at St. John’s Abbey. I was which isn’t valuable for anything. It working there in the archives, and I has no purpose in the cosmos, you lived a monastic life for a summer. understand. It just brings me joy.
14 SUMMER 2014 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 15 Preparing Future Leaders Story By Connie Mitchell
The practice of pharmacy is changing dramatically. The near future holds promise for pharmacists in several areas, including team-based care, transitions of care, patient safety, and medication reconciliation. To meet these opportunities, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) is calling for all graduates to be practice-ready and team-ready as part of its 2016 accreditation standards. In response, St. Louis College of Pharmacy is transforming our Doctor of Pharmacy program now so our students can enter the profession prepared to directly contribute to patient care and collaborate with other health care providers.
St. Louis College of Pharmacy students entering our curriculum to help ensure that our students the pre-professional program in fall 2014 students are second to none when they graduate.” will be the first to enroll in the College’s new seven-year curriculum. After four years, they will The College has been awarding Doctor of receive a bachelor’s degree and at the conclusion Pharmacy degrees to some of the nation’s of three more years, a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. brightest future leaders. However, faculty members are not resting on their laurels when it “Pharmacy is becoming more competitive, comes to recognizing what it will take for students and the profession is changing to embrace to be outstanding practitioners in the future. evidence-based, interprofessional, team-based patient care,” says Dr. Brenda Gleason ’97, ANTICIPATING AND RESPONDING TO CHANGE Pharm.D., associate dean for academic affairs. Before implementing a new curriculum, “We’re responding to those changes by updating Gleason says faculty considered the process
16 SUMMER 2014 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 17 long and hard, looking carefully at the national the field’s most important emerging skills. pharmacy landscape. “The genesis of the new curriculum goes back to 2006,” she says. A SHIFTING NATIONAL PHARMACY LANDSCAPE J. Gregory Boyer ’76, assistant executive director When ACPE was preparing to release updated and director of professional degree program accreditation standards in 2007, the faculty accreditation for reviewed the ACPE, notes that existing six-year while accreditation curriculum to CHANGE ACPE is still based ensure alignment on a minimum with the standards of two years of and identified TEAM PATIENT- pre-professional areas that could be TRENDS education and four improved. Using BASED LEADERSHIP CENTERED years of professional a SWOT analysis pharmacy method that FUTURE education, “there identifies Strengths, IMPROVE is a change in Weaknesses, the breadth of Opportunities, and information that Threats, “we saw needs to be that the six-year GENESIS covered during the program was professional part packed with credit of the program.” hours, yet didn’t Many of the areas allow quality time identified by for developing STLCOP faculty in some of the the SWOT analysis newer, emerging match those listed competencies by Boyer as newer that characterize areas needing pharmacy practice,” to be covered. she says. Unable to squeeze Those emerging more into existing trends included professional programs, he says many pharmacy an emphasis on patient-centered team-based institutions are moving some material, such care, pharmacogenomics, informatics, practice as microbiology and biochemistry, into the management, population care, community pre-professional years and increasing requirements outreach, research, and advocacy. To meet the for entrance into the professional programs. requirements of the six-year curriculum, students had limited flexibility and few elective choices A second important trend is the increasing that fit into their schedule. Leadership training, number of students who have more than the strong writing skills, and patient safety were other minimum of two years of pre-professional underrepresented areas. And those are among education before entering professional education.
16 SUMMER 2014 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 17 Only about 10 of the 131 pharmacy colleges Given the current landscape, trends are moving or schools in the nation still accept students toward more and more pharmacy programs directly from high school into a six-year program, that require three or four years of pre-pharmacy and all require those students to pass standards education. As of 2011, 39 percent of U.S. schools and interviews that prove their readiness for of pharmacy had pre-professional programs with a the professional minimum required program, says Dr. or preferred three Lucinda Maine, years or bachelor’s executive vice degree. And president and CEO FORWARD FRAMEWORK schools that still of the American QUALITY only require two Association VS pre-professional of Colleges of years increasingly Pharmacy (AACP). QUANTITY find students “The pharmacy DESIRED simply can’t get all field is highly LIFE OUTCOMES their prerequisites competitve,” she GOALS done in that says, “so schools BALANCE amount of time. are naturally BACKWARD choosing applicants DESIGN Meanwhile, with who have the FINDINGS more graduates best qualifications emerging, and amount of employers are preparation.” dipping into a larger pool of candidates The AACP points and becoming to data from more selective. 2010-11 showing “They’re looking that 76 percent for well-rounded, of applicants had mature, three or more years entrepreneurial, of postsecondary clinically education, and competent team 41 percent players,” Gleason held a bachelor’s degree. For fall 2013, only says. “We are going to produce the kind of three years later, those figures shifted to 61 pharmacists they want to fulfill those needs.” percent of applicants with bachelor’s degrees.
“We recognize that our students must make DEVELOPING THE NEW CURRICULUM themselves more competitive in the current STLCOP faculty considered all the data, trends, environment at the time of graduation,” and findings in order to identify specific desired Gleason says. “At the same time, we need outcomes at graduation. “The traditional to create a program that achieves our goals curriculum model focuses more on content within a reasonable framework that allows delivery,” Gleason explains. “It’s like we take students to maintain life balance.” a fire hose and say, ‘Open wide! We’re going
18 SUMMER 2014 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 19 to cram you full of facts.’ But students don’t pharmacist may eventually encounter in practice, always know how best to digest that knowledge we’re focusing on the learning process, making and how to apply it. So instead, we thought sure our students know how to be self-directed about what students must be able to do with learners and use current resources to find their knowledge and how to get them there.” evidence-based information when needed.”
The process begins by identifying big-picture goals To make sure their assumptions were backed related to pharmacy knowledge, problem-solving, by evidence, College faculty contacted peer critical thinking, and communication abilities. institutions (those with similar six-year programs The next step considers how to assess students as well as some of the most highly ranked to determine if they have attained those goals. pharmacy schools in the nation); conducted focus Instructional strategies and learning experiences groups with current students, high-school students are designed to support this, considering the best interested sequence of in pursuing coursework a pharmacy and methods degree and for combining Our goal is to develop pharmacists who their parents, theoretical and are well educated, caring, responsible, and high-school practical skills. able, and committed to improving math teachers, Based on this science teachers methodology, health outcomes of patients and and guidance faculty created the advancement of the public good counselors; a professional and evaluated curriculum and the profession of pharmacy. national data shell organized from AACP. by identifying The resulting specific types of information responsibilities that a pharmacist should possess propelled them toward specific recommendations and then developing the supporting framework that would become the seven-year curriculum. that will assure students will achieve competency. FLESHING OUT THE VISION At the same time, Gleason says the guiding “Our goal is to develop pharmacists who are principles behind the curriculum development well educated, caring, responsible, able, and process called for maintaining a reasonable committed to improving health outcomes of number of credit hours per semester to ensure patients and the advancement of the public that students have time to reflect on their good and the profession of pharmacy.” learning, participate in co-curricular activities, and maintain life balance. “We wanted to get This is the final vision guiding the away from that fire hose mentality,” she says. introduction of the STLCOP seven-year “We want our students to become educated curriculum. Presented in detail in a while still having a life and having more time to white paper submitted to the College’s live in and understand the world around them. president and Board of Trustees, the We’re focusing on quality versus quantity. And approved curriculum will be implemented since we can’t cover every single disease a with its first class of students this fall.
18 SUMMER 2014 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 19 One of the most significant changes will innovate as technology advances,” Gleason says. be the integration of a bachelor’s degree in either health sciences or health humanities. One of the most highly anticipated technological Students will be admitted directly from high teaching enhancements is housed within the school into the new three-year pre-professional College’s new academic building, which is under program and will earn a bachelor’s degree construction now and will be completed next year. upon completion of their first professional Within its walls, students will find state-of-the-art program year. In addition, STLCOP has pharmacy settings: a community pharmacy, a created post-graduate opportunities with hospital pharmacy, and an outpatient clinical other local institutions, such as a master’s pharmacy, which will provide cutting-edge degree in business administration or a practice facilities where students can hone graduate certificate in business administration their skills in conjunction with coursework. with the University of Missouri-St. Louis. “The seven-year program will better integrate basic “We’re sticking to our historical niche by and pharmaceutical sciences with liberal arts and continuing the direct entry aspect of our humanities,” Gleason notes. “Students will be pre-professional program,” Gleason says. able to bring their knowledge from one course to “But with the integrated bachelor’s degree, others and learn how to make recommendations students have more options. If they decide to about medication therapy based on the holistic change course and go to dental, medical, or approach to the topic.” Students will be doing graduate school, for instance, they can finish so in several new courses, including the Global their B.S. here and then enroll in another Pharmacist, Intercultural Communication in program. Ultimately, of course, we want Health Care, International Service Learning, and students to complete the Pharm.D. degree, Illness, Identity and Inequality in Health Care. and the bachelor’s degree will help make them While pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical more rounded as they enter the workplace.” chemistry, and therapeutics are currently taught Gleason notes that the new program as separate courses, the new curriculum will also better integrates basic sciences, integrate those subject areas into single courses. liberal arts, and pharmacy to provide “We’re bringing these integrated sciences to the necessary components of both a the point of patient care and teaching them humanistic and pharmacy education. There around specific organ systems,” she says. will also be more flexibility to customize For instance, students in the cardiovascular the program through elective tracks and course will examine pathology and study increased community outreach, advocacy, all cardiovascular disease processes, and co-curricular opportunities. “We’re pharmacology, and therapeutics under guidance improving on what’s already good about our of a multidisciplinary faculty team. Teams are existing six-year curriculum,” she says. currently working to design the courses through a collaborative process. “We’re excited to be TOP-NOTCH LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS contributing to this trend in pharmacy education,” To deliver the seven-year curriculum, students will Gleason says. “It’s really a thought-leader be using technology and learning environments approach all geared to building students’ that will continue to develop. “We’re already knowledge around the decision-making process.” doing this in our classes and will continue to The humanities piece of the academic puzzle helps
20 SUMMER 2014 SCRIPT MAGAZINE 21 students better place patients into their individual to have a complete understanding of current circumstances based on socioeconomics, pharmaceutical technologies and practice professional, and personal aspects. “So we might paradigms, Gleason explains. Health literacy, discuss a particular disease and then integrate cultural sensitivity, and patient safety will be some readings about the societal aspects of woven throughout the professional curriculum. that illness or the Another major human aspects advantage for of living with the PHARM. D. students will disease,” Gleason ELECTIVES be increased says. “We want interprofessional our students to 4-YEAR education understand that BACHELOR’S SELECTIVES opportunities they are caring PROFESSIONAL in conjunction for patients and DEGREE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM with Saint Louis not just treating University, diseases,” 3-YEAR PRE- Washington Gleason says. PROFESSIONAL LIBERAL MBA University School Aligning courses of Medicine, and throughout the ARTS the Goldfarb professional School of Nursing program will involve at Barnes-Jewish bringing experiential DIRECT College. Future courses more ADMISSION students will closely in line with benefit from work didactic courses. in the Center for For example, during Interprofessional students’ first year Education, being developed with of the professional ST. LOUIS pharmacy Washington COLLEGE OF PHARMACY curriculum, CURRICULUM University and the they will take Goldfarb School Public Health of Nursing. at the same time as an introductory pharmacy practice course related to Clinical Prevention PREPARING PHARMACY LEADERS and Population Health. “The intent here is to In addition to ensuring that STLCOP graduates are extend students’ learning from the classroom into in high demand when entering the marketplace, the experiential environment,” Gleason says. Gleason says the seven-year curriculum is aimed squarely at “graduating mature, well-rounded Also, in light of specific trends uncovered through individuals who are able to think critically, solve research during the curriculum revision process, complex problems, communicate effectively, Public Health will become a required course and possess a comprehensive set of knowledge, and Pharmacogenomics will be enhanced. skills, and abilities above and beyond graduates These topics are no longer optional in order from any other school in the country.”
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A dizzying set of numbers and letters greet Dan Fieker ’79 on his computer screen, and he couldn’t be happier. The sequences—CYP450, 2C19, 3A5, 2D6—may seem vaguely familiar. (Or maybe not).
They correspond to different enzymes in the liver and determine how patients metabolize and process medication. His small office at Family Care Pharmacy in Highland, Illinois, cannot contain his enthusiasm for the emerging practice of pharmacogenomics and what he believes is the next major evolution for patient care. He is one of a small number of pharmacists in the U.S. who is developing and being compensated for his work in the specialty area of practice. SELF-MADE: it ’s in the dna
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Now appearing on his screen are the results of a genetic test in the medication. For instance, a patient might be a poor from a patient being treated at a pain clinic several states away. metabolizer of clopidogrel, a medication used to inhibit blood The results of the test will determine, among other things, if clots. Since the medication is a prodrug, the body metabolizes her pain can be controlled by opiates without side effects. it into its active form. The patient is at risk of having less of the “Physicians want to know if their patients will have pain active ingredient in his system and not getting the full benefit control with narcotics,” Fieker explains. “It’s here in black and of the drug. The opposite might be true if a patient is an ultra- white, so physicians now rapid metabolizer, which could know if they need to lead to a buildup of the active adjust their dosage.” commonly prescribed medications ingredient and, consequently, Fieker is a consultant excessive bleeding. for a genetic testing labo- affected by liver enzyme cyp450: “Then you’re putting your- ratory. Pharmacists and self in a position where you’re physicians are increasingly exacerbating the side effects of using genetic testing for medications,” Fieker says. patients who are taking Fieker started exploring ways a host of medications, Celexa (citalopram) to integrate pharmacogenomics such as warfarin or Zoloft (sertraline) into his community pharmacy antidepressants, to help practice less than two years ago use the correct dosage. at a meeting of the National A physician orders the Community Pharmacists genetic test and includes Plavix (clopidogrel) Association (NCPA). Never the patient’s medication Coumadin (warfarin) one to miss out on an oppor- information. After the Lopressor (metoprolol) tunity, Fieker decided to go to lab does its work, Fieker Coreg (carvedilol) a 6 a.m. breakfast symposium. analyzes the results and Cozaar (losartan) There, he talked to representa- submits his recommen- tives of genetic testing labs and dations for medication pharmacists who were involved therapy. in pharmacogenomics at a clinic “We make the results Prilosec (omeprazole) in Alabama. After he returned actionable, and some- home, he began thinking about thing they can use and how to make a program happen apply rather than stick in the St. Louis area. it away in the patient’s First, he met with Gloria electronic medical Grice, Pharm.D., BCPS, record and never look associate professor of pharmacy at again,” Fieker says. Norco (hydrocodone) practice at the College, who was “It’s a win for the patient, Percocet (oxycodone) teaching a pharmacogenomics physician, and lab. We Ultram (tramadol) course with Marc Dorfman, talk about medication Ph.D., adjunct biology instruc- therapy management tor. Fieker left with a textbook all the time, and this and began reading. His interest to me, is a natural in genetics was shared by a extension of that.” student who happened to be The lab tests target on rotation at Family Care enzymes in the liver Pharmacy. that affect how approxi- “We fed off each other, mately 120 medications, thinking about the first steps including NSAIDs, we had to take in establishing pain medication, blood a community-based program,” thinners, antidepressants, Fieker says. and HIV antivirals, are metabolized. The enzymes determine From the beginning, Fieker did all of the legwork on the how quickly the body breaks down the chemical ingredients concept. Working without a roadmap, he attended a symposium,
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“ and something they can use rather than stick it away in the patient’s electronic medical record and never look at it again.”
continued to network with others in the field, and read every- thing available on the subject, both in textbooks and online. And there were no shortcuts along the way. “From there on, it was about making the decision that I was going to figure out how to do this,” Fieker says. “It was consciously deciding to put the work into bringing the program to my community, so my patients and the physicians whom I collaborate with can benefit from this discipline.” And experts say the door is wide open for pharmacists with an entrepreneurial spirit who are willing to get in on the ground floor of a new area of study. “I don’t know if we know the potential yet,” says Kurt A. Proctor, Ph.D., RPh, senior vice president of strategic initiatives at NCPA. “Dan is on the leading edge of something that is clearly going to grow. I am extremely interested and had my own genes tested. I believe in it wholeheartedly.” After a physician swabs the inside of a patient’s cheek and sends the sample One of the many things Fieker loves about being an inde- off to a lab for processing, Fieker analyzes the data and sends actionable pendent pharmacist is the ability to learn and try new things results to physicians—all from his community pharmacy in Highland, Illinois. to expand his business. He still feels like a student of pharmacy even though he graduated from St. Louis College of Pharmacy more than three decades ago. “Pharmacists have an obligation to patients to take care of “I think pharmacists can step up in this area, and it’s an them as best we can,” Fieker says. “So we have an obligation opportunity for them to demonstrate their value and role,” to make sure that we’re giving them all the information they Proctor says. “Development in this field will be from pharma- deserve.” cists who take the time to understand it, realize they have the For now, Fieker is building his practical expertise. But he would knowledge, and use it to provide better care for patients in their like to eventually change the model and advocate for pharmacists community.” to order genetic testing. Pharmacists in the community have “I’ve been given this responsibility of patient care,” Fieker already built rapport with physicians and can demonstrate how concludes. “There are all sorts of possibilities out there for all testing can benefit their practice. pharmacists. We just have to be willing to roll up our sleeves, “The physicians I work with in Highland all trust us,” Fieker work through some barriers, and be willing to dream a little. notes. “Physicians come to me all the time with questions.” Almost anything you want to do is attainable, even when Proctor is hopeful that other pharmacists will follow in the you’re 58.” not-too-distant future.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS!
NEW DIRECTORS
JONATHON L. ANDERSON ’11 Hazelwood, Mo. Jonathon Anderson is a pharmacy manager at Walgreens, Anderson helped plan and emceed the Alumni Associa- where he has worked since he was 17 years old. He also is tion’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner event in February. a preceptor for fourth- and sixth-year students. Anderson “Promoting the College through service, events, and previously served on the African-American Alumni and teaching has always been passions of mine. I would love Student Chapter Committee, an affinity group of the to be a part of the board that provides opportunities that Alumni Association. The committee plans events to would allow pharmacists and student pharmacists to see engage alumni and establish supportive relationships what a great place STLCOP is and can be.” between African-American students and alumni.
JOSH BOUDEMAN ’11 St. Louis, Mo. Josh Boudeman is a pharmacy manager with Walgreens, alumni attendance and giving. He was also a member where he has been for six years. Since 2011, Boudeman of the Student Alumni Association while at STLCOP. has been a member of the Young Alumni Committee of “I enjoyed my time at STLCOP and am excited to see its the Alumni Association, which helps maintain or build ever-increasing presence in the St. Louis health care relationships among alumni who graduated within the scene. I would like to bring my perspective as a young past 10 years. He has served on the committee since it alumnus to the board. The profession of pharmacy is was created in 2011, and over the years he has success- constantly evolving, and I would like to help the school fully engaged young alumni by helping strategize events maintain its focus on the future.” and marketing plans, which have increased young
EVAN SCHNUR ’12 Bentonville, Ark.
Evan Schnur is a senior manager of health and wellness “Serving on the Alumni Association’s board of directors will operations at Walmart. His job responsibilities include give me an opportunity to provide a voice for my fellow oversight of communication and communication young alumni in the direction that the association takes. I strategy from headquarters to the 65,000+ pharmacy am honored to represent all alumni, both recent and not-as- and optical associates who work at Walmart and operate recent graduates to ensure the association is meeting your in the field. During his six years at STLCOP, Schnur was needs and exceeding your expectations. I want to focus on involved with the Student Alumni Association, and he opportunities to capture engagement early on—as students helped start a sixth-year tradition of establishing a class and young alumni—to create lifetime relationships with gift as co-chair of the 2012 Class Gift. each other and the College beyond our years on campus.”
NEW HONORARY PRESIDENT
DAVID P. FRYE ’68 Florissant, Mo. After graduating from STLCOP, David Frye continued supervised the medication inventory management, and his education at Webster University, where he received a managed prescription-filling training. Frye is an active master’s degree in health facilities management in 1977. member and former board member of the Black Alumni Though now retired, Frye’s career included serving as of Alton Senior High School. He also served on the assistant director and clinical coordinate for the Metro Alumni Association board of directors from 1999-2008. East Health Center, owner and manager of Co-Med “It gives me great honor to be selected for the board Medical Centre, and a consultant pharmacist for of directors. I am looking forward to getting back into Community Health Extended Care Facility—all in East a position of mentoring and helping with the vision of St. Louis, Ill. He then worked for 18 years as a pharmacy the College.” manager at Walmart, where he managed several stores,
NEWLY APPOINTED PRESIDENT
ROBERT SALTER ’70 St. Louis, Mo. Robert Salter worked as a pharmacy evening supervisor faculty member at Harris Stowe State University and at De Paul Hospital before receiving a master’s degree in Lindenwood University, where he currently teaches in hospital administration from Saint Louis University’s School the Healthcare Management graduate program. Last year, of Public Health. Salter was then appointed administrative Salter established Higher Education Market Strategies, a assistant at Jewish Hospital, and later moved to the position consulting firm that offers marketing and strategic planning of administrator of Central Medical Center, where he services to charter schools, colleges, and universities. He also remained for 10 years. Over the next 20 years, Salter headed recently received an Ed.D. in Instructional Leadership from MuniCorp Medical Management, a management company Lindenwood University. In addition, Salter is vice president focusing on physician recruitment and development of health of Pharmacists Preventing Suicide, an organization that care facilities. He transitioned into academia as an adjunct provides community education on preventing suicide.
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Guenter Goldsmith ‘51 Honored with Distinguished Service Award
On April 25, members of the Goldsmith has held many positions Mortar & Pestle Society, those at the College, including serving as a who give at least $1,000 annually, Board of Trustees member and president recognized this year’s Distin- of the Alumni Association board of guished Service awardee, Guenter directors. He also served as chairman Goldsmith ’51. Goldsmith began of the College’s 100th anniversary his career as a community celebration in 1964. He is a member of pharmacist and later owned and the Alpha Zeta Omega fraternity and operated several pharmacies in continues to give back to his fraternity St. Louis. In the early 90s, he and the College, recently sharing his joined his son in founding experience as a holocaust survivor to Goldsmith Medical Co. students during a Convocation event.
Mark Gilliland
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING ALL ALUMNI JOIN US FOR THE COLLEGE’S 150th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION! NOVEMBER 8-11 Save the date reunion gatherings Savefor a weekend the Date November 8, Reunion Class celebrating the Gatherings, various locations College’s 150th year and history. stlcop c.a.r.e.s. (community service day) Look for events November 8, various locations and information at stlcop.edu/150. black tie gala November 10, Chase Park Plaza Tickets: Patron $500, VIP $300 General admission $200 Visit stlcop.edu/150 for ticket information. sesquicentennial convocation November 11, Chase Park Plaza
Interested in helping us create a Reunion night or celebrate STLCOP’s 150th for your class or city? Contact Stephanie Hoffmann at 314.446.8419 or [email protected].
SCRIPT MAGAZINE 27 Alumni News Graduate Happy Hour Alumni and faculty welcomed members of the class of 2014 into the alumni community Egg Hunt at a happy hour in their honor at Mandarin on the Lounge. Photography by Stephanie Hoffmann Quad Alumni and their families enjoyed egg hunts, visiting with the Easter Bunny, and face painting on the Quad this spring. Photography by Josh Siu
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Mortar & Pestle Dinner
The College recognized members of the Mortar & Pestle Society during a reception and dinner at Norwood Hills. Seated are the newest members of the giving society. Photography by Mark Gilliland
to all of the sponsors and donors of St. Louis College of Pharmacy’s Alumni Golf Classic. Thank you Due in part to their generosity, and the support of our participants, volunteers, amd wine class attendees, we raised more than $44,000 for student scholarships.
Dona and Joe Fleishaker with Alexa ’17 and Richard Faulkner Nicole Burleyson ‘04/’05, Travis Burleyson, Bruce McGaughey ‘77, Neil Schmidt ’73, Larry Martin ’69, Bill Reed ‘67, and Chris Schmidt ‘96 Jordan McGaughey
Title Sponsor Beverage Cart Sponsor Cart & Scorecard Women’s Longest Hole Sponsors Creative Printing Paric Corporation Randy Baumgarth, in Sponsor Drive Sponsors Morris & Dickson LLC (2) Services, Inc. memory of Wilbert K. U.S. Bank Lockton Companies Moneta Group Dogwood Promotions, Presenting Sponsor Baumgarth ’42 Pedestal Foods Missouri Pharmacy Inc. Linda and Wine Class Sponsor Cannon Design Association Larry ’69 Martin Schnucks Market, Inc. Express Scripts, Inc. Hole in One Sponsor Closest to the Pin Standing Partnership RBF Office Interiors BKD, LLP Sponsors Danna McKitrick, P.C. Gallagher Benefit Diamond Sponsor Men’s Longest Drive Metro-East Pharmacists Nancy Reed, Consultant Services Pharmacy Rx Systems, Inc. Putting Contest Sponsors Association Universal Business Practice Sponsors Liberty Mutual Bellevue Pharmacy Supply, Inc. St. Louis Sportswear Player’s Party DynaLabs Insurance Kevin ’77 and Mary Kay Schnucks Pharmacy Foundation Care Stanley’s Pharmacy in Marshfield, Mo. ’78 Colgan
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1960s Patrick Tharp ’61/’62 was selected as a recipient of a 2014 Suicide Prevention Award from the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He is the president and owner of Melling Group, an international pharmacy consulting group that SCHROEDER WILSON founded Pharmacists Prevent- ing Suicides more than 10 Timothy Murphy’s ’82/’94 8 ounces, and measured 20 years ago. Patrick lives in St. daughter, Mary Elizabeth ½ inches. He joins big Louis with his wife, Peggy. Murphy ’14, received her brothers and sisters Masen, Pharm. D. at Commence- Miranda, Morgen, Madison, 1970s ment May 4. Mary is a Meredith, Maria, and third generation STLCOP Mitchell. Their oldest son, Robert Salter ’70 received BECKER a Doctor of Education graduate. Her grandfather, Masen, just completed his degree from Lindenwood John W. Murphy, was a first year at STLCOP. Carol University in St. Charles. graduate of the class of 1950. is a pharmacy manager at His dissertation was en- Schnucks Pharmacy in titled: Two Case Studies of Julianne (Becker) Manuel Godfrey, Ill. The family the University Strategic ’89 purchased Mason City resides in Jerseyville, Ill. Planning Process. He also Pharmacy in Mason City, COHN currently serves as president Ill., on June 28, 2013. Alexandria Garavaglia of the Alumni Association Julianne and her husband, Wilson ’01/’02 and her Adrianna, 5. Alexandria is board of directors. Robert Gary, live in Pekin, Ill. husband, James, welcomed an assistant professor in phar- and his wife, Christine, live their fifth child, Vito macy practice at STLCOP. in St. Louis. 2000s Matthew, on March 27. Carol (Macias) Schroeder He weighed 8 pounds, 11 Heather (Bernardini) 1980s ’01 and her husband, Steve, ounces, and measured 22 Becker ’02 and her hus- Randy Hu ’81 has been welcomed their eighth child, inches. He joins big brothers band, Rodney, welcomed named national sales director Myles Andrew, on Aug. 24, Nico, 8, Marco, 7, and their fifth child, Gabriella for Dynalabs in St. Louis. 2013. He weighed 8 pounds, Rocco, 3, and big sister,
Railey Receives Health Care Award
Michael Railey ’72 received the 2014 Aldermanic Health Foundation, which Stellar Performer in Health Care Award focuses on improving community from the St. Louis American Foundation. health in north St. Louis. Railey Railey is an associate professor of frequently speaks in churches and community and family medicine and community settings about stress associate dean of the multicultural management, obesity, hypertension, affairs office at Saint Louis University healthy aging, and spirituality. He has School of Medicine, where he focuses garnered local and national awards for on supporting diversity and cultural his work teaching medical students and proficiency among medical students. He for his community service. is also heavily involved with cultural “I always felt that I had the purpose proficiency and health disparity in of service to the community,” he says. the St. Louis community by serving “I’ve always tried to align my employ- as co-chair of the African-American ment with purpose.”
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Grace, on Feb. 25. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and measured 20 inches. She joins Nikolette, 9, Quentin, 6, Dominic, 3, and Gianna, 22 months. Heather is a pharmacy manager at Walmart in Bloom- ington, Ill., where the family resides.
Christine (Kurtzeborn) Cohn ’02/’03 and her husband, Brian, StephenHumphreyG MANN welcomed their second child, Audrey Grace, on Nov. 12, 2013. She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 20 inches. She joins big brother, Lucas, who is three. Christine is employed as a clinical editor by Wolters Kluwer Health. The family lives in St. Louis.
Reynolds Named Pharmacist Melissa (O’Neill) Hunt of the Year ’04/’05 served as lead author and editor of the recently Garth K. Reynolds ’00 was named Pharmacist published textbook Pediatric
of the Year by the Metro-East Pharmacists Palliative Care Consultant- Schlosser Jodi ROBERTS Association (MEPA). The award is presented Guidelines for Effective Manage- annually in recognition of dedicated service to ment of Symptoms. Melissa is the pharmacy profession, MEPA, the community, a pediatric clinical pharmacist and achievement of high professional standards. for HospiScript, a Catamaran Reynolds currently serves as executive director company in Montgomery, Ala. of the Illinois Pharmacists Association (IPhA). Tell your STLCOP During his career as a community pharmacist, Janelle (Meyer) Mann ’09 and friends and classmates Reynolds has practiced independently and at her husband, Brian Mann ’06, about the latest national and regional community pharmacies, welcomed their first child, Avery news in your life. most recently as pharmacy supervisor and im- Jewell, on Feb. 5. She weighed 8 munization program coordinator for Dierberg’s pounds, 1 ounce, and measured Markets, Inc. 20 1/2 inches. Janelle is an Enjoy reading about He is also involved with Pharmacy Choice assistant professor of pharmacy your classmates in and Action Now, a coalition of consumers, local practice at the College. Brian Class Notes? Share businesses, and pharmacists across the nation is a pharmacist at Memorial some news about your committed to preserving quality and affordable Hospital in Belleville, Ill. The work projects, new health care and pharmacy services for patients. family resides in O’Fallon, Ill. jobs or promotions, Reynolds serves as the Illinois co-chair of the marriages, children, coalition. Anastasia Roberts ’09 and awards, vacations, In 2012, he received the Distinguished Alumni Robert Armbruster were married or hobbies. You also Award for Outstanding Service to the College. on Nov. 8, 2013, at St. Ambrose may send an e-mail to Reynolds is a former president of the College’s [email protected], or Alumni Association and a former adjunct clinical Catholic Church in St. Louis. Anastasia is an assistant profes- submit news online at laboratory instructor in pharmaceutics and stlcop.edu/classnotes. advanced pharmacy practice at STLCOP. sor at the College. The couple resides in St. Louis.
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JOHANNING Sept. 1, 2013, at Alpine Park and Gardens in Columbia, Mo. Katie and Jeremiah are both pharmacists with Molina Healthcare in Midvale, Utah. The couple resides in South Jordan, Utah.
In Memoriam Paul G. Coerver ’49 died on April 19 in St. Peters, Mo.
Irving B. Gordon ’52 died April 29 in St. Louis.
TomPaule Bernard L. Schreiber ’54 died May 11 in Nashville, Tenn. 2010s Robert E. Walters ’57 Misty (Collier) Farr ’10 was died recently promoted to phar- April 9 in St. Peters, Mo. macy manager and regional William E. Trebil- Business Influencer immunization champion at cock ’73 died April 29 Walmart in Chesterfield, Mo. in Wentzville, Mo. Elaine Haynes ’86 has been named one of the 2014 Most Influential Business Women by Katie Johanning ’10 and Joan K. Glascock ’07 the St. Louis Business Journal. Haynes is one Jeremiah Moore were married died April 6 in St. Louis. of 25 women selected for the honor, which is presented to women who have helped grow the St. Louis business community while making a difference with local charities and nonprofit organizations. Haynes began her career as a nuclear SPEAK UP pharmacist and is currently vice president of alliance management and external partnering Tell your STLCOP friends and at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, where she is classmates about the latest is the primary liaison with external partners news in your life. and is responsible for managing cross functional Submit to: teams and relationships across Mallinckrodt’s Alumni Office • St. Louis College of Pharmacy strategic collaboration activities. 4588 Parkview Place • St. Louis, MO 63110 “I’ve been fortunate to have a few great [email protected] • stlcop.edu/classnotes managers who encouraged me to consider new projects or roles, and I’ve been open to new name class year opportunities and lateral moves that have taken address me outside my comfort zone,” Haynes says. “I’ve never really defined a formal career path, home/cell phone preferring rather to evaluate opportunities as e-mail address they arise.” current employer(s) In 2011, Haynes received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the St. Louis College my news of Pharmacy Alumni Association, and she is currently a member of the College’s Board of Trustees.
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Katy Toothaker walked onto the stage during the White Coat Ceremony at the College. For three years, she had been focused, disciplined, and dogged by exams. But oh, this year, this was the year—halfway through her academic career at STLCOP—that it was all coming together. She had reached the professional years of the pharmacy curriculum, and it was all worth it.
She knew her family was behind her the whole way. They were sitting in the row of other parents, grandparents, and siblings that day, peering around heads to get a glimpse of this moment to remember. But her Sid HastingsSid aunt, Jane Tracy ’85, wanted to make sure Katy knew that—even when she is alone in her room, studying at 3 a.m.—her family is there to support and encourage her. So she “slipped a note” into the pocket of Katy’s white coat, telling her so.
The note now hangs on the doorframe of Katy’s room, a reminder of those who are cheering her on from the rows. Sometimes it’s To hear Katy and not about the big events Jane’s story, or to but the little moments that help people find help students savor their strength. their own moment, What a gift. visit stlcop.edu/ givewhitecoat. Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage PAID St. Louis, MO Permit No. 1931 4588 Parkview Place St. Louis, MO 63110-1088 314.367.8700 Fax 314.446.8304 www.stlcop.edu
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