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Summer 2009 Alumni Newsletter

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Revathi Annapareddy Maria Arena* Deanne Bacon Melissa Bargione*** James Belden Joseph Bellucci*** Michelle Beozzo Kathleen Bolan** Kerry Botelho Kaitlyn Bowersox Sara Brescia*** Jessica Capparelli Camille Charbonneau* Kenny Correia Matthew Coty Richard Coutu Sarah Craver** Stephen Cutts** Lauren Dandeneau*** James Derderian Jenalee DiCarlo Jonathan Dion* Edward Doyle Robert Ferraro Daniel Ferrer

Raymond Fogarty** Mei Ka Fong** Stephanie Genovese* Christopher Gormley Andrew Gray Ronald Hammond Stephanie Hattoy Daewoo Hong Jonathan Hutton Brandon Iacobo* Christopher Ivanoski* Kerry Jannetta-Dias Casandra Johnson*** Adam Jordan Derek Joseph Jennifer Joubert Andrew Kachur* Patrick Kelly** Nabil Khan Eugene Kim Jennifer Kirsh Michele Konecny*** Stephanie Kruk Anthonia Kuti William Lehault**

Lindsey Lemke Amanda Luck** Brian MacDonald Barry Mollo, Jr. Paula Monteiro*** William Morin** Heath Morrill** Jennifer Morrow* Kelli Murphy** Andrea Noto Margaret Opydo** Hemali Patel Sweta Patel Thomai Petropoulos Breanne Piazik*** Lauren Pickering* Richard Pierce* Stacey Reynolds Andrew Robertson John Roglieri Heidi Roy*** Neal Russell Marissa Salvo** Sarah Sevigny*** Jessica Shah

Stephanie Sharkey David Shawver* Christopher Sibicky*** Amanda Silva Christopher Silva Jason Simoneau Matthew Simpson Sarah Smith Jared Tancrelle* Brian Touhey Viet Tran Marissa Tysiak*** Katherine Waggner Jordan Welch* Stephanie Whaley* Nicole Wilcox Hilary Williams Jason Wittes Christopher Wood* Cheyenne Yee** * Cum Laude ** Magna Cum Laude *** Summa Cum Laude

The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Alumni Newsletter

Message fr om the Deans

Who could have guessed?

The class of 2009 leaves The Uni-versity and the College at a his-toric moment from many perspec-tives. This was the first class to hold commencement exercises indoors at the Ryan Center. Who could have guessed the wet sum-mer in the North East that can-celled the traditional ceremony on the quad would last well into July! The indoor event was managed without a hitch. The Doctor of Pharmacy graduates made us proud with their cheers when President Carothers conferred their degree, the last group of de-grees he would confer as our 10th President before his June 30 re-tirement. Many of our graduates family members had to watch the ceremony on closed circuit TV displays in Edwards Hall as the tickets into the Ryan center were limited.

This class also enters a world economy struggling to regain its footing and a national health care delivery industry that is awaiting congressional and presidential administration overhaul and re-form. All our graduates headed off to their first job, but that was not the case, for the first time, with every college of pharmacy nation-wide. The slumping economy has slowed some community phar-macy growth and even hospitals are struggling as elective proce-dures are delayed. Some nurses even had trouble finding work as fewer retired during a well docu-mented shortage of these and other primary care practitioners. Who could have guessed that we would ever reach that point, even if turns out to be short lived?

The University and College leader-ship was also in a historic state of change when this class graduated.

Since then, a chemist from Mon-tana State, Dr. David Dooley was selected as the 11th President of URI and Interim Dean Jordan was selected as the 4th Dean of the College. Who could have guessed that?

This issue of our newsletter com-memorates your final step from our professional curriculum toward licensure and independent prac-tice. As you were told at our hood-ing ceremony, you have received the most advanced education ever delivered by our college. You are better prepared to delivered advice and medication therapy manage-ment counsel to patients than any previous graduates. You take on this practice role when pharma-cist’s advice has been proven to improve health outcomes and when the majority of other health practitioners have clear knowledge of and respect for your role in opti-mizing drug therapy. It is truly an historic time to practice pharmacy. You will be shaping the future of health care delivery if you stay involved as you were taught. If you proactively advocate for change that the improves patient care as was stated in Pharmacist’s Oath you took and were provided with your diploma, you can make history by advancing practice to new levels of sophistication and effectiveness.

Your photographs and the stories of your accomplishments in this newsletter are just the first we hope to publish about you as alumni. We want and need you to stay connected to your college. We want to hear about the best or your career and family highlights from now on and we are here to help you find solutions should have problems or find yourself unhappy with your career path-way. Seek us out, as we were

during your six years here, our excellent faculty and staff will be here for you as our alumni well into the future.

Someone asked why this issue of the newsletter includes a list of alumni donors to the college. In closing, I wanted to explain that too. Just as we are proud of the Class of 2009 who are our latest and best products of our nationally renowned program, we are equally proud of previous alumni and es-pecially those who give back to help those who follow them at the College. Your oath as a pharma-cist said that you will “…utilize (your) knowledge, skills, experi-ences, and values to prepare the next generation of pharmacists.” These alumni listed in your com-mencement newsletter have done this. Like many of you, they probably received some help with the costs of traveling to a profes-sional meeting or maybe they re-ceived a centennial or other schol-arship to help reduce college costs. They have taken a key step and have given back. Many of them are doing this regularly and we encourage you to think about doing that too. We must sustain the excellence of the URI College of Pharmacy and in the changing world it is clear we cannot do that without the help of generous alumni. Who could have guessed about the level of success that many of you and other graduates achieve? We could and do believe you will be successful beyond your hopes and dreams. On behalf of all the faculty and staff at the college we wish you all the best in your career and life. Be happy at your daily work, love what your do, stay involved and pay attention to others around you who need your leadership, caring attitude and help. We look forward to seeing you at professional meetings and please come back to visit the college whenever you are in the area. Certainly, in two years, we’ll expect you to visit our new facility which will make you even more proud of your Rhody heritage.

G r o u n d B r e a k i n g – S e p t e m b e r 2 9 , 2 0 0 9

The groundbreaking for the new pharmacy building is now finalized for the morning of September 29th , 2009. We hope that as many of our Alumni as possible can join us for this important milestone for the college. More details will be distributed during August.

The University of Rhode Island

College of Pharmacy

Kingston, RI 02881 401-874-2761

uri.edu/pharmacy

Mr. Ronald Jordan Dean

Dr. Joan Lausier Associate Dean,

Academic and Student Affairs 401-874-5888

Dr. E. Paul Larrat Associate Dean, Research and

Graduate Education

Dr. Stephen Kogut Chair, Pharmacy Practice

Dr. Clinton Chichester Chair, Biomedical and

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Alumni Newsletter:

Editors: John Grossomanides, Rita Marcoux,

Richard Popovic Michael Simeone, and

Dawne Strickland.

Layout: Ian Lester

Please visit us on our web site at:

uri.edu/pharmacy/alumni

Email us at: [email protected]

Send us a fax at: 401-874-4424

Dean Jordan & Associate Dean Lausier

Summer 2009

Above right, Douglas Fisher ‘71, PhD, Director, Safety and Risk Management, Pfizer, Inc. delivered the commencement address

Photos by Bob Night & Chappell Studio

Summer 2009

Above, Richard Coutu, PharmD made the student presentation


Senior Awards 2009

TEVA Pharmaceuticals USA Student Award - Certificate and check to recognize outstanding achievement in the study of phar-macy at URI.

Recipient: Heidi Roy

Glaxo - Smith Kline Beecham Patient Care Award – Plaque and Brochures to recognize a student for excellent performance during their pharmacy rotations, both hospital and community.

Recipient: Sara Brescia

Mylan Excellence in Pharmacy Award Program – Certificate and Print to recognize high academic achievement and professional motivation of a Pharm.D. student. Intent to enter practice upon graduation.

Recipient: Michelle Konecny

Kappa Psi - engraved plaque to the brother making a significant contribution to the chapter and to the College.

Recipient: Brian MacDonald

Lambda Kappa Sigma – gift to sister making a significant contri-bution to the chapter and the Col-lege

Recipient: Stephanie Kruk

Recipient: Marissa Salvo

Rho Chi Award - engraved plaque PMD graduate having high-est grade point average after 6 years of study

Recipient: Casandra Johnson

Merck Award - The Merck Manual and Merck Index to recognize outstanding achievement in phar-macy studies.

Recipient: Christopher Sibicky

Recipient: Marissa Tysiak

Perrigo Award – An Award and check to recognize excellence in nonprescription medication com-munication.

Recipient: Margaret Opydo

Roche Award - Engraved plaque to recognize and promote effective pharmacists/patient communica-tion

Recipient: William Lehault

Eli Lilly Award - A book and plague to student showing supe-rior scholastic achievement.

Recipient: Melissa Bargione

Wolters Kluwer/Facts and Com-parison Award - Text and sub-scriptions to student demonstrat-ing outstanding communication in a clinical setting

Recipient: Paula Monteiro

McKesson Award - Engraved plaque to student demonstrating leadership in Academy of Students in Pharmacy Organization

Recipient: Jason Wittes

APhA Award - senior recognition certificate for participation in activi-ties of ASP

Recipient: Kaitlyn Bowersox

Phi Lambda Sigma Award: A plaque to recognize Outstanding Leadership for the College

Recipient: Sarah Sevigny

President’s Excellence Awards - to recognize outstanding achieve-ment in Pharmacy Studies

Recipient: Sarah Sevigny

CVS Community Practice Lead-ership Award –A plaque to recog-nize students who are involved in public service, activities in commu-nity practice

Recipient: Brian MacDonald

Natural Medicines Recognition Award – Book and Certificate to the student who has exhibited and interest in the use of natural medi-cines, and who shows promise in the assessment, evaluation, or delivery of patient care related to the use of natural medicines.

Recipient: Lauren Dandeneau

Pharmacy Practice Achievement Awards:

Outstanding Achievement in Teaching: Ted Doyle, Marissa Salvo

Outstanding Achievement in Re-search: Breanne Piazik

Outstanding Achievement in Phar-macy Practice: Jared Tancrelle, Casandra Johnson, Pat Kelly, Sarah Brescia, Sarah Sevigny

Gr aduat ing pharm ac y m a jor bel ie ves URI

taught him ‘ to be the best of the best ’

University of Rhode Island graduating pharmacy major Chris Sibicky experienced many facets of the University during his six-year tenure in Kingston. The length of URI’s phar-macy program coupled with its complexity can be intimi-dating, but Sibicky says the tight-knit nature of the pro-gram keeps pharmacy ma-jors on top of their game.

“We all know each other and see each other everyday,” said Sibicky. “We are all tak-ing the same classes and the same tests and we all want to help each other out.” A member of Rho Chi, the pharmacy honors society, Sibicky credits the College of Pharmacy for putting him in a position to succeed as a pro-fessional.

“They push you hard. You have to know what you are doing and be good at what you are doing, and they make sure you are pre-pared,” said Sibicky. “They do a great job of showing you what the real world is like, showing you how to manage your time, and showing you everything that is relevant to the field.”

Full story and video interview at:

http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/index.php?id=4920

Summer 2009

Masters Degree Awards

Thesis Title Major Professor

Lina Adwan The effect of loltenamic acid on the biosynthetic pathway for the gen-eration of plaque-forming amyloid B peptide in Alzheimer's disease

Nasser Zawia, Ph.D.

Laura Hamel Constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) activation Matthew Stoner, Ph.D.

James Higginbottom Evaluating the ten year trends of acid-suppressing drug therapy from the public health perspective

Brian Quilliam, Ph.D.

Rajani Kaimal Troglitazone, but OOT Rosiglitazone or pioglitazone, modulates farne-soid x receptor signaling activity: a potential mechanism for troglitazone-induced hepatotoxicity

Ruiteng Deng, Ph.D.

Emine Bihter Yalcin Allosteric modulation of sult2A1 & substrate/inhibitor identification of sultyA1

Roberta King, Ph.D.

Xinyuan Yu Cadmium-induced proliferation of breast cancer cells is mediated by Zahir Shaikh, Ph.D.

URI double m a jor m akes get t ing an

educat ion a global e xper ience

University of Rhode Island pharmacy graduate and French major Mei Ka Fong has seen the world during her time at URI. Fong is a resident of Hunt-ington Station, N.Y. but was born in Macau, a region of southern China that was a Portuguese colony until 1999. She has been a globe-trotter much of her life, spending time as a pharmacy intern in France, volunteering at a medical clinic in the Do-minican Republic, and teach-ing English to children in Pa-nama.

Aside from the clinical experi-ence she gained in France, much of Fong’s traveling has been an offshoot of her church involvement. Fong is a member of the Long Island Alliance Church in Dix Hills, N.Y. The pharmacy program at URI is very demanding and Fong said practicing her skills helped keep her moti-vated. She said a January church trip to the Dominican Republic strengthened her love of pharmacy. The group included a medical outreach team, which she was able to be a part of.

“I was able to help people and counsel them, all be-cause I knew the medica-tions. Doctors were asking me for my input and I really felt like part of the team,” said Fong. “It showed me what I was studying for. It was an eye-opening experi-ence.”

Full story and video interview at:

http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/index.php?id=4928

Graduate School Graduat ion

Thesis Title Major Professor

Cyrus Agarabi A Multiparticulate Platform for Drug Delivery Thomas E. Needham, Ph.D.

Hitesh Agarwal Nucleoside Analogs for Targeted Drug Devliery Keykavous Parang, Ph.D.

Rajesh Narwal PK-PD Analysis Using Mixed Effect Models Sara Rosenbaum, Ph.D.

Dimple Pabla Oral Formulations of Levothyroxine Hossein Zia, Ph.D.

Aaron Socha Chemistry of Antibiotics from Marine Microbes David Rowley, Ph.D.

Guofeng Ye Peptides as Inhibitors and Transporters Keykavous Parang, Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy Awards


Gift Recognit ion—October 1 , 2 008 to March 31 , 2 009

The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy gratefully ac-knowledges the alumni, corpora-tions, faculty, foundations, friends, students and parents whose gifts have been received by the College between October 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. Your continuing support allows us to educate and train the pharmacists, clinicians, pharmaceutical scientists and com-munity leaders of tomorrow.

Every effort has been made to en-sure the accuracy of the information below. In the event of an error or omission, please contact Rich Pop-ovic, Assistant Dean of Develop-ment at 401-874-9017 so that we may correct our records.

Lifetime Benefactors CVS/Caremark Corporation Mario Family Foundation Dr. Ernest Mario Omar Family Magnate Foundation Dr. Mostafa M Omar Thomas M & Cathy H Ryan Gifts $50,000 and above Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc Gifts $10,000-$49,999 Dr Brian K Dallaire Hoffmann La-Roche Robert L & Nancy Iacobucci Joyce Kaye Luzzi NACDS Foundation Edward M Rudnic & Elizabeth Gorman Rudnic Anthony J Solomon Walgreens

Gifts $5,000-$9,999 Timothy E Baker & Baker's Pharmacy of

Jamestown Joseph P Burghardt Scott A. Campbell & Ocean Pharmacy

Charlestown Contraf-Nicotex-Tobacco GmbH Douglas O & Kathleen O Fisher * Charles B & Joan H Frost Ronald P * & Karen W. Jordan Ocean Pharmacy Charlestown Inc Henrique T Pedro & Janice Violante Robert W & Janice L Pollock Brian P Russell Robert E & Arda Saute Gifts $1,000-$4,999 Albertson's Inc Carole J Amore John W Belviso Norman A * & Mary Campbell Lynn K Davis Dr & Mrs Paul J. Desjardins William E Dewhirst Louis T & Monica M. Difazio Susan McCooey Drady

Erica L * & Todd M Estus Fougera William J Golini John Grossomanides Dennis C & Louise Hillard Julie M Jones Roberta S King * E. Paul Larrat * & Amey Wilkinson Larrat Joan M Lausier * Pauline R Levasseur Rita M Marcoux * & James M Gutkowski Samuel J Montalto Jr. Lynn M Pezzullo Rhode Island Hospital Norman C Saute Michael A & Katherine E. Sipala Sherry J Soloff Edward J Staffa Peter J. Swenton Jr. & Irene Roditakis Unilever HPC Verdure Sciences Kristin A Vogell Gordon S Willcox Richard Allen Yacino Sr. John R & Cheryl Zevzavadjian Elena Zour & Francois Menard Gifts $500-$999 Stephen J Allen Dana H Anderson Richard E Angeli Sr. Joseph G Armstrong Barry J Cadden Mario & Veronica Casinelli Lisa M Conigliaro Cadden Lisa A Durland John C Fandetti III Amy R Fuller R Choudary Hanumara George H Kenson Richard H Krupski Lois Vars Mason & William B. Mason John J Mastrianni Richard V & Sharon Steiger Morgera Philippe H & Karen M. Morisseau Christopher V Riel Michael B Robinson Sara * & Stephen Rosenbaum Lionel R Savaria David E Silver Danny R Simard Patricia Lynn Verhulst Leonard R Worthen * Gifts $250-$499 Fatemeh Akhlaghi * & MR Jafari William L & Cynthia I Anderson Dugald J Brown Charles F Burns David W & Cheryl A Cabral Cecilia L Caldwell Cowen Services Company LLC Roy A Eckloff Jr. Anne L * & George M Hume Sungja Kang Rivka E Klaff Kerry L LaPlante * Deborah J Magiera Andrew W Marcoux Joyce O'Brien

Laurie A Onanian Alice A Oravetz Norma J Owens * Brian J Quilliam * Lisa M Rodriguez Michael L * & Jennifer A Simeone Jessica L Tavares Nancy J * & Mark J Tortolani F Randy & Jane K Vogenberg Donald M Watson Jessica Weintraub Henry A & Karen A Zompa Gifts below $250 James Abeshaus Laila Allen Victor J Allen Nicholas D Alteri Jr. Cynthia M Anderson Carl J Ashworth Gary F Avila Sylvia Bercovici Robert P Berman Michael T Berube Lori Ann Bilodeau Caitlin K Botelho Jeffrey P Bratberg * & Patricia Cavanagh Frank X Braun Marie-Claude Bugnet Bunker Hill Pharmacy Inc Dawn Butcher Kristen J Candon Paul H & Sharon Quirk Capuano Judith A Carroll Thomas J Carty Jr. Thomas M & Barbara J Chamberlain Maxine E Cohen Anthony A & Diane M Coniglio Gordon Paul Daglieri & Marcia Carrol Daglieri Peter R D'Agostino Nicolette Daniels Nancy L Davis Jeffrey A Del Ricci Jr Maurice P Depalo Arthur L DeSantis Stephen A. & Ann Marie Devine Amario Diorio Rebecca L Dobbs Jayne E Dodge Melanie Metzger Dougherty David M Dunn Joseph A & Debra A DuPrey John H Eddy Andrea C Eisley Philip T Fong Kenneth E Friedman Andrea C Girvan Barbara C Guentert Robert A Hathaway * Elena B Haveles Roderick B Henderson Susan Hersey Annette S Hockman Lisa M Hunt Donna M Isaac Elaine Soderlund Johnson Sarah G Kachur Patricia E Keith George A. Kenna & Nancy Costantino Kenna Brian G Kerr Donald S Kramer

Walter Joseph Krochmal William J Lambert Debra Ann Lawlor William JG & Audrey Lawton Douglas M Lehmann Fiona A Leo Mensah Laurie L Lincoln Christopher Lyman Steven A Mantel & Janet Schwartz Mantel Joseph Louis & Sonja A Masso Nancy J McCarey Shirley Pinder McKee Peter McMurray Patricia A McNulty Natalie A Mendham Larry Meyerson Lesley T Mifsud Baratz Andrew C Miller Donna L Miller Justina A Molzon Victoria K Moretti Dana R Morrill Cynthia L & Adam P Murphy Patricia Ryan Murray Joseph D Nasca Harold A Nelson Arnold M Olshan James V & Karen A O' Sullivan Helen R Palmer Richard E Palumbo Eugene Anthony Parker Normand A Pelissier John Jay Pelosi Maureen A Pelosi Susan M Petti Vincent T Piccirillo Edward J Popkin Shirley Freeman Putney & Edward J Putney William A & Lorraine Quirk Jennifer Reis Louis G Roy Janet C Russell Mark L Saible Mary McDonald Schmidt Ann M Schumacher Cosimo A Serio Pilar Seyrlehner Stephen T Sharkey Michael D & Audry E Sherry Joan Martha Shobrinsky David M Sironen Susan I Soldivieri Donald P Souza June Tyler Spink Karen J & Thomas W Stevens William J Summa Jr. Julie A Tessier Nicholas D Tessier Reverie Baranski Tiruchelvam Joseph Tkacheff Jr. Rita J Valentino Elizabeth M VanVeldhuisen Gary D & Ann Marie Viall Erin L Wilkes Hossein Zia * * Indicates a gift from member of the College’s faculty or staff (including emeritus faculty)

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