{"id":2127,"date":"2025-03-17T07:59:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/pharmacy\/2025\/03\/17\/on-the-cusp-february-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T07:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:59:43","slug":"on-the-cusp-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2025\/03\/17\/on-the-cusp-february-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"On the CUSP: February 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Awards and Recognitions<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dr. Jeff Goad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 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 April.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was installed as the President of OCSHP for 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Quotables (Faculty in the News)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dr. Laressa Bethishou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was interviewed by the American Pharmacist Association&#8217;s First Fill Podcast on The Pharmacist&#8217;s Role in Optimizing Transitions of Care.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Jeff Goad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was quoted in an article entitled <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pharmavoice.com%2Fnews%2Fdrugmaker-pharma-bird-flu-vaccine-moderna-gsk%2F738929%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7C76fcf09c86d04e1e198a08dd58365fd4%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C638763712743471016%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=nzWHROAe%2FF75iSsdJkSsYsTsAO%2FR0PTRBKUlwAMNhaA%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDrugmakers prep for a bird flu outbreak, despite the continued low risk\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> which was published Feb 3, 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Publications<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dr. Laressa Bethishou <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">published<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.pharmacist.com\/learn\/courses\/7005\/bcgp-recert-addressing-sdoh-at-transitions-of-care-a-case-study\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cAddressing social determinants of health at transitions of care &#8211; A case study.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the journal of the\u00a0 American Pharmacists Association in February 2025.\u00a0<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dorna Davani-Davari, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">published<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17425247.2025.2460661.\"><b>\u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Future applications of cyclic antimicrobial peptides in drug delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Sun Yang, Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Shirley Tong<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Anika Patel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and others published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/cancers17030477\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCrosstalk Between nNOS\/NO and COX-2 Enhances Interferon-Gamma-Stimulated Melanoma Progression.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cancers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Presentations<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<h3><b>Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Jerika Lam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cAmplifying equitable access to oral and injectable PrEP through community pharmacies.\u201d to the California State Board of Pharmacy in Sacramento, CA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Kathleen Besinque <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cBuilding Skills for Career Management: A workshop\u201d at the Innovations in Medical Education Online Conference on February 7, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Jeff Goad <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented \u201cMedication Issues and Travel\u201d as a part of the International Society of Travel Medicine Review and Update Course on Feb 22, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Keykavous Parang <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented \u201cCyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Toxicity,\u201d at Healthcare Next-2025 on February 13, 2025, in Hyderabad, India as the Keynote Speaker.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Keykavous Parang <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented \u201cCyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Toxicity\u201d at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science on February 14, 2025 in Hyderabad, India as an Invited Speaker.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Ajay Sharma <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented \u201cAntiaging Protein Klotho as a Potential Treatment for Dry Eye, Translation of Ocular Surface Research into Novel Therapies.\u201d at the Cornea and Ocular Surface Biology, Pathology and Regeneration Gordon Research Conference, in Ventura, CA, on February 16th-21st, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Posters<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dr. May Mak<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and others presented \u201dAmbulatory Pharmacy Protocols Designed to Improve Patient Safety\u201d at CSHP Pacific Coast Patient Safety Conference 2025, on February 28th-March 1st, 2025, in Santa Barbara, CA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, Sandeep Lohan, Eman H.M.<\/b> <b>Mohammed, Naiera M. Helmy, Srishti Kumar Jha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and others presented \u201cAntimicrobial Peptides,\u201d at the Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA on February 23rd-27th, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Kathleen Besinque <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented \u201cReal-Case Scenarios to Reduce Moral Distress in Pediatric Hematology Oncology (PHO) Fellows\u201d at the Innovations in Medical Education Online Conference on February 6th-7th, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Ajay<\/b> <b>Sharma <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cConjunctival fibroblast-macrophage crosstalk in the immunopathogenesis of ocular GVHD.\u201d at the Cornea and Ocular Surface Biology, Pathology and Regeneration Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA, on February 16th &#8211; 21st, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. Keykavous Parang, Naglaa Salem El-Sayed,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Dorna<\/b> <b>Davani-Davari <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented \u201cDeveloping Cyclic Amphipathic Antimicrobial Peptides against Multi-drug-resistant pathogens,\u201d at the Gordon Research Conference on Antimicrobial Peptides in Ventura, CA, on February 23rd &#8211; 27th, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awards and Recognitions Dr. Jeff Goad was inducted into the California Pharmacists Association Hall of Fame in February 2025. 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