EACPHS Pharmacy News

Position available for Chair of Health Care Sciences

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan invites applications for the position of Chair in the Department of Health Care Sciences. The Chair will provide dynamic leadership and direction in the development and growth of programs in the areas of scholarship, teaching, and service, while promoting an environment of collegiality and collaboration among faculty, staff and students. The extensive clinical resources within the Detroit metropolitan area, excellent facilities, and potential for collaboration in an urban research intensive university provide a strong and innovative leader multiple opportunities for facilitating growth of scholarship and service. The Chair will be responsible for overall Department operations, including recruitment, selection, hiring and development of faculty, management of the Department's budget, and strategic planning, and will work with program leadership and faculty to ensure that the departmental programs are in alignment with professional trends and accreditation standards. The Department of Health Care Sciences includes programs in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistants, Nurse Anesthesia, Radiation Therapy Technology, Radiologic Technology and the Radiologist Assistant program.

The successful candidate will have an established record of excellence in scholarship, education, and service. Applicants should have a doctorate degree or equivalent and should be actively engaged in their professional societies and organizations. The successful applicant will be appointed to a 12-month position at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor. Salary is commensurate with experience.

The Detroit/Southeast Michigan area is a wonderful place to live. Detroit has a vast array of world-class restaurants, theaters and museums. The WSU campus is in the heart of Midtown at the center of the Detroit cultural district. Detroit is also a border city with Canada less than 20 minutes drive away.

Please visit our Department of Health Care Sciences website. View this video on Wayne State University. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. A letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names of three persons qualified to serve as references are needed for application. Applications must be made using the Wayne State University’s Online Hiring System at: https://jobs.wayne.edu (The job is posting #038254 in the “Academic Administration” category).

Enquiries are welcome! Please contact the Search Committee Chair:

Cathy Lysack, PhD
Professor of Occupational Therapy and Gerontology
Deputy Director, Institute of Gerontology
Wayne State University
Email: c.lysack@wayne.edu
Phone: (313) 664-2625

Pharmacy graduate elected to Board of Visitors

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Joseph Ringer, a 1982 graduate of the pharmacy program, is joining the Board of Visitors of the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (EACPHS). The Board elected Ringer at its January meeting. A resident of Canton, MI, Ringer is a medical group account executive with Merck U.S. Human Health Division.

Elected to the BOV in October were Harry Kurtz, president of MRA Experiential Tours & Equipment, Madison Heights, MI; Christine Zambricki, deputy executive director of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and resident of Bloomfield Hills, MI; and John Wright, vice president of Wright & Filippis, Rochester Hills, MI.

The four members join BOV Chair Nick Vitale, executive vice president and chief financial officer for the Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI; Vice Chair Robert Milewski, senior vice president, special assistant to the President for hospital relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, MI; Karla M. Cole, director of James H. Cole Home for Funerals, Detroit; Tyrone Davenport, chief operating officer of Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit; Lisa Applebaum Haddad of New York City, NY; G. Richard Krieger of Livonia, MI; Carlos Ortiz of Amherst, MA; Catherine M. Polley, vice president, pharmacy services, Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, VA; Wyn Schumann Wendelken of Ann Arbor, MI; Robert J. Slattery, president, Midtown Development Group, Detroit; Robert Vandenbergh, consultant, Service Corporation International, Washington, MI; Dean Lloyd Y. Young and Peter D. Frade, chair and associate professor, EACPHS Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Detroit.

The Board members, who are financial contributors to the College, meet quarterly. They act as a volunteer leadership council that helps to secure private and public support, advances endeavors of the University and the College, provide feedback on activities, create a positive culture of volunteerism and advocacy, and encourage engagement with alumni and friends.

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, one of the founding colleges of Wayne State University, is committed to advancing the health and well-being of society through the preparation of highly skilled health care practitioners, and through research to improve health care practices and treatment from urban to global levels.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Phone: 313-577-2312
Email: kkaras@wayne.edu

Martin among AACP New Investigator Award recipients

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) has named Emily Martin, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, among the 18 recipients of the 2011-2012 New Investigator Awards. Martin received the award for her study Influenza & Obesity: A Prospective Study of Patient Outcomes and Antiviral Resistance.

“The NIA program at AACP provides seed money for new faculty investigators to establish their very first independent pilot research,” said Vincent Lau, vice president of research and graduate education at AACP, a national organization representing the interests of pharmacy education and educators. “The Award supports new faculty interested in generating meaningful research data and also provides them with the initial funding they need to approach other potential funders to support their research.”

Prior to joining the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences,Wayne State University, in 2010, Martin did a post-doctoral fellowship in infectious disease epidemiology at Seattle Children Research Institute, WA. She earned both a doctor of philosophy and master of public health from the University of Washington, and bachelor of science in microbiology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has had articles published in peer reviewed publications and presented at both invited lectures and professional organizations. In addition to the AACP, Martin is a member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology.

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, one of the founding colleges of Wayne State University, is committed to advancing the health and well-being of society through the preparation of highly skilled health care practitioners, and through research to improve health care practices and treatment from urban to global levels.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Phone: 313-577-2312
Email: kkaras@wayne.edu

OT association honors Milligan and Conti at national conference

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Nancy Vandewiele Milligan, PhD, OTR/L, and Gerry E. Conti, PhD, OTR/L, will receive the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Roster of Fellows Awards at the 2012 Annual Conference and Expo in Indianapolis, IN, in April. Both are assistant professors in the Occupational Therapy (OT) program, Department of Health Care Sciences, in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (EACPS).

The Roster of Fellows recognizes AOTA members, who with their knowledge and expertise have made significant contributions to the continuing educational and professional development of the association's members. In recognition of her contributions, Milligan’s award will state: Community Participation and Social Justice Advocate; Conti's award, Passionate Scholarship for Evidence, Discovery and Innovation. They will receive the awards at the Annual Awards and Recognition Ceremony on April 28. This past October, the Michigan Occupational Therapy Association (MIOTA) awarded “fellow” status to the two faculty members.

During the past 40 years, Conti has demonstrated her commitment to the profession of occupational therapy through education, research and service. She gave her first presentation at the AOTA conference in 1979 and has continued to make presentations at the local, state and national levels, sharing information on her clinical experience, knowledge of kinesiology and neuroscience, and research. Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm appointed Conti to two consecutive three-year terms on the Michigan Board of Occupational Therapists, where she was elected chair from 2006 through 2010. She also served on a Michigan task force to revise the rules and regulations for the new occupational therapy law. Conti earned a bachelor of science degree in occupation therapy from Indiana University, a master’s degree in occupational therapy from Eastern Michigan University, and her doctorate in kinesiology from the University of Michigan. She joined the Occupational Therapy program at Wayne State University in 2002.

For more than 30 years, Milligan has been an advocate for persons with disabilities and those who are underserved and marginalized. She has served on the Michigan Occupational Therapy Board in various positions since 1982. In 1986, Milligan started the Michigan Institute for Spinal Cord Injuries in Ann Arbor, one of the first transitional living facilities for individuals with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. As OT program director at Schoolcraft Community College, Livonia, she introduced community placements for fieldwork experiences to increase student awareness of the physical and attitudinal barriers that their clients faced. As the academic fieldwork coordinator at Wayne State, Milligan initiated community-based fieldwork for OT students, for which she organized contractual relationships with more than 60 sites. In 2003, she earned the "Building Bridges" Award from Eastern Michigan University Access Service Office for her work with students with disabilities. Her dissertation on the effects of faculty training about academic accommodation on the perceptions and intentions of health care science faculty was published in 2010 in the Journal of Allied Health.

In 2007, Milligan was named to the Commission for Disability Issues in Ann Arbor. In 2009, she was appointed to lead a college committee to establish an interdisciplinary clinic, which resulted in 2011 in the creation of the student-run Diabetes Education and Wellness (DEW) Clinic, at the S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Phone: 313-577-2312
Email: kkaras@wayne.edu

Malek article among top 2% in biology and medicine

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Moh H. Malek, PhD, has received notification that one of his articles has been selected and evaluated to be placed in the prestigious Faculty of 1000 (IF100) library as among the top two percent of published articles in biology and medicine. Malek is an associate professor in Physical Therapy and director of the Integrative Physiology of Exercise Laboratory, Department of Health Care Sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

His article cited for the honor is “(-)-Epicatechin enhances fatigue resistance and oxidative capacity in mouse muscle,” which was published in the Sept. 14, 2011 edition of the Journal of Physiology (pp. 4615-463).

As described on its website, “Faculty of 1000 (F1000) identifies and evaluates the most important articles in biology and medical research publications. Articles are selected by a peer-nominated global 'Faculty' of the world's leading scientists and clinicians who then rate them and explain their importance. Launched in 2002, F1000 was conceived as a collaboration of 1000 international Faculty Members. . . . The remit of the service continues to grow and the Faculty now numbers more than 10,000 experts worldwide. Their evaluations form a fully searchable database containing more than 100,000 records and identifying the best research available.”

Malek joined the college’s Physical Therapy program in fall 2010. He earned his PhD in exercise physiology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Malek completed postdoctoral training in angiogenesis and held a faculty position in the Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego (UCSD). His lines of research include assessment of neuromuscular response using noninvasive mythology, skeletal muscle capillarity, gas exchange parameters in healthy and clinical populations as well as issues related to research methodology and statistical analyses. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Malek has more than 50 peer-reviewed papers published. In 2010, he was awarded the Terry J. Housh Young Investigator of the Year by the NSCA.

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, one of the founding colleges of Wayne State University, is committed to advancing the health and well-being of society through the preparation of highly skilled health care practitioners, and through research to improve health care practices and treatment from urban to global levels.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Phone: 313-577-2312
Email: kkaras@wayne.edu

Pharmaceutical Sciences sponsors winter seminar series

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar - Winter 2012
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
4:00 PM, Room 3105
259 Mack Ave, Detroit, MI 48201
Contact: Dr. Zhengping Yi, email: zhengping.yi@wayne.edu, phone: (313) 577-0823

January 25
Radiopharmaceuticals for PET Imaging: from Bench to Bedside in 2 hours!
Peter Scott, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Nuclear Medicine,
Department of Radiology University of Michigan Medical School
Host: Ms. Maria Fawaz

February 01
Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles and Their Similarity to Proteins
Nicholas Kotov, PhD, professor
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
Host: Prof. David Oupicky

February 15
Irreversible Inhibitors of C. Difficile Toxins A and B – A New Approach to Combat Clostridium Difficile Infections
Andrew Feig, PhD, associate professor
Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University
Host: Prof. George Corcoran

February 29
Drugging the Undruggable: Regulator of G Protein Signaling Proteins as New CNS Drug Targets
Richard Neubig, MD, PhD, professor of pharmacology
associate professor of internal medicine/hypertension,
co-Director, University of Michgan Center for Chemical Genomics
Host: Prof. Steven Firestine

March 07
Multifunctional Nano-Medicine: From Diagnostic Imaging to Targeted Therapies
Mansoor M. Amiji, PhD, RPh, distinguished professor and chairman, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
co-director, Nanomedicine Consortium (NERC), School of Pharmacy
Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Host: Prof. David Oupicky

March 21
Single Stranded DNA Scanning and Deamination with Single Molecule Resolution
David Rueda, PhD, associate professor
Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University
Host: Mr. Mrudang Shah

April 04
Peptides, Proteins and MAbs
Mathew Cherian, PhD, global director, Global One 2 One R&D
director, Pharmaceutical Development
Hospira. Inc., Lake Forest, IL
Host: Prof. George Corcoran

April 11
Potential Metabolomic Biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease
Smiti Gupta, PhD, assistant professor
Department of Nutrition and Food Science , Wayne State University
Host: Prof. Aloke Dutta

April 18
Role of SMRT in the Adipocyte
Ronald Cohen, MD, associate professor, endocrinology
School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Host: Prof. Zhengping Yi

April 25
Chemical Tools to Monitor and Manipulate the Proteome
Thomas Kodadek, PhD, professor of chemistry & cancer biology
The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Florida
Host: Dr. Mahender Dewal

May 09
SAG E3 Ubiquitin Ligase in Angiogenesis & Carcinogenesis: Therapeutic Applications
Yi Sun, MD, PhD, professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
director, Division of Radiation and Cancer Biology
University of Michigan Medical School
Host: Prof. Fei Chen

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, one of the founding colleges of Wayne State University, is committed to advancing the health and well-being of society through the preparation of highly skilled health care practitioners, and through research to improve health care practices and treatment from urban to global levels.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Media Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Phone: 313-577-2312
Email: kkaras@wayne.edu

New pharmacy scholarships established

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The pharmacy program will offer tuition assistance to more students this spring, thanks to the generosity of long-time faculty member Hanley N. Abramson, PhD, and his wife, Young Hee. The couple contributed $100,000 to create two new endowed scholarships. The first recipient of the Hanley N. and Young Hee Abramson Endowed Scholarship will be recognized in 2012.

The Abramsons’ gift also establishes the Melvin F. W. Dunker, PhD, Endowed Scholarship in memory of Dr. Abramson’s medicinal chemistry professor who passed away in June at the age of 98. Dr. Abramson wanted to honor Professor Dunker’s commitment to teaching excellence, integrity and many years of dedicated service to the pharmacy program. Student pharmacists will have an opportunity to apply for this scholarship in 2012.

Hanley and Young Hee have a strong appreciation for education, working with students at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Since 1967, Dr. Abramson has worked as an educator and researcher and served in various administrative positions in the college and the university, including department chair, associate dean, interim dean and associate provost. For the past 27 years, Young Hee has been a Montessori teacher for children from 4-9 years of age.

A native Detroiter, Dr. Abramson said that he is grateful to the city for providing the resources and opportunity to help him in fulfilling his career goals. He graduated from Detroit Central High School and earned a bachelor of science in pharmacy from Wayne State in 1962. He continued his studies at the University of Michigan where he received both master of science (1963) and doctorate degrees (1966). He completed studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, before joining the WSU faculty.

“Making a gift to the pharmacy program has been something that my wife and I have been thinking about for a long time and now seemed to be the right time. I am proud to be an alumnus and a part of this school,” Dr. Abramson said. “I felt an obligation to give back to this great institution for all that it has done for me. Young Hee and I hope that these scholarships will inspire pharmacy graduates, alumni and friends to contribute to the scholarship programs here. There is no small gift and the return on investment will benefit generations to come.”

For information on how you can make a gift or establish a named scholarship, please contact Tiffany Cusmano, director of development of for the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, at (313) 577-0273 or email: tcusmano@wayne.edu

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Media Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Phone: 313-577-2312
Email: kkaras@wayne.edu