On the CUSP: September 2024

Grants

Dr. Yun (Sherry) Wang received an award with an amount of $249,999 from the National Institute of Health (NIH) Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) Program for her project titled “Bias Assessment in Machine Learning (ML) models for opioid Prescribing.” 

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou was elected Speaker-elect for the California Pharmacist House of Delegates and will serve as a member of the CPhA Board of Trustees and CPhA Executive Committee.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang was recognized as one of the World’s top 2% Scientists in Career Category, Version 7.

Publications

• Dr. Yun (Sherry) Wang and others published “Multimodal mixing convolutional neural network and transformer for Alzheimer’s disease recognition” in Expert Systems with Applications.
• Dr. Jerika Lam and others published “At a Crossroads: The Crucial Role of Pharmacists in Healthcare Teams to End the HIV Epidemic” in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP).
• Dr. Saghar Mozaffari, David Salehi, Parvin Mahdipoor, Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi, Dr. Keykavous Parang, and Khalid Zoghebi published “Targeted peptide-drug conjugates” in US. Patent, patent number US 12,070,505 B2.
• Dr. Yun (Sherry) Wang and others published “Real-world impact of acupuncture on analgesics and healthcare resource utilization in breast cancer survivors with pain” in BMC Medicine 22, 394.

Presentations

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

• Fatema Haider and Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar presented “Review of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Provider Inservice” at the Providence Medical Foundation on September 3, 2024.
• Dr. Jelena Lewis and Dr. Laressa Bethishou presented “Pharmacist impact on quality metrics and clinical outcomes” at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network Webinar on September 23rd, 2024. 
• Dr. Miao Zhang presented “Unique outer pore of KCa2.2 channels revealed by cryo-EM structure” at the 2024 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource / Linac Coherent Light Source (SSRL/LCLS) User Meeting on September 24th, 2024.

Posters

• Amelia Monfared, Melissa Hoang, Dr. Saeidreza (Sam) Harirforoosh, and others presented “Analyzing the Association Between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Combinations of Buprenorphine and Associated Metabolite Concentrations” at the 2024 American College of Clinical Pharmacology Annual Meeting.

This article was written by Silas Fernandes.