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September 2021eScripts is a monthly newsletter highlighting faculty, staff, students and
alumni of the CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy.
CU Pharmacy Celebrates National HispanicHeritage Month
We are about halfway through National Hispanic Heritage Month, andwe are honored to feature outstanding individuals in their field. Watchour social media channels each Wednesday for a new shout out andways to celebrate Hispanic Heritage in Colorado.
Click here to checkout the posts on Facebook
Center for Drug Discovery Opens
It’s official! Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences ishome to the new Center for Drug Discovery which hosted a ribbon-cutting and open house last week. In addition to campus dignitaries,PerkinElmer (makers of the high throughput robotics instrumentation)representatives were on campus from as far away as Germany tocelebrate the event. The Center will dramatically accelerate drugdiscovery and serve the entire campus as well as the Rocky Mountainregion. View all the event photos here.
CU Pharmacy Welcomes Dr. Tina BrockCU Pharmacy welcomes newAssociate Dean for Education, Dr.Tina Brock. Dr. Brock comes to usall the way from Australia, whereshe served as the PharmacyCourse Director and Professor ofPharmacy Education and Practicein the Faculty of Pharmacy andPharmaceutical Sciences atMonash University. Prior to that, Dr.Brock served as the AssociateDean for Global Health andEducational Innovations at theUniversity of California, SanFrancisco School of Pharmacy; theDirector of Capacity Building andPerformance Improvement atManagement Sciences for Health;the Course Director for the MSc in
International Practice and Policy atUniversity College London; and theDirector of Student Services at theUniversity of North Carolina atChapel Hill Eshelman School ofPharmacy. Read more about Dr.Brock here.
Gutierrez Speaks at Dean's ConvocationDr. Amy Gutierrez, PharmD,currently serves as the vicepresident and chief pharmacyofficer for the UCHealth system,overseeing pharmacy practice,strategy and policy. A nationalpharmacy leader, we were honoredto have her speak at this fall'sDean's Leadership Convocation onSept. 22.
Nair Publishes on MS
Kavita Nair, PhD, recently co-authored an article in theNeurology of Clinical Practice.The article, Multiple SclerosisPhenotypes as a Continuum: TheRole of Neurological Reserve,outlines a newer theory on how
multiple sclerosis progresses.This review presents thehypothesis that loss of neurologicreserve explains onset ofprogressive multiple sclerosis(PrMS).
Jeffres Featured in Women in Medicine SeriesMeghan Jeffres, PharmD, wasfeatured in CU Anschutz Today’sseries on Women in Medicine inrecognition of the AmericanMedical Association (AMA)Women in Medicine Month. Thesection titled “Teaching for thefuture: Pharmacy’s Meghan Jeffreschallenges students, status quo,”highlights Dr. Jeffres' innovativeteaching, what women in medicinemeans to her, and how she’s beenhandling the pandemic.
Trinkley Leads ACCORD Seminar on Learning HealthSystems
Katy Trinkley, PharmD, PhD leadthe Adult & Child Consortium forHealth Outcomes Research &Delivery Science (ACCORDS)seminar Learning Health Systemsin 2021: Where We've Been &Where We Need to Go.ACCORDS is a uniqueenvironment supportinginnovative and interdisciplinaryresearch across the CU Anschutzcampus.
Nuffer Presents at Maylasia School of PharmacyWes Nuffer, PharmD, made aglobal impact recently when hedelivered a visiting professor talkto the International IslamicUniversity Malaysia School ofPharmacy. Nuffer is working withthe pharmacy school to developinitiatives to expand the Malaysianpharmacists’ scope of practice toinclude vaccinations. Hispresentation was titled “Clinicaland Experiential Training forStudents During the Pandemic.”
Alumna Publishes in JAPHA
Shasta Tall Bull, PharmD, ‘21 wasco-author on a recent articlepublished in the Journal ofAmerican Pharmacists Association(JAPhA). The article titled, “ Accessto contraception in pharmaciesduring the COVID-19 pandemic,”examines how access tocontraception products andservices in pharmacies changedduring the COVID-19 pandemic,including pharmacist prescribingpractices and innovations in servicedelivery.
Student Team Advances to Competition QuarterfinalsJessica Brady, Tony Duong, andRiley Thompson, all P4, are theSchool's representative team forthe ACCP Clinical PharmacyChallenge. The team has advancedto the quarterfinals for this year’scompetition, making them one ofeight schools out of the original 114to be moving forward. The ACCPClinical Pharmacy Challenge is ateam-based competition. Teams ofthree students compete againstteams from other schools andcolleges of pharmacy in a “quizbowl”–type format. Eligible teamscompete in up to four onlinerounds, with the top eight teamsadvancing to the live quarterfinal
competition at the ACCP AnnualMeeting.
P4 Wins ACCP Travel AwardRiley Thompson, P4, won theTravel Award from the InfectiousDisease (ID) Practice andResearch Network (PRN)Committee of the American Collegeof Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). Thisaward is one of only two $1,000prizes given nationwide andacknowledges outstandingpharmacy residents or fellows whohave shown an interest in infectiousdiseases through research and/orpublications in infectious diseasespharmacotherapy.
P4 Wins ACCP Award for Critical Care ResearchLyra Beltran, P4, won the 2021Student ACCP Critical Care PRNTravel Award. Her award-winningabstract, "Evaluation of Anti-XaLevel Monitoring in HospitalizedCOVID-19 Patients on a Targeted-Intensity ThromboprophylaxisProtocol," is one of only twosubmissions in the nation thatreceived the highest average score.
Alumni Spotlight: Chelsea Sax Reflects on herExperience
In her own words, 2018 CUPharmacy alumna Chelsea Saxreflects on her experiencecompleting the PharmD programand entering the corporate sectoras a managed care pharmacistwith the pharmacy benefitmanagement (PBM) companyExpress Scripts. Read herinterview conducted by Career
Services manager Laurie Sein aspart of a series on specialtycareers in pharmacy.
Alumni Book ClubThe CU Pharmacy Alumni Associa�onBook Club returns Thursday, Nov. 16at 6 p.m. with a wrap-up discussionon the book The Adapta�onAdvantage lead by faculty memberKaty Trinkley, PhD ’19. Be ready toshare your thoughts and learn aboutthe next book to be featured in futurediscussions. Click here to register.
Homecoming 2021!
Alumni Awards, building and campustours, tailga�ng and football! We’repulling out all the stops to make thisHomecoming Weekend one of themost memorable yet. Join us Nov. 4-6for this year’s celebra�on.
Register here:h�ps://cvent.me/D5w2PG
Mission Medical Volunteer OpportunityPharmacists are needed to help aspreceptors for CU Pharmacystudents at Mission Medical inColorado Springs. Email EmilyDorgan for more information and tosign up.
Alumni Advantage (A+) CE DiscountsSpecially discounted rates up to
$100 off for select lifelong learningcourses are offered to CUPharmacy alumni through theSchool's Continuing EducationOffice. Enter Coupon CodeAlumniAdvantage to receivediscounted rate for CE Coursesunder the Alumni Advantage (A+)program. Click here to learn more.
1911 Scholarship FundOur 110th anniversary aligns withAmerican Pharmacists Month inOctober, a time to acknowledgethese invaluable contributions. Tomark this occasion, we invite you tosupport the next generation ofpharmacy and pharmaceuticalprofessionals! Give to the 1911scholarship fund here https://bit.ly/3i2ho66 anytimethough Nov. 15 and see how youcan make an impact!
Mental Health in Primary Care: Impact of COVID-19Virtual ConferenceFriday, Oct. 87:15 a.m. - 4 p.m. (MT)
The goal of this conference is torecognize newly identified mentalhealth behaviors related to theCOVID-19 pandemic and discussappropriate treatments by applyingevidence-based strategies. Clickhere to learn more.
Other CE Opportunities
Back by popular demand! TheBo�om Line with Joe and BobCardiovascular Webinar SeriesNEW Advanced DiabetesTraining Program (RollingRegistration) DiabetesCertificate Training ProgramHome Study IndividualCannabis Home Study
Home Study Infectious DiseaseHome Study SeriesHome Study MotivationalInterviewing for HealthcareProfessionalsHome Study CO StatewideProtocols: HormonalContraception, SmokingCessation & PrEPPEP
ModulesHome Study Say What You See- Infectious Disease PuzzlesHome Study Integrative Healthand Medicine
Home Study Don’t Let Orangebe the New White Coat: 2019Pharmacy Law Webinar SeriesHome Study COVID-19:Implications for Pharmacists
CU Pharmacy Thought Leaders
CNN: Young adult cannabis consumers nearly twice as likely tosuffer from a heart attack, research shows, feat. Robert Page,PharmDCGTN America: Use of antiparasitic drug for COVID-19treatment leads to overdoses, feat. David Kroll, PhD
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