On the CUSP: July 2025

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Rocke Demark will serve on the AACP Admissions Workshop Advisory Committee for 2025-26.

 Grants

• Dr. Ajay Sharma was awarded a grant in the amount of $47,137 by Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to evaluate the ocular safety and trans corneal penetration of the test compound Tarsus NCE1.

 Publications

• Amanda Brown, Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Reza Taheri, and others published “An interprofessional simulation to develop communication skills in health professional students” in Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning on June 30th, 2025. 
• Amanda Brown, Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Reza Taheri, and others published “Utilizing pharmacogenomics to improve students’ self-perception on the interprofessional competencies of roles and responsibilities, and teams and teamwork” in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy on July 1st, 2025.  
• Dr. Cintia Citterio, Berenice Morales-Rodriguez, Catherine Vu, Rachel Nguyen, Jessie Tsai, Jennifer Le, and others published “A Genetically-Engineered Thyroid Gland Built for Selective Triiodothyronine Secretion” in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. This is a JCR quartile one journal with a 5-year impact factor of 5.7. 
• Dr. Albert Bach and others published “Key Elements of Practice Redesign in Community Pharmacies: Report of the 2024–2025 AACP Professional Affairs Standing Committee” in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 
• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom and others published “Prostacyclin enlists AC6 to stop the clot” in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
• Dr. Sam Harirforoosh, Dr. Amelia Monfared, Dr. Melissa Hoang, and others published “Pharmacogenetic Exploration of Buprenorphine and Related Metabolites in Umbilical Cord Blood” in Toxicology Reports.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Swollen lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer: A forgotten prognostic signal in need of clinical action” in the World Journal of Clinical Oncology. 
• Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Ajay Sharma, Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Surya Nauli, Dr. Kamaljit Kaur, Dr. Shih-Jing Yao, Dr. Farideh Amirrad, Dr. Elmira Ziaei, Dr. Azam Saghaeidehkordi, Dr. Kiumars Shamloo, and others published “Surface keratin 1, a tumor-selective peptide target in human triple-negative breast cancer in Scientific Reports, part of the Nature portfolio.  

Presentations

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

• Dr. Rocke DeMark and others presented “Navigating Complex Admissions Cases: Ethical and Practical Considerations” at the AACP Annual Meeting: Admissions Workshop on July 18, 2025, in Chicago, IL.
• Dr. Rocke DeMark and others presented “Bridging Insights to Action: Strategies for Transforming Your Recruitment Efforts” at the AACP Annual Meeting: Admissions Workshop on July 19, 2025, in Chicago, IL.
• Dr. Cintia Citterio was an invited speaker at the “Novel Insights into the Genetics of Thyroid (Dys)Function” symposium at the Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting, ENDO 2025, held July 12–15, 2025, in San Francisco, CA.
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Travel Health: Navigating Vaccines, Complex Cases, and Malaria Prophylaxis” at the International Society of Travel Medicine and the Pharmacists Profession Group on July 10, 2025

Posters

• Dr. Albert Bach and Dr. Richard Beuttler presented “Exploring Various OSCE Workflows and their Effects on Student Scores” at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL in July.
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Rudy Chang, Dr. Nataraj Jagadeesan, G. Roules,  and others presented “From Cerebral Microhemorrhages to White Matter Injury: Consequences of Increased Erythrocyte-Brain Microvascular Interactions” at the convention for Cerebrovascular Biology in Michigan from June 29- July 2, 2025.