{"id":2502,"date":"2026-01-07T08:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/pharmacy\/2026\/01\/07\/on-the-cusp-december-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:42:38","slug":"on-the-cusp-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2026\/01\/07\/on-the-cusp-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"On the CUSP: December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Awards and Recognitions<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Sherry Yun Wang <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">served as an invited grant reviewer for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Systems Research (HSR) Scientific Merit Review Board (SMRB).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Grants<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Jeff Goad <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was awarded a grant ($106,094) from the Merck Foundation as primary investigator on the study \u201cA Prospective Survey Study Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Determine Factors Influencing Pharmacists&#8217; and Patients&#8217; Pneumococcal Vaccination Decision.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Publications<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Rachita Sumbria<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and others published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijpx.2025.100459\">\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Longitudinal pharmacokinetic and safety studies of an antibody-erythropoietin fusion protein for Alzheimer&#8217;s disease\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the\u00a0 International Journal of Pharmaceutics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Kaykavous Parang <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/pharmaceutics17121556\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSelenium Nanoparticles as Versatile Delivery Tools\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Pharmaceutics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>Presentations<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Jerika Lam <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cAging Well with HIV: Making the Golden Years Shine\u201d at the ASHP Midyear Conference in Las Vegas, NV, on December 9, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Jerika Lam <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and others presented \u201cFrom Hashtag to Policy: Making Real World Change Happen\u201d at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Conference in Las Vegas, NV, on December 9, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Marc Fleming <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">presented \u201cBuilding Relationships to Enhance Career Opportunities\u201d to the American Public Health Association &#8211; Pharmacy Section on November 14, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Quotables<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Kamaljit Kaur<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> held a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2025\/11\/24\/center-for-targeted-drug-delivery-launches-at-chapman\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">press release<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the launch of Chapman\u2019s Center for Targeted Drug Delivery (CTDD) research facility.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Dr. Kamaljit Kaur <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was referenced in <\/span><a 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