Pharmacistwinter 2018 Volume 93, Issue 2 from the DEAN

THE PURDUE

PHARMACISTWinter 2018 Volume 93, Issue 2 FROM THE DEAN

reetings from the Purdue College of THE PURDUE PHARMACIST G Pharmacy! It is a deep honor and Volume 93, Issue 2 (Winter 2018) privilege to begin my term as dean of this ADMINISTRATION truly elite college of pharmacy. Over the past Eric L. Barker few months as I have spent time with faculty, Dean, College of Pharmacy staff, students, and alumni, the reputation Val J. Watts and legacy of this college have been Associate Dean for Research confirmed over and over. Without question, Danzhou Yang I affirm our commitment to move the College Associate Dean for Graduate Programs

forward as a bold leader in pharmacy and Holly L. Mason the pharmaceutical sciences. Senior Associate Dean

During these first few months, I’ve been Brian M. Shepler reflecting on what it means to be a Purdue Assistant Dean for Experiential Education Boilermaker, asking, “What does the spirit of being a Purdue Boilermaker look like?” DEPARTMENT HEADS I visited several iconic statues around Tonglei Li Interim Head, Industrial & Physical Pharmacy campus: John Purdue, Amelia Earhart, Zhong-Yin Zhang Neil Armstrong, John Wooden, and the Boilermaker near Ross-Ade Stadium. In the lives of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular these historic Boilermakers, I see boldness, courage, innovation, wisdom, and perseverance. Pharmacology

Ultimately, I have summed it up as having grit, grace, and gratitude. Grit is reflected in our Alan J. Zillich commitment to hard work. A resilience to push on in the face of adversity. A boldness to Pharmacy Practice tackle seemingly overwhelming challenges. Grace is seen in our humility. Our willingness to serve others and reflect a humble heart. Gratitude is demonstrated in our recognition of all ADVANCEMENT OFFICE that we have been given in life and a willingness to give back along the way. We are reminded John A. Dinkens Chief Development Officer of this each time we sing “Hail Purdue!” in the lyric “ever grateful, ever true.” Grit, grace, and Daniel A. Bolsen gratitude; this is the mind-set that I hope to build within our College—staying true to who Director of Development we are as Purdue Boilermakers. Amy K. Chandler To guide us onward into the future, the College has begun a long-range Strategic Communications Manager Planning process to help us clearly define what our aspirations are and how we can achieve Dana S. Neary them. This process is focusing on six key strategic areas: academic programs, research Manager of Alumni Relations & Special Events and innovation, faculty and staff investments, alumni engagement, student success and Kathryn J. Skeel experience, and innovations in pharmacy practice. Advancing these areas will allow us to Director of Development fully realize our vision of being bold leaders, moving together to the highest level of excellence Operations & Donor Stewardship in learning, discovery, and providing patient care. I am excited about our future together! College of Pharmacy Purdue University Heine Pharmacy Building, Room 104 Hail Purdue! 575 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2091 (765) 494-1361 (765) 494-7880 Fax www.pharmacy.purdue.edu

The Purdue Pharmacist is published biannually for alumni and friends of the College of Pharmacy at Purdue University. We welcome your comments, opinions, and questions. Eric L. Barker Publication designed by Dawn Minns, Dean & Professor Uppercase Design. © 2018 by the College of Pharmacy at Purdue University. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or duplicated without the prior written permission of the publisher. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information included in this publication at the time of printing, the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising from errors or omissions. Purdue is an equal access/equal opportunity university. THE PURDUE PHARMACIST Winter 2018 2 POINTS OF PRIDE Getting to Know Dean Eric Barker...... 2 College of Pharmacy Fiscal 2017 Gifts...... 4 News from the Center for Medication Safety Advancement...... 5 2017 Donor Recognition Brunch...... 6 The Oustanding Early Career Award...... 7 Alumni Spotlight:Ryan Cohlhepp (PharmD 2000) ...... 8 Elizabeth Young: Wasson Veterinary Pharmacy Resident...... 9 2017 Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship...... 10 6 Warren Moore Receives Sperandio Award...... 11 News From Continuing Education and Professional Development...... 12 FACULTY & STAFF 15 Faculty & Staff News...... 13 ADDRESSing Healthcare with iPads...... 15 Faculty Retirements...... 16 Faculty Research Spotlight: Dr. Tonglei Li ...... 18 STUDENTS & ALUMNI Preceptor Perceptions...... 19 Ever True: The Campaign for Purdue University...... 21 22 White Coat Ceremony...... 22 Pharmacy Alumni News...... 23 Lost Pharmacy Alumni...... 24 22nd Annual BoileRx Golf Classic...... 26 Happenings...... 28 Class Notes...... 31 GETTING TO KNOW Dean Eric Barker

care—way back in the 1970s before we Eric finds it hard to believe that it’s even used that term. All of these things been nearly 20 years since he joined ultimately led me to apply to St. Louis the Purdue faculty. “Looking back, the College of Pharmacy.” most enjoyable thing clearly has been While enrolled in pharmacy school, the people,” he says. “What I’ve come to Eric worked at another local indepen- appreciate is the tremendously collegial dent community pharmacy. “I used to go environment that we have here. It’s just around and tear the package inserts off not like this everywhere. People here really all the medication stock bottles to read do work together to advance science and about the drugs mechanism of action. research as well as meet the needs of our This is really how my interest in pharma- students. Our students are really some of cology started.” He had several faculty the very best at Purdue and that makes it mentors who began to guide him toward fun, as well.” Eric L. Barker was named graduate school, and by his fourth year Eric’s wife, Loretta, is also a pharmacist Dean of the Purdue College in the program, he was fairly certain and works for St. Elizabeth Hospital. The of Pharmacy effective July 1, that he would continue on for a PhD two met in pharmacy school when they 2017. Dean Barker has served in pharmacology. “I was very blessed were working together in a St. Louis as Professor of Medicinal to get into Vanderbilt’s Department of hospital pharmacy. The couple’s daughter, Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology which was and still is one Anna, is a junior at Purdue studying of the very best in the nation,” he says. chemistry. Their son, Aaron, is a junior Pharmacology and previously In 1997, Eric was finishing his post- in high school and is a budding Purdue held the appointment of doctoral research fellowship while engineer. In his spare time, Eric enjoys Associate Dean for Research in researching academic positions. golf at the West Lafayette Golf and the College since 2010. He joined “Purdue College of Pharmacy had Country Club, though he’s not finding as the Purdue faculty in 1998. He just begun hiring several new faculty much time for golf lately. “I’ve discovered received his BS in pharmacy at members and was looking for someone that being a dean does not have a posi- in the neuropharmacology field. I was tive impact on your golf handicap!” Over St. Louis College of Pharmacy intrigued by the opportunity to be at a the years, the family has been involved in and PhD in pharmacology from college of pharmacy that had both a various places in the community, particu- Vanderbilt University and com- strong commitment to research and to larly at First United Methodist Church in pleted postdoctoral research at teaching pharmacy students. Research West Lafayette. “We’ve raised two children Vanderbilt and Emory University. and pharmacy were my two passions.” Eric interviewed Eric grew up in Edwardsville, Illinois. in the spring of that year and Both of his parents were public school was very fortunate to get an teachers, so teaching was in his blood. offer to become an assistant He was always interested in math, professor in Medicinal chemistry, and biology and became Chemistry and Molecular really interested in how small chemicals Pharmacology. “I remember like drugs could influence the body. our then Department Head “My community had a local independent Rick Borch calling me and pharmacy that took care of us,” says saying, ‘If you’re still interest- Eric. “The pharmacist, Gary Ceretto, was ed, we’d like you to join our a real role model for patient-centered faculty.’ I was thrilled!”

(L to R) Loretta, Anna, Aaron, and Eric, with their 14-year-old Sheltie, Patch, in the background

2 The Purdue Pharmacist in this community and it’s really What are the become home.” top three goals When asked you plan to what he is most looking forward to and student body that are of the highest accomplish during your tenure as during this first year of deanship, Eric caliber; and a deeply loyal alumni who dean? My goals are pretty straightforward. responds, “I hope that one of the advan- support the College in many ways. One, we need to be LEADERS. Internally tages of being appointed from within the Purdue provides all of those qualities and externally, the College must be College is that I can hit the ground run- and represents a tremendous opportunity viewed as leaders in the academy, in ning. I know Purdue; I know the College to contribute to moving the College our scientific disciplines, and in clinical and its people. I’m excited that we’ve forward. I couldn’t be more honored practice. We will invest heavily in being already begun conversations about our and humbled to serve in this role. visible and vocal leaders in pharmacy facility needs, and we’ve launched the and the pharmaceutical sciences. Strategic Planning process. This new Your vision for the College is to be Second, we must drive INNOVATION. Strategic Plan is going to really make it “bold leaders, moving together to Science and healthcare are rapidly clear where we are going and how we the highest level of excellence in changing. This means to stay ahead of are going to get there. That’s exciting!” teaching, discovery, and patient the leading edge, we have to be agile and care.” Please explain. Throughout the strategic. We have launched a Strategic Why did you decide to seek the interview process, I tried to step back Planning process that I am confident deanship appointment? Along the and view the College like someone from will provide us a roadmap for our future. way I’ve been encouraged by key senior the outside. That’s tough when you’re Purdue is a place where innovations leaders like Dr. Borch and former deans an internal candidate. I spent countless occur and the College must be at the Rutledge, Pezzuto, and Svensson. I re- hours thinking about this. As I reflected center of this as it relates to our disciplines. ally had no desire to get into academic on our College, three words kept coming Lastly, we have to be great PARTNERS. administration when I joined the faculty up: Bolder, Higher, Together. We needed We are a relatively small college on a in 1998. Throughout my time here at to be challenged and enabled to think very large campus. We simply can’t do Purdue, I’ve been given opportunities to boldly to truly be bold leaders in the prac- everything on our own. We rely heavily provide leadership in several areas and tice and science of pharmacy. To take on external partnerships for the very best discovered that I do enjoy helping others risks and push the boundaries of clinical clinical experiences for our students, and be successful. Fundamentally, I believe practice and discovery. Our vision should we are so appreciative of our alumni and that’s the primary role of academic lead- push us not just to the “next level” but friends who help make these clinical ers: create environments where others toward the highest level of excellence and partnerships happen. We know that we (faculty, staff, and students) can be suc- that we should not be satisfied or settle have to address our critical facility needs. cessful at the highest levels. About four for anything less than the best. Purdue Again, I believe this will happen through years ago, I began to explore deanship University is a top university internation- collaboration on campus to develop opportunities elsewhere, but the bar ally. Our College is a leading college of multi-disciplinary spaces for teaching was set by Purdue and none seemed pharmacy, and we should be engaged and research. Looking back in five years to be the right fit. It is important to me in activities that reflect that status. In the or so, my goal is to be able to point to to have a commitment to professional, end, we need to do it all together. We of- specific examples where we’ve been undergraduate, and graduate education; tentimes talk about the Purdue Pharmacy leaders, driven innovation, and developed a collaborative campus environment family. This is a real and meaningful thing. key partnerships that help us achieve that is supportive of research in the We need to continue to focus on building our vision and fulfill our mission. pharmaceutical sciences; a link to community internally and externally. The an academic health sciences center reality is that we will accomplish far more (in our case, Indiana University and than we can ever imagine when we work Eskenazi in Indianapolis); a faculty together.

WINTER 2018 3 COLLEGE OF PHARMACY FISCAL 2017 GIFTS

Thank you for your support of the Purdue College of Pharmacy! Together we achieve a vision of being bold leaders moving to the highest level of excellence in teaching, discovery, and providing patient care. Your generosity enhances the overall success of our programs and future alumni, and we thank you. A list of the THANK YOU! names of our individual and corporate donors who made gifts during July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017, can be found online at www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/donor-honor-roll. Your support is critical to our continued success. We invite all of you to participate at the appropriate giving club level. Every gift counts, and we thank each and every one of you for your loyalty and generosity to the College.

For questions regarding the Donor Honor Roll, please contact Katie Skeel, Director of Development Operations and Donor Stewardship, at [email protected] or (765) 494-1370. 4 The Purdue Pharmacist NEWS FROM THE Center for Medication Safety Advancement

There is a common misperception that all adventure or exploration is pure risk. While there is undoubtedly a strong undercurrent of risk in stepping out into the unknown, it can absolutely be managed. There is an inherent level of risk in all aspects of life. This is certainly no different in our chosen profession. These risks are the forces that push and pull against our beliefs in what we feel to be right and wrong about how to best provide patient care. But there is an equivalent if not stronger imposing force upon us that lies in complacency and the resistance to change. As our namesake would suggest, the professionals here at CMSA are dedicated to safety. Every day we pursue our mission of making safe medication use common practice in all settings where medications are made, dispensed, or administered. One of the many ways we push forward is through careful exploration and discovery. Rather than taking risks with peoples’ lives and the medications they rely upon, CMSA has been strengthening the ability to use data to identify when and where harm may occur before it does. At the population level, we have continued to develop and refine our SafeRx database that contains all of the FDA’s Adverse Event Reports (FAERS) since 2004. With over 5 million unique adverse events catalogued in this database, we have the ability to track and trend harm associated with various medications at a high level. While this does not solve the problem, it magnifies the issue and expedites the discovery of what may truly be leading to these events. Another exceptional example of partnership here at Purdue University lies in our collaboration with the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE). Dr. Dan Degnan leads this partnership for CMSA and works with the RCHE team on their Regenstrief National Center for Medical Device Informatics (REMEDI) program. REMEDI collects data from medical devices from over 100 hospitals across the country and enables participants in the program to draw comparisons based upon the data and correlated outcomes. This data can then lead to the identification of new safe use practices related to how we administer medications using medical devices. These are just two quick examples of how CMSA is able to better understand risks associated with new medication use practices and help our peers apply them locally in their own systems. Exploration and discovery are certainly not without risk, but neither is a sense of complacency with the assumed inevitability of patient harm. We look forward to working with a growing number of partners in the coming year to help design these new safe practices.

Kyle E. Hultgren, PharmD Director, CMSA (317) 275-6088 [email protected] www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/cmsa

WINTER 2018 5 2017 DONOR RECOGNITION BRUNCH

The Purdue College of Pharmacy is Guests were welcomed by emcees presented a brief update about the ever grateful to our loyal donors for sup- Shanice Brewer and Andrew Wakefield, College and Donald Barrick (BS 1976) porting our initiative to be a bold leader both third professional year PharmD served as our keynote speaker. Upon in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sci- students and members of Phi Lambda graduating from Purdue, Mr. Barrick ences. On October 28, 2017, the College Sigma. Jacob Tebbe served as this began working for Merck and Company, hosted our annual Donor Recognition year’s student speaker. Jacob, also a Inc. In 2011, he retired from Merck after Brunch at the Four Points by Sheraton in third professional year PharmD student, a successful 35-year career in industrial West Lafayette. The brunch provides us is President of the Industry Pharmacists pharmacy. Currently, he is a consultant with the opportunity to thank our donors Organization and the New Member for Barrick Professional Services, LLC. for their generosity and to allow them to Educator for the Phi Lambda Sigma visit with their scholarship recipients. Leadership society. Dean Eric Barker

6 The Purdue Pharmacist “My wife and I give back because we love Purdue and the College of Pharmacy. I remember just how tough it was in pharmacy school. Con- tributions to the College allow students the time to pursue research, leadership, and/or community activities to broaden their learning experience and bolster their résumés. We want the graduates of tomorrow to maximize their experiences and opportunities while in pharmacy school and not be burdened by the financial stress of balancing work and studies. We hope to play a role in shaping the future leaders of our communities and our profession. My Purdue Pharmacy education has enabled me to achieve some degree of life success, and giving back is a demonstration of my gratitude. It is important to me that the Purdue College of Pharmacy maintain its THE outstanding reputation. The gifts from donors help to attract and retain the best and brightest students and faculty and contribute to cutting OUTSTANDING edge research, technology, curriculum, and programs. I think all donors seek to continue the track record of the Purdue College of Pharmacy of EARLY CAREER graduating outstanding professionals and leaders.” AWARD DON BARRICK (BS 1976)

The Purdue College of Pharmacy Outstanding recently established the to recognize Early Career Award alumni who have graduated within

Don Barrick (left) and Jacob Tebbe (right) the last ten years, and we are seeking nominations for our inaugural recipient. Successful candidates must show promise and innovation in his/her chosen business, profession, or field. He/she must be a person of such integrity and ability that the faculty, “Your gift reminds us of the generosity and pride Purdue alumni and staff, students, and alumni of the friends have for this great university. The Purdue Pharmacy alumni College will take pride in and be network, in particular, stands out as some of the most successful busi- inspired by his/her recognition. ness and community leaders, and I couldn’t be more proud to share The candidate must also demonstrate the same top notch education. Purdue’s pharmacy program continues service or a continuing interest to the to rank in the top 10 and graduates a strong group of Boilermaker College through volunteering, teaching, pharmacists to move the world forward. This tradition of excellence philanthropy, and/or precepting. could not be sustained without your help. Your generosity not only af- To nominate someone for this award, fords the education for many of the current students, but inspires and please visit www.pharmacy.purdue. to download educates each class about the importance of giving back—creating a edu/early-career-award giving chain of prideful Boilermakers that continue to lift each other an application form. Nominations are up. I’m sure you can remember the college lifestyle of ramen noodles, due by September 15, 2018. Please scavenging quarters for laundry, and attending that meeting or callout direct questions to Dana Neary, just for the free pizza. College can be a difficult time financially, and Manager of Alumni Relations and your support eases that burden and makes us feel less guilty about Special Events, at [email protected] ordering that late night cheesy bread after studying therapeutics or or (765) 494-2632. studying the drink menu at Harry’s. Thank you!”

JACOB TEBBE, SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

WINTER 2018 7 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Ryan Cohlhepp (PharmD 2000)

bring multiple Purdue Pharmacy students to Takeda to work as summer interns. While a student, Ryan enjoyed being part of a major university, but also being part of the smaller cohort of PharmD classmates that created great bonds. “Being a pharmacy student isn’t an easy path—and there are definitely fewer trips to Harry’s—but I value all of that hard work every day because I am convinced it has enabled my current career. Beyond just the didactic education, one of the best things that I value to this day is that I learned how to learn as a pharmacy student, and that continues to help me.” For nearly ten years, Ryan has served on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College and enjoys returning to campus to speak with students. In 2017, PharmaVOICE recognized him as one of the 100 Most Inspiring People in Life Sciences and as a Change Agent in the industry. “This recognition means a lot because day to day sometimes feels like you are only taking baby steps and aren’t making progress as rapid as you would like,” he comments. “This recognition, though, provides a brief pause to reflect on some of the accomplishments we have made as a business and an industry.” Ryan Cohlhepp (PharmD 2000) grew up in Indiana and became In his spare time, Ryan has competed in several triathlons, a Boilermaker fan as a young child because of a neighbor. He including three half-Ironmans, which he says is a great outlet later made the decision to pursue Purdue Pharmacy because for his competitive nature while keeping him focused on his of its academic reputation. “Coming out of high school, I knew health goals. In 2016, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro as part I had an interest in medicine and had considered ultimately of a fundraising effort for the Multiple Myeloma Foundation. pursuing medical school,” Ryan explains. “A couple of years “During the climb, our team of 15 had four individuals who into my pharmacy education, I really became drawn to the were fighting myeloma. Having the experience to take in the clinical pharmacology and therapeutics course work beauty of Tanzania, climb the highest free standing which moved my career thinking more classically mountain in the world, and do it with a group of people within pharmacy career paths.” who were overcoming their diagnosis of cancer Ryan recently joined a new start-up company was a life changing experience.” that will be launched in 2018 by Third Rock Ryan’s wife, Melissa, is a Purdue Pharmacy Ventures, a leading healthcare venture firm, alumna and works per diem at the University of as Senior Vice President, R&D Strategy and Massachusetts Medical Center as a clinical phar- Operations. Prior to moving into the biotech macist. When asked how they met, he responds start-up space he was leading the U.S. commercial that he was a co-chair for an Old Masters Central team for Takeda’s Oncology business unit in Committee and one of his fellow committee members Cambridge, Massachusetts. Throughout his career he introduced them. “Melissa was one year behind me in the has been able to have roles in both R&D and commercial built program, so we hadn’t yet met. She was definitely the more on the foundation he laid while at Purdue. “I like the diversity of studious of the two of us, and luckily we were introduced experiences and challenges that I encounter daily to bring new because her study habits certainly helped me in my second drugs to market, but also to ensure that healthcare practitioners professional year.” The couple lives in the suburbs of Boston and patients are educated and can receive our current therapies with their three children: Tyler (11), Samantha (9), and Andrew (4). that are on the market,” he says. He has had the opportunity to

8 The Purdue Pharmacist ELIZABETH YOUNG WASSON VETERINARY PHARMACY RESIDENT

The Purdue University Colleges of Pharmacy and Elizabeth comes to Purdue from the Virginia Commonwealth Veterinary Medicine are pleased to offer a Post- University (VCU) School of Pharmacy, where, as a student pharmacist, she was able to take a veterinary pharmacy elective Graduate One Year (PGY1) residency in Veterinary and complete a fourth-year rotation at the North Carolina State Clinical Pharmacy Practice. The Wasson Veterinary University College of Veterinary Medicine. Her interest in animals Pharmacy Residency is made possible through the and veterinary medicine dates back to her childhood, growing generosity of Gregory and Kimberly Wasson, both up on a hobby farm in Christiansburg, Va. “On the family 1981 graduates of the Purdue College of Pharmacy. farm we had numerous pets, from exotics to large animals,” Dr. Elizabeth Young has been selected as the 2017-2018 Elizabeth explained. “So I have thus grown up being involved with animals and their care.” Additionally, her father is a small Wasson Veterinary Pharmacy Resident and began her animal veterinarian. “He encouraged me to come to his practice appointment on June 12, 2017. after school and help out wherever I could. This experience

The following press release was written on June 9, 2017, by Kevin Doerr, further cultivated my interest in working with animals.” College of Veterinary Medicine, and is preprinted with permission. Learn more Elizabeth said her desire to become a pharmacist about the residency at https://vet.purdue.edu/vth/pharmacy-residency.php. developed when she observed how pharmacists interacted with her grandmother, who had been diagnosed with New Named Pharmacy Residency Attracts Pharmacy Alzheimer’s. “When I started my undergraduate career at Graduate to VTH Virginia Tech, my mom convinced me to apply for a pharmacy As of Monday, June 12, the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) technician position at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary pharmacy will have a new person helping out as the Wasson Medicine, where I worked for two-and-a-half years.” That Veterinary Pharmacy Resident. Elizabeth Young will be the experience opened her eyes to the possibility of having the VTH’s third resident, but the first since the residency was best of both worlds by being a pharmacist and still working named in honor of Purdue College of Pharmacy alumni and with animals and educating others about the world of veterinary donors Greg and Kim Wasson, of Long Grove, Ill., who pharmacy. “Looking back at my experience of working with my contributed funding for the residency. father, I remembered observing situations where he would call The Wassons are no strangers to animal care and Purdue in a prescription to a pharmacy and the pharmacist would have Veterinary Medicine. Kim owns a 25 horse stable and their questions about dosing in veterinary patients. I realized that I daughter, Courtney Iverson, is a 2015 Purdue DVM graduate could have an opportunity to educate pharmacists as well as who is a veterinarian at Fox Valley Equine Practice in La Fox, Ill. veterinarians who might not have had the didactic education Greg received the College of Pharmacy’s Career Achievement that is needed for veterinary patient medications.” Award last year, after retiring from Walgreen Company as While completing her pharmacy degree program at VCU, president, chief executive officer and a member of its board Elizabeth’s interest in veterinary pharmacy intensified as she of directors. interacted with friends and classmates after they learned of her “The veterinary pharmacy residency program has been intention to become a veterinary pharmacist. “Their questions extremely successful as we continue to build bridges between about personal pets and medications that were prescribed the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Pharmacy,” further influenced me to continue my journey toward veterinary said VTH Pharmacy Director Wil Gwin. “Clinical contributions pharmacy. I came to the conclusion that my classmates and continue to grow, benefitting our patients and contributing to other pharmacists will need a resource to help with veterinary the education of tomorrow’s veterinarians, veterinary technicians patients. This clinical veterinary pharmacy residency will and pharmacists.” provide numerous experiences that will expand my knowledge to become that resource.”

WINTER 2018 9 2017 VARRO E. TYLER DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP The Purdue College of Pharmacy, along with than $35 million in research funding as the Department of Pharmacy Practice and principal investigator. Mrs. Virginia Tyler, was pleased to present She has served on the Nonprescription the Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship Drugs Advisory Committee of the Food on November 1, 2017, at Purdue University. and Drug Administration (FDA), the XNDA Dr. Julie Johnson gave her lecture entitled Study Section at NIH, and in numerous “IMPROVING PATIENT OUTCOMES THROUGH scientific capacities with NIH’s NHLBI. She PHARMACOGENETICS”. has held leadership roles in the American Dr. Johnson is Dean of the University College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), the of Florida College of Pharmacy and American Heart Association (AHA), the Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy and American Society of Clinical Pharmacology Medicine. She is also Director of the UF and Therapeutics (ASCPT), for which she Health Personalized Medicine Program. became President in March 2016, among She received her BS in Pharmacy from The others. She is an elected Fellow of the ACCP Ohio State University and her PharmD from and AHA. The University of Texas at Austin and The Dr. Johnson was elected to the National UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of She completed a post-doctoral fellowship Julie A. Johnson Medicine) in 2014. She is the recipient of in cardiovascular pharmacology/pharmaco- numerous awards including teaching awards kinetics at Ohio State. She is a board certified PHARM.D. from both the University of Tennessee (1996) pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS) with Dean and Distinguished and the University of Florida (2001); the William added qualifications in cardiology. Professor Oxley Thompson Award for early career Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on College of Pharmacy achievement, The Ohio State University cardiovascular pharmacogenomics and Alumni Association (1997); Leon I. Goldberg University of Florida genomic medicine. She leads a hypertension Young Investigator Award, ASCPT (2004); pharmacogenomics research group, funded Paul Dawson Biotechnology Research under the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Award, American Association of Colleges Pharmacogenomics Research Network, and another of Pharmacy (2007); Therapeutic Frontiers Award (2009) and NIH-funded group in genomic medicine implementation in Russell R. Miller Award for Contributions to the Literature the NIH IGNITE network. She is an internationally-recognized (2010), both from ACCP; and the Southeastern Universities leader in cardiovascular pharmacogenomics and genomic Research Association Distinguished Scientist Award (2015). medicine, with over 240 peer reviewed publications and more

Holiday Inn Lafayette - City Centre March 7, 2018 15TH15TH ANNUALANNUAL TOPIC: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GARNETGARNET E.E. PECKPECK Co-chaired by Dr. Elizabeth M. Topp, Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy Dr. Qi (Tony) Zhou, Assistant Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy

SYMPOSIUMSYMPOSIUM The Peck Symposium is hosted by the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, the Dr. Garnet E. Peck Graduate Scholarship, the Purdue College of Pharmacy, and the Anderson Lecture Fund. For more information about the symposium, please contact Jennifer Gray, IPPH Communications & Events Coordinator, Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, at (765) 494-1484 or [email protected]. Registration 10 The Purdue Pharmacist and further details are available online at www.ipph.purdue.edu/peck. Warren Moore Receives Sperandio Award

Warren Moore (PharmD 2002) is the recipient of the 2017 Glen J. Sperandio Award for Advancement of Pharmacy Practice. Upon graduating from Purdue, Warren went to work for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., in Indianapolis as a practicing pharmacist. After four years of practicing as a pharmacist, his career progression took him into management where he reached the highest level of field management, overseeing day to day operations of 700+ stores spanning 13 states. He currently serves as Divisional Senior Director II, Clinical Services and Specialty Pharmacy, where he is responsible for leading the growth of specialty pharmacy at retail by connecting and optimizing Walmart’s store footprint with its specialty pharmacy operation in Orlando. His clinical services duties include creating tools that assist store associates in improving patient adherence while reducing the impact of DIR fees. “Purdue University and the Over Warren’s 15 year career, his honors include being selected College of Pharmacy hold a as Regional/Divisional Community Pharmacist of the Year, Regional/ Divisional Pharmacy District Manager of the Year, and the 2016 Health significant place in my life, and Wellness Leadership Award recipient. He currently serves on the and to be recognized for Purdue College of Pharmacy Dean’s Advisory Council, and his term on the Purdue Athletic Director’s Council ended in September 2017. Warren your career achievement and his wife, Aneasha (PharmD 2002), have four daughters: Aerial and impact to student Charece, Aubree LeeAnn, and twins Addison Janae and Arren Jenel. development is extremely humbling. Anytime you are presented with such an Warren Moore, joined by his honor, you reflect on your wife, Aneasha, was presented achievements, but quickly the Sperandio redirect and understand Award by Dean Eric Barker on that there is work still to be September 29, 2017 done. I look forward to my continued partnership with the College of Pharmacy and its outstanding students that The Sperandio Award recognizes a licensed pharmacist with a mini- will help shape the future of mum of 10 years of service to the profession who is an alumna/alumnus of the Purdue College of Pharmacy. Other characteristics of the award our profession. Boiler Up! recipient include providing leadership in local, state and/or national Hail Purdue!” professional or fraternal pharmacy organizations; assisting pharmacy students and/or practicing pharmacists in advancing their careers; demonstrating innovations in the practice of pharmacy; participating – WARREN MOORE in professional volunteer service activities within the community; and promoting pharmacy as a profession.

WINTER 2018 11 News From Continuing Education and Professional Development Promoting the enrichment of an interprofessional and collaborative approach to continuing education and professional development has been the tenet of the Purdue College of Pharmacy’s Continuing Education (CE) Program, with the ultimate goal of improving healthcare systems, practitioner performance, and patient outcomes.

• Of Americans age 65 and older, 25.2% or 12 million seniors have been diagnosed and/or undiagnosed. • 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year. • In 2015, 84.1 million Americans age 18 and older Greetings from your Office of Continuing Education and had prediabetes. Professional Development. We wish you a very happy 2018! • Diabetes was ranked the 7th leading cause of death In January, we launched our Diabetes Educator Program in the U.S. in 2015. (https://[email protected]) in collaboration with Dr. Please visit https://ce.pharmacy.purdue.edu to learn about Jasmine Gonzalvo, Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy other available CE courses currently offered such as: Practice, whose research interests relate to cardiovascular conditions with a focus on diabetes and hyperlipidemia. • The enduring/online portion of our Opioid and Drug The program highlights include: , which has received rave reviews Use Disorder Program from those who have participated to date. We have 8 hours • a target audience of dietitians, pharmacists, nurses/ of CE that is multi-accredited for pharmacists, physicians, nurse practitioners, health educators, and social workers, and nurses. • topics that relate to diabetes and encompass areas •A one-hour LEAN training overview specific to such as women’s health, physical activity, mental medication covering the areas of healthcare basics and a health, medications, and more, safety practical application of LEAN thinking. • content format primarily consisting of pre-recorded • Our webinars enabling learners to have access to the BCNP Nuclear Pharmacy Recertification education anywhere and at any time, and BCNSP Nutrition Support Pharmacy , which just entered • at least 15 hours of CE credit created annually to Recertification CE Programs their third and second years of existence respectively. accommodate the diabetes educator requirement Both programs are made up of ACPE-accredited and of 75 CE hours every five years. BPS-approved content, which is available for these Diabetes educators have become an important and needed particular pharmacists. A minimum of 15 new CE hours addition to the healthcare team whose efforts are directed are created and launched annually within each program. toward the improvement of the total care provided to the As to the next new opportunity for CE—with the emphasis diabetic patient. Our diabetes educator continuing education on —we will research possible content program is varied by topic and clinical presenters to provide specialty pharmacy topics for developing applicable continuing education for meaningful, timely, and challenging programming programming in this arena. Stay tuned! to mitigate practice gaps, resulting in improvement in patient outcomes. The significance of this is noted below with important statistics about diabetes from the American Diabetes Association:

• In 2015, 30.3 million Americans, or 9.4% of the population, Marlene O. Heeg had diabetes. Managing Director, Office of Continuing • Approximately 1.25 million American children and adults Education and Professional Development have type 1 diabetes. (765) 494-1474 • Of the 30.2 million adults with diabetes, 23.0 million were [email protected] diagnosed, and 7.2 million were undiagnosed.

12 The Purdue Pharmacist FACULTY & STAFF NEWS

MEET OUR NEW FACULTY UANG G H The Purdue College of Pharmacy is pleased to introduce our new ON . R faculty who began teaching this academic year. R D DMO Y HU N ND . A R D E LIM NG-O EU . S R D MAT DRO OSEV Associate Professor of AN IC Medicinal Chemistry and . S R Molecular Pharmacology D Specialization: Drug Discovery, Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Epigenetics Molecular Pharmacology Specialization: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Neurodegeneration Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology A SJÖGREN NIT Specialization: Cancer, E Immuno-oncology, Assistant Professor . B R Immunotherapy of Industrial and D Physical Pharmacy STAHE Specialization: ERT LIN OB Immunotherapy, . R R Cell Therapy, D Bio-Nanotechnology, NG Cryopreservation, G YA AN Controlled Delivery, . Y R Biopharmaceutical D Engineering Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Specialization: G Protein Signaling, RGS Proteins, Retter Professor of Proteasomal Degradation, Pharmacy, Professor of Drug Discovery Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Specialization: Biochemistry Assistant Professor of and Biophysics Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Specialization: Pharmacogenomics, Ion Channels, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs), Neurological Diseases

WINTER 2018 13 FACULTY & STAFF NEWS

Dr. Mark Cushman, Marie Martin- Stabilization of these mutated proteins Distinguished Murphy has been with small molecules (chemical chaper- Professor of Medicinal appointed Director ones) is a promising new therapeutic ap- Chemistry, has been of Diversity Initiatives. proach to treat genetic diseases. He aims awarded his 37th In this role, she will to discover chemical chaperones to treat patent, this time for provide leadership to Rett syndrome, a genetic disorder in the his work entitled, the College’s recruit- neuronal system for which currently no “Alcohol-, diol-, and carbohydrate- ment strategies for diverse faculty, staff, cure is available. Rett syndrome occurs substituted indenoisoquinolines as and students as well as guide initiatives due to mutations in MeCP2, and many topoisomerase I inhibitors”. The patent aimed at strengthening the overall missense mutations have been identified covers a series of substituted indenoiso- College culture around diversity, in a methylated-DNA-binding domain quinoline compounds for the treatment equity, and inclusion. (MBD). “We hypothesize that stabilization and prevention of cancer. of MBD variants with chemical chaperones Dr. Chiwook Park, recovers the activity of MeCP2,” says Dr. Dr. Greg Knipp, Associate Professor Park. “We will evaluate the effect of known Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry pathological mutations in MBD on the of Industrial and and Molecular stability, folding, and DNA binding, and Physical Pharmacy, Pharmacology, is the identify mutations that can be correctable has been appointed recipient of the 2017 by chemical chaperones.” Director of the Richard and Anne Purdue Translational Borch Mid-Career Research Award in The American College Pharmacology Core Facility by the Medicinal Chemistry. The direction of Dr. of Clinical Pharmacy Bindley Bioscience Center. As Director, Park’s research is to develop chemical presented the 2017 he will assist with experimental design chaperones to treat genetic diseases. Russell R. Miller Award and provide guidance to the core facility Genetic diseases frequently occur due to Dr. James Tisdale, during this two-year appointment. to destabilizing mutations in proteins. Professor of Pharmacy Practice, at the ACCP Annual Meeting held October 7-10, 2017, Purdue Pharmacy faculty and students elected to in Phoenix, AZ.

Dr. Elizabeth Topp, IPA and Academy Board Professor of Industrial The Purdue College of Pharmacy is pleased to announce that our faculty and and Physical Pharmacy, students have been selected to serve on the 2018 Indiana Pharmacists Alliance is co-leading a consor- (IPA) and Academy Board. Dr. Margie Snyder, Associate Professor of Pharmacy tium called LyoHUB, an Practice, has been elected an Indiana Academy of Community Pharmacists industry-led partnership (IACP) Board Member-at-Large. Dr. Nicole Olenik, Clinical Assistant Professor dedicated to advancing of Pharmacy Practice, and Dr. Zack Weber, Clinical Associate Professor of the science and technology of lyophiliza- Pharmacy Practice, have been elected as Indiana Academy of Non-Traditional tion/freeze-drying. Read more at https:// Pharmacists (IANTP) Board Members-at-Large. The 2017-2018 IPA Student pharmahub.org/groups/lyo. Executive Committee members include Purdue Pharmacy students Pat Nelson (chair) and Anthony Giazzon. Dr. Zhong-Yin Zhang, the Robert C. and Charlotte P. Anderson Chair in Pharmacology and Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, was named Director of the Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery in August 2017. Giazzon Nelson Olenik Snyder Weber

14 The Purdue Pharmacist ADDRESSing Healthcare with iPads

(Purdue University photo/Andrew Hancock)

A quick, interactive checklist taken on an iPad could help pharmacists and patients better use their brief time together to detect and eliminate unpleasant expected adverse drug reactions, commonly known as side effects. Dr. Matthew Murawski, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration, has developed new technology to identify patients in need of an intervention to detect ongoing side effects. His copyrighted ADDRESS Application (ADverse Drug Reaction/Event Screening System), which can be used on a tablet PC or iPad, presents patients with a five-question checklist for each drug that catches up to 60% of all known medication-related side effects for each drug. Purdue Pharmacy students who are on Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotations in community pharmacy are now using the ADDRESS application. Learn more about the ADDRESS technology and how it is beneficial to both students and patients at www. pharmacy.purdue.edu/addressing-healthcare-ipads.

Farewell to the Editor The Purdue College of Pharmacy regrets to share that “I consider Purdue Pharmacy to be my extended Amy Chandler resigned as Communications Manager family and am extremely thankful to have had in November 2017. She joined the College in 1998 and the opportunity to work for the College for 19+ worked for a few years on campus in the Pharmacy years. Part of me leaves with a very heavy heart, Advancement Office, having collaborated with former but the other part is filled with excitement for a development directors Bruce Hufford and Chris Smith. new challenge within my own community. I have In 2003, her family relocated to Pennsylvania where she thoroughly enjoyed getting to know our amazing began working remotely as Editor of The Purdue Pharmacist. Amy has alumni, students, faculty, and staff through the been instrumental in moving the College’s communications and key mes- years and sharing your stories in the magazine, saging efforts forward. She will be applying her talents in her hometown and I will miss our interactions. I am ever grateful as Associate Director of Advancement Communications for Lycoming for our time spent together and will remain College. She will be missed, and we wish her well in her future endeavors. Purdue proud!” – Amy Chandler

WINTER 2018 15 It is with great pride that the Purdue College of Pharmacy recognizes Drs. Ashendel, Galinsky, and Geahlen for their years of dedicated service to Purdue University. Throughout their careers, each has educated thou- sands of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists and the College wishes them the best in their retirement.

DR. CURTIS ASHENDEL DR. RAYMOND GALINSKY DR. ROBERT GEAHLEN Dr. Ashendel joined the faculty Dr. Galinsky joined the faculty in Dr. Geahlen joined the faculty in 1982 in 1982 and retired as Associate 1995 and retired as Professor of and retired as Distinguished Professor Professor of Medicinal Chemistry Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular and Molecular Pharmacology. His Prior to moving to West Lafayette, Pharmacology. He served as Associate research specializes in biotechnology, he began his academic career at the Dean for Graduate Programs in the systems biology, and computational University of Utah College of Pharmacy, College and is a former Director of the biology. He is a recipient of a National but Prof. Kinam Park recruited him to Purdue University Life Sciences graduate Institutes of Health (National Cancer Purdue. He is a 2002 and 2014 recipient program. He is the 2011 recipient of Institute) Research Career Development of the Purdue University Provost Seed the JeanAnne and James B. Chaney Award and has published approximately for Success Award. He has published Research and Scholarship Achievement 90 articles and book chapters during approximately 70 articles and book Award, a 2012 Provost’s Award for his career. He received his BS in chapters and has served as a journal Outstanding Graduate Mentor from biochemistry from Michigan State reviewer for several publications. He Purdue, and a 2013 Fellow of American University and his PhD in oncology received his BA in biological sciences Association for the Advancement of from the University of Wisconsin- from the University of California, Berkeley, Science. He received his BS in chemistry Madison, McArdle Laboratory for and his PharmD from the University of and biology from Colorado State Cancer Research. California, San Francisco. University-Pueblo, his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Wyoming, and completed a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington. FACULTY R E I R M E T E

16 The Purdue Pharmacist What first drew you to your interest What are some of the biggest What have been some of your in pharmacy? Why did you choose changes and advances in pharmacy greatest joys in working with students this career? education that you’ve seen during at Purdue during your tenure? ASHENDEL: The Medicinal Chemistry your tenure at Purdue? ASHENDEL: My greatest joy has been and Pharmacognosy Department within ASHENDEL: When I started, the fields working with colleagues and students Purdue’s College of Pharmacy, Nursing of cancer research and biomedical who were passionate about maximizing and Health Science (as each was research were transitioning from bio- scientific discovery and learning.

known at that time) presented a good chemical and genetic experimental GALINSKY: Of great satisfaction to me is opportunity for establishing my research methods and analytical models to being asked to write a letter of reference program in the area of molecular an entirely new set of methods using for a student and then learning of their aspects of cancer causation. molecular biology, and I was one of the acceptance into their preferred program. early pioneers with this at Purdue. The GALINSKY: My parents were both I like to think that the students are biggest change, however, was when the healthcare professionals. My mother standing on our shoulders as they human genome and genomes of many was an ICU nurse and my father was a pursue their careers. model organisms had been sequenced community pharmacist. I began working and numerous experimental methods GEAHLEN: I have particularly enjoyed in his drugstore at the age of 14. I wasn’t and analytical models were developed working with graduate students. I have too keen on running a business; however, to leverage that knowledge in new ways, graduated 35 students from my lab and I frequently worked with a recent phar- what is now known as genomics. have served on a total of 189 graduate macy graduate and we talked often and research advisory committees. That’s a at great length about the newer “clinical” GALINSKY: I became a pharmacist in lot of oral prelims, advisory committee aspects involved with being a pharma- 1975, completed an ASHP-certified meetings, and dissertation defenses. cist. This became of great interest to me. PGY-1 residency, and also a research fellowship. One of the most significant GEAHLEN: I was interested in science What is it you anticipate missing advances in pharmacy practice has from the time I was young. I thought the most after you retire? been the advent and the acceptance chemistry was interesting since, with of national specialty board certification ASHENDEL: I will most miss the writing the right ingredients, you could build in pharmacy. The various board exams of multiple choice exam questions that small explosive devices. I also liked (i.e., nuclear, internal medicine, psychiatry, involve 10 answer choices (ha ha—not biology and used to go out on the nutrition, oncology, etc.) are now the really)! prairies of southern Colorado to collect established benchmarks for qualifying rattlesnakes to sell to snake farms for GALINSKY: I will mostly miss the frequent, pharmacists for advanced clinical making antivenom. So, I majored in informal discussions about science practice in a variety of settings. both as an undergraduate and then (mostly medicine and therapeutics) with combined these fields and obtained GEAHLEN: I have always taught very colleagues and students. It’s great fun to my PhD in biochemistry. There is fundamental science classes like share new information either from one’s research or from the literature. nothing quite as satisfying as Biochemistry and Immunology to discovering something new that no pharmacy students. When I started GEAHLEN: I will miss working with one else in the world knows about. here, immunology was more of an graduate students and other researchers afterthought and was just a small part in the lab, plotting and planning new of another course. Mostly due to the experiments, establishing new efforts of Marietta Harrison, it expanded collaborations and fully exploring over the years into its own stand-alone existing ones with faculty, exploiting course. When Jerry McLaughlin retired, new areas of research suggested by our I moved from teaching Biochemistry most recent data, writing manuscripts, to teaching Immunology. With this and watching our newest faculty T S course and other newer courses like members develop their own research Pharmacogenomics, our students programs and grow the department. N receive a sound foundation in the basic sciences that underpin the profession.

WINTER 2018 17 FACULTY RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT A 3D-printed Hirshfeld surface model of benzoic acid mapped with Fukui functions. Dr. Tonglei Li The color spots characterize the Interim Head, Department of local softness or polarizability of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy the molecule. Allen Chao Chair & Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy

Dr. Tonglei Li holds a BS in Chemistry and an More About My Research MS in Computational Chemistry from Nankai We have been working on figuring out how molecules interact during crystalliza- University in China, and an MS in Computer tion and phase transition processes. As drug molecules need to be packed into Science and PhD in Pharmaceutics from Purdue a delivery form, such as tablet, and subsequently released in a biological milieu, University. He joined the faculty of the University how the drug molecules self-assemble and arrange themselves in the solid state of Kentucky in 2002, and in 2012 he returned to will determine the absorption kinetics and eventual bioavailability. We have ex- West Lafayette to join the Purdue faculty as an plored electron density-derived quantities calculated by first principles, as well endowed professor. He currently serves as as various analytical means, to characterize the locality and strength of intermo- Interim Head of the Department of Industrial lecular interactions in solid states and solutions, hoping to predict structural and and Physical Pharmacy. kinetic evolvement of molecular association. Our work might one day lead to the Dr. Li became interested in science and par- prediction of crystal structures of organic molecules. ticularly in chemistry during high school, always We have also been developing nanocrystal-based drug products for treating intrigued by the colorful and sometimes bubbling cancer and other diseases. It remains difficult to deliver poorly soluble drug reactions by chemicals. It was while he was molecules. Some anticancer agents such as paclitaxel are so insoluble that pursuing his chemistry degree in college that administering them equals giving brick dust to a human. Our strategy is to he got drawn into computer programming. “The produce high-quality single crystals of the drug with the particle size typically opportunity presented itself when I got into the smaller than 200 nanometers from solution, which can be directly injected PhD program at Purdue to do computer simulation intravenously. Our animal tests showed better treatment efficacy with much of drug delivery systems,” says Dr. Li. His current reduced side effects. We are currently working on scaling-up methods for research specialization focuses on solid-state producing drug nanocrystals toward the industrial scale. pharmaceutical materials, drug formulation, and Recently, we have ventured into pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics in vitro-in vivo correlation of drug products. “I am modeling and simulation. While we have a pretty good handle on formulating fond of computer and computation. Since the first and manufacturing a suitable dosage form for a therapeutic compound, we day I touched an Apple II in college, I have not know so little about how such a product performs in humans. The deficiency stopped programming,” he says. “Although I can- in knowledge requires clinical trials, which suffer from high failure rates. not do much nowadays due to various commit- Collaborating with Prof. Kinam Park and a few Purdue Biomedical Engineering ments, I still find it thrilling to study a piece of code. faculty members, our lab attempts to develop multiscale simulation methods So, my ambition with my current research is to that, hopefully, can use the physicochemical properties measured in vitro of predict chemical and biological processes with a a drug product to predict its treatment outcome in vivo. computer, from crystallization to tablet disintegra- tion to drug absorption and pharmacokinetics.” Dr. Li shares that it’s the opportunity to conduct science and learn new things that he enjoys most about working at the College. “People always say the more you know, the less you know. I find it is so true. Working with my colleagues and students opens up my eyes and lets me appreciate various intriguing phenomena in life sciences and chemistry. Every one of our world-class faculty has

pursued for years to create his or her own cosmov- Paclitaxel nanocrystals that were produced from Development of a canine oncology PK/PD erse in research, and it is a pure joy to know and an ethanol/water solution. The size of the scale model with collaborators Profs. Park, Han, learn from them on a daily basis, altogether with bar is 1 micrometer. Pienaar, Umulis, and Kinzer-Ursem. my dedicated students.”

18 The Purdue Pharmacist PRECEPTOR PERCEPTIONS

Hannah Smith (PharmD 2014) Regional Faculty Coordinator – North Central Indiana

Hannah Smith was appointed as the Regional Faculty during rotations. I saw them discover their passion and forge on Coordinator for North Central Indiana for the Purdue College to pursue that passion after graduation. I can’t wait to work with of Pharmacy in October 2017. In this capacity, she acts as a our preceptors and students to facilitate stellar rotations so our liaison between the College and experiential practice sites pharmacy students may continue to learn, grow, succeed, and in the greater South Bend/North Central Indiana region. She accomplish their dreams! In full disclosure—any excuse to get will also develop new rotation sites for the area and conduct back to Purdue is always a motivating factor! Boiler Up! student roundtables for PharmD candidates taking part in their IPPE/APPE rotations. “Serving as a Regional Faculty How do you involve students in your rotation to advance Coordinator provides a spectacular way for me to give back patient care services? At Topeka Pharmacy, I am fortunate to my profession, alma mater, and community. I am very to work in a dynamic, progressive environment that excitedly grateful for the opportunity,” says Hannah. supports new patient care services for our underserved com- Hannah is employed as a clinical pharmacist at Topeka munity. I aim to evoke passion for advancing pharmacy practice Pharmacy in the rural town of Topeka, Indiana. She provides by allowing our students to participate in every aspect of pa- a variety of services for the underserved community including tient care, from management, to the bench, to the provision of MTM/CMR and vaccinations. She enjoys collaborating with clinical services. We hold our students accountable for forming Topeka Pharmacy’s on-site RD/CDE in the Diabetes Education their own trusting relationships with patients and physicians, Clinic. Most recently, she’s been coordinating the newly-estab- thereby experiencing the fulfillment of improving patient out- lished Topeka Pharmacy/Purdue University PGY1 Community comes through collaborative care. We hope to illustrate that Pharmacy Practice Residency. She serves her community as initiating new patient care services in community pharmacy a pharmacy consultant for the LaGrange County Drug Court is a realistic and achievable goal! team. Hannah also enjoys working in the anticoagulation and heart failure clinics at Elkhart General Hospital on a PRN basis. What’s the most important advice you can give students entering practice? Treat every rotation like a month-long in- What are you most looking forward to in your role as terview. Find ways to give-back to the site. Imagine you desper- Regional Faculty Coordinator? The RFC role will provide ately want a job there, and work every day like you’re earning it. ample opportunities to network with pharmacists in my com- Prioritize forming lasting relationships with your preceptors. munity and positively influence future generations of pharmacy This will pay dividends when you need job opportunities, letters students. As a P4 pharmacy candidate, I was fortunate to serve of recommendation, or a gateway to a new opportunity. on the Experiential Learning Advisory Committee as a student Remember, pharmacy is a very small world. The network you representative. Through that position, I saw my classmates build during rotations can help propel you to success; work enjoy the hands-on, dynamic learning experiences provided hard to build it!

WINTER 2018 19 “Graduate school in general SIXTY SECONDS can be a frustrating, challenging, time-consuming experience, With a Graduate Student however Purdue also makes it Hometown: New Delhi, India rewarding and even fun. I am Major Professor: Dr. Joseph Thomas III not sure where I read this, but Anticipated Graduation Year: 2018 I think it was Neil Gaiman who, Research Interests: Health Economics, when giving advice to aspiring Outcomes Research, Large Database writers, said that, ‘To be a good analysis, Health Inequity, Provide-Patient- writer you have to want to write. Health System interactions Too many people want to have Gold Medal for Best Awards & Honors: written.’ This quote has always B. Pharmacy student from BITS Pilani; Kienly Award for Outstanding Graduate stuck with me because I feel like Teaching, Purdue College of Pharmacy it applies to research, too. To be Internships: GlaxoSmithKline able to do research, you have to Pragya Mishra Post-graduation plans: Industry enjoy doing research, and not Hobbies: Reading obsessively and just look to the outcomes of that B. Pharmacy, Honors (2008), Birla music (piano) research. And I think Purdue has Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India Why did you choose Purdue? Purdue played a huge role in making that was an aspirational school for many of happen. Also, I would like to end M.S. Pharmacy Practice (2014), us in the engineering/pharmacy school this bit with a fun quote from my Purdue University I went to in India. I knew several alumni favorite writer, Sir Terry Pratchett, Doctoral Student, Pharmacy Practice, who had had very rewarding experiences Purdue University here. And it also has the oldest Pharmacy ‘What is a university for if it isn’t Administration program in the country, to tell you that everything you which speaks to its pedigree. As someone with specific interests in Health Economics, think you know is wrong?’” that appealed to me. Also, I was very keen on working with Dr. Thomas.

Each year we are humbled by the generosity of our alumni, faculty, students, and friends. Over the past four years, the Purdue Pharmacy Family has come together on a single day in April to give back and grant opportunities. Mark your calendars now for the 5th annual Purdue Day of Giving on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Let’s make this year’s Purdue Day of Giving the best yet!

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20 The Purdue Pharmacist Ever True: The Campaign We have had an outstanding 2017! In my role, I have the honor and privilege for Purdue University is an of seeing the impact your generosity can have on our students, programs, invitation to the Purdue family and the College. It is because of you that we had a record-setting year in to join together, through private scholarship money awarded, worked on the cutting-edge of drug discovery giving and personal involve- and development, and continued to be ranked a top 10 college of pharmacy in the nation. As we move forward into 2018, I cannot help but wonder ment, to boldly advance our what more can we do for our College? University as a national and When I think of how we can help the College be “Bolder, Higher, global leader that continues Together,” I think of YOU. Great things happen when our Purdue Pharmacy to move the world forward. Family comes together. We have some of the most loyal donors at Purdue, Make a profound impact at but we have much room to grow. The College is continuously working hard at increasing our “participation rate” – the percent of alumni who give back Purdue University by part- annually. Participation rates are among one of the top factors foundations nering with the College of consider when responding to grant requests. Please consider helping launch Pharmacy. Through Ever a future pharmacist’s or pharmaceutical scientist’s career by renewing your True: Campaign for Purdue annual gift TODAY. Your contribution, no matter how big or small, makes a University, the College seeks to difference. Our future is bright, and I hope that you will continue to be a part of it. attract outstanding prospective I hope that the next time you are on campus you will stop by the students and reduce their debt, Advancement Office and say hello! We always enjoy catching up with you recruit and retain the best and thanking you personally for your generosity. faculty, and plan for the future Ever Grateful! through various giving opportunities which will enable us to further our mission. Make a gift, and make a difference! Katie Skeel Director of Development Operations & Donor Stewardship Make a gift at Giving. (765) 494-1370 Purdue.edu/GivetoRx. [email protected]

WINTER 2018 21 The Purdue College of Pharmacy welcomed the

WHITE COAT Class of 2021 to the pharmacy family on September 10, 2017, in the Loeb Theatre. Over one CEREMONYthousand people gathered on campus to celebrate as faculty assisted the class with donning their white coats. The College extends its appreciation to Kroger Company and Pay Less Super Markets for sponsoring this memorable event, and to Greg Fox, Pharmacy Merchandiser for Kroger Company, for making remarks during the ceremony. The ceremony concluded with students reciting the “Oath of a Pharmacist,” and a reception (L to R) The Sorgen Family—Patrick, Breanne, Joshua, followed in the Purdue Memorial Union. Marti, and Brooke —at the 2017 White Coat Ceremony

Judith Jacobi (BS 1979), Keynote Speaker The College was honored to have Judith Jacobi serve as the keynote THE SORGEN FAMILY LEGACY speaker at the White Coat Ceremony. Dr. Jacobi is part of the The Sorgen family is no stranger to the Purdue College of Pharmacy. Joshua Multi-professional ICU team as a Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist Sorgen, a class of 2021 student, was at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital. While her primary presented with his white coat during role is as a clinician, she remains active in many other aspects of the ceremony held on September 10. pharmacy and critical care education, research, and service. She Afterward, he was joined by his older is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy and Critical Care. She is Program Director of siblings, Brooke Sorgen Crawford an ASHP-accredited Critical Care Pharmacy Residency and has trained 26 residents, (PharmD 2005), twins Patrick Sorgen along with numerous Doctor of Pharmacy students, as Affiliate Faculty for Purdue (PharmD 2013) and Breanne Sorgen University and Butler University. Fleming (PharmD 2013), and their Dr. Jacobi is a long-term member, Fellow, and Past-President of the American mother, Marti Gross Sorgen (BS 1983). College of Clinical Pharmacy. She is also a Master Fellow and Past-President of the “Seeing all of the amazing opportunities Society of Critical Care Medicine (the first pharmacist to serve in that role, and the a Purdue Pharmacy degree provided second non-physician) and was a founding member of the Clinical Pharmacy and for my family made my decision to Pharmacology Section. She trained as a pharmacist at Purdue University and attend Purdue an easy one,” comments received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota and was Joshua. “Finding my place in the Purdue one of the first critical care pharmacy residents trained at The Ohio State University. Pharmacy family these past two years She was named a Distinguished Alumna of the Purdue College of Pharmacy and has been incredibly rewarding, and received the Glen J. Sperandio Award for the Advancement of Pharmacy. only further validated my decision.”

22 The Purdue Pharmacist Pharmacy Alumni News

Greetings from Ole Purdue!

5,500 alumni,

The Purdue College of Pharmacy has had an outstanding 57 events 2017! inWe 2017. hosted As weover transition into students, faculty, staff, and friends of the College at 2018, we hope to reach even more of our alumni and friends!

These are exciting times for the College. There is something happening almost daily within the Purdue Pharmacy Family. Please keep up with us! Check outMortar the College’s& Pestle electronicwebsite at newsletter. www.pharmacy.purdue.edu. Make sure you are receiving the Also, please join us on our Pharmacy Alumni LinkedIN, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages.

The College is always looking to keep track of our alumni and their careers. Please review the following pages that list the alumni with whom we’ve lost contact. If you can help us find these alumni, we would greatly appreciate it. We want all our alumni to be connected with the College!

#BolderHigherTogether 2018 Pharmacy Events Calendar Pride, Passion, Pharmacy, Purdue! DATE EVENT March 17 APhA Alumni and Friends Reception Nashville, TN, Time TBA

April 6 Distinguished Alumni Awards Dana Neary Luncheon - Noon Manager of Alumni Relations & Special Events April 12 Pharmacy Women for Purdue [email protected] Networking Session - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (765) 494-2632 April 13 Pharmacy Women for Purdue Conference - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 25 Purdue Day of Giving April 27 Graduation Banquet April 28 BSPS Graduation Dinner May 12 Pharmacy Commencement June 1 22nd Annual BoileRx Golf Classic Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex July AACP Alumni and Friends Reception Boston, MA, Date & Time TBA

For more information about upcoming events, please visit www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/events.

(L to R) Aimee Hepperlen, Peg Hepperlen (BS 1958, Science), Jane Boggs (BS 1959), and Dana Neary; Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sisters Jane and Peg, along with Peg’s granddaughter Aimee, enjoyed attending homecoming together and visiting with Dana during the Pharmacy Tailgate WINTER 2018 23 LOST PHARMACY ALUMNI

Harsh L. Island (BS 1956) Tor J. Skobba (MS 1967) Ebere Francisca Igboko Ekpunobi The Purdue College of Robert D. Jackson (BS 1956) Kenneth P. Stremming (BS 1965) (MS 1989, PhD 1992) Pharmacy has “lost” the Richard L. Jones (BS 1950) Miss Malda Svechs (BS 1964) Ralph Johnson (BS 1983) following alumni, meaning James R. Kilpatrick (BS 1952) Michael L. Taylor (BS 1963, MS 1965, Rhonda S. Koehl (BS 1988) Douglas A. Klybert (BS 1956) PhD 1967) Joyce A. Koren (MS 1983) we no longer have active Charles T. Lesshafft, Jr. (MS 1953, Linda L. Varner (BS 1961) Jung J. Lee (PhD 1984) contact information or a PhD 1955) Stewart Wong (PhD 1964) Nadine R. Lindley (BS 1986) Walter Lorence, Jr. (BS 1955) Charles W. Zalinski (BS 1962) Claudio M. Lopez (BS 1983) home address on record Lee F. Lucterhand (BS 1957) John D. Love (BS 1982) for them. If you have been John F. Martin (BS 1956) 1970-1979 Jeff Dale McGlone (BS 1984) Neil H. Mercer (BS 1955) Daniel A. Beyer (BS 1972) David Wayne Merrifield (BS 1982) coded incorrectly, please James Emanuel Moore (BS 1959) Maureen M. Boyd (MS 1970) Steven Lee Metz (BS 1980) let us know. If you know the Robert E. Myers (BS 1954) Mary Katherine Brock (BS 1975) Rita Carrie Milewski (BS 1980) Jonathan G. Njoroge (MS 1955) Ricky D. Burch (BS 1974) Olga Iris Morales (MS 1982) whereabouts of someone William B. Northrup (BS 1950) Jill S. Burk (MS 1974) Elaine Witte Morefield (BS 1980, PhD 1984) listed below, please Rambhai N. Patel (MS 1952) Christi A. Clore (BS 1978) Milind M. Narurkar (PhD 1988) Luciano E. Pennati (MS 1956) James N. Cook (BS 1972) Lori A. Nesbitt (BS 1989, PharmD 1990) encourage them to Pedro Penzini (BS 1957) Siriphan Eamrungroj (MS 1978) David Sheung-Shun Ng (MS 1981, update their information Lois J. Pinckley (BS 1951) Carol A. Ellis (BS 1975) PhD 1983) Robert T. Powell (BS 1950) Rachel Mata Espindola (MS 1976, Esmail M. Niazy (MS 1980) with us or contact Dana Tom R. Rogers (BS 1957) PhD 1979) Ghada R. Noueiri (PharmD 1987) Neary, Manager of Alumni L. James Rouhselang (BS 1955) Mario A. Esposito-Avella (MS 1972, Aileen Ocasio-Alvarez (PhD 1988) Relations and Special Berhe Seyum (BS 1958) PhD 1974) Mauricio R. Odio-Yglesias (MS 1980, Amrutlal M. Shah (MS 1955) Robert F. Everline (BS 1971) PhD 1983) Events, at nearyd@purdue. Carl Edward Smith (BS 1958) Susan E. Fellers (BS 1977) Carol E. Pasini (BS 1981) edu or (765) 494-2632. Harry A. Smith (MS 1956, PhD 1959) Wing-Pun Fung (MS 1971, PhD 1974) Roseann Marie Rhoda (BS 1987) Robert E. Smith (BS 1951) Patrick T.W. Gallivan (BS 1970) M M Salazar-Gutierrez (PhD 1985) Thank you for your Maria A. Spiridon (BS 1954) Jilda Louise Greco (BS 1971) William J. Sievert (BS 1987, PharmD 1988) assistance. We hope all Hazim M. Tahir (MS 1954) Dwight T. Hart (MS 1972) Beth L. Tanner (BS 1983) Koen T. Tan (MS 1958) Donald C. Hartman (BS 1974) Elizabeth A. Tesdahl (BS 1985) of you will continue to Michiko Tsuchiya (MS 1957) Charles D. Heuser (BS 1979) Emeka O. Ume (PharmD 1985) stay in touch with the Yozo Uchimura (MS 1958) Mohammed Jemal (PhD 1976) Razieh Yazdanparast (PhD 1986) Martha E. VanEman (BS 1957) James H. Knueven (BS 1976) Purdue Pharmacy family! Ramsey Wasfey (MS 1955) James B. Ksenak (BS 1977) 1990-1999 Helen L. Wyer (BS 1954) Geoffrey A. Lee (BS 1977) Douglas D. Anderson (BS 1996) Mei-Yueh Lin (MS 1972) Kitte A. Bacon (BS 1990) 1940-1949 1960-1969 Karin C. Liu (MS 1972) Heather A. Barnett (BS 1998) Betty J. Adams (BS 1949) Ammishaddai Asamoa Asiedu (BS 1960) Ruth Ann Nichols (MS 1971, PhD 1972) Amy S. Beebe (BS 1999) Ravindra G. Baxi (MS 1949) Pierre Boucher (MS 1965) Vicki Lynn Noland (BS 1977) Qiuna Bi (MS 1996) Marilyn J. Bywater (BS 1948) Larry A. Cooper (BS 1965) Mary Darlene O’Donnell (BS 1973) Miss Diana K. Brown (BS 1994) Michael J. Callahan (BS 1949) David L. Cordill (BS 1963) Chalermsri Pummangura (MS 1974) Diana M. Caparell (BS 1998) Yuen Fu Cheng (MS 1946) James J. DeKorse (BS 1961) Sunibhond Pummangura (MS 1976, Gerald T. Carlson (BS 1990) Edwin W. Dierdorf (BS 1947) Richard D. Denbo (MS 1969) PhD 1981) Catherine H. Chien (BS 1992) Teh Tsuan Feng (MS 1949) Ruth L. Earle (BS 1969) Floyd Daniel Roark (BS 1971) Hee-Sung Choi (PhD 1992) Hubert Mack Hill (PhD 1947) Taghi Ghafghazi (MS 1968, PhD 1973) David L. Routsong (BS 1972) Michelle Anne Chui (MS 1998, PhD 2001) William D. Jones (PhD 1948) Gilles A. Girard (MS 1965) Linda S. Straus (PhD 1978) Miss Angela R. Colin (BS 1999) Mary Y. S. King (MS 1947) Joseph S. Goldberg (BS 1966) Stephen R. VanEss (MS 1977) Miss Sherry L. Deckman (BS 1993) Lila E. Lanham (BS 1946) Allan M. Goodeve (PhD 1960) Luis A. Velez-Juarbe (PhD 1977) Jennifer L. Dossett (BS 1998) Elizabeth J. Larson (BS 1948) Robert Gordon (MS 1962) Janice M. Williams (BS 1976, PharmD 1978) Huey-Li Fan (BS 1996) Florence E. Mundy (BS 1942) Abdul Mohammed A. Hassanally (MS 1962) John D. Williams (BS 1974) Tara L. Feldhaus (BS 1994) Jaime J. Perozo (BS 1947) Lonnell E. Johnson (BS 1965) Angela Hedwig Wojslaw (PharmD 1979) Jean A. Fleurimont (BS 1995) Rue C. Shu (MS 1949) Edmund J. Kalin (BS 1966) M. Diane Zuckerman (BS 1972) Leigh A. Foster (BS 1998, PharmD 1999) Chi T. Wang (PhD 1949) Said A. Khalil (MS 1966) Lori Ann Fritts (BS 1991) Bette I. Warren (BS 1947) Harold L. Koekenberg (BS 1961, MS 1971) 1980-1989 Lynn M. Gerecke (BS 1992) Andre M. LaMonde (MS 1963, PhD 1965) Mohammed M. Alharbi (MS 1983, Miss Katharine M. Graf (BS 1998) 1950-1959 Tsung-Jen Lin (MS 1968, PhD 1973) PhD 1987) Dorothea A. Griffiths (PhD 1991) John D. Barton (BS 1957) Miss Nancy D. Major (BS 1967) Walter M. Barden, III (BS & PharmD 1983) Judith Kay Grimes (PharmD 1995) Pierre E. Bourely (MS 1954) Judith I. Martinez (BS 1966) Glenda R. Bell (BS 1987) Yoon J. Ham (BS 1998) Gloria Bracho (MS 1950) Thomas K. Maycunich (BS 1966) Aixa M. Berrios-Perez (MS 1988) Sandra M. Hayes (BS 1994) Marian McCurdy Carlin (BS 1953) Adrienne A. Meyer (BS 1967) Dean V. Carlson (PhD 1987) Lih-Min Her (PhD 1994) James D. Conn (BS 1956) Richard D. Mumaw (BS 1963) Whi-Gun Chae (PhD 1989) Robert C. Hite (BS 1997) Herbert C. Cook (BS 1952) Michael A. Myers (BS 1969) Benito David Couriel (PhD 1980) Angela D. Hobson (BS 1990, PharmD 1996) R. Jack Cunningham (BS 1956) Sunalinee Nikrothanonta (PhD 1969) Mark E. Dodge (BS 1985) Julia M. Hoek (BS 1995) Robert Christian Garbers (BS 1955) Jacques Paiement (MS 1965, PhD 1968) Michael D. Edwards (BS 1987) Traci L. Holling (BS 1991) Estelita N. Garcia (MS 1955) Jerry G. Potts (BS 1960) Lori A. Eikenberry (BS 1986) Shelby L. Jackson (BS 1995) J. Allan Gill (BS 1958) John A. Reed (BS 1967) Jill Bavender Fry (BS 1984) Terri K. Jackson (BS 1994) Bedrodeen Hassan (BS 1955) Kenneth P. Reeves (BS 1967) Maria Teresa Garcia (BS 1982) Lakhu M. Keshvara (PhD 1998) Phyllis R. Hedwall (BS 1958) Roman L. Salvador (PhD 1960) Deborah A. Hahn (PharmD 1980) Thomas J. Klem (PhD 1996) Thomas W. Hogan (BS 1956) Ceferino Sanchez-Jorquera (PhD 1966) Jeff Hatfield (BS 1981) Miss Gretchen M. Knepp (BS 1996) Marjorie V. Horne (BS 1955) Kakkadan N. Shivadas (MS 1963) Phillip A. Hedges (BS 1986) Hudson Lau (PhD 1991)

24 The Purdue Pharmacist Eung-Seok Lee (PhD 1992) Hesham Farouk Elarabi (PharmD 2005) Shauna Rae Santare (PharmD 2009) Sudip Khadka (PhD 2014) Phuriwat Leesawat (PhD 1999) Timothy C. Falda (PharmD 2007) Sheila Santiago (PharmD 2000) Rubayat I. Khan (BS 2013, MS 2016) Pauline Leung (PharmD 1997) Brian Christopher Fort (PharmD 2004) Talli Ann Schrader (PharmD 2007) Brittany Ann Kieffner (BS 2011) Yuping Li (PhD 1995) Susan Marie Fox (PhD 2008) Jessica E. Shepler (PharmD 2005) Jeong-Min Kim (PharmD 2014) Wenwen Ma (PhD 1991) Tracy L. Frazier (PharmD 2006) Anjly Sheth (PharmD 2003) Yu Jin Kim (PharmD 2014) Thomas A. MacLean (BS 1996) Jennifer Lynn Frederick (PharmD 2001) Hee Soo T. L. Shin (PharmD 2004) Stacy Lynne Kiral (PharmD 2012) John M. Martin (BS 1998, PharmD 1999) Molly Nicole Fricke (BS 2005) Tammie Anne Shockley (PharmD 2000) Jutarat Kitsongsermthon (PhD 2011) Megan C. McGill (BS 1997, PharmD 1998) Michael Ross Futa (PharmD 2008) Yan Shou (PhD 2002) Thomas Jacob Kleyn (PharmD 2010) Susanne Nicole McMillan (BS 1995) Hugo Garrido Hernandez (PhD 2001) Terri C. Smith (PharmD 2004) Mariya Olegovna Krisenko (PhD 2015) S. S. Meera (MS 1991) Leila Ghanbarinia (PharmD 2008) Marshall Robert Songer (BS 2007) Charles P. Kuntz (PhD 2015) Eskender G. Mengesha (BS 1992) Emily Christina Greenhaw (PharmD 2009) Elizabeth A. Sprague Carney (PharmD 2005) Dan Koji Kuroiwa (PharmD 2015) Robyn G. Midwinter (MS 1997) Alan E. Gross (PharmD 2009) Erin C. Steinwedel (PharmD 2004) Chatham G. Lane (BS 2015) Cynthia L. Mijocevic (BS 1999) Cory Christine Grzesik (PharmD 2006) Kevin Wayne Storm, III (PharmD 2008) Allison Marie Lange (BS 2011) Fatmah Shiva Morshed (BS 1992) Abhay Gupta (PhD 2004) Jae Eun Suk (PhD 2008) Han Bao Thi Le (PharmD 2016) Kenneth R. Pearson (BS 1995) Farrah Qais Haddad (PharmD 2007) Andrea Szostek-Krupa (PharmD 2009) Sooha Lee (BS 2012) Craig Lawrence Pecsenye (BS 1992) Laura Cathryn Hamilton (PharmD 2009) Kristine M. Terry (BS 2001) Erin Sarita Little (PharmD 2014) Miss Alexandra Psomadelis (BS 1996) Jack L. Harmon (PharmD 2003) Yasmin Hatim Thathia (PharmD 2009) Kerry L. Loader (MS 2010) Tiffany Ann Quellette (BS 1998, Ilda A. Haxhistasa (PharmD 2004) Ashley Lynn Thomas (BS 2009) Hao Lou (BS 2010) PharmD 1999) Wei He (PhD 2008) Ayla Mohammad Dadou Tourkmani Jason Ryan Mantel (PharmD 2012) Satish Reddy (MS 1991) Lindsey Michelle Helfrich (PharmD 2007) (PharmD 2008) Scott Allen Marshall (PharmD 2011) Dong-Mi Rhee (PhD 1994) Lindsay A. Helms (PharmD 2005) Kumar Vedantham (PhD 2009) Heather Jo Mckanna (PharmD 2013) Matthew J. Rieser (PhD 1993) Stephanie M. Hendricks (PharmD 2005) Stephanie Ann Wahlstrom (PharmD 2001) Jeffrey Taylor Meade (PharmD 2015) Miss Hollie D. Robinson (BS 1994) Craig Robert Hodges (PharmD 2009) Feng Wang (MS 2007) Laura Emily Meyer (PharmD 2010) Lingling Rogers (PhD 1998) Julie Jung Hong (PhD 2001) Dustin Lee Whiteman (PharmD 2002) Ahmed N. Mohamed (MS 2011, PhD 2013) Tracey L. Rogers (PhD 1997) Juma Hoshino (MS 2008) Hakan Wikstrom (PhD 2007) Donna Marie Morgan (PharmD 2010) Phylis June Rutowski (BS 1998, John D. Hulleman (PhD 2007) Arunee Wittayanukulluk (PhD 2002) Brandon David Muckley (PharmD 2015) PharmD 1999) Janna Nicole Irwin (PharmD 2007) Jeffrey L. Wolfgang (PharmD 2004) Sarah Elizabeth Murphy (PharmD 2012) Rhonda Denise Schoonover (BS 1999) Kayla Ann Izdepski (PharmD 2009) S. Alison Wong (PharmD 2000) Tahmida Nazreen (PharmD 2014) Lydia G. Shadid (BS 1998) Christy Elaine Javella (BS 2007) Elizabeth Woolsey (PharmD 2004) Yen Ng (PhD 2013) Abdul-Wahab H. Shararah (PharmD 1998) Julie E. Jernberg (BS 2003) Jaime E. Zuroske (BS 2002) Trung Xuan Nguyen (PhD 2014) Hiroko Shimada (PhD 1998) Erin Nicole Keith (PharmD 2004) Hyunhee Oh (BS 2015) Fifiliawati Sjahfiedin (BS 1999) Ji Young Kim (PhD 2009) 2010-Present Anita Panchanathan (PharmD 2011) Linda Song (BS 1999) Kyung Ah Kim (PharmD 2008) Virona Nabil Abdel-Shahid (PharmD 2011) Esther Jion Park (PharmD 2011) PeiWen Sun (PhD 1996) Minhee Kim (PharmD 2009) Farah Deeba Ahmed (PharmD 2013) Michelle Lynn Parker (MS 2015) Elizabeth Talis-Rosenberg (BS 1996) So-Yun Kim (BS 2000) Mona Shaker Al Kedrah (PharmD 2015) Disha Krushnakant Patel (PharmD 2012) Melissa N. Toon (BS 1995) Sarah Martha Kivett (PharmD 2005) Abdel Majid Hasan Al Natsheh Nancy B. Patel (PharmD 2010) Anhtrinh N. Trandai (BS 1994) Kylie Ann Klenoski (PharmD 2006) (PharmD 2012) Shaili Kantilal Patel (PharmD 2011) Kenneth J. White (BS 1998) Rebecca Ann Kolodchak (PharmD 2005) Majda Salem Alattas (PharmD 2010) Wesley David Penn (MS 2010) Jon J. Wong (BS 1992) Anna Mikhaylovna Kovalenko Roa’A Abdulmomen Al-Gain (PharmD 2013) Jigar R. Rajpura (PhD 2015) Hasik Youn (PhD 1997) (PharmD 2009) Tahani Alharthi (PharmD 2013) Jacob T. Ramsey (BS 2016) Dina M. Wael R. Zalatimo (BS 1990) Lori A. Kramer (PharmD 2001) Kiran Aslam (PhD 2016) Allison Michelle Rawley (PharmD 2012) Kelly Marie Kremer (PharmD 2006) Messai Belayneh (BS 2010, PharmD 2010) Nora Jane Roman (PharmD 2013) 2000-2009 Uros Laban (PhD 2004) Tracy Lee Juanillo Beltran (PharmD 2011) Daniel Ward Rushton (PharmD 2014) Sherine Mohamed Abd-El-Mawla Sonja L. Laird (PharmD 2001) Brandon K. Bergman (PharmD 2015) Sarah Michelle Schepers (PharmD 2014) (PhD 2007) Eun Hee Lee (PhD 2007) Arial Reneé Burrus (PharmD 2010) Lauren Michelle Schuler (PharmD 2014) Shahista Aboo (BS 2001) Anastasia Gracia Lityo (BS 2008) Hye Jea Byun (PharmD 2013) Daniel Christopher Schuster (PharmD 2010) Abdulaziz Hamad Al Saggabi (PharmD 2000) Stephanie A. Lynn (BS 2004) Leah Louise Catt (PharmD 2010) Dharmesh Shah (PharmD 2010) Rabiha H. Alathman (BS 2002) Jennifer Marie Mabrey (PharmD 2002) Ting-Ju Chang (PharmD 2016) Soo Young Shin (PharmD 2012) Mahmoud A Ammar (PharmD 2008) Gerwyn Makai (PharmD 2008) Siying Chen (PharmD 2012) Natalie Christine Sickman (PharmD 2012) Julie Beth Armstrong (PharmD 2002) Amy L. Marple (MS 2001) Eunbi Cho (BS 2014) Isaac A. Smith (PharmD 2016) Eric B. Asare (BS 2003) Jodi L. Martin (BS 2003) Saritha Chodavarapu (BS 2010, Jessica Jeanette Stansbury (PharmD 2013) Ashleigh-Anne Tran Au (PharmD 2004) Laura A. Martin (PharmD 2003) PharmD 2010) Melissa Noel Stawski (PharmD 2011) Jason D Barnes (PharmD 2006) Josephine Thitu Maundu (PharmD 2007) Yeo Jin Choi (BS 2013, PharmD 2013) Ellen Christina Stewart (PharmD 2012) Lerin Chanda Becton (PharmD 2002) Kelly Erin McCarthy (PharmD 2007) Eun Kyoung Chung (PharmD 2010, Marisa L. Strychalski (PharmD 2015) Andrea J. Benninghoff (PharmD 2002) Holly Lynn McCollough (PharmD 2009) PhD 2015) Bo Sun (PhD 2016) Jankhana Bhagwakar (PharmD 2009) Hajra Hameed Mirza (PharmD 2009) Kerri Leigh Coggins (PharmD 2011) Mitali Arun Tambe (PhD 2015) Usman Bhatti (PharmD 2006) Kyung-Duk Moon (PhD 2003) Jeremy Justin Costa (PharmD 2013) Anne M. Thieling (PharmD 2016) Jerrold Paul Blocher (PharmD 2007) Megan Ashley Mott (PharmD 2008) Wei Cui (PhD 2016) Christopher Martin Thompson Pooja Boinpally (PharmD 2008) Mandy Lyn Moulton (BS 2000) Sarah E. Danbury (BS 2015) (PharmD 2012) Gregory A. Briggs (BS 2003) Maria Dolores Movafegh (MS 2009) Sasha Kate Delaney (PharmD 2010) Jared James Thompson (PhD 2015) Jeffrey William Brown (PharmD 2006) Faye N. Mulvaney (BS 2003, PharmD 2003) Aurelie R. Derusep Jacquet (PhD 2016) Kayla M. Thompson (PharmD 2016) Ngoc Lan Thi Bui (PharmD 2002) Pei-Sze Ng (PhD 2004) Woganee Mimi Dires (PharmD 2012) Chia-Jui Tsai (PhD 2013) Brandy Nicole Bunch (PharmD 2005) Chau Huynh Nguyen (PhD 2006) Maame Kraba Dontoh (PharmD 2010) Benjamin N. VanWye (PharmD 2015) Rachel Lynnette Calvert (PharmD 2006) Natalie Marie Nicholson (BS 2007) Ashlee Marie Dutoi (PharmD 2012) Mark Daniel Vogel (PharmD 2011) Laura Jill Cannon (BS 2001) Mark C. Okafor (PhD 2006) Afomia Aberra Feleke (PharmD 2011) Milijana Vukobrat (PharmD 2012) Ellen M. Carey (PharmD 2000) Paula Jean Opheim (PharmD 2008) Brian Scott Foreman (PharmD 2012) Heather Marie Wanek (PharmD 2016) Jinhua Chen (PhD 2004) Courtney M. O’Shea (BS 2000) Noah John Franz (PharmD 2014) Yuchen Wang (PhD 2015) Lilian Wai Yan Chiu (PharmD 2004) Ashwini B. Pai (PharmD 2009) Heather Michelle Fry (PharmD 2016) Michael Leroy West (PharmD 2014) Hyun Cho (PharmD 2004) Li Fang Pan (BS 2006, PhD 2011) Rachel Lynn Gaesser (PharmD 2011) Lacie June Woodall (PharmD 2014) Marisol C. Cisneros (PharmD 2003) Miss Ellen Kyung-Ah Park (BS 2001) Sarah Renee Gantz (BS 2011) James R. Woods (PhD 2014) Brenda Michelle Clark (PharmD 2008) George R. Paul, III (PharmD 2003) Xin Gu (BS 2014) Jun Xu (BS 2013) Darlene Marie Cummings (BS 2002) Natalie Yvonne Paul (PharmD 2003) Priscilla Alexis Hong (PharmD 2014) Mengang Xu (PhD 2012) Kimberly Lin Dahnke (PharmD 2009) Britta J. Penn (PharmD 2002) Chih-Chao Hsu (PhD 2012) Tzu-Yi Yang (PhD 2014) Rami Khalil Daoud (PharmD 2007) Jose D. Perez (PhD 2008) Jeffrey Allen Hutchens (PharmD 2010) Xiaoqin Yang (PhD 2012) Fred P. Davis (PharmD 2001) Jacob R. Pletcher (BS 2003) Rami Ismail (PharmD 2012) Alisa Yelimeshyna (PharmD 2015) Kevin K. Dec (PharmD 2000) Julie Ann Przybyla (MS 2009) Jose Ignacio Juncosa (PhD 2011) So Hyun Youn (BS 2016) Heather D. Dell’Orfano (PharmD 2001) Yogesh S. Punekar (PhD 2003) Matthew F. Kanitra (PharmD 2015) Jamie Leigh Younts (PharmD 2010) Natasha Marie Deubelbeiss (BS 2009) Yong Qiu (PhD 2002) Giuliana Satie Kano (PharmD 2013) Mohammad Khaled Zaatari (PharmD 2013) Angela N. Dodoo (BS 2004) Amanda L. Reed (PharmD 2003) Mohamed Houmem Noure Karah Ali Lingfei Zeng (PhD 2016) Jamie Lynne Doran (MS 2005) Valerie Lee Richardville (PharmD 2008) (PharmD 2010) Luo Jia Zheng (PharmD 2010) Allison B. Edsall (PhD 2004) Gustavo Javier Rodriguez (PhD 2004) Jennifer Lynn Keresztes (PharmD 2010)

WINTER 2018 25 With your support, our mission IS A HOLE IN ONE!

22ND ANNUAL We will play 18 holes on the Ackerman-Allen BOILERX Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. GOLF CLASSIC Additional registration forms can be found at FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2018 www.pharmacy.purdue. Registration begins edu/boilerx, and the at 10:30 a.m. deadline to register is May 1, 2018. The cost is Lunch will be $85/golfer, and the money served at 11:00 a.m. supports the Pharmacy Shotgun start Alumni Scholarships at Noon fund. For more information, please contact Dana Neary, Manager of Alumni Relations and Special Events, at nearyd@purdue. edu or (765) 494-2632.

26 The Purdue Pharmacist 22nd Annual BoileRx Golf Classic • Friday, June 1, 2018

Registration includes: Name ______Address ______• Practice Range Balls City ______State ______Zip ______• Prize Holes • Soft Drinks & Beer Phone ______• Golf Cart E-mail Address ______• Green Fees r Place me on a team • Lunch r Sign me up for a four-person scramble. Other golfers on my team are: • Door Prize ______, ______

______, ______Sponsorship Our fees only cover the cost to golf. Additional support is needed for our scholarships. Opportunities Please make a donation that is meaningful to you. The BoileRx raises money Registration fee _____ x $85 = $______annually to support Pharmacy

Alumni Scholarships. These Scholarship Donation (tax deductible) $______scholarships provide assistance to our students that enable them TOTAL REGISTRATION AMOUNT $______to attend Purdue and lower their r financial burden of attending My check made payable to Purdue Foundation is enclosed. pharmacy school. One of the r Charge my credit card: r MasterCard r Visa r Discover ways the College of Pharmacy Charge will appear as Purdue UDO Dept. Events on your credit card statement. does this is to offer sponsorships at the BoileRx. Name on Card ______r The 2018 Sponsorship Levels are: My credit card billing address is the same as the address listed above. If different, please provide billing address: ______$125 Tee sponsorship ______$200 Hole Sponsorship $500 Registration Sponsorship Card number ______- ______- ______- ______$750 Beverage Cart Sponsorship Expiration date: ______/______3 Digit Security Code ______Sponsorships can be made by Signature ______contacting Katie Skeel, Director of Development Operations and Donor Stewardship, at Send Registration Have questions? [email protected] or (765) 494-1370. Form by May 1 to: Want to volunteer? BoileRx Golf Classic Please contact Dana Neary, Purdue University Manager of Alumni Relations Heine Pharmacy Building, Rm. 104 and Special Events, at 575 Stadium Mall Drive [email protected] or West Lafayette, IN 47907-2091 (765) 494-2632. Or by FAX to (765) 494-9587

Forms can also be found at www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/boilerx. Feel free to make copies of this form as needed.

WINTER 2018 27 HAPPENINGS

Graduate Student Receives Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award Meridith Robins, a doctoral student in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology working in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Van Rijn, is a recipient of the Enoch Gordis Research Recognition Award. This award is given by the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in recognition of outstanding biomedical and psychosocial research among early career members of RSA. Meridith was selected to attend the RSA annual meeting held in Colorado in June 2017 where she presented her work entitled “Critical role of Gi-protein signaling in the dorsal striatum in the reduction of voluntary alcohol intake in C57Bl/6 mice.” American Pharmacist Month in Indiana Purdue Pharmacy students Michelle Higgins (left) and Olivia Walker (right) were recognized for their initiative in getting October named as American Pharmacist Month in Indiana. The two were instrumental in securing the proclamation which was issued by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb in September. Olivia is President of Purdue’s chapter of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), and Michelle serves as Vice President of the chapter organization which consists of approximately 200 members.

Pharmacy First Nighter The Pharmacy First Nighter was held on September 6, 2017, in the Purdue Armory. This annual event is open to all students in the College in order for them to meet other students and learn about Pharmacy organizations, and to enjoy free food and drinks! Thank you to CVS Health for sponsoring this event.

Bringing SoyFoliate to Market Purdue College of Pharmacy 2017 graduates Steve Ferris, Samuel Lewis, and Alison Switzer, along with Ryan Pendergast, a graduate of mechanical engineering, are the creators of SoyFoliate soap, an environmentally friendly, naturally degradable hand soap using exfoliating soy beads instead of plastic microbeads that have been banned in the U.S. The team has started a company to further develop and bring to market their SoyFoliate innovation with plans to move forward with prototyping, stability testing, and business development with aims to license the technology to personal care companies. Read more at www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/ news/soyfoliate.

28 The Purdue Pharmacist Armed for Flu Shot Season PharmD students Baylee Bryan (left) and Veronica Bonderski (right) administered flu shots to Purdue University President Mitch Daniels and Provost Jay Akridge on October 11, 2017.

Graduate Student Award Symposium Pharmacy Couples Tailgate The annual Purdue College of Pharmacy Graduate Student The Purdue College of Pharmacy had a wonderful Awards Symposium was held on November 1, 2017, in the time visiting with our Purdue Pharmacy couples at the Purdue Memorial Union. The recipients of the Albert and Anna Purdue vs. Illinois tailgate held at the Birck Boilermaker Kienly Awards for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student Golf Complex on November 4, 2017. are: Kelsey Lubin (Industrial and Physical Pharmacy), Pragya Mishra (Pharmacy Practice), and Meridith Robins (Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology). The recipients of the Jenkins-Knevel Awards for Excellence in Research are: Mohamed El-Sayed (Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology), Yihua Pei (Industrial and Physical Pharmacy), Tyler Shugg (Pharmacy Practice), and Ying Yang (Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology).

(L to R) Award recipients Mohamed El-Sayed, Ying Yang, Kelsey Lubin, Yihua Pei, Tyler Shugg, Meridith Robins, Pragya Mishra, and Dr. Danzhou Yang, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Sarah (BS 1978, PharmD 1980) and Charles (BS 1978) Sanders had their caricature drawn during the tailgate

WINTER 2018 29 PU vs. Louisville Young Alumni Tailgate Northwest IN Alumni Reception September 5, 2017 September 14, 2017

To learn more about these and other Purdue College of Pharmacy events that took place during the fall, please visit our online Gallery at www.pharmacy. purdue.edu/gallery.

Louisville/Southern IN Alumni Reception Libertyville Alumni Reception September 28, 2017 October 11, 2017

Naperville Alumni Reception Pharmacy Days Career Fair October 12, 2017 October 24, 2017

30 The Purdue Pharmacist CLASS NOTES

Merck & Co., Dale Wurster and Johnson (PhD 1979), & Johnson in Professor in the Pharmaceutical, Department of Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical Vaccines research, Sciences and development, and Experimental manufacturing. Therapeutics at the He held several University of Iowa leadership posi- College of Pharmacy, is the recipient tions based on of the Ralph Shangraw Memorial Prize. his MS education The award, presented by the International 1950-1959 at Purdue and subsequent business Pharmaceutical Excipients Council Jack Hunter (BS 1958) writes to education at the University of Foundation, is bestowed upon a person say hello to all of his classmates. uuu Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of who has provided outstanding research “We have made it to 80 years of age! Business. John continues to stay in contributions in the study of excipients Boiler up and go Pharmacy!” He sent touch with Purdue as a Lifetime Alumni or excipient-related technology over in a photo of a group of Big Ten alumni member. He currently is consulting a number of years. Additionally, in from the Seattle Club’s annual pre-sea- with startup firms in pharmaceutical November 2017 he began his three-year son football mingle at Buckley’s Pub development under his limited liability term on the American Association of in Seattle, WA. Jack is in the front row company, JJD Pharma Consulting, LLC. Pharmaceutical Scientists’ Board of wearing his Purdue Boilermaker shirt Directors as president-elect, president, and University of Wisconsin Badger Laurence Hurley (PhD 1970, HDR and immediate past president. cap where he received his MS degree. 2013) was presented the Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year 1990-1999 1970-1979 Award by the Arizona Bioindustry Scott Stolte Association at the 2017 AZBio Awards. (PharmD 1997) He is the Howard Schaeffer Chair has been appointed in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Dean of the Nesbitt University of Arizona (UA) College School of Pharmacy of Pharmacy and Director of the UA at Wilkes University. BIO5/College of Pharmacy Drug Prior to joining Discovery and Development Program. Wilkes, he was Professor and (BS 1976) was named Candice Lange Dean of the College of Pharmacy at Director of the Jane Brock-Wilson Roseman University of Health Sciences Women in Management Center in the in Henderson, NV. He began his career Krannert School of Management at in pharmacy education in 1998 at the Purdue University, effective July 1, 2017. The Purdue Club of North/Northwest Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy Learn more at www.pharmacy.purdue. Suburbs of Chicago held its annual at Shenandoah University in Winchester, edu/news/candice-lange. alumni meeting in Libertyville, IL, on VA. During more than a decade at June 17, 2017. Attendees, including Shenandoah, he rose through the Mary Baker (BS 1979), had the faculty ranks and served in a variety opportunity to ride the Boilermaker of leadership positions, including Special during the Libertyville Days Department Chair and Associate Parade earlier in the day. Dean of Academic Affairs.

John Dingerdissen (MS 1973) retired in March 2017 after 43 successful years working with SmithKline & French (Purdue University photo/Mark Simons) Labs, DuPont Medical Products,

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2000-2009 2010-Present Robert Beckett After a career of 17 years with (PharmD 2009) is Walgreens, Christina (Carnahan) the recipient of the Harbison (PharmD 2002) began a posi- 2017 Emerging tion with Avita Specialty Pharmacy as a Teaching Scholar Hepatitis C Specialist in April 2017. She Award presented is currently in the process of getting by the American credentialed through AAHIVM to get Association her AAHIVP certification. She resides in of Colleges of Dallas, TX, with her husband, Mike, and Pharmacy (AACP). This national award Eric and Jenny (Bryant) Lis (both two children, Asher (7) and Kellan (3). recognizes each recipient as a “gifted PharmD 2009) self-published a children’s teacher, scholar, and academic leader.” book, Up All Night - A Bedtime Story. Rob is Associate Professor of Pharmacy Inspired by their two boys, the book is Practice at Manchester University about a little boy who stayed up all night (Fort Wayne campus) and Director because he didn’t want to go to bed, of the Manchester University Drug and his misadventures the next day. Information Center. It is currently available on Amazon.

Amelia Lynn, daughter of Megan (Groetsch) DeJager (PharmD 2013)

and Brian DeJager, is ready to cheer uuu on the Boilermakers basketball! Megan and Amelia are also pictured with Veronica (Novak) Vernon (PharmD 2011) and her son, Max, while sharing the joys of Purdue tailgating. Amelia was Kappa Epsilon born in the DeJager’s new hometown of Celebrates Appleton, WI, on February 20, 2016. 70 Years! Reunion Save the Date Allegra DePietro (BS 1997) has November 17, 2018 been selected (L to R) Margaret Haehl, Sandy Hughes, Marianne Billeter, Inducted in 1948, the Purdue as a member of Linda McElhiney, Christine Kane, and Jane Hammock University Pi Chapter of Kappa the United States Epsilon (KE) will celebrate 70

u Pharmacopeia years of service this year! The (USP) Expert The Kappa Epsilon (KE) National Professional object and purpose of this professional fraternity is to promote Panel on Pharmacy Fraternity held its 51st National women in pharmacy and to foster Radiopharmaceutical Compounding. Convention in New Orleans, LA, in August 2017. professional consciousness, The Purdue College of Pharmacy Pi Chapter and membership provides op- of KE was recognized, as were some of our portunities for leadership devel- Joey Elias opment, community service, and (PharmD 2012) alumnae, during the convention. The convention fellowship. The Pi Chapter has a married Tiffany concluded with a mini cruise aboard the historic steady group of approximately McConnell on Paddlewheeler Creole Queen. KE alumnae 60 pre-pharmacy and pharmacy students actively participating, April 8, 2017, in present were Marianne Billeter (BS 1986, and it is proud of their excep- Louisville, KY. PharmD 1987), Margaret Haehl (BS 1972), tional group of KE alumnae Tiffany currently Jane Hammock (BS 1972), Sandy Hughes who are actively involved in the program. The Purdue College of works as a periop- (BS 1972), Christine Kane (PharmD 2016), Pharmacy is excited to welcome erative nurse and Joey as a pharmacist, and Linda McElhiney (BS 1984). Read more our KE alumnae to campus this both within the IU Health hospital at www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/KE-convention. fall for a celebratory reunion! network. They reside in Fishers, IN.

32 The Purdue Pharmacist Rushabh Shah (BS 2014, PharmD 2014) is the recipient of the 2017 CORRECTION Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award In The Purdue Pharmacist, Summer presented by the Pharmacists Society 2017 (Vol. 93, Issue 1), it was printed in “Multicultural Programs Celebrates of the State of New York, Inc. 25 Years” (pages 18-19) that Johnnie Early II (MS 1976, PhD 1979) started IN MEMORIAM the Purdue chapter of SNPhA. Dr. Early Allyson (Rough) Howard (PharmD was a charter member of the organiza- 2011) and her husband, Ross (BS 2009, Harold S. Bailey, Jr. (PhD 1951) tion founded in 1972, but it was alumnae MS 2010, PhD 2013, Engineering), John F. Csicsko (BS 1966) Heidi Anderson (BS 1978, PhD 1986) welcomed the arrival of their second James F. Day (BS 1959) and Sarah Burnside Sanders (BS 1978, child, Cora Shay, on June 16, 2017. PharmD 1980) who began the Purdue Raymond E. Fortman (BS 1976) Cora weighed 7 lbs 11.8 oz and chapter in 1975. Dr. Anderson was also (BS 1963) measured 20 1/2”. She joins her big Joel M. Greenberg the first female leader of SNPhA (1979- sister, Gwen (2). J. Richard Grunder (PhD 1964) 1989). To read more about the history of Stephen G. Hoag (BS 1971, PhD 1973) the College of Pharmacy’s Multicultural Alexis Paris married Kevin Rivera Donald L. Kunkel (BS 1953) Programs and how diversity efforts were (both PharmD 2015) on April 7, 2017, initiated by Richard Weaver (BS 1970), Robert L. Moore (BS 1960) in Indianapolis, IN. Kevin is a pharmacy please visit www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/ Joy A. (Julian) Shaver (BS 1963) manager at CVS in Trafalgar, IN. omp/history. Dennis R. Terry (BS 1966) Rene J. Torrella (BS 1964) Joseph G. Wilson (BS 1960) Jeffrey L. Winn (BS 1983) STAY CONNECTED! Update your contact information and share your news for Class Notes at www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/forms/class-notes-submission-form. To submit a photograph, please send the attachment to Editor, The Purdue Make a gift, and Pharmacist, at [email protected]. We invite your feedback on ways make a difference! we can improve our programs at the College of Pharmacy. Please send your Through Ever True: Campaign suggestions to [email protected], as well. for Purdue University, the College of Pharmacy seeks to attract outstanding prospective students and reduce their debt, recruit and retain the best faculty, Follow the Purdue College of Pharmacy online at www.pharmacy.purdue.edu and plan for the future to help further our mission. To learn how you can make Receive our e-newsletter, Mortar & Pestle, by subscribing at [email protected] gift and make a difference, please visit: Giving.Purdue.edu/ @purduepharmacy GivetoRx

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