FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP
Publications
J. Roberts and Marcia Fosberg Distinguished Regents Professor of Pharmacotherapy and Director of the Drug Information Center Danial Baker published, “published, “Drug evaluation – sotorasib (Lumakras),” in Wolters Kluwer Health’s The Formulary Monograph Service (FMS) in August 2021. Wolters Kluwer Health is a drug and health information publisher, the FMS is a resource used in the formulary decision making process for hospitals and managed care systems on recently released and investigational drugs.
Danial Baker published, “Drug evaluation – amivantamab -vmyw (Rybrevant),” in the FMS in August 2021.
Danial Baker and Pharmacotherapy Clinical Professor and Director of Quality Assurance Improvement & Accreditation Preparation Terri Levien published, “Drug evaluation – belumosudil: preliminary evaluation,” in the FMS in August 2021.
Danial Baker and Terri Levien published, “Drug evaluation – dostarlimab (Jemperli),” in the FMS in August 2021.
Drug Information Center Resident Brittany Craft, Danial Baker and Terri Levien published, “Drug evaluation – loncastuximab tesirine-lpyl (Zynlonta),” in the FMS in August 2021.
Danial Baker published, “Drug utilization evaluation – ponesimod (Ponvory),” in the FMS in August 2021.
Danial Baker published, “Drug evaluation – ibrexafungerp (Brexafemme),” in the FMS in September 2021.
Terri Levien published, “Drug evaluation – olanzapine/samidorphan (Lybalvi),” in the FMS in September 2021.
Terri Levien published, “Drug evaluation – aducanumab (Aduhelm),” in the FMS in September 2021.
Danial Baker published, “Drug utilization evaluation – torsemide (Soaanz),” in the FMS in September 2021.
Presentations
Allen I. White Distinguished Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy Joshua Neumiller and two co-presenters participated in the American Diabetes Association (ADA) webinar titled: “Diabetes is primary: ask the experts live,” on July 28, 2021.
Service
Josh Neumiller was elected by the membership of the Association for Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES) to serve on the 2021-2022 ADCES Nominating Committee.
Drug Information Center Resident Regan Smith and Danial Baker served on the panel of examiners for the Master in Clinical Pharmacy (MCP) students Research Thesis Defense at the College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University on August 4, 2021
Awards
Pharmacotherapy Associate Professor and Associate Dean for External Relations Julie Akers received the Grand Council Deputy Award from Kappa Psi.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Molecular Medicine students
Rakshit Tanna (Paine lab) was awarded a registration grant to attend the 24th North American ISSX Meeting to be held virtually on September 13-17, 2021. He received complimentary registration for the meeting and all four short courses.
James Nguyen (Paine lab) was awarded an F31 fellowship from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health for his project titled, “Assessing transporter-mediated natural product-drug interactions using a translational research approach.”
James Nguyen was awarded a Loan Repayment Program grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health for his project titled “Assessing transporter-mediated natural product-drug interactions using a translational research approach.”
Farheen S. Shaikh (Ahmed lab) has been awarded a Medical and Graduate Student Preceptorship Award of $4000 from the Rheumatology Research Foundation for the project entitled, “Epigenetic regulation of TWEAK signaling in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts.” As a recipient, she is also eligible to receive a complimentary registration for the upcoming ACR convergence.
Sheena Sharma (Prasad lab) with faculty co-author Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Professor Bhagwat Prasad published, “Meta-Analysis of food effect on oral absorption of efflux transporter substrate drugs: Does delayed gastric emptying influence drug transport kinetics?” in the Pharmaceutics journal in July 2021.
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) students
Sara Ghebremicael (class of 2022) with faculty co-authors Brittany Craft and Danial Baker published, “Drug evaluation – bupivacaine/meloxicam (Zynrelef),” in the FMS in September 2021.
Kayla Leland (class of 2022) with faculty co-authors Brittany Craft and Danial Baker published, “Drug evaluation – pegcetacoplan (Empaveli),” in the FMS in September 2021.
The subcommittee Pharmacists for Reproductive Education and Sexual Health (PhRESH) within the WSU Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA) chapter raised $1,200 last semester through CougStarter to fund an emergency contraceptive drive in Pullman. Over the past year, PhRESH has been giving presentations on contraceptives and how to access them in our community. With the $1,200 raised, PhRESH was able to distribute over 140 emergency contraceptives to students during Welcome Week and provide pamphlets specific to Pullman on reproductive health care services in the area and where they can learn more about or access contraceptives in the future.