Awards and Recognitions Dr. Jeff Goad was awarded the 2026-2027 Faculty Sabbatical and Development Award. Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar was awarded the OCSHP Pharmacist of the Year Award at the OCSHP Banquet. The OCSHP Pharmacist of the Year Award is the organization’s highest individual honor, recognizing one exceptional pharmacist who has demonstrated outstanding dedication to the
Awards and Recognitions Dr. Amy Kang has been selected to serve as an author panelist for the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s guidance paper on resource framework and staffing for hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs. Dr. Rachita Sumbria was awarded 2025 BPS Paper of the Year for her publication “Hepatic LRP-1 plays an important role in
Grants Dr. Keykavous Parang (Conference Chair) and Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez (Conference Chair): The Fight Against Infectious Diseases: Addressing the Challenges of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, 2026-2027 On-Campus Conference Award, $8,000. Publications Dr. LB Brown and others published “Consumer data insights on pharmacy utilization: Comparative study of 2015 and 2021 surveys.” in the Journal of the American Pharmacy
In bridging continents and public health disciplines, Chapman University’s Jeff Goad, Pharm.D., and another pharmacy leader, John Gräbenstein, Ph.D., are redefining the role of pharmacists in global immunization efforts. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and Population Services International (PSI) partnered with Goad and Gräbenstein to bring a proven U.S.-based immunization training model to Addis Ababa,
Awards and Recognitions Dr. Rocke Demark will serve on the AACP Admissions Workshop Advisory Committee for 2025-26. Grants Dr. Ajay Sharma was awarded a grant in the amount of $47,137 by Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to evaluate the ocular safety and trans corneal penetration of the test compound Tarsus NCE1. Publications Amanda Brown, Dr. Laressa Bethishou,
Jeff Goad, Pharm.D., received the inaugural Excellence and Achievement in Travel Health Pharmacy Award from the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM). This honor was given in recognition of Goad’s extensive contributions to travel health pharmacy. Established by the ISTM Pharmacist Professional Group (PPG) to acknowledge long-term dedication in travel medicine, this award is granted
Grants Dr. Cintia Citterio was awarded a new investigator grant of $11,000.00 by the AACP for the study of “Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cystinosis and New Therapeutic Approaches”. Dr. Gary Fong received one of Chapman University’s Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity awards with an amount of $14,960 for his project titled: “Identifying
Publications Dr. Keykavous Parang collaborated to produce “Harnessing exosomes as a platform for drug delivery in breast cancer: A Systematic review for in vivo and in vitro studies” in Molecular Therapy Oncology. Dr. Jelena Lewis and PharmD candidate Brenda Kilzi authored “Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—Who is at risk, and who can be vaccinated?” in Topics
Publications Dr. Ren Ostrom, Dr. Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri, Dr. Francisco Nuñez, Jordyn Margolis, and PhD candidate Camelia Anicolaesei published Real-Time cAMP Dynamics in Live Cells Using the Fluorescent cAMP Difference Detector In Situ in JoVE Journal Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Nataraj Jagadeesan, Dr. Devaraj Chandrashekar, and Chuli Roules worked with others on “Modulation of hippocampal protein expression
Quotables (Faculty in the News) Dr. Amy Kang received the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Infectious Diseases Practice Research Network (ID-PRN) New Practitioner Award. The ACCP ID PRN New Practitioner award recognizes a clinician who has demonstrated excellence in infectious diseases pharmacy practice. They must have completed their training within the past 5 years