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Professor Linda Jaber advances international initiatives in pharmacyA native of Lebanon, Professor of Pharmacy Practice Linda Jaber returned to her home country this summer as a participant and presenter at the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) Summer International Conference, held June 30-July 5, 2019, at the American University of Beirut (AUB). The conference marked her first presentation at the AUB campus.
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WSU Lambda Kappa Sigma Omicron is first runner up for Chapter of the YearThe Lambda Kappa Sigma (LKS) National Convention was held in Milwaukee, WI, from July 31through August 3, 2019. Wayne State's Omicron chapter brought home may awards.
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Contagion: Prof. Susan Davis on 'The Most Expensive Drug Is the One That Doesn't Work'This episode of the Contagion podcast takes a dual look at the recently announced changes to antibiotic reimbursements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Professor (Clinical) of Pharmacy Practice Susan Davis, an infectious disease pharmacist, discusses the impact from a clinician standpoint.
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PBS Frontline: Paul Kilgore part of investigative documentary on Flint Water CrisisAssociate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Paul Kilgore is featured in the Sept. 10, 2019, PBS FRONTLINE documentary that, drawing from a two-year investigation, uncovers the extent of a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak during the Flint water crisis.
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Research Day abstract and poster development workshop is Sept. 12Associate Professor & Director of Research Paul Kilgore is hosting a workshop for all WSU Applebaum faculty and students in all departments to help WSU Applebaum students and faculty develop their abstract and/or poster for EACPHS Research Day.
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Nominations open for Prism Prize recognizing service learning impactUpon retiring from the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Assistant Dean of Student and Alumni Affairs Wyn Schumann generously created the Prism Prize for Innovation in Teaching to recognize EACPHS faculty members who exemplify the principles of service learning and its impact. Nominations are open until Oct. 10 for the 2019 prize.
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IRB eProtocol training session to be held at WSU Applebaum Oct. 2Wayne State's IRB Administration Office is in the process of completing the next phase of electronic protocol (eProtocol) submission implementation. A training session for WSU Applebaum researchers will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in room 1341 of the college's building at 259 Mack Ave. Coffee and hot chocolate will be provided for attendees.
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Post-doc Razie Kebriaei earns ACCP Foundation Futures GrantPost-doctoral fellow Razie Kebriaei received an American College of Clinical Pharmacy Foundation (ACCP) Foundation Futures Grant of $30,000 to pursue her project, “A Novel Approach for Combating Medical Device Associated Biofilm Infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).”
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OT professor seeks grad students for animal-assisted therapy studyAssistant Professor (Clinical) of Occupational Therapy Christine Johnson is seeking full-time graduate and professional students to participate in her latest study, "The Effect of Animal-Assisted Intervention (AAI) on Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Well-being: Insights from Occupational Therapy."
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DEW What You SAY 5K run to raise money for pro-bono clinics Oct. 5The physical therapy program operates two student-run clinics, the SAY Detroit Physical Therapy Clinic and the Diabetes Education and Wellness Clinic. These clinics provide services to promote the health and wellness of the underserved and uninsured population in Detroit. The proceeds of this annual 5k help fund the clinics throughout the year.
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Professor Michael Rybak wins Distinguished Investigator AwardThe American College of Clinical Pharmacy's Infectious Diseases Practice Network (ID-PRN) has honored Wayne State University Professor of Pharmacy Practice Michael Rybak with its 2019 Distinguished Investigator Award.
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Heather Fritz works to prevent frailty in African AmericansBefore a person becomes frail, they are pre-frail, showing changes in physical and mental health, socialization, and quality of life that make them likely to become frail, often within three to seven years. “If we can intervene at this point,” said Heather Fritz, PhD, an assistant professor of occupational therapy (OT) and gerontology at the IOG, “we could possibly delay the descent into frailty.”
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Mary K. Clark to appear on CBS's Michigan Matters this Sunday morningMary K. Clark, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at WSU Applebaum, will appear on Michigan Matters this Sunday, Sept. 1, at 11:30 a.m. on CBS Detroit Channel 62.
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WSU Applebaum faculty, staff begin first ever Academic Leadership AcademySix faculty and staff members from the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences are part of the inaugural cohort of Wayne State University's Academic Leadership Academy, an initiative of the Office of the Provost.
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WSU Applebaum professors Malek, Burghardt shed new light on epigenetic response of exercise in athletic v. sedentary menA new interdisciplinary research team including WSU Applebaum professors Kyle Burghardt (Pharmacy Practice) and Moh H. Malek (Physical Therapy) along with colleagues in the Department of Kinesiology at the California State University Fullerton recently discovered that an individual’s training experience has a direct impact on one such epigenetic change stemming from resistance exercise – DNA methylation, a process that influences gene expression and regulates skeletal muscle adaptation.
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Alumni share words of wisdom with PharmD, DPT students at luncheonA select handful of WSU Applebaum PharmD and Doctor of Physical Therapy students mingled with alumni during a small luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 20, in the Purdy Kresge Library. They discussed strategies for success with a focus on how to engage mentors.
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Pharmacy Day at the Capitol is Tuesday, Sept. 17On Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., pharmacy students from Wayne State, Ferris State and the University of Michigan – plus pharmacists from across the state – will have the chance to meet with legislators and their staff at their offices in Lansing.
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Tonix Pharmaceuticals announces plan to develop Wayne State technology for PTSD and other disordersTonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix or the Company), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today an exclusive agreement to in-license a triple reuptake inhibitor (TRI), TNX-1600 (formerly D-578), to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and potentially other central nervous system (CNS) disorders. The compound was developed and pharmacologically characterized by Aloke Dutta, Ph.D., professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Wayne State University, with funding from a National Institutes of Health grant (grant number MH084888), and the patents covering the compounds were licensed to TRImaran Pharma, Inc. (TRImaran). The transaction announced today is a license agreement with Wayne State and an asset acquisition with TRImaran.
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Contagion: Prof. Rybak discusses research on combination therapy for MRSA bloodstream infectionsThe question of combination therapy versus monotherapy for MRSA bloodstream infections is one that is widely debated. In this new analysis, a team of investigators from Wayne State University and the University of California at San Francisco conducted research at 2 academic medical centers between 2008 and 2018.
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Legal News: Nonprofits collaborate to present free dementia conference Oct. 25Peter Lichtenberg, director of the Wayne State Institute of Gerontology, will present “Financial Exploitation & Cognitive Impairment,” at the free Oct. 25 conference.
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WSU Applebaum Tour de Cure team raising money for diabetes researchProfessor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Zhengping Yi invites the WSU Applebaum community to join the Wayne Care team in the Tour de Cure Michigan, which takes place Sunday, Sept. 8, on Belle Isle in Detroit. Participants may take part in a 3-mile walk or a bike ride of 10, 30 or 60 miles.
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La Prensa: DTE Energy Foundation awards $100K to Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies Summer Enrichment ProgramThe DTE Energy Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Wayne State University Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies to support its Summer Enrichment Program (SEP). Designed to improve retention and graduation rates, SEP is a college-readiness program that helps incoming first-generation and underrepresented college students acquire the key “hard” and “soft” skills needed to smoothly transition to rigorous university-level coursework.
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WDET: We need to rethink how women of color receive health careLeseliey Welch, senior lecturer in public health at Wayne State, says it’s important for women of color to have health care options that are responsive to their specific lives and culture. “Culturally responsive care looks like, perhaps, having a care provider who looks like you, who understands your culture, who empathizes with your life experiences,” she said.
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2019 Benchmark Report: URC remains tops in the U.S. in medicine, bio science talentThe three universities that make up Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC) – Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University – continue to lead the nation’s university innovation clusters in the number of medicine and biological science degrees awarded annually.
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First and second-year PharmD students encouraged to join learning communityAll P1 and P2 PharmD students are invited to join the Student Pharmacist Learning Community, offered by the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to optimize student success during their first two years of their professional program.
