Tag Archive for "Dr. Jerika Lam"

HIV Experts Discuss Future of Prevention at Orange Campus Funded by Grant Opportunity, New Audiences Learn About HIV Prevention

April 2, 2025 by Luke O'Connell | Pharmacy

Members of the Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP) chapters of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) and the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) hosted a collaborative event, “HIV Prevention Awareness & Community Outreach.” One of Chapman University’s student organization grants funded this event, designed to prepare emerging healthcare leaders for greater community impact

On the CUSP: February 2025

March 17, 2025 by Luke O'Connell | Pharmacy

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

On the CUSP: January 2025

February 6, 2025 by Luke O'Connell | Research

Awards and Recognitions Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman was presented with the Executive of the Year from the Greater Irvine Chamber during the Excellence in Healthcare & Innovation gala on January 16th in Irvine, CA. Dr. Sherry Wang was awarded a $1,500 travel grant to attend the Spring-Summer 2025 NIH and Data Curation Training Workshop. Quotables (Faculty

On the CUSP: December 2024

January 9, 2025 by Luke O'Connell | Research

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

On the CUSP: July 2024

August 2, 2024 by Luke O'Connell | Pharmacy

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

Evaluating Pharmacists’ Readiness for Long-Acting Injectable HIV Prevention

July 22, 2024 by Luke O'Connell | Research

Chapman University’s Dr. Jerika Lam and CSHP‘s CEO Dr. Loriann De Martini co-published “A mixed methods evaluation of pharmacists’ readiness to provide long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in California” in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS). The study investigated the underlying causes for why HIV prevention medication, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), isn’t widely used

Students Lead Annual Mental Health Awareness Week at Rinker

June 17, 2024 by Luke O'Connell | Faculty

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, CUSP’s CSHP/ASHP student chapter hosted their annual Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW). MHAW brought together all cohorts and academic programs at the Rinker Campus over a diverse series of activities designed to promote education and awareness in the newly completed Campus Center. Last year’s MHAW was so impactful

Dr. Jennifer Ko Awarded by ASHP for Project Benefitting Spanish Speaking Patients

June 14, 2024 by Luke O'Connell | Research

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Foundation has awarded Dr. Jennifer Ko the Pharmacy Leadership Scholars Grant for her project, “Fostering Patient-Pharmacist Concordance with Patients Who Speak Spanish”. The project will investigate how language concordance (LC) and concordance on health beliefs regarding medication-taking (CMT) between pharmacists and Spanish-speaking patients affects patient trust. The research will

Chapman Leads Change in Patient Safety, Launches PS-CARE

November 27, 2023 by Luke O'Connell | Pharmacy

After almost a decades-long history of focusing teaching, research, and practice on the critical importance of patient safety, Chapman University has launched a new center dedicated to the thoughtful and intentional approach of patient safety. Founded on the principles of research, education, and community engagement, the Patient Safety Center for Research and Education (PS-CARE) tackles

Dr. Jerika Lam Receives Grant to Continue Search for HIV Prevention Outcomes

January 23, 2023 by Luke O'Connell | Pharmacy School

Gilead’s NOVA RFP has awarded Dr. Jerika Lam $82,871 to fund a clinical trial study on HIV prevention to produce outcomes that will help put an end to the HIV epidemic- A virus that has taken an estimated 40M lives globally. Dr. Lam’s award will fund her proposal, “Exploring barriers and facilitators to pharmacy-based HIV