{"id":1861,"date":"2024-07-02T16:59:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T23:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/pharmacy\/2024\/07\/02\/on-the-cusp-june-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:59:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T23:59:23","slug":"on-the-cusp-june-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2024\/07\/02\/on-the-cusp-june-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"On the CUSP: June 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Grants<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/ajay-sharma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajay Sharma<\/a> has received a grant from the National Eye Institute for his project, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2024\/06\/26\/dr-ajay-sharma-receives-grant-from-the-national-eye-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Targeting the multicellular process of corneal regeneration and vascularization to enhance outcome of cornea transplantation<\/a>\u201d. He, alongside other investigators, will test the effect of topical application of a recombinant protein Mitsugumin 53 (MG53) on enhancing the success of corneal transplants in patients with high risk of rejection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/rachita-sumbria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rachita Sumbria<\/a>\u00a0has been awarded an <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2024\/06\/27\/national-institute-on-aging-awards-grant-to-dr-rachita-sumbria-for-alzheimers-disease-theraputics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NIH R01 grant from the National Institute of Aging<\/a>, receiving $1.71 million over the next 5 years for research on Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD) therapeutics. This project is founded on data from her lab\u2019s earlier successes in modifying erythropoietin (EPO) to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) with promising results in treating AD.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\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\/marc-fleming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Fleming<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/enrique-seoane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enrique Seoane-Vazquez<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/lawrence-brown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lawrence &#8220;LB&#8221; Brown<\/a>, and PhD alumni Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/olajideadekunle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olajide Adekunle<\/a> worked with others to publish &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2667276624000544?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Perceptions of metabolic syndrome management utilization in relation to patient experience and health-related quality of life<\/a>&#8221; in <em>Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/jason-yamaki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Yamaki<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a>, and researchers at other institutions published &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2079-6382\/13\/6\/555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mechanistic study of antimicrobial effectiveness of cyclic amphipathic peptide [R4W4] against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates<\/a>&#8221; in Antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/jerika-lam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerika Lam<\/a> collaborated to publish\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/jaids\/abstract\/9900\/a_mixed_methods_evaluation_of_pharmacists_.454.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A mixed methods evaluation of pharmacists\u2019 readiness to provide long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in California<\/a>&#8221; in Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/moom-roosan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moom Roosan<\/a>, 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\/kamaljit-kaur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamaljit Kaur<\/a>, Dr. Devaraj Chandreshekar, Dr. Nataraj Jagadeesan, PhD candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adenike-oyegbesan-999877171\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adenike Oyegbesan<\/a>, MSPS candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/urvashi-panchal-9849221a7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urvashi Panchal<\/a>, and undergraduate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chuli-roules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chuli &#8220;GraceAnne&#8221; Roules<\/a>, worked with other institutions to publish &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0969996124001700?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hepatic LRP-1 plays an important role in amyloidosis in Alzheimer&#8217;s disease mice: Potential role in chronic heavy alcohol feeding<\/a>&#8221; in Neurobiology of Disease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/amy-kang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Kang<\/a> and PharmD alumna Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maryelkomos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Elkomos<\/a> worked with others to publish\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38836043\/#:~:text=Conclusion%3A%20Among%20hospitalized%20non%2DICU,and%20those%20who%20did%20not.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Effectiveness of empiric carbapenem versus non-carbapenem therapy for extended-spectrum \u03b2-lactamase producing Enterobacterales infections in non-intensive care unit patients: a real-world investigation in a hospital with high-prevalence of extended-spectrum \u03b2-lactamase producing Enterobacterales<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Presentations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/cintia-citterio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cintia Citterio<\/a> presented &#8220;Thyroid Hormone Synthesis in Thyroglobulin: Physiology and Disease&#8221; at the ENDO 2024 Conference in Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/mary-gutierrez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Gutierrez<\/a> presented \u201cNutritional Psychiatry\u201d at the American Psychiatric Nursing Association 22nd Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute Conference in Rockville, Maryland on June 8th 2024.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Posters<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/ajay-sharma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajay Sharma<\/a>, MSPS candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wonsuk-choi-919881170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wonsuk Choi<\/a>, and others presented &#8220;Diabetes mellitus causes neutrophil and macrophage influx to the ocular surface and lacrimal gland&#8221; at the Annual Conference of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Seattle, WA.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/cintia-citterio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cintia Citterio<\/a> presented &#8220;<em>In Vivo<\/em> Hormongenic Potential of the Thyroglobulin Cholinesterase-like (ChEL) Domain&#8221; 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The abstract has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/ajay-sharma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajay Sharma<\/a>, MSPS candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wonsuk-choi-919881170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wonsuk Choi<\/a>, and others presented &#8220;Recombinant extracellular domain Klotho-\u03b1 attenuates senescence in human corneal epithelial cells&#8221; at the Annual Conference of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Seattle, WA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grants Dr. Ajay Sharma has received a grant from the National Eye Institute for his project, \u201cTargeting the multicellular process 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