INTERACTIONS 2018 University of Michigan College of Pharmacy VISION STATEMENT We will revolutionize pharmacy practice and healthcare through INTERACTIONS interdisciplinary education and research. Dean’s Update .............................................4 MISSION STATEMENT College Life .................................................6 Why the heck are these students Our mission is to educate Student Spotlight ........................................8 and inspire a diverse group wearing a scarf on what look like of future pharmacists and Faculty ......................................................14 perfectly warm days? pharmaceutical scientists to be Research at Pharmacy................................20 leaders, advance patient care, Alumni Leadership ...................................24 About fi ve years ago, we began sending newly and improve health for all. We accepted pharmacy students a Maize and Blue seek to create, disseminate, Alumni Spotlight .......................................30 scarf and told them to wrap themselves in Michigan! and apply new knowledge that Honor Roll of Donors .................................32 We also asked them to take a meaningful picture endows our graduates with Tributes ......................................................42 – we then share these photos at orientation as the the skills, abilities, behaviors, pictured student describes the shot. and attitudes necessary to Named Endowment Funds ........................44 apply the foundational sciences Connect .....................................................50 Our students, faculty, and staff come from all over to to the provision of inter- create one great College of Pharmacy. This publication professional patient-centered highlights the people who drive the education, research, care, management of medication and service missions of Michigan Pharmacy. use systems, advocacy of population health and wellness, We invite you to “wrap yourself in Michigan” and see and collaborative discovery and how the College’s people are making a difference. implementation of solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s healthcare problems. 2 3 University of Michigan College of Pharmacy DEAN’S UPDATE Dear Alumni, Colleagues, and Friends, I am excited to share our College’s annual update with you. As you will see in the pages that follow, the future of Michigan Thanks to you, we had another incredible year! Whether it was Pharmacy is equally bright. From the snapshots of newly matriculated mentoring our students, co-authoring a paper with us, collaborating pharmacy students in their maize and blue scarves to the pictures at a professional meeting, hiring one of our graduates, creating of graduate students, new assistant professors and faculty holding a new scholarship, or contributing to our annual fund, you endowed professorships, it’s clear that the current and future are an important part of the Michigan Pharmacy team. generations of the leaders and best in pharmacy walk our halls. • We graduated the 150th pharmacy class from our program, Speaking of our halls, we remain atop the University’s list for congratulating the 58% of the class that accepted residencies a new building. The University has earmarked $90M for this and the remainder that went directly into fellowships and jobs. project, and we are actively seeking additional funding from • We had yet another record year in extramural grant other sources. Pending Regents’ approval, I hope to be sharing funding, contributing to a whopping 184% increase in some exciting news with you in the next 3-6 months. research expenditures over the last four years. U-M Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony. Thank you again for your generous fi nancial, intellectual, and • We exceeded our Victors for Michigan Campaign professional contributions to the University of Michigan College fundraising goal, creating over $11M in new endowed of Pharmacy. Please visit us in Ann Arbor soon. Go Blue! scholarships and fellowships – bringing the overall value of our College’s endowment to over $120M. • We completed a new strategic plan for the College, outlining major initiatives in research, career development, education, diversity, equity, and inclusion. James T. Dalton Dean, College of Pharmacy 4 5 University of Michigan College of Pharmacy COLLEGE LIFE ACADEMICS AT U-M Michigan’s academic vigor offers excellence across disciplines and around the globe. We are 97 INCOMING CLASS PROFILE top ten graduate recognized as a leader in higher education due programs to the outstanding quality of our 19 schools and #1 top U.S. public colleges, internationally recognized faculty and university BS 2018 U.S. News & World Report PharmD Class of 2022 Entering Students departments with 260 degree programs. QS World 2018-19 Admits 139 Admits 29 • 19 schools & colleges # Matriculants 89 Matriculants 24 3 Male 29 33% Male 10 42% • 260 degree programs best value public college Female 60 67% Female 14 58% • 79 majors and more than 100 minors # • Nearly 2,000 classes available each semester U.S. News & World Report of the incoming best college1 town Fall 2018 in America 90% class have or will Total Enrollment • 15:1 student/faculty ratio # have a bachelor’s degree. All Students • More than 200 study-abroad programs on 6 continents public1 research Wallet Hub 2018 Pre-Pharmacy Study: university in PharmD 333 • #10 in the nation for students studying abroad the U.S. # U-M Ann Arbor 19 21% PhD 88 • More than 600 global initiatives worldwide 3 National Science Foundation college of Non-U-M 70 79% BS 54 pharmacy PhD 2018 2018-2019 Scholarships U.S. News & World Report Entering PhD Students All Students # Admits 40 PharmD 311 9 best colleges for Matriculants 28 PhD 78 your money # Male 17 61% BS 0 17 Money Magazine 2018 best global Female 11 39% university # Department Matriculants 15 U.S. News & World Report world reputation Medicinal Chemistry 13 # Times Higher Education 2018 9 Pharmaceutical Sciences 11 best colleges for Clinical Pharmacy 4 veterans U.S. News & World Report 2017 6 7 University of Michigan College of Pharmacy STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Pharmacy Students Educate Public on Safe Opioid Use and Disposal Almost 250 students from the College were stationed at 35 different community pharmacies in Washtenaw County to talk to customers about safe opioid use and disposal, recognizing abuse and how to connect to local resources for help. Amy Fraley Wins Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Amy Fraley has been awarded the 2018 Pharmacy Announces New Dual Degree with Ross School of Business Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship. Amy, U-M College of In conjunction with the Ross School of Business, the dual Doctor of Pharmacy and a fi fth-year student, is pursuing her PhD Pharmacy and School Master of Business Administration degree program is designed to help pharmacy in the U-M Interdisciplinary Program in of Public Health U-M Pharmacy Hosts 49th Annual Pharmaceutics Graduate students become more marketable and knowledgeable across disciplines. Medicinal Chemistry. This competitive Introduce Dual Degree Student Research Meeting fellowship supports exceptional doctoral Program Michigan had the honor of hosting the 49th Annual Pharmaceutics candidates who are working on particularly The dual Doctor of Graduate Student Research Meeting. Over 100 graduate creative or ambitious dissertations. Pharmacy and Master of students from twelve Midwestern universities were joined by Public Health program representatives from ten companies and organizations at the event allows students to organized and run by U-M Pharmacy graduate students. Sumit Bandekar Wins pursue studies in both National Cancer Institute fi elds during a fi ve-year Research Service Award enrollment period. The Sumit Bandekar, a Medicinal Pharmacy Students new program will provide Chemistry PhD Candidate, has Assist Local Seniors with students with a well- been awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein Medication Management rounded educational National Research Service Award Pharmacy student volunteers foundation to prepare for Individual Predoctoral Fellows. sat down with residents them for managerial MICHIGANSumit hopes that his ambitious at Lurie Terrace senior careers within both dissertation research, which is apartment community to pharmaceutical companies supported by this award, will help them keep track of their and health care provider ultimately lead to improvements medication by creating a organizations. in care for individuals suffering personalized medication list. from uveal melanoma. 8 9 University of Michigan College of Pharmacy STUDENT SPOTLIGHT U-M Pharmacy Launches Residential Pre-Pharmacy Summer Program, Welcomes Inaugural Cohort he College of Pharmacy College’s chief diversity, equity, is lower than those of other who phoned in from Kentucky. following their participation. announced a new and inclusion offi cer. “The schools they may be considering. In a session with alumni Barima Applicants should self- residential pre-pharmacy program will help students feel One student shared this Opong-Owosu, PharmD’11, identify as educationally, T summer program, called confi dent when applying to and information with her family, who Tiffany Porter, PharmD’12, socially, or economically the Pharmacy Scholars Program interviewing for pharmacy school. were so impressed that they are Regine White, PharmD’04, and disadvantaged or (PSP) in February 2018. This six- We also hope that participants planning a trip to tour Michigan.” Omonye Phillips, PharmD’11, demonstrate a commitment week program aims to prepare recognize that you’ll