{"id":2311,"date":"2025-06-11T12:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/pharmacy\/2025\/06\/11\/2311\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:32:27","slug":"2311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2025\/06\/11\/2311\/","title":{"rendered":"On the CUSP: May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Awards and Recognitions<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Hindu Rao<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> began her term as the Chair of the American Pharmacists Association Quality Based Care Community SIG.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Jeff Goad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> received the Inaugural International Society of Travel Medicine award for\u00a0 Excellence and Achievement in Travel Health Pharmacy in New Orleans, LA on May 11, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Luma Munjy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><b>Dr. Laressa Bethishou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> received the Pedagogical Innovation Grant Award from Chapman University<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Laressa Bethishou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> received the Inaugural Pharmacy Practice Professional Service Award from the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Chapman University School of Pharmacy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Moom Roosan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has been elected Secretary of Knowledge Management for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Pharmacogenomics Special Interest Group, with her 2-year term beginning in June 2025<\/span><b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Sherif Elshahawi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">received recognition from ChemBioChem, Wiley for authoring &#8220;Promiscuous Enzymes for Residue\u2010Specific Peptide and Protein Late\u2010Stage Functionalization&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flnkd.in%2FgMyqnVEF&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7C5283a745f4624c48c74908dda2f14c44%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C638845879430659086%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=y9P1HxaFCZxNlI%2BJY11KKw%2BqUqG9z0WiYGsJlnnJJeA%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gMyqnVEF<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This article was ranked among the top 10% of the most-read articles in the journal, reflecting its interest within the scientific community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Grants<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Dr. Keykavous Parang and Dr. Coco Yang<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have been awarded the 2025-26 CUSP Patient Safety Award. They will receive $10,000 for their project \u201cPeptide-Drug Conjugates to Enhance Doxorubicin Safety: A Novel Strategy to Reduce Cardiotoxicity and Improve Patient Outcomes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Quotables (Faculty in the News)<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Dr. Rachita Sumbria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was featured in the Podcast: \u201cDefy Dementia Episode 23: On the Rocks &#8211; How Alcohol Affects Brain Health\u201d. URL: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.baycrest.org%2Fpodcast%2Fepisode-23&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7C5283a745f4624c48c74908dda2f14c44%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C638845879430685082%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XsjYOeF8%2Fy5xahOAQxAbczl9lUUxge2%2B%2BIKjpW3kSyE%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">baycrest.org\/podcast\/episode-23<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Publications<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Sherry Yun Wang<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dr. Marc Fleming<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dr. Lawrence<\/b> <b>Brown, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others published \u201cPredisposing, enabling, and need factors influencing health-related quality of life among people with metabolic syndrome.\u201d in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of the American Pharmacists Association<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Laressa Bethishou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><b> Dr. Tali Faggiano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and others published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.4140%2FTCP.n.2025.203&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7C5283a745f4624c48c74908dda2f14c44%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C638845879430700600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=C7kt2%2F74D02RtpvOAyLqw%2FVWWLKDVhwpBwgX0jSKKPk%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Impact of Pharmacist Transitions of Care Interventions in Identifying Medications Errors for Patients Discharging to a Skilled Nursing Facility\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Senior Care Pharm.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Rachita Sumbria <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fluidsbarrierscns.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12987-025-00659-4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe legacy of William M. Pardridge (1947-2024) on the science and fields concerned with the physiology of the blood-brain barrier and the transport of drugs to the brain\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fluids and Barriers of the Central Nervous System<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Moom<\/b> <b>Roosan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and others published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajpe.org\/article\/S0002-9459(25)00042-7\/abstract\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDevelopment of a pharmacogenomics case repository for pharmacy educators\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Jerika Lam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others published<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs15010-025-02568-y&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7C5283a745f4624c48c74908dda2f14c44%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C638845879430715541%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DgCUW12dUy7bzRk5KjKNVqk5g31oEWRXX3JCYUKPA2Y%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cBridging oral and systemic health: exploring pathogenesis, biomarkers, and diagnostic innovations in periodontal disease\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Infection<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (2025).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Laressa Bethishou <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><b>Katherine Ghattas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faccesspharmacy.mhmedical.com%2FupdatesContent.aspx%3Fgbosid%3D654296%26sectionid%3D295289229&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7C5283a745f4624c48c74908dda2f14c44%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C638845879430729467%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4bu%2B7JKdB0M8cYJ8%2Fn2fnp7akGjAYVuYJkzN08O27q4%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTransitions of Care in Diabetes: Preventing Hospital Readmissions\u2014Emphasizing the pharmacist\u2019s role in medication reconciliation and patient education post-discharge\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topics in Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on May 12, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Saeidreza Sam Harirforoosh <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others published<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs40268-025-00509-6&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7C5283a745f4624c48c74908dda2f14c44%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C638845879430743817%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=meFh552y4ivSfnKgQ3hOFxvJSsGR2zSqc2MbuIHeYcU%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cAn Exploratory Pharmacogenetic Pilot Study of Two Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drugs in R&amp;D. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs40268-025-00509-6&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7C5283a745f4624c48c74908dda2f14c44%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C638845879430743817%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=meFh552y4ivSfnKgQ3hOFxvJSsGR2zSqc2MbuIHeYcU%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40268-025-00509-6<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Dr. Jennifer Totonchy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dr. Sun<\/b> <b>Yang, Dr. Shirley<\/b> <b>Tong, Dr. Anika Patel, Kate Lozada<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and others published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.3390%2Fpharmaceutics17060691&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csilfernandes%40chapman.edu%7C5283a745f4624c48c74908dda2f14c44%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C0%7C0%7C638845879430759342%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IKi9vulIrzOOqAc8RI%2B1o073OSoqpc5Q5XyPD%2BcPFjA%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTargeting Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS) as a Novel Approach to Enhancing the Anti-Melanoma Activity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pharmaceutics<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2025, 17, 691.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Presentations<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Ashley Alexander<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dien Nguyen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Ahmed Aoun<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Tae-Ho Kim<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Nagaraju Mupparapu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented \u201cModifying Tryptophan and Indole-Derived Compounds Using Engineered Indole Prenyltransferase Enzymes\u201d at CUSP Research Day, May 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Laressa Bethishou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented \u201cLeveraging Pubic Health Resources to Optimize Medication Safety and Efficacy\u201d to the California Department of Public Health Division of Food and Drug Safety on May 14, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Jeff Goad <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cEmpowering Pharmacists in Travel Medicine: Enhancing Patient Care Through Vaccination, Prevention, and Education\u201d at the Directions in Pharmacy \u2013 West Coast (Pharmacy Times) Webinar on May 3, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Jeff Goad <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cCrafting a Career in Travel Medicine\u201d at the Congress of the International Society of Travel Medicine in New Orleans, LA, on May 11, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Jeff Goad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented \u201cCruise Ship Medicine: The College Student Experience\u201d at the Congress of the International Society of Travel Medicine in New Orleans, LA on May 12, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Ajay Sharma<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and others presented \u201cConjunctival fibroblast and macrophage-derived chemokines and cytokines contribute to the pathogenesis of ocular GVHD\u201d at the Association of Research for Vision and Ophthalmology Conference in Salt Lake City, UT on May 3-8 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Ajay Sharma <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">moderated a session, \u201cCorneal Epithelium I\u201d at the Association of Research for Vision and Ophthalmology Conference <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in Salt Lake City, UT on May 3-8 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Ajay Sharma <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">delivered the invited talk \u201cTranslation of Ocular Surface Research into Novel Therapies for Dry Eye Disease\u201d at Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, in Fort Lauderdale, FL on May 2, 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Marco Bisoffi, Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi, Arthur Manda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and others presented \u201cInvestigating the molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in prostate cancer cells\u201d at the Student Scholar Symposium at Chapman University in Orange, CA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Posters<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr.<\/b> <b>Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi, Abdulelah Alhazza<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Arthur Manda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and others presented \u201cEngineering lipid-polymer nanoparticles for siRNA delivery to breast cancer cells\u201d at the AACR Annual meeting in Chicago, IL.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Sherif<\/b> <b>Elshahawi, Javier Amaya Jr<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Alan Thammavongsa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Yu-Hsin Cindy Lin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Stephanie Ly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Rayann Hsieh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented \u201cExploring microbial natural products from unique niches for novel antibiotics targeting Gram-negative bacteria\u201d at CUSP Research Day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Marc Fleming<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, A. Bakare, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTrends in FDA Approvals of Cardiovascular Drugs from 1980 to 2024\u201d at the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">International Society for<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Marc<\/b> <b>Fleming <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><b>Poonam Bhatjire <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exploring Contemporary Variability in PDMP Budgets and Data Sharing Across the United States<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. International Society for<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting\u201d in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>\u00a0Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Laressa Bethishou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>\u00a0Dr. Richard Beuttler, A. Brown, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cAn Interprofessional Simulation to Develop Communication Skills in Health Professional Students\u201d at Collaborating Across Borders IX, May 27 \u2013 30, Omaha, NE.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Ajay Sharma <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cIrradiation conditioning regimen increases conjunctival chemokines and impacts conjunctival macrophages: Implications for ocular GVHD\u201d at the Association of Research for Vision and Ophthalmology Conference on May 3-8 2025, in Salt Lake City, UT.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Marc<\/b> <b>Fleming, Khashayar Eshtiaghi, Poonam Bhatjire,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><b>Aryan Shokrollah Shirazi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented \u201cExamining Physicians\u2019 Behaviors Regarding Buprenorphine Prescribing for Opioid Use Disorder\u201d at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Houston, TX in April.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cUS Food and Drug Administration Authorizations of Therapeutic Biologics and Biosimilars, 1908-2024\u201d at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Ajay Sharma <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cAmeliorative effect of soluble klotho on corneal epithelial barrier function in aged mice\u201d at the Association of Research for Vision and Ophthalmology Conference, May 3-8 2025, in Salt Lake City, UT.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Sherif Elsahawi, Stephanie Ly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Alan Thammavongsa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Yu-Hsin Cindy Lin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Aws Al-Hashimi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Rayann Hsieh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented \u201cSoil Bacteria Isolated from Unexplored Ecological Niches as Source for Bioactive Natural Products\u201d at CUSP Research Day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Dien Nguyen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Alice Oum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented \u201cMechanistic insights of Trp-modified daptomycin antibiotic\u201d at CUSP Research Day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Alice Oum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><b>Dien Nguyen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> presented \u201cEnzyme Immobilization for Large-Scale Biocatalytic Synthesis of Novel Antibiotic Analogs with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity\u201d at CUSP Research Day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Dr.<\/b> <b>Enrique Seoane-Vazquez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dr. Lawrence Brown, Gerald Ozota<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and others presented \u201cDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Gene and Cell Therapies Clinical Trials\u201d at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Dr. Marc Fleming, Aryan Shokrollah Shirazi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and others presented \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enhancing Patient Engagement in Pharmacist Provided Medication Therapy Management for Chronic Conditions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d at the International Society for<\/span> <span 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