Chapman University School of Pharmacy hosted three local high schools on field trips to the Rinker Health Science Campus in April 2019. Led by Dr. Kimberly Won and Dr. Viet Nguyen, this event showcased the profession of pharmacy and introduced students to a college learning experience. The theme for the event was “Aspirin”, and
Introduction My name is Lauren Dea, CUSP Class of 2018. I’m currently finishing my PGY-1 pharmacy residency and will start my PGY-2 residency in Infectious Diseases in July 2019. I enjoy playing fantasy basketball with my fellow CUSP alumni. We started our league during our P1 year and have been playing ever since. I
(Left to right) Matthew S. Vankoski, Farah M. Towfic, PharmD; Ronald T. Piervincenzi, Ph.D.; Peggy Huang, Ronald P. Jordan, Assad Kazeminy, Ph.D., Robert Shimahara, Steven Thompson, PharmD Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP) held its 3rd annual Industry Event on April 4th, 2019: Application of USP Standards to Pharmaceuticals, Biopharmaceuticals, and Pharmacy Practice. This year, CUSP collaborated
Congratulations to Eric Dobberpuhl, Class of 2020 student pharmacist, on his election as APhA-ASP National Member-At-Large! His election was announced this weekend at the APhA National Meeting. In his new role, Eric will serve as a representative voice for the APhA-ASP national membership body working closely not only with our own CUSP student chapter but
Congratulations to Priya Patel, Class of 2019 Student Pharmacist for receiving the Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award from the United States Public Health Service. This award is given to pharmacy students that make significant contributions to public health. This includes advancing the objectives of Healthy People 2020, the National Prevention Strategy, the Surgeon Generals’
Dr. Rennolds Ostrom, Professor of Pharmacology in the School of Pharmacy, will be the Faculty Fellow effective June 1, 2019. Professor Ostrom joined Chapman in 2016 after spending 13 years at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He has developed an impressive research program focused on understanding how cAMP signaling compartments are formed and
Sarah Paik – Class of 2019 Student Pharmacist is currently in Maryland for her APPE elective rotation with the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) which is a branch within the NIH and shares her experience. “It has been pretty exciting (and very cold)! The government shutdown did make the first few weeks a little slow, but things
On February 2, 2019, Chapman University School of Pharmacy hosted over 100 guests at a Pre-Pharmacy Open House where high school students and their families learned about our 2+3 PharmD degree program. Students attended several sessions taught by our faculty in our unique classrooms at the Rinker Health Science campus. They worked with chemistry model
A collaboration involving Drs. Dan Tomaszewski and Sun Yang led to the publication of Trends in Opioid Use in Pediatric Patients in US Emergency Departments from 2006 to 2015 in JAMA Network Open. Investigators sought to answer how opioid use in pediatric patients has changed over the past 10 years and to characterize factors
Drs. Laressa Bethishou and Jelena Lewis will appear on the 2019 American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Pharmacy Practice & Management (APhA-APPM) election slate for the 2019 APhA Elections for their respective Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The APhA–APPM SIGs are member-driven groups focused on key areas of interest. Each faculty seeks election as SIG