On the CUSP: March 2025
April 4, 2025
Awards and Recognitions
Dr. Sherry Wang has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 Women in AI Awards North America, competing in the “AI in Research Award – AI Researcher of the Year” category.
Publications
- Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Devaraj Chandrashekar, Dr. Nataraj Jagadeesan, Tamara Abdullah, Rudy Chang, and others published “Effect of chronic alcohol feeding using the Lieber-DeCarli diet on Alzheimer’s disease pathology in Tg2576 mice.” in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
- Dr. Ajay Sharma and others published “Ocular surface glycocalyx in health and disease.” in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.
- Dr. Moom Roosan and others published “Editorial: Machine learning advancements in pharmacology: transforming drug discovery and healthcare.” Frontiers in Pharmacology.
- Dr. Sun Yang, Dr. Keykavous Parang, and others patented “APE/REF1 inhibitors for the treatment of cancer.”
Presentations
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Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)
- Dr. Sherif Elshahawi presented “Selective C–H activation of tryptophan-containing peptides via indole prenyltransferase enzyme catalysis” at the American Chemical Society Spring 2025 meeting, in San Diego, CA.
- Dr. Jeff Goad presented several topics at the APhA Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN, including:
- “APhA Pharmacy-based Travel Health Services Advanced Competency Certificate Program”
- “Going Places with Travel Health Services”
- “Boost, Scoot and Boogie: Annual Immunization Update” with other colleagues
- “Empowering Pharmacists in Travel Medicine: Enhancing Patient Care Through Vaccination, Prevention, and Education” with other colleagues
- Dr. Jeff Goad was part of the panel “RSV Rundown: Expert Reports on Current Insights and Vaccine Recommendations.” at the APhA Annual Meeting on March 22, 2025, in Nashville, TN
- Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Immunization Update 2025” at the Simplified Socratic Rx Institute on March 29, 2025 in Irvine, CA
- Dr. Rachita Sumbria presented “Transferrin Receptor-Mediated Drug Delivery for Alzheimer’s Disease, Drug Discovery and Development,” at the Labroots Virtual Event Series.
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Posters
- Dr. Moom Roosan and others presented “Leveraging Pharmacogenomics and Health Information Exchange to Enhance Patient Safety: A Pilot Study” at the Pacific Coast Patient Safety Conference in Santa Barbara, CA.
