On the CUSP: December 2022
The last month of 2022 brought on significant accomplishments to an already remarkable year for the Chapman University School of Pharmacy. In December, both students and faculty represented at the largest gathering of pharmacy professionals in the world, Dr. Amy Kang was named an ACCP Junior Investigator, and CUSP researchers authored articles on diverse topics
Dr. Amy Kang Named ACCP Futures Grant Awardee
The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) has named Dr. Amy Kang, an assistant professor at Chapman Pharmacy, a recipient of the Futures Grant at the Junior Investigator level. This award titles Dr. Kang as one of the clinical pharmacy’s most promising early-career contributors to future clinical research. The grant will support her in continuing to
ASHP 2022: What happened in Vegas isn't staying in Vegas
Every year, pharmacy schools from across the nation gather at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition for educational programming, national posters, and presentations, and to be a part of one of the largest pharmaceutical conferences in the world. Chapman Pharmacy faculty and students triumphed (yet again) in all aspects
R03 Grant Recipient Dr. Sherif Elshahawi
Dr. Sherif Elshahawi has been declared a recipient of the R03 grant from NIH (National Institutes of Health) to continue his work inventing antibiotics that inhibit resistant bacteria to “last resort” antibiotics. Dr. Elshahawi received $138,000 from the NIAID (Award # 1R03AI168826-01A1) for his proposal titled “Mechanisms and In Vivo Activity of a Next Generation
On the CUSP: November 2022
That’s a wrap on November 2022! Chapman Pharmacy had an exceptionally busy month, including receiving the NIH R03 Grant and extensive participation in the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) 2022 Seminar. Grants Dr. Sherif Elshahawi became the recipient of the NIH R03 Grant (Award # 1R03AI168826-01A1) with a total amount of $138,000 from the
Class Presidents Announced for 2022/23
The results are in! Pharm.D. candidates have collectively chosen the following students to represent their graduating classes for the 2022/2023 academic year: P3: Justin Rambaran P2 Manny Molina P1 Brenda Kilzi
Remembering Savanah Tran
Only three weeks before her graduation, Chapman University School of Pharmacy lost a bright, hardworking, kind student. Savanah Tran is remembered fondly by her family, partner, friends, and pharmily as the “epitome of beauty, grace, selflessness, and above all strength”*. She was an asset to the pharmacies she served during her IPPEs and APPEs, and
Chapman Sweeps Major Awards at CSHP 2022 Seminar
Chapman Pharmacy continued to break records this last weekend at the 2022 California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar. Most notably, CUSP won all three major award categories against 15 schools of pharmacy in California- A feat never yet done in CSHP’s competitive history! Quiz Bowl Led by student captain Chelsea Pan, 10 students competed in
October's Publications: Theranostics, Alzheimer's Treatments, and Travel Health
October closed with several excellent publications of Chapman Pharmacists concluding their research findings. Global Cancer Statistics 2022: The Trends Projection Analysis Dr. Keykavous Parang published in the Chemical Biology Letters the life-saving practice of the theranostic approach to cancer treatments. Medical practitioners’ utilization of both a therapeutical development approach as well as diagnostic treatments may
CUSP Faculty Named in World's Top 2% Cited Scientists in 2021
Five faculty of Chapman University School of Pharmacy have been named as the world’s top 2% of most important scientists across all fields of research. Congratulations to those named! Results have been broken into two separate categories, with some faculty being named to both categories: Chapman Authors Career Impact: Dr. Rennolds S. Ostrom Dr. Keykavous