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Press
Release - June 15, 2006
AFPE
awards $5,000 Scholarships to 15 Pharmacy Students to Participate
in Faculty-Mentored Pharmaceutical Science Research Projects
June 15, 2006 - The
Board of Grants of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education
awarded fifteen 2006 Gateway to Research Scholarships @ $5,000 each
to outstanding PharmD degree students and their faculty mentors
at fourteen schools/colleges of pharmacy to support them as they
participate in state-of-the-science pharmaceutical research under
the supervision of faculty mentors during the one-year period: June
1, 2006 to May 31, 2007.
| Name |
Title
of Research |
School
or College of Pharmacy |
| Elizabeth A. Fang |
Development
and characterization of a novel suppository dosage form against
human colorectal carcinoma |
Northeastern University
Mentor: Robert Campbell, Ph.D. |
Tiffany J. Gillies
|
Molecular pathogenesis
of HIV associated lipidistrophy |
South Dakota State
University
Mentor: Gareth Davies, Ph.D. |
| Samreen Khatri |
Cellular uptake
of methotrexate encapsulated in dendritic nanodevices |
Butler University
College
Mentor: Sudip Das, Ph.D. |
| Gowri K. Murthy |
A Novel Mucoadhesive
Gel Delivery System For The Treatment Of Breast Cancer |
Creighton University
Mentor: Alekha Dash, Ph.D. |
| Viet V. Nguyen |
Multidrug Resistance
Transporters and Anticonvulsant Resistance |
University of California,
San Francisco
Mentor: Deanna L. Kroetz, Ph.D. |
| Nicole R. Pinelli |
Neurohormonal
Inhibition of Atrial Fibrillation |
Wayne State University
Mentor: James S. Kalus, Pharm.D., BCPS |
| Mihaela Popescu |
Potential Novel
Nanomedicine for Alzheimer’s Disease |
University of Illinois
at Chicago
Mentor: Hayat Onyuksel, Ph.D. |
| Justin A. Prestridge |
Biocatalytic
and Semisynthetic Studies of the Anticancer Tobacco Cembranoid
2, 7, 11-cembratriene- 4, 6- diol |
University of Louisiana
Mentor: Khalid El Sayed, Ph.D. |
| Daniel P. Romary |
Spontaneous
crystallinity loss of drugs in polymer matrices in the presence
of water |
Purdue University
Mentor: Lynne S. Taylor, Ph.D. |
| Barbara L. Roper |
Characterization
of Growth Factor Use in a University Hospital Setting |
University of Utah
Mentor: Diana Brixner, Ph.D., RPh |
| Jason E. Scott |
Pharmacogentic
analysis of drug target polymorphisms in patients resistant
to clopidogrel |
Southern Illinois
University
Mentor: Ronald Worthington, Ph.D. |
| Carisa N. Shaw |
dCaMKII
Expression in Atherosclerotic Plagues |
Campbell University
Mentor: Thomas Abraham, Ph.D. |
| Mary J. Stunson |
Role of ADRP
in the beta-cell lipotoxicity associated with obesity mediated
type 2 diabetes |
Southern Illinois
University
Mentor: Guim Kwon, Ph.D. |
| Christopher D.
Turpin |
The effects
of hyperglycemia on IL-6R signaling and gene expression |
University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Randle M. Gallucci, Ph.D. |
| Sidney A. Veach |
Effects of
short-term thiazolidinedione treatment on vascular risk makers
in type-2 diabetes patients |
University of Arkansas
Mentor: Amy M. Franks, Pharm.D. |
The purpose of the AFPE
Gateway to Research Scholarship Program is to encourage research
faculty at accredited pharmacy and BS degree granting schools to
identify promising professional degree pharmacy students or baccalaureate
degree students with strong potential and encourage them to participate
in a mentored pharmaceutical science research experience.
The goal is to address
the nation's need for more pharmaceutical scientists to solve shortages
of academic and industry pharmaceutical scientists. The
program increases the number of pharmacy and other science students
who decide to attend graduate school for the Ph.D. degree in pharmaceutical
science in preparation for careers in industry research, academic
teaching, or in related fields.
US pharmaceutical companies
need Ph.D. pharmaceutical scientists with the specialized education
and training in product developement, drug delivery, manufacturing
quality control, and other advanced pharmaceutical science technologies
taught at US schools/colleges of pharmacy.
US schools/colleges
of pharmacy need Ph.D. pharmaceutical scientists to fill the 500
or 11.5% of full-time pharmacy college faculty positions that are
vacant due to the hiring away of pharmacy faculty to newly opened
pharmacy schools, the continued high demand for industry pharmaceutical
scientists and hospital pharmacy administrators, as well as the
increasing retirement of full-time pharmacy college teachers.
Approximately 40% of
Gateway to Research Scholars enroll for the Ph.D. degree in pharmaceutical
science after graduation with 30% of Gateway scholars accepting
pharmacy residency or fellowship programs after graduation. Both
forms of advanced educaiton are a foundation for a career in academic
teaching and research.
Funding for the AFPE
Gateway to Research Program has been provided by annual grants from
the following associations and corporations for which AFPE is very
grateful: Abbott Laboratories Fund, American Association of Pharmaceutical
Scientists, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, ASHP
Foundation, Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, IMS Health,
Johnson & Johnson PR&D, Merck Company
Foundation, NACDS Foundation, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation,
Otho Biotech, Ortho McNeil Inc., Pfizer Inc., sanofi-aventis, Schering-Plough
Corporation, USP, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
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