{"id":1445,"date":"2023-07-10T10:43:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/pharmacy\/2023\/07\/10\/on-the-cusp-june-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T10:43:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:43:23","slug":"on-the-cusp-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2023\/07\/10\/on-the-cusp-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"On the CUSP: June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Awards and Recognitions:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/lawrence-brown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lawrence Brown <\/a>was awarded the University of Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy Alumni of the Year Award. He will be recognized on September 9th at the UOP White Coat Ceremony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Grants:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rennolds-ostrom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rennolds Ostrom <\/a>and his collaborators were awarded a new R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH) to study the compartmentation of second messenger signaling in airway smooth muscle. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2023\/06\/09\/2-2m-r01-grant-is-awarded-to-dr-ren-ostrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The total award is for over $2.2M across a 4-year-span.<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/miao-zhang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miao Zhang<\/a> received an award from the Chapman University Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship &amp; Creative Activities 2023\/2024.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Presentations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/mary-gutierrez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Gutierrez<\/a> presented &#8220;Pharmacogenomics: A Primer for Clinicians in Psychiatry&#8221; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apna.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Psychiatric Nursing Association<\/a>&#8216;s 21st Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute, in Reston, Virginia.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a>. presented &#8220;Cyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Toxicity&#8221; at The 28th <a href=\"https:\/\/aps2023.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Peptide Symposium<\/a> in Scottsdale, Arizona, during a Flash Talk Oral Presentation on 6\/27\/2023.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/moom-roosan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moom Roosan<\/a> and Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/ajay-sharma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajay Sharma<\/a> presented the &#8220;Horizontal and vertical integration approach as an innovative tool in teaching and assessment of pharmacogenomics&#8221; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AACP<\/a> PGx Virtual Business Meeting on June 22, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">Posters<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rakesh-tiwari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rakesh Tiwari<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a>, Ph.D. candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jamoreno84\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Moreno<\/a>, and Master of Science candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/khushbu-bhakta-154876239\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khushbu Bhakta<\/a>\u00a0presented &#8220;Cyclic and Linear Peptides Containing Tryptophan and Arginine Residues as Cell-Penetrating Peptides&#8221; at The 28th <a href=\"https:\/\/aps2023.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Peptide Symposium<\/a> in Scottsdale, Arizona on 6\/28\/2023.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rakesh-tiwari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rakesh Tiwari<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/khalid-zoghebi-0a976593\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khalid Zoghebi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/davidsalehi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Salehi, MS<\/a>, Ph.D. candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jamoreno84\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Moreno<\/a>, Master of Science candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/khushbu-bhakta-154876239\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khushbu Bhakta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lois-kim-0b22a923b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lois Kim<\/a>, and Sorour Shoushtari presented &#8220;Amphiphilic Cell-Penetrating Peptides Containing Arginine and Hydrophobic Residues as Protein Delivery Agents&#8221; at The 28th <a href=\"https:\/\/aps2023.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Peptide Symposium<\/a> in Scottsdale, Arizona on 6\/28\/2023.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rakesh-tiwari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rakesh Tiwari<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/muhammad-imran-sajid-pharm-d-m-phil-ph-d-27b92322\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muhammad Imran Sajid<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mrigank-shekhar-rai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mrigank Shekhar Rai, MS<\/a>\u00a0presented &#8220;Delivery of siRNA using Oleyl-(WRH)n Cell-Penetrating Peptides&#8221; and &#8220;Silencing of STAT3 Gene in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Cells Using Fatty Acylated Cell-penetrating Peptides&#8221; at The 28th <a href=\"https:\/\/aps2023.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Peptide Symposium<\/a>, \u201cAt the Peptide Frontier\u201d, from June 24-June 29, 2023 in Scottsdale Arizona.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rakesh-tiwari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rakesh Tiwari<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a>, Dr. Eman H. M. Mohammed, and Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sandeep-lohan-7b2588ab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sandeep Lohan<\/a> presented\u00a0&#8220;Amphiphilic Membrane-Active Peptides: Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity Alone and in Combination with Antibiotics and Structural Insights&#8221; at The 28th <a href=\"https:\/\/aps2023.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Peptide Symposium<\/a> in Scottsdale, Arizona on 6\/28\/2023.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rakesh-tiwari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rakesh Tiwari<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/muhammad-imran-sajid-pharm-d-m-phil-ph-d-27b92322\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muhammad Imran Sajid<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mrigank-shekhar-rai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mrigank Shekhar Rai, MS<\/a>, Ph.D. candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jamoreno84\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Moreno<\/a> presented &#8220;Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Oleyl-WRH Peptides for siRNA Delivery,&#8221; at The 28th <a href=\"https:\/\/aps2023.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Peptide Symposium<\/a> in Scottsdale, Arizona, on 6\/28\/2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Publications:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/sherif-elshahawi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherif Elshahawi<\/a> and undergraduate student, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ashley-alexander-165213206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashley Alexander<\/a>, published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cbic.202300372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Promiscuous Enzymes for Residue-Specific Peptide and Protein Late-Stage Functionalization<\/a>&#8221; in Chembiochem.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a> and Dr. Naiera Hemly published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.preprints.org\/manuscript\/202306.0895\/v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cyclic Peptides with Antifungal Properties Derived from Bacteria, Fungi, Plants, and Synthetic Sources<\/a>&#8221; in <em>Preprints.org<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/sherry-yun-wang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherry Wang<\/a> and research associate Dr. Jianwai Zheng collaborated with others to produce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2227-9032\/11\/12\/1732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geospatial Analysis of Opioid Dispensing Patterns in California: A 2021 Real-World Study<\/a> in Healthcare, Vol. 11. No. 12.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rachita-sumbria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rachita Sumbria<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/surya-nauli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Surya Nauli<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rakesh-tiwari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rakesh Tiwari<\/a>, and research associate Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/muhammad-imran-sajid-pharm-d-m-phil-ph-d-27b92322\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"given-name\">Muhammad<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><span class=\"text surname\">Imran Sajid collaborated with other institutions to produce<\/span> &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0169409X23002831?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">siRNA drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease<\/a>&#8221; in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/sherry-yun-wang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherry Wang<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/jerika-lam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerika Lam<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/mary-gutierrez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Gutierrez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ivan-portillo-9b869213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Portillo<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/lawrence-brown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lawrence &#8220;LB&#8221; Brown<\/a>, and research associate Dr. Jianwai Zheng\u00a0worked with others to create &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12875-023-02080-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What quantifies good primary care in the United States? 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