By Colleen Cannon

In some families, everyone is a doctor or lawyer. In the family of Seldia Zonies Blatman P’37, the family business is pharmacy. And many of those pharmacists got their start at the same place: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (PCP). Seventeen members of this extended family have earned their degrees at PCP or one of the other four colleges at University of the Sciences.

Why here? Family member, Tiziana Palatucci Fox P’84, PharmD’02 was told, “If you want to be a pharmacist, there’s no better school to go to than PCP.”

Left to right: Arthur Blatman P’69, and Kenneth Fox P’84 and wife Tiziana M. Fox P’84, PharmD’02. Inset: Seldia Zonies Blatman P’37.

The family’s ties to PCP date back almost a century to Seldia’s father, Nathan Zonies PD’1913, who owned several drugstores, and his brother Joseph P’1922. Seldia decided to pursue pharmacy as well and was one of just 12 women and five pharmacy majors in her 1937 class.

At the end of her first year at PCP, Seldia met her future husband, the late Morris Blatman C’36, P’41. “We met at a dance and never parted,” she recalled. After graduation, they bought a drugstore near the college and later moved to downtown Philadelphia where Morris operated a pharmacy.

After taking time off to raise her two children, Seldia returned to work at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center (now the Abramson Center for Jewish Life residence) in north Philadelphia. Eventually she rose to be director of pharmacy, supervising a staff of 11 in this facility with 500 residents, 300 nursing home beds and 100 hospital beds.

Seldia’s second child, Arthur P’69, followed in his parents’ footsteps. The program was tough, Arthur remembered, but worth it: “When you come out, you have an education as fine as you can get.”

Seldia’s cousin, Kenneth Fox, graduated in 1984 and has spent his career in community pharmacy. Ken met his wife, then Tiziana Palatucci, at PCP. After spending the early part of her career in community pharmacy, Tiziana moved into the drug information field and now is at Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, a Johnson and Johnson Company. Along the way, she returned to PCP and earned her PharmD degree.

Tiziana’s younger sister, Maria Palatucci McNeill P’93, earned her degree at PCP and later went on to medical school and a career in ophthalmology. Maria’s husband, Joseph McNeill, Jr., P’79, is a community pharmacist too.

Morris, Arthur, and Tiziana are all past presidents of the Alumni Association. Morris and Arthur are former members of the board of trustees, while Tiziana is a current member.

Much has changed at PCP and the pharmacy field since Nathan Zonies earned his degree. But members of this family of pharmacists still love the profession and value PCP for its important role in shaping their diverse careers and family.

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By Brian Kirschner

There are some lessons that are just not taught in the classroom or on the court. For a student-athlete, time management and sacrifice may be near the top of the list.

“Time management plays a big role in everything,” said Kristen Lechner PharmD’12, a senior outside hitter on the volleyball team. “You have to know that when you have a free moment you should look at your notes for class.”

For Lechner, the daily grind over the last four years began with classes in the morning and practices or games in the evening. Studying for a future as a pharmacist fills most of her remaining free time and has her making sacrifices in her personal life. But Lechner wouldn’t go through it all unless she loved volleyball.

The Wayne, N.J., native has been playing the sport since the sixth grade. An interest in math and science, coupled with advice from family, led her down the path toward a pharmacy degree. The opportunity to combine the two at the University made it a natural choice.

“Everyone I talk to says there are so many career opportunities.” said Lechner, who after she graduates would like to work directly with patients, helping them manage their medications. “You can do so much with a PharmD degree.”

Over the past few summers she has worked in a community pharmacy for experience and, not surprisingly, split time at a volleyball camp teaching middle school and high school girls. It’s the same camp where she got hooked on the sport.

“A lot of things that happen on the volleyball court translate into real life and vice versa,” explained Lechner. “For example, team work and communication.”

With her collegiate athletic career finally at an end, it seems Lechner will be well served by the lessons she has learned.

Hall of Fame Inductees, Volleyball Academic Award, and more!

Hall of Fame Inductions
University of the Sciences welcomes its newest members into the Athletics Hall of Fame. Diane Green P’92 (rifle 1988-92) and Mark Tacelosky P’97, PharmD’98 (men’s basketball 1992-96) will be honored on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at approx. 2:30 p.m. The ceremony will take place between the women’s (1 p.m.) and men’s (3 p.m.) basketball games versus Wilmington University.

Volleyball Academic Award
Christine Puschak PharmD’13 was named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-District 2 Volleyball Team as a First Team Selection. Puschak becomes the second volleyball player in program history to earn First Team Academic All-District honors, following in the footsteps of Emily Roth PharmD’08. Puschak led the Devils in total kills (248) and hitting % (.229) and ranked second on the team in kills/set (2.92), total blocks (45), and blocks/set (0.53). She has been named to the Dean’s List in each of her four previous semesters and was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society in the spring of 2008.

Women's Cross Country All-Conference Honors
Kristin Waters PharmD’15 and Beth Crawford PharmD’12 earned All-Conference honors as the women’s cross country team finished fourth at the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) championship at Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia. For Crawford, it was her second consecutive All-CACC honor.

Faculty, staff, and students from all five colleges share their latest scholarly pursuits from recent publications, poster presentations, grants, and awards.

COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Publications

Ara DerMarderosian#, “Complementary and Alternative Medicine,” chapter 317, and “Medicinal Herbs and Nutraceuticals,” chapter 318, in The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook, R. S. Porter, ed., Merck & Co., 2009.

MAYES COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE BUSINESS AND POLICY

Presentations

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert#, “Writer-Friendly Rubrics and Peer Review: Helping Students Meet Writing Expectations” at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), Philadelphia, October 10, 2009.

Stephen Metraux#, “Assessing the Impact of Mental Illness on Three Community Outcomes for Persons Released From Prison to Philadelphia Locations” at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 8–11, 2009.

D. Culhane%, M. Park%, Stephen Metraux#, “Dynamics and Costs of Behavioral Health Services Use by Patterns of Family Homelessness” at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, November 7–11, 2009.

Professional Activity

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert# was elected to a 3-year term as a board member of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL).

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert# became an invited advisory board member of BasicComposition.com, a peer-reviewed open resource for teachers, tutors, and students of basic composition (e.g., basic literacy, basic writing, second-language writing, freshman composition, sophomore composition, and other lower-level English composition courses) in partnership with Utah Valley University Writing Center.

Publications

Cristina Hanganu-Bresch#, “The Mall of America: Consumption in the Social Wilderness,” chapter in Entertaining Fear, Bruce Gronbeck, Lynda Lee Kaid, eds., volume 18 in Frontiers in Political Communication, Peter Lang, 2010.

Stephen Metraux#, Thomas Byrne%, Dennis P. Culhane%, “Institutional Discharges and Subsequent Shelter Use Among Unaccompanied Adults in New York City,” Journal of Community Psychology, 38(1):28–38, 2010.

K. M. Lefebvre%, Stephen Metraux#, “Disparities in Level of Amputation Among Minorities: Implications for Improved Preventative Care,” Journal of the National Medical Association, 101(7):649–655, 2009.

MARVIN SAMSON CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF PHARMACYy

Exhibit

Michael J. Brody# conceptualized, organized, and mounted a new exhibition at the museum entitled “Secundum Artem,” which displays over 150 objects from the University collections. The exhibition runs through January 31, 2011.

MISHER COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Grants/Awards

Zhijun Li# received a two-year $231,630 grant from the National Institutes of Health for work on “Improve Homology Modeling for Membrane Proteins by Conserved Inter-Residue Interactions.”

Jason Karlawish%, Stephen T. Moelter#, Daniel Weintraub%, Andrew Siderowf% received a three-year $253,640 grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for work on “Parkinson’s Disease and Research Consent Capacity.”

Stephen T. Moelter# received a three-year $60,727 grant from the University of Pennsylvania for work on “Decision-Making Capacity in Persons with Parkinson’s Disease.”

Preston Moore# received a $44,846 research grant supplement from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Oligomeric Ion Channels within Lipid Bilayers.”

Preston Moore#, Vojislava Pophristic#, Guillermo Moyna#, Randy Zauhar#, Zhijun Li#, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu# received a grant for 850,000 service units of computational time at the national resource TeraGrid, in association with National Science Foundation, for work on “Computational Studies of Complex Biological Systems.”

Guillermo Moyna#

• received a one-year $230,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation for work on “Structure, Solvation, and Dynamics of Ionic Liquids.”
• was awarded $5,000 from Single-Site Catalysts, L.L.C./W. R. Grace & Co. for “Undergraduate Summer Funding.”
• was awarded $2,700 in sabbatical travel funds by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
• was awarded $5,400 in sabbatical travel funds by Agencia Nacional de Investigación (ANII)/Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica (CSIC), Uruguay.

Claudia Parvanta# received a one-year $13,343 grant from the Temple University for work on “Developing Radiological Risk Communication Materials for Low-Literacy Populations.”

LOIS PECK# received a one-year $94,997 grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), for the USP Summer Institute for Middle School Teachers.

Alexander Sidorenko# received a two-year $296,000 DMR research grant from the National Science Foundation for work on “Optoelectronic Supramolecular Block-Copolymer Assemblies Aided by Donor-Acceptor Interactions.”

Poster Presentations

Kristen N. Adams Barrett$, James McKee#, Murray Zanger#, “Alternate Synthesis of Heterocyclic Sulfones as Medicinal Compounds” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Michael F. Bruist#, Tilman Baumstark#, “A Mutation in the Sarcin/Ricin-Like Domain of the Hepatitis C Virus IRES Has 5S Loop E-Like Properties in Silico” at the 18th annual retreat of the Institute for Biophysical Research of Johns Hopkins University, September 12, 2009.

Michael Bruist#, Thu Duong$, Tilman Baumstark#, “A Mutation in the Sarcin/Ricin-Like Domain of the Hepatitis C Virus IRES has 5S Loop E-Like Properties in Silico” at the Gordon Research Conference on Nucleic Acids, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, June 2009.

Nicolas Chen$, Thuy Hien T. Nguyen$, Julian Snow#, Preston Moore#, “Mechanism of Anesthetic Binding to Lipid Bilayer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Thu Duong$, Michael F. Bruist#, Tilman Baumstark#, “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Loop E Motif of the Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid” at the 18th annual retreat of the Institute for Biophysical Research of Johns Hopkins University, September 12, 2009.

ANDREW Harron$, Julie Lloyd#, Charles N. McEwen#, “Obtaining DESI-MS Using an ASAP Probe on an Orbitrap Exactive” at the 57th Annual Conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Philadelphia, May 31–June 4, 2009.

Andrew Harron$, Charles N. McEwen#, Julie Lloyd#, “Obtaining DESI Using the ASAP Probe on an Orbitrap Exactive Mass Spectrometer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Kristen MacFarland$, M. A. DeCrosta%, John G. Nikelly#, “Rapid Classification of a Bovine-Derived Pulmonary Lung Surfactantby ASAP and ESI Mass Spectrometry” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Lisa Marie Neuls Meseroll$, James R. McKee#, Murray Zanger#, “Investigations in the Rearrangements of Sulfonanilides to DiarylSulfones” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

C. Tabarez%, P. Moyna#, Guillermo Moyna#, “Propuesta Mecanistica en la Fotoisomerización de Derivados de Benzotropolonas: Síntesis de Indenoquinolinas e Indenopiridazinas” at the 1er Encuentro Nacional de Ciencias Químicas (ENAQUI), Montevideo, Uruguay, December 3–4, 2009.

Kenny Nguyen$, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, Preston Moore#, “Implementation of a Novel Coarse-Grain Model Using Rhodopsin in aLipid Bilayer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Thuy Hien Nguyen$, Preston Moore#

• “Molecular Dynamics of Amphipathic alpha-helices in a Lipid Bilayer” at the University of Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium, November 11, 2009.
• “Molecular Dynamics of Proteins Embedded in a Lipid Bilayer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Vagmita Pabuwal$, Zhijun Li#, “Analysis of Transmembrane 3-D Structures of Proteins Using Bioinformatics Methods” at the University of Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium, November 11, 2009.

Vincent S. Pagnotti$, Edward R. Birnbaum#, “On the Road to Controlled Phosphazene Dendrimers: Steps Along the Way, Part 2” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Vladimir Perez$, C.-c. Chiu%, S. O. Nielsen%, Preston Moore#, “Surface Tension, Contact Angle, and Line Tension in a Liquid Nanodroplet” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Igor D. Petrik@, Richard C. Remsing@, Zhiwei Liu#, Christopher Petoukhoff$, Guillermo Moyna#, “Molecular Dynamics Studies of Cellobiose in N,N’-dialkylimidazolium Ionic Liquids” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Igor D. Petrik@, Richard C. Remsing@, Brendan B. O’Brien$, Zhiwei Liu#, Guillermo Moyna#, “Molecular Dynamics Studies of N,N’-dialkylimidazolium Ionic Liquid Solvation and Aggregation” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Jason A. Porter#@, Nicholas W. DeAngelis%, John R. Porter#, “The Influence of Statins and Oxygen on Staphyloxanthin Production in MRSA” at the 109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Philadelphia, May 2009.

Jason A. Porter#@, Alison M. Mostrom#, Kevin C. Wolbach#, Catherine B. Purzycki#, Eva Agbada#, Leslie A. Bowman#, “Promoting Information Literacy and Critical Thinking in General Education Students” at The Teaching Professor Conference, Washington, DC, June 2009.

Renee M. Salvo$, Michael F. Bruist#, Tilman Baumstark#, “Biophysical Characteristics of Loop E in the Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid” at the 18th annual retreat of the Institute for Biophysical Research of Johns Hopkins University, September 12, 2009.

Dana Marie Todd@, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, Guillermo Moyna#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Computational Study of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Arylamide Compounds: Delocalization Effect” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

C. Tabarez%, C. Waterman$, A. L. Rapp@, P. Moyna%, Guillermo Moyna#, “Fotoisomerización de Derivados de Benzotropolonas: Síntesis y Caracterización Estructural de Nuevas Indenoquinolinas e Indenopiridazinas” at the XVII Simposio Nacional de Química Orgánica (SINAQO), Mendoza, Argentina, November 15–18, 2009.

Presentations

Harsh Amin$, Christian Tooley$, “Combinatorics in Mathematical Chemistry” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

Jhenny Galan#, JODIAN Brown@, Zhiwei Liu#, Jayme L. Wildin@, Chi Ngong Tang$, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding of Ortho-Substituted Arylamide Oligomers: Model Compound Study” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, R. DeVane%, Preston Moore#, “Coarse Grain Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Membrane Proteins” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Jessica Geer$, Jayme L. Wildin@, Guillermo Moyna#, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Investigating Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Andrew Harron$, Julie Lloyd#, Charles N. McEwen#, “Nearly Universal Ionization Using the ASAP Probe on an Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer” at the International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Bremen, Germany, August 30–September 4, 2009.

Peter T. Hoffer#, “Dear Professor—Dear Son—Dear Friend: A Historical Commentary On Ferenczi’s Transference To Freud” at the 7ª Conferencia Internacional Sándor Ferenczi, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 22, 2009.

Sarah Janssen$, Hiu Yan Cheng$, “The Four Color Theorem” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

LAURIE KIRSZNER#, Stephen Mandell%, invited presentation to English department faculty at Lone Star College–Tomball, Houston, where all first-year students use Kirszner’s textbook, The Brief Wadsworth Handbook, published by Cengage.

Zhiwei Liu#, Jhenny Galan#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers: Conformational Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulation Using Reparameterized Molecular Mechanics Force Fields Regarding Aromatic-Amide Torsions” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Zhiwei Liu#, Thuy Hien Nguyen$, Jhenny Galan#, R. DeVane%, Preston Moore#, “Modeling of Transmembrane Proteins and Peptides: All-Atom and Coarse Grain Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Helical Bundles in Palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) Lipid Bilayer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Saniya Merchant$, Gurleen Dhingra$, “Discrete Fourier Transform” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

Charles N. McEwen#, “New Approaches to Ionization by Mass Spectrometry: GC/MS, ASAP, DESI, and AP-MALDI” at the Edgewood Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, Edgewood, MD, December 6, 2009.

Charles N. McEwen#, B. Larsen%, “Ionization Mechanisms Related to Negative Ion APPI, APCI, and DART” at the 57th Annual Conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Philadelphia, May 31–June 4, 2009.

Charles N. McEwen#, B. Larsen%, S. Trimpin%, “Rapid Analysis of Synthetic Polymers and Polymer Additives Using Multi-Sample Solvent-Free MALDI Target Preparation and ASAP Mass Spectrometric Approaches” at the International Symposium on Separation and Characterization of Natural and Synthetic Macromolecules, Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 28–30, 2009.

Preston Moore#, R. DeVane%, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, “Coarse Grain Paramaterization of Drugs, Proteins, and Lipids for Use in Molecular Dynamics Simulations” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Preston Moore#, R. J. B. Kalescky%, W. Shinoda%, S. O. Nielsen%, “Area per Ligand as a Function of Nanoparticle Radius: A Theoretical and Computer Simulation Approach” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Alison M. Mostrom#, “Student Construction of Concept Maps Provides a Learning-Centered Classroom Environment,” workshop at York College of the CUNY, Jamaica, NY, November 19, 2009. The presentation was sponsored by York College’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and was part of its 2009–2010 Speakers Series.

Guillermo Moyna#

• “Aplicación de la Espectrocsopía RMN y el Modelado Molecular al Estudio de Estructura, Solvatación, y Dinámica en Líquidos Iónicos” invited speaker at SEMIQO, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, December 18, 2009.
• “NMR Outside the Organic Laboratory: Experiments and Experiences,” invited speaker at the 6th Anasazi Workshop on NMR Applications in the Undergraduate Curriculum, University of St. Thomas, Houston, January 9, 2009.
• “Solvation of carbohydrates in N,N’‑dialkylimidazolium Ionic Liquids: Insights from NMR Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” invited speaker for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, April 3, 2009.

Guillermo Moyna#, D. A. Bouchard%, “Applications of NMR for the Study of Foods and Consumer Products to Create Interest for Non-science Majors” at the 36th Annual Conference of College Chemistry Canada, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, May 27–30, 2009.

D. A. Bouchard%, Guillermo Moyna#, “Expanding NMR in the Undergraduate Curriculum Using Sodium-23 NMR in Foods” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Joseph W. Ruane#, “Living and Working in an Increasingly Complex Society” at the Pennsylvania Sociological Society Annual Conference, Shippensburg University, October 24, 2009.

Sarah Saylor$, Catherine Bentzley#

• “Investigation of Hazardous, Volatile Hydrocarbons in Commercial Beverages” at The 31st East Coast Ion Chemistry Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, October 17, 2009.
• “Investigations of Hazardous, Volatile Hydrocarbons in Commercial Beverages” for Sigma Xi, St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, May 2009.
• “Investigation of Hazardous, Volatile Hydrocarbons in Commercial Beverages” at the 57th Annual Conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Philadelphia, May 31–June 4, 2009.

J. Aizenberg%, P. Kim%, L. D. Zarzar%, Alexander Sidorenko#, “Actuation and Self-Assembly of Hybrid Nanostructured Surfaces” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

N. B. Zhitenev%, S. Jung%, B. H. Hamadani%, Alexander Sidorenko#, “Nanoscale Electrical and Photoelectrical Characterization of Thin Polymer Films” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Kamal Tambakuwala$, David Scala$, “The Wonders of Fractals” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

Lia Vas#, “A Quick Path to Leavitt Path Algebras” at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ont., Canada, November 26, 2009.

Jared Wasserman$, Jason Franck$, Vinay Daryani$, “Partition Theory” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

Professional Activity

Joseph W. Ruane#, TV interview, comments on Pope Benedict XVI’s invitation to disaffected Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church and any possible change in celibacy rules in the Catholic Church, Channel 6 ABC News, November 20, 2009.

Alexander Sidorenko# organized the symposium titled “Hybrid Smart Micro- and Nanoparticles” for the PMSE Division at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16–19, 2009.

Lia Vas#, invited visitor at The American University in Cairo, Egypt, August 3–13, 2009.

Publications

Anne Marie Flanagan#, “‘Analogy to What Is Old’: Francis Bacon’s Four Idols Today,” paper in Substance, Judgment, and Evaluation: Selected Papers from the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Association of Core Texts and Courses, University Press of America, December 28, 2009.

Jhenny Galan#, JODIAN Brown@, JAyME L. Wildin@, Zhiwei Liu#, D. Liu%, Guillermo Moyna#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in ortho-Substituted Arylamide Oligomers: A Computational and Experimental Study of ortho-Fluoro- and ortho-Chloro-N-methylbenzamides.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113(38):12809–12815, 2009.

Jun Gao#, Zhijun Li#, “Conserved Network Properties of Helical Membrane Protein Structures and Its Implication for Improving Membrane Protein Homology Modeling at the Twilight Zone,” Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, 23(11):755–763, 2009.

GEETHA N. Goparaju$, MICHAEL F. Bruist#, C. S. Chandran%, P. K. Gupta#, “Influence of N-Terminal Hydrophobicity of Cationic Peptides on Thermodynamics of Their Interaction with Plasmid DNA,” Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 73(5):502–510, 2009.

J. A. Lloyd%, Andrew F. Harron$, Charles N. McEwen#, “Combination Atmospheric Pressure Solids Analysis Probe and Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Ion Source,” Analytical Chemistry, 81(21):9158–9162, 2009.

Gina Kaiser#

• book review of In Rooms of Memory by Hilary Mastersin Library Journal, 134(15):59, September 15, 2009.
• book review of The Double Life Is Twice as Good: Essays and Fiction by Jonathan Amesin Library Journal, 134(12):98, July 15, 2009.
• book review of The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life by Lauretta Hannonin Library Journal, 134(6):80, April 1, 2009.
• book review of Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling by Charles Allenin Library Journal, 134(2):71, February 1, 2009.
• book review of Disquiet Please!: More Humor Writing from The New Yorker, editedby David Remnick and Henry Finder in Library Journal, 133(20):129, December 2008.

LAURIE KIRSZNER#, Stephen Mandell%

• The Wadsworth Handbook, 9th ed., Cengage/Wadsworth, January 2010.
• The Brief Wadsworth Handbook, 6th edition, Cengage/Wadsworth, 2010.
• The Concise Wadsworth Handbook, 3rd edition, Cengage/Wadsworth, January 2010.
• Writing First with Readings, 4th edition, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009.
• Patterns for College Writing, 11th edition, Bedford/St. Martin’s, May 2009.
• Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing, 7th edition, (also the Compact and Portable editions of this book), Cengage/Wadsworth, January 2010.
• The Blair Reader, 7th ed., Longman, January 2010.

Zhiwei Liu#, Richard C. Remsing@, D. Liu%, Guillermo Moyna#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Hydrogen Bonding in ortho-Substituted Arylamides: The Influence of Protic Solvents,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113(20):7041–7044, 2009.

Charles N. McEwen#, B. S. Larsen%, “Ionization Mechanisms Related to Negative Ion APPI, APCI, and DART,” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 20(8):1518–1521, 2009.

S. Trimpin%, K. Wijerathne%, Charles N. McEwen#, “Rapid Methods of Polymer and Polymer Additives Identification: Multi-Sample Solvent-Free MALDI, Pyrolysis at Atmospheric Pressure, and Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe Mass Spectrometry,” Analytica Chimica Acta, 654(1):20–25, 2009.

A. S. Ionkin%, W. J. Marshall%, B. M. Fish%, M. F. Schiffhauer%, F. Davidson%, Charles N. McEwen#, “Highly Unsaturated Phosphorus Compounds: Generation and Reactions on Both Multiple Bonds of Vinyl Phosphaalkyne,” Organometallics, 28(8):2410–2416, 2009.

B. Hampstead%, D. Libon%, STEPHEN Moelter#, T. Swirsky-Sacchetti%, L. Scheffer%, S. Platek%, D. Chute%, “Temporal Order Memory Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia,” Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, January 19, 2010 (E-pub ahead of print).

R. DeVane%, W. Shinoda%, Preston Moore#, M. L. Klein%, “Transferable Coarse Grain Nonbonded Interaction Model for Amino Acids,” Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 5(8):2115–2124, 2009.

U. O. Moreles Vazquez%, W. Shinoda%, Preston Moore#, C.-c. Chiu%, S. O. Nielsen%, “Calculating the Surface Tension Between a Flat Solid and a Liquid: a Theoretical and Computer Simulation Study of Three Topologically Different Methods,” Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 45(1):161–174, 2009.

L. J. Tranvik%, J. A. Downing%, J. B. Cotner%, S. A. Loiselle%, R. G. Striegl%, T. J. Ballatore%, P. Dillon%, K. Finlay%, K. Fortino%, L. B. Knoll%, P. L. Kortelainen%, T. Kutser%, S. Larsen%, I. Laurion%, D. M. Leech%, S. L. McCallister%, D. M. McKnight%, J. M. Melack%, E. Overholt%, Jason A. Porter#@, Y. Prairie%, W. H. Renwick%, F. Roland%, B. S. Sherman%, D. W. Schindler%, S. Sobek%, A. Tremblay%, M. J. Vanni%, A. M. Verschoor%, E. von Wachenfeldt%, G. A. Weyhenmeyer%, “Lakes and Reservoirs as Regulators of Carbon Cycling and Climate,” Limnology and Oceanography, publication of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 54(6, part 2):2298–2314, November 2009.

C. Sobrino%, P. J. Neale%, J. D. Phillips-Kress%, R. E. Moeller%, Jason A. Porter#@, “Elevated CO2 Increases Sensitivity to Ultraviolet Radiation in Lacustrine Phytoplankton Assemblages,” Limnology and Oceanography, publication of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 54(6, part 2):2448–2459 November 2009.

Joseph W. Ruane#, S. Misturak%, “Program Evaluation,” chapter 27 in Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, 5th edition, Marilyn Harris, ed., Jones and Bartlett Publications, pp. 359–382, March 2009.

L. Ionov%, N. Houbenov%, Alexander Sidorenko#, M. Stamm%, S. Minko%, “Stimuli-Responsive Command Polymer Surface for Generation of Protein Gradients,” Biointerphases, 4(2):FA45–FA49, 2009.

M. A. Bucaro%, P. R. Kolodner%, J. A. Taylor%, Alexander Sidorenko#, J. Aizenberg%, T. N. Krupenkin%, “Tunable Liquid Optics: Electrowetting-Controlled Liquid Mirrors Based on Self-Assembled Janus Tiles,” Langmuir, 25(6):3876–3879, 2009.

N. B. Zhitenev%, S. Jung%, B. H. Hamadani%, Alexander Sidorenko#, “Nanoscale Electrical and Photoelectrical Characterization of Thin Polymer Films,” PMSE Preprints of the 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, 101:1686, 2009.

J. Aizenberg%, P. Kim%, L. D. Zarzar%, Alexander Sidorenko#, “Actuation and Self-Assembly of Hybrid Nanostructured Surfaces,” PMSE Preprints of the 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, 101:1461, 2009.

Lia Vas#, “Perfect Symmetric Rings of Quotients,” Journal of Algebra and Its Applications, 8(5):689–711, 2009.

C. Tabarez%, Carrie Waterman$, A. L. Rapp@, P. Moyna%, Guillermo Moyna#, “Synthesis of Novel Indenoquinolines and Indenopyridazines via Photoisomerization of Benzotropolone Derivatives,” Tetrahedron Letters, 50(51):7128–7131, 2009.

I. Hartman@, A. R. Gillies%, S. Arora%, C. Andaya%, N. Royapet%, W. J. Welsh%, D. W. Wood%, Randy Zauhar#, “Application of Screening Methods, Shape Signatures, and Engineered Biosensors in Early Drug Discovery Process,” Pharmaceutical Research, 26(10):2247–2258, 2009.

OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID

Grant

Paula Lehrberger# received a one-year $99,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for “Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds.”

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

Grants

BIN CHEN# received a three-year $718,382 grant from the American Cancer Society for work on “Therapeutic Enhancement of Photodynamic Vascular Targeting Therapy.”

Poster Presentations

Chaitali Desai@, A. J. Hermosillo%, Brooke Baetz@, Andrew Peterson#, M. Jessup%, R. Morris%, Sarah Spinler#, “Heparin Dosing Nomograms in Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices” at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Phoenix, October 20, 2009.

LAURA A. FINN#@, JEANETTE LITTS#@, SHAWN BOYLE@, “Integration of Notebook Computers into a Course Management System in a Laboratory Class” at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), Philadelphia, October 8–10, 2009.

LAURA A. MANDOS#, MICHAEL J. CAWLEY#, LAURA A. FINN#@, CRAIG B. WHITMAN#, LINDSAY B. PALKOVIC#, “Familiarity with Calculations Improves Patient Survival Rates during Mock Advanced Cardiac Life Support Codes” at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), October 8–10, 2009.

Presentations

Grace Earl#, “Keeping Your Heart Failure Patients Out of the Emergency Department,” a continuing education program at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, Lancaster, PA, October 4, 2009.

Sarah Spinler#, “Improving Patient Outcomes in Thromboembolic Disorders: Focus on Anticoagulant Therapy” in the ASHP Advantage Continuing Education Program (approved for 11 hours of ACPE credit), Houston, September 11–12, 2009, and Morristown, NJ, October 23–24, 2009.

Vincent J. Willey#@, Trishna Patel$, William McGhan#, E. Cascade%, Rose Plummer@, Andrew Peterson#, “Medication Adherence and Decision Making Processes in Patients with Coexisting Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Hypertension” at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009 Conference, Orlando, November 14–18, 2009.

Publications

Meredith Abraham@, Grace Earl#, “Health Literacy: Do Your Patients Understand What You Tell Them?” The Pennsylvania Pharmacist, September/October 2009:9–11.

Grace Earl#, “Using Cooperative Learning for a Drug Information Assignment,” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 73(7) Article 132, November 12, 2009.

Sarah Spinler#, “A Benchmark for Platelet Count Monitoring with Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin: Expanding Implementation of National Patient Safety Goals,” editorial in The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 43(9):1519–1521, 2009.

D. Slain%, A. Wong-Berringer%, B. Blake%, M. Bumgardner%, R. Rowen%, K. Schonder%, Sarah Spinler#, J. Murphy% (the 2008 ACCP Educational Affairs Committee B), Pharmacotherapy Didactic Curriculum Toolkit 2009, American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Available at www.accp.com/docs/positions/misc/PharmacotherapyToolkit.pdf.

Vincent J. Willey#@, M. F. Bullano%, N. N. Shoetan%, S. K. Gandhi%, “Therapy Modifications and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Goal Attainment Rates Associated with the Initiation of Generic Simvastatin,” Current Medical Research and Opinion, 26(1):121–128, 2010 (published online November 13, 2009).

L. J. Short%, M. D. Fisher%, P. M. Wahl%, M. B. Kelly%, G. D. Lawless%, S. White%, N. A. Rodriguez%, Vincent J Willey#@, O. W. Brawley%, “Disparities in Medical Care Among Commercially Insured Patients with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer: Opportunities for Intervention,” Cancer, October 28, 2009 (E-pub ahead of print).

SAMSON COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES FALL 2009

Poster Presentations

Therese E. Johnston#, K. E. Watson%, J. Engsberg%, S. A. Ross%, P. E. Gates%, C. A. Tucker%, R. R. Betz%

• “Strength, Function and Gait Changes Following a Supported Speed Treadmill Training Exercise Program (SSTTEP) for Marginally Ambulatory Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Preliminary Report” at the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, September 23–26, 2009.
• “Outcomes of a Treadmill Training Exercise Program for Marginally Ambulatory Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Preliminary Report” at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Denver, October 7–11, 2009.

Gregory Thielman#, “Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Function after Stroke: Case Report Investigating Virtual Reality Using Reotherapy” at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting, San Diego, February 19, 2010.

Presentations

Roger I. Ideishi#, C. Willock$, “Participation of Children with Special Needs at the Aquarium” at the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association State Conference, Pittsburgh, October 30, 2009.

Gregory Thielman#, “One-Year Follow-Up for Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb Post Stroke: Knowledge of Performance Feedback of Two Types of Trunk Control” at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting, San Diego, February 19, 2010.

Publications

Therese E. Johnston# served as a grant reviewer for the Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research Merit Award Reviews, August 24–26, 2009.

Publications

Roger I. Ideishi#, “Occupational Therapy Service Learning & Early Childhood Education,” chapter 9 in Service-Learning in Occupational Therapy: Philosophy and Practice, K. Flecky, L. Gitlow, eds., Jones and Bartlett Publishers, pp. 237–251, 2010.

Susan Wainwright#, “Using Interaction Analysis to Demonstrate Effective Implementation of Active Learning Strategies in a Professional Level Course,” The Journal of Faculty Development, 23(3):22–28, 2009.

Susan Wainwright#, P. McGinnis%, “Factors That Influence the Clinical Decision-Making of Rehabilitation Professionals in Long-Term Care Settings,” Journal of Allied Health, 38(3):143–151, 2009.

Teaching and Learning Center

Presentations

Phyllis Blumberg#

• “Taking Responsibility for Learning: Implications for Self-Directed Learning” at The Teaching Professor Conference, Washington, D.C., June 2009.
• “Welcoming Changes in Evaluating Teaching: A Regenerative Rubrics Approach” at the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Houston, October 2009.
• “This Is Your Course: Encouraging Students to Take Responsibility for Their Learning” at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), Philadelphia, October 8–10, 2009.

N. Chism%, C. Schroeder%, Phyllis Blumberg#, C. Frerichs%, S. Gano-Phillips%, “Organizational Development for Institutional Change: Our Role,” a preconference workshop at the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Houston, October 2009.

A. Tolman%, Phyllis Blumberg#, C. Johnson%, “Generating Improved Learning: Applying Learner-Centered Teaching to Distance Education” at the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Houston, October 2009.

Publication

Phyllis Blumberg#, “Strategic Committee Involvement: A Guide for Faculty Developers,” To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development, 28:63–81, 2009.

By Brian Kirschner

Despite advances in detection and treatment, prostate cancer remains the leading cancer and second leading cause of death among men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fortunately, advances in the diagnosis have led to early detection of prostate cancer and allowed more men to get treatment. The down side is that the two most conventional therapies— surgery and radiation—come with numerous side effects.

Since Food and Drug Administration approval in the ’90s, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been showing great promise as an option for localized prostate cancer treatment. In PDT, a drug (photosensitizer) is injected into patients, accumulated in the tumor tissue, and then activated by a laser light to destroy tumor tissue. At the University, work on PDT is taking a different course.

“We are not targeting tumor cells, but tumor blood vessels,” explained Bin Chen, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Science. “Basically, we want to cut off the blood supply to the tumor tissue.

“However, we found that tumor vessels responded differently to this therapy. Particularly, the peripheral vessels of the tumor are more resistant, while the central blood vessels are sensitive. So, after the therapy, the peripheral vessels may resume function and tumor cells will survive. We need to develop some therapeutic strategies to deal with this problem.”

Dr. Chen was recently awarded a four-year $718,000 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant to investigate how PDT works as a tumor vascular targeting therapy and how to further enhance its therapeutic outcome. “We are very pleased and honored to receive this prestigious award, which will give us an opportunity to address this therapeutic challenge.”

Using the grant, Dr. Chen’s research will address three important issues to better understand tumor vasculature and photodynamic vascular targeting. The first issue to be studied is why the peripheral vessels are more resistant to external damage induced by PDT than the interior vessels. The second to be investigated is why the peripheral vessels generally have a higher flow rate than the interior vessels and whether modifying blood flow can enhance vascular response. And the third issue, which is related to the second, is why the peripheral vessels exhibit a higher level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression. VEGF, a signaling protein that regulates vasculogenesis, has been found to help blood vessels grow and proliferate.

“We have demonstrated the spatial heterogeneity in vascular response to PDT in our previous studies. This grant will greatly help us understand why this happens.” Dr. Chen said. “More importantly, we are going to combine vascular targeting PDT with a drug that will decrease blood flow and another that will decrease VEGF release to see whether such interventions will lead to enhanced therapeutic response.”

Dr. Chen is hopeful that these new approaches, if confirmed, will lead toward a human clinical study in the not too distant future.

“The ultimate goal of my lab is to enhance the effectiveness of cancer therapy, especially PDT. In order to do this, we need to understand better how it works at different levels,” Dr. Chen said. “The mechanistic studies are really important in the understanding of tumor responsiveness to PDT and identifying factors limiting therapeutic efficacy. If we can effectively address these limitations, I think we can improve the efficacy of these therapies to a higher level.”

1951
Donald M. Held P’51 passed away after a long illness on February 5, 2009. His survivors include his wife Lois.

1967
Steven G. Zelenski P’67 (PhD’73, University of Rhode Island; DO’84, Des Moines University) died peacefully at home on April 2, 2009. He was preceded in death by his first wife Jane, his father, and his grandparents. Steve is survived by his wife Tamara, son Alex, daughter Nicki, stepson Joel, and mother Erika.

1985
Elliott S. Herman P’85 lost his battle with bile duct cancer on January 26, 2009. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters.

2000

Melissa M. Devlin P’00, PharmD’01 married Christopher Devlin on June 6, 2009, in Phoenixville, PA. Dawn (Feltner) Pollitt P’00, PharmD’ 01 was a bridesmaid. The newlyweds honeymooned in Italy and currently reside in New Jersey. (see right)

Holly (Naugle) Eaton MPT’00 and Aaron E. Eaton P’00, PharmD’01 welcomed daughter Avery Sara on November 26, 2008. She joins big sister Allyson (4). Amy (Eaton) Van Kleunen MPT’02 is the proud aunt.

Amy (Reader) Willoughby P’00, PharmD’01 and her husband Steven welcomed daughter Sydney Audrey on March 4, 2009, at 5:23 p.m. Amy is a clinical pharmacist at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE. She and her family live in Hockessin, DE.

2001
Jessica (Laskowski) Van Nest MOT’01 and Clifford I. Van Nest P’00 welcomed identical twin daughters Brynn Elizabeth and Reese Katherine on October 22, 2008. They join big sister Ava (3). The family lives in Point Pleasant, NJ.

2002

Jaime (Karas) Bayzick MPT’02 (DPT’07, Temple University) her husband Brian announced the birth of son Cole Matthew on July 21, 2009. Jaime works for Genesis Rehab at Fort Washington Estates as a program manager. (see left)

Jennifer (Hinkle) Godshall MPT’02 and her husband Brian announced the birth of son Benjamin Lee on March 19, 2008. He joins big brother Brandon. Jennifer is a physical therapist for Grand View Sports Medicine in Sellersville, PA.

Janelle (Mummert) Hissong MPT’02 and her husband Chad welcomed the birth of son Liam James on April 27, 2008. Liam joins siblings Caleb and Ava. Janelle works on a per diem basis for Staffing Plus, Inc., and Genesis Rehab. She and her family reside in Limerick, PA. (see right)

Charles B. Wardell and Stacy (Buda) Wardell, both PharmD’02, welcomed twins Nathan and Hailey on April 27, 2008. Chuck and Stacy are pharmacists at Wegman’s in Rochester, NY.

2003
Nicole A. Walsh PharmD’03 was elected president of the Lackawanna County Pharmacy Association for a second term. The association delivers presentations to senior centers and on poison prevention to elementary schools and reaches out to the community during pharmacy week.

2004
Larissa M. Gasparato BI’04 received her DO degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in June 2008. She is currently doing her residency in emergency medicine at Memorial Hospital in York, PA.

Jeffrey M. Phillips PharmD’04 and Sonya Magid were married on February 14, 2009. They just purchased a home in Lansdale, PA.

Alicia (DeNarie) Sadowski MOT’04 and her husband Lamont welcomed the birth of their first child Ava Marie on February 13, 2009. Alicia is a schoolbased occupational therapist in New Jersey, and Lamont is a sales account executive. They live in Berlin, NJ.

Cheryl (Chambers) Soboleski PharmD’04 and her husband Shawn are the parents of Samantha (9), Vanessa (3), and Aaron (1). Cheryl is a pharmacy manager with CVS and is “enjoying the Florida sunshine.”

Danielle M. Villano HS’04 (MS’05, PCOM) and James R. Landzinski PharmD’04 were married in New Jersey on September 5, 2008.

2005
Jessica R. Jablonski PA/HS’05 married Karl A. Swierczek, Jr., on June 19, 2009, in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Amy R. Lamorgia PharmD’06 was in attendance. Jessica and Karl live in Orange County, CA.

Diane (Szymanski) Quinn PharmD’05 and Robert F. Quinn P’94 welcomed the birth of their third child Nora Frances on Jan. 28, 2009. She joins big brothers Aidan (3) and Ryan (2). Diane works for CVS, and Robert works for Astra- Zeneca Pharmaceuticals. They live in West Chester, PA.

2007
Tahirah R. Jones BI’07, MT’08 received her MS degree in medical technology from Thomas Jefferson University in May 2009. She wrote a meta-analysis of real-time and traditional PCR in identifying Leishmania parasites. Tahirah is currently working at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, NJ.

Lauren E. McCormick PharmD’07 and Jeffrey Garton were married on June 7, 2008, at the Centerton Country Club in Pittsgrove, NJ. Lauren is employed as an anticoagulation clinical pharmacy specialist with Candler Health System in Savannah, GA. She and Jeffrey purchased their first home in April 2009.

1990
Beth (Ginsberg) Ashry P’90 was recently promoted to the position of executive hospital business manager for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in Palm Beach, FL. She was inducted into the Sales Leadership Society, an elite group of the company’s top sales professionals. She is also a district sales trainer and regional advisory board member.

1991
Michael Stern BC’91 (MBA’02, LaSalle University) has been promoted to marketing manager at EMD Chemicals Inc. He is now responsible for managing the core component of EMD’s lab chemicals business, including leading a team of three product managers. Michael has been with EMD since 2003.

1992
Therese A. Bohusch MPT’92, DPT’07 took command of the 30th Medical Operations squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base on July 9, 2009. The squadron of 135 personnel provides comprehensive outpatient prevention and healthcare services to a population of 9,000.

1993
Frank A. DePietro P’93 and his wife Jennifer welcomed daughter Danielle on June 14, 2008. Frank owns The Medicine Shoppe in Moscow, PA, and Jennifer is an occupational therapist for John Heinz/Allied Services in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

1994
Jennifer (Butz) Hopple P’94 purchased Park Avenue Pharmacy in Chambersburg, PA on February 15, 2007. Jenny first started working in the pharmacy, formerly owned by Thomas F. Stonesifer P’59, when she was 16 years old.

1995
Dina (Bainbridge) Sandri P’95 and her husband Marc announced the birth of daughter Kylla Grace on April 10, 2009. Kylla joins big brother Casen (6). Dina is codirector of pharmacy services at Shamokin Area Community Hospital in Coal Township, PA.

1996
Teresa (Evan) Corbo P’96, PharmD’97 was named fellow of the American Society of Health- System Pharmacists. The fellow designation is intended to recognize excellence in pharmacy practice and to promote public awareness of pharmacists who have distinguished themselves in their professional careers. Terri is director of clinical pharmacy services and medication safety officer for Christiana Care Health System in Newark, DE. She resides in West Chester, PA, with her husband and daughters.

Condillo A. Skirlis P’96 celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the opening of her pharmacy in June 2009. Skirlis currently lives in Greece.

1997
Jennifer (Deibler) Kelly P’97 is a pharmacist at CVS in Souderton, PA. She lives in Harleysville, PA, with her husband and three young children.

1998
Matthew W. Grim P’98 and his wife Claudia welcomed the birth of son William Matthew on April 14, 2009. The family lives in Lancaster, PA.

Scott R. Keen MPT’98 was recently promoted to CEO of HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Western Massachusetts. He and his family moved to Massachusetts from Pennsylvania, where he was the director of marketing and business development for HealthSouth Reading Rehabilitation Hospital.

Amy L. Phillips P’98 and David E. Vincenti were married on October 25, 2008, in Laflin, PA. Wedding guests included Theresa (Martin) Plog P’97, PharmD’98 and Donald R. Klaproth P’98. Amy is a pharmacist with Rite Aid, and Dave is a machinist.

1999
Nancy (Cassarella) Fritch MPT’99 and her husband Rob welcomed son Nathan William on January 15, 2009. Milissa (Fritch) Havard MPT’93 is the proud aunt. Nancy is a physical therapist in an outpatient facility in Havertown, PA, where she and her family reside.

Gregory R. Kratz and Nicole (Louvros) Kratz, both P’99, welcomed the birth of their first child Olivia Josephine on February 15, 2008. Gregory is a pharmacy director at Coram Pharmacy in Malvern, PA, and Nicole is a staff pharmacist at CVS in West Chester, PA. (see right)

Dino C. Messina P’99 was married in May 2007. He and his wife Kelly welcomed daughter Devyn Elizabeth on March 23, 2008. Dino works for Target as a pharmacist. He and his family reside in Williamstown, NJ.

Brian C. Stapinski MPT’99 (MD’05, Penn State University) and his wife Melissa announced the birth of their daughter Maggie Lynn on June 6, 2008. Maggie was also welcomed by grandparents John A. Stapinski and Marie (Mobilio) Stapinski, both P’68, and aunts Michelle (Stapinski) Pokrinchak PharmD’98 and Caryn Ann Stapinski PharmD’02.

Diane (McWhorter) Valentin MT’99 is currently pursuing a certificate in molecular diagnostics at Michigan State University.

Danielle (Iobbi) Ziernicki P’99, PharmD’00 and her husband Jason welcomed son Jason Jude on January 2, 2009. Danielle is a director in regulatory affairs at Johnson & Johnson, and Jason runs his own marketing firm. The family lives in New Hope, PA. (see left)

1982
Daniel P. Connelly P’82 has become a geology researcher, looking for the origins of the Precambrian/ Cambrian boundary and its relationship to life on Earth.

1983
Michael D. Lefkowitz P’83 released Where’s the Exit, an easy-to-read guide to selling a business, in July 2009. Michael is a founder and managing partner of the Benjamin Ross Group.

Stacy M. Rosemarin P’83 is a pharmacist at both the VA Medical Center and the VA Community Living Center in Philadelphia. She was also recently appointed to the board of directors of Mazzoni Center, the nonprofit LGBT health center in Philadelphia.

1984
Philip L. Sheridan TX’84 (PhD, University of Colorado) married Negin Iranfar on August 10, 2008. They live in San Diego, CA.

Michael S. Wolfe C’84 (MS’86, PhD’90, University of Kansas) is the 2009 recipient of the MetLife Foundation Award for Medical Research and the Potamkin Prize from the American Academy of Neurology, both for his research contributions to the understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.

1985
Diane M. Pascu P’85 (MBA’89, Drexel University) recently became board certified in the area of pharmacotherapy by passing the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties pharmacotherapy examination. Diane is a clinical pharmacist at Virtua Health, a multi-hospital healthcare system headquartered in Marlton, NJ. She lives in Woodbury, NJ, with her husband Bob Pauro and their four children Trish (18), Rob (16), Bridget (13), and Gina (6).

1986
David B. Crothers TX’86 and Kristine Foranoce were married on April 26, 2009, in Orefield, PA. Jeffrey W. Lawrence TX’87 (PhD’92, University of FL) was a groomsman. Dave and Kris live in Henderson, NV.

Charles A. Peloquin PharmD’86 is now a professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. He is also a pharmacokineticist at the university’s Emerging Pathogens Institute.

1988
Jennifer R. Hubbard TX’88 (MS’00, Drexel University) is the author of The Secret Year, a young adult novel that will be published in January 2010. She lives in Wyncote, PA.

Bryan P. Murray P’88 received his PharmD degree from the University in May 2009. He resides in Hummelstown, PA.

1989
Stephanie K. Bean MPT’89 has been elected commodore of the Philadelphia Yacht Club. She currently serves as vice president of the USP Alumni Association and is pursuing her DPT degree at Temple University.

Lisa R. Flaherty P’89 (PharmD’02, Shenandoah University) is a pharmacy manager at Rite Aid in Wilmington, DE. She lives in Bear, DE, with her daughters Emily (5) and Samantha (4).

Jo-Ellen (Boris) McLaughlin P’89 and James J. McLaughlin, Jr., P’86 welcomed seventh son Sean Andrew on March 26, 2009. He joins big brothers Christopher, Jonathan, Colin, Timothy, Brendan, and Ryan. Jim is a pharmacy manager at Rite Aid, and Jo-Ellen works part-time at The Medicine Center. The family lives in Thornton, PA.