On the CUSP: August 2025

Grants 

Dr. Sherry Yun Wang received a $3,500 award from the Supporting Open Access Research and Scholarship (SOARS) program at Chapman University.

Publications

• Dr. Jeff Goad and others published “An update on state-level authority on pharmacy immunization” in Drug Topics. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Syeda Nazish Sohaib, Dr. Eman H.M. Mohammed, Dr. Muhammad Imran Sajid, and others published “Evaluation of synergistic antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity of [W4KR5]-Curcumin conjugates against drug-resistant pathogens” in Chemical Biology Letters.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Thuy Do, Clare Dinh, Mahsa Moazen, and Troy Khong published “Peptide-drug conjugates in precision oncology” in Pharma Focus Asia. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Inflammation and detection: Rethinking the biomarker landscape in gastric cancer” in World Journal of Clinical Oncology. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Peptide-based Metal Nanoparticles as Efficient Intracellular Delivery Systems” in Pharmaceutics. 
• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang, Dr. Moom Roosan, and others published “Assessing buprenorphine treatment utilization and SAMHSA DATA waiver provider distribution in 2021: a real-world analysis in California.” in Scientific Reports. 
• Dr. Miao Zhang, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Naglaa Ibrahim, Dr. Young Woo Nam, and others published “Channel positive allosteric modulators,” US Patent. 12,312,333 B2 on May 27, 2025.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented APhA’s Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate Training Program and Train-the-Trainer Faculty Program on August 18-22, 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Ibadan, Nigeria.

Posters

• Dr. Aftab Ahmed, Abigail Kahsay, and Basir Syed, presented “Proteomic Profiling of Neem (Azadirachta indica)  Leaves” at the ACS Fall 2025 Meeting in Washington, D.C., on August 17-21, 2025.

• Nguyen DN, Oum A, Chandrashekar DV, Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, and Dr. Sherif Elshahawi presented “Enhancing Daptomycin: Mechanistic Studies of a Tryptophan-Modified Analog” at the American Chemical Society Fall 2025, in Washington, D. C., August 2025.