On The CUSP: November 2024

December 10, 2024

Grants

Dr. Amy Kang has received a Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacy (SIDP) Infectious Diseases Stewardship Staffing Calculator Grant in the amount of $90,000 for her proposal “Advancing antimicrobial stewardship: development of the stewardship personnel required for antimicrobial stewardship programs resource calculator (SPARC).”

Awards and Recognitions

Dr. Keykavous Parang was awarded the APP Academic Excellence Award for 2024 by the Academy of Pharmacy Professionals (APP).

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

Dr. Sun Wang and Luke O’Connell, together with faculty members Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Amy Kang, and Dr. Rachita Sumbria, as well as contributors from the Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, the Argyros School of Business and Economics, and the Fowler School of Engineering, co-founded the Research Center: Women in AI Healthcare Initiative. URL: https://www.chapman.edu/pharmacy/research/Women-in-AI.aspx

Publications

Dr. Olajide A. Adekunle and others published “Predisposing, enabling, and need factors influencing health-related quality of life among people with metabolic syndrome,” in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2024.102255
Dr. Ajay Sharma, Dr. Saleh Alfuraih, Dr. Dhruv Patel, Dr. Karthikeyan Ramasamy, and Wonsuk Choi published “A protocol for immunostaining of macrophages in whole-mount mouse cornea, conjunctiva, and lacrimal gland” in STAR Protocols. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666166724006099
Dr. Sun Yang, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Shaban Darwish, Dorna Davani-Davari, Shirley Tong, and others published “Synthesis and evaluation of cyclic peptide-dasatinib conjugates as anti-melanoma agents” in Tetrahedron Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2024.155365
Dr. Aftab Ahmed and others published “Identification of new potential inhibitors of pteridine reductase-1 (PTR1) via biophysical and biochemical mechanism-based approaches: Step towards the treatment of Leishmaniasis” in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137198

Presentations

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

Dr. Kathleen Hill-Besinque and Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman presented “When the Going Gets Rough: Effective Coaching and Intervention Strategies with Learners in Difficulty” at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar Meeting, on November 1st, 2024 in Palm Springs, CA.
Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar, Brenda Kilzi, and Edward Daniel presented “IV Orders and Treatment of Complicated UTIs” to NP/PA Inservice at the Providence Medical Foundation on October 14th, 2024.
Dr. May Mak and Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Getting Smarter with Artificial Intelligence, Peer Learning with Experiential Students” to the CSHP Seminar in Palm Springs, CA on November 2nd, 2024.

Posters

Amanda Brown, RN, and Dr. Reza Taheri presented “IPE Curriculum Evolution at a School of Pharmacy Not Affiliated with an Academic Health Science Center” at the 2024 IPEC Virtual Poster Fair on November 21st, 2024.
Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Hindu Rao, Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar, and Brenda Kilzi, presented “Promoting Student Wellness in a Clinical Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) Rotation” to the California Society of Health System Pharmacists (CSHP) Seminar 2024 in Palm Springs, CA in October.
Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar, and Dr. Mariam Mekhael presented “Review and Evaluation of Resilience Measurement Scales” to the California Society of Health System Pharmacists (CSHP) Seminar 2024 in Palm Springs, CA in October.
Dr. Amy Kang, Michelle Phung, Huichan Jeong, Ivan Portillo, and others presented “Global Systemic Review of Pharmacist’s Roles in Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Guidelines: a Protocol” to the Annual CSHP Seminar in Palm Springs, CA in November.