{"id":2601,"date":"2023-11-18T10:04:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T18:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/pharmacy\/2023\/11\/18\/on-the-cusp-october-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T10:04:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T18:04:14","slug":"on-the-cusp-october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/pharmacy\/2023\/11\/18\/on-the-cusp-october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"On the CUSP: October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Awards and Recognitions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\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>is a Grant Reviewer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nihr.ac.uk\/explore-nihr\/specialties\/ophthalmology.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UK Medical Research Council, Ophthalmic Research<\/a> section.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/jeff-goad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Goad<\/a> was honored at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnpaper2.com%2Fbusiness--visionaries%2F2023%2F10%2F%23%3Fpage%3D30%26dpg%3D1&amp;data=05%7C01%7Coaconnell%40chapman.edu%7Ccbd38ac1d0e6457eace508dbdc9abaeb%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C1%7C0%7C638346329387148127%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=01fDK2xZ8MIFr5HH0H%2BxGKxqeYvpSP%2F5SxADC6d7XDc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Orange County Visionaries<\/a>\u00a0in the Education and Nonprofit sector.<\/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>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/jerika-lam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerika Lam<\/a> spoke with others on \u201cOptimizing Opportunities in Vaccination: Practical Considerations for an Evolving COVID-19 Landscape\u201d at the Medscape Continuing Medical Education for the IDWeek Conference in Boston, MA on October 11, 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Drs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/kathleen-hill-besinque\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kathy Besinque<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/emmanuelle-schwartzman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmanuelle Schwartzman<\/a> discussed &#8220;Coaching Learners for Success&#8221; at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/jeff-goad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Goad<\/a> collaborated to present &#8220;From Bench to Practice: Let\u2019s Keep Vaccinating Against COVID-19&#8221; at the APhA Webinar on October 19, 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/jeff-goad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Goad<\/a> spoke with others on &#8220;COVID-19, RSV &amp; Flu Vaccines: Separating Fact from Fiction&#8221;\u00a0 National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation Webinar. October 19, 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a> discussed &#8220;Amphipathic Hybrid Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugate as a Strategy to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Decrease Cardiotoxicity&#8221; with others at the 18th Annual Peptide Therapeutics Symposium from October 7-16, 2023 in La Jolla, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/emmanuelle-schwartzman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmanuelle Schwartzman<\/a> presented on the &#8220;Success in Applying for Residency and Fellowship Training&#8221; at the national Rho Chi Annual Town Hall on October 17th, 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/sun-yang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coco Yang<\/a> presented &#8220;Hashing out the Pros and Cons of Marijuana Use: Navigating Updates and Evolving Practices&#8221; as a selected speaker with others\u00a0at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/miao-zhang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miao Zhang<\/a> presented &#8220;Structure-function studies of KCa2.x Channels&#8221; at the Ion Channel Modulation Symposium in Irvine, CA on October 19th, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Posters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/amy-kang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Kang<\/a> co-presented &#8220;A Network Meta-Analysis of Antibiotic Efficacy for the Treatment of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections&#8221; at IDWeek in Boston, MA<\/li>\n<li>Drs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/amy-kang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Kang<\/a> and Gary Fong worked with others on &#8220;Development of an Adaptable Roadmap for Implementation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Core Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum in Infectious Diseases Fellowship Programs&#8221; for IDWeek in Boston, MA.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/amy-kang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Kang<\/a>, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/mary-gutierrez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Gutierrez<\/a>, and recent alumna <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maryelkomos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Mary Elkomos<\/a> collaborated with others on &#8220;Effectiveness of Non-carbapenem vs Carbapenems Empiric Therapy for Extended-Spectrum \u03b2-Lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacterales (PE) Infections in Non-ICU patients: A Real-world Investigation in a Hospital with High-prevalence of ESBL-PE&#8221; at <a href=\"https:\/\/idweek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IDWeek<\/a> in Boston, MA.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/neeloufar-fakourfar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/may-mak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. May Mak<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/hindu-rao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Hindu Rao<\/a>, and\u00a0 PharmD candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lilliannguyen16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lillian <\/a>Nguyen and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tara-kavehzadeh-139895142\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tara Kavehzadeh<\/a> presented &#8220;Implementation of a Pharmacy Team-Led Workflow to Improve Statin Adherence&#8221; at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Drs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/may-mak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May Mak<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/hindu-rao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hindu Rao<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/neeloufar-fakourfar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neeloufar Kakourfar<\/a> presented with others on &#8220;Expansion of a Clinical Pharmacy Program with Team-Based Care and Innovative Use of Technicians and Students&#8221; at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/miao-zhang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miao Zhang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nadeennaguib\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nadeen Naguib<\/a>, Drs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/youngwoo-nam-217539105\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youngwoo Nam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/razan-orfali-rph-phd-212988138\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Razan Orfali<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mohammad-asikur-rahman-123918144\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mohammad Rahman<\/a>,\u00a0 PharmD candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elynlam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elyn Lam<\/a> and Grace Yang presented\u00a0&#8220;Structure-function studies of loss-of-function K<sub>Ca<\/sub>2.2 mutant channel&#8221; at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Jelena Lewis, Dr. Brian Kawahara, alongside PharmD candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aida-pazhoohesh-329874195\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aida Pazhoohesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jack-menzagopian-67797b138\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Menzagopian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sahar-pakbaz-a16a93275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sahar Pakbaz<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cindymaitran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cindy Tran<\/a> presented &#8220;A Report on Rationing of Insulin and Diabetes Supplies by Type 2 Diabetes Patients from Healthcare System in Orange County&#8221; at the Poster Presentation at CSHP Seminar. Long Beach, CA, October 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Aftab Ahmed and alumni Basir Syed collaborated with others on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12010-023-04743-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chemical hypoxic preconditioning improves survival and proliferation of mesenchymal stem cells<\/a>&#8221; in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/keykavous-parang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keykavous Parang<\/a> collaborated with others, including faculty with Chapman University colleges, on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1422-0067\/24\/20\/15216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tolfenamic Acid Derivatives: A New Class of Transcriptional Modulators with Potential Therapeutic Applications for Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Related Disorders<\/a>&#8221; in the Internation Journal of Molecular Sciences.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/sun-yang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coco Yang<\/a>, alumni Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christopher-nguyen-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Nguyen<\/a> and Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kristin-w-bb462b117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristin Willins<\/a>, Dr. and PhD candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anikarpatel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anika Patel<\/a>\u00a0published\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1422-0067\/24\/20\/15216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Improving Pharmacist-Led Pediatric Patient Education on Oral Chemotherapy at Home<\/a>&#8221; with others in Children.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/ajay-sharma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajay Sharma<\/a> collaborated on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1542012423001246?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Murine models of graft versus host disease (GVHD): Focus on ocular GVHD<\/a>&#8221; in The Ocular Surface.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2Fpii%2FS1542012423001246%3Fvia%253Dihub&amp;data=05%7C01%7Coaconnell%40chapman.edu%7Ccbd38ac1d0e6457eace508dbdc9abaeb%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C1%7C0%7C638346329387148127%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=s1m4hqwRgvbFQ8y9mGKP88YNbxMswm17JUvSES3ihEM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1542012423001246?via%3Dihub<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/sun-yang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coco Yang<\/a> worked with others on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0960894X2300207X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Improved synthesis and anticancer activity of a potent neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor<\/a>&#8221; in Bioorganic &amp; Medicinal Chemistry Letters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awards and Recognitions Dr. Ajay Sharma is a Grant Reviewer for the UK Medical Research Council, Ophthalmic Research section. 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