Awards and Recognitions Dr. Sherry Wang has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 Women in AI Awards North America, competing in the “AI in Research Award – AI Researcher of the Year” category. Publications Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Devaraj Chandrashekar, Dr. Nataraj Jagadeesan, Tamara Abdullah, Rudy Chang, and others published “Effect of chronic
Awards and Recognitions Dr. Jeff Goad was inducted into the California Pharmacists Association Hall of Fame in February 2025. This honor is bestowed on those with a history of distinguished service to the profession along with character, innovation, and altruism. CPhA will be presenting its awards at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in San Diego in
The Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (BPS) has awarded Dr. Ajay Sharma the 2024 BPS Paper of the Year Award. Dr. Sharma’s recognition is based on his publication, “Diabetes-Associated Hyperglycemia Causes Rapid-Onset Ocular Surface Damage.” The paper was published in ARVO’s Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science Journal, which has an impact factor of 5.0 and
Quotables (Faculty in the News) Dr. Sherry Wang‘s work was featured as a key finding and reference in the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) report titled Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality on pages 23 and 24. Publications Dr. Ajay Sharma, Dr. Saleh Alfuraih, Dr. Lois Kim, Amy Tran, and others published “Hyperglycemia causes differential
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
Awards and Recognitions Dr. Jeff Goad was installed as President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases on July 1, 2024. Quotables (Faculty in the News) Dr. Cintia Citterio was quoted in Endocrine News: 2024 Researchers Roundtable, discussing endocrine science with the other 2024 Early Investigator Award winners. Dr. Jeff Goad was quoted in a Pharmacy Times
Dr. Jennifer Totonchy has been invited to serve as a regular member of the HIV Coinfections and HIV Associated Cancers (HCAC) Study Section of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Her appointment will span a four-year term, where she will review applications related to HIV associated diseases, such as on pathogen coinfections with HIV, opportunistic
Five members 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! Chapman University Single Year 2022 Top 2% Scientists: Dr. Keykavous Parang Dr. Saharnaz Nedjat Dr. Ren Ostrom Dr. Reza Mehvar Dr. Ajay Sharma Stanford University annually