On the CUSP: April 2026

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar was recognized through a CSHP Spotlight this month with an article highlighting her pharmacy journey.
• Dr. Amy Kang was invited as a guest speaker on the Duke University Antimicrobial Stewardship Outreach Network podcast to discuss her recent publication: “Assessment of Antimicrobial Transition Errors From Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities.” The episode was titled “When Antibiotics Get Lost in Transition: Errors Moving from Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility.”
• Dr. Keykavous Parang was awarded 30.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) by Harvard Medical School at Technology and AI: Transforming Health Professions Education, on February 3, 2026- March 24, 2026.

Publications

• Dr. Jerika Lam and others published “Policy potential for expanding pharmacist-initiated PrEP in California” for the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers (CHPRC). 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Iron-Based Nanoparticles as Delivery Tools” in Pharmaceuticals.

Presentations

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

• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Expanding the Pharmacist’s Role in Travel Medicine: Engagement, Education, and Impact” at the Directions in Pharmacy 2026 conference webinar on April 11, 2026.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Macrocyclic Peptides for Drug Delivery” as an invited presentation at the 21st Annual Cambridge Healthtech Institute convention for Drug Discovery Chemistry on April 16, 2026 in San Diego.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Enhanced Cancer Targeting: Advancements in Peptide-Drug Conjugates” on April 2, 2026, at the Indo-US International Conference on Global Trends and Emerging Challenges in Drug Design, Development, & Applied Pharmaceutical Aspects, in New Delhi, India.
• Dr. Sun Yang presented “Underrecognized Vitamin D Deficiency in Pediatric Oncology Patients” at the Maternal and Pediatric Precision in Therapeutics (MPRINT) 2026 Annual Meeting: From Potential to Practice in Indianapolis, IN, April 13-17, 2026.

Posters

• Dr. Jerika Lam presented “Shorter Treatment Course For Patients with Chronic HCV Infection Could Be Warranted” at the World Hepatitis Summit in Bangkok, Thailand on April 29, 2026.
• Dr. Jennifer Totonchy, Dr. Sun Yang, Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Shirley Tong, Anika Patel, Kate Lozada, Basir Syed, and others presented “Inhibiting Interferon-gamma-stimulated Melanoma Progression by Disrupting the Crosstalk Between nNOS/NO and COX-2” at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2026 on April 17-22, 2026 in San Diego, California.

This article was co-written by Silas Fernandes.