Dr. Sean Coyne is presenting at the Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting from August 3-6. He will be presenting the work Sex and Age Differences in Activity Budgets in a Population of Captive African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus), which co-authored with Trystin Figel and Kirsten Marten  from the University of St. Joseph, Connecticut.

Attention aspiring teachers and educational leaders: this August 9-13, 2021 Education PowerED will host our inaugural BLACK2School Week. During the week, we will host a series of workshops and mixers to help equip educators for the start of the 2021-22 School Year! Topics will include Social-Emotional Learning, Restorative Justice, White Dominant Culture, Culturally Responsive Teaching, and MORE! Check out eventbrite to register. We hope to see you there - Tashawna Miller.

Dr. Céleste Frazier Barthel attended the SciPEP Conference - Communicating the Future, Engaging the Public in Basic Science. During the conference she was one of three panelists for a parallel discussion on how the broader public views science and presented a poster on her research entitled, "How scientists' understanding of how their audiences learn influences their outreach strategies."

Dean for the School of Nursing, Kathy Wisser, and ABSN student, Paige Clark, spoke with WBAL’s Kim Dacey about how NDMU is filling the dire need for nurses in Baltimore and throughout the state with the Accelerated Second-Degree BSN (ABSN) program.

Three School of Nursing graduates recently received accolades for their excellence at their hospitals this past year. From the first ABSN cohort, Jennifer Dickensheets ’20, was named Rookie of the Year and a nominee for Nurse of the Year at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital. Mary Marquez ’20 who graduated from the Undergraduate Studies during the pandemic was named Nurse Residency–Nurse of the Year at MedStar Franklin Square Medical. Cristina Aquia Hass ’15 from the first undergraduate traditional BSN graduating class was recognized in Baltimore Magazine as the Excellence in Nursing Winner. She works in Labor and Delivery at St. Joe’s Medical Center.

Student Accomplishments

The following Class 2021 graduates matched to competitive residency & pharmaceutical industry fellowship programs:

• Kofi Andoh – University of Wisconsin Health System Administration & Leadership/MS degree in pharmacy administration PGY-1 & PGY-2 (two-year program)
• Brittany Botescu – American Pharmacist Association, DC, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency 
• Cedric Edwards Cuerpo – Adventist Bakersfield Health, CA, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
• Dana Deltufo – Meritus Medical Center, MD, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
• Victoria Fusco  - MedStar Union Memorial, MD, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
• Sara Gholamrezaeiboushehrinejad – Holy Cross Hospital, MD, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
• Stephanie Jackson - Meritus Medical Center, MD, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
• Mina Khalil – Bayer Pharmaceuticals/Rutgers University - Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research & Market (two-year fellowship)
• Joan Kariuki – Wellspan York Hospital, PA, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
• Allison Panchisin - Wellspan York Hospital, PA, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
• Brittney Peak – Memorial Regional Hospital, FL, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
• Dana Prozementer – CSL Behring/University of the Sciences Medical Information & Medical Affairs (one-year fellowship)
• Mahwa Sadat – Medstar Harbor Hospital, MD, PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
• Iwon Sato – Clara Maass Medical Center, NJ, Pharmacy Practice Residency

Student Awards

• Brittney Peak ’21 – recipient of the U.S. Public Health Service – Public Health Excellence Award
• Kukhwa (Kristie) Oh ’21 – recipient of the Maryland Pharmacists Association Outstanding Student Award
• Cedric Edwards Cuerpo ’21 – recipient of the Maryland Society of Health System Pharmacists Student Achievement Award
• Victoria Fusco ’21 – recipient of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Maryland Chapter Student Achievement Award

Faculty Accomplishments

The following presentations were made at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting in July 2021:

Podium Presentations

• Dr. Asish Dutta, Chair & Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, “Comparative Analysis and Assessment of Remote Versus In-person Instruction During a Pandemic”
• Dr. Anne Lin, Dean & Professor, “Diverse Paths to Leadership: A Panel Discussion with Current Leaders in the Academy”
• Dr. Ashley Moody, Assistant Professor, Clinical & Administrative Sciences, “Recruiting and Supporting Students in Community Pharmacy Research During COVID-19”
• Dr. Sharon Park, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs & Associate Professor,  “Will my students have a job after graduation? Providing “outside the box” workforce solutions”

Facilitation of Roundtable Discussions

• Dr. Sharon Park, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs & Associate Professor, “So You Think You Know How to Get Promoted? Tips and Strategies for Promotion and Tenure Preparation”
• Dr. Heather Folz, Assistant Professor, Clinical & Administrative Sciences, “There’s a Podcast for That!  Incorporating Podcasts into Your Teaching”

Poster Presentations

• Dr. Sharon Park, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs & Associate  Professor,  “Pharmacy Workforce Crisis: Leveraging Pharmacist’s Skills and Exploring Nontraditional Pharmacy Careers”
• Dr. Nicole Culhane, Assistant Dean for Experiential Education & Professor “Development of a Standardized Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) Based APPE Evaluation Tool”
• Dr. Nicole Culhane, Assistant Den for Experiential Education & Professor, and Sherry Moore, Assistant Director for Experiential Education, “Incorporating Interprofessional Education IPEC Competencies into a Required Introductory Pharmacy & Nursing Didactic Course” 

Faculty Awards & Recognition

• Dr. Payal Agarwal, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences – School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year (2020-2021)
• Dr. Nicole Culhane, Assistant Dean for Experiential Education & Professor, and Ms. Sherry Moore, Assistant Director for Experiential Education & Instructor, as with all experiential education faculty at all schools of pharmacy, were recognized with the Award for Excellence in Experiential Education for their work during this pandemic year. The award was given by the Experiential Education Section of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
• Dr. James Culhane, Assistant Dean for Academic Success & Professor, was named the recipient of this year’s NDMU Student Government Faculty/Staff Supporter of the Year.
• Dr. Asish Dutta, Chair & Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, completed his term as Chair of the Pharmaceutics Section of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.  He will serve as Immediate Past Chair in 2021-2022.
• Dr. Anne Lin, Dean & Professor, completed her term as President of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. She delivered her Presidential Remarks and outlined the results of work this past year during the Opening General Session of the Annual Meeting in July. She will serve as Immediate Past President and as a member of the Board of Directions in 2021-2022.
• Dr. Anne Lin was selected as a Circle of Excellence Recipient for the Daily Record Top 100 Women.
• Dr. Ashley Moody, Assistant Professor, Clinical & Administrative Sciences, was named School of Pharmacy Mentor of the Year (2020-2021).

Grants

• Dr. Anne Lin, Dr. Matthew Shimoda, and Dr. Ashley Moody were awarded $50,000 grant for “Umbrella Organization to Increase New Pharmacy-Based Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES)”

Publications

• Dr. Jennifer Bailey, Chair & Associate Professor, Clinical & Administrative Sciences, was a co-author of “A unique case of Rhizopus oryzae brain abscess treated with intracavitary amphotericin” in the British Journal of Neurosurgery in December 2020.

• Dr. Nicole Culhane, Assistant Dean, Experiential Education & Professor, was a co-author of A Curriculum Crosswalk of the Core Entrustable Professional Activities for New Pharmacy Graduates in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education in November 2020.

Other Presentations

• Dr. James Culhane, Assistant Dean for Student Academic Success & Professor, was a guest on the new podcast. “Between the Miles.”
• Dr. James Culhane, Assistant Dean for Student Academic Success & Professor, presented, “The S.A.L.A.M.I Method Part II – Evidence Based Learning Strategies for Effective Studying,” at the Johns Hopkins Preparing Future Faculty Program.
• Dr. Anne Lin, Dean & Professor, presented, “What Does Your Faculty (students, staff, curriculum) Need during COVID-19?” at the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Academic Leadership Program.  
• Dr. Anne Lin, Dean & Professor, was a guest speakers for the American Pharmacists Association Taskforce on Structural Racism Town Hall. 

Media

• The School of Pharmacy faculty and students participated in the filming of a new PBS Documentary “Vaccination from the Misinformation Virus.”