E-NEWSLETTER OF THE

NATIONALLY RANKED

UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND

PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Chillin’ and Grillin’ with SNPhA

The Student National Pharmacy

Association (SNPhA) hosted Chill at the

Grill, a fundraising social event held at

BD Mongolian in Toledo. The event

featured four guest grillers who cooked

on the large Mongolian grills.

The four guest grillers, Dr. Suzanne

Nonekowski, associate professor of

Medicinal Chemistry; Dr. Youssef Sari,

assistant professor of Pharmacology;

and Drs. Megan Kaun and Martin

Ohlinger, assistant professors of

Pharmacy Practice, lent their hands to

prepare meals for over 50 professional

and pre-professional division students

who attended the event.

Hanin Dughayli, who helped to organize

the event, said the purpose was to allow

pre-professional students, especially

those who are in the process of applying

to the professional division, the

opportunity to mingle with and get to

know students and faculty members they

may not see every day.

The event was also attended by Student

Affairs associate dean Dr. Christine

Hinko; Dr. Bryant-Friedrich, associate

professor of Medicinal Chemistry; and

Dr. Monica Holiday-Goodman, professor

of Pharmacy Practice.

Funds raised at the Chill at the Grill

event will support SNPhA’s community

outreach, including education and

immunization programs. The

organization hopes to expand this

fundraiser next year.

SNPhA is an educational service

association of pharmacy students who

are concerned about pharmacy and

healthcare related issues, and the poor

minority representation in pharmacy and

other health-related professions.

The purpose of SNPhA is to plan,

organize, coordinate and execute

programs geared toward the

improvement for the health, educational,

and social environment of the

community.

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Students create culture of giving P.2

Travel award for grad student P.2

Meet Dr. Youssef Sari P.3

Student poster presentation P.4

Upcoming Events P.4

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New CPPS

faculty

members go

to class

Dr. Monica Holiday-

Goodman, professor of

Pharmacy Practice and

program director of the

Health Outcomes and

Socioeconomic Sciences

program, led new faculty

members in a workshop

discussing their roles as

pharmacy faculty

members.

In this professional

development workshop,

new faculty members

discussed the book

Getting Started as a

Pharmacy Faculty

Member by David P.

Zgarrick, PhD, a book in

which Dr. Holiday-

Goodman is featured.

Dr. Holiday-Goodman,

who has been on the

faculty for over 20 years,

completed the American

Association of Colleges

of Pharmacy’s Academic

Leadership Fellows

Program in 2010-2011.

Dr. Megan Kaun on the grill

Pharmacy students create culture of giving

University students just

months away from

graduating are generally

focused on classes,

internships, and job

searches. However, many

fourth-year members of

UT's Pharm.D. program

now have an additional

objective: assisting future

students through a pledge

of financial support.

In the four years since UT's

P4 Scholarship program

began, the pledge total from

graduating Pharm.D.

students has nearly tripled,

from just over $3,000 to

$8,250, and class

participation has increased

from 19 percent to 37

percent, according to Jeff

Barton, director of

development for the College

of Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Mr. Barton believes the

increase is due largely to

student leadership in the

cultivation process. "Peer

solicitation encourages

students to get involved,

and a sense of competition

inspires them to want to

outdo the preceding class,"

he said.

An added incentive is the

commitment by the Toledo

Academy of Pharmacy

(TAP) to match up to $4,000

of the annual class pledge

amount. The fact that the

scholarship effort is led by

the students themselves is

especially rewarding, notes

Dr. Curtis Black, Professor

Emeritus of Clinical

Pharmacy, and a TAP

board member. "There is no

better example of the

developing sense of

professionalism in our

students than when the

students themselves

commit their future earnings

to aid subsequent

students."

Last year's class solicitation

leaders included Andy

Hochradel, Shawn Mills,

Maria Canestraro, Justin

Brown, and Jon McLachlan.

Dr. Hochradel said he

supported the scholarship

fund to show his

appreciation for the

knowledge and professional

skills he gained throughout

the pharmacy program. He

also believes his gift is an

investment in the program's

future.

"I have benefited from the

great national reputation

our pharmacy program has

established," he said. "I've

encouraged others to

contribute because I know

our degrees are like

stocks; they can gain or

lose value throughout our

careers, depending on how

the pharmacy profession

performs in the future."

Dr. Mills believes current

and recent students have a

special insight into the

value of scholarships.

"Having just completed the

program, I know how

difficult it is financially to

make it through the last

few years when

undergraduate

scholarships expire and

graduate tuition rates kick

in," he said. " I'm proud to

contribute something to the

classes behind me to help

make their journey a little

bit easier."

To make a gift to the P4

Scholarship Program,

contact Jeff Barton,

jeffrey.barton@utoledo.edu

or 419.383.1985.

Med Chem

graduate

student earns

TOXI travel

award

Raziya

Shaik, a

graduate

student

working

with Dr.

Amanda

Bryant-Friedrich in the

Department of Medicinal

and Biological

Chemistry, earned a

travel award to the

American Chemical

Society Division of

Toxicology (TOXI)

conference. Following

the meeting, an article

she wrote about her

experiences was

featured on the TOXI

website.

“I am a fifth-year

graduate student in the

Department of

Chemistry at The

University of Toledo in

Toledo, Ohio. I pursued

a master's degree in

Pharmaceutical and

Medicinal Chemistry in

India. I came to the

University of Toledo in

August 2008 and joined

the laboratory of Dr.

Amanda Bryant-

Friedrich. My thesis

research focuses on the

synthesis of modified

uridines and their use as

radical precursors for

the study of oxidative

damage to RNA.“

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2013 AZΩ

Faculty Auction

Each year, the college participates in a faculty auction hosted by Alpha Zeta Omega, the co-ed pharmacy fraternity, to raise funds for students completing medical missions around the world. Faculty members donate numerous items and experiences, and the students bid on these items, often in groups, to raise funds. The result is a great opportunity for students and faculty to engage outside of the classroom, in addition to supporting global outreach. The funds raised in the auction are used to purchase medical supplies for the mission trip.

This year’s medical mission to Honduras was supported by students and faculty, who donated generously. Items donated by faculty members for the auction included tickets to a suite in the Press Tower for a 2013 season Football Game, including dinner, snacks and beverages; a Whirlyball outing (combination of basketball and jai alai) and dinner in Ann Arbor, MI; gift baskets; dinner at Granite City Brewery; a pool party, including dinner on the grill and beverages, hosted by Dr. Steve Martin; a meal at Mancy’s Italian Restaurant; and Dr. O’s Grill Extravaganza, an elaborate backyard barbeque for six students hosted by Dr. Martin Ohlinger.

A total of $7,800 was raised at this year’s auction.

Dr. Youssef Sari, assistant professor of Pharmacology, has had an excellent year in terms of publications and presentations. In addition to publications in Neuroscience, the Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, and the Journal of Psychopharmacology, Dr. Sari is co-chairing a session at the International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy (ICDDT). The ICDDT was organized by Nobel-laureate Dr. Ferid Murad and Dr. Atta-ur-Rahma, editor of Current Medicinal Chemistry. Dr. Sari will give two lectures at the conference involving compounds for the treatment of alcohol dependence. Dr. Sari’s lectures will focus in the identification of three compounds for the treatment of alcohol

dependence.

Dr. Sari identified an FDA-approved drug, ceftriaxone, which is a β-lactam antibiotic that has the potential to reduce alcohol intake and attenuates relapse-like behavior in his established animal model. Dr. Sari has recently identified and patented another drug, termed GPI- 1046, that has the potential to increase the level of glutamate transporter 1 in the brain and consequently reduce alcohol consumption in rat models.

Dr. Sari was featured on the PharmaJo website and on Jordanian television as a consequence of his presentation of novel compounds for the treatment of alcohol addiction at the International Conference in

Jordan, which was co-sponsored by the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Dr. Sari’s Neuroprotection and Drug Abuse Research Lab is also studying neurotrophic peptides and other neuroprotective compounds in the treatment of diseases involving oxidative stress. His goal is to identify compounds or drugs that may have the potential to slow or attenuate the progression of Huntington’s disease. Dr. Sari has published discussions about these compounds in Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery. As recognition for the outstanding contributions to The University of Toledo, Dr. Sari was the recipient of the Research/Scholarship Award for 2012.

Meet Dr. Youssef Sari Pictured far left with students in his lab

Student poster presentation provides valuable

experience

P3 PharmD student Gretchen D'Arcangelo presented her research on

dexmedetomidine use in cardiovascular intensive care units at the American

Society of Health-system Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Meeting. The poster was

based on a DUE project she completed through her summer internship at the

Cleveland Clinic.

According to Gretchen, “It was a wonderful experience and gave me the

opportunity to showcase my work and network with fellow students, residents and

pharmacists.”

She values the experience and

believes it helped better prepare her

for applying to residencies in the near

future.

“The residency showcase itself was

overwhelming to me as P3, but after I

got used to the layout and my anxiety

eased, I felt very confident to talk with

prospective residencies that I am

interested in,” Gretchen said. “Overall,

Midyear was an amazing experience

and I am very glad that I got to attend

the meeting.”

Upcoming Events

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL

SCIENCES SPRING 2013 COMMENCMENT

Sunday, May 4, 2013 at 2:00 PM in the John F. Savage Arena

on Main Campus

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HEART WALK

Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM at Fifth Third

Field in Toledo

NAPLEX EXAM REVIEW

Saturday, May 25, 2013 from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM at the 4-H

Center on the OSU campus. This event is sponsored by the

Council of Ohio Colleges of Pharmacy.

TOLEDO ACADEMY OF PHARMACY GOLF OUTING

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Bedford Hills Golf

Club

The event raises scholarship funds for UT pharmacy students.

$75 per person includes 18 holes of golf, cart, lunch, and dinner;

Hole sponsorship starting at $300. Register online at

utoledo.edu/pharmacy/golf

3000 Arlington Ave, MS 1013

Toledo, OH 43614

419.383.1904 ph

419.383.1907 fax

www.utoledo.edu/pharmacy

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