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Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman received the A. Wayne Pittman Outstanding Service Award from the National Rho Chi Society at the Annual Meeting on March 21, 2026. This is one of the highest awards given by the Society with Dr. Schwartzman being the 2nd recipient of the award. The award recognizes individuals who have provided significant and sustained contributions to the Society and those who have profoundly advanced the vision and mission of the Society.
• A poster from Dr. Sherry Wang’s research team, led by PharmD students Elena Wu and Harvey Duong, titled “Mapping GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Prescribing Across the United States, 2010–2022,” has been selected as one of the Top 10 Featured Research & Science Posters at the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026.
• Abstract titled “Machine Learning Models for Predicting Serious Adverse Event Reports in GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Using FAERS, 2015–2025,” from Dr. Sherry Wang’s research team has been selected as a Top 5% Finalist for the Research Presentation Awards at the ISPOR 2026 conference, organized by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou was awarded the Pharmacist of the Year award by the Orange County Pharmacist Association. This award recognizes an OCPhA member pharmacist for outstanding activities in the profession of pharmacy. The recipient must be an individual who has demonstrated leadership at multiple levels of pharmacy. They should be an energetic leader who has stimulated others to actively participate in the profession, advocacy, and community affairs related to the practice of pharmacy. The person should be well recognized by colleagues for their professional advancements.
• Dr. Jerika Lam was honored with the Fellow of ASHP (FASHP) recognition. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Practitioner Recognition Program recognizes pharmacists who have excelled in pharmacy practice and distinguished themselves through sustained commitment and contributions to ASHP in service, education, and leadership.
• Dr. Ajay Sharma Lab’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Karthik Ramasamy, received the Qais Farjo Memorial Travel Award from the Association for Research and Vision to present his work “CSF1/CSF1 receptor axis plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of oGVHD-associated conjunctiva and lacrimal gland fibrosis” as a podium presentation at the 2026 Annual ARVO conference in Denver, Colorado.
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur co-organized/co-chaired a symposium titled “Blood-Brain Transcytosis of Therapeutics for Targeted Delivery to the CNS” at the ACS Spring 2026 Meeting and Exposition, Atlanta, CA, Georgia, USA, Mar 22-26, 2026. (Organizers: Kamaljit Kaur, Chapman University; Jeremy Richter, Bristol Myers Squibb; Yingchuan Zhu, Bristol Myers Squibb)

Patents

Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Khaled Elsaid, Nataraj Jagadeesan and others filed their patent “PRG4 in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegenerative disease,” U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/979,815.

Publications

• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang, Ryan Stofer, Zhouzhou Chu, and others published “Algorithmic opacity in opioid risk scoring and the need for transparent AI regulation.” in Nature’s Digital Medicine (2026).
• Dr. Ajay Sharma, Lois Kim, and Karthikeyan Ramasamy published “Protocol for spatial profiling of immune cells in the mouse cornea and conjunctiva using NanoString GeoMx DSP and nCounterPro platforms.” in STAR Protocols on June 19, 2026.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang published “Chromobox 6 (CBX6)-Carbonic Anhydrase 9 (CA9) Axis: An epigenetic-metabolic vulnerability in glioblastoma.” in Molecular Therapy Oncology. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and Max Foroughi published “Periodontal biomarkers in cardiovascular disease: mechanisms, diagnostics, and clinical implications.” in Infection on March 19, 2026. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Gadolinium Nanoparticles: Emerging platforms beyond imaging for drug delivery and theranostics.” in Pharmaceutics.  
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur, Keon Niles Jafari, Charlene Chai, and Shelby Kim published “Receptor-Mediated Drug Delivery: Redefining Targeted Drug Conjugates in Oncology.” in Pharmaceutics.  

Grants

Dr. Jerika Lam, in collaboration with Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, was awarded a grant ($195,430) from Gilead Sciences INCLUSION (Implementation of twice-yearly Lenacapavir to address Unmet needs in HIV prevention) program as the Principal Investigator.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom presented “Modeling cAMP Signaling Networks in Airway Smooth Muscle” as an invited speaker at AKAP2026: 8th International Meeting on Anchored cAMP Signaling Pathways in Houston, TX on Feb. 27-March 1, 2026.
• Dr. Ajay Sharma A delivered an invited talk “Fibroblast immune cell cross-talk in ocular GVHD” at a Symposium at the Center for Integrated Oncology, University of Cologne Hospital, Cologne, Germany on March 19-21st, 2026.
• Dr. Kathleen Hill-Besinque, Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman, and others presented “Coaching for Growth, Building Resilience through Feedback” at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Experiential Education Webinar on March 24, 2026.
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur presented “A Novel EGFR-Binding Peptide–Drug Conjugate Exhibits Selective Toxicity Toward Cancer Cells” at ACS Spring 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on March 22-26, 2026.
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Expanding Pharmacist Roles in Travel Medicine: Engagement, Education and Impact” at the Directions in Pharmacy (Midwest) Webinar, on March 21, 2026
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Shoot for the Stars: Annual Immunization Update.” at the APhA/WPE Annual Meeting in Los Angeles on March 29, 2026
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Mosquitoes, Students, and Study Abroad: Understanding Japanese Encephalitis Risk.” at the American College Health Association Webinar on March 31, 2026

Posters

• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang, Henry Duong, Elena Wu, and Zhouzhou Chu presented “Comparative real-world safety of tirzepatide vs GLP-1 RAs: A machine learning analysis of FAERS reports.” at the 5th Annual Pacific Coast Patient Safety Conference (PCPSC), on February 27th 2026.
• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang, Elena Wu, Henry Duong, Ryan Stofer, and others presented “Mapping GLP-1 receptor agonist prescribing across the United States, 2010–2022.” at the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition, on March 27-28 2026.
• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom, Jordyn Margolis, Dr. Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri, Alex Osterloh, and Camelia Anicolaesei presented “Adaptive NSPARC Acquisition of Targeted cAMP Biosensors with Automated Workflow Integration.” at the AKAP2026: 8th International Meeting on Anchored cAMP Signaling Pathways in Houston, TX on Feb. 27-Mar 1, 2026.
• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom, Camelia Anicolaesei, Jordyn Margolis, Dr. Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri, and others presented “Isoform-Resolved Proximity Proteomics with Censoring-Aware Hierarchical Modeling Defines AC6 and AC9 Microdomains in Primary Human Airway Smooth Muscle.” at AKAP2026: 8th International Meeting on Anchored cAMP Signaling Pathways in Houston, TX on Feb. 27-Mar 1, 2026.
• Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, Dr. Rachita Sumbria, DN Nguyen, Alice Oum, and Devaraj Chandrashekar presented “Mechanistic and In Vivo Evaluation of a Daptomycin-
  Derivative Reveals Enhanced Activity Against Daptomycin-Resistant Pathogens.” at the Gordon Research Conference – New Antibacterial Discovery and Development, in Lucca, Italy, during March 2026.
• Dr. Marc Fleming, Jerika Lam, and others presented “Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Pharmacy-Based HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis.” at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting, in Los Angeles, CA on March 28th, 2026.
• Dr. Sam Harirforoosh and Goldie La presented “Evaluating the Use of an Artificial Intelligence Tool in Predicting Steady-State Trough Plasma Concentrations of Dolutegravir.” at the Society of Toxicology 65th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo in San Diego, CA on March 25th 2026.

Awards and Recognitions 

• Dr. Jeff Goad was awarded the 2026-2027 Faculty Sabbatical and Development Award.

• Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar was awarded the OCSHP Pharmacist of the Year Award at the OCSHP Banquet. The OCSHP Pharmacist of the Year Award is the organization’s highest individual honor, recognizing one exceptional pharmacist who has demonstrated outstanding dedication to the pharmacy profession, their community, and the development of future pharmacists.

Quotables (Faculty In the News)

• Dr. Jeff Goad co-authored “Expert Discusses the Presidential Administration’s Narrowing of COVID-19 Vaccines” in Drug Topics, published on Feb 16, 2026.

Publications

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Albert Bach, Dr. Kathleen Hill-Besinque, Dr. Jeff Goad, Dr. Karl Hess, and Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman published “Navigating the Transition to APPEs: A Survey of U.S. Schools of Pharmacy” in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education on February 11, 2026. 

• Dr. Sandeep Lohan, Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, Dr. Keykavous Parang, and others published “Selectivity modulation of small cationic membrane-active cyclic peptides with broad-spectrum activity against bacteria and fungi.” in the Journal of Medicincal Chemistry. 

• Dr. Jonathan Moreno, Dr. Keykavous Parang, and others published “Cyclic-linear hybrid peptides as molecular transporters of chemotherapeutic agents.” in Chemical Biology Letters.

• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Thuy Do, Clare Dinh, Dorna Davani-Davari, Max Foroughi, Troy Khong, Mahsa Moazen, and others published “Tumor targeting with peptide-drug conjugates: Showcasing key progress and hurdles.” in Drug Design, Development, and Therapy.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Gadolinium Nanoparticles: Emerging platforms beyond imaging for drug delivery and theranostics.” in Preprints 

• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Microbiome-responsive hydrogels: From biological cues to smart biomaterials.” in Preprints and Pharmaceutics. 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Jeff Goad presented the APhA Pharmacy-based Travel Health Services Advanced Competency Training virtually on 2/28/26.

Posters

• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Dorna Davani-Davari, Eman Mohammed, and others presented “Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptides Containing Arginine Mimics” at the Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA, on February 1-6, 2026.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Naglaa Salem El-Syaed, Dr. Dorna Davani-Davari, and others presented “Modulation of Antimicrobial Activity Using Unnatural Amino Acids in the Cyclic Amphipathic Peptide [R5W4].” at the Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA, on February 1-6, 2026.

Awards and Recognitions 

• Dr. Amy Kang has been selected to serve as an author panelist for the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s guidance paper on resource framework and staffing for hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs.
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria was awarded 2025 BPS Paper of the Year for her publication “Hepatic LRP-1 plays an important role in amyloidosis in Alzheimer’s disease mice: Potential role in chronic heavy alcohol feeding” in Neurobiology of  Disease, published September 2024.

Publications 

• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Naiera M. Helmy, and Dorna Davani-Davari published “Fatty acid-conjugated antimicrobial Peptides: Advances in design, activity, and therapeutic potential” in the Journal of Medical Chemistry.

Presentations 

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes) 

• A. Brown presented a platform Presentation: “An Interprofessional Simulation to Develop Communication Skills in Health Professional Students” at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2026), in San Antonio, TX, on January 13, 2026.
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Immunization Update 2026 & Travel Medicine Update 2026” at Simply Socratic Rx Institute’s Compliance Symposium in Irvine, CA, on January 24, 2026
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Moom Roosan, and Dr. Sherry Yun Wang presented “Integrating AI into Your Program: A Systematic Approach to Developing an AI Degree Emphasis” at the 2026 Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning on January 26, 2026.

Quotables 

• Dr. Jerika Lam and others spoke on the episode “Aging Well with HIV: Making the Golden Years Shine” for the ASHP Pharmacy Practice News Video Podcast.
• Dr. Jeff Goad authored “A measles resurgence has put the U.S. at risk of losing its ‘elimination’ status,” which was published in the LA Times on January 22, 2026.
• Dr. Jeff Goad authored “What Do the New HHS Vaccine Changes Mean for Pharmacists?;” “Pharmacists Face New Challenges Under Updated HHS Vaccine Guidance;” “Why Unified Messaging Matters for Childhood Immunization Confidence,” which were published in Pharmacy Times on January 15, 2026. This is a three part article intended to be read in order. 
• Dr. Jeff Goad authored “How Probable Is It That COVID-19 Vaccines Could Be Pulled From U.S. Markets?” which was published in Infectious Disease Special Edition on January 29, 2026.

Awards and Recognitions 

• Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman was presented with the Executive of the Year from the Greater Irvine Chamber during the Excellence in Healthcare & Innovation gala on January 16th in Irvine, CA.
• Dr. Sherry Wang was awarded a $1,500 travel grant to attend the Spring-Summer 2025 NIH and Data Curation Training Workshop.

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

Dr. Sherry Wang’s team launched the Opioid and Buprenorphine Dashboard, which is now publicly available.

Publications

• Dr. Luma Munjy, Dr. Kathleen Besinque, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Laressa Bethishou, and Dr. Kimberly Won published “A Longitudinal Curriculum to Teach and Assess Empathy Within the Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum.” in Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang published “Orchestrating cytosolic access: The partnership of cationic lytic peptide L17E and potassium channel KCa3.1” in Molecular Therapy on Jan 21. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Eman H. Mohammed, Naiera M. Helmy, and David Salehi, published “Antibacterial and antifungal activities of linear and cyclic peptides containing arginine, tryptophan, and diphenylalanine” in Antibiotics, 2025. 
• Dr. Jerika Lam and others published “Overcoming barriers to HIV prevention: population health considerations on optimizing PrEP access.” in the American Journal of Managed Care. 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou presented “Addressing Social Determinants of Health for Geriatric Patients During Transitions of Care.” at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) National Webinar on January 23rd, 2025.
• Dr. Mary Gutierrez presented “Nutritional Psychiatry.” at The Joint Commission Surveyors Conference in Chicago, Illinois, in January 2025.

Posters

Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Jason Yamaki, Eman H. Mohammed, Zahra Mahdieh, and others presented “Piperidine-Based Cyclic Peptides as Antimicrobial Agents.” at the Peptide Materials portion of the Gordon Research Conference in Pomona, CA on January 19-24, 2025.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Jeff Goad 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.
•  Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar was installed as the President of OCSHP for 2025.

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou was interviewed by the American Pharmacist Association’s First Fill Podcast on The Pharmacist’s Role in Optimizing Transitions of Care.
• Dr. Jeff Goad was quoted in an article entitled “Drugmakers prep for a bird flu outbreak, despite the continued low risk” which was published Feb 3, 2025.   

Publications

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou published “Addressing social determinants of health at transitions of care – A case study.” in the journal of the  American Pharmacists Association in February 2025.  
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dorna Davani-Davari, and others published “Future applications of cyclic antimicrobial peptides in drug delivery.” in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery.
• Dr. Sun Yang, Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Shirley Tong, Anika Patel, and others published “Crosstalk Between nNOS/NO and COX-2 Enhances Interferon-Gamma-Stimulated Melanoma Progression.” in Cancers.

 Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Dr. Jerika Lam and others presented “Amplifying equitable access to oral and injectable PrEP through community pharmacies.” to the California State Board of Pharmacy in Sacramento, CA.
  • Dr. Kathleen Besinque and others presented “Building Skills for Career Management: A workshop” at the Innovations in Medical Education Online Conference on February 7, 2025.
  • Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Medication Issues and Travel” as a part of the International Society of Travel Medicine Review and Update Course on Feb 22, 2025
  • Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Cyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Toxicity,” at Healthcare Next-2025 on February 13, 2025, in Hyderabad, India as the Keynote Speaker.
  • Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Cyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Toxicity” at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science on February 14, 2025 in Hyderabad, India as an Invited Speaker.
  • Dr. Ajay Sharma presented “Antiaging Protein Klotho as a Potential Treatment for Dry Eye, Translation of Ocular Surface Research into Novel Therapies.” at the Cornea and Ocular Surface Biology, Pathology and Regeneration Gordon Research Conference, in Ventura, CA, on February 16th-21st, 2025.

•  Posters

  • Dr. May Mak and others presented ”Ambulatory Pharmacy Protocols Designed to Improve Patient Safety” at CSHP Pacific Coast Patient Safety Conference 2025, on February 28th-March 1st, 2025, in Santa Barbara, CA
  • Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, Sandeep Lohan, Eman H.M. Mohammed, Naiera M. Helmy, Srishti Kumar Jha, and others presented “Antimicrobial Peptides,” at the Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA on February 23rd-27th, 2025.
  • Dr. Kathleen Besinque presented “Real-Case Scenarios to Reduce Moral Distress in Pediatric Hematology Oncology (PHO) Fellows” at the Innovations in Medical Education Online Conference on February 6th-7th, 2025.
  • Dr. Ajay Sharma and others presented “Conjunctival fibroblast-macrophage crosstalk in the immunopathogenesis of ocular GVHD.” at the Cornea and Ocular Surface Biology, Pathology and Regeneration Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA, on February 16th – 21st, 2025.
  • Dr. Keykavous Parang, Naglaa Salem El-Sayed, and Dorna Davani-Davari presented “Developing Cyclic Amphipathic Antimicrobial Peptides against Multi-drug-resistant pathogens,” at the Gordon Research Conference on Antimicrobial Peptides in Ventura, CA, on February 23rd – 27th, 2025.

Awards and Recognitions

Dr. Sherry Wang has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 Women in AI Awards North America, competing in the “AI in Research Award – AI Researcher of the Year” category. 

Publications 

• Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Devaraj Chandrashekar, Dr. Nataraj Jagadeesan, Tamara Abdullah, Rudy Chang,  and others published “Effect of chronic alcohol feeding using the Lieber-DeCarli diet on Alzheimer’s disease pathology in Tg2576 mice.” in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 
• Dr. Ajay Sharma and others published “Ocular surface glycocalyx in health and disease.” in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.  
• Dr. Moom Roosan and others published “Editorial: Machine learning advancements in pharmacology: transforming drug discovery and healthcare.” Frontiers in Pharmacology. 
• Dr. Sun Yang, Dr. Keykavous Parang, and others patented “APE/REF1 inhibitors for the treatment of cancer.”

Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Dr. Sherif Elshahawi presented “Selective C–H activation of tryptophan-containing peptides via indole prenyltransferase enzyme catalysis” at the American Chemical Society Spring 2025 meeting, in San Diego, CA.
  • Dr. Jeff Goad presented several topics at the APhA Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN, including:
    • “APhA Pharmacy-based Travel Health Services Advanced Competency Certificate Program”
    • “Going Places with Travel Health Services”
    • “Boost, Scoot and Boogie: Annual Immunization Update” with other colleagues
    • “Empowering Pharmacists in Travel Medicine: Enhancing Patient Care Through Vaccination, Prevention, and Education” with other colleagues
  • Dr. Jeff Goad was part of the panel “RSV Rundown: Expert Reports on Current Insights and Vaccine Recommendations.” at the APhA Annual Meeting on March 22, 2025, in Nashville, TN
  • Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Immunization Update 2025” at the Simplified Socratic Rx Institute on March 29, 2025 in Irvine, CA
  • Dr. Rachita Sumbria presented “Transferrin Receptor-Mediated Drug Delivery for Alzheimer’s Disease, Drug Discovery and Development,” at the Labroots Virtual Event Series.

• Posters

  • Dr. Moom Roosan and others presented “Leveraging Pharmacogenomics and Health Information Exchange to Enhance Patient Safety: A Pilot Study” at the Pacific Coast Patient Safety Conference in Santa Barbara, CA.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou began her term as the chair-elect for the APhA Transitions of Care Community.  
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur co-organized/co-chaired a symposium titled “DNA-encoded libraries for Drug Discovery” at the ACS Spring 2025 Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, CA, USA, Mar 23-27, 2025. (Organizer: Kamaljit Kaur, Chapman University; Gunda Georg, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy; Alice Wong, Genentech Inc.) 

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

• Dr. Jerika Lam was interviewed by American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Podcast on Pharmacy Student Resilience and Wellness: Insights from Pharmacy Professionals.
• Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman participated in a published health care roundtable for the Orange County Business Journal entitled Healthcare Roundtable: An Informative Q&A with OC’s Top Healthcare Professionals on April 14, 2025. 

Publications

• Dr. Albert Bach, Dr. Laressa Bethishou, and others published The Pharmacist Patient Care Process Across the Health System and Patient Assessment for Pharmacists: How to Use This Textbook in “Patient Assessment in Pharmacy” with McGraw Hill. 
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou and others published Communicating With Patients and Healthcare Professionals and Addressing Patient Adherence in “Patient Assessment in Pharmacy” with McGraw Hill.
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Albert Bach, and others published Continuity of Care. In “Patient Assessment in Pharmacy” with McGraw Hill. 
• Dr. Albert Bach and Dr. Laressa Bethishou published Assessment of Drug Therapy. In “Patient Assessment in Pharmacy” with McGraw Hill. 
•  Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Rudy Chang, and others published “Brain endothelial cells as phagocytes: mechanisms and implications” in Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 
• Dr. Jelena Lewis and Fatema Haider published “The Impact of Telehealth on Pharmacy Practice” in Topics in Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice in March 2025 with McGraw Hill. https://accesspharmacy-mhmedical-com.chapman.idm.oclc.org/updatesContent.aspx?gbosId=653348
• Dr. Jelena Lewis, Dr. Hindu Rao, and Dr. Farida Mossaad published “Diarrhea and Constipation” in Patient Assessment in Pharmacy with McGraw Hill. 
•  Dr. Jelena Lewis, Dr. Sun Yang, and Dr. Beshoy Saad published “Nausea and Vomiting” in Patient Assessment in Pharmacy with McGraw Hill.
• Dr. Laura Tsu and Dr. May Mak published “Heart Failure” in Patient Assessment in Pharmacy with McGraw Hill. 
• Dr. Sun Yang and others published The Assessment of Pediatric Patients in “Patient Assessment in Pharmacy” with McGraw Hill.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Albert Bach and Dr. Jelena Lewis presented “Break the Code: A Pharmacy Escape Room” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in San Diego, CA on April 6, 2025.
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou and Dr. Jelena Lewis presented Cultivating Your Personal Brand in Pharmacy School at the California Pharmacist Association Western Pharmacy Exchange in San Diego, CA on April 6, 2025.
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou and others presented “The Future of Pharmacy Practice Under the Standard of Care Model” at the California Pharmacist Association Western Pharmacy Exchange in San Diego, CA on April 4, 2025.
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “APhA’s Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate Training Program and Train-the-Trainer” at Dubai Medical University on April 25-26, 2025 in Dubai, UAE
• Dr. Jeff Goad and Dr. Albert Bach presented “Navigating the Future of Pharmacy: Integrating AI into Practice” at the CPhA Western Pharmacy Exchange in San Diego, CA, on April 4, 2025.
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Immunization Update 2025” at the CPhA Western Pharmacy Exchange in San Diego, CA, on April 4, 2025.
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Empowering Pharmacists in Travel Medicine” at the 15th Annual CE Midwest Conference Directions in Pharmacy virtually on April 5, 2025.
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur presented “Peptide-drug conjugates for selective uptake by triple-negative breast cancer” at the ACS Spring 2025 Meeting and Exposition, in San Diego, CA, on March 23rd, 2025.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Peptide Drug Conjugates and Drug Discovery Chemistry” at the 20th Annual Cambridge Healthtech Institute Symposium on Oral Peptides & Macrocyclics in San Diego, CA, on April 15, 2025.

Posters

• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom, Camelia Anicolaesei, Jordyn Margolis, Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri, and others published “Proximity-Dependent Proteomics Identifies Unique Interactomes of Adenylyl Cyclase Isoforms 6 and 9 in Human Airway Smooth Muscle Cells” in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• Dr. Sun Yang, C. Chung, T. Awarad, and others presented “Exploring Vitamin D Levels Upon Diagnosis in Pediatric Oncology Patients” at the 2025 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) Annual Conference on April 9-12, 2025, in Portland, Oregon.
• Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Dr. Deborah Nguyen, and Alice Oum presented “Enzyme Immobilization for Large-Scale Biocatalytic Synthesis of Novel Antibiotic Analogs with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in San Diego, CA.
• Dr. Aftab Ahmed, Adva Shilon, and Basir Syed presented “2D-Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (ESI-TOF LC/MS/MS) Protein Profiling of Moringa (Moringa oleifera) Seeds” at the ASBMB Annual Meeting on April 12-15, 2025, in Chicago, IL.
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur, Shih-Jing Yao, and Keon Jafari presented “Biodistribution of a peptide-drug conjugate targeting triple-negative breast cancer in mice” at the ACS Spring 2025 Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, CA, on March 23-27, 2025.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Hindu Rao began her term as the Chair of the American Pharmacists Association Quality Based Care Community SIG.
• Dr. Jeff Goad received the Inaugural International Society of Travel Medicine award for  Excellence and Achievement in Travel Health Pharmacy in New Orleans, LA on May 11, 2025.
• Dr. Luma Munjy and Dr. Laressa Bethishou received the Pedagogical Innovation Grant Award from Chapman University
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou received the Inaugural Pharmacy Practice Professional Service Award from the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Chapman University School of Pharmacy
• Dr. Moom Roosan 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.
• Dr. Sherif Elshahawi received recognition from ChemBioChem, Wiley for authoring “Promiscuous Enzymes for Residue‐Specific Peptide and Protein Late‐Stage Functionalization” https://lnkd.in/gMyqnVEF. This article was ranked among the top 10% of the most-read articles in the journal, reflecting its interest within the scientific community.

Grants

Dr. Keykavous Parang and Dr. Coco Yang have been awarded the 2025-26 CUSP Patient Safety Award. They will receive $10,000 for their project “Peptide-Drug Conjugates to Enhance Doxorubicin Safety: A Novel Strategy to Reduce Cardiotoxicity and Improve Patient Outcomes.”

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

Dr. Rachita Sumbria was featured in the Podcast: “Defy Dementia Episode 23: On the Rocks – How Alcohol Affects Brain Health”. URL: baycrest.org/podcast/episode-23

Publications

• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang, Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Dr. Lawrence Brown, and others published “Predisposing, enabling, and need factors influencing health-related quality of life among people with metabolic syndrome.” in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Tali Faggiano, and others published “The Impact of Pharmacist Transitions of Care Interventions in Identifying Medications Errors for Patients Discharging to a Skilled Nursing Facility” in Senior Care Pharm. 
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria and others published “The 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” in Fluids and Barriers of the Central Nervous System.
• Dr. Moom Roosan and others published “Development of a pharmacogenomics case repository for pharmacy educators” in American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Jerika Lam and others published “Bridging oral and systemic health: exploring pathogenesis, biomarkers, and diagnostic innovations in periodontal disease” in Infection (2025).
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou and Katherine Ghattas published “Transitions of Care in Diabetes: Preventing Hospital Readmissions—Emphasizing the pharmacist’s role in medication reconciliation and patient education post-discharge” in Topics in Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice on May 12, 2025. 
• Dr. Saeidreza Sam Harirforoosh and others published “An Exploratory Pharmacogenetic Pilot Study of Two Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors, Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate and Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate” in Drugs in R&D. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40268-025-00509-6
•  Dr. Jennifer Totonchy, Dr. Sun Yang, Dr. Shirley Tong, Dr. Anika Patel, Kate Lozada, and others published “Targeting Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS) as a Novel Approach to Enhancing the Anti-Melanoma Activity of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors” in Pharmaceutics 2025, 17, 691.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Ashley Alexander, Dien Nguyen, Ahmed Aoun, Tae-Ho Kim, and Nagaraju Mupparapu presented “Modifying Tryptophan and Indole-Derived Compounds Using Engineered Indole Prenyltransferase Enzymes” at CUSP Research Day, May 2025
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou presented “Leveraging Pubic Health Resources to Optimize Medication Safety and Efficacy” to the California Department of Public Health Division of Food and Drug Safety on May 14, 2025
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Empowering Pharmacists in Travel Medicine: Enhancing Patient Care Through Vaccination, Prevention, and Education” at the Directions in Pharmacy – West Coast (Pharmacy Times) Webinar on May 3, 2025
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Crafting a Career in Travel Medicine” at the Congress of the International Society of Travel Medicine in New Orleans, LA, on May 11, 2025
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Cruise Ship Medicine: The College Student Experience” at the Congress of the International Society of Travel Medicine in New Orleans, LA on May 12, 2025
• Dr. Ajay Sharma and others presented “Conjunctival fibroblast and macrophage-derived chemokines and cytokines contribute to the pathogenesis of ocular GVHD” at the Association of Research for Vision and Ophthalmology Conference in Salt Lake City, UT on May 3-8 2025.
• Dr. Ajay Sharma moderated a session, “Corneal Epithelium I” at the Association of Research for Vision and Ophthalmology Conference in Salt Lake City, UT on May 3-8 2025.
• Dr. Ajay Sharma delivered the invited talk “Translation of Ocular Surface Research into Novel Therapies for Dry Eye Disease” at Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, in Fort Lauderdale, FL on May 2, 2025.
• Dr. Marco Bisoffi, Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi, Arthur Manda, and others presented “Investigating the molecular mechanisms of drug resistance in prostate cancer cells” at the Student Scholar Symposium at Chapman University in Orange, CA.

Posters

• Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi, Abdulelah Alhazza, Arthur Manda and others presented “Engineering lipid-polymer nanoparticles for siRNA delivery to breast cancer cells” at the AACR Annual meeting in Chicago, IL.
• Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Javier Amaya Jr, Alan Thammavongsa, Yu-Hsin Cindy Lin, Stephanie Ly, and Rayann Hsieh presented “Exploring microbial natural products from unique niches for novel antibiotics targeting Gram-negative bacteria” at CUSP Research Day.
• Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, A. Bakare, and others presented “Trends in FDA Approvals of Cardiovascular Drugs from 1980 to 2024” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Dr. Marc Fleming and Poonam Bhatjire presented “Exploring Contemporary Variability in PDMP Budgets and Data Sharing Across the United States. International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting” in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
•  Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Laressa Bethishou,  Dr. Richard Beuttler, A. Brown, and others presented “An Interprofessional Simulation to Develop Communication Skills in Health Professional Students” at Collaborating Across Borders IX, May 27 – 30, Omaha, NE.
• Dr. Ajay Sharma and others presented “Irradiation conditioning regimen increases conjunctival chemokines and impacts conjunctival macrophages: Implications for ocular GVHD” at the Association of Research for Vision and Ophthalmology Conference on May 3-8 2025, in Salt Lake City, UT.
• Dr. Marc Fleming, Khashayar Eshtiaghi, Poonam Bhatjire, and Aryan Shokrollah Shirazi presented “Examining Physicians’ Behaviors Regarding Buprenorphine Prescribing for Opioid Use Disorder” at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Houston, TX in April.
• Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez and others presented “US Food and Drug Administration Authorizations of Therapeutic Biologics and Biosimilars, 1908-2024” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• Dr. Ajay Sharma and others presented “Ameliorative effect of soluble klotho on corneal epithelial barrier function in aged mice” at the Association of Research for Vision and Ophthalmology Conference, May 3-8 2025, in Salt Lake City, UT.
• Dr. Sherif Elsahawi, Stephanie Ly, Alan Thammavongsa, Yu-Hsin Cindy Lin, Aws Al-Hashimi, and Rayann Hsieh presented “Soil Bacteria Isolated from Unexplored Ecological Niches as Source for Bioactive Natural Products” at CUSP Research Day.
• Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Dien Nguyen, and Alice Oum presented “Mechanistic insights of Trp-modified daptomycin antibiotic” at CUSP Research Day.
• Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Alice Oum, and Dien Nguyen presented “Enzyme Immobilization for Large-Scale Biocatalytic Synthesis of Novel Antibiotic Analogs with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity” at CUSP Research Day.
• Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Dr. Lawrence Brown, Gerald Ozota, and others presented “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Gene and Cell Therapies Clinical Trials” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
•  Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Dr. Marc Fleming, Aryan Shokrollah Shirazi, and others presented “Enhancing Patient Engagement in Pharmacist Provided Medication Therapy Management for Chronic Conditions” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, CA, May 2025.
• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang, Ryan Stofer, Peter Lim, Elena Wu, Timothy Lanthier, Ryan Jewik, and others presented “Addressing Neighborhood-Level Opioid Data Gaps: Development of an Interactive Dashboard for Prescription Trends and Buprenorphine Access in California.” at ISPOR 2025, in Montreal, Quebec, CA, May 13–16.
• Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi, Dr. Marco Bisoffi, and others presented “Gene Expression Analysis for Different Prostate Cancer Stages” at the Student Scholar Symposium at Chapman University in Orange, CA.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman received the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Alumni Excellence in Education Award during an awards ceremony on June 27th, 2025.
• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang has been named the recipient of the "2025 AI in Research Award – AI Researcher of the Year" by Women in AI (WAI), a global nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing inclusive and ethical artificial intelligence that benefits society worldwide. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7336854027067867136/

Grants

Dr. Kamaljit Kaur and Dr. Sun Yang were awarded the CUSP Collaboration Award for their work as primary investigators on the study “Developing peptide-drug conjugates for targeted drug delivery of chemotherapy for melanoma treatment.”

Dr. Jerika Lam was a sub-award recipient of the 2025-2026 Gilead Sciences NOVA RFP for her work “Amplifying equitable access to oral and injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis through community pharmacies,” an award in the amount of $62,356. 

Dr. Keykavous Parand and Dr. Sun Yang were awarded a grant in the amount o $415,500 for their work “Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates for Mitigating Cardiotoxicity and Overcoming Drug Resistance in Cancer.” 

Publications

Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Madeline Dintzner M, and Helen Sahli published “Development of an Intentional Approach to NAPLEX® Preparation” in Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning” 2025; 17(10): 102419. 

Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Sandeep Lohan,Eman H.M. Mohammed, Naiera M. Helmy, Srishti K. Jha, and others published “Impact of stereochemical replacement on activity and selectivity of membrane-active antibacterial and antifungal cyclic peptides” in NPJ Antimicrobial Resistance. 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou presented “From Bedside to Curbside: Pharmacist Roles in Transitions of Care” at the California Pharmacists Association Innovative Pharmacy Practice Webinar on June 17, 2025.
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Empowering Pharmacists in Travel Medicine: Enhancing Patient Care Through Vaccination, Prevention, and Education” at the Directions in Pharmacy – Southeast (Pharmacy Times). Webinar on June 1, 2025.
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Protecting Patients Before Travel” at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases & International Society of Travel Medicine webinar on June 18, 2025.

Posters

• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Jonathan Moreno, Dr. Saghar Mozaffari, Dr. Dindyal Mandal, and others presented “Cyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Toxicity” at the American Peptide Symposium in San Diego, CA, on June 15-19, 2025.

• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, and others presented “Enhancing Antibacterial Activity with Membrane-Active Macrocyclics: Broad-Spectrum Design, Synergistic Combinations, and Mechanistic Insights” at the American Peptide Symposium in San Diego, CA on June 15-19, 2025

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Rocke Demark will serve on the AACP Admissions Workshop Advisory Committee for 2025-26.

 Grants

• Dr. Ajay Sharma was awarded a grant in the amount of $47,137 by Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to evaluate the ocular safety and trans corneal penetration of the test compound Tarsus NCE1.

 Publications

• Amanda Brown, Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Reza Taheri, and others published “An interprofessional simulation to develop communication skills in health professional students” in Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning on June 30th, 2025. 
• Amanda Brown, Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Reza Taheri, and others published “Utilizing pharmacogenomics to improve students’ self-perception on the interprofessional competencies of roles and responsibilities, and teams and teamwork” in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy on July 1st, 2025.  
• Dr. Cintia Citterio, Berenice Morales-Rodriguez, Catherine Vu, Rachel Nguyen, Jessie Tsai, Jennifer Le, and others published “A Genetically-Engineered Thyroid Gland Built for Selective Triiodothyronine Secretion” in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. This is a JCR quartile one journal with a 5-year impact factor of 5.7. 
• Dr. Albert Bach and others published “Key Elements of Practice Redesign in Community Pharmacies: Report of the 2024–2025 AACP Professional Affairs Standing Committee” in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 
• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom and others published “Prostacyclin enlists AC6 to stop the clot” in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
• Dr. Sam Harirforoosh, Dr. Amelia Monfared, Dr. Melissa Hoang, and others published “Pharmacogenetic Exploration of Buprenorphine and Related Metabolites in Umbilical Cord Blood” in Toxicology Reports.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Swollen lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer: A forgotten prognostic signal in need of clinical action” in the World Journal of Clinical Oncology. 
• Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Ajay Sharma, Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Surya Nauli, Dr. Kamaljit Kaur, Dr. Shih-Jing Yao, Dr. Farideh Amirrad, Dr. Elmira Ziaei, Dr. Azam Saghaeidehkordi, Dr. Kiumars Shamloo, and others published “Surface keratin 1, a tumor-selective peptide target in human triple-negative breast cancer in Scientific Reports, part of the Nature portfolio.  

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Rocke DeMark and others presented “Navigating Complex Admissions Cases: Ethical and Practical Considerations” at the AACP Annual Meeting: Admissions Workshop on July 18, 2025, in Chicago, IL.
• Dr. Rocke DeMark and others presented “Bridging Insights to Action: Strategies for Transforming Your Recruitment Efforts” at the AACP Annual Meeting: Admissions Workshop on July 19, 2025, in Chicago, IL.
• Dr. Cintia Citterio was an invited speaker at the “Novel Insights into the Genetics of Thyroid (Dys)Function” symposium at the Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting, ENDO 2025, held July 12–15, 2025, in San Francisco, CA.
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented “Travel Health: Navigating Vaccines, Complex Cases, and Malaria Prophylaxis” at the International Society of Travel Medicine and the Pharmacists Profession Group on July 10, 2025

Posters

• Dr. Albert Bach and Dr. Richard Beuttler presented “Exploring Various OSCE Workflows and their Effects on Student Scores” at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL in July.
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Rudy Chang, Dr. Nataraj Jagadeesan, G. Roules,  and others presented “From Cerebral Microhemorrhages to White Matter Injury: Consequences of Increased Erythrocyte-Brain Microvascular Interactions” at the convention for Cerebrovascular Biology in Michigan from June 29- July 2, 2025.

Grants 

Dr. Sherry Yun Wang received a $3,500 award from the Supporting Open Access Research and Scholarship (SOARS) program at Chapman University.

Publications

• Dr. Jeff Goad and others published “An update on state-level authority on pharmacy immunization” in Drug Topics. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Syeda Nazish Sohaib, Dr. Eman H.M. Mohammed, Dr. Muhammad Imran Sajid, and others published “Evaluation of synergistic antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity of [W4KR5]-Curcumin conjugates against drug-resistant pathogens” in Chemical Biology Letters.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Thuy Do, Clare Dinh, Mahsa Moazen, and Troy Khong published “Peptide-drug conjugates in precision oncology” in Pharma Focus Asia. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Inflammation and detection: Rethinking the biomarker landscape in gastric cancer” in World Journal of Clinical Oncology. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Peptide-based Metal Nanoparticles as Efficient Intracellular Delivery Systems” in Pharmaceutics. 
• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang, Dr. Moom Roosan, and others published “Assessing buprenorphine treatment utilization and SAMHSA DATA waiver provider distribution in 2021: a real-world analysis in California.” in Scientific Reports. 
• Dr. Miao Zhang, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Naglaa Ibrahim, Dr. Young Woo Nam, and others published “Channel positive allosteric modulators,” US Patent. 12,312,333 B2 on May 27, 2025.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented APhA’s Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate Training Program and Train-the-Trainer Faculty Program on August 18-22, 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Ibadan, Nigeria.

Posters

• Dr. Aftab Ahmed, Abigail Kahsay, and Basir Syed, presented “Proteomic Profiling of Neem (Azadirachta indica)  Leaves” at the ACS Fall 2025 Meeting in Washington, D.C., on August 17-21, 2025.

• Nguyen DN, Oum A, Chandrashekar DV, Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, and Dr. Sherif Elshahawi presented “Enhancing Daptomycin: Mechanistic Studies of a Tryptophan-Modified Analog” at the American Chemical Society Fall 2025, in Washington, D. C., August 2025.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou began her term as Speaker for the California Pharmacists Association.
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou was elected President-Elect for the Orange County Pharmacist Association.
• Dr. Jeff Goad was appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Travel Medicine. This is a Tier 1 journal with a 5-year impact factor of 7.9, CiteScore of 10.4 and an H-Index of 77. Out of the infectious disease-related journals, the Journal of Travel Medicine ranks 10th out of 137. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang was listed among the world's career and single-year top 2% of scientists in the world, as reported by Stanford University.
• Dr. Sherry Wang has been selected as Teacher of the Year by both the Class of 2026 and Class of 2027 cohorts.

 

Publications

• Dr. Jeff Goad and others published “The US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Trustworthy Travel Vaccine Guidance and Politics” in the Journal of Travel Medicine. 
• Dr. Amy Kang and others published “Diagnostic stewardship cutoffs for urinalysis results prior to performing a urine culture: analysis of data from a healthcare system.” in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 
• Dr. Sam Harirforoosh and others published “Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Interactions of Remimazolam.” in the European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics.

 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Cyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates: A Promising Strategy to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Cancer Treatment Toxicity,” on Sep 11, 2025, at COMSTECH, in Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent. 
• Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Enhanced Cancer Targeting: Advancements in Peptide-Drug Conjugates,” as an Invited Presentation, at the 23rd annual Cambridge Healthtech Institute in Boston. 

 

Posters

• David Salehi, MS, Dr. KamaljitKaur and Riad Bellili presented “A Novel 16-mer Analog of Neuroprotective Peptide AC253,” at the ACS Fall 2025 Meeting and Exposition, in Washington, DC, on Aug 17-21, 2025.
• Dr. Sam Harirforoosh and Lorena Brady presented “Evaluating the Capabilities of an Artificial Intelligence Tool in Calculating Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Acetaminophen (poster presentation)” at the 9th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain in Berlin, Germany. September 2025.
• Dr. Sam Harirforoosh and Jayesh Jani presented “Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Acetaminophen Computed by a Traditional Software Program in Comparison to Those Calculated by an Artificial Intelligence Tool (poster presentation). 9th International Congress on Neuropathic Pain. Berlin, Germany. September 2025
• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang, Elena Wu, Harvey Doung, and Ryan Stofer, presented “The Impact of the Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) Waiver Removal on Buprenorphine Prescribing and Access in California: A Geospatial and Trend Analysis (2022–2023).” at the  Southern California Regional Dissemination, Implementation, and Improvement Science (DII) Symposium in Los Angeles, CA (The California Endowment).

Awards and Recognitions 

Dr. Albert Bach has been appointed to the CalRx Insulin Patient Advisory Council, which serves as a crucial link between the CalRx Program and the diabetes patient community. It provides input and guidance to advance awareness, education, and advocacy for CalRx’s low-cost, biosimilar insulin products. The only health providers on the council are three pharmacists and one physician, along with other patient advocates.

Grants

Dr. Cintia Citterio has been awarded a five-year R01 grant ($1,731,250.00) as the sole Principal Investigator by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK-NIH). This grant will support research aimed at advancing the treatment of hypothyroidism and identifying pathways that promote weight loss. 

Publications

 Dr. Rennolds Ostrom, Dr. Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri, Jordyn Margolis, and others published “Air pollution and diseases: signaling, G protein-coupled and Toll like receptors” in Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2025. 

Dr. Jerika Lam and others published “Care Transitions for Persons with HIV.” in HIV Pharmacotherapy: Clinical Approaches and Applications, 2nd ed., (pp. 729-748). American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc.

Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Fatty Acid-Conjugated Antimicrobial Peptides: Advances in Design, Activity, and Therapeutic Potential.” in Preprints 2025. 

Dr. Jeff Goad and others published “Ready for takeoff? Exploring United States health care providers’ pretravel consultation priorities, gaps, barriers, and opportunities.” in Travel Medicine Infectious Diseases. 

Dr. Jerika Lam and others published “HIV Pharmacotherapy: Clinical Approaches and Applications” (2nd ed.) with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Inc.  

 Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Kathleen Besinque and Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman presented “Guiding with Purpose: Coaching for Learner Growth and Professional Identity” at the California Pharmacists Association Seminar Meeting 2025, in San Diego, CA.
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou presented “Let’s TOC About Patient Safety During Healthcare Transitions” at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, on October 25, 2025
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “A Shield of Protection: Unmet Needs in COVID-19 Prevention and Control” at the 2025 AAFP Family Medicine Experience, on Oct 7, 2025, in Anaheim, CA
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Reducing the Risk of Egg Adaptation: The Role of Cell-based Influenza Vaccines” at the 2025 PTCE Infectious Disease Day of Education, on October 9, 2025, in Cranbury, NJ
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Protecting Against Meningococcal Disease: Updates on Vaccines, Guidelines, and Pharmacist Best Practices” at the 2025 PTCE Infectious Disease Day of Education, on October 9, 2025, in Cranbury, NJ
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Use of Chikungunya Vaccines in Countries with Active or Recent Outbreaks” at the Faculty of Travel Medicine Annual Conference 2025, online, October 9, 2025
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Prescription for Travel: Pharmacists’ Role in Travel Medicine and Global Health” at the ACCP Annual Meeting, in Minneapolis, MN, on October 18, 2025
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Emerging Diseases” to the Immunization Coalition of Los Angeles County on October 30, 2025, in Los Angeles, CA
• Dr. Amy Kang presented “Antibiotic Prescribing for Urinary Tract Infections in Outpatient Settings: A Multicenter Assessment Based on the Five Ds of Stewardship,” at IDWeek in Atlanta, GA. 
• Nguyen VH and others presented “Early Cognitive Changes as a Biomarker for LD” at the 2025 Lafora Disease Science Symposium, on September 30, 2025, in Valencia, Spain, and Online.
• Dr. Laura Tsu and Dr. Laressa Bethishou presented “Feel the Rhythm: Optimizing Management of Atrial Fibrillation” at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, on October 22, 2025
• Dr. Yun Sherry Wang presented “Ethical AI in Healthcare: Empowering Women Leaders to Shape a Just Future” as an invited talk at the Health Leadership Forum at Salem Academy and College, Winston-Salem, NC on October 24, 2025

Posters

• Dr. Amy Kang and others presented “Susceptibility of Omadacycline in Bone and Joint Infections: Pathogen Susceptibility and Regimen Decisions from an Ongoing Randomized Controlled Trial” at IDWeek in Atlanta, GA. October 2025.

Grants

• Dr. Keykavous Parang (Conference Chair) and Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez (Conference Chair): The Fight Against Infectious Diseases: Addressing the Challenges of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria,2026-2027 On-Campus Conference Award, $8,000. 

Publications

• Dr. LB Brown and others published “Consumer data insights on pharmacy utilization: Comparative study of 2015 and 2021 surveys.” in the Journal of the American Pharmacy Association. 
• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang, Dr. Moom Roosan, Ryan Stofer, and others published “Bridging efficacy and adherence in glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy: The emerging role of oral agents.” in the Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 49(6), 1331–1333. 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Pharmacists as the Front Line of Vaccine Education and Access.” at Drug Topics on Nov 6, 2025. 
• Dr. Jeff Goad and others presented ”Panel Discussion: Communication Strategies to Improve Vaccine Confidence.” at the 2025 Clinical Vaccinology Conference on Nov 19, 2025.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Enhanced Cancer Targeting: Advancements in Peptide-Drug Conjugates,” as an Invited Presentation, at the 4th International Conference on Recent Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences (ICRIPS 2025), on November 6, 2025, in Islamabad, Pakistan. 
• Dr. Sherry Yun Wang presented “AIM AHEAD West Hub & Awardee Showcase: Algorithmic Opacity in Opioid Risk Scoring” as a Research Tech Talks webinar at AIM AHEAD West Hub, UCLA, on November 13, 2025.

Posters

• Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Devaraj Chandrashekar, Urvashi Panchal, G Chuli Roules, Nataraj Jagadeesan, and others presented “Effect of prolonged liver-specific silencing of LRP-1 gene on Alzheimer’s disease pathology in APP/PS1 mice.” at the Society for Neuroscience online. 
• Dr. Gary Fong, Tho Doan, KatelynTruong, Mark Ubongen, Justin Boktor, presented “Understanding Epidemiology and Management of Candidemia to Improve Care in a Large Municipal Safety-Net Health System.” at the CSHP Seminar 2025 in Chula Vista, CA in October.
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Adenike Oyegbesan, Nataraj Jagadeesan, and Devaraj Chandrashekar, presented “The Role of neonatal Fc Receptor in transferrin receptor–antibody fusion protein pharmacokinetics.” at the Society for Neuroscience online. 
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Mrigank Shekhar Rai, and Rudy Chang, presented “Role of Erythrocyte Aging and F-actin Polymerization in Brain Endothelial Erythrophagocytosis.” at the Society for Neuroscience online. 
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria, G Chuli Roules, Devaraj Chandrashekar, Nataraj Jagadeesan, Maleina Dahilig, C Newhart, and others presented “Impact of Western diet-induced liver changes on Alzheimer’s disease pathology in APPSAA-knock-in mice.”  at the Society for Neuroscience online. 

Awards and Recognitions 

Dr. Sherry Yun Wang served as an invited grant reviewer for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Systems Research (HSR) Scientific Merit Review Board (SMRB). 

Grants 

Dr. Jeff Goad was awarded a grant ($106,094) from the Merck Foundation as primary investigator on the study “A Prospective Survey Study Using Discrete Choice Experiments to Determine Factors Influencing Pharmacists’ and Patients’ Pneumococcal Vaccination Decision.” 

Publications 

• Dr. Rachita Sumbria and others published “Longitudinal pharmacokinetic and safety studies of an antibody-erythropoietin fusion protein for Alzheimer’s disease” in the  International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 
• Dr. Kaykavous Parang and others published “Selenium Nanoparticles as Versatile Delivery Tools” in Pharmaceutics.

 Presentations 

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes) 

• Dr. Jerika Lam and others presented “Aging Well with HIV: Making the Golden Years Shine” at the ASHP Midyear Conference in Las Vegas, NV, on December 9, 2025. 
• Dr. Jerika Lam and others presented “From Hashtag to Policy: Making Real World Change Happen” at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Conference in Las Vegas, NV, on December 9, 2025. 
• Dr. Marc Fleming presented “Building Relationships to Enhance Career Opportunities” to the American Public Health Association – Pharmacy Section on November 14, 2025. 

Quotables 

• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur held a press release for the launch of Chapman’s Center for Targeted Drug Delivery (CTDD) research facility.  
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur was referenced in Dermatology Times for her research on K1-targeted drug discovery. 

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Ajay Sharma was appointed as Associate Editor for the journal “Ocular Surface” the official journal of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society. It is one of the top-ranked journals in ophthalmology with a CiteScore of 10.8 and an impact factor of 6.4.
• Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar will serve as President-Elect for Orange County Society of Health-System Pharmacists (OCSHP) in 2024.

Presentations

• Dr. Mary Gutierrez presented “Updates on Psychiatric Medications” to The Joint Commission at Department of Field Staff Education and Development for a continuing education presentation on January 11th, 2024.
• Dr. Sherry Wang discussed “AI Down to Earth: Healthcare AI Applications” at the Chapman Town Hall on AI on October 27th, 2023.

Publications

• Drs. Keykavous Parang and Hamid Montazri Aliabadi, alongside graduate students Abdulelah Alhazza, Arthur Manda, and Sandeep Lohan, created “Modifying peptide/lipid-associated nucleic acids (PLANAs) for CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein delivery” in European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Dr. Mary Gutierrez and Dr. Jerika Lam collaborated with other members of the California Pharmacist Study Team on “Pharmacist-initiated naloxone and syringe furnishing in California” for California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers.
• Dr. Miao Zhang, Dr. Young Woo Nam, and PharmD candidates Liz Lau and Noble Chea  created “Oxidative stress and ion channels in neurodegenerative diseases” in Frontiers Physiology.
• Dr. Sherry Wang, Dr. Marc Fleming, and Dr. Richard Beuttler collaborated with others on “Real-World Dispensing of Buprenorphine in California during Prepandemic and Pandemic Periods” in Healthcare 12.

Grants

• Dr. Keykavous Parang was awarded $3,420 for “Antibacterial Evaluation of Compounds Against Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis)” from Generdent, LLC, for a year-long trial.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Ajay Sharma has been invited to deliver a talk at a symposium on Ocular Graft versus Host Disease being held on March 8-9th at the School of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

• Dr. Cintia E. Citterio was awarded the 2024 Early Investigator Award from the Endocrine Society. This award recognizes the investigator’s outstanding achievements in the field of endocrinology.

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou was awarded the CPhA New Practitioner of the Year 2024 Award. This esteemed award honors exceptional new practitioners who have showcased exemplary leadership across various facets of the pharmacy profession including remarkable dedication and initiative, inspiring others to actively engage in advancing pharmacy practice, advocacy efforts, and community initiatives related to pharmacy.

Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Dr. Miao Zhang presented “Cryo-EM structures of KCa2.2 channels reveal the conformational changes in the selectivity filter induced by an inhibitor” at the Biophysical Society 68th Annual Meeting on February 11th, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA.

  Posters

  • Dr. May Mak collaborated with others on “A Collaborative Practice to Improve Patient Safety” at the Pacific Coast Patient Safety Conference 2024 between February 29th and March 1^st, 2024 in San Diego, CA.
  • Dr. Miao Zhang, Dr. Young Woo Nam, Dr. Razan Orfali, and PharmD candidate Liz Lau, presented “Cryo-EM structures of KCa2.2 channels reveal the conformational changes in the selectivity filter induced by an inhibitor” at the Biophysical Society 68th Annual Meeting on February 12th, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA.
  • Dr. Keykavous Parang, previous professor Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Eman Mohammed, Dr. Sandeep Lohan presented “Antibacterial Activity of Amphiphilic Peptides with Membrane-Active Properties: Alone and in Synergy with Antibiotics. Chemistry and Biology of Peptides” at the Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA, from February 11-16, 2024.
  • Dr. Keykavous Parang, previous professor Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Sandeep Lohan presented “Synthesis, and Evaluation of Amphipathic Cell Penetrating Peptides Against Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogens” at the Chemistry and Biology of Peptides, Gordon Research Conference in Ventura, CA from February 11-16, 2024.

Grants

• Dr. Miao Zhang was awarded a R15 from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for over $434,000 for his study titled “Channelopathy of KCa2.3 and Zimmermann-Laband syndrome”.
• Dr. Young Woo Nam received a Career Development Award from the American Heart Association for his study titled “Structure-Function Studies of Cardiac KCa2.2 and KCa2.3 channels”. Dr. Surya Nauli, Dr. Miao Zhang, Dr. Keykavous Parang, and Dr. Nipavan Chiamvimonvat will serve as his mentors.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Jeff Goad was awarded the Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FASHP).
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur was invited to be part of “THINK TANK on Antibody Drug Conjugates & Bispecifics” by DAVA Oncology held in Victoria, Canada, which included ~ 60 oncologists, translational researchers, and biotech professionals.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang was promoted to Project Scientist Step III, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension in Department of Medicine at University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine.
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria has been invited by the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Aging to present at a workshop on BBB transport in aging and Alzheimer’s disease in April: Blood-Brain Barrier Transport in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease | National Institute on Aging (nih.gov)
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria received the 2024 Chapman Woman of Distinction Award.

Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Dr. Jeff Goad collaborated on “Addressing Gaps in Vaccine Access and Coverage. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases”
  • Dr. Kamaljit Kaur presented “A novel peptide-drug conjugate targeting EGFR, DAVA THINK TANK on Antibody Drug Conjugates & Bispecifics” and “Keratin 1 – a phage display-identified target for peptide-drug conjugate” in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  • Dr. Kamaljit Kaur presented “Peptide-drug conjugates targeting cell-surface keratin 1 for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer” at ACS Spring 2024
  • Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar and E. Nguyen presnted “Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Provider Inservice” at Providence St Joseph Heritage Medical Group in Garden Grove, CA
  • Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar and PharmD candidate Tiffany Thomas presented “Muscle Mass Loss & GLP-1 Receptor Agonists” at the California Educator Lunch and Learn at Providence Medical Foundation

Publications

• Dr. Ren Ostrom, Dr. Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri, Dr. Francisco Nuñez, Jordyn Margolis,  and PhD candidate Camelia Anicolaesei published Real-Time cAMP Dynamics in Live Cells Using the Fluorescent cAMP Difference Detector In Situ in JoVE Journal
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Nataraj Jagadeesan, Dr. Devaraj Chandrashekar, and Chuli Roules worked with others on “Modulation of hippocampal protein expression by a brain penetrant biologic TNF-α inhibitor in the 3xTg Alzheimer’s disease mice” for the Journal of Translational Medicine.
• Dr. Jennifer Ko published “Exploring LGBTQ+ cultural competency and DEI in continuing education: A cross-sectional review of U.S. pharmacy legislation” alongside others for the Journal of American Pharmacists Association.
• Dr. Jelena Lewis and PharmD candidate Rosa Le published “Sotagliflozin for broad heart failure treatment” in Topics in Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice for McGraw Hill
• Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, Dr. Nagaraju Mupparapu, Basir Syed, Diem Nguyen, Thao Vo, and Angelica Trujillo published “Selective late-stage functionalization of tryptophan-containing peptides to facilitate bioorthogonal tetrazine ligation” in Organic Letters
• Dr. Jason Yamaki, Dr. Richard Beuttler, and PharmD candidate Mirna Mikhail worked with others to publish “Characterizing Antibiotic Regimen Modification Behavior, Patient Characteristics, and Outcomes for Patients with Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections, A Retrospective Single-Center Study” in Antibiotics

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

• Dr. Jeff Goad was quoted in a USA Today article; COVID-19 is waning but these viruses are still hanging around as we head into early spring stating that “But as with influenza B, the trend for rotavirus was altered during the past few years by the COVID-19 pandemic. … It used to be more predictable … Eventually, we’ll get into a stable pattern and we’re already starting to see that.”

Grants

• Dr. Gary Fong and his mentor at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, received a Melinta Investigator Initiated Research award with an amount of $19,836 for their project titled: “Identifying the need and potential role for a novel long-acting antifungal in a diverse, underserved population."

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

Dean Ostrom was quoted in the Verywell Health News article “Some Heart Attack Patients Might Not Need Beta-Blockers.  Could You Stop Taking Beta-Blockers?”

“If you’re on a beta blocker, you don’t stop taking it—you need to taper off of it,” said Rennolds Ostrom, PhD, dean and a professor at Chapman University’s School of Pharmacy. “So it’s important for patients to consult with their healthcare providers in considering cessation of any drug, particularly drugs that affect the heart.”

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou was awarded the New Practitioner of the Year award by the California Pharmacist Association at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Dr. Cintia Citterio was invited by the Endocrine Society Board of Directors to serve as a member of the Research Affairs Core Committee of the Endocrine Society.
• Dr. Amy Kang was nominated to serve as a Co-Chair of Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee for LA County Department of Health Services, encompassing 4 acute care hospitals and >20 clinics.
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria’s lab publication was selected as the winner of the 2023 BPS Paper of the Year Award for “Biologic TNF-α inhibitors reduce microgliosis, neuronal loss, and tau phosphorylation in a transgenic mouse model of tauopathy” in J Neuroinflammation.
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria served as a grant reviewer for the PSI Foundation, a Canadian granting agency.
• Dr. Sherry Wang was invited to serve as an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports.

Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Dr. Albert Bach and Dr. Jelena Lewis presented “Annual Wellness Visits: Are you Ready to Make Some Money?” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2024.
  • Dr. Kathy Besinque and Dr. May Mak presented “When the Going Gets Rough: A Systematic Approach to Precepting Challenges” at the California Pharmacists Association CE Webinar.
  • Dr. Laressa Bethishou presented “Increasing Student Engagement via Student Organizations and Co-Curriculum” at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy National Webinar.
  • Dr. Jeff Goad and a collaborator spoke on “Annual Immunization Update: 2024” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Dr. Jelena Lewis and Dr. Laressa Bethishou presented “Residency Interviews: Are you ready to be a STAR?” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 21, 2024.
  • Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Designing Synthetic Membrane-Active Macrocyclics as Antibacterial Agents” at the Drug Discovery Chemistry for Cambridge Healthtech in San Diego, CA.
  • Dr. Sun Yang presented “Say no to NO: Development of pharmaceutical inhibitors targeting nNOS for melanoma treatment” at the University of Southern California Afred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Los Angeles, CA.

• Posters

  • PharmD candidates Tupak Aguirre, Jasmine Cho, Brenda Kilzi, A. Monfared, Veronica Ninh, Ariana Royzman, Riya Sidgal, Mark Allen Ubongen, Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Jeff Goad, and Dr. Karl Hess presented “The Use of ChatGPT in Pharmacy Practice” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • PharmD candidates Aws Al-Hashimi, Y. Lin, Alan Thammavingsa, B. Kim, Rayann Hsieh, and Dr. Sherif Elshahawi presented “Anticancer Leukemia Potential of Natural Products from California National Parks Bacteria” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Dr. Saeidreza Harirforoosh, Edward Daniel, and Yaseman Jahromi presented “Capability of Various Artificial Intelligence Software in the Calculation of Pharmacokinetic Parameters” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Dr. Albert Bach, Dr. Jelena Lewis, and PharmD candidates Katherine Ghattas and Cindy Tran presented “Effects of at Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Ambulatory Care Pharmacists on Blood Pressure” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Dr. Aftab Ahmed, Taran Harris, S. Jha, I. Panchal, B. Morales-Rodriguez, PhD candidate Adenike Oyegbesan, and Basir Syed presented “Affinity Chromatography and Tandem Mass Spectrometry Evaluation of Hemp (Cannabis sativa) Protein” at the American Chemistry Society Spring 2024 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, March 17- 21, 2024.
  • Dr. Sun Yang, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Viet-Huong Nguyen, PhD candidate Dr. Anika Patel, PharmD candidate Kindra Myers, S. Kim, and W. Park presented “Evaluating real-world brivaracetam prescribing and dispensing in California from 2019 to 2022” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Dr. Sun Yang, PhD candidate Dr. Anika Patel, and Dr. Shirley Tong presented “Development of HH044, an orally bioavailable nNOS inhibitor, for the treatment of cutaneous melanoma” at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024 in San Diego, California.
  • PharmD candidates Aida Pazhoohesh, Jack Menzagopian, Sahar Pakbaz, Cindy Tran, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Brian Kawahara, and Dr. Jelena Lewis presented “A Report on Rationing of Insulin and Diabetes Supplies by Type 2 Diabetes Patients from Healthcare System in Orange County” for an Encore Poster Presentation at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Publications

• Dr. Keykavous Parang collaborated to produce “Harnessing exosomes as a platform for drug delivery in breast cancer: A Systematic review for in vivo and in vitro studies” in Molecular Therapy Oncology.
• Dr. Jelena Lewis and PharmD candidate Brenda Kilzi authored “Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)—Who is at risk, and who can be vaccinated?” in Topics in Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice for AccessPharmacy.
• Dr. Innokentiy Maslennikov, Dr. Keykavous Parang, previous faculty member Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, and Dr. Sandeep Lohan worked to publish “Broad-Spectrum Activity of Membranolytic Cationic Macrocyclic Peptides Against Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria and Fungi” in European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
• Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Sun “Coco” Yang, Dr. and PhD candidate Anika Patel, and Dr. Rishikesh Chavan authored “Changes in real-world dispensing of ADHD stimulants in youth from 2019 to 2021 in California” in Frontiers Public Health.
• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom collaborated to publish “Role of protein kinase A and A kinase anchoring proteins in buffering and compartmentation of cAMP signaling in human airway smooth muscle cells” in the British Journal of Pharmacology.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang worked with others to publish “AI is a viable alternative to high throughput screening: a 318-target study” in Scientific Reports.

Grants

• Dr. Cintia Citterio was awarded a new investigator grant of $11,000.00 by the AACP for the study of “Molecular Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cystinosis and New Therapeutic Approaches”.
• Dr. Gary Fong received one of Chapman University’s Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity awards with an amount of $14,960 for his project titled: “Identifying epidemiological trends, treatment patterns, clinical outcomes, and opportunities to improve care for patients with candidemia in a vulnerable, resource-limited population.”
• Dr. Amy Kang received an inaugural patient safety research award of $10,000 for her project titled “Addressing the Silent Threat: Inappropriate Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infection in Outpatient Settings.” This project ultimately aims to develop a targeted antimicrobial stewardship intervention to minimize inappropriate prescribing practices for UTIs in outpatient settings.
• Dr. Jennifer Ko and mentor Dr. Jerika Lam with co-investigators Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman and Dr. Richard Beuttler received the ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Leadership Scholars grant with an amount of $10,000 for their project titled: “Fostering Patient-Pharmacist Concordance with Patients Who Speak Spanish.”
• Dr. Moom Roosan received one of Chapman University’s Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity awards with an amount of $15,000 for her project titled: “Feasibility to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment from blood.”
• Dr. Sherry Wang and Dr. Yuxin Wen (School of Engineering) have been awarded funding of $10,000 from the McGovern Foundation’s Training Program in Trusted AI for their project titled “Advancing Equity and Transparency in AI: Identifying and Remedying Algorithmic Bias in Opioid Overdose Risk Scores to Improve Access to Opioid Analgesics for Patients.”
• Dr. Jason Yamaki and Dr. Sherif Elshahawi received the CUSP collaboration grant entitled “Developing Drug Leads to Inhibit C. Difficile bacterial infection.”

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Hindu Rao was elected as the coordinator-elect for the APhA–APPM Medical Home/ACO Special Interest Group (SIG).
• Dr. Jennifer Ko was elected to serve as the Secretary of Knowledge Management for the AACP Public Health SIG for the 2024-2026 term.
• On behalf of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Dr. Kamaljit Kaur was invited to serve as a Standing Committee Member to the Biomedical Engineering (BME) Project Grant Program for a 2-year term.

Publications

• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Aftab Ahmed, Umaima Akhtar,  Dr. Yamna Khurshid, and Dr. Bishoy El-Aarag published “Proteomic characterization and cytotoxic potential of proteins from Cuscuta (Cuscuta epithymum (L.) crude herbal product against MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line” in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies.

• Dr. Moom Roosan worked with others on “Predisposing deleterious variants in the cancer-associated human kinases in the global populations” in PLOS.

• Dr. Hindu Rao, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Madeline Dintzner, Dr. Reza Taheri,  Dr. Albert Bach, and Dr. Neelou Fakourfar published “Impact of a feedback strategy in a series of communication-focused patient care simulations” in the Journal of AACP.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Moom Roosan, PharmD candidates Maraiah Colarines and Oliver Tan, and PhD candidate Ashley Duche presented “Unraveling Transcriptional Signatures and Candidate Therapeutics in Vascular Dementia: A Bioinformatics Approach” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, NV.
• Dr. Jeff Goad participated on the video panel “Preventing RSV in Adults: Current Vaccination Options” for Pharmacy Times on April 30, 2024.
• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Clinical Vaccine Updates” at the Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases Annual Conference in Orlando, FL, on May 10, 2024.
• Dr. May Mak and Dr. Laura Tsu presented “Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Older Adults” at the ASCP Webinar on May 23, 2024.

Posters

• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur and PharmD candidate Sarah Abib presented “The role of CD19 receptor in making tumor-selective therapy” at the CPhA Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, NV, from April 19-20, 2024.
• Alumni Dr. Olajide Adekunle, Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Sherry Wang, Dr. Ismaeel Yunusa, Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, and Dr. Lawrence Brown presented “Assessment of Prior Experience with Pharmacists and Perceptions of Pharmacists’ Education and Training on Metabolic Syndrome (METS) Patients’ Willingness to Accept Pharmacist-Provided Services” at ISPOR 27th Annual International Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Alumni Dr. Olajide Adekunle, Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Sherry Wang, Dr. Ismaeel Yunusa, Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, and Dr. Lawrence Brown presented “Price Trends and Analysis of Targeted Immunomodulatory (TIM) Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy” at  ISPOR 27th Annual International Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on May 7, 2024.
• Dr. Moom Roosan, PharmD candidates Maraiah Colarines and Oliver Tan, and PhD candidate Ashley Duche presented “Unraveling Transcriptional Signatures and Candidate Therapeutics in Vascular Dementia: A Bioinformatics Approachz” at the Western Pharmacy Exchange 2024 in Las Vegas, NV.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dorna Davani-Davari, and alumni Dr. Jonathan Moreno presented “Design and Evaluation of a Cyclic Peptide-Epirubicin Conjugate to Enhance Anticancer Activity and Reduce Cardiac Toxicity” at the AAPS National Biotechnology Conference, San Francisco, CA.
• Dr. Moom Roosan and PhD candidate Ashley Duche presented “Unraveling Alzheimer’s Disease: Towards a Predictive Gene Expression Signature from the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex” at the 2024 ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium.
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur and PharmD candidate Mena Eskandar presented “The role of LRP-1 receptor in cancer treatment” at the CPhA Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, NV.
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur and PharmD candidate Mahta Khojasteh presented “Role of cell-surface receptors EphA2 and Trop2 in cancer treatment” at the CPhA Western Pharmacy Exchange in Las Vegas, NV.
• Dr. Sherry Wang, Drake Waston, and Kabir “Jose” Snell and others presented “Examining Bias in the Narxcare Score: Unveiling Disparities in AI/ML: Features for Opioid Prescribing Decisions” at the poster presentation ISPOR 27th Annual International Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Grants

• Dr. Ajay Sharma has received a grant from the National Eye Institute for his project, “Targeting the multicellular process of corneal regeneration and vascularization to enhance outcome of cornea transplantation”. 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.

• Dr. Rachita Sumbria has been awarded an NIH R01 grant from the National Institute of Aging, receiving $1.71 million over the next 5 years for research on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) therapeutics. This project is founded on data from her lab’s earlier successes in modifying erythropoietin (EPO) to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) with promising results in treating AD.

Publications

• Dr. Sherry Wang, Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Dr. Lawrence “LB” Brown, and PhD alumni Dr. Olajide Adekunle worked with others to publish “Perceptions of metabolic syndrome management utilization in relation to patient experience and health-related quality of life” in Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy.  

• Dr. Jason Yamaki, Dr. Keykavous Parang, and researchers at other institutions published “Mechanistic study of antimicrobial effectiveness of cyclic amphipathic peptide [R4W4] against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates” in Antibiotics.

• Dr. Jerika Lam collaborated to publish “A mixed methods evaluation of pharmacists’ readiness to provide long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in California” in Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

• Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Kamaljit Kaur, Dr. Devaraj Chandreshekar, Dr. Nataraj Jagadeesan, PhD candidate Adenike Oyegbesan, MSPS candidate Urvashi Panchal, and undergraduate Chuli “GraceAnne” Roules, worked with other institutions to publish “Hepatic LRP-1 plays an important role in amyloidosis in Alzheimer’s disease mice: Potential role in chronic heavy alcohol feeding” in Neurobiology of Disease.

• Dr. Amy Kang and PharmD alumna Dr. Mary Elkomos worked with others to publish “Effectiveness of empiric carbapenem versus non-carbapenem therapy for extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacterales infections in non-intensive care unit patients: a real-world investigation in a hospital with high-prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacterales“.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Cintia Citterio presented “Thyroid Hormone Synthesis in Thyroglobulin: Physiology and Disease” at the ENDO 2024 Conference in Boston, MA.

• Dr. Mary Gutierrez presented “Nutritional Psychiatry” at the American Psychiatric Nursing Association 22nd Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute Conference in Rockville, Maryland on June 8th 2024.

Posters

• Dr. Ajay Sharma, MSPS candidate Wonsuk Choi, and others presented “Diabetes mellitus causes neutrophil and macrophage influx to the ocular surface and lacrimal gland” at the Annual Conference of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Seattle, WA.

• Dr. Cintia Citterio presented “In Vivo Hormongenic Potential of the Thyroglobulin Cholinesterase-like (ChEL) Domain” with others at the ENDO 2024 Conference, in Boston, MA, 2024. The abstract has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.

• Dr. Ajay Sharma, MSPS candidate Wonsuk Choi, and others presented “Recombinant extracellular domain Klotho-α attenuates senescence in human corneal epithelial cells” at the Annual Conference of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Seattle, WA.

 

Awards and Recognitions

•  Dr. Jeff Goad was installed as President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases on July 1, 2024.

Quotables (Faculty in the News) 

• Dr. Cintia Citterio was quoted in Endocrine News: 2024 Researchers Roundtable, discussing endocrine science with the other 2024 Early Investigator Award winners.
• Dr. Jeff Goad was quoted in a Pharmacy Times Podcast titled “Pharmacy Focus: What to Know About Medication and Summer Travel” on July 12, 2024. He shares crucial advice for summer travelers and what to know about their medication.
• Dr. Jeff Goad was quoted in the NGID Infectious Ideas Podcast titled “Pharmacists on the Front Line of Prevention” on July 12, 2024. He shares his insights on the critical role pharmacies play in vaccination, his expertise in travel medicine, and his top priorities as NFID president in the podcast here: Pharmacists on the Front Line of Prevention
• Dr. Jeff Goad was quoted in the AJMC Managed Care Cast titled “Bridging the Vaccination Gap: Insights on Global Immunization Challenges on July 30, 2024. He provided a recent report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF on public immunization rates, with national and global health implications. Find the podcast here: Bridging the Vaccination Gap: Insights on Global Immunization Challenges
• Dr. Keykavous Parang was quoted in the World Top Scientists as one of the top scientist in anticancer research in the world.

Grants

• Dr. Gary Fong and his collaborator at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center received the Society of Infectious Diseases (SIDP) Educational Grant with an amount of $2,500 for their project titled: “Developing a Climate and Sustainability Education Model for ID Pharmacists.”

Publications

• Dr. Ren Ostrom, postgraduate researcher Dr. Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri, and others published “Diesel exhaust particles alter cAMP producing capacity and mitochondrial bioenergetics in human bronchial epithelial cells” in Frontiers in Toxicology.
• Dr. Jerika Lam and Dr. Sharon Xavioer published “Impact of a Pharmacist-Led HCV Treatment Program at a Federally Qualified Health Center” in MDPI Pharmacy. The article is published as part of the Special Issue Innovations in Clinical Pharmacy: Towards Optimized Patient Care.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and others published “Synthesis and Characterization of Levofloxacin-Conjugated Amphiphilic Peptides” in the Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, accepted July 29 2024.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• • Dr. Rocke DeMark presented "Why Are They Doing That?! A Crash Course on College Student Development Theories" at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Boston, MA on July 22.
  • Dr. Rocke DeMark and others presented "You Belong with Me: Creating Community During the Cruel Summer" at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Boston, MA on July 19.
  • Dr. Moom Roosan and Dr. Ajay Sharma presented "Innovative pharmacogenomic teaching practices in the laboratory, didactic and virtual classrooms" with others at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Boston, MA on July 23. This was an invited talk by Dr. Sharma and Dr. Roosan in a mini-symposium organized by Pharmacogenomics SIG.

  Posters

  • Dr. Jerika Lam and others displayed “A mixed methods evaluation of pharmacists’ preparedness to provide long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in California" at the 25^th International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany, from July 22-26, 2024.

     

 

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Amy Kang has been appointed to the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Specialty Council. In this role, she will be involved in providing recommendations on national board certification and recertification standards, as well as developing examination content.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang has been appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) for a five-year term beginning January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2029.
• Dr. Sherry Wang was invited to serve as a panelist at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Center for Innovation & Value Research (Previously known as Innovation and Value Initiative [IVI]) during a session titled: AI-Powered health technology assessment: Optimizing Healthcare Decisions and Improving Patient Outcomes.

Publications

• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom and Dr. Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri published “One More Negative Regulator of AC6: S-Nitrosylation.” in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang, alumna Dr. Saghar Mozaffari, and others published “Synthesis and biological evaluation of bicyclic peptides containing arginine and tryptophan residues.” in Chemical Biology Letters.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and three alumni, Mrigank Shekhar Rai, Dr. Muhammad Imran Sajid, and Dr. Jonathan Moreno,  published “Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Oleyl-WRH Peptides for siRNA Delivery.” in Pharmaceuticals with others.

Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Dr. Rocke DeMark presented "Why Are They Doing That?! A Crash Course on College Student Development Theories" at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Boston, MA on July 22.
  • Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Preparing patients for international travel” at the California Immunization Coalition webinar on August 6, 2024 with a collaborator.
  • Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Cyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Toxicity” at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on August 16, 2024.
  • Dr. Miao Zhang presented “Cryo-EM structures of the small-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel” at the Sophion Bioscience User Meeting on August 22nd, 2024.

 

Grants

• Dr. Yun (Sherry) Wang received an award with an amount of $249,999 from the National Institute of Health (NIH) Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) Program for her project titled “Bias Assessment in Machine Learning (ML) models for opioid Prescribing.” 

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou was elected Speaker-elect for the California Pharmacist House of Delegates and will serve as a member of the CPhA Board of Trustees and CPhA Executive Committee.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang was recognized as one of the World’s top 2% Scientists in Career Category, Version 7.

Publications

• Dr. Yun (Sherry) Wang and others published “Multimodal mixing convolutional neural network and transformer for Alzheimer’s disease recognition” in Expert Systems with Applications.
• Dr. Jerika Lam and others published “At a Crossroads: The Crucial Role of Pharmacists in Healthcare Teams to End the HIV Epidemic” in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP).
• Dr. Saghar Mozaffari, David Salehi, Parvin Mahdipoor, Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi, Dr. Keykavous Parang, and Khalid Zoghebi published “Targeted peptide-drug conjugates” in US. Patent, patent number US 12,070,505 B2.
• Dr. Yun (Sherry) Wang and others published “Real-world impact of acupuncture on analgesics and healthcare resource utilization in breast cancer survivors with pain” in BMC Medicine 22, 394.

Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Fatema Haider and Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar presented “Review of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Provider Inservice” at the Providence Medical Foundation on September 3, 2024.

  • Dr. Miao Zhang presented “Unique outer pore of KCa2.2 channels revealed by cryo-EM structure” at the 2024 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource / Linac Coherent Light Source (SSRL/LCLS) User Meeting on September 24th, 2024.

  • Dr. Jelena Lewis and Dr. Laressa Bethishou presented “Pharmacist impact on quality metrics and clinical outcomes” at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network Webinar on September 23rd, 2024.

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Amelia Monfared, Melissa Hoang, Dr. Saeidreza (Sam) Harirforoosh, and others presented “Analyzing the Association Between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Combinations of Buprenorphine and Associated Metabolite Concentrations” at the 2024 American College of Clinical Pharmacology Annual Meeting.

 

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

• Dr. Jerika Lam and Dr. Reza Taheri co-authored and were quoted in the Patient Safety Movement Foundation October newsletter, titled “Safeguarding Health: The Critical Role of Pharmacists in Patient Safety.” The article recognizes the significant role of pharmacists in patient safety in celebration of October being Pharmacist Month: Safeguarding Health: The Critical Role of Pharmacists in Patient Safety  – School of Pharmacy (chapman.edu).

Publications

• Dr. Jerika Lam and others published “A tale of two bills: Lessons learned in expanding pharmacist-led HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis.” in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang and Dr. Naiera M. Helmy published “The role of peptides in combatting HIV infection: Applications and insights” in Molecules.
• Dr. Yun “Sherry” Wang and others published “Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Visits for Opioid Use Disorder Across University of California Health Centers.” in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine.
• Dr. Amy Kang, Dr. Gary Fong, and others published “Implementing the Infectious Diseases Society of America Antimicrobial Stewardship Core Curriculum: Survey Results and Real-World Strategies to Guide Fellowship Programs.” in the Open Forum of Infectious Diseases.
• Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi published “Molecular Targets for Breast Cancer Therapy.” in Biomolecules.
• Dr. Ajay Sharma and others published “Immunopathogenesis and treatment of ocular GVHD.” in Encyclopedia of Eye. 

Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • • Dr. Amy Kang and others presented “Diagnostic Stewardship Cutoffs for Urinalysis Results Prior to Performing a Urine Culture: Analysis of Data from a Healthcare System” at IDWeek in Los Angeles.
    • Dr. Amy Kang and others presented “Assessment of Antibiotic Transition Errors from Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities.” at the ACCP Global Conference in Phoenix, AZ.
    • Dr. Amy Kang and others presented “Safety of Omadacycline Versus Standard-of-Care Oral Antibiotic Treatment for Bone and Joint Infections: Interim Results from an Open-Label, Non-Inferiority, Randomized Controlled Trial.” at IDWeek in Los Angeles.
    • Dr. Sun Yang and others presented “Drug Information Support Service.” to the CHOC Medication Nutrition Committee on September 25, 2024, in Orange, CA.
    • Dr. Rachita Sumbria presented IgG-Fusion Proteins for Alzheimer’s Disease at the AAPS PharmSci 360 Annual Meeting in Utah on October 22nd, 2024.
    • Dr. Miao Zhang presented “Structure-based drug discovery utilizing the cryo-EM structures of KCa2.2 channels.” at the BMS Seminar Series at the University of Arizona Phoenix, on October 3rd, 2024.

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Dr. Moom Roosan and others presented “Unveiling Gene Expression Signatures for Alzheimer’s Disease in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex: Insights from Comparative Analysis.” at the Pharmacogenomics Global Research Network Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

 

Grants

Dr. Amy Kang has received a Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacy (SIDP) Infectious Diseases Stewardship Staffing Calculator Grant in the amount of $90,000 for her proposal “Advancing antimicrobial stewardship: development of the stewardship personnel required for antimicrobial stewardship programs resource calculator (SPARC).”

Awards and Recognitions

Dr. Keykavous Parang was awarded the APP Academic Excellence Award for 2024 by the Academy of Pharmacy Professionals (APP).

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

Dr. Sun Wang and Luke O’Connell, together with faculty members Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Amy Kang, and Dr. Rachita Sumbria, as well as contributors from the Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, the Argyros School of Business and Economics, and the Fowler School of Engineering, co-founded the Research Center: Women in AI Healthcare Initiative. URL: /pharmacy/research/Women-in-AI.aspx 

Publications

• Dr. Olajide A. Adekunle and others published “Predisposing, enabling, and need factors influencing health-related quality of life among people with metabolic syndrome,” in the  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2024.102255
• Dr. Ajay Sharma, Dr. Saleh Alfuraih, Dr. Dhruv Patel, Dr. Karthikeyan Ramasamy, and Wonsuk Choi published “A protocol for immunostaining of macrophages in whole-mount mouse cornea, conjunctiva, and lacrimal gland” in STAR Protocols. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666166724006099
• Dr. Sun Yang, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Shaban Darwish, Dorna Davani-Davari, Shirley Tong, and others published “Synthesis and evaluation of cyclic peptide-dasatinib conjugates as anti-melanoma agents” in Tetrahedron Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2024.155365
• Dr. Aftab Ahmed and others published “Identification of new potential inhibitors of pteridine reductase-1 (PTR1) via biophysical and biochemical mechanism-based approaches: Step towards the treatment of Leishmaniasis” in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.137198

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Kathleen Hill-Besinque and Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman presented “When the Going Gets Rough: Effective Coaching and Intervention Strategies with Learners in Difficulty” at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar Meeting, on November 1st, 2024 in Palm Springs, CA.
• Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar, Brenda Kilzi, and Edward Daniel presented “IV Orders and Treatment of Complicated UTIs” to NP/PA Inservice at the Providence Medical Foundation on October 14th, 2024.
• Dr. May Mak and Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Getting Smarter with Artificial Intelligence, Peer Learning with Experiential Students” to the CSHP Seminar in Palm Springs, CA on November 2nd, 2024.

Posters

• Amanda Brown, RN, and Dr. Reza Taheri presented “IPE Curriculum Evolution at a School of Pharmacy Not Affiliated with an Academic Health Science Center” at the 2024 IPEC Virtual Poster Fair on November 21st, 2024.
• Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Hindu Rao, Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar, and Brenda Kilzi, presented “Promoting Student Wellness in a Clinical Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) Rotation” to the California Society of Health System Pharmacists (CSHP) Seminar 2024 in Palm Springs, CA in October.
• Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar, and Dr. Mariam Mekhael presented “Review and Evaluation of Resilience Measurement Scales” to the California Society of Health System Pharmacists (CSHP) Seminar 2024 in Palm Springs, CA in October.
• Dr. Amy Kang, Michelle Phung, Huichan Jeong, Ivan Portillo, and others presented “Global Systemic Review of Pharmacist’s Roles in Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Guidelines: a Protocol” to the Annual CSHP Seminar in Palm Springs, CA in November.

 

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

Dr. Sherry Wang‘s work was featured as a key finding and reference in the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) report titled Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality on pages 23 and 24.

Publications

• Dr. Ajay Sharma, Dr. Saleh Alfuraih, Dr. Lois Kim, Amy Tran, and others published “Hyperglycemia causes differential change in macrophage population in the lacrimal gland, conjunctiva and cornea“.  
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur, Dr. Emad Althagafi, Phi-Phung Than, and Shih-Jing Yao published “A Conjugate of an EGFR-Binding Peptide and Doxorubicin Shows Selective Toxicity to Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells” in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 
• Dr. Sun Yang and others published “Mitigating the Risk of QTc Prolongation When Using Haloperidol for Acute Treatment of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome in Adolescents and Young Adults” in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Sherry Wang and others presented “Adopting Trustworthy AI for Sleep Disorder Prediction: Deep Time Series Analysis with Temporal Attention Mechanism and Counterfactual Explanations” to appear in the IEEE Workshop on Trustworthy Machine Learning for Healthcare (TrustML4Health’24) in Washington D.C. on December 18, 2024
• Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Cyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Toxicity”, at the Association of Pharmacy Professionals (APP) 13th Annual International Convention, 7th Indo-Australian Conference at Vijaya Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences for Women in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• Dr. Sun Yang presented “Developing novel treatments for malignant cutaneous melanoma by targeting nNOS and APE/Ref-1” to the TianYa Pharmaceutical Sciences Symposium at Shen Yang Pharmaceutical University on November 25, 2024.
• Dr. Sun Yang presented “Changes in Real-World Dispensing of ADHD Stimulants in Youth in California” to the Computational and Data Science Program Research Seminar at Chapman University Schmid College of Science and Technology in Orange, CA on November 20, 2024

Posters

Dr. Jerika Lam and Dr. Shaien Rivers and presented “Comparison of Statin Use For Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in People With HIV at a Federally Qualified Health Center Clinic” to the Annual American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Conference in New Orleans, LA on Dec. 11, 2024.

Awards and Recognitions

The Chapman/SCAN/Providence PGY1 Managed Care Residency was selected by the Greater Irvine Chamber for the Healthcare in Collaboration Award. An equal partnership between Chapman, SCAN Health Plan, and Providence Medical Foundation, the award was received by Dr. Jelena Lewis and accompanied by other Chapman representatives

Grants

Jerika Lam received a grant from theGilead NOVA RFP program for an amount of $82,871 to perform a one-year clinical trial study titled: “Exploring barriers and facilitators to pharmacy-based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis.” Jerika will serve as the PI for this study.

Presentations

•     Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)
  • • Dr. Laressa Bethishou spoke at a faculty panel for “COVID Keepers: Takeaways for Engaged Teaching” at the JanCon2023 Teaching Conference in Orange, CA on January 12, 2023.
  • Dr. Sherry Wang, an assistant professor, and Dr. Jianwei Zheng, a research associate for Chapman Pharmacy, presented “Geographic Disparities in Prevalence of Adolescents and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Patients: A National Study of 54,634 Patients in 2006-2021” on January 18, 2023, in Los Angeles, CA. The presentation took place at the National NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center Meeting “Solving Critical Problems in Cancer Control using Spatial Science.”

Publications

Brust TF, Ostrom RS and Watts VJ. Editorial: Adenylyl Cyclase Isoforms as Potential Drug Targets. Frontiers in Pharmacology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.1098240https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/29435/adenylyl-cyclase-isoforms-as-potential-drug-targets#overview

Chang R and Sumbria RK. Quantitative evaluation of cerebral microhemorrhages in the mouse brain. Neural Repair: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, First Edition. Springer Protocols, 2023. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-0716-2926-0

Li Y, Qin C, Qiu S, He Y, Pang L, Xu X, Wan-Cheong Yim V, Tang S, Du H, Gong W, Yang F, Tucker JD, Tang W, Wang Y, Lin L, Jit M, Song W, Li C, Smith J, Li J & Wu D. The effectiveness of pay-it-forward in addressing HPV vaccine delay and increasing uptake among 15–18-year-old adolescent girls compared to user-paid vaccination: a study protocol for a two-arm randomized controlled trial in China." BMC Public Health 23.1 (2023): 1-10. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14947-3

Lu H, Barrett A, Pierce A, Zheng J, Wang Y, Chiang C, Rakovski C. Predicting suicidal and self-injurious events in a correctional setting using AI algorithms on unstructured medical notes and structured data, Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.032.

Parang K, Montazeri Aliabadi H, Mandal D, Mohammed E, Mozaffari S, Lohan S, Tiwari R, Hall R.Compositions and methods for nucleic acid delivery. US Patent Appl. No. 17/788,954. Published US 2023/0000999 January 5, 2023. COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY - US20230000999A1 | PatentGuru

Grants

Dr. Sherry Wang has been declared the Principal Investigator for her study titled: “A real-world study assessing utilization of buprenorphine treatments”. The New Investigator Award is provided by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Dr. Ajay Sharma has received a $1.7 million dollar grant from the National Eye Institute for his study on the “Role of Macrophages in ocular GVHD”. The award will last for five years.

Presentations 

• Posters
  • Drs. Moom Roosan, Miao Zhang, and research associate Dr. Young Woo Nam presented on the “Structure-function studies of loss-of-function KCa2.2 mutant channels” at the Biophysical Society 67th Annual Meeting from February 19-23rd, 2023 in San Diego, CA.

Publications

Dr. Lawrence “LB” Brown and PhD candidate Olajide Adekunle published the “Influence of patient-pharmacist relationship on willingness to accept pharmacist-provided services” in the Journal of American Pharmacists Association, alongside others.

Drs. Marc Fleming, Lawrence “LB” Brown, Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, and Hana Althobaiti (who is also a PhD candidate) published “Disentangling the Cost of Orphan Drugs Marketed in the United States” in MDPI. 

Dr. Lawrence “LB” Brown, alongside others, published “Citizenship Matters: Non-Citizen COVID-19 Mortality Disparities in New York and Los Angeles” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Dr. Rachita Sumbria, research specialist Drs. Rudy Chang and Jiahong Sun Vallejo, and other researchers published “Chronic kidney disease promotes cerebral microhemorrhage formation” in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

Dr. Lawrence “LB” Brown and PhD candidate Olajide Adekunle published the “Investigation of predictors influencing patient-pharmacist relationship establishment” in the Journal of American Pharmacists Association, alongside others.

Dr. Sherry Wang collaborated on publishing “Not a waste: Wastewater surveillance to enhance public health” in Frontiers in Chemical Engineering.

Drs. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Lawrence “LB” Brown, and PhD candidate Olajide Adekunle published the “Cost-effectiveness analysis of androgen deprivation therapy with relugolix for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer” in the Journal of American Pharmacists Association.

Drs. Jerika Lam and Amy Kang wrote on Viral Hepatitis in “Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs“, 12^th edition. In the same text, Dr. Mary Gutierrez collaborated with Dr. Jerika Lam on a section concerning Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi, Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, postdoctoral fellows Dr. Sandeep Lohan, research associate Dr. Muhummed Imran Sajid, and student Abdulelah Alhazza published “Modified linear peptides effectively silence STAT-3 in breast cancer and ovarian cancer cell lines” in the journal, Pharmaceutics.

Dr. Miao Zhang, research associate Dr. Young Woo Nam, PhD candidates Mohammad Asikur Rahman and Razan Orfali, and pre-pharmacy student Grace Yang published “Loss-of-function KCa2.2 mutations abolish channel activity” in the American Journal of Physiology Cell Physiology.

Dr. Lawrence “LB” Brown and PhD candidate Olajide Adekunle published “Financial hardship from purchasing prescription drugs among older adults in the United States before, during, and after the Medicare Part D ‘Donut Hole’: Findings from 1998, 2001, 2015, and 2021” with other researchers in the Journal of Managed Care and Speciality Pharmacy. 

Drs. Michael Sayer, Richard Beuttler, Moom Roosan, and PhD candidate Ashley Duche, among other researchers, published “Predicting survival of NSCLC patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: Impact and timing of immune-related adverse events and prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy” in Frontiers in Oncology.

Dr. Ajay Sharma and PhD candidate Judy Weng published “A Critical Appraisal of the Physicochemical Properties and Biological Effects of Artificial Tear Ingredients and Formulations” in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Awards and Recognitions

Fellows:

• Dr. Marc Fleming was selected as the Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and was recognized at the  APhA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ March 24-27. More information is available here.
• Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman was named a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in recognition of her professional accomplishments and practice leadership. She will be recognized at a ceremony in June at the ASHP summer meeting.
• Dr. Karl Hess was named a Fellow of the International Society of Travel Medicine (FISTM) and will be recognized at the Society’s biennial Congress in May.

Other Awards:

• Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri Aliabadi was awarded the Long Service Award for his dedicated service and commitment of over 5 years to the PLOS ONE Editorial Board.
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur was appointed for 3 years (2023-2025) to the Medicinal Chemistry Division (MEDI) Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou received the California Pharmacists Association Presidential Leadership & Service Recognition. This is a new recognition created by the CPhA Board of Trustees to highlight members who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and exemplary service to the Association.
• Dr. Amy Kang is the 2023 Unit Faculty Excellence Award for CUSP recipient.  This award was voted by CUSP faculty to recognize, encourage, and celebrate Dr. Kang’s excellence in teaching, creative/scholarly activity, and service.

Grants 

Dr. Miao Zhang and Dr. Surya Nauli received an award from the American Heart Association for the “KCa2.3 activators for cilia defect in ADPKD hypertension” project..

Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Dr. Jerika Lam did a panel presentation at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Conference in San Antonio, TX on March 22, 2023 titled “Managed Care Perspective in HIV Prevention”.
  • Dr. Kathleen Hill-Besinque presented a preceptor CE Program for Sharp on February 28, 2023, titled “Utilizing Learners to Improve your Practice”.
  • Dr. Keykavous Parang was the keynote speaker at the Global Conference in Pharmaceutical Sciences in Tokyo, Japan on March 20, 2023, titled “Design and Application of Cyclic Peptides for Anticancer Drug Delivery”.
  • Dr. Laressa Bethishou did an oral presentation at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ on March 27, 2023, titled “How To Collaborate with Your TOC Comrades”.
  • Dr. Sherif Elshahawi presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Indianapolis, IN in March 2023 titled “Functionalization of Tryptophan-Containing Peptides Using Biocatalysis”.

• Posters

  • Dr. Miao Zhang, Research Associate Dr. Young Woo Nam, Ph.D. candidate Razan Orfali, Myles Downey, and pre-pharmacy APEx student Grace Yang presented their publication, Genetic Mutations of K_Ca2.3 and K_Ca3.1 Channels Affect Calcium Sensitivity, at the 2^nd Annual CHOC-UCI Rare Symposium & Family Conference on March 10th, 2023.
  • Dr. Miao Zhang, Research Associate Young-Woo Nam, Ph.D. candidate Razan Orfali, and pre-pharmacy APEx student Grace Yang presented their publication “Structure-function studies of loss-of-function K_Ca2.2 mutant channels” at the 2^nd Annual CHOC-UCI Rare Symposium & Family Conference on March 10th, 2023.
  • Student Taran Harris presented the “Characterization of Black Seeds (Nigella sativa) Proteins by ESI QTOF LC/MS/MS” at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Annual Meeting from March 25-28 in Seattle, WA.

Quotables

Dr. Karl Hess was quoted in Washington Post Article “Everything You Need to Know About Foreign Pharmacies: Counterfeit Pills Are A Real Problem“, published online on March 14, 2023.

Publications

• Drs. Albert Bach, Laressa Bethishou, Richard Beuttler, Neeloufar Fakourfar, and Dr. Hindu Rao published Comparison of Virtual Simulations with Peers versus Actors as Standardized Patients on Virtual OSCE Scores in the American Journal of Pharmacy Education (AJPE).
• Dr. Isabella Cattani-Cavalieri, Yue Li, Jordyn Margolis, Dr. Moom Roosan, and Dr. Rennolds Ostrom collaborated with another researcher to experiment and produce Quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis reveals unique cAMP signaling pools emanating from AC2 and AC6 in human airway smooth muscle cells, published in Frontiers in Physiology.
• Drs. Neeloufar Fakourfar and Hindu Rao discussed Pharmacy Student Involvement in Population Health Management of Statin Quality Measures in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
• Dr. Marc Fleming collaborated with other institutions to create A Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Improve Adherence to ACEIs/ARBs among Nonadherent Older Adults with Comorbid Hypertension and Diabetes in the National Library of Medicine.
• Drs. Keykavous Parang and Rakesh Tiwari, David Salehi, Ph.D. candidates Jonathan Moreno and Khalid Zoghebi, MS candidate Lois Kim, and Sorour Khayyatnejad Shoushtari published Amphiphilic cell-penetrating peptides containing arginine and hydrophobic residues as protein delivery agents in Pharmaceuticals.

Awards and Recognitions

• Sherry Wang’s visiting student Ding Quan Ng received the pre-doctoral fellowship award for their collaborative project “Value assessment of acupuncture for cancer-related pain: a real-world data analysis” by the PhRMA Foundation.

• Ajay Sharma chaired the “Corneal Epithelium” session at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, 2023.

Presentations

• Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

  • Dr. Mary Gutierrez presented “Pharmacogenomics: A Primer for Clinicians in Psychiatry” at the Pharmacogenomics Conference hosted by the National University of Singapore, Singapore on April 18^th, 2023.
  • Dr. Jerika Lam presented “Pharmacogenomics in Pain Management”. Invited virtual presentation. Pharmacogenomics Conference. National University of Singapore, Singapore. April 18^th, 2023.
  • Dr. May Mak presented “Helping the Aging Heart: An Update on the Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in the Older Adult Population” at the Online CE Webinar hosted by the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists on April 6^th, 2023.

• Posters

  • Faculty members Drs. Keykavous Parang and Rakesh Tiwari, Fellow Dr. Muhammad Imran Sajid, and MS candidate Mrigank Shekhar Rai presented “Design, synthesis, and evaluation of oleyl-WRH peptides for siRNA delivery” at the ACS National Meeting in Indianapolis, IN on March 26^th, 2023.
  • Dr. Sherry Wang and Fellow Dr. Jianwei Zhengpresnted on the “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Opioid Overdose in California: An Analysis of Emergency Department Visit Trends from 2018 to 2022” at the University of California Health’s “Harnessing the Power of Real-World Evidence” conference on April 19^th, 2023.
  • Faculty Dr. Ajay Sharma and researchers Dr. Judy Weng Alyanna Corpuz presented on the “Effect of Irradiation on Macrophages and its Implication for Ocular GVHD” at the Annual Meeting for Association in Research and Ophthalmology in New Orleans between April 23-27, 2023.

Publications

• Dr. Laressa Bethishou participated in producing “Guide to Integrating Pharmacy Extenders in Transitions of Care Services: Mapping Entrustable Professional Activities” in the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).

• Dr. Jerika Lam and Dr. Mary Gutierrez worked with others to create the “IPE Case Study and Guide – Infectious Diseases, Psychiatric Disorders, and Substance Abuse: Viral Hepatitis, Substance Abuse, Depression, Back and Arm Pain and Weakness” in Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs, 12^th ed.

• Dr. Rachita Sumbria and CUSP researchers, Drs. Joshua Yang, Wienjun Ou, and Nataraj Jagadeesan published “The Effects of a Blood–Brain Barrier Penetrating Erythropoietin in a Mouse Model of Tauopathy” in Pharmaceuticals.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Lawrence Brown was a contributor that gave a CE on Motivational Interviewing at the Kappa Psi Pac West Province Meeting in Anaheim, CA on April 22, 2023.
• Dr. Moom Roosan and Dr. Ajay Sharma received the 2023 AACP Innovations in Pharmacogenomics Teaching Award.
• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom is the organizer and chair of the symposium at the ASPET 2023 Conference in St. Louis, MO on May 21, 2023. The symposium is entitled “Space: The Final Frontier of CAMP Signaling”.
• Dr. Rakesh Kumar Tiwari was a reviewer for a proposal in Spring 2023 for the discipline of pharmaceutical sciences at the National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation, Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan.

Faculty in the News

• Dr. Karl Hess was quoted in the Washington Post Article, “You Have a Medical Emergency on a Flight. Here’s What You Can Do”

 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Karl Hess collaborated to present “Carrying Medicines Overseas” at the Congress of the International Society of Travel Medicine Biannual Meeting in Basel, Switzerland.
• Dr. Jerika Lam spoke on “Patient-Centered COVID-19 Care: Expert Insights on Optimizing Outpatient Management” for Medscape Education.

Posters

• Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez presented several research findings, including “Renal Toxicity Boxed Warnings of Drugs Marketed in the US” and “Trends in Approvals and Price at Market Entry of New Drugs for Breast Cancer in the US (1980-2022)” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA.
• Dr. Lawrence ‘LB’ Brown, Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, and Master’s of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences candidate Turki Altowairgi presented on the “Authorizations of Therapeutic Biologics in Saudi Arabia and the US (1982-2021)” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA USA.
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou and PharmD candidate Tali Faggiano presented “The Impact of Pharmacist Transitions of Care Interventions in Identifying Medications Errors for Patients Discharging to a Skilled Nursing Facility” at the ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium.
• Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez and Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences candidate Khulud Bukhari presented “Price Analysis of New Nervous System Drugs Marketed in the US (1980-2021) at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA USA.
• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom, Dr. Moom Roosan, Dr. Isabella Cattani P. Cavalieri, and laboratory technician Jordyn Margolis presented “Quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis defines distinct cAMP signaling networks emanating from AC2 and AC6 in human airway smooth muscle cells” for the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
• Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Jeff Goad, and Dr. Karl Hess, with PharmD candidates Nikki Derleth, Inna Tagarino, Helen Vu, Tristian Domingo, Bryy Le, Rose Le, Anabelle Gantman, and Elyn Lam presented “Pharmacy-Based Immunizers Comfort Vaccinating Pediatric Patients” at the CPhA Annual Meeting 2023.
• Dr. Lawrence ‘LB’ Brown, Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, and PhD candidate Buthainah Ghanem presented “Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel, Lisocabtagene Maraleucel, and Tisagenlecleucel CAR T-Cell Therapies for Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Large B-Cell Lymphoma (LBCL)”, and “A Disproportionality Analysis of the Serious Adverse Drug Events Associated with Gene Therapy Products Using the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS)”, at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA USA.
• Dr. Lawrence ‘LB’ Brown, Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez presented “Gender, Ethnic, and Racial Disparities Among Cell and Gene Therapy Clinical Trials” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA USA.
• Dr. Lawrence ‘LB’ Brown, Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, and CUSP PharmD alumna Dr. Ana Mir-hosseini presented on the “Trends in Prices of New Oral Drugs for Chronic Use Approved by the FDA (1980-2021)” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA USA.
• Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Science candidates Vrushali Kamerikar and Priyanka Dheer presented both “A Comparison of Orphan Drugs Approved by the FDA and EMA, 1995-2022” and “Trends in FDA Approvals of Cardiovascular Drugs and Medical Devices (1980-2021)” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA USA.
• Dr. Karl Hess and PharmD candidate Vivian Ly presented “Prevalence and Barriers of COVID-19 Testing Services at Community Pharmacies in Southern California” at both the APhA Annual Meeting 2023 and the CPhA Annual Meeting 2023.
• Dr. Marc Fleming, Dr. Sherry Wang, and research associate Dr. Saharnaz Nedjat presented “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Receiving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA USA.
• Dr. Hindu Rao, Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar, and recent PharmD alumna Chelsea Masisado presented “Implementation of a Layered Learning Model in a First Year Pharmacy Course” for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
• Dr. Rakesh Tiwari and Dr. Keykavous Parang presented “Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptide (IFX-301) As A New Generation of Antibiotics Against Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria” at TIDES USA 2023 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, USA.
• Dr. Jerika Lam, Dr. Sherry Wang, Dr. Mary Gutierrez, and research assistant Dr. Jianwei Zheng presented “Neighborhood Characteristics of Availability of Buprenorphine Prescribing Clinicians and X-Waivered Clinicians” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA USA.
• Dr. Sherry Wang, Dr. Marc Fleming, and research assistant Dr. Jianwei Zheng presented “The Sustained Impact of COVID-19 on Opioid Dispensing in California” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2023 annual conference in Boston, MA USA.

Publications

• Dr. Reza Mehvar, Dr. Jennifer Totonchy, Dr. Ajay Sharma, and post-doctoral fellow Devaraj Chandrashekar published “Generation and Characterization of CYP2E1-Overexpressing HepG2 Cells to Study the Role of CYP2E1 in Hepatic Hypoxia-Reoxygenation Injury” in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences
• Dr. Sherif Elshahawi, PharmD alumni Dr. Christopher Nguyen and alumna Chelsea Pan, Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences candidate Ahmed Aoun, and PharmD candidate Tae Ho Kim published “Structure-guided mutagenesis reveals the catalytic residue that controls the regiospecificity of C6-indole prenyltransferases” in Chemistry Europe.
• Dr. Karl Hess and Dr. Albert Bach contributed to Applied Therapeutics, The Clinical Use of Drugs. 12^th Edition’s Chapter 72: “Sexually Transmitted Diseases”.
• Dr. Karl Hess and Dr. Albert Bach contributed to Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach. 12^th Edition’s Chapter 136: “Genital Herpes, Gonococcal, and Chlamydial Infections”.
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria and Devaraj V. Chandrashekar published “Alcohol as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease—Evidence from Experimental Studies” in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
• Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Shilpi Gupta, PhD alumni Dr. Shang Eun Park, and Dr. Saghar Mozaffari published “Design, synthesis, and antiproliferative activity of benzopyran-4-one-isoxazole hybrid compounds“. in Molecules.
• Dr. Marc Fleming contributed to “Effect of a motivational interviewing intervention on medication discontinuation among nonadherent patients with diabetes and hypertension” in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.
• Dr. Sharon Xavioer, Dr. Richard Beuttler, and PharmD candidates Tiffany Nguyen, and Thomas Cheetham published “Factors Affecting Initiation and Retention of Medication-Assisted Recovery (MAR) within a Pilot Pharmacist-Involved Practice Model at a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC) during the COVID-19 Pandemic” in Healthcare.
• Dr. Kimberly Won, Dr. Laura Tsu, and Dr. Richard Beuttler published “The effect of interprofessional simulations on pharmacy and physician assistant students’ learning of advanced cardiac life support concepts” in Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 
• Dr. Miao Zhang, Dr. Keykavous Parang, and post-doctoral fellow Dr. Young Woo Nam published “SK Channel positive allosteric modulators” in US Patent App.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Lawrence Brown was awarded the University of the Pacific Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy Alumni of the Year Award. He will be recognized on September 9th at the UOP White Coat Ceremony.

Grants

• Dr. Rennolds Ostrom and his collaborators were awarded a new R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH) to study the compartmentation of second messenger signaling in airway smooth muscle. The total award is for over $2.2M across a 4-year-span.
• Dr. Miao Zhang received an award from the Chapman University Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities 2023/2024. 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Mary Gutierrez presented “Pharmacogenomics: A Primer for Clinicians in Psychiatry” at the American Psychiatric Nursing Association‘s 21st Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute, in Reston, Virginia.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang. presented “Cyclic Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugates to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Reduce Toxicity” at The 28th American Peptide Symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona, during a Flash Talk Oral Presentation on 6/27/2023.
• Dr. Moom Roosan and Dr. Ajay Sharma presented the “Horizontal and vertical integration approach as an innovative tool in teaching and assessment of pharmacogenomics” at the AACP PGx Virtual Business Meeting on June 22, 2023.

Posters

• Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Moreno, and Master of Science candidate Khushbu Bhakta presented “Cyclic and Linear Peptides Containing Tryptophan and Arginine Residues as Cell-Penetrating Peptides” at The 28th American Peptide Symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona on 6/28/2023.
• Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Khalid Zoghebi, David Salehi, MS, Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Moreno, Master of Science candidates Khushbu Bhakta and Lois Kim, and Sorour Shoushtari presented “Amphiphilic Cell-Penetrating Peptides Containing Arginine and Hydrophobic Residues as Protein Delivery Agents” at The 28th American Peptide Symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona on 6/28/2023.
• Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Muhammad Imran Sajid, and Mrigank Shekhar Rai, MS presented “Delivery of siRNA using Oleyl-(WRH)n Cell-Penetrating Peptides” and “Silencing of STAT3 Gene in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Cells Using Fatty Acylated Cell-penetrating Peptides” at The 28th American Peptide Symposium, “At the Peptide Frontier”, from June 24-June 29, 2023 in Scottsdale Arizona.
• Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Eman H. M. Mohammed, and Dr. Sandeep Lohan presented “Amphiphilic Membrane-Active Peptides: Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity Alone and in Combination with Antibiotics and Structural Insights” at The 28th American Peptide Symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona on 6/28/2023.
• Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, Dr. Muhammad Imran Sajid, Mrigank Shekhar Rai, MS, Ph.D. candidate Jonathan Moreno presented “Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Oleyl-WRH Peptides for siRNA Delivery,” at The 28th American Peptide Symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona, on 6/28/2023.

Publications

• Dr. Sherif Elshahawi and undergraduate student, Ashley Alexander, published “Promiscuous Enzymes for Residue-Specific Peptide and Protein Late-Stage Functionalization” in Chembiochem.

• Dr. Keykavous Parang and Dr. Naiera Hemly published “Cyclic Peptides with Antifungal Properties Derived from Bacteria, Fungi, Plants, and Synthetic Sources” in Preprints.org

• Dr. Sherry Wang and research associate Dr. Jianwai Zheng collaborated with others to produce Geospatial Analysis of Opioid Dispensing Patterns in California: A 2021 Real-World Study in Healthcare, Vol. 11. No. 12.

• Dr. Rachita Sumbria, Dr. Surya Nauli, Dr. Rakesh Tiwari, and research associate Dr. Muhammad Imran Sajid collaborated with other institutions to produce “siRNA drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s Disease” in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.

• Dr. Sherry Wang, Dr. Jerika Lam, Dr. Mary Gutierrez, Ivan Portillo, Dr. Lawrence “LB” Brown, and research associate Dr. Jianwai Zheng worked with others to create “What quantifies good primary care in the United States? A review of algorithms and metrics using real-world data” in BMC Prim. Care.

• Dr. Miao Zhang, Dr. Keykavous Parang, Dr. Naglaan Ibrahim, and guest researcher Young Woo published “Bezprozvanny I, Cui M. SK Channel positive allosteric modulators” in US Patent App.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur organized and chaired an ACS-AFMC symposium titled “Next-generation Peptide Therapeutics” at the 14^th AFMC International Medicinal Chemistry Symposium in Seoul, Korea from June 25-28, 2023.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Jennifer Ko collaborated with others on “Care Team Strategies for Hypertension Treatment Involving Pharmacy and Increasing Medication Adherence” at the HRSA NHCI Learning Collaborative on July 11, 2023.
• Dr. Jennifer Ko presented “Moving Upstream: Let’s Discuss New Tools for Promoting Health Equity and Structural Competency” with others at the AACP Pharmacy Education in Aurora, Colorado, on July 24, 2023.
• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur discussed “Peptide-drug conjugates with high selectivity for triple-negative breast cancer” at the 14^th AFMC International Medicinal Chemistry Symposium in Seoul, Korea on June 28, 2023.
• Dr. Hindu Rao presented “Increasing the Reach of Ambulatory Care Pharmacists Through Pharmacy Extenders” at the American Pharmacists Association Webinar.

Posters

• Dr. Reza Taheri, Dr. Jerika Lam, Director of Interprofessional Education Amanda Brown, and Dr. Richard Beuttler collaborated with other institutions to create “Healthcare Communication and Teamwork: An Interprofessional Case-based Approach to Learning” which was presented at the AACP Pharmacy Education in Aurora, Colorado from July 22-25.
• Dr. Luma Munjy, Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Kathleen Hill-Besinque, Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Reza Taheri, and Dr. Kimberly Won created “Results from a Longitudinal Curriculum to Develop Empathy in PharmD Students” at the AACP Pharmacy Education in Aurora, Colorado from July 23-24, 2023.

Publications

• Dr. Aftab Ahmed, CUSP alumnus Dr. Taibah Aldakhil, David Salehi, and Dr. Saud Alshammari published “The structural characterization and bioactivity assessment of nonspecific lipid transfer protein-1 (nsLTP1) from caraway (Carum carvi) seeds” in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies.

• Dr. Razan Orfali, Dr. Mohammad Asikur Rahman, Dr. Young Woo Nam, Dr. Miao Zhang, and PharmD candidate ’25 Liz Lau produced “K_Ca2 and K_Ca3.1 Channels in the Airways: A New Therapeutic Target” in  Biomedicines.

• Dr. Razan Orfali, Dr. Mohammad Asikur Rahman, Dr. Young Woo Nam, Dr. Miao Zhang, and PharmD candidates ’24 Nikita Dave, Elyn Lam, Nadeen Naguib, created “K(Ca) 2.2 (KCNN2): A physiologically and therapeutically important potassium channel” in J Neuroscience Research on July 19, 2023.

• Dr. Sun “Coco” Yang and Dr. Keykavous Parang submitted a patent application “Apurinic/apuyrimidinic endonuclease 1/redox factor-1 inhibitor for treating cancer” with other Orange County scientists.

• Dr. Kamaljit Kaur, alumna and research assistant Dr. Elmira Ziaei, and Dr. Shih-Jing Yao. “Peptide-Drug Conjugate Targeting Keratin 1 Inhibits Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in Mice” in Mol. Pharm.

Grants

• Dr. Cintia Citterio relocated her NIH K01 grant (7K01DK125448-03), awarded by the NIH-NIDDK for $579,415.00, to Chapman University. The grant is titled “The Role of Thyroglobulin in Thyroid Hormone Synthesis“, where Dr. Citterio serves as the PI.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Cintia Citterio received an Outstanding Abstract Award from the Endocrine Society for her work titled “Contact Between Thyroglobulin Opposite Domains Assists its Upstream Regions in Intracellular Trafficking for Thyroid Hormonogenesis”. This work was presented at an Oral session at the ENDO 2023 Conference held in Chicago, IL.
• Dr. Kathleen Hill-Besinque, co-author of the recent “Embarking as ‘Captain of the Ship’ for the Curriculum Committee” in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education received the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy 2022 Curriculum Special Interest Group Publication Award for 2nd place.
• Dr. Richard Beuttler joined the editorial board of Frontiers in Public Health as a review editor for the section: Life-Course Epidemiology and Social Inequalities in Health.

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

• Dr. Sherry Wang was interviewed by HealthHats Danny van Leeuwen, who is a healthcare advocate and engagement leader, in their recent episode “Health Economics: #14 Emerging Adults w Mental Illness“.
• Dr. Sherry Wang‘s study was featured in Physician Weekly, a leading source of trusted medical information, perspectives, and education for healthcare providers and patients.

Posters

• Dr. Aftab Ahmed, MSPS candidate Taran Harris, and Basir Syed presented “Extraction and Characterization of Hemp Seeds (Cannabis sativa) proteins by QTOF LC/MS/MS” at the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA,  from August 13-17, 2023.

Publications

• Dr. Hamidreza Montazeri, Ph.D. candidate Arthur Manda, PharmD candidates Riya Sidgal and Co Chung published “Targeting Breast Cancer: The Familiar, the Emerging, and the Uncharted Territories. Biomolecules” in MDPI.

• Dr. Ren Ostrom collaborated with others to publish “Pro-relaxant EP receptors functionally partition to different pro-contractile receptors in airway smooth muscle” in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Lawrence Brown was awarded the UOP School of Pharmacy Alumnus of the Year Award and gave the Keynote address during the White Coat Ceremony.

• Through its 40 Under 40 awards program, the Greater Irvine Chamber recognizes the next generation of leaders and advocates who are making strides in their industries and the community in Orange County and beyond. Dr. Amy Kang was chosen as one of the recipients for this 40 under 40 award, and she received her award on 9/21 at a ceremony in Costa Mesa.

Presentations

• Dr. Keykavous Parang collaborated with others to present “Amphiphilic Membrane-Active Peptides: Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity Alone and in Combination with Antibiotics and Structural Insights” at the XXIX Symposium Bioinformatics and Computer-Aided Drug Discovery from September 18-20, 2023.

Publications

• Dr. Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Dr. Lawrence Brown, and others published “Cost-effectiveness analysis of androgen deprivation therapy with relugolix for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer” for the Journal of American Pharmacists Association.

• Dr. Cintia Citterio participated in producing “Structural Features of Thyroglobulin Linked to Protein Trafficking” for The Protein Society on September 17, 2023.

• Dr. Aftab Ahmed collaborated with others to publish “Structural and Functional Analysis of Urease Accessory Protein E from Vancomycin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus MU50 strain” in Protein Peptide Letter on September 15, 2023.

Awards and Recognitions

• Dr. Ajay Sharma is a Grant Reviewer for the UK Medical Research Council, Ophthalmic Research section.

• Dr. Jeff Goad was honored at the Orange County Visionaries in the Education and Nonprofit sector.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Jerika Lam spoke with others on “Optimizing Opportunities in Vaccination: Practical Considerations for an Evolving COVID-19 Landscape” at the Medscape Continuing Medical Education for the IDWeek Conference in Boston, MA on October 11, 2023.
• Drs. Kathy Besinque and Emmanuelle Schwartzman discussed “Coaching Learners for Success” at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.
• Dr. Jeff Goad collaborated to present “From Bench to Practice: Let’s Keep Vaccinating Against COVID-19” at the APhA Webinar on October 19, 2023.
• Dr. Jeff Goad spoke with others on “COVID-19, RSV & Flu Vaccines: Separating Fact from Fiction”  National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation Webinar. October 19, 2023.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang discussed “Amphipathic Hybrid Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Doxorubicin Conjugate as a Strategy to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance and Decrease Cardiotoxicity” with others at the 18th Annual Peptide Therapeutics Symposium from October 7-16, 2023 in La Jolla, CA.
• Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman presented on the “Success in Applying for Residency and Fellowship Training” at the national Rho Chi Annual Town Hall on October 17th, 2023.
• Dr. Coco Yang presented “Hashing out the Pros and Cons of Marijuana Use: Navigating Updates and Evolving Practices” as a selected speaker with others at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.
• Dr. Miao Zhang presented “Structure-function studies of KCa2.x Channels” at the Ion Channel Modulation Symposium in Irvine, CA on October 19th, 2023.

Posters

• Dr. Amy Kang co-presented “A Network Meta-Analysis of Antibiotic Efficacy for the Treatment of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections” at IDWeek in Boston, MA
• Drs. Amy Kang and Gary Fong worked with others on “Development of an Adaptable Roadmap for Implementation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Core Antimicrobial Stewardship Curriculum in Infectious Diseases Fellowship Programs” for IDWeek in Boston, MA.
• Dr. Amy Kang, Dr. Mary Gutierrez, and recent alumna Dr. Mary Elkomos collaborated with others on “Effectiveness of Non-carbapenem vs Carbapenems Empiric Therapy for Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacterales (PE) Infections in Non-ICU patients: A Real-world Investigation in a Hospital with High-prevalence of ESBL-PE” at IDWeek in Boston, MA.
• Dr. Neeloufar Fakourfar, Dr. May Mak, Dr. Hindu Rao, and  PharmD candidates Lillian Nguyen and Tara Kavehzadeh presented “Implementation of a Pharmacy Team-Led Workflow to Improve Statin Adherence” at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.
• Drs. May Mak, Hindu Rao, and Neeloufar Kakourfar presented with others on “Expansion of a Clinical Pharmacy Program with Team-Based Care and Innovative Use of Technicians and Students” at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.
• Dr. Miao Zhang, Nadeen Naguib, Drs. Youngwoo Nam, Razan Orfali, and Mohammad Rahman,  PharmD candidates Elyn Lam and Grace Yang presented “Structure-function studies of loss-of-function K_Ca2.2 mutant channel” at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar in Long Beach, CA.
• Dr. Richard Beuttler, Dr. Jelena Lewis, Dr. Brian Kawahara, alongside PharmD candidates Aida Pazhoohesh, Jack Menzagopian, Sahar Pakbaz, and Cindy Tran presented “A Report on Rationing of Insulin and Diabetes Supplies by Type 2 Diabetes Patients from Healthcare System in Orange County” at the Poster Presentation at CSHP Seminar. Long Beach, CA, October 2023.

Publications

• Dr. Aftab Ahmed and alumni Basir Syed collaborated with others on “Chemical hypoxic preconditioning improves survival and proliferation of mesenchymal stem cells” in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology.
• Dr. Keykavous Parang collaborated with others, including faculty with Chapman University colleges, on “Tolfenamic Acid Derivatives: A New Class of Transcriptional Modulators with Potential Therapeutic Applications for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders” in the Internation Journal of Molecular Sciences.
• Dr. Coco Yang, alumni Dr. Christopher Nguyen and Dr. Kristin Willins, Dr. and PhD candidate Anika Patel published “Improving Pharmacist-Led Pediatric Patient Education on Oral Chemotherapy at Home” with others in Children.
• Dr. Ajay Sharma collaborated on “Murine models of graft versus host disease (GVHD): Focus on ocular GVHD” in The Ocular Surface.  
• Dr. Coco Yang worked with others on “Improved synthesis and anticancer activity of a potent neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor” in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters.

Quotables (Faculty in the News) 

• Dr. Amy Kang received the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Infectious Diseases Practice Research Network (ID-PRN) New Practitioner Award. The ACCP ID PRN New Practitioner award recognizes a clinician who has demonstrated excellence in infectious diseases pharmacy practice. They must have completed their training within the past 5 years and have made significant and sustained contributions to ACCP and the ID PRN. The award ceremony took place at the ACCP annual conference on 11/13 in Dallas, Texas.

• Dr. Cintia E. Citterio is Early Career Grant Reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Cell Signaling and Molecular Endocrinology (CSME) Study Section.

• Dr. Emmanuelle Schwartzman served as a reviewer for the Pharmacy Residency Expansion Grant Panel, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

• Dr. Rachita Sumbria served as a grant reviewer for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) PRCRP CTT-BraC Panel, Department of Defense (DoD).

Awards and Recognitions

• Drs. Keykavous Parang, Saharnaz Nedjat, Ren Ostrom, Reza Mehvar, and Ajay Sharma were recognized as the world’s top 2% most cited scientists in 2022 by Stanford University.
• Dr. Rachita Sumbria plays a key role in the groundbreaking study on the latest brain endothelial erythrophagocytosis research with CUSP PhD student, Rudy Chang.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Jeff Goad presented “Meningococcal Vaccination Recommendations” online at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Clinical Vaccinology Conference on November 16, 2023.

Posters

• Drs. Yun “Sherry” Wang, Amy Kang, Jianwei Zheng, and Emmanuelle Schwartzman presented “High-Risk Opioid Prescribing Trends among Pediatric Patients in California (2010-2021)” at the Poster Presentation for the 2023 ACCP Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, on November 14, 2023.

Publications

• Dr. Shaima El-Mowafi, Dr. Eman Mohammed, and Dr. Keykavous Parang collaborated with others to publish “Structural Analysis and Activity Correlation of Amphiphilic Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptides Derived From the [W₄R₄] Scaffold” in Preprints.

• Dr. Jennifer Ko collaborated on “Assessing perspectives of a global health area of concentration within the PharmD curriculum” in Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning.

• Drs. Sharon Xavior, Laressa Bethishou, Madeline Dintzner, Reza Taheri, and Jelena Lewis authored “Addressing the crisis: Leveraging the United Nations sustainable development goals to prepare student leaders to tackle the opioid epidemic” in New Directions for Student Leadership.

• Dr. Ajay Sharma and recent PhD and PharmD alumna Dr. Judy Weng worked with other institutions to author “Diabetes-Associated Hyperglycemia Causes Rapid-Onset Ocular Surface Damage” in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science“.

• Dr. Rachita Sumbria and student Rudy Chang published “Erythrocyte–brain endothelial interactions induce microglial responses and cerebral microhemorrhages in vivo” with others in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

• Dr. Sherry Wang was invited to serve on the Review Committee on the “Digital Technologies, Data, and Analytics” theme for the 2024 Annual Research Meeting of AcademyHealth.

• Dr. Sherry Wang was interviewed by Dr. Moyez Jiwa, Associate Dean and Professor of Health Innovation at the Melbourne Clinical School, University of Notre Dame, on the Health Design Podcast by the Journal of Health Design.

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Dr. Cintia Citterio presented “Structural features of the thyroid hormone precursor protein linked to protein trafficking” at a webinar hosted by the University of Buenos Aires School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry on December 4, 2023.
• Dr. Sherry Wang presented “The fusion of data science and machine learning in pharmaceutical research and healthcare advancements” during a virtual sharing session for the China Pharmaceutical University Alumni Association.

Posters

• Dr. Jerika Lam and Dr. Sharon Xavioer presented “Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Pharmacist Clinical Management Service of Cabotegravir/Rilpivirine for HIV treatment in a Federally Qualified Health Center” at the ASHP Midyear Conference in Anaheim, CA.
• Dr. Hindu Rao and PharmD candidate Sunwoo Oh presented “Implementation of Wellness Clinics in Collaboration with Pharmacists and Quality Team to Improve Quality Measures” at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Seminar in Anaheim, CA.
• Dr. Aftab Ahmed, Dr. Sherry Wang, Dr. Jerika Lam, and PharmD candidate Nilli Dallakyan presented “Survey Study to Understand the Availability of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir in the Community Pharmacies in California” at the ASHP Midyear Conference in Anaheim, CA.
• Dr. Jerika Lam, Dr. Mary Gutierrez, licensed therapist Julie Barbour and PharmD candidates Helen Vu and Megan Ly presented “Shining A Light Upon the Importance of Mental Health Through Interprofessional Collaboration” at the Student Society Professional Poster Session at the ASHP Midyear Conference, in Anaheim, CA.

• Dr. Keykavous Parang and Shaima El-Mowafi published “Structural Analysis and Activity Correlation of Amphiphilic Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptides Derived from the[W₄R₄] Scaffold” with other authors in Molecules 2023.

Publications

Elkomos M, Jahromi R, Kelly MS. Pharmacist-Led Programs to Increase Statin Prescribing: A Narrative Review of the Literature. Pharmacy. 2022; 10(1):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10010013 

Kang A, Beuttler R, Minejima E. Evaluation of step-down oral antibiotic therapy for uncomplicated streptococcal bloodstream infections on clinical outcomes. Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease. 2022;9:1-12. DOI:204993612110732. 

Oluseye Ogunnigbagbe, Christopher G. Bunick, Kamaljit Kaur, Keratin 1 as a cell-surface receptor in cancer, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Reviews on Cancer2022, 1877, 188664.

Querfurth, H, Marshall J, Parang K, Rioult-Pedotti MS, Tiwari R, Kwon S, Reisinger S. A PDK-1 Allosteric Agonist Neutralizes Insulin Signaling Derangements and Beta-Amyloid Toxicity in Neuronal Cells and In Vitro, PLOS ONE, 2022 17(1):e0261696. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261696 PMID: 35061720.

Rao H, Eclevia M, Phan P, Tsu L. Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Case Series: Antiplatelet Therapy in Older Patients Post Myocardial Infarction. Sr Care Pharm. January 2022;37(1):17-23. https://doi.org/10.4140/TCP.n.2022.17 

Roosan D, Chock J, Baskys A, Roosan MR. PGxKnow: a pharmacogenomics educational HoloLens application of augmented reality and artificial intelligence. Future Medicine 2022, https://doi.org/10.2217/pgs-2021-0120 

TJ Varisco, S Abugosh, H Chen, ML Fleming, D Ziedonis, M Wanat, D Thornton. Opioid prescribing and prescription monitoring program use after buprenorphine discontinuation. December 24, 2021. 

Ung D, Wang Y, Sundararajan V, Lopez D, Kilkenny MF, Cadilhac DA, Thrift AG, Nelson MR, Andrew NE. Optimal measures for primary care physician encounters after stroke and association with survival: a data linkage study. Neuroepidemiology. 2021 Dec 22. DOI: 10.1159/000520700. Online ahead of print.

Zoghebi K, Montazeri AH, Tiwari RK, Parang K. [(WR)₈WKβA]-Doxorubicin Conjugate: A Delivery System to Overcome Multi-Drug Resistance against Doxorubicin. Cells, 2022, 11, 301. DOI: 10.3390/cells11020301. PMID: 35053417

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Tsu L, Mak M. Walking a Tightrope: Balancing Cardiovascular Events and Bleeding Risks with Antiplatelet Agents in Older Patients. American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) webinar. January 26, 2022.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Lam J was interviewed with CalMatters about “How can college students stay safe during the omicron surge?” https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat-higher-education/2022/01/college-students-safety-omicron-surge/

Publications

Bach A, Lee H, Lewis J. What’s New With Non-Covid-19 Vaccines. Contagion. February 2022; 7(1):22-23. https://cdn.sanity.io/files/0vv8moc6/contagion/7de3208d1b22edfcac19fc7c85461a592025eaf1.pdf/0222_Contagion_ezine_Feb_2022_web.pdf 

Hu C, Fong G, Wurster S, Kontoyiannis DP, Beyda ND. Clumping morphology influences virulence uncouple from echinocandin resistance in Candida glabrata. Microbiol Spectr. 2022;10(1):e0183721. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01837-21 

Mupparapu N, Brewster L, Ostrom KF, Elshahawi SI. Late-Stage Chemoenzymatic Installation of Hydroxy-Bearing Allyl Moiety on the Indole Ring of Tryptophan-Containing Peptides. Chemistry - A European Journal. 2022. PMID: 35178791. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35178791/ 

Tong S, Cinelli MA, El-Sayed NS, Huang H, Patel A, Silverman RB, and Yang S*. Inhibition of interferon-gamma-stimulated melanoma progression by targeting neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS). Sci Rep  12, 1701 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05394-6 

Yamzon J, Pham D, Hess KM. Prevalence and Roles of Vice Chairs in Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy. Pharmacy Education 2022; 21(1): 100-07. Available at: https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2022.221.100107 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Hess K. Competency based education is the best way to equip pharmacy students for the challenges of modern practice. ALFP Cohort 18 Debate. AACP Interim Meeting. San Diego, CA. February 20, 2022.
• Parang, K. Keynote Address, International Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Research, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, Design and Application of Cyclic Peptides for Anticancer Drug Delivery. Virtual presentation. February 3, 2022.

Posters

• Fang C, Lau WL, Sun J, Vallejo A, Liu J, Liu H, Paganini-Hill A, Sumbria RK, Cribbs DH, Fisher M. Chronic Kidney Disease Induces Cerebral Microhemorrhages in Aged Mice. International Stroke Conference. February 10, 2022. 

Awards and Recognitions

Dr. Rakesh Tiwari serves as a grant reviewer for the Wellcome Trust, UK. The Trust is a politically and financially independent foundation that supports science and health researchers.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Dr. Rachita Sumbria participated in a podcast on “Breaking the Blood Brain Barrier: The Quest to Cure Neurodegeneration”: https://jefferies.com/Podcasts/episode/1699/1/32 and “Hopeless Optimism”: https://jefferies.com/Podcasts/episode/1699/1/30

Publications

Mandal D, Mohammed EHM, Lohan S, Mahdipoor P, Baradaran D, Tiwari RK, Parang K, Montazeri AH. Redox-responsive disulfide cyclic peptides: A new strategy for siRNA delivery. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2022, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00879 

Mohammed EHM, Lohan S, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Amphiphilic cyclic peptide [W₄KR₅]-antibiotics combinations as broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022, in press. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114278. 

Sajid MI, Lohan S, Kato S,Tiwari RK. Combination of Amphiphilic Cyclic Peptide [R4W4] and Levofloxacin against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria. Antibiotics 2022, 11(3), 416; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11030416.

Feldman R, Feldman N, Seoane-Vasquez E. A Patient Price Guide for Prescription Medication. Annals of Internal Medicine. March 22, 2022. https://doi.org/10.7326/M21-4755.

Reshetnyak, YK, Andreev OA, Parang K. pH-sensitive peptides. PCT Int. Appl. 2017, WO2017165452A120170928, US Patent 11,274,126, issued March 15, 2022. 

Rodriguez-Monguio R, Lun Z, Bongiovanni T, Chen CL, Seoane-Vasquez E. Postoperative respiratory events in surgical patients exposed to opioid drug shortages compared to fully matched patients non-exposed to shortages. Drug Safety. March 17, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s40264-022-01171-6.

Roosan D, Tatla V, Li Y, Kugler A, Chok J, Roosan MR. Framework to Enable Pharmacist Access to Healthcare Data Using Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence. J Am Pharm Assoc. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2022.02.018. 

Salehi D, Mozaffari S, Lohan S, Mandal D, Zoghebi K, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Amphiphilic cell-penetrating peptides containing natural and unnatural amino acids as drug delivery agents. Cells 2022, 11(7), 1156; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11071156. 

Zeiger A, Andraos J, Sharma A, Roosan MR. Pharmacogenomic Considerations in Opioid Therapy. US Pharm. 2022;47(3):HS7-HS12. https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/pharmacogenomic-considerations-in-opioid-therapy

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Elshahawi SI. Late-Stage Functionalization of Peptides Using a Chemoenzymatic Platform. American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2022. In-person oral presentation,March 2022, San Diego, CA.
• Goad J.  Annual Immunization Update 2022. American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX March 19, 2022.
• Kim L, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Cyclic and linear cell-penetrating peptides composed of tryptophan (WW) and arginine (RR) residues as molecular transporters. Spring 2022, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, 3/23/2022, MEDI.
• Lee D, Sule O., Patel Y, Oranu C, Cooper J, Afrasiaban S, Borgmann K, PhD³, Fleming M. Longitudinal Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Social Determinants of Health Among African Americans with HIV. American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, Mar 18-21, 2022.
• Moreno J, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Hybrid-amphipathic peptides for enhanced antibacterial activity and protein delivery. Spring 2022, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, 3/23/2022, MEDI.
• Seoane-Vasquez E. Biosimilar Regulatory and Market Access Barriers. World Biosimilar Congress 2022. San Diego, Mar 10, 2022.
• Seoane-Vasquez E. Regulatory lessons learned and what can regulatory guidelines do to improve access going forward? Moderator. World Biosimilar Congress 2022. San Diego, Mar 10, 2022. 

Posters

• Sajid MI, El-Sayed NS, Tiwari RK. Fatty acylated cell-penetrating peptides for siRNA delivery to silence STAT-2 in the triple negative breast cancer. ACS Spring 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 20‐24, 2022, MEDI Board #2023 and paper ID 3678253.
• Alrubaie T, Tiwari RK. Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of N-methylated H2R2W4 Peptides. ACS Spring 2022 National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 20‐24, 2022, MEDI Board #2025 and paper ID 3678256.

Awards and Recognitions

Dr. Albert Bach was inducted as President of Orange County Pharmacist’s Association (OCPhA) for 2022-2023. 

Dr. Marc Fleming was installed as Section Chair for 2022-2023 of APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Research & Science (APRS) Economic, Social and Administrative Sciences Section (ESAS) at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio. 

Salena Marie Preciado, PhD student of Drs. Sherry Wang and Khaled Elsaid, was selected as a recipient of The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Conference Grant for Virtual ISPOR 2022.  

Dr. Sharon Xavioer was elected to Orange County Pharmacist’s Association (OCPhA) Board. 

Steven Trinh received National Eye Institute Travel Grant for attending the 2022 annual meeting for research in vision and ophthalmology to present his research work entitled “Macrophage phenotypes differentially modulate profibrotic pathways in corneal and conjunctival fibroblasts.” 

Dr. Sun Yang was elected as Treasurer of Orange County Pharmacist’s Association (OCPhA).

Publications

Alhazmi R, Tong S, Darwish S, Khanjani E, Khungar B, Chawla S, Zheng Z, Chamberlin R,Parang K, Yang S. Bis-Cinnamamide Derivatives as APE/Ref-1 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Human Melanoma. Molecules. 2022; 27(9):2672. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092672. 

Lowe C, Johnson A, Rao H, Walsh A, Tsu L. Emerging Evidence for the Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure Management. Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice. March 2022;69(1):32–34. https://meridian.allenpress.com/jcphp/article/69/1/32/479709/Emerging-Evidence-for-the-Use-of-SGLT2-Inhibitors. 

Mak M, Wong C, Tripp S, Ramoran E.  Incorporating Geriatric Assessment Tools and the American Geriatric Society Patient Care Domains into the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process. Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice 2022; 69(1): 8-16. https://meridian.allenpress.com/jcphp/article/69/1/8/479711/Incorporating-Geriatric-Assessment-Tools-and-the 

Roosan D, Wu Y, Tran M, Huang Y, Baskys A, Roosan MR. Opportunities to integrate nutrigenomics into clinical practice and patient counseling. Eur J Clin Nutr (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01146-x. 

Sajid MI, Mandal D, El-Sayed NS, Lohan S, Moreno J, Tiwari RK. Oleyl conjugated Histidine-Arginine cell-penetrating peptides as promising agents for siRNA delivery. Pharmaceutics, 2022 (Accepted in Press) Pharmaceutics 2022, 14(4), 881; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14040881. 

Yamaki J, Chawla S, Tong S, Lozada KA, Yang S. Iron Effects on Clostridioides difficile Toxin Production and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities. Antibiotics. 2022; 11(5):537. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11050537. 

Yang D, Dickerson E, Zhang L, Richendrfer H, Karamchedu P, Badger G, Schmidt T, Fredricks A, Elsaid KA, Jay G. Quadruped Gait and Regulation of Apoptotic Factors in Tibiofemoral Joints following Intra-Articular rhPRG4 Injection in Prg4 Null Mice.  Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022;23:4245. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23084245. 

Grants

Yang S received the Impact of the COVID pandemic on real-world dispensing of anti-ADHD medications in California. 2022 PPA (Pediatric Pharmacy Association) Pediatric Small Grant ($2,000). PI: Sun Yang. Co-investigators: Richard Beuttler and Anika Patel (CUSP PhD student).

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Bethishou L, Munjy L. Communicating with Empathy in Patient Care Interactions. California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) Western Pharmacy Exchange. Las Vegas, NV, April 23, 2022.
• Bethishou L. Networking 101: Engagement with the Pharmacy Profession. California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) Western Pharmacy Exchange. Las Vegas, NV, April 22, 2022.
• Goad, J. Unpacking COVID-19 Travel Recommendations. California Pharmacists Association (CPhA) Western Pharmacy Exchange. Las Vegas, NV, April 22, 2022.
• Kaur K. Peptide-drug conjugates: A novel modality for triple-negative breast cancer treatment, Invited Oral presentation (in-person), American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2022, Symposium: Drugging the Undruggable, Track: Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Organizer: James Fells and Jennifer Hickey, C. Huang, Merck Research Laboratories, and Dian Su, Genentech, March 21^st, 2022.
• Kaur, K. Improved Efficacy of Chemotherapy with Peptide-Drug Conjugates, Invited Seminar Speaker (virtual), School of Chemistry and Materials Science Seminar Series, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY, USA, March 29^th, 2022.

Posters

• Cattani-Cavalieri I,Baarsma HA, Oun A, van der Veen M, Oosterhout E, Dolga A, Ostrom OS, dos Santos Valença S, Schmidt M. Diesel exhaust particles alter cAMP dynamics in human bronchial epithelial cells. Poster presentation, Experimental Biology, Philadelphia, PA. April 2-6, 2022. 
• Lee H, Tran T, Brailsford M, Lewis J. Impact of Managed Care Pharmacist Led PPI Deprescribing. Poster Presentation at Western Pharmacy Exchange. Las Vegas, NV. April 2022.
• Lozada KA, Tong S, Silverman R, and Yang S. Development of novel anti-cancer immunotherapy for melanoma by targeting nNOS. Keystone Symposia: Cancer Immunotherapy: Decoding the cancer immunity interactome. British Columbia, Canada. March 20- 24, 2022
• McCutcheon DP, Fariborzi M,Cattani-Cavalieri I, Nuñez FJ, Roosan MR, Ostrom RS. Phosphodiesterase 7B regulates prostanoid- but not ß-adrenergic-stimulated cAMP levels in primary human airway smooth muscle cells. Poster presentation, Experimental Biology, Philadelphia, PA. April 2-6, 2022.
• Mohan A, Majd Z, Johnson ML, Essien EJ, Barner JC, Serna O, Gallardo E, Fleming ML, Ordonez N, Holstad MM, Abughosh SM. A Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Improve Adherence to ACEI/ARBs among Nonadherent Patients with Comorbid Hypertension and Diabetes. Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting March 31.
• Sayer MR, Cho H, Duche A, Roosan D, Roosan MR. Evaluation of the detection rate of targeted pharmacogenomic tests for TPMT and NUDT15. Western Pharmacy Exchange 2022. Las Vegas, NV. April 2022.

Publications

Agarwal HK, Chhikara BS, Ye G., Bhavaraju S, Dixit A, Kumar A, Doncel G F, Parang K. Synthesis and biological evaluation of 5′-O-fatty acyl ester derivatives of 3′-fluoro-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine as potential anti-HIV microbicides, Molecules2022, 27(10), 3352. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27103352 

Alshammari SO, Aldakhil T, Alshammari QA, Salehi D, and Ahmed A. Cytotoxic activity of non-specific lipid transfer protein (nsLTP1) from Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi) seeds. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies (2022) 22:135. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-022-03616-y 

Conroy S, Evans T, Butler-Moburg D, Beuttler R, Robinson J, Huebert M, Mahony E, Grant-Beuttler M. Clinical application and feasibility of utilizing the PEDI-CAT to assess activity and participation among children receiving physical therapy incorporating hippotherapy. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, (2022). DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2072250 

Lewis J, Bethishou L. Innovate, Advocate, Lead: Combatting Job Market Saturation. Association Report. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2022;62(3):646-648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2022.03.024 

Ohno Y, Murphy R, Choi M, Ou W,Sumbria RK (2022). Full- versus Sub-Regional Quantification of Amyloid-Beta Load on Mouse Brain Sections. J. Vis. Exp. (183), e63669. doi:10.3791/63669. https://www.jove.com/t/63669/full-versus-sub-regional-quantification-amyloid-beta-load-on-mouse 

Roosan MR, Lam J, Gutierrez MA, Michaud V, Turgeon J. Pharmacists Play Role in Pharmacogenomics Clinical Services. Pharmacy Times 2022. https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/pharmacists-play-role-in-pharmacogenomics-clinical-services 

Sun J, Ou W, Hill PA, Han D, Fisher MJ, Sumbria RK (2022). Comparative studies between the murine immortalized brain endothelial cell line (bEnd.3) and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived human brain endothelial cells for paracellular transport. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0268860. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268860 

Tong S, Darwish S, Ariani HHN,Lozada KA, Salehi D, Cinelli MA, Silverman RB, Kaur K*,Yang S*. A Small Peptide Increases Drug Delivery in Human Melanoma Cells. Pharmaceutics. 2022; 14(5):1036. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14051036 

Wang Y*, Wu Dan, Chan A, Chang CH, Lee VWY, Nichol MB. Temporal trend of opioid and nonopioid pain medications: results from a national in-home survey, 2001 to 2018. PAIN Reports: May/June 2022, Volume 7 Issue 3, p e1010; doi: DOI:10.1097/pr9.0000000000001010. 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Wang Y. Real-World Dispensing of Buprenorphine and Methadone from Mar 2019 to Mar 2021 in California. Virtual Presentation at International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). May 2022. Washington, DC and Virtual.

Posters

• Corpuz A, Shamloo K, Weng J, Sharma A. Characterization of mechanisms underlying ocular GVHD-associated conjunctival fibrosis. Annual meeting of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Denver, CO. April 30-May 4, 2022. Poster was selected as a “Hot Topic in Vision Research.”
• Preciado S, Elsaid K, Wang Y. A Trend Analysis of Lupus Erythematosus Patients’ Physician Office-Based Visits and Medications Prescribed. Conference abstract at 2022-05, ISPOR 2022, Washington, DC, USA. URL:  https://www.ispor.org/conferences-education/conferences/upcoming-conferences/ispor-2023/program/program/session/intl2023-3669/125778
• Trinh S, Corpuz A, Alfuraih S, Weng J, Sharma A. Macrophage Phenotypes Differentially Modulate Profibrotic Pathways in Corneal Fibroblasts. Annual meeting of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Denver, CO. April 30-May 4, 2022. Poster was selected to receive a National Eye Institute Travel Grant.
• Wang Y, Zhou B, Yang S, Chan A, Nichol M, Samia G, Wu J, Fleming M. Real-World Dispensing of Buprenorphine and Methadone from MAR 2019 to MAR 2021 in California. Conference abstract at 2022-05, ISPOR 2022, Washington, DC, USA. Published in Value in Health, Volume 25, Issue 6, S1 (June 2022). URL: https://www.ispor.org/heor-resources/presentations-database/presentation/intl2022-3460/115670
• Weng J, Ross C, Shamloo K, Sharma A. Ameliorative Effect of Insulin Treatment on Type1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Mediated Damage to Ocular Surface. Annual meeting of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). Denver, CO. April 30-May 4, 2022. 

Awards and Recognitions

Salena Marie Preciado, Ph.D. student of Sherry Wang and Khaled Elsaid, was selected as the 2022 James L. Doti Outstanding Graduate Student Awardee, the highest honor for graduate students at Chapman University.

Dr. Ajay Sharma was selected for the Chapman University Wang-Fradkin Assistant Professorship Award.

Publications

Bousoik E, Mahdipoor P, Alhazza A, Montazeri HA. Combinational Silencing of Components Involved in JAK/STAT Signaling Pathway. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2022.106233.

Kanaan A, Mekonnen A, Staton A, Lindsey C, Weldon D, Khalafalla F, Maerten-Rivera J, Shields K, Gomez L, Bethishou L, Thurston M, Fulford M, Das N, Patel P, Kavanagh R, Olstad S, Jenkins Z. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Co-Curriculum Toolkit. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. May 2022. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/pharmacy_articles/905/.

Nam YW, Downey M, Rahman MA, Cui M,Zhang M *. Channelopathy of small- and intermediate-conductance Ca 2+-activated K + channels. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 2022 Jun 7; Epub

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• DoV, NguyenM, AyithiK, BoulesJ, SyedB,Ahmed A. Purification and Characterization of Black Seeds (Nigella sativa) proteins by Edman sequencing and mass spectrometry. Undergraduate Research Program, Schmid College of Science & Technology. Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, CA 92618, May 2022.

• Ghomeshi K, Lam J. Technology Use in Healthcare to Ensure Patient Safety. Pacific Coast Patient Safety Conference. June 3, 2022.

• Kaur K. Targeting triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and melanoma with small peptide ligands, 27th American Peptide Symposium, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, June 11-16, 2022.

• Tiwari RK. SURF Faculty Seminar Presentation entitled “A case study of developing drug delivery system using medicinal chemistry approach,” Chapman University, Orange, CA, on June 21, 2022.

• Tiwari RK. Oleyl-Histidine-Arginine Peptides as Efficient siRNA Delivery Carriers to Silence the STAT-3 Gene in the Breast Cancer Cells. 27th American Peptide Symposium, June 13, 2022, Whistler, Canada.

• Tran H, Tran A, Duong DQ, Luong K, Syed B, Maslennikov I*. QToF mass spectrometry study of DNA protection from X-ray radiation by DNA damage suppressor protein (Dsup) from Tardigrades. Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science, May, 2022

Posters

• El-Sayed NS, NamYW, EgorovaPA, NguyenHM, OrfaliR, RahmanMA, YangG, WulffH, Bezprozvanny I, ParangK, Zhang M. Structure-activity relationship study of subtype-selective positive modulators of K_Ca2 channels. Gordon Conference Ca²⁺ Signaling, June 23, 2022. Ventura, CA.

• Lam J, Xavioer S, Asano K. Impact of a Pharmacist-Led HCV Treatment Program at a Federally Qualified Health Center. World Hepatitis Summit 2022. Virtual Conference. June 9, 2022.

• Sajid MI, Tiwari RK. Oleyl-Histidine-Arginine Peptides as Efficient siRNA Delivery Carriers to Silence the STAT-3 Gene in the Breast Cancer Cells. 27^th American Peptide Symposium, June 11-16, 2022, Whistler, Canada.

Awards and Recognition

Jeff Goad was appointed for 2 years to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Working Group on Meningococcal Vaccines representing the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. 

Sherry Wang was invited as guest editor for "Special Issue: Opioid Epidemic during the COVID-19 Pandemic" of the MDPI open-access Q2 journal Healthcare (Impact Factor: 2.645 (2020); 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.044 (2020)). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare/special_issues/opioid_COVID#published

Publications

Dixon DL, Riche DM, Kelly MS. Dyslipidemia. In: DiPiro JT, Yee GC, Michael Posey LL, Haines ST, Nolin TD, Ellingrod VL. eds. DiPiro: Pharmacotherapy A Pathophysiologic Approach, 12e. McGraw Hill; 2021. Accessed July 25, 2022.

Feinberg PA, Becker SC, Chung L, Ferrari L, Stellwagen D, Anaclet C, Durán-Laforet V, Faust TE, Sumbria RK, Schafer DP. Elevated TNF-α leads to neural circuit instability in the absence of Interferon Regulatory Factor 8. J Neurosci. 2022 Jul 1:JN-RM-0601-22. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0601-22.2022. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35790400: https://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2022/06/30/JNEUROSCI.0601-22.2022.long 

Janke KK, Thornby KA, Brittain K, Churchwell M, Hill-Besinque K, Park SK, Smith H. Embarking as “Captain of the Ship” for the Curriculum Committee. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. April 2022, 86 (4) 8692. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe8692 

Qureshi A, Ouattara LA, El-Sayed NS, Verma A, Doncel GF, Choudhary MI, Siddiqui H, Parang K. Synthesis and Evaluation of Anti-HIV Activity of Mono- and Di-Substituted Phosphonamidate Conjugates of Tenofovir. Molecules. 2022 Jul 12;27(14):4447. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35889320/. PMID: 35889320. 

Rahighi S, Iyer M, Oveisi H, Nasser S, Duong V. Structural basis for the simultaneous recognition of NEMO and acceptor ubiquitin by the HOIP NZF1 domain. Sci Rep12, 12241 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16193-4

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• DeMark R, Diepenbrock A, Hughes J. Following Our Own Advice: Applying Student Wellness Strategies to Recruitment and Admission Staff. AACP Annual Meeting, Grapevine, TX, July 23, 2022.
• DeMark R, Diepenbrock A, Hughes J. Starting Strong! Pre-matriculation Programs, Summer Review, and Structured New Student Orientation during Post COVID Times. AACP Annual Meeting, Grapevine, TX, July 26, 2022.
• Evans D, Goodyer L, Seed S, Hess K. Developing Global Pharmacist Travel Health Services. International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Digital Events (invited presentation). Virtual presentation. July 8, 2022.

Posters

• Ayithi K, Boules J, Do V, Nguyen M, Syed B, Ahmed A. Purification and Characterization of Black Seeds (Nigella sativa) proteins by Edman sequencing and mass spectrometry. Protein Society 36^th Annual Symposium, San Francisco, California. July 7-10, 2022.
• Beuttler R, Stewart J, Taheri R. Utilization Trends of Supplemental Instruction in a Doctor of Pharmacy Program. 2022 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. July 23 – 27, 2022.
• Beuttler R, Stewart J, Taheri R. Impact of Supplemental Instruction on Academic Performance of Students in a Doctor of Pharmacy Program. 2022 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. July 23 – 27, 2022.
• Hess K, Bach A, Lam J, Roosan M. Incorporating a Novel Medication Risk Management Decision Support Tool in the PharmD Curriculum. AACP Annual Meeting 2022. July 2022.

Awards and Recognitions

Karl Hess and Emmanuelle Schwartzman graduated from the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program, Cohort 18 2021-2022. July 2022. https://www.aacp.org/article/aacp-selects-30-rising-leaders-fellowship-program

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Goad J. Influenza Activity and Vaccine Effectiveness During the 2021-2022 Season. Pharmacy Times. July 18, 2022. https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/influenza-activity-and-vaccine-effectiveness-during-the-2021-2022-season

Publications

Bethishou L, Kebodeaux CD. Top 300 Medical Terminology for Pharmacy Flashcards. Eds. Laressa Bethishou et al. McGraw-Hill, 2022. https://www.mhprofessional.com/medical-terminology-for-pharmacy-flash-cards-9781260474169-usa

Brown A, Bethishou L, Taheri R, Nation A. Interprofessional virtual simulation to promote leadership and patient advocacy skills in pharmacy and nursing students. J Interprof Educ Pract. 2022;29:100536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2022.100536 

Chhikara, BS, Singh N, Poonam BP, Varma RS, Parang K. Nanotherapeutics and HIV: Four decades of infection canvass the quest for drug development using nanomedical technologies, Applied NanoMedicine, 2022, 22(1), 354. https://pubs.thesciencein.org/journal/index.php/nanomed/article/view/354 

Khan J, Greaves E, Tanton C, Kuper H, Shakespeare T, Kpokiri E, Yun Wang et al. "Sexual behaviours and sexual health among middle-aged and older adults in Britain." Sexually Transmitted Infections Published Online First: 11 August 2022. https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055346 

Nam YW, Pala R, El-Sayed N, Larin-Henriquez D, Amirrad F, Yang G, Rahman MA, Orfali R, Downey M, Parang K, Nauli S, Zhang, M. Subtype-selective positive modulation of KCa2.3 channels increases cilia length. ACS Chemical Biology, 2022, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschembio.2c00469 

Preciado SM, Elsaid KA, Fawaz S, Brown LB, Seoane-Vazquez E, Fleming M, Wang Y* (Corresponding). 2022. "Exploratory Analysis of Outpatient Visits for US Adults Diagnosed with Lupus Erythematosus: Findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2006–2016" Healthcare 10, no. 9: 1664. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10091664 

Truong WR, Robinson PA, Beuttler RC, Yamaki J. A Nonrestrictive Approach to Fluoroquinolone Stewardship at Two Community Hospitals, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 9, Issue 8, August 2022, ofac388, https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/9/8/ofac388/6652982 

Wu, Dan, Wang Y, Sheng Zhi Yang, Nan Wang, Kai Sing Sun, Tai Pong Lam, and Xu Dong Zhou. "A Socio-ecological Framework for Understanding Workplace Violence in China’s Health Sector: A Qualitative Analysis of Health Workers' Responses to an Open-ended Survey Question." Journal of interpersonal violence 37, no. 11-12 (2022): NP9168-NP9190. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520980386 

Yang S, Patel P, Corcoran A, Dobberpuhl E, Isidro S, Le D, Klassen A, Rho J, Tran D, Beuttler R, Neda Noori Nassr, Katherine Gruenberg, Wong SF. Gaps in Patient Education on Safe Handling and Disposal of Oral Chemotherapy Drugs: A Pilot Prospective Cohort Survey Study. Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice 1 March 2022; 70 (2): 23–33. 

Grants

Kang A and her mentor, Dr. Loren Miller at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine, received a Paratek Investigator Initiated Research awards with an amount of $740,661 to run a randomized controlled trial titled: “Omadacycline versus standard-of-care oral antibiotic treatment for bone and joint infections: an open-label, noninferiority, randomized, controlled trial” for two years.  Amy will serve as a Co-PI For this investigation.

Tiwari RK received an NIH STTR Grant (Award # 1R41AI164997-01A1 ) with a total amount of $596,643, which includes his budget of $240,945  for two years as a MultiPI from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) with his industry collaborator, Dr. Assad Kazeminy at AJK Biopharmaceuticals.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Parang K. Design and Evaluation of Antimicrobial peptides, Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, July 6, 2022.
• Schwartzman, E. Speaker for networking topic. AACP Pharmacy Practice Mentoring Program Virtual Kick-off Session. Virtual, April 4, 2022.
• Yang S, Patel A, Beuttler R. Pediatric ADHD and management during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond in California. Selected Speaker. CSHP Seminar 2022, November 9-13, Anaheim, CA.

Awards and Recognition

Dr. Keykavous Parang was honored into the 2022 Chapman Million Dollar Club. 

Dr. Rakesh Tiwari was elected as the editorial board member for Pharmaceuticals (Impact Factor 5.21, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pharmaceuticals/editors) and Pharmaceutics (Impact Factor 6.525, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/pharmaceutics/editors).

Publications

Canales N, Cao T, Fakourfar N, Snee M, Tsu L. Direct-acting oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease. Journal of American Academy of Physician Assistants (JAAPA). 2022; 39 (9): 17-18. DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000854516.90788.a8 

Garcia J, Chang R, Steinberg RA, Arce A, Yang J, Abdullah T, Chandrashekar DV, Eck SM, Meza P, Liu Z, Cadenas E, Cribbs DH, Kaplowitz N, Sumbria RK, and Han D (2022). Modulation of hepatic amyloid precursor protein and lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 by chronic alcohol intake: Potential link between liver steatosis and amyloid-β. Frontiers in Physiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.930402 

Lam JT, Roosan M, Gutierrez MA, Seoane-Vazquez E. Pharmacists’ Response to the Opioid Crisis: A California Naloxone Survey. Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice. 2022;69(3):30-35. https://meridian.allenpress.com/jcphp/article/69/3/30/486941/Pharmacists-Response-to-the-Opioid-Crisis-A 

Roosan D, Law AV, Roosan MR, Li Y. Artificial Intelligent Context-Aware Machine-Learning Tool to Detect Adverse Drug Events from Social Media Platforms. J Med Toxicol. 2022 Oct;18(4):311-320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-022-00906-2. Epub 2022 Sep 12. PMID: 36097239.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Brown A, Kang A, Won K. Utilizing A Virtual Platform to Provide A Simulated Telehealth Patient Encounter for Medical and Pharmacy Students. Lightning Talk presented at Nexus Summit 2022. September 13-14, 2022. Virtual Conference.
• Brown A, Taheri R. Introducing Interprofessional Roles/Responsibilities and Ethical Decision Making through Virtual Collaboration Utilizing Guided Questions and A COVID-19 Case Discussion. Lightning Talk presented at Nexus Summit 2022; September 13-14, 2022. Virtual Conference.
• Gutierrez, M. Pharmacogenomics in Psychiatry and Pain Management. Continuing Education Presentation. Southern California and South Bay/Long Beach CSHP Regional Chapters. Beverly Hills, CA. September 10, 2022.
• Lam, J. COVID-19: Keeping Up With A Moving Target. Continuing Education Presentation. Southern California and South Bay/Long Beach CSHP Regional Chapters. Beverly Hills, CA. September 10, 2022.

Awards and Recognitions

Parang K, Tiwari R, Lohan S, Mohammed E, Mandal D. Synthetic Antimicrobial peptides. US Patent App. 17/639,082, 2022. https://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2022/0289794.html 

Reshetnyak YK, Andreev OA, Parang K. pH-Sensitive Cyclic Peptides. US Patent App. 17/694,478, 2022. https://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2022/0281919.html

Publications 

Chhikara, B. S.; Parang, K. Global Cancer Statistics 2022: the trends projection analysis. Chemistry Biology Letters, 2023, 10, 1, 451. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/pharmacy_articles/938/

Hurley-Kim K, Babish K, Chen E, Diaz A, Hahn N, Evans D, Seed SM, and Hess KM. The US Travel Health Pharmacists' Role in a Post-COVID-19 Pandemic. Pharmacy 2022; 10,134. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10050134 

Ou, W.; Ohno, Y.; Yang, J.; Chandrashekar, D.V.; Abdullah, T.; Sun, J.; Murphy, R.; Roules, C.; Jagadeesan, N.; Cribbs, D.H.; Sumbria, R.K. Efficacy and Safety of a Brain-Penetrant Biologic TNF-α Inhibitor in Aged APP/PS1 Mice. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 2200. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14102200

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Nguyen VH. "Navigating the Perilous Seas: Challenges and Real World Considerations with the Use of Novel and Investigational Alzheimer Disease Therapies". 2022 ACCP Global Conference, San Francisco, CA. October 15-18, 2022.

Posters 

• Bhakta K, Helmy NM, Moreno J, Parang K. Cyclic and linear peptides containing tryptophan and arginine residues as antifungal agents. 17th Annual Peptide Therapeutics Symposium, La Jolla, CA. October 20-21, 2022.
• Moreno J, El-Aarag B, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Combination of hybrid cyclic-linear amphipathic peptides with chemotherapeutic agents as a strategy to enhance anticancer activity. 17th Annual Peptide Therapeutics Symposium, La Jolla, CA. October 20-21, 2022.
• Rao H, Beuttler R, Taheri R, Dintzner M, Bach A, Fakourfar N. Cultivating Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills Among Pharmacy Students. American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA. October 2022.
• Yamaki J, Dillon R, Watanabe A. Characterizing antibacterial regimen modification, patient characteristics, and outcomes for patients with complicated Gram-negative bacterial infections. IDWeek, Washington DC. Oct 19 – 23, 2022.

Publications

Conroy S, Evans T, Butler-Moburg D, Beuttler R, Robinson J, Huebert M, Mahony EO, Grant-Beuttler M. Clinical application and feasibility of utilizing the PEDI-CAT to assess activity and participation among children receiving physical therapy incorporating hippotherapy. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 2022. DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2072250

Gregorian T, Bradley K, Campbell S, Mashburn R, Beuttler R, Keller MS. Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Led Outpatient Benzodiazepine Tapering Clinic. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2022.09.025 

Kelly M, Lewis J, Rao H, Carter J, Portillo I, Beuttler R. Effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pharmacotherapy. 2022; 00: 1-8. DOI: 10.1002/phar.2737

Kim L, Lohan S, Moreno J, Zoghebi K, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Cyclic and linear peptides containing alternate WW and RR residues as molecular cargo delivery tools. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2022. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00664 

Mohammed E, Sandeep L, Ghaffari T, Gupta S, Tiwari R, Parang K. Membrane-active cyclic amphiphilic peptides: Broad-spectrum antibacterial activity alone and in combination with antibiotics. J. Med. Chem. 2022. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01469 

Shweta B, Washburn M, Tata V, Fleming M, Abughosh S, Essien E, Thornton D. Barriers and Facilitators to DATA Waivered Providers Prescribing Buprenorphine: A Qualitative Analysis Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior. Substance Use & Misuse, 2022. 57:12, 1761-1771. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2022.2112226 

Ung D, Wang Y, Sundararajan V, Lopez D, Kilkenny MF, Cadilhac DA. Andrew NE. Determining the optimal measurement for general practitioner encounters following stroke using linked data from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry. International Journal of Stroke, 16(1 Suppl), 3-34. DOI: 10.1177%2F17474930211036296

Weng J, Trinh S, Lee R, Metwale R, Sharma A. Impact of High Glucose on Ocular Surface Glycocalyx Components: Implications for Diabetes-Associated Ocular Surface Damage. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Nov 18. 23(22):14289.  https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/22/14289

Grants

Elshahawi SI received an NIH R03 Grant (Award # 1R03AI168826-01A1) with a total amount of $138,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for his proposal titled “Mechanisms and In Vivo Activity of a Next Generation Daptomycin Antibiotic.” 11/22-10/24. Dr. Elshahawi will serve as a PI; Drs. Sumbria and Maslennikov are co-investigators.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Besinque, KH, Schwartzman E. Preceptor Development: Coaching Learners Toward Success in the Clinical Setting. ACPE Continuing Pharmacy Education (virtual meeting). November 30, 2022.
• Bethishou L, Lewis J. Lead the Way to New Opportunities. CSHP Seminar 2022. Anaheim, CA. November 11, 2022.
• Bethishou L, Lewis J. Get the Scoop on How to Ace Your Residency Interview. CSHP Seminar 2022. Anaheim, CA. November 12, 2022.
• Kang A. Oral Antibiotics for Serious Infections. CSHP Seminar 2022. Anaheim, CA. November 9-13, 2022.
• Lam J. Panelist Speaker. Nuts and Bolts of HIV Prevention: Implementation of Senate Bill 159. CSHP Seminar 2022. Anaheim, CA. November 12, 2022.
• Nguyen V-H. Selected Speaker. Updates on Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment. CSHP Seminar 2022 (Annual Meeting). Anaheim, CA. November 12, 2022.
• Nguyen V-H, Won K. Selected Speakers. Ischemic Stroke Subtypes and Targeted Secondary Stroke Prevention. CSHP Seminar (Annual Meeting). Anaheim, CA. November 11, 2022.
• Yang S, Patel A, Beuttler R. Pediatric ADHD and management during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond in California. Selected Speaker. CSHP Seminar 2022. Anaheim, CA. November 9-13, 2022.

Posters

• Alrubaie T, Stueber R, Tiwari RK. Synthesis and Evaluation of cyclic [H₂R₂W₄]and N-Methylated H₂R₂W₄ Antimicrobial Peptides. Chemistry and Biology of Peptides, Gordon Research Conference, Oxnard River Ridge, Oxnard CA. October 30-November 4, 2022.
• Cho L, Rao H, Fakourfar N. Interprofessional Collaboration Between Primary Care Physicians and Pharmacy Students: A Descriptive Study. CSHP Seminar, Anaheim, CA. November 2022.
• Derleth N, Vu H, Domingo T, Le B, Le R, Tagarino IM, Gantman A, Lam E, Bethishou L, Goad J, Hess K. Pharmacy-Based Immunizers’ Comfort Vaccinating Pediatric Patients. CSHP Seminar, Anaheim, CA. November 2022.
• KaurK. Targeting triple-negative breast cancer with small peptide ligands. Chemistry and Biology of Peptides, Gordon Research Conference. Oxnard, CA. October 30-November 4, 2022.

Awards and Recognitions

Kathy Besinque passed the North American Menopause Society Menopause Practitioner Certification examination and is now a Certified Menopause Practitioner. 

Kamaljit Kaur was the Discussion Leader for the Session: Peptides in Oncology at the Gordon Research Conference (Chemistry and Biology of Peptides), Oxnard, CA, USA, Oct 30-Nov 04, 2022.

Jeff Goad is the President-Elect of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (2022-2024).

Rakesh Tiwari is serving on the Editorial Advisory Board of Molecular Pharmaceutics (ACS Publication) for two years (01/01/2023-12/31/2024).

Sherry Wang is serving on the Editorial Board of the publication Clinical Research. URL: https://www.jclinical.org/editorial-board/sherry-yun-wang

Sherry Wang is serving on the Editorial Board for the section “Health Economics” in the publication Current Oncology. URL: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/curroncol/sectioneditors/Health_Economics

 Publications

Lee VWY, Wang SY, Li JTS, Lam ASM. Evidence of the Impact of Programmes to Prevent and Manage Heart Disease and Stroke. In: Encyclopedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy. Springer, Cham. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50247-8_81-1

Lohan S, Konshina AG, Efremov RG, Maslennikov I, Parang K. Structure-Based Rational Design of Small α-Helical Peptides with Broad-Spectrum Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens. J. Med. Chem. 2022. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01708 

Weng J, Kreger J, Sharma A. Epigenetic disorders in the anterior segment of the eyes. In: Epigenetics in organ-specific disorders. Boosani C, Goswami R (Eds). 2023 Academic Press Elsevier Inc. pp 311-325.

Grants

Amy Kang received an ACCP Junior Investigator grant with a total amount of $50,000 to perform an observational study titled: “Assessment of Antibiotic Transition Errors from Hospitals to Skilled Nursing Facilities.” Amy will serve as a PI For this investigation.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Fakourfar N. P4 Wellness Event: Managing Expectations and Resilience. Alumni panel speaker. UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. November 30, 2022.
• Lam J and Cocohoba J. “PrEParing for a New Kind of HIV Prevention.” American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Conference. Las Vegas, NV. December 6, 2022. 

Posters

• Hsiao E, Lazarre J, Larry-Sar D, Nguyen V-H. Quality of Transitions of Care Communication for Patients with Non-Cardioembolic Stroke Transferred to Long-Term Acute Care. Abstract presented at ASHP Midyear Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. December 3-8, 2022.
• Shieh M, Nguyen T, Baskys A, Roosan D, Roosan MR. Pharmacogenomics interactions of drugs used for Alzheimer’s Disease. 2022 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. December 5-6, 2022.

Publications

Alas M, Saghaeidehkordi A, K. Kaur*. Peptide-Drug Conjugates with Different Linkers for Cancer Therapy, J. Med. Chem. 2021, 64, 216-232. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33382619/ 

Apostolopoulos V, Bojarska J, Chai TT, Elnagdy S, Kaczmarek K, Matsoukas J, New R, Parang K, Lopez OP, Parhiz H, Perera CO, Pickholz M, Remko M, Saviano M, Skwarczynski M, Tang Y, Wolf WM, Yoshiya T, Zabrocki J, Zielenkiewicz P, AlKhazindar M, Barriga V, Kelaidonis K, Sarasia EM, Toth I. A Global Review on Short Peptides: Frontiers and Perspectives. Molecules. 2021 Jan 15;26(2):430. DOI: 10.3390/molecules26020430. PMID: 33467522. 

Bach A,Lewis J, Yoo S. What’s the Big Deal about Statins? Inter Valley Health Plan blog. October 2020. 

Fukuda S, Varshney A, Fowler BJ, Wang SB, Narendran S, Ambati K, Tetsuhiro Yasuma T, Magagnoli J, Leung H, Hirahara S, Nagasaka Y, Yasuma R, Apicella I, Pereira F, Makin RD, Magner E, Liu X, Sun J, Wang M, Baker K, Marion KM, Huang X, Baghdasaryan E, Ambati M, Ambati VL, Pandey A, Pandya L, Cummings T, Banerjee D, Huang P, Tolstonog GV, Luca CD, Sciamanna I, Spadafora C, Held U, Erwin JA, Paquola ACM, Herdy JR, Ogura Y, Terasakif H, Oshika T, Darwish S, Singh RK, Mozaffari S, Bhattarai D, Kim KB, Hardin JW, Bennett CL, Hinton DR, Hanson TE, Rover C, Parang K, Kerur N, Liu J, Werner BC, Suttong SS, Saddak SR, Schumannq GG, Gelfand BD, Gages FH, Ambati, J.  Cytoplasmic synthesis of endogenous Alu  complementary DNA via reverse transcription and implications in age-related macular degeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. February 9, 2021. 118 (6) e2022751118. https://www.pnas.org/search/10.1073%252Fpnas.2022751118%20content_type%3Ajournal 

Hall R, Alasmari A, Mozaffari S, Mahdipoor P, Parang K, Montazeri Aliabadi H.Peptide/Lipid-Associated Nucleic Acids (PLANAs) as a Multicomponent siRNA Delivery System. Mol Pharm. 2021 Jan 26. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33496597. 

Lewis J, Bach A. Immunization Update 2020: A Focus on Medical Indications for Vaccines in Adults. RxConsultant. February 2021. (ACPE 0428-0000-21-001-H06-P, 0.2 CEU). https://www.rxconsultant.com/courses/immunization-update-a-focus-on-medical-indications-for-vaccines-in-adults-3/ 

Nam YW, Kong D, Wang D, Orfali R, Sherpa RT, Totonchy J, Nauli SM, Zhang M*. Differential regulation of SK channel subtypes by phosphorylation. Cell Calcium. 2021 Jan; 94:102346. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143416020301883

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Kaur K. Peptide-Drug Conjugates for Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Invited Department Seminar. Department of Biochemistry, City University of New York, New York. November 30, 2020.

• Tiwari R. Design Synthesis, and Evaluation of Amphipathic Cyclic Peptides for the Treatment of Resistant Pathogenic Bacteria. Research Seminar Series. Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA. January 22, 2021

Posters

• Delgado-Escueta AV, Nguyen V-H, Aramian AM, Bercow J, Michelucci R, Tappata M, Broli M, Minassian BA, Colce A, Messahel S, Serratosa JM, Machio M, Giraldez BG, Flaim J, Li D, Pulido RS, Lane R,Goldberg YP,Landy H. A Prospective, Longitudinal, Observational Study of the Natural History and Functional Status of Patients with Lafora Disease.Abstract presented at the 145^th Annual American Neurological Association Meeting, Virtual. October 4-6, 2020.

• Sachdev K, Sachdev H, Crossley A, Dergalust S, Nguyen V-H. Medicaid managed care and anti-seizure medication formulary coverage across states. Abstract No. 1049 presented at the American Epilepsy Society Meeting, Virtual. December 2020. 

• Tran M, Nguyen D, Iqbal M, Kang A, Fong G, Ung J, Nguyen V-H. Outcomes of a telephone-based medication reconciliation process during the COVID-19 pandemic. Abstract presented at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacist’s Seminar Meeting, Virtual. October 2020.

• Yu W, Park SH, Zhang M, Salem N, Parang K, Nam YW, Zhang M*. Evaluation of positive allosteric modulators of SK2 channels using QPatch. Society for Neuroscience Global Connectome. January 11-13, 2021. Online.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

TiwariR was included in the news at Indiawest.com for receiving the “Young Scientist Award-2020” from the Association of Pharmacy Professional (APP) India society. 

Publications

Ross C, Syed B, Pak J, Jhanji V, Yamaki J,Sharma A. Stability Evaluation of Extemporaneously Compounded Vancomycin Ophthalmic Drops: Effect of Solvents and Storage Conditions. Pharmaceutics 2021, 13, 289. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13020289

Grants

Bethishou L, Munjy L, Besinque K, Beuttler R. The use of team-based learning to enhance health professional student learning in the affective domain within experiential curriculum. Team Based Learning Collaborative. 2021, $3,750.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Elshahawi SI. "Enzymatic Synthesis of Daptomycin Analogs to Combat Resistant Bacteria." American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Chemistry Section. Invited speaker. February 2021.

• Xavioer S, Shipman AJ, Adams J. Enhancing Public Access to Contraceptives: Leveraging the Pharmacy Professional. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Webinar. February 23, 2021.

Awards and Recognition

Dr. Kamaljit Kaur was elected as the Editorial Board Member for Pharmaceutics. 

Dr. Moom Roosan’s “Pharmacogenomics cascade testing (PhaCT): a novel approach for preemptive pharmacogenomics testing to optimize medication therapy”, which was previously published in the Pharmacogenomics Journal, was recognized as Readers Choice: The best of The Pharmacogenomics Journal 2020.

Publications

Kathuria A, Roosan MR, Sharma A. CYP2C9 Polymorphism and Use of Oral Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs. US Pharmacist 2021; 54(3): 23-30. https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/cyp2c9-polymorphism-and-use-of-oral-nonsteroidal-antiinflammatory-drugs

Kathuria A, Shamloo K, Jhanji V, Sharma A. Categorization of Marketed Artificial Tear Formulations Based on Their Ingredients: A Rational Approach for Their Use. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021; 10(6):1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10061289

Li Y, Duche A, Sayer MR, Roosan D, Khalafalla FG, Ostrom RS, Totonchy J, Roosan MR. SARS-CoV-2 early infection signature identified potential key infection mechanisms and drug targets. BMC Genomics 22, 125 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07433-4

Parang K, Tiwari R, Lohan S, Mohammed E, Mandal D. Synthetic antimicrobial peptides PCT Int. Appl. (2021), WO 2021042039 A1 20210304. https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2021042039

Petry NJ, Roosan MR, Cicali EJ, Duarte JD. Implementation: A Guide to Implementing Pharmacogenomics Services. In: Lam JT, Gutierrez MA, Shah S. eds. Pharmacogenomics: A Primer for Clinicians. McGraw-Hill. 

Phan M, Chavan R, Beuttler R, Benipayo N, Magedman G, Buchbinder D, Tomaszewski D, Yang S. Evaluating risk factors for acute graft versus host disease in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients receiving tacrolimus. Clin Transl Sci. 2021 Jan 27. doi: 10.1111/cts.12982. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33503293. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33503293/ 

Phan M, Wong C, Tomaszewski DM, Kain ZN, Jenkins B, Donaldson C, Fortier F, Yang S. Evaluating Opioid Dispensing Rates among Pediatrics and Young Adults based on CURES Data Reporting in California from 2015–2019. Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice (2020) 67 (4): 23–32. https://doi.org/10.37901/jcphp20-00012

Zu S, Huang S, Xia G, Wu J, Shen Y, Wang Y, Ostrom RS, Du A, Shen C, and Xu C.  Anti-inflammatory effects of CHRNA7 through interacting with adenylyl cyclase 6. British Journal of Pharmacology. DOI: 10.1111/bph.15412

Grants

Lam JT and Totonchy J. Evaluation of the antiviral effects of natural berry extracts against alphacoronavirus 229E strain. Artemis International. Project period: 02/21 – 04/21. Award amount: $13,208.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Bethishou L. Expanding Virtual Co-Curricular Opportunities. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) INclusion INterim Meeting (virtual presentation). March 3, 2021.
• Jordan R, Turgeon J, Bosen, K, Lam J, Bach A, Hess K. “Identification and Mitigation of Adverse Drug Events Through Use of a Novel Digital Clinical Tool”. AACP education webinar. March 4, 2021.
• Nguyen VH. The opioid epidemic and naloxone co-prescribing. Grand Rounds. Department of Internal Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center. February 23, 2021.
• Nguyen VH. Opioids facts and figures. Osteoarthritis Bootcamp. Department of Physical Therapy. Chapman University School of Pharmacy. March 16, 2021.
• Nguyen VH. tPA in the Emergency Department. Department of Nursing. Harbor UCLA Medical Center. March 23, 2021.

Awards and Recognition

Sharma A recently served as grant reviewer for the ophthalmology section for Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development. 

Bethishou L was awarded “Outstanding Author for the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association” for authoring one of JAPhA’s most downloaded articles in 2020:  The impact of the pharmacist on continuity of care during transitions of care: A systematic review.

Publications

Andraos J, Munjy L, Kelly MS. Home blood pressure monitoring to improve hypertension control: a narrative review of international guideline recommendations. Blood Press. 2021 April 14. Online ahead of print. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08037051.2021.1911622

Hamann K, Daut RA, Gutierrez MA. Psychiatry and Neurology Pharmacogenomics. In: Lam JT, Gutierrez MA, Shah S (Eds). Pharmacogenomics: A Primer for Clinicians. McGraw-Hill; 2021:115-145.

Lam J. Infectious Diseases Pharmacogenomics. In: Lam JT, Gutierrez MA, Shah S (Eds). Pharmacogenomics: A Primer for Clinicians. McGraw-Hill; 2021:81-96. April 21, 2021.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Lam J. “PrEParing for SB 159”. South Bay/Long Beach CSHP Regional Chapter. Virtual Continuing Education Presentation.

Awards and Recognition

Fong A received the Chapman University’s Career & Professional Development 2020 Faculty Career Champions Award.

Publications 

Bethishou L. Transitions of Care in Pharmacy Casebook. Eds. Laressa Bethishou, et al. McGraw-Hill, 2021.

Bethishou L, Herzik K. Transitions of Care at Hospital Discharge. In: Bethishou L, Wooster J, On PC. eds. Transitions of Care in Pharmacy Casebook, Chapter 3. McGraw-Hill; 2021. https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3045&sectionid=254818685

Bethishou L, Wooster J, On PC. Applying the Pharmacist Patient Care Process to Care Transitions. In: Bethishou L, Wooster J, On PC. eds. Transitions of Care in Pharmacy Casebook, Chapter 1. McGraw-Hill; 2021. https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3045&sectionid=254818554.

Mohieldin AM, Pala R, Beuttler R, Moresco JJ, Yates III JR, Nauli SM. Ciliary extracellular vesicles are distinct from the cytosolicextracellular vesicles, J Extracell Vesicles. 2021 Apr. 10:e12086.doi:10.1002/jev2.12086. Epub 2021. April 27, 2021. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jev2.12086. 

Montazeri Aliabadi H, Totonchy J, Mahdipoor P, Parang K, Uludağ H. Suppression of Human Coronavirus 229E Infection in Lung Fibroblast Cells via RNA Interference. Frontiers in Nanotechnology, section Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2021. doi: 10.3389/fnano.2021.670543. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnano.2021.670543/abstract. 

Munjy L, Bethishou L, Gonzales J. Optimizing Asthma Therapy Through the Continuum of Care. In: Bethishou L, Wooster J, On PC. eds. Transitions of Care in Pharmacy Casebook, Chapter 17. McGraw-Hill; 2021. https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3045&sectionid=254819570 

Reinert JP, Branam D, Bethishou L. Multimodal Pain Management Strategies. In: Bethishou L, Wooster J, On PC. eds. Transitions of Care in Pharmacy Casebook, Chapter 21. McGraw-Hill; 2021. https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3045&sectionid=254819827 

Sajid MI, Moazzam M, Stueber R, Park SE, Cho Y, Malik NA, Tiwari RK. Applications of amphipathic and cationic cyclic cell-penetrating peptides: Significant therapeutic delivery tool. Peptides, 2021. 141, 170542. Doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2021.170542. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196978121000504. 

Sajid MI, Moazzam M, Cho KY, Kato S, Xu A, Way JJ, Lohan S,Tiwari RK. siRNA Therapeutics for the Therapy of COVID-19 and Other Coronaviruses. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2021, Article in Press. May 4, 2021. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c01239. 

Sanner MF, Zoghebi K, Hanna S, Mozaffari S, Rahighi S, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Cyclic Peptides as Protein Kinase Inhibitors: Structure−Activity Relationship and Molecular Modeling. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2021. Article in Press. PMID: 34000187. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00320. 

Tsu L, Bethishou L. Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention. In: Bethishou L, Wooster J, On PC. eds. Transitions of Care in Pharmacy Casebook, Chapter 16. McGraw-Hill; 2021. https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3045&sectionid=254819504 

Won K, Lewis J, Bethishou L. Hyperglycemic Crisis: Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Type 1 Diabetes. In: Bethishou L, Wooster J, On PC. eds. Transitions of Care in Pharmacy Casebook, Chapter 11. McGraw-Hill; 2021. https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3045&sectionid=254819199 

Wooster J, Bethishou L. The Importance of Addressing Financial Barriers. In: Bethishou L, Wooster J, On PC. eds. Transitions of Care in Pharmacy Casebook, Chapter 5. McGraw-Hill; 2021. https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=3045&sectionid=254818792 

Grants

Hess KM, Bach AT. Advancing Patient Care Services in the Community Pharmacy. Pedagogical Innovation Faculty Grant. June 2021-May 2022. Award: $5,000. 

Parang K (PI), Tiwari R (Co-PI). Design and Evaluation of Anti-HIV-1 Long-Acting EFdA-Fatty Acid Conjugates. NXS-19-008. CONRAD/USAID (06/15/2021-06/14/2022). $190,000. 

Rao H, Fakourfar N. Cultivating Emotional Intelligence and Communication Skills Among Pharmacy Students. Pedagogical Innovation Faculty Grant. June 2021 – May 2022. Award: $4,900. 

Yang S (PI), Yamaki J (Co-PI), Singh J, Chavan R. Clostridioides difficile Infection in Pediatric Oncology Patients: The Role of Iron and the Effects of Iron Chelators. Chapman Faculty Opportunity Award. $15,000.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Besinque K. Motivation and Mindset: A Recipe for Success. CSHP Pacific Coast Preceptor Conference on Motivation and Mindset. Virtual presentation. May 15, 2021.

• Bethishou L. The Preceptors Guide to the TOC Galaxy. California Society of Health-System Pharmacist (CSHP) Pacific Coast Preceptor Conference. Virtual presentation. May 14, 2021.

• Goad J. A Public Health Crisis: Advances in Vaccines. MAD-ID (Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases) Annual Meeting. Virtual presentation. May 21, 2021.

• Goad J. Complexity of Drug-Drug Interactions in the Older Traveler. International Society of Travel Medicine Congress. Virtual presentation. May 19, 2021.

• Kaur K. Peptide-drug conjugates for improved efficacy of chemotherapy for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. ACS Spring 2021. Virtual presentation. April 12, 2021.

• Mak M. Expanding the Scope of a Traditional Ambulatory Care Rotation with Team Teaching. 1-unit CE for Pacific Coast Preceptor Conference, California Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Virtual presentation. May 15, 2021.

Posters

• Khayyatnejad S, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Hybrid cyclic-linear cell-penetrating peptides containing alternative positive and hydrophobic residues as molecular transporters. ACS Spring 2021. Virtual Meeting. Large Poster Presentation, MEDI, Row 6. April 21, 2021.

• Mupparapu N, Lin Y-H C, Kim TH, Elshahawi SI. Enzymatic Synthesis of Calcium-Independent Superior Daptomycin Analogs. ACS National Spring Meeting. April 2021.

• Salehi D, Mohammed EHM, Mozaffari S, Mandal D, Tiwari R, Parang K. Amphiphilic Cell-Penetrating Peptides Containing Natural and Unnatural Amino Acids as Drug Delivery Tools and Antimicrobial Agents. ACS Spring 2021. Virtual Meeting. Large Poster Presentation. MEDI, Row 8. April 21, 2021.

Awards and Recognition

Lewis J became the SIG coordinator for APhA-APPM Medical Home/ACO SIG. May 2021. 

Lewis J was featured on the main page of Zippia, discussing how the pandemic has changed the job market. Job Market For Recent Grads 

Nauli S was the recipient of the Wang-Fradkin Senior Professorship, the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member at Chapman University. May 14, 2021. Award: $10,000.00.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Parang K was interviewed in the Iran International London-based TV Scientific Program: Human, Earth, Tomorrow. May 3, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Iv45oY8uVY 

Parang K was interviewed in the Iran International London-based TV Scientific Program: Human, Earth, Tomorrow. May 24, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL7-QZZDG-0

Publications

Rao H, Fakourfar N. Virtual Patient Care Simulations Are Here to Stay. AACP Summer Newsletter 2021. June 2021. http://bit.ly/AACPPPSummer2021Newsletter. 

Roosan MR, Mambetsariev I, Pharaon R, Fricke J, Husain H, Reckamp KL, Koczywas M, Massarelli E, Bild AH, Salgia R. Usefulness of Circulating Tumor DNA in Identifying Somatic Mutations and Tracking Tumor Evolution in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Chest. 2021 Apr 18:S0012-3692(21)00705-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.04.016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33878340. 

Roosan MR, Mambetsariev I, Pharaon R, Fricke J, Baroz AR, Chao J, Chen C, Nasser MW, Chirravuri-Venkata R, Jain M, et al. Evaluation of Somatic Mutations in Solid Metastatic Pan-Cancer Patients. Cancers2021, 13, 2776. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13112776. 

Shamloo K, MistryP, Barbarino A, Ross C, Jhanji V, SharmaA. Differential Effect of Proinflammatory Cytokines on Corneal and Conjunctival Epithelial Cell Mucins and Glycocalyx. Transl Vis Sci. 2021 Jun 1;10(7):17. https://tvst.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2772707

Grants

Elshahawi SI, “Creating Engineered Proteins to Synthesize Next-Generation Antibiotics Targeting Resistant Bacteria” Faculty COVID-19 Impact Fund for $5,000.

Awards and Recognition

Hess K was accepted to the Academic Leadership Fellows Program (ALFP) for cohort 18 as part of AACP.

Publications

Goad J. The Role of Community-Based Pharmacy Interventions in Increasing Vaccine Access, pg 45-55. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2021. The Critical Public Health Value of Vaccines: Tackling Issues of Access and Hesitancy: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/26134 

Mushtaq M, Naz S, Parang K, Ul-Haq Z. Exploiting Dengue Virus Protease as a Therapeutic Target; Current Status, Challenges and Future Avenues. Curr Med Chem. 2021 Jun 29. doi: 10.2174/0929867328666210629152929 

Parang K, Montazeri Aliabadi H, Mandal D, Mohammed E, Mozaffari S, Lohan S, Tiwari R, Hall R. Compositions and methods for nucleic acid delivery. International Patent System (2021), WO 2021134026 A2 20210701. https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2021134026 

Park SE, El-Sayed NS, Shamloo K, Lohan S, Kumar S, Sajid MI, Tiwari RK. Targeted Delivery of Cabazitaxel Using Cyclic Cell-Penetrating Peptide and Biomarkers of Extracellular Matrix for Prostate and Breast Cancer Therapy. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2021, Articles ASAP (Article), Publication Date (Web): July 26, 2021. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00319 

Sun J, Vyas P, Mann S, Paganini-Hill A, Nunes AC, Lau WL, Cribbs DH, Fisher MJ, Sumbria RK. Insights into the mechanisms of brain endothelial erythrophagocytosis. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. June 15, 2021. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.672009 

Usman MA, Ilyas A, Syed B, Hashim Z, Ahmed A, Zarina S. Serum HSP90-Alpha and Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Prospective Biomarker. Protein Peptide Letters. 2021 Jun 16. doi.org/10.2174/0929866528666210616112539. (E-pub Abstract Ahead of Print). 

Wang Y, Liu Y, Waldron M, Houston-Ludlam AN, McCutcheon VV, Lynskey MT, Madden PAF, Bucholz KK, Heath AC, Lian M. Temporal trends in smoking and nicotine dependence in relation to co-occurring substance use in the United States, 2005-2016. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Jul 21; 226:108903. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108903. Online ahead of print. URL:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34304125/

Grants

Yamaki J. Characterizing switch/add-on prescribing behavior, patient characteristics, and outcomes for patients with Gram-negative bacterial infections. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. Project period: 4/21 – 1/22. Award amount $83,510.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Bach A. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant Award Microsessions. Comparison of Peers Versus Actors as Standardized Patients on OSCE Performance. AACP Annual Meeting 2021. July 21, 2021.

• Goad J. The Next Wave: Influenza Vaccine Decision Making and Delivery in Long Term Care Settings, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, Webinar. 7/23/21.

• Munjy L, Elshahawi SI, Ostrom RS. Integrating the Basic and Clinical Sciences in the PharmD Curriculum to Increase Critical Thinking Skill Sets. MEHP Decennial Virtual Conference, John Hopkins University School of Education. July 2021.

• Parang K. COMSTECH (Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation for the promotion and cooperation of science and technology), Cyclic peptides Anticancer Drug Delivery. July 13, 2021. Virtual international presentation.

• Parang, K. COMSTECH (Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation for the promotion and cooperation of science and technology), Overview of Prodrugs. July 26, 2021. Virtual international presentation.

• Sharma A. Basic principles of CRISPR-CAS9 for gene editing in the Session: Cutting up and resetting: Therapeutic and Pharmacy education relevance of CRISPR and Stem cell technology.  AACP Annual Meeting. July 20, 2021. Invited virtual presentation.

• Tiwari RK. Amphipathic Cyclic Peptides as a New Class of Antibacterial Peptide for the Treatment of Resistant Pathogenic Bacteria. One Day International Webinar on Drug Discovery - 2021, Organized by Atma Ram Santan Dharma College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. July 20, 2021. Invited virtual presentation.

Posters

• Brown A, Bethishou L, Taheri R, Nation, RA, Beuttler R. Developing leadership and patient advocacy skills utilizing an interprofessional simulation. AACP Annual Meeting, 2021. (Virtual)

• Dintzner M, Taheri R, Sahli H, Beuttler R. Impact of a Post-Graduation NAPLEX-Prep Program on NAPLEX Performance. AACP Annual Meeting, (Virtual)

• Dintzner M, Taheri R, Sahli H, Beuttler R. Predictors of Participation in a Licensure Preparation Course. AACP Annual Meeting, (Virtual)

• Mupparapu N, Lin Y-H, Kim TH, Elshahawi SI. Development of Calcium-Independent Daptomycin Derivatives to Inhibit Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. Vanguards of Natural Product Research Virtual Meeting. July 2021.

• Nguyen V-H, Kang A, Bethishou L. A Longitudinal Evaluation of Student Self-Reported Levels of Entrustability in Performing Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). Abstract & Poster No. 1033218 presented at AACP Annual Meeting, July 19-22, 2021. (Virtual)

• Taheri R, Beuttler R. Impact of Supplemental Instruction on Academic Performance of Students in a Course. AACP Annual Meeting, (Virtual)

• Taheri R, Dintzner M, Sahli H, Beuttler R. Student Satisfaction with a Structured Post-Graduation NAPLEX Preparation Program. AACP Annual Meeting, 2021. (Virtual)

Awards and Recognition

Fakourfar, N received her Advanced Practice Pharmacist license (APh). 

Sumbria RK is a Review Editor, Editorial Board, Brain-Targeted Drug Delivery, Frontiers in Drug Delivery. 

Sumbria RK has been appointed as a Regular Member for the Drug Discovery for the Nervous System Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institute of Health.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Lam, J. was quoted in the article For P1s, Getting Involved with ASHP is Key to Success in the ASHP InterSections magazine. Story link: https://www.ashpintersections.org/2021/07/for-p1s-getting-involved-with-ashp-is-key-to-success/

Publications

Aliabadi, HM, Parang, K, Hall R, Alasmari A. Peptide/Lipid-Associated Nucleic Acids (PLANA) for Nucleic Acid Delivery. US Patent App. 17/170,785, 2021. https://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2021/0246019.html. 

Dhingra H, Kaur K, Singh B*, Engineering and characterization of human β-defensin-3 and its analogues and microcin J25 peptides against Mannheimia haemolytica and bovine neutrophils, Vet. Res. 2021, 52, 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-021-00956-4. 

Janke KK, Thornby KA, Brittain K, Churchwell M, Hill-Besinque K, Park SK, Smith H. Embarking as Captain of the Ship for the Curriculum Committee.  American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education August 2021, 8692; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe8692. 

Saghaeidehkordi A, Chen S, Yang S, Kaur K*. Evaluation of a keratin 1 targeting peptide-doxorubicin conjugate in a mouse model of triple-negative breast cancer, Pharmaceutics 2021, 13, 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13050661. 

Sun C, Dang DV,Lewis J. Treatment Recommendations for the Management of Osteoarthritis. Journal of Contemporary Pharmacy Practice. August 2021;68(2):25-31. https://cpha.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-latest-issue-of-the-Journal-of-Contemporary-Pharmacy-Practice-is-here.pdf. 

Took R, Uppala A, Bethishou L et al. Transitions of Care Disease State Checklists. American Pharmacists Association (APhA). August 2021. https://www.pharmacist.com/Practice/Patient-Care-Services/Transitions-of-Care.  

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes) 

• Hill-Besinque K. The Application of Learning Styles: Learner Preferences in Clinical Education; presented to Sharp Healthcare and San Diego Preceptors. August 23, 2021. 

• Lewis J, Rao H. Diabetes Management: Updates and Pearls. Indian Pharmacist’s Association Continuing Education Series. Virtual Presentation. August 2021. 

• Weiner S (Senator), Sodergren A (CA Board of Pharmacy), Lam J (Chapman University School of Pharmacy), Dao C (AltaMed Pharmacy). Senate Bill 159 Legislation (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation): Unleashing Pharmacists to Help California Achieve Its Goal to End New HIV Infections In the State. Pharmacy Policy and Legislative Day. California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP). August 4, 2021.

Awards and Recognitions

Rao H received her Advanced Practice Pharmacist license (APh).

Wang S serves as a mentor for the Mentoring Workshop for 3^rd & 4^th Women & Non-Binary PhD Students in Health Economics & Health Policy by American Economic Association. https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/cswep/programs/regional/south.

Publications

Bethishou L, Fortes K, Brown A, Williams J. Utilizing an Interprofessional Case Conference Series to teach Care Transitions in Pharmacy and Nursing Curriculum. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. Published online September 27, 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2021.09.023. 

Cai J, Wang Y, Wang F, Lu J, Li L*, Zhou X*. The association of parent-child communication with Internet addiction in left-behind children in China: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Public Health 2021.  https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.630700. 

El-Sayed NS, Jureka AS, Edwards MR, Lohan S, Williams CG, Keiser PT, Davey RA, Totonchy J, Tiwari RK, Basler CF, Parang K. Synthesis and antiviral activity of fatty acyl conjugates of remdesivir against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and Ebola virus. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. In press, 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113862. 

El-Sayed NS, Sajid MI, Parang K, Tiwari RK. Synthesis, characterization, and cytotoxicity evaluation of dextran-myristoyl-ECGKRK peptide conjugate. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, in press, 2021, PMID: 34597704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.09.160. 

Khayyatnejad Shoushtari S, Zoghebi K, Sajid MI, Tiwari R, Parang K. Hybrid cyclic-linear cell-penetrating peptides containing alternative positively charged and hydrophobic residues as molecular transporters. Molecular Pharmaceutics 2021. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00594 

Kim E, Baskys A, Law AV, Roosan MR, Li Y, Roosan D. Scoping review: the empowerment of Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers with mHealth applications. npj Digit. Med. 4, 131 (2021).  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00506-4. 

Mozaffari S, Salehi D, Mahdipoor P, Beuttler R, Tiwari R, Montazeri Aliabadi H, Parang K. Design and application of hybrid cyclic-linear peptide-doxorubicin conjugates as a strategy to overcome doxorubicin resistance and toxicity. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. In press, 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113836. 

Nam YW, Cui M, Salem N, Orfali R, Nguyen M, Yang G, Rahman MA, Lee J, Zhang M.  Subtype-selective positive modulation of KCa 2 channels depends on the HA/HB helices. British Journal of Pharmacology. August 30, 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.15676. 

Sayer M, Duche A, Nguyen TJT, Le M, Patel K, Vu J, Pham D, Venrick B, Beuttler R, Roosan D, Roosan MR. Clinical Implications of Combinatorial Pharmacogenomic Tests Based on Cytochrome P450 Variant Selection. Frontiers in Genetics. 2021;12(1628).  https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.719671.

Grants

Elshahawi SI (PI). Targeting Clostridium difficile Infections Using Enzymatically-Modified Daptomycin Derivatives. Chapman University Grant Writers Bootcamp 2021. Project period: 09/20/2021-09/19/2022. Award: $4,000. 

Wang S (PI). An ecology study of prescription opioids in California. Chapman University Grant Writers’ Bootcamp 2021. Project period: 09/20/2021-09/19/2022. Award: $4,000.

Presentations

Posters

• Brown A, Bethishou L, Taheri R, Nation RA, Beuttler R. Developing leadership and patient advocacy skills utilizing a virtual interprofessional simulation. Poster presented at: Nexus Summit 2021. Virtual Conference. September 14, 2021.

• Zoghebi, K., Tiwari, R., Parang, K. Cyclic cell-penetrating peptide-doxorubicin conjugate to overcome multi-drug resistance in cancer. Fall 2021. 262nd ACS National Meeting. MEDI. Virtual Meeting. August 25, 2021.

Publications

Bojarska, J, Mieczkowski A, Ziora Z, Skwarczynski M Toth I, Shalash AO, Parang K, El-Mowafi SA, Mohammed EHM, Elnagdy E, AlKhazindar M, Wolf MW. Cyclic Dipeptides: The Biological and structural landscape with special focus on the anti-cancer proline-based scaffold. Biomolecules 2021, 11(10):1515, DOI: 10.3390/biom11101515.

El-Sayed NS, Sajid MI, Parang K, Tiwari RK. Synthesis, characterization, and cytotoxicity evaluation of dextran-myristoyl-ECGKRK peptide conjugate. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021, S0141-8130(21)02089-4. 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.09.160. PMID: 34597704.

Fong G, Chahine EB, Justo J, Narayanan N, et al. Assessment of antimicrobial pharmacokinetics curricula across schools and colleges of pharmacy in the United States. J Am College Clin Pharm. 2021. http://doi.org/10.1002/jac5.1541. 

Nasrolahi Shirazi A, Sajid MI, Mandal D, Stickley D, Nagasawa S, Long J, Lohan S, Parang K, Tiwari RK. Cyclic peptide-gadolinium nanocomplexes as siRNA Delivery Tools. Pharmaceuticals. 2021, 14, 1064, https://doi.org/10.3390/ph14111064.

 

Ostrom KF, LaVigne JE, Tarsis BF, Seifert R, Dessauer CW, Watts VJ, Ostrom RS. Physiological roles of mammalian transmembrane adenylyl cyclase isoforms. Physiological Reviews, in press, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00013.2021. 

Park H, Hughes J, DeMark R, Diepenbrock A, McClendon K. Using team innovation and networking to respond to rapid changes in the academy. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. October 2021, 8661.  https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe8661. 

Shamloo K, Weng J, Ross C, Lee J, Alfuraih S, Totonchy J, Sharma A. Local Renin-Angiotensin System Activation and Myofibroblast Formation in Graft Versus Host Disease-Associated Conjunctival Fibrosis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2021 Oct 4;62(13):10. https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2777980. 

Presentations

Posters

• Brown A, Bethishou L, Taheri R, Nation, RA, Beuttler R. Developing leadership and patient advocacy skills utilizing a virtual interprofessional simulation. Poster presented at: 2021 IPEC Virtual Poster Fair. October 19, 2021. Virtual Conference.
• Lohan S, Mandal D, Choi W, Konshina AG, Tiwari RK, Efremov RG, Maslennikov I, Parang K. Short cationic membrane active antimicrobial peptides: A detailed structural insight of the membrane-bound peptides using 2D-NMR and molecular dynamic simulations. 16th Annual Peptide Therapeutics Symposium, October 21-22, 2021, La Jolla, CA.
• Mandal D, Lohan S, Mohammed EHM, Tiwari R, Montazeri Aliabadi H, Parang K. Peptide-Based Strategy for Nucleic Acid Delivery. 16th Annual Peptide Therapeutics Symposium, October 21-22, 2021, La Jolla, CA.
• Sajid MI, Lohan S, Kato S, Tiwari RK. A physical mixture of antibiotic and synthetic antimicrobial cyclic peptide proves to be more effective than respective chemical conjugate against multi-drug-resistant bacteria. 16th Annual Peptide Therapeutics Symposium, October 21-22, 2021, La Jolla, CA.
• Zoghebi K, Sanner MF, Hanna S, Mozaffari S, Rahighi S, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Cyclic peptides containing tryptophan and arginine residues as protein kinase inhibitors. 16th Annual Peptide Therapeutics Symposium, October 21-22, 2021, La Jolla, CA. 

Awards and Recognition

Wang S was appointed as an Alumni Affiliate at the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity, Washington University in St Louis. URL: https://cre2.wustl.edu/affiliates/our-alumni-affiliates/. 

Wang S obtained the 10-year (2010-2021) California Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System-Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (CURES-PDMP) from the Department of Justice (DOJ). CURES-PDMP database of Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, and Schedule V controlled substance prescriptions dispensed in California from all prescribers.

Quotables (Faculty in the News)

Parang K. Interview with London Based Iran International Scientific Program (Human, Earth, and Tomorrow):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfJ8RHDKmnc&list=PLrqEUp1jEA7VK_MrfR_hgtrfUF80ddt6h&index=4

Publications 

Bethishou L. Engagement and Empowerment. In: Bypass Pharmacy Burnout: Changing your Trajectory to Enhance Your Experience, Chapter 4. American Pharmacist Association. 2021. https://ebusiness.pharmacist.com/PersonifyEbusiness/Shop-APhA/Product-Details/productId/356310077 

Bethishou L. The Importance of Goal Setting. In: Bypass Pharmacy Burnout: Changing your Trajectory to Enhance Your Experience, Chapter 7. American Pharmacist Association. 2021. https://ebusiness.pharmacist.com/PersonifyEbusiness/Shop-APhA/Product-Details/productId/356310077 

Clinger JA, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Miller MD,Hall RE, Van Lanen SG, Phillips GN Jr., Thorson JS, Elshahawi SI. Structure and function of a dual reductase-dehydratase enzyme system involved in p-terphenyl biosynthesis. ACS Chem Biol. 2021 Nov 11. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acschembio.1c00701 

Lewis J. The Importance of Leadership. In: Bypass Pharmacy Burnout: Changing Your Trajectory to Enhance Your Experience, Chapter 5. American Pharmacists Association. 2021. https://ebusiness.pharmacist.com/PersonifyEbusiness/Shop-APhA/Product-Details/productId/356310077. 

Lewis J. How Leadership Styles Can Work for You. In: Bypass Pharmacy Burnout: Changing Your Trajectory to Enhance Your Experience, Chapter 6. American Pharmacists Association. 2021. https://ebusiness.pharmacist.com/PersonifyEbusiness/Shop-APhA/Product-Details/productId/356310077. 

Rao H, Fakourfar N, Sun C, Lewis J. The Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes. The Senior Care Pharmacist. 2021; 36 (11): 556 – 567. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34717787/ 

Yang J, Sumbria RK. The concentration of brain homogenates with the Amicon Ultra Centrifugal filters. MethodsX. 2021;8:101584. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016121003745#bib0007

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Elshahawi SI. Late-Stage Chemoenzymatic Functionalization of an FDA-Approved Antibiotic. Applied Biocatalysis Summit. November 2021. Invited speaker.
• Fakourfar N, Rao H. Reaching for the Stars: How to Effectively Integrate Pharmacy Students into the Quality Measure Improvement Process. CSHP Seminar, 1 CEU. November 3, 2021.
• Goad J. COVID-19 Vaccine Update 2021. USC Ruth Ragland 34^th Annual Dental Hygiene Symposium. Online. November 6, 2021.
• Goad J. Lessons Learned from the Field: Pharmacy Vaccine Delivery, California HPV Vax Roundtable 4^th Annual Meeting. November 10, 2021.
• Herzik K, Bethishou L. The Impact of COVID-19 on Pharmacy Transitions of Care Services. California Society of Health-System Pharmacist (CSHP) Seminar, Anaheim, CA. November 3, 2021.
• Lewis J, Bethishou L. Roadmap to Residency: A Year by Year Guide for Pharmacy Students. California Society of Health-System Pharmacist (CSHP) Seminar, Anaheim, CA. November 6, 2021.
• Nguyen J, Fakourfar N. The Power of SGLT-2i Beyond Diabetes Inservice. Providence St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group. Garden Grove, CA. November 2, 2021.

Posters

• Cheng E, Le P, Soriano S, Stevenson M, Vu J, Lam J. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of natural fatty acids. Poster presented at: Annual California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar. Anaheim, CA. November 12, 2021.
• Eclevia M, Jo A, Vo V, Cook L, Gutierrez M, Lam J. Naloxone awareness and education to college and high school students. Poster presented at: Annual California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar. Anaheim, CA. November 11, 2021.
• Ou W, Ohno Y, Choi M, Sun J, Yang J, Abdullah T, Riley M, Chuli R, Choi M, Cribbs DH, Sumbria RK. Delayed treatment with a brain-penetrating biologic TNF-α inhibitor in the APP/PS1 mouse model of human amyloidosis. Society for Neuroscience, Online.
• Park C, Arguinchona G, Brailsford M, Dinh M, Colombo M, Bethishou L, Jhawar S, Batra R. Implementation of a Health Plan Driven Pharmacist Transitions of Care Service for a Medicare Advantage Population. ASCP Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. November 4-7, 2021.
• Rao H, Beuttler R, Fakourfar N. Impact of Pharmacy School Experiences and a Newly Implemented Residency Preparation Bootcamp: A Descriptive Study. Poster presentation at California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) Seminar. Anaheim, CA. November 2021.
• Yang J, Ou W, Simanauskaite JM, Choi M, Sun J, Melville M, Castellanos DM, Koka A, Chilukuri S, Cribbs DH, Sumbria RK. The effects of a high-affinity transferrin receptor antibody-Erythropoietin fusion protein in a mouse model of tauopathy. Society for Neuroscience. 2021. Online.

Awards and Recognitions

Patent award:  Parang K, Tiwari R, Salem Aboud N. Fatty acyl and fatty ether conjugates of remdesivir and its active metabolites as antivirals. PCT. Int Appl (2021). WO 2021/222807 A1 20211104. https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/078374038/publication/WO2021222807A1?q=WO2021222807A1

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Lam J, Gutierrez M, Shah S. Interview with National Pharmacy Podcast Network: PGx for Pharmacists. November 4, 2021. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YkdbyXDdXKsJD97eJj0LN.

Publications

El-Sayed N, Nam YW, Egorova PA, Nguyen HM, Orfali R, Rahman M, Yang G, Wulff H, Bezprozvanny I, Parang K, Zhang M. Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Subtype-Selective Positive Modulators of KCa2 Channels. J. Med. Chem. 2021. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34962403. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01473 

Elsayed S, Jay GD, Cabezas R, Qadri M, Schmidt TA, and Elsaid KA. Recombinant Human Proteoglycan 4 Regulates Phagocytic Activation of Monocytes and Reduces IL-1β Secretion by Urate Crystal Stimulated Gout PBMCs. Front. Immunol. 12:771677.  doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.771677 

Lohan S, Mandal D, Choi W, Konshina AG, Tiwari R, Efremov R, Maslennikov I, Parang K. Small Amphiphilic Peptides: Activity Against Broad Range of Drug-Resistant Bacteria and Structural Insight into Membranolytic Properties. J. Med. Chem. Article ASAP: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34978443/ 

Ou W, Yang J, Simanauskaite JM, Choi M, Castellanos DM, Chang R, Sun J, Jagadeesan N, Parfitt KD, Cribbs DH, Sumbria RK. Biologic TNF-α inhibitors reduce microgliosis, neuronal loss, and tau phosphorylation in a transgenic mouse model of tauopathy. J Neuroinflammation. 2021;18:312. December 21, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-021-02332-7 

Wooster J, Bethishou L, Gernant SA, et al. Methods and Barriers to Communication Between Pharmacists During Transitions of Care [published online ahead of print, 2021 Dec 28]. J Pharm Pract. 2021;8971900211064154. doi.org/10.1177/08971900211064154

Presentations

 

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Eclevia M, Fakourfar N. Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 (DPP4) I vs. Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists Provider Inservice. Providence St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group. Garden Grove, CA. December 7, 2021.
• Fakourfar, N. P4 Wellness Event: Managing Expectations and Resilience. Alumni speaker. UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. December 1, 2021.
• Lam J. Senate Bill (SB) 159 Legislation and PrEP/PEP. HIV Prevention Symposium 2021: The Future of PrEP. AltaMed Corporation. Los Angeles, CA. December 4, 2021.
• Nguyen V-H and Tsu LC. Updates in Antiplatelet Therapy for Secondary Prevention of Stroke. California Society of Health-System Pharmacist (CSHP) Seminar, Anaheim, CA. November 3, 2021.
• Nguyen V-H and Won K. Updates on Management of Neurologic Emergencies. California Society of Health-System Pharmacist (CSHP) Seminar, Anaheim, CA, November 4, 2021.
• Nguyen V-H and Tsu LC. More Tools in the Toolbox: Updates in Antiplatelet Therapy for Secondary Prevention of Stroke. American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA, November 7, 2021.
• Wang S. Land Your Academic Career in Public Health Workshop. China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS). Invited speaker (virtual presentation). December 18, 2021. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/37hqD0bliC6KDhGE9ZDddA.

Posters

• Fakourfar N, Tan R, Eclevia M, Rao H. Pharmacy Student-Led Statin Initiative in an Ambulatory Care Setting: A Descriptive Report. American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear, Virtual. December 2021.
• Lee J,Chin L,Nguyen K,Alshammari S,Syed B,Ahmed A. Heparin affinity protein profiling of Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi) ASHP-2021 Midyear. December 5-9, 2021 (Virtual).
• Nguyen V-H, Dergalust S, Bainbridge J. Pharmacist Roles in the Care of the Patient with Epilepsy: A Thematic Analysis. American Epilepsy Society (AES) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. December 2021.
• Nguyen V-H, Kim A, Delgado-Escueta A, et al. Five stages of Lafora Disease Epilepsy: Early biomarkers are occipital seizures and suppresion of EEG polyspike waves and REM during sleep. American Epilepsy Society (AES) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. December 2021.

Awards and Recognitions

Brown A, Bethishou L, Taheri R, Nation RA, and Beuttler R received recognition for the best poster in the Interprofessional Leadership category at the 2021 IPEC Poster Fair. https://www.ipecollaborative.org/2021-poster-fair 

Nguyen Viet-Huong received board certification in critical care pharmacotherapy.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Gutierrez M was quoted in an article in the Washington Post on December 5, 2021. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/drug-interactions-food-drinks/2021/12/03/348e8048-47c6-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.html 

Publications

Bethishou L, Boylan P, Calabro K et al.  Transitions of Care Toolkit.  American Pharmacists Association (APhA). January 2020. https://aphanet.pharmacist.com/transitions-care 

Khurshid Y, Syed B, Simjee SU, Beg O, and Ahmed A.  Antiproliferative and apoptotic effects of proteins from black seeds (Nigella sativa) on human breast MCF-7 cancer cell line.  BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies (2020) 20:5, 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-019-2804-1. (BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine changed to BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies in January 2020.) 

Lewis J, Nguyen T, Althobaiti H, Alsheikh MY, Borsari B, Cooper S, Kim D, Seoane-Vazquez E.  Impact of an Advanced Practice Pharmacist Type 2 Diabetes Management Program: A Pilot Study. Innov Pharm. December 2019;10(4): Article 20. https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v10i4.2237. 

Henry EK, Chaney AM, Nagle VL, Cropper HC, Mozaffari S, Slaybaugh C, Parang K, Andreev OA, Reshetnyak YK, James ML, Lewis JS.  Demarcation of sepsis-induced peripheral and central acidosis with pH-Low Insertion Cyclic (pHLIC) peptide. J. Nuclear Medicine, 2020, doi:10.2967/jnumed.119.233072. http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/early/2020/01/16/jnumed.119.233072. 

Nuñez FJ, Johnstone TB, Corpuz ML, Kazarian AG, Mohajer NN, Tliba O, Panettieri RA Jr, Koziol-White C, Roosan MR, Ostrom RS.  Glucocorticoids rapidly activate cAMP production via Gαs to initiate non-genomic signaling that contributes to one-third of their canonical genomic effects.  FASEB J. 2019 Dec 27. 

Nuñez FJ, Schulte NA, Fogel DM, Michalski J, Rennard SI, Penn RB, Toews ML, Ostrom RS.  Agonist-specific desensitization of PGE2-stimulated cAMP signaling due to upregulated phosphodiesterase expression in human lung fibroblasts.  Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2019 Dec 28. doi: 10.1007/s00210-019-01800-5. 

Kumar S, Singh D, Kumari P, Malik RS, Poonam, Parang K, Tiwari RK. PEGylation and Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Glimpse from Past and Prospects in Future. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, in press, 10.2174/1568026620666200128142603.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Tiwari R.  Development of Amphipathic Cyclic Peptides as Antimicrobial Agents against Resistant Pathogenic Bacteria.  15^th Annual Keck Graduate Institute Research Symposium.  Pomona College, Claremont, CA.  January 10, 2020.

• Won K, Brown T, Walsh A, Lachance L, Brown A, Beuttler R. The Sequential Debrief: a tool to optimize learning in Simulation-based Interprofessional Education (Sim-IPE). 20^th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare. San Diego, CA. January 2020.

 Posters

• Mupparapu N, Lin Y-H, Kim TH, Elshahawi SI.  Specific Modifications of Peptides Using Biocatalytic Tools.  3rd International Conference on Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic Era. San Diego, CA. Jan 2020.

• Sajid MI, El-Sayed Ibrahim NS, Montazeri Aliabadi M, Tiwari RK.  Tumor targeted delivery of siRNA using fatty acyl conjugates of cell-penetrating peptides.  15th Annual Keck Graduate Institute Research Symposium.  Pomona College, Claremont, CA.  January 10, 2020.

• Tiwari RK.  Evaluation of Structure‐Activity Relationship of Cyclic Peptides [W4R4] and Amphipathic Fatty Acyl‐Cyclic [W4R4K] as Potential Antibacterial Agents Against Pathogenic Bacteria.  14th Peptide Therapeutics Symposium.  Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA.  October 24‐25, 2019.

• Won K, Tsu L, Walsh A, Snee M, Brown A, Beuttler R. The effect of simulated interprofessional medical scenarios (SIMS) on student pharmacists and student physician assistants’ perceptions of interprofessional care and learning of emergency medicine concepts. 20^th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare. San Diego, CA. January 2020.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Bethishou L. Pharmacists in Action: APhA Member News. Pharmacy Today. January 2020. https://www.pharmacytoday.org/article/S1042-0991(19)31425-2/pdf.

Publications

Lewis J, Gregorian T, Portillo I, Goad J. Drug interactions with antimalarial medications in older travelers: a clinical guide. Journal of Travel Medicine. January 2020;27(1):1-14. https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/27/1/taz089/5644627 (Editor’s Choice). 

Skolnick J, Chou C, Miklavcic J. Insights into Novel Infant Milk Formula Bioactives. Nutrition and Dietary Supplements. 2020:12 Pages 11 – 19. https://www.dovepress.com/insights-into-novel-infant-milk-formula-bioactives-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-NDS 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Brouker M

• Leadership Pearls. Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Executive Medical Department Enlisted Course, Bethesda, Bethesda, MD, February 7, 2020.
• Building Trust and High Performing Teams. San Diego Organization of Healthcare Leaders, American College of Healthcare Leaders, San Diego, CA. February 13, 2020.
• Driving through barriers: My leadership journey.Hydrogen Accelerate Leadership Development Program for High Potential Leaders, Munich RE, Singapore. February 21, 2020.
• Accountability in the Workplace. Electric Boat Management Association, Mystic, CT. February 26, 2020.
• Lessons Learned from Great Military Leaders. Officer Training Command, Naval War College, Newport, RI. February 27, 2020.
• Lessons from the Navy. Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Advanced Medical Department Officer Course, Bethesda, MD. February 28, 2020.

Posters

• Akinwale AK, Yamaki J, Parang K, Tiwari RK. Fatty Acyl-Cyclic [W4R4K] as Potential Antibacterial Agents Against Pathogenic Bacteria. Chemistry and Biology of Peptides, Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura Beach Marriott, 2055 Harbor Boulevard, Ventura, CA, US. February 8 - 9, 2020. 

• Alasmari, A.; Mozaffari, S.; Parang, K.; Montazeri AH. Cyclic-linear hybrid peptides as siRNA delivery system. Gordon Conference: Chemistry and Biology of Peptides, Ventura, CA, United States, February 10-14, 2020. 

• Salehi D, Mandal D, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Amphiphilic Cell-Penetrating Peptides Containing Natural and Unnatural Amino Acids as Drug Delivery Agents. Chemistry and Biology of Peptides, Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura Beach Marriott, 2055 Harbor Boulevard, Ventura, CA, US. February 9 -14, 2020.

• Sajid MI, El-Sayed NS, Montazeri HA, Tiwari RK. Tumor Targeted Delivery of siRNA using Fatty Acyl Conjugates of Cell-Penetrating Peptides. Chemistry and Biology of Peptides, Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura Beach Marriott, 2055 Harbor Boulevard, Ventura, CA, US. February 8 - 9, 2020.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Goad J. Quoted in USA Today, Feb 26, 2020. “CDC confirms first 'unknown' coronavirus case in California that could raise concerns about the threat of the virus”. 

Jordan R. was quoted in AACP’s Academic Pharmacy Now (Volume 30 Issue1 2020; pg 20-21) discussing the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.

Publications

Lewis J. American Pharmacists Association.  Successful Integration of Pharmacists in Accountable Care Organizations and Medical Home Models: Case Studies.  Providence St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare. March 2020; 42-46. https://www.pharmacist.com/Portals/0/PDFS/Practice/APhA_Medical_Home_ACO_Report_Final.pdf?ver=0vbHcscSN_2-3x3UmFLZ5Q%3D%3D 

Miklavcic JJ.  Isolation and Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles in Human Milk.  Bickmore DC, Frontiers in Nutrition.  2020; 7(22). DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2020.00022. 

Nordt SP.

• Sympathomimetic Poisoning. In: Rosen and Barkin’s Five Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (6th edition; editors [Schaider, et al.]). Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia. PA, 2020.
• Myocardial Contusion. In: Rosen and Barkin’s Five Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (6th edition; editors [Schaider, et al.]). Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia. PA, 2020.
• Clavicle Fracture. In: Rosen and Barkin’s Five Minute Emergency Medicine Consult (6th edition; editors [Schaider, et al.]). Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia. PA, 2020.

Presentations

Posters

• Khurshid Y, Saeed M, Lam J, Simjee SU, Ul-Haq Z, and Ahmed A. Molecular Characterization and Cytotoxic Activity of McTI, a Novel Cystine-Knot Inhibitor from Momordica charantia. ABRF2020 Annual Meeting, February 29 - March 3, 2020, Palm Spring, CA. (Recipient of Waters Corporation Outstanding Poster Award).
• Roosan D, Karim M, Chok J, Roosan M. Operationalizing Healthcare Big Data in the Electronic Health Records using a Heatmap Visualizing Technique. BIOSTEC 2020. 13th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. Valetta, Malta. February 2020.

• Phan M, Benipayo N, Beuttler R, Chavan R, Magedman G, Yang S. Evaluating tacrolimus dosing for acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients. Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association 16th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. March 11-14, 2020.

• Phan M, Beuttler R, Magedman G, Adams N, Tomaszewski D, Yang S. An Evaluation on Inpatient Opioid Utilization Among Pediatric Patients with Cancer – A Retrospective, Single Center, Cross Sectional Study. Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association 16th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL. March 11-14, 2020.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Hess K.  Everlywell Just Released a Coronavirus Home Test. Is it For Real? We Asked a Doctor. PureWow.  https://www.purewow.com/wellness/everlywell-coronavirus-test-kit. March 20, 2020.

Publications

Brouker ME. How should one lead during a crisis? CEOWorld. April 2, 2020. https://ceoworld.biz/2020/04/06/how-should-one-lead-during-a-time-of-crisis/

Bousoik E, Qadri M, Elsaid KA. CD44 receptor mediates crystal phagocytosis by macrophages and regulates inflammation in a murine peritoneal model of acute gout.  Sci. Rep. 2020;10:5748:1-15. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62727-z.  [PMID: 32238827] [PMCID: PMC7113258]. 

Nordt SP, Hendrickson M, Won KJ, Miller MJ, Swadron SP, Cantrell FL. Death from Cardiac Glycoside (“Pong-Pong”) Following Use as a Weight-Loss Supplement. Am J Emerg Med (accepted in press) April 21, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.063.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Brouker, ME. Building Trust and High Performing Teams. University of Rhode Island School of Pharmacy, Kingston, RI. March 3, 2020.  

Posters

• Roosan MR, Nuñez FJ, Ostrom RS. Non‐genomic glucocorticoid signaling via Gαs contributes to one‐third of their canonical genomic effects. The FASEB Journal 34 (S1), 1-1.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Besinque K will be inducted to Pharmacy Hall of Fame by CPhA in April 2020.

Lam J. Laguna Doctor Sees Promise in Anti-Malaria Medication to Treat Serious Coronavirus Cases; Others Aren’t Sure. Los Angeles Times’ Daily Pilot: https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2020-04-15/laguna-doctor-sees-promise-in-anti-malaria-medication-to-treat-serious-coronavirus-cases-others-arent-sure.

 

Lam J. OC Sees Signs of Flattening The Curve Even as Coronavirus Spreads. https://patch.com/california/losalamitos/oc-sees-signs-flattening-curve-even-coronavirus-spreads.

Publications

Chhikara BS, Shraf S, Mozaffari S, St. Jeans N, Mandal D, Tiwari RK, Ul-Haq Z, Parang K. Phenylpyrazalopyrimidines as tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Synthesis, antiproliferative activity, and molecular simulations. Molecules (2020) 25(9), 2135. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25092135. 

Fakourfar N, Schwartzman E. Getting started as a new preceptor. California Journal of Health-system Pharmacy (CJHP). 2019; 31(4): 122-126. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.cshp.org/resource/resmgr/files/cjhp_issues/2019/CJHP_19_OND-i.pdf 

Mak M, Im E, Kozhemyakin V. From Strict Glycemic Control to Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Shift in the Management Strategies for Type 2 Diabetes. On J Cardiovas Res. 2020 4(1). https://irispublishers.com/ojcrr/fulltext/from-strict-glycemic-control.ID.000577.php 

Miklavcic JJ, Fraser KD, Markle-Reid M, Ploeg J, Fisher K, Bartholomew A. Assessing the effectiveness of a community program for older adults with type 2 diabetes and multimorbidity. BMC Geriatrics. 2020; 20(174). DOI: 10.1186/s12877-020-01557-0. 

Parang K, El-Sayed NS, Kazeminy AJ, Tiwari RK. Comparative antiviral activity of remdesivir and anti-HIV nucleoside analogs against human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E). Molecules (2020) 25(10), 2343. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25102343. 

Qadri M, Jay GD, Zhang LX, Richendrfer H, Schmidt TA, Elsaid KA. Proteoglycan-4 regulates fibroblast to myofibroblast transition and expression of fibrotic genes in the synovium. Arthritis Res Ther. 2020;22(1):113:1-15. Published May 13, 2020. PMID: 32404156. DOI: 10.1186/s13075-020-02207-x 

Rao H, Lewis J. Does Long-Term Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Pump Up Your Risk of Adverse Effects? iForumRx. May 2020. https://iforumrx.org/does-long-term-proton-pump-inhibitor-use-pump-up-your-risk-of-adverse-effects/ 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Bethishou L, On P. Implementing Transitions of Care Services in the Inpatient Setting. American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Webinar. May 2020.

Posters

• Adams M, Jain M, Okonkwo P, Pham D, Rho J, Sun C, Tran Nguyen JT, Wong C, Goad J, Lewis J, Roosan MR. Pharmacists’ Perception and Willingness to Counsel on Direct-To-Consumer Genomic Testing Products. Western Pharmacy Exchange 2020 Virtual Poster. May 1, 2020.

• Amano K, Won K, Nordt S, Le D, Kawahara B. A survey of pharmacy practice in emergency departments in California: preliminary results. California Pharmacists Association Western Pharmacy Exchange Virtual Poster Gallery. 2020. https://cpha.com/virtual-poster-gallery/

• Le M, Vu J, Patel K, Roosan MR. CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 Allele Coverage in PGx Tests for Caucasian and East Asian Ethnicities. Chapman University Virtual 2020 Graduate Research Showcase. May 4-8, 2020.

• Nguyen H, Tran M, Nguyen T, Bach A, Lewis J. Physician Satisfaction with Clinical Pharmacy Services Using Collaborative Practice Agreement in Team Based Care. Virtual Poster Presentation at 2020 APhA Annual Meeting (Poster #69). 

Awards and Recognitions

Hess K was recently accepted into AACP’s Academic Leadership Fellows Program (ALFP).

Nguyen T and Lewis J were selected for the 2020 AACP Walmart Scholars Program https://www.aacp.org/resource/aacp-walmart-scholars-program.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Nordt S. Pharmacy Schools Prepare Students for Specific Population Challenges. Drug Topics.  May 14, 2020. https://www.drugtopics.com/view/pharmacy-schools-prepare-students-specific-population-challenges 

Publications

Bethishou L, Lounsbury O, Prosser D. Medication Safety During Transitions of Care: The Importance of Checklists in Preventing Patient Harm. Patient Safety Journal. June 2020; Volume 2 (2);48-55. https://patientsafetyj.com/index.php/patientsaf/article/view/med-safety-toc. 

Richendrfer, HA; Levy, M; Elsaid, KA; Schmidt, TA; Zhang, L; Cabezas, R; Jay, GD.  Recombinant Human Proteoglycan-4 Mediates Interleukin-6 Response in Both Human and Mouse Endothelial Cells Induced Into a Sepsis Phenotype.  Critical Care Explorations: June 2020 - Volume 2 - Issue 6 - p e0126. DOI: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000126.

Mohammed EHM, Mandal D, Mozaffari S, Zharon MAH, Osman AM, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Comparative molecular transporter properties of cyclic peptides containing tryptophan and arginine residues formed through disulfide cyclization. Molecules 2020, 25(11):E2581. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25112581.

Mohieldin AM, Rajasekharreddy P, Rinzhin TS, Madhawi A, Ashwaq A, Kiumars S, Amir A, Wissam A, Moresco JJ, Yates III JR, Surya SM. Proteomic Identification Reveals the Role of Ciliary Extracellular-Like Vesicle in Cardiovascular Function, Adv Sci (Weinh). 2020:1903140. Published 2020 June 16. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201903140. [IF=15.8].

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Alrusayes A, Elshahawi SI. Efforts Towards the Generation of an Efficient and Promiscuous Prenyltransferase Biocatalyst. Schmid College Program Honors and Capstone Virtual Conference. May 2020. 

• Elshahawi SI. Generation of Lipopeptide Analogs Using Biocatalytic Methods. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Chemistry Section Business Virtual Meeting. June 2020. 

• Gutierrez MA. Drug Interactions: Psychotropic Medications, Supplements, and Herbal Products. APNA 18th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute. June 13, 2020. 

Posters

• Alrusayes A, Elshahawi SI. Efforts Towards the Generation of an Efficient and Promiscuous Prenyltransferase Biocatalyst. Chapman University Student Scholar Virtual Symposium. May 2020. 

• Miklavcic J, Bickmore D, Glynn L. The Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Profile of Extracellular Vesicles in Human Milk. Current Developments in Nutrition; 2020:4 (Supplement 2), 1037-1037. American Society of Nutrition. June 2020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7257945/

Awards and Recognitions 

DeMark R was installed as the Chair of the Student Services Personnel SIG for AACP.

Nguyen H (’20), Tran M (’20), Nguyen T (’18), Bach A, Lewis J were 2020 APhA-APPM Presentation Merit Award Winners for their poster Physician Satisfaction with Clinical Pharmacy Services Using Collaborative Practice Agreement in Team Based Care.

Publications

Schmidt M, Cattani-Cavalieri I, Nuñez FJ, and Ostrom RS. Phosphodiesterase isoforms and cAMP compartments in the development of new therapies for obstructive pulmonary diseases. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 2020 Jul 1;51:34-42. 10.1016/j.coph.2020.05.002.

Uludag H, Parent K, Montazeri Aliabadi H, Haddad A. Prospects for RNAi Therapy of COVID-19. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00916.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes) Posters

• Scott J, Madison C, Lam J, Donnelly M, Cocohoba J. Pharmacist Delivered HIV Preventative Care: Training for Senate Bill (SB) 159 Legislation. California Society of Health-System Pharmacists ACPE-accredited continuing education webinar. July 29, 2020. #PHARMACISTSPrEPandDeliver.

Posters

• Mupparapu N, Lin Y-H, Kim TH, Elshahawi SI. Generation of Lipopeptide Analogs Using Biocatalytic Methods. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Virtual Meeting. July 2020.

• Slain D, Goad J, Moser L, Seybert A. Characteristics and predictors of patient care performed by clinical department chairpersons at US schools of pharmacy. AACP Virtual Pharmacy Education Conference. July 2020.

• Zeineddine M, Hess K. The Role of a Coordinating Center in Transforming Community Pharmacy Practice. AACP Virtual Pharmacy Education Conference. July 2020.

Awards and Recognition

Brown LB was recently appointed to a three-year role as Chapman University’s Presidential Advisor on Faculty Diversification.

Publications

Hernandez J, Cao R, Abrahem R, Nguyen T, To K, Yegiazaryan A, David AA, Tiwari RK, Venketaraman V. Cyclic Peptide [R₄W₄] in Improving the Ability of First-Line Antibiotics to Inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis Inside in vitro Human Granulomas. Front Immunol. 2020; August 13, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01677. 

Shirazi AN, Park SE, Rad S, Baloyan L, Mandal D, Sajid MI, Hall R, Lohan S, Zoghebi K, Parang K, Tiwari RK. Cyclic Peptide-Gadolinium Nanoparticles for Enhanced Intracellular Delivery. Pharmaceutics, 2020, 12(9), 792; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12090792.

Roosan D, Hwang A, Roosan, MR. Pharmacogenomics cascade testing (PhaCT): a novel approach for preemptive pharmacogenomics testing to optimize medication therapy. Pharmacogenomics J (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-020-00182-9. 

Moazzam M , Sajid MI, Shahid H, Butt J, Bashir I, Jamshaid M, Shirazi AN, Tiwari RK. Understanding COVID-19: From Origin to Potential Therapeutics, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(16), 5904; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165904. 

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

Goad, J. The Role of Community-Based Pharmacy Interventions in Increasing Vaccine Access (Virtual Conference) The Critical Public Health Value of Vaccines – Tackling Issues of Access and Hesitancy Workshop. National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. August 17, 2020. 

Quotables (Faculty in the news)

Goad J. Testified before the CA Senate Business and Professions Committee on AB1710 (A bill to expand pharmacists vaccination scope) as the primary witness. August 8, 2020. 

Awards and Recognitions

Bethishou L was selected as a delegate representing APhA APPM.

Publications

Alfuraih S, Barbarino A, Ross C, Kiumars S, Jhanji V, Zhang M, Sharma A. Effect of High Glucose on Ocular Surface Epithelial Cell Barrier and Tight Junction Proteins. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2020, 61:3. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.61.11.3. 

Donaldson CD, Jenkins BN, Fortier MA, Phan MT, Tomaszewski DM, Yang S, Kain ZN. Parent responses to pediatric pain: The differential effects of ethnicity on opioid consumption. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Volume 138, 2020, 110251. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32979697/ 

Kumar S, Mandal D, El-Mowafi SA, Mozaffari S, Tiwari RK, Parang K. Click-free synthesis of a multivalent tricyclic peptide as a molecular transporter. Pharmaceutics 2020, 12(9), 842. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12090842. 

Nam YW, Cui M, Orfali R, Viegas A, Nguyen M, Mohammed EHM, Zoghebi KA, Rahighi S, Parang K, Zhang M. Hydrophobic interactions between the HA helix and S4-S5 linker modulate apparent Ca²⁺ sensitivity of SK2 channels. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2020, e13552. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.13552.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Bethishou L. Co-Curricular Accreditation: Lessons Learned. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Webinar. September 23, 2020.

• Goad J and Coyle R. Pharmacist Use of Immunization Information Systems. APhA Webinar. September 17, 2020.

Awards and Recognition

Kang A was awarded the New Practitioner Achievement Award from the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists on September 25, 2020. 

Lewis J was appointed as the SIG-Coordinator Elect for the APhA-APPM Medical Home/ACO SIG, June 2020 – May 2021. 

Sharma A was appointed as an ad-hoc grant reviewer for the ophthalmic research section by the Health and Biology Department, French National Research Agency, Paris, France.

Quotables (Faculty/Staff in the News)

Parang K and Tiwari R discussed advances in antibiotic-resistance in the Chapman University news article, Chapman Researchers Advance the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance. September 2, 2020. https://news.chapman.edu/2020/09/02/chapman-researchers-advance-the-fight-against-antibiotic-resistance/.

Publications

Kelly MS, Sulaica EM, Beavers CJ. Role of Bempedoic Acid in Dyslipidemia Management. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2020 Oct;76(4): 376-388.https://journals.lww.com/cardiovascularpharm/Abstract/2020/10000/Role_of_Bempedoic_Acid_in_Dyslipidemia_Management.4.aspx#:~:text=Based%20on%20available%20data%2C%20bempedoic,with%20and%20without%20statin%20intolerance. 

Roosan D, Hwang A, Law AV, Chok J, Roosan MR. The inclusion of health data standards in the implementation of pharmacogenomics systems: a scoping review. Pharmacogenomics. https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/pgs-2020-0066. 

Bodily WR, Shirts BH, Walsh T, Gulsuner S, King MC, Parker A, Roosan MR, Piccolo SR. Effects of germline and somatic events in candidate BRCA-like genes on breast-tumor signatures. PLOS ONE 15(9): e0239197. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239197.

Grants

Sharma A (PI) received a grant from the sponsor Eyevance Pharmaceuticals, Fort Worth, Texas for project “Evaluation of Flarex® treatment on human corneal and conjunctival epithelial cell mucins levels.”

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Bethishou L. Patient Care Resources to TOC About: A Transitions of Care Toolkit. California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar (virtual presentation). October 22, 2020.

• Kelly MS. When statins aren’t enough: appropriate use of non-statin lipid-lowering agents to reduce cardiovascular events among high-risk patients. California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar (virtual presentation). October 23, 2020.

• Kelly MS. Optimizing medications to reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes. California State Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES). October 17, 2020.
• Lam J and Cocohoba J. PrEParing for SB 159. California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar (virtual presentation). October 23, 2020.

• Mak M. Helping the Aging Heart: Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in the Geriatric Population. California Society of Health-System Pharmacists CE Webinar. October 10, 2020.

• Mak M, Fakourfar N. Building Population Health Skills in Experiential Students. California Society of Health-System Pharmacists CE Webinar. October 8, 2020.

• Parang, K. MedicRes Medical research Support, Ankara, Turkey, Cyclic peptides ad drug delivery and antibacterial agents, Virtual Presentation, October 26, 2020.

Posters

• Lohan S, Mohammed EHM, Mandal D, Tiwari R, Parang K. Design and evaluation of cyclic and linear amphiphilic peptides against multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Peptide Therapeutics Symposium, October 23, 2020.

• Salehi D, Mohammed EHM, Mandal D, Tiwari R, Parang K. Amphiphilic cell-penetrating peptides containing natural and unnatural amino acids as drug delivery tools and antimicrobial agents. Peptide Therapeutics Symposium, October 23, 2020.

• Xu A, Roosan D, Seoane Vazquez E, Roosan MR. Evaluation of FDA Structured Product Labeling and the Biomarker Table for Pharmacogenomics Information. CSHP 2020 Virtual Seminar.

Awards and Recognition

Goad J was appointed by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to the COVID-19 Vaccine Drafting Guidelines Workgroup.

Publications

Guan YN, Li Y, Roosan MR, Jing Q. Single-cell transcriptomics of murine mural cells reveals cellular heterogeneity. Sci. China Life Sci. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1823-2 

Herzik KA, Bethishou L. The impact of COVID-19 on pharmacy transitions of care services [published online ahead of print, 2020 Nov 4]. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2020;S1551-7411(20)31167-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.10.017. 

Lee BV, Fong G, Bolaris MA, Neely MN, Minejima E, Kang A, Lee G, Gong CL. Cost-benefit analysis comparing trough, two-level AUC, and Bayesian AUC dosing for vancomycin. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2020.11.008 

Qadri M*, Elsayed S*, Elsaid KA. Fingolimod Phosphate (FTY720-P) Activates Protein Phosphatase 2A in Human Monocytes and Inhibits Monosodium Urate Crystal-Induced IL-1b Production.  J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2020 Nov 25; JPET-AR-2020-000321. Online ahead of print. DOI: 10.1124/jpet.120.000321; PMID: 33239408. (*Both authors contributed equally.) 

Roosan D, Chok J, Karim M, Law AV, Baskys A, Hwang A, Roosan MR. Artificial Intelligence–Powered Smartphone App to Facilitate Medication Adherence: Protocol for a Human Factors Design Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Nov 9;9(11):e21659. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/21659 

Sajid MI, Moazzam M, Kato S, Yeseom Cho K, Tiwari RK. Overcoming Barriers for siRNA Therapeutics: From Bench to Bedside. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2020 Oct 7; 13(10):294. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph13100294. PMID: 33036435

Grants

Parang K. Designing Cell-Penetrating Antimicrobial Peptide-Capped Metal Nanoparticles as Molecular Transporters of Antibiotics against Pathogenic Bacteria and Nucleoside-Fatty Acid Conjugates against SARS-CoV-2 and Ebola.  AJK Biopharmaceuticals. 05/30/21- 03/31/23. $425,018. 

Parang K, Tiwari R. Design and Evaluation of Long-Acting EFdA-Fatty Acid Conjugates. NXS-19-008, CONRAD/USAID. 06/15/2021-12/31/2021 (renewal). $75,000. 

Tiwari R (PI). Amphipathic Macrocyclic Peptide Against Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM). The Potts Memorial Foundation, Hudson, NY. 11/01/2020-10/30/2021. $25,000. 

Yamaki J, Peled H, Mathews S, Park D, Firoozi M, Smith K, Nguyen L. Seroprevalence of Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 at a Community Hospital Emergency Department and Outpatient Laboratory in Northern Orange County, California. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00918-0.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Bethishou L. Roadmap to Success: Career Preparation and Professional Development. CPhA Charting Your Path, Virtual Boot Camp. November 13, 2020.

• Goad J. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Vaccine Administration (Virtual Conference), NFID Clinical Vaccinology Conference. November 15, 2020.

• Mak M, Rao H. Promoting Senior Health with Digital Technology. American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Annual Meeting & Exhibition (virtual presentation). November 13, 2020.

Posters

• Mupparapu N, Lin YH, Kim TH, Brewster L, Elshahawi SI. Specific Modifications of Tryptophan-Containing Peptides Using a Chemoenzymatic Platform. Applied Biocatalysis Summit 2020. November 2020.

Awards and Recognition

Fakourfar, N received her Board-Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) credential, active through 12/31/2027. 

Rao, H received her Board-Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) credential, active through 12/31/2027.

Publications

Megeressa M, Siraj B, Zarina S, Ahmed A. Structural Characterization and in vitro Lipid Binding Studies of Non-specific Lipid Transfer Protein-1 (nsLTP1) from Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Seeds. Scientific Reports-Nature (2020) 10:21243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77278-6. 

Mupparapu N, Lin YC, Kim TH, Elshahawi SI. Regiospecific Synthesis of Calcium-Independent Daptomycin Antibiotics Using a Chemoenzymatic Method. Chemistry - A European Journal. Online ahead of print. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005100: PMID: 33244806. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33244806/

Grants

Zhang M/Bezprozvanny I (Multi-PI). Development of SK channel modulators as therapeutic agents for ataxia. NIH (NINDS IGNITE Grant, 4R33NS101182-03). 12/01/2020-11/30/2021. $723,140.

Presentations

Oral (e.g., Platform Presentations, Symposiums, Plenaries, Keynotes)

• Ostrom R. Drug screening and discovery using high-throughput kinetic measures cAMP levels in live cells. Pharmacology 2020 Conference, British Pharmacological Society (virtual presentation). December 15, 2020.

Posters

• Pham DH*, Kelly MS, Munjy L, Wong A, DeCoro A, Randhawa M. Preliminary Evaluation of Diabetes-Related Outcomes from a Multidisciplinary Team versus Usual Care. Poster presentation. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. December 8, 2020.

Awards and Recognitions

Ostrom R organized a virtual symposium, entitled “Novel platform technologies in early drug discovery and receptor signaling” at the Pharmacology 2020 conference, the annual meeting of the British Pharmacological Society, London, England, December 2020.