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Pharmacy Practice News: Prof. Candice Garwood on national plan to reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure“Heart failure therapy is often a complex regimen,” Garwood said. “Following the guidelines and optimizing therapy is a challenge for the clinicians, and understanding those therapies and taking them [correctly] and adhering to those therapies are challenges for patients.”
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Wayne State Lambda Kappa Sigma earns back-to-back Chapter of the Year honors at national conventionWayne State’s Omicron chapter of Lambda Kappa Sigma went into the pharmacy fraternity’s 2023 National Convention as the reigning Chapter of the Year and left with that title intact. In addition to that high honor at the July 19-23 event in Norfolk, Virginia, 2021-22 Chapter President Jewel Konja earned the very competitive Collegiate of the Year award, plus Omicron won Top Chapter among Wayne State’s level and swept the convention’s two new awards: PepTalks Attendance and PepTalks Top Quiz.
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Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Candice Garwood appointed to American College of Clinical Pharmacy Board of Regents for three-year term beginning Nov. 14Dr. Garwood was chosen as ACCP regent in the annual elections this spring. In addition to her WSU Applebaum PharmD position, Garwood is a clinical pharmacy specialist at Harper University Hospital, part of the Detroit Medical Center. Her three-year Board of Regents term begins Nov. 14, 2023.
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Student pharmacists: Volunteer for weekly Detroit Riverwalk health screenings this summer – see link in album captionEach Tuesday morning throughout the summer, WSU Applebaum student pharmacists volunteer their time to provide blood pressure screenings for community members strolling along the picturesque Detroit Riverwalk. For this collaborative effort with the WSU School of Medicine, Dr. Rima Charara serves as adjunct faculty preceptor and PharmD student leaders are Sama Ali and Noorhan Sabbagh.
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Crain's Detroit Business: It's about to get easier to become a pharmacist in Michigan, with comments from Dr. Susan L. Davis"A one-time test is redundant with the efforts of pharmacy schools and employers," Davis said. "Pharmacy schools include pharmacy law and ethics as a standard part of our curricula, so every graduating pharmacist has passed competency assessments and had that knowledge reinforced in direct practice experiences. Pharmacy employers already have staff development activities in place to ensure appropriate standard of care and adherence to all regulatory standards and laws."
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Students and licensed pharmacists benefit from APhA Medication Therapy Management training session in Applebaum BuildingThe course presented a systematic approach for developing, implementing, delivering and sustaining MTM services. The purpose of this certificate training program was to prepare pharmacists to improve medication use through the delivery of MTM services in a variety of practice settings.
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Detroit Free Press: 2023 PharmD alumna featured in story about CVS and Detroit Goodwill working toward pharmacist shortage solutions"You keep pushing," said WSU Applebaum alumna Chinonoso (Blessing) Chijioke-Chukwuma, PharmD '23, at the CVS Workforce Innovation and Talent Center that just opened at the Detroit headquarters of Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit. "What do you want to achieve? You don't want to be at the mercy of anybody, right? So you put on the lion's hat, and you say, 'I can do this.' There's nothing in this world that is not achievable if you put your mind to it."
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Infectious Disease Special Edition: Dr. Susan Davis and former ARL Fellow Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir on correcting disparities in infectious disease care“It’s my hope that you are able to describe the relationship between systemic racism and social determinants of health when providing treatment to patients with infections, and also identify the factors in antimicrobial resistance, or stewardship processes and policies that could result into disparities in care,” said Dr. Abdul-Mutakabbir, an assistant professor of clinical pharmacy in the Division of the Black Diaspora and African American Studies, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, at the University of California, San Diego. Associate Dean for Pharmacy Susan Davis added: “We are just scratching the surface of how social, racial and other factors influence how antimicrobials and other medications are used. Dr. Abdul-Mutakabbir makes a great point that if clinicians intend to reduce disparities, the first step is to measure differences and raise awareness of the need.”
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Specialty Pharmacy Continuum: Dr. Amber Lanae Martirosov on pharmacist involvement improving drug adherence for interstitial lung disease“Ultimately, we plan to do a quasi-experimental analysis looking at time to drug initiation, rates of dose reductions and rate of discontinuation before and after adding a pharmacist to management,” Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice Amber Lanae Martirosov noted. “There have also been requests from providers who have seen what we have done with ILD to add our services to other diseases like sarcoidosis, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, so we are working with them to see if there is the possibility to embed a pharmacist in those clinics as well.”
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The Student Pharmacist: News from the 2022-23 academic year, created by and for studentsCoverage of student activities, events and news that took place in the WSU Applebaum Doctor of Pharmacy program during the 2022-23 school year – created by and for students.
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WSU Applebaum PharmD program honors preceptors during annual Recognition & Development EventOn May 18, members of the WSU Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Doctor of Pharmacy program gathered for the annual PharmD Warrior Preceptor Recognition & Development Event. Awards were presented to four exemplary preceptors.
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CE opportunity for pharmacists: APhA MTM training at Wayne State June 22On Thursday, June 22, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will present American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services training.
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Hot off the presses: Read and share the digital version of the brand-new WSU Applebaum magazinePublished in May 2023, WSU Applebaum magazine features news and information about students, faculty and alumni representing all 11 programs. Look for familiar faces and feel free to share the link with your colleagues, contacts and friends!
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Wayne State Academic Recognition Ceremony celebrates WSU Applebaum faculty excellenceFaculty and academic staff from across campus were celebrated for their contributions to the university, academic community and professional development at the Academic Recognition Ceremony and reception on April 27 at the Student Center Building. Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Kyle Burghardt received a Career Development Chair award and Professor of Physical Therapy Moh Malek received an Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award.
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GALLERY: WSU May '23 Commencement CeremoniesOn Friday, May 5, WSU Applebaum graduates walked across the Commencement stage at the Wayne State Fieldhouse.
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WATCH: Wayne State Pharmacy Class of 2023 Convocation CeremonyOn Monday, May 8, students, faculty and friends of the Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences programs gathered at the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center to celebrate the Class of 2023 Pharmacy Convocation.
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Michigan Pharmacist: Perspectives on a new ambulatory care concentration at Wayne State, by Dr. Helen Berlie and Dr. Candice Garwood"In addition to meeting the needs of our changing health care landscape and the profession of pharmacy, student perspectives and preferences are also an essential part of the process when considering the importance of a career in ambulatory care."
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Today@Wayne: PharmD graduate Klea Noskey '23 achieves her dreamIt’s been nearly a decade since Klea Noskey arrived in the US from her tiny, picturesque village in Albania, determined to earn an education. The journey hasn’t always been easy, but after earning her Doctor of Pharmacy degree this week, Noskey will start her residency at Beaumont Hospital-Troy. She said, "I would like to be a clinical pharmacist, and that’s why I decided to pursue residency because it gives me a lot more clinical knowledge and gets me more familiar with the system and will allow me to collaborate with the doctors and nurses and PAs and be part of the team.”
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GALLERY: Wayne State STEM Day 2023Wayne State University hosted nearly 2,500 students and teachers from 27 metro Detroit middle schools for a day of hands-on STEM activities across campus. WSU Applebaum participated with interactive sessions on medical laboratory science, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, radiation therapy technology and radiologic technology. Students had a blast concocting their own Warrior Lotion, helping a skeleton move, using surgical techniques to remove objects from Jell-O and more!
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Face2Face Africa: Pharmacy alum Sidney Barthwell '29 featured in Faces of Black ExcellenceWayne State University pharmacy alumnus Sidney Barthwell '29 was featured in the international advocacy organization Face2Face Africa's history series, Faces of Black Excellence.
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From day one: Pharmacy alumni find love at Wayne State and remain Wayne LoyalWayne State Pharmacy alumni Jerry '78 and Livia Franchina '78 have supported the university with donations every year since 1980.
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GALLERY: Doctor of Pharmacy students and faculty travel to Phoenix for APhA2023 Annual Meeting and ExpositionOn March 24-27, 2023, WSU Applebaum PharmD students and faculty traveled to Phoenix for the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, where they presented research posters from directed study experiences, presented a PharmTalk on interprofessional collaboration, and represented WSU and Michigan in the student and professional House of Delegates.
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CBS Detroit: FDA approves Naloxone over-the-counter, with on-air comments from Dr. Victoria Tutag LehrCBS News Detroit talked with Wayne State Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice Victoria Tutag Lehr. "We were anticipating this in the addiction medicine community and in the pharmacy community," she said.
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Detroit Free Press: Narcan approved for over-the-counter sales: What it means for Michigan, with comments from Dr. Victoria Tutag LehrThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Narcan ― which can reverse an opioid overdose if given correctly and in a timely manner ― for over-the-counter sales. The move to make Narcan more easily available is an attempt to quell the nation's drug overdose epidemic, which claimed almost 107,000 lives in 2021. In this story, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice Victoria Tutag Lehr provides expert source information.
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Wayne State named among Top 10 pharmacy schools for NAPLEX pass ratesAccording to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), 92% of WSU Applebaum students who took the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) in 2022 passed, putting Wayne State’s Doctor of Pharmacy program in the top 10 of the 144 ranked pharmacy schools. The national pass rate was 78%.