{"id":1124,"date":"2022-12-01T16:24:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T00:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/pharmacy\/2022\/12\/01\/on-the-cusp-november-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-12-01T16:24:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T00:24:34","slug":"on-the-cusp-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2022\/12\/01\/on-the-cusp-november-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"On the CUSP: November 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<h3>Grants<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/sherif-elshahawi#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherif Elshahawi<\/a> became the recipient of the NIH R03 Grant (Award # 1R03AI168826-01A1) with a total amount of $138,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). His proposal, \u201cMechanisms and In Vivo Activity of a Next Generation Daptomycin Antibiotic.\u201d, discusses research in enhancing &#8220;last resort&#8221; drugs with enzymes found in remote areas of the world. The grant will provide continuing opportunities to combat resistant antibiotics and further allow student research involvement. Dr. Elshahawi will serve as a PI, and Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rachita-sumbria#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rachita Sumbria<\/a> and Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/innokentiy-maslennikov#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Innokentiy &#8220;Inno&#8221; Maslennikov<\/a> are co-investigators.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Awards and Recognitions<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/kathleen-hill-besinque#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kathleen Besinque<\/a> passed the North American Menopause Society Menopause Practitioner Certification examination and is officially a Certified Menopause Practitioner.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/kamaljit-kaur#gsc.tab=0\">Kamaljit Kaur<\/a> was the Discussion Leader for the Session: Peptides in Oncology at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grc.org\/chemistry-and-biology-of-peptides-conference\/2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordon Research Conference (Chemistry and Biology of Peptides)<\/a> which took place in Oxnard, California between late October and early November.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/jeff-goad#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Goad<\/a> has been named President-Elect of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfid.org\/\">National Foundation for Infectious Diseases<\/a> for the organization&#8217;s 2022-2024 term.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rakesh-tiwari#gsc.tab=0\">Rakesh Tiwari<\/a> has been hand-selected to serve on the Editorial Advisory Board of <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/journal\/mpohbp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Molecular Pharmaceutics (ACS Publications)<\/em><\/a> for both 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/sherry-yun-wang#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherry Wang<\/a> continues to serve on both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jclinical.org\/editorial-board\/sherry-yun-wang\">Editorial Board<\/a> of <em>Clinical Research <\/em>and on\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/curroncol\/sectioneditors\/Health_Economics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Editorial Board<\/a> for the section \u201cHealth Economics\u201d in the publication <em>Current Oncology.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/jelena-lewis#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jelena Lewis<\/a>, Dr. Michael Kelly, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/hindu-rao#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hindu Rao<\/a>, Dr. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/administration-and-staff\/index.aspx#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Beuttler<\/a><\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/library\/about\/staff-department-directory.aspx#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Portillo<\/a>, and Pharm.D. candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jessica-carter-80235516a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jessica Carter<\/a> produced a <a href=\"https:\/\/accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/phar.2737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a> using meta-analysis to create new research-based off of completed trials regarding cardiovascular-related outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rakesh-tiwari#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rakesh Tiwari<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/research\/guest-researchers.aspx#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sandeep Lohan<\/a>, Ph.D. candidate Khalid Zoghebi, Ph.D. candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jamoreno84\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Moreno<\/a>, and M.S. candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lois-kim-0b22a923b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lois Kim<\/a> produced a <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a> where peptides (chemical structures containing multiple amino acids) were used to carry silencing RNA into cancer cells.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"hlFld-ContribAuthor\"><span class=\"hlFld-ContribAuthor\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shilpi-gupta-1085b913a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shilpi Gupta<\/a>, <\/span><\/span>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rakesh-tiwari#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rakesh Tiwari<\/a><span class=\"hlFld-ContribAuthor\"><span class=\"hlFld-ContribAuthor\">, Dr. <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/research\/guest-researchers.aspx#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sandeep Lohan<\/a>, <span class=\"hlFld-ContribAuthor\">Dr. Eman H. M. Mohammed, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tarra-ghaffari-143565157\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tara Ghaffari<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jmedchem.2c01469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found<\/a> that cyclic peptides that have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic elements have notable antibiotic activity alone and when tested in <\/span>combination with antibiotics.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/marc-fleming#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Fleming<\/a> worked alongside other talented researchers to run a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10826084.2022.2112226?journalCode=isum20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a> involving treatment for people with addiction and concluded that patient access to buprenorphine (uses to treat Opioid Use Disorder) may be expanded with support from the greater healthcare systems.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/sherry-yun-wang#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherry Wang<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/17474930211036296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">determined<\/a> with a team the optimal measurement for general practitioner encounters after a patient experienced a stroke.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/ajay-sharma#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajay Sharma<\/a>, Pharm.D. candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rachel-lee-a28791175\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rachel Lee<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/judy-weng-pharmd-rph-451492109\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judy Weng<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rana-metwale-0912471aa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rana Metwale<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/steven-trinh-176760194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven Trinh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1422-0067\/23\/22\/14289\">tested<\/a> the effects of high glucose levels on cells related to the eye and found evidence that the high levels of exposure may be a factor in decreased barrier functions and beneficial to patients with diabetes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/administration-and-staff\/index.aspx#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Beuttler<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/09593985.2022.2072250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a> observing how hippotherapy (equine-assisted therapy) affects children with cognitive and\/or physical disabilities in clinical settings as an assessment tool.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/administration-and-staff\/index.aspx#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Beuttler<\/a> also contributed to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1544319122003260?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> describing how pharmacist-led benzodiazepine (commonly used to treat severe insomnia or severe anxiety) tapering clinics can be used to engage patients who wish to reduce their dosage in a successful and effective way.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s a wrap on November 2022! 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