Francisco Junqueria and Joselina Manfio from Prati-

Donaduzzi with Dr. Eli Phillips, Dr. Marcos Oliveira and

Dr. Kevin Lord from the FSOP

Student recipients L to R: Kate Goodspeed, Marcella Saenz, Michelle Lopez, Ashley Kilgore, Michelle Gove, Michael Olivares, Ngoc Doan, and Christopher Freeman.

FSOP EMBARKS ON A UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

For the past two years Dr. Marcos Oliveira, an Associate

Professor at the Feik School of Pharmacy and a native of Brazil,

has been engaging Brazilian pharmacy schools. His focus was on

developing new opportunities for UIW Pharmacy students, as well

as Brazilian students. Dr. Oliveira targeted institutions that shared

similar values to FSOP of faith, service, innovation and education.

In summer 2012, Dr. Oliveira began a conversation with

administrators from a Catholic faith-based university in Brazil,

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Parana (PUC-PR) and Prati-

Donaduzzi, a Brazilian pharmaceutical company.

An FSOP team, comprised of Dr. Marcos Oliveira, Associate

Professor, Dr. Eli Phillips, JD, Assistant Professor and Dr. Kevin

Lord, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, went to Brazil in March to seal the agreement with PUC-PR and Prati-

Donaduzzi. This agreement will afford 8 FSOP students annually the opportunity to engage in an elective

industrial rotation in their P4 year. “This is a unique venture within the U.S. pharmacy school arena, which has the

potential for multi-directional outcomes for FSOP, PUC-PR, and Prati-Donaduzzi,” said Dr. Arcelia Johnson-

Fannin.

The first eight recipients chosen

for this program were announced

at the FSOP Awards Banquet and

Rites of Passage Ceremony on

April 10, 2013. Francisco

Junqueira and Joselina Manfio

from Prati-Donaduzzi awarded

certificates to the first eight

FSOP students during their fourth

year of study.

The students will participate in

an FDA/ANVISA regulatory

course that will involve all three institutions, followed by experiences at PUC-PR and Prati-Donaduzzi.

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AWARDS BANQUET AND RITES OF PASSAGE CEREMONY

On the evening of April 10th, the students of the Class of 2014 gathered with their families and the FSOP

administrators, faculty and staff to celebrate their passing from the didactic to the experiential phase of their

education. Each student received a black blazer and Feik School of Pharmacy pin to mark the occasion. Students

received special recognitions, awards and scholarships for academic performance, community service activities, and

involvement in student organizations. In addition, Dr. Eli Phillips was selected by students to receive the Teacher

of the Year award. Dr. Tina Lopez was selected by faculty and staff to receive the Faculty of the Year award.

FSOP Assessment and Information Systems Analyst Ms. Alejandra Zertuche was selected by faculty and staff to

receive the Staff of the Year award.

FACULTY AWARDED MULTI-YEAR NIH GRANT

Dr. Amanda Sharpe, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, is a co-investigator on a

5-year National Institutes of Health research award that was recently funded by the National

Institute on Drug Abuse. The grant, entitled “The role of dendrodendritic dopamine

neurotransmission in methamphetamine abuse,” is a collaboration with Dr. Michael

Beckstead, principal investigator, at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. The

grant proposes to combine electrophysiological, pharmacological and behavioral techniques to examine alterations

in dopamine cell synaptic functioning that occur in the early stages of methamphetamine use and may contribute to

drug addiction. The grant project is funded through November 2017 for a total of $1,647,000, contingent on

satisfactory progress of the project and future availability of funds.

FSOP FACULTY RECEIVES PATENT

Dr. Donald Sikazwe was awarded a U.S. patent (#7,700,587) for developing an analog

drug based on his 2004 dissertation-related research on the antipsychotic drug

Haloperidol. Haloperidol is an inexpensive older drug (introduced in 1950’s), and is

very effective for alleviating positive or overt symptoms (hallucinations, delusions,

etc.) of schizophrenia. However, chronic usage of this drug leads to tardive dyskinesias

(permanent movement disorders) in patients, due to its biotransformation to neurotoxic

quaternary pyridinium species which accumulate in patient’s brains.

Dr. Sikazwe’s patented analogs of Haloperidol were designed to avoid the this

biotransformation, so that the drugs are eliminated from the body harmlessly and

without adverse side effects.

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Class of 2014

with FSOP

faculty and

administrators.

FACULTY PUBLICATION A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT

Internal Medicine: A Guide to Clinical Therapeutics is a peer-reviewed guide that highlights important

therapeutic options for the most common diseases managed by clinicians practicing internal medicine. The guide

is edited by Rebecca L. Attridge,

Monica L. Miller, Rebecca

Moote, and Laurajo Ryan.

The faculty from the UIW Feik

School of Pharmacy who have

contributed to this text include (L

to R): Dr. Kevin Lord, Dr. Nicole

Farrell, Dr. Bradi Frei, Dr.

Russell Attridge, Dr. Rebecca

Attridge (editor), Dr. Elizabeth

Urteaga, Dr. Jason Cota, Dr.

Rebecca Brady and Dr. William

Linn.

RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT GRANT AWARDED

Dr. Marcos Oliveira, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has received a grant

from the William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation for his work entitled

Development of(bis)-guanidines as antibacterial agents. The grant of $50,000 will

support a project focused on developing new antibiotics effective against multidrug-

resistant bacteria. The project is a collaboration with Dr. Mary Pat Moyer from INCELL,

a biotech company located in San Antonio, TX. The funds will be used to develop

preparatory work toward animal testing, which will be carried out this year.

ACPE SITE VISITS

Four FSOP administrators and faculty were invited to participate in ACPE site visits during the spring semester:

Dr. Arcelia Johnson-Fannin, Dr. David Maize, Dr. Jeffrey Copeland and Dr. Lila LaGrange.

NEW APPE COORDINATOR

Regina A. Tabor, R.Ph. joined the FSOP staff in March 2013, assuming the newly-created

APPE Coordinator position, as Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Feik School

of Pharmacy. Ms. Tabor received her B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Pittsburgh.

She is licensed in Texas and Georgia. She completed a mini-residency in oncology at the

Audie Murphy VA Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

Ms. Tabor has extensive experience in hospital pharmacy. Her areas of practice include intensive care medicine,

acute care, oncology, infectious disease and psychiatric medicine. In addition she was a research pharmacist on the

clinical research unit at the San Antonio State Hospital for schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder.

Ms. Tabor was appointed as a Clinical Instructor for the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of

Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio from 2003 to 2005. She was appointed as a Clinical Adjunct

Professor at the University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy in 2010.

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Ms. Tabor is a member of several professional organizations including the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic

Pharmacists (CPNP), a member of the Texas Society of Health-system Pharmacists (TSHP) and the Central Texas

Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CTSHP).

Dr. Rebecca Attridge

Presented Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Highlights from the 2012 Update at the Texas Society of Health-System

Pharmacists annual meeting in Austin, TX, April 27.

Volunteered at the UIW Meet the Mission Alternative Spring Break in San Antonio, TX, March 13.

Volunteered for the Christian Medical and Dental Association medical mission to Del Rio, TX, April 6.

Precepted at the Phi Lambda Sigma Haven for Hope Health Fair in San Antonio, TX, April 13.

Dr. Russell Attridge

Volunteered at the UIW Meet the Mission Alternative Spring Break in San Antonio, TX, March 13.

Presented Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity continuing education for San Antonio Military Medical Center

(SAMMC), April 8.

Precepted at the Phi Lambda Sigma Haven for Hope Health Fair in San Antonio, TX, April 13.

Dr. Renee Bellanger

Presented Compatibility of dopamine hydrochloride and dobutamine hydrochloride injection with Liposyn III

Intravenous Fat Emulsion during simulated Y-site administration at the Texas Society of Health-System

Pharmacists annual meeting in Austin, TX, April 27. Co-authors: Trevino J, Martin KA, Bellanger, R.

Presented Virtual Nutrition: Technology use among nutrition support professionals at ASPEN NutritionWeek

in Phoenix, AZ, February 9. Co-authors: Martin K, Lopez CA, Seeger C, Bellanger R.

Staff development lecture presentation Medication Adherence and Common Disease State to Personalized

Prevention, San Antonio, TX, March 8.

Volunteered at the Expand Your Horizons in Science and Math conference held at UIW in San Antonio, TX,

February 23.

Career Day presentation at Harlandale Alternative Campus in San Antonio, TX with Dr. Chris Alvarado, Dr.

Merlyn Jopeh and Merideth Runion, February 26.

Career Day presentation at Tejeda Middle School in San Antonio, TX with Regina Tabor, February 26.

Mentored project for CHRISTUS resident Martinez, JL. Evaluation of antimicrobial prescribing in the

emergency department of an academic teaching children’s hospital, in preparation for an antimicrobial steward-

ship program. ALCALDE regional resident’s meeting at the THP annual meeting in Austin, TX, April 27.

NISD Partner of the Year Award nominee from Communication Arts High School, San Antonio, TX, April 16,

Dr. Bradi Frei

Presented Oncology Update 2013: What New Weapons are Available in the War Against Cancer at the

American Public Health Association annual meeting in Los Angeles, CA, March 3. Co-presenters: Greene, R

and Frei, B.

Attended Hematology Oncology Pharmacists Association annual meeting in Los Angeles, CA, March 20-23.

Presented Best Poster in the Clinical Pharmacist category, entitled A Cost Comparison of Consumer Price Per

Unit of Common Nonprescription Drugs and Durable Medical Equipment at Different Types of Pharmacies at

the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists annual meeting in Austin, TX, April 26. Co-authors: Horlen,

C. and Frei, B.

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Dr. Helmut Gottlieb

Presented Renal effects produced by microinjection of kappa opioid agonist into the bed nuclei of the stria

terminalis (BST) at the Experimental Biology Meeting in Boston, MA, April 20-24. Co-authors: C. Franklin,

Y. Rangel, L. Fortepaini, G. Toney and H.B. Gottlieb.

Nominated for the UIW Presidential Teaching Award at the University of the Incarnate Word Faculty

Appreciation Luncheon in San Antonio, TX, April 4.

Dr. Adeola Grillo

Presented Probing the correlation between protein conformation, stability, and biological activity using

multivariate experimental design during the 6th annual UIW Research Week in San Antonio, TX, February 25 –

March 1. Co-authors: Mendez, PM, Shieu, CY, Brock, RM, Pierce, OJ and Grillo, AO.

Co-chaired the Biomolecular & Biophysical Processes: Protein Characterization Technologies – Structure,

Stability & Dynamics session at 245th American Chemical Society national mtg, New Orleans, LA, Apr. 7-13.

Volunteered as a judge at the Alamo Regional Academy of Science and Engineering (ARASE) Junior

Academy of Science competition in San Antonio, TX, February 8.

Co-led a Pharmacy workshop for 6th to 8

th grade girls at the Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Math

Conference held at UIW in San Antonio, TX, February 23.

Volunteered as a judge at the 2013 ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair in San Antonio, TX,

March 28.

Dr. Patricia Lieveld

Presented Women and Water Issues: Addressing Local and Global Concerns for Women’s History Month at

UIW in San Antonio, TX, March 21.

Presented Global Water Issues and Opportunities for the Women’s Global Connection Earth Month program at

UIW in San Antonio, TX, April 16.

Dr. Vanessa Phillips

Coordinator for the Diabetes Awareness Health Fair at Haven for Hope in San Antonio, TX, April 13.

Co-coordinator for the Tus Medicinas y Tu Salud Univision Health Fair at St. Phillips College in San Antonio,

TX, April 20.

Dr. Sushma Ramsinghani

Organized the 2nd

annual Refugee Health Fair at the UIW Northwest campus in San Antonio, TX, February 23.

Dr. Amanda Sharpe

Presented a poster Neurotensin receptor agonist decreases intravenous, operant self-administration of

methamphetamine in mice for UIW Research Week in San Antonio, TX, February 27.

Presented a poster Melanocortin receptor agonist injected into the nucleus accumbens deceases food intake but

does not increase metabolic rate at the annual Behavior, Biology and Chemistry: Translational Research in

Addiction meeting in San Antonio, TX, March 9.

Dr. Donald Sikazwe

Organized the FSOP Pharmaceutical Sciences departmental seminar in San Antonio, TX, February 25.

Presented Welcome to Zambia at the UIW International Currency and National Flags event in San Antonio, TX,

March 28.

Served as a judge for the 2013 Alamo Junior Academy of Science Fair in San Antonio, TX, February 9.

Served as a judge for the 2013 Alamo Regional Science and Engineering Fair in San Antonio, TX, March 4

Served as a judge for the 2013 ExxonMobil Texas Science & Engineering Fair in San Antonio, TX, March 28.

Joined the UIW Faculty Oversight Team for the Master of Science in Applied Statistics program and new

consulting laboratory in San Antonio, TX, April 15.

PHI LAMBDA SIGMA TAKES THE LEAD

For the third year, the Gamma Xi chapter of PLS again offered their mentor-mentee program. Designed to assist P1

students just entering Pharmacy school by pairing them with upperclassmen, 96 of the incoming P1 students this

year participated in the mentoring program.

The chapter’s Leadership Workshop Series offered four events to support FSOP student success throughout the

year, beginning with a Resume/CV Workshop. Guest speakers were Dr. David Trang, Vice-Chair and Associate

Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Mr. Brent Thacker, Regional Director of H-E-B Pharmacy, and 80 first through

fourth year students participated. The

second event was a collaborative effort

with SNPhA, with an invited guest

from Target Pharmacy speaking about

improving interviewing skills. Spring

events included an Information

Resources Workshop, and a Leadership

Development Workshop featuring guest

speaker Ms. Julie Mitchell, Walgreens

District Pharmacy Supervisor.

On February 23, the Gamma Xi chapter inducted eleven student members and three faculty members. Inducted

members represent those who have demonstrated leadership and a commitment to excellence in the pharmacy

profession.

TPA PATIENT COUNSELING COMPETITION

The Texas Pharmacy Association Patient Counseling Competition was held at FSOP in March. First place went to

Ms. Amanda Zessin (P2), second place was awarded to Kim-Ly Nguyen (P3), and Roderick Sanchez (P3) received

third place. Students could use their award monies received toward traveling to the state-wide TPA Patient

Counseling Competition in July.

RHO CHI REFUGEE HEALTH FAIR

A health fair was organized for the refugee population of San

Antonio on Feb 23rd

by the Delta Eta chapter of the Rho Chi

Pharmacy Honor Society and faculty member Dr. Sushma

Ramsinghani. Pharmacy student leaders were instrumental in

organizing the health fair that was held at the UIW northwest

campus.

About thirty pharmacy students, supervised by faculty preceptors

Drs. Amy Witte and Elizabeth Urteaga, provided health screens such

as blood-pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, and diabetic foot exam.

In addition, vision screens were provided by students and their

faculty preceptor from the UIW Rosenberg School of Optometry, and

dental hygiene screens by students from the Concord School of

Dental Hygiene. The visitors were also provided information about

nutrition and medical conditions such as heartburn and chronic

kidney disease.

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The students had the opportunity to practice their skills in an interprofessional environment. Bilingual and multi-

lingual pharmacy students facilitated communication by interpreting health screen results and healthy lifestyle

information. About thirty-five refugees were served at this health fair.

INDUCTION CEREMONY FOR RHO CHI

On April 2, 2013 in the UIW Rosenberg Sky Room, new members of the

Delta Eta Chapter of the Rho Chi Society were initiated. Dr. Nicole Farrell

was the event’s guest speaker. Rho Chi faculty advisor, Dr. Jason Cota,

and Rho Chi president, Christopher Mowen (P3), gave words of advice and

congratulated the new initiates. Installation of new officers installation was

also conducted.

TUS MEDICINAS Y TU SALUD UNIVISION /WALMART HEALTH FAIR

FSOP faculty Dr. Tina Lopez and Dr. Vanessa Phillips, in conjunction with four

School of Nursing faculty, led the successful Tus Medicinas y Tu Salud

Univision/WalMart Health Fair held at the St. Phillips College Center for Health

Professions on April 20th. Over 350 primarily Spanish-speaking clients were

screened and educated on a wide variety of health topics. Special screenings for

children were offered, as were cooking demonstrations to promote wellness. The heavy participation by area

residents is an indication of the importance of this type of community service event for the under-served population

in this sector of San Antonio.

This event was an excellent example of professional collaboration, encompassing students from the UIW

Pharmacy, Optometry, Nursing and Nutrition programs. RN students from UTHSCSA and LVN students from St.

Phillips College were also participants. Two more health fairs are being planned for this fall.

THE NEXT STEP: ONE GRADUATE’S PATH

Ms. Onye Amaechi is an anticipating graduate of the class of 2013. She is a Connecticut native who completed her

undergraduate coursework at the University of Connecticut. Upon graduation from FSOP, she will be entering into

a Pharmacy Practice PGY1 Residency Program at Howard University Hospital in

Washington, D.C. Over the course of its 145-year history of providing the finest primary,

secondary and tertiary health care services, Howard University Hospital, a Level 1 Trauma

Center, has become one of the most comprehensive health care facilities in the D.C.

metropolitan area.

Ms. Amaechi’s professional focus is infectious disease, but more specifically HIV. During

her stay in D.C., her goal is to continue to follow her desire to assist underserved populations

while making an impact.

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