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Spring 2020Commencement

Greetings from the Dean

ongratulations to the University of Florida College of Pharmacy graduating class of 2020! Reaching this milestone in your academic career takes perseverance, commitment and determination — many of the same qualities that embody our spirit as Gators. You have enriched our college through your academic and service contributions

and your continuous desire to learn and innovate. Your UF degree will provide the foundation for your future career endeavors, and you can have confidence knowing your degree has prepared you for the challenges ahead.

While it’s not possible to celebrate commencement in person this year, my hope is that you will cherish the memories from the last four years and always look fondly upon your time at UF. You have brought great joy to the faculty and staff who have watched you mature as a pharmacy professional, and everyone in the college is proud of what you have accomplished. The world needs pharmacists now more than ever, and you are poised to make a remarkable impact in health care early in your career.

Although you are graduating, your connections to the UF College of Pharmacy are lifelong. You are joining an exclusive network of 13,500 living College of Pharmacy alumni in all 50 states and more than 40 countries. Wherever your professional career takes you, you are bound to cross paths with a Gator pharmacist or scientist. Embrace your connections to UF and always strive to Go Greater by enriching the lives of those around you.

Congratulations and Go Gators!

Julie Johnson, Pharm.D. Dean and Distinguished Professor, UF College of Pharmacy

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OGreetings from the President

n behalf of the University of Florida, our faculty and our entire university community, I would like to extend my deepest congratulations to you, the Doctoral

Graduates of 2020.

I celebrate your remarkable accomplishment in earning a doctoral degree from one of the world’s leading research institutions. I applaud you for your years dedicated to in-depth scholarship, thoughtful analysis and meticulous presentation of your findings. I join you in thanking your faculty advisors, mentors and the family and friends who have supported you in your journey to reach this day.

This is a time for celebration, and also for reflection of your future. Whether you choose to pursue a career in academe, the private sector, government or the nonprofit world, I am confident that the research and analysis skills you honed as a doctoral student will serve you well. The complexity and global nature of today’s professional opportunities demand nothing less.

The university has benefitted from your research work, teaching, insights and discoveries, and we are grateful to you for your time here. We hope you will recall these years fondly, and that you will remain connected to UF as active members of our distinguished alumni.

Good luck, best wishes, and Go Gators!

W. Kent Fuchs

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University of Florida President

Dean of the College of Pharmacy

r. Kent Fuchs became the 12th President of the University of Florida in January 2015. Building on many years of excellence and

focused leadership, the university has reached its goal of joining the nation’s top-ten public research universities.

Dr. Fuchs has set UF on a path to joining the top-five public research universities and becoming the nation’s number one university for comprehensive excellence. UF is working toward those goals through the creation of 500 new faculty positions, the addition of advanced and beautiful university facilities and an ongoing $3 billion fundraising campaign.

Previous to the UF presidency, Dr. Fuchs was provost of Cornell University. He has served in academic leadership positions and as a faculty member of electrical and computer engineering at Cornell, Purdue and the University of Illinois.

He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Association for Computing Machinery, and has received numerous awards for teaching and research.

President Fuchs earned his doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois, and a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He credits divinity school with teaching him communication and community-building skills, and to balance his innately analytic perspective with a deep appreciation for human relationships. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Duke University.

Dr. Fuchs is married to Linda Moskeland Fuchs, an art historian whose scholarship centers on the sculpture of sarcophagi created in the first centuries of Christian art-making. Mrs. Fuchs has two master’s degrees in art history, from the University of Chicago and Cornell, and a third in Biblical studies, from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. The Fuchses have three sons, a daughter, and three grandchildren.

Born on an Oklahoma farm in 1954, President Fuchs spent much of his youth in Alaska before moving to Miami, where he graduated from Miami Killian Senior High School.

ulie A. Johnson is dean of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, distinguished professor of pharmacy and medicine and was the founding director of the UF Health Precision Medicine Program.

A recognized leader in cardiovascular pharmacogenomics and precision medicine, Johnson leads a National Institutes of Health-funded program in precision medicine implementation and a genomic medicine training grant.

She has written more than 300 original research articles and was a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher each year from 2015-2018, an honor indicating she is in the top 1% of authors of the most highly cited papers in the previous decade.

Johnson has received numerous awards from many universities and national organizations. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014, one of the nation’s three national academies. She has also won awards considered among the highest honors in pharmacy, including the Paul Parker Medal from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for outstanding contributions to the profession, and the Volwiler Research Achievement Award from the American Associations of Colleges of Pharmacy, considered the highest research award in academic pharmacy.

Johnson earned her bachelor’s degree in pharmacy at The Ohio State University and her Pharm.D. from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin and UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The Ohio State University. She has been a member of the UF College of Pharmacy faculty since 1998.

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What Makes a University Great?Some interesting facts about the University of Florida

Educational Excellence

UF is consistently ranked among the nation’s top universities: No. 7 in U.S. News & World Report “Top Public Universities” (2020); No. 12 in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education list of Best Public Colleges (2017); No. 3 on the Forbes’ list of Best Value Public Universities (2017); No. 1 on Value Colleges’ list of Top 50 Best Value Colleges (2016); and No. 1 on the Times Higher Education list of best public universities for employers to find new hires.

Faculty

• UF has nearly 5,000 faculty members with distinguished records in teaching, research and service, including 36 Eminent Scholar chairs and 45 faculty elections to the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine or the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Awards include two Pulitzer Prizes, NASA’s top award for research, and the Smithsonian Institution’s conservation award.

Students • Ninety-seven percent of incoming freshmen score above the national average (1500/21) on standardized exams. Students admitted

for the fall 2018 freshman class had an average 4.45 GPA and an average SAT score of 1370.

• The freshman retention rate of 96 percent is among the highest in the country.

• UF awards more professional degrees to African American, Hispanic and other minority students than any other public university in the Association of American Universities (2014-15).

• Sixty-seven percent of UF full-time freshmen graduate in four years (2011-12 cohort), and 87 percent of UF freshmen graduate within six years (2009-10 cohort).

• Fifty-seven percent of UF graduates leave the university with no student-loan debt. For the remaining students, their average indebtedness is about $21,603, as compared with the national average of more than $30,000 (2015-16).

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University of Florida Leadership

State Board of EducationRichard Corcoran Commissioner of Education

Marva Johnson Chair

Andy Tuck Vice Chair

Ben GibsonTom GradyMichael OlenickJoe York

Florida Board of GovernorsMarshall M. Criser III Chancellor

Richard Corcoran Commissioner of Education

Sydney Kitson Chair

Brian Lamb Vice Chair

Tim CerioShawn FeltonPatricia FrostH. Wayne Huizenga, Jr.Darlene L. JordanAlan M. LevineEdward A. MortonJay S. PatelFrederic V. SalernoNorman D. TrippFernando J. ValverdeJalisa S. WhiteZach P. Zachariah

University of Florida Board of TrusteesMorteza “Mori” Hosseini Chair

Thomas G. KuntzVice Chair

David L. BrandonJames W. HeavenerLeonard H. JohnsonDaniel O’KeefeRahul PatelTrevor J. PopeMarsha D. PowersJason J. RosenbergRobert G. SternRay G. ThomasAnita G. Zucker

President and Vice Presidents of the UniversityW. Kent Fuchs, Ph.D. President

Joseph Glover, Ph.D. Provost and Senior Vice President - Academic Affairs

Charles E. Lane, D.P.A. Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Administration

David R. Nelson, M.D. Senior Vice President - Health Affairs

Jack Payne, Ph.D. Senior Vice President - Agriculture and Natural Resources

Elias G. Eldayrie, M.B.A. Vice President and Chief Information Officer - Information Technology

Zina Evans, Ph.D. Associate Provost and Vice President - Enrollment Management

Antonio Farias, M.F.A. Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Advisor to the President

Jodi Gentry, M.A. Vice President - Human Resource Services

Amy M. Hass, J.D. Vice President - General Counsel

Mark E. Kaplan, J.D. Vice President - Government and Community Relations

Michael V. McKee, B.S. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - Finance

Thomas J. Mitchell, M.S. Vice President - Advancement

David Norton, Ph.D. Vice President - Research

Nancy Paton, M.S. Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing

D’Andra Mull, Ph.D. Vice President - Student Affairs

Curtis Reynolds, M.B.A., M.S.E.E. Vice President - Business Affairs

Deans of the University

R. Elaine Turner, Ph.D. College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Onye P. Ozuzu, M.F.A. College of the Arts

John Kraft, Ph.D. Warrington College of Business

A. Isabel Garcia, D.D.S., M.P.H. College of Dentistry

Chimay Anumba, Ph.D. College of Design, Construction and Planning

Glenn E. Good, Ph.D. College of Education

Cammy R. Abernathy, Ph.D. Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Henry T. Frierson, Ph.D. The Graduate School

Michael Reid, Ph.D. College of Health and Human Performance

Nick Place, Ph.D. IFAS Extension

Robert Gilbert, Ph.D. IFAS Research

Leonardo Villalón, Ph.D. International Center

Diane H. McFarlin, B.S. College of Journalism and Communications

Laura A. Rosenbury, J.D. Fredric G. Levin College of Law

David E. Richardson, Ph.D. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Adrian Tyndall, M.D., M.P.H. Interim, College of Medicine

Anna M. McDaniel, Ph.D., R.N. College of Nursing

Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D. College of Pharmacy

Michael G. Perri, Ph.D. College of Public Health and Health Professions

Dana N. Zimmel, D.V.M. Interim, College of Veterinary Medicine

Judith C. Russell, M.S. University Libraries

Heather White, Ph.D. Dean of Students

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he college was founded with the assistance of pharmacists in the

Florida Pharmacy Association. The College of Pharmacy enrolled

its first class of 43 students on September 10, 1923, making it the first professional health college at the University of Florida. The college became the first co-educational college on the University of Florida campus, in 1935, 12 years before the university as a whole became co-education. Leigh Hall was the home of the College of Pharmacy for many years until the college joined the Health Science Center campus with the dedication of the pharmacy building on April 16, 1962. The college has continued to grow and expand

its space along with the rest of the other Health Science Center colleges and now includes campuses in Gainesville, Jacksonville and Orlando.

Dr. Townes Randolph Leigh, head of the department of chemistry, was appointed the first Director of the School of Pharmacy. He was later named the first Dean of the College of Pharmacy in 1925. Dr. Perry A. Foote served as Director of the School of Pharmacy from 1939 to 1949 and the second Dean of the College of Pharmacy from 1949 to 1967. Dr. George Archambault served as the third dean of the College for short period of time in 1967. Dr. Kenneth F. Finger was Dean from

History of the University of Florida

College of Pharmacy 1923-2020

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1968 to 1978. Dr. Michael A. Schwartz served for 18 years as the fifth Dean of the College of Pharmacy. Dr. William H. Riffee became the sixth Dean of the College of Pharmacy in June 1996. Dr. Julie A. Johnson was appointed the seventh, and first female Dean of the College of Pharmacy in August 2013.

The curricula and the degrees offered by the College of Pharmacy have changed over the years, demonstrating the dynamic character of pharmaceutical education. Three degrees were offered by the College of Pharmacy in the early years: the Graduate in Pharmacy (Ph.G.), the Pharmaceutical Chemist (Ph.C.), and the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (B.S. in Pharmacy). The Ph.C. and Ph.G. degrees were discontinued in 1927 and 1933, respectively. Thereafter, the B.S. in Pharmacy degree was the only undergraduate degree granted until 1986 when the first entry-level, six-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degrees were awarded. From 1977 to 1986, Doctor of Pharmacy degrees were granted to students who completed a two-calendar year program after completion of the five-year B.S. in Pharmacy degree. In 2015 the college implemented a radically transformed curriculum for its Pharm.D. students.

In 1931, the College of Pharmacy became the first college on the University of Florida campus to offer the Doctor of Philosophy degree. At that time, the College of Pharmacy was the first in the Southeast and one of four or five in the United States to offer the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Pharmacy. The graduate program has grown in quantity and quality over the years to produce outstanding pharmaceutical scientists, academicians and administrators for the pharmacy profession.

In 2000, the college developed a unique master’s degree program using distance learning technologies, so that everywhere can access high-quality education in many pharmacy disciplines. The college’s online programs are among the largest and most successful in the world, having received three national awards for excellence in distance education. Graduate programs include the Ph.D. and M.S. degree programs in six concentrations.

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy is annually recognized among the top pharmacy schools in the country. In 2020, the college was ranked No. 5 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report's rankings of the best pharmacy colleges. In addition, the college ranked No. 4 in the nation for total research funding, as determined by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The UF College of Pharmacy has a proud history of achievement and distinguished alumni who continue to demonstrate the high quality of their education and training.

History of the University of Florida

College of Pharmacy 1923-2020

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Commencement Agenda – Saturday, May 16, 2020

Pomp and Circumstance

Rise to Five Video

Message from President Kent Fuchs

Welcome ..................................................................................................................................... Dr. Julie Johnson

National Anthem ..........................................................................................................................Rafael Sanchez Gainesville

Introductory Remarks .............................................................................................................. Dr. Julie Johnson

Presentation of the D.W. Ramsaur Award ............................................................ Joanna Longueira, OrlandoLia Argevani, Jacksonville

Presentation of the Perry A. Foote Award ............................................................ Jordan Wallace, Gainesville

Honoring of Service Personnel

Conferring of Doctor of Pharmacy Degree ........................................................................... Dr. Julie Johnson

Recognition of Doctor of Pharmacy Degree

Jacksonville Students ....................................................................................................Dr. Carol Motycka

Orlando Students ............................................................................................................. Dr. Erin St. Onge

Gainesville Students ...............................................................................................Dr. Teresa Cavanaugh

Senior Class Representative Speakers

Kayla Evans – Gainesville

Jeremy Obordo – Jacksonville

William Burdi – Orlando

Administration of the Pharmacist’s Oath............................................................................... Dr. Julie Johnson

Closing Remarks ....................................................................................................................... Dr. Julie Johnson

Alma Mater

Faculty Messages

Virtual Reception

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Faculty EmeritiDiane Beck, Professor EmeritusRaymond Bergeron, Professor EmeritusNicholas Bodor, Distinguished Professor EmeritusDavid Brushwood, Professor EmeritusHartmut Derendorf, Distinguished Professor EmeritusPaul Doering, Distinguished Professor EmeritusAbraham Hartzema, Professor EmeritusLeslie Hendeles, Professor EmeritusCharles Hepler, Distinguished Professor EmeritusMichael Katovich, Professor EmeritusCarole Kimberlin, Professor EmeritusLawerence Lesko, Professor Emeritus

Earlene Lipowski, Professor EmeritusLarry Lopez, Professor EmeritusMichael McKenzie, Professor EmeritusWilliam Millard, Professor EmeritusRobert Navarro, Professor EmeritusJohn Perrin, Professor EmeritusWilliam Riffee, Dean and Professor EmeritusJ. Daniel Robinson, Professor EmeritusStephen Schulman, Professor EmeritusMichael Schwartz, Dean and Professor EmeritusKenneth Sloan, Professor EmeritusRonald Stewart, Professor Emeritus

The students and faculty of the College of Pharmacy are deeply appreciative of the teaching, service, and research of many adjunct faculty based in clinics, hospitals and community pharmacies throughout Florida.

College of Pharmacy Faculty

Jane AldrichJohn AllenJoshua BrownJurgen BulittaShauna BuringChristopher CampbellAnthony CasapaoLarisa CavallariTeresa CavanaughQiyin ChenLindsey Childs-KeanEmily CicaliKelsey CookRodrigo CristofolettiLina CuiStacey CurtisGuillaume de LartigueGutavo De Miranda SeabraRhonda Cooper-DehoffChristina DeRemerDavid DeRemerVakaramoko DiabyEric DietrichYousong DingRandell DotyJulio Duarte Jr Eric EgelundMichelle FarlandCarinda FeildCharles FrazierReginald Frye

Amie GoodinOliver GrundmannJohn GumsScott HardenJuan Hincapie-Castillo Takato HiranitaGuenther HochhausRobert HuigensMargaret JamesJinmai JiangYuanyuan JiaoJulie JohnsonMaureen Keller-WoodAdonice KhourySarah KimEric KrauseJatinder LambaTaimour LangaeeJuan LeonChenglong LiRobin Moorman LiBin LiuJenny Lo-Ciganic Hendrik LueschDongwen LyuSiobhan MalanyKalen ManascoJohn MarkowitzChristopher McCurdyJay McLaughlinLance McMahon

Shannon MillerStacy MillerWilliam MobleyCarol MotyckaMarco MottinelliKhoa NguyenSamuel ObengFolakemi OdedinaHaesuk ParkPriti PatelCharles PeloquinJoanna PerisJason PowellJoshua PulloRanjala RatnayakeJessica ReidTeresa RoaneCaitrin RoweBarbara SantevecchiStephan SchmidtJanet SchmittgenThomas SchmittgenKaren ScottRichard SegalNathan SeligsonHui ShaoAbhisheak SharmaBethany ShouldersKathryn SmithSteven SmithSihong Song

Janel SoucieErin St. OngeKimberly StultzJames TaylorIan TebbettNancy ToffoloMichael UjhelyiLisa VandervoortVeena VenugopalanKatherine Vogel Anderson Stacy VoilsScott VouriEsteban Vozmediano Danxin WangBrandon WarrenYu Jung Wei Karen WhalenYan WhislerDonna WielboKristin WiisanenJenny WilkersonAlmut WintersteinChengguo XingLihui YuanYaxia YuanPing ZhangXin ZhangXuan ZhangGuangrong ZhengDaohong Zhou

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David W. Ramsaur Award

Dr. Ramsaur was one of the most prominent

pharmacists in Florida between 1907 and 1929.

After graduating from the Philadelphia College of

Pharmacy and Science in 1902 with numerous

scholastic awards, he entered community pharmacy

practice in his hometown of Palatka. In 1904, the

profession of pharmacy recognized the outstanding

abilities of this young man by electing him, at age

26, as secretary to the Florida Pharmacy

Association. In 1907, he was appointed to the Board

of Pharmacy and served as secretary until 1916.

He resigned from the Board of Pharmacy to pursue

his pharmacy business full-time as vice president

of the Groover-Stewart Wholesale Company in

Jacksonville. He was made Vice President of

McKesson and Robbins, Inc. when this national

wholesale firm purchased the Groover-Stewart

Company.

Through professional and business relationships,

he became an influential spokesman for Florida

pharmacy. In 1913, he urged the Florida Pharmacy

Association to support a resolution to establish a

school of pharmacy. His efforts to make that

resolution a reality were successful ten years later

when, in 1923, the University of Florida College of

Pharmacy opened its doors to the first class of

students. Dr. Ramsaur proposed that the faculty

establish a Gold Medal Award for Distinguished

Scholarship for a graduating senior. The faculty

endorsed his idea and named the new award in his

honor. From 1925 to 1930 the D.W. Ramsaur Award

was given to the senior student in the graduate in

pharmacy (Ph.G.) program with the highest grades.

The College of Pharmacy awarded the D.W.

Ramsaur Award for distinguished scholarship to

the graduating baccalaureate student with the

highest academic performance from 1932 until

1999. Beginning in 2000 the graduating senior in

the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program with the

highest academic performance is the recipient of

this award.

Dr. Ramsaur was highly respected by his pharmacy

peers and the business community throughout the

State and the South. The College of Pharmacy is

proud to recognize Dr. Ramsaur through the D.W.

Ramsaur Award for Distinguished Scholarship.

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Joanna Longueira David W. Ramsaur AwardDistinguished Scholarship

Joanna Longueira received her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology from the University of Florida, prior to attending the University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s Orlando campus.

Maintaining high academic standards in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum, Longueira has additionally demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment to her peers through her role as the Orlando campus Rho Chi Vice President. In this capacity, she worked tirelessly to coordinate tutoring services and optimize the delivery of information to students, through creation of innovative methods of tutoring.

Additionally, she has demonstrated excellent team work and commitment to service through her involvement in the Inter-Professional Health Care Coalition, where she served as secretary for three years and diligently worked to build interdisciplinary relationships with students at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Longueira was actively involved in community outreach through this organization, improving

patient care as a volunteer for both the Apopka Clinic and the Knights Clinic, both of which serve low-income patients. Since the beginning of her first year of pharmacy school, Longueira has held an internship at AdventHealth Orlando, where she immersed herself in patient care and discovered her true passion for clinical pharmacy.

Throughout her four years as a student pharmacist, Longueira has exhibited a strong interest in pharmacy-related research and quality improvement initiatives that optimize patient outcomes. She has completed two separate research projects with the aim of implementing findings, with the help of her mentors, to improve clinical practice. Longueira has presented her research as poster presentations at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy Research Symposium and the American Society of Health–System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting. Through her clinical rotations, Longueira has participated in a number of quality improvement projects, including a medication use evaluation, policy development, and hepatitis A vaccination initiative and by doing so has positively impacted patient care.

Longueira has been the recipient of the Debbie DeSantis Scholarship, Elizabeth Eaton Scholarship Award, and Rho Chi Gramling Award at the UF College of Pharmacy. After graduation, Longueira will continue her pharmacy education as a PGY1 resident at AdventHealth Orlando.

David W. Ramsaur Award - Orlando Campus

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Lia Argevani David W. Ramsaur AwardDistinguished Scholarship

Prior to attending the UF College of Pharmacy, Argevani completed her undergraduate studies in the Honors program at the University of Florida in Gainesville and the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.

Throughout her time in the Doctor of Pharmacy program, Argevani maintained high academic standards and was presented the College of Pharmacy Academic Achievement Award three years in a row. Argevani was inducted into the Rho Chi Honor Society in 2018 and was the recipient of the Rho Chi Gramling Award for outstanding academic performance. Argevani also served as the Rho Chi Vice President for the Jacksonville campus, where she worked with other members of the executive board implementing a new tutoring program led by peers that spanned across all three campuses.

In addition to serving with Rho Chi, Argevani was also actively involved with the Florida Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (FSHP). In the student chapter at the Jacksonville campus, she served as Professional Development Chair for two years and coordinated annual events such as the Residency

Forum and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Clinical Skills Competition. She later became involved with FSHP at the state level by serving on the Educational Affairs Committee. Argevani also held a leadership role in the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists at the Jacksonville campus. As Infectious Disease Co-Chair, she and her team raised awareness about the growing incidence of antimicrobial resistance through community outreach events.

Throughout her four years as a pharmacy student, Argevani has pursued research opportunities spanning various areas of practice. In her role as a clinical research intern at the Mayo Clinic in Florida, she completed several studies investigating anesthesia medications, such as the use of sugammadex for post-operative residual neuromuscular blockade and the use of methylene blue in the treatment of vasoplegic syndrome. Argevani completed her Honors project in collaboration with Dr. Michael Schuh and Dr. Caren Hughes from the Mayo Clinic on dosage adjustments required for irinotecan in patients with variant pharmacogenomic genotypes.

She has been the recipient of the Crisafi Challenge Scholarship, the Jack Eckerd Endowment and the Jeanne Scheibler Scholarship.

Argevani will continue her postdoctoral pharmacy training as a PGY1 resident at Ascension St. Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida.

David W. Ramsaur Award – Jacksonville Campus

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Perry A. Foote Award

Former Dean Perry A. Foote served the College of

Pharmacy in numerous capacities for nearly 70

years from 1928 when he joined the faculty as an

Associate Professor until 1998 when he passed

away. He began his administrative and leadership

role in 1939 when he was named Director of the

School of Pharmacy. In 1949 he was selected to be

the second Dean of the College of Pharmacy. He

served as the College’s chief administrative officer

for 28 years. Dean Foote was beloved by the more

than 1,600 pharmacists who graduated during his

tenure as Dean, by former and present faculty

members and friends in pharmacy across the

nation. Dean Foote was born in Erie, Pennsylvania,

in 1899 and was educated at the University of

Wisconsin where he received a Bachelor of Science

in Chemical Engineering, the Master of Science in

Pharmacy in 1926, and the Doctor of Philosophy

degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 1928. He

became a registered pharmacist in Wisconsin in

1926 and in Florida in 1941.

He was past president of the American Association

of Colleges of Pharmacy, or AACP, (1962), past

president of Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honorary

Society (1950) and recipient of the American

College of Apothecaries Award (1946) for

outstanding contributions to pharmacy. Foote was

recognized as Pharmacist of the Year from the

Florida Pharmacy Association (1947) and received

the Rexall Trophy as Dean (1957) for outstanding

achievement in pharmaceutical education.

He was author and co-author of seven books,

numerous research papers, and over 50 professional

articles. He was listed in American Men of Science

and Who’s Who in America. Dean Foote was a

member of the United States Pharmacopeia

Revision Committee; chairman of the Florida

Section of American Chemical Society; and a

charter member of the Florida Academy of Sciences.

The American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

reported that his election as the 62nd president of

AACP “honors a deserving man who has devoted

more than 35 years to the betterment of

pharmaceutical education in the United States.”

The Journal called Dean Foote, “imaginative,

energetic, and unassuming dedicated to the

responsibilities and obligations of a teacher in a

professional school. He has carried these

responsibilities with genuine and conscientious

interest throughout his career and has been an

inspirational teacher and leader…”

In 1986, the College of Pharmacy established the

Perry A. Foote Award to honor then Dean Emeritus

Perry Foote for his many contributions to the

College of Pharmacy. The Perry A. Foote Award

honors a graduating senior in the Doctor of

Pharmacy program who has demonstrated

distinguished scholarship, leadership and service.

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Jordan WallacePerry A. Foote AwardDistinguished Scholarship, Leadership and Service

Prior to attending the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Jordan Wallace graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences. It was during her undergraduate experience that she found her passion for pharmacy, when she became a pharmacy technician for Publix and began her research journey within the department of psychology on the topic of community health workers.

Since starting pharmacy school, Wallace has moved up at Publix as a pharmacy intern and worked for the company for almost nine years. She has continued working on community health worker research within the University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s department of pharmaceutical outcomes and policy with Dr. Richard Segal. She has presented several national and local poster presentations, as well as two podium presentations. She has submitted three submitted publications one of which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. In 2017, she won The People’s Scientific Conference Student Fellow award for her poster presentation and in 2018, Second Place Outstanding Paper at the 14th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences for her oral presentation. In 2018, she won a $5,000 grant from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education for her research endeavors.

Aside from her internship and research team, Wallace has been an active member in the Florida Society

of Health-System Pharmacists (FSHP) since the first year of pharmacy school. She began her involvement within the local student chapter as medication reconciliation committee member and then medication reconciliation co-chairman. She became involved in FSHP at the state level through the membership affairs council. This past year, Wallace was elected to serve on the FSHP Board of Directors as the Student Director who serves as a liaison for all FSHP student chapters in the state of Florida. In addition to this role, she continues to serve on the state FSHP membership affairs council, political advocacy council and the ad hoc communications committee. In 2019, she received the FSHP Paul Magalian Research and Education Foundation Scholarship for her leadership and involvement in FSHP. In addition to FSHP, Wallace also holds active membership in Kappa Epsilon Pharmacy Fraternity as the past treasurer, The Rho Chi pharmacy honor society and most recently the Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society. Wallace served as a campus ambassador for the UF College of Pharmacy and as a student member of the UF College of Pharmacy Student Pharmacist Advocacy and Recovery Committee.

Wallace is a past recipient of the UF College of Pharmacy Walter Van Munster Scholarship, UF College of Pharmacy Best Practices in Professionalism Award, and the University of Florida College of Pharmacy Cardinal Health Scholarship. She has submitted her senior honors thesis on the ‘Impact of a collaborative transition of care center on preventing hospitalizations and reducing readmission rates,’ which was a project she completed during her APPE rotations. Wallace will begin her pharmacy career as a PGY1 Acute Care resident at University of North Carolina Hospitals.

Perry A. Foote Award

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Student Representative Speakers

Doctor of Pharmacy Graduating Seniors

Kayla EvansGainesville Campus

Kayla Evans received her B.S. in Biochemistry, summa cum laude, from Berry College in Northwest Georgia, prior to attending the UF College of Pharmacy.

While maintaining high academic standards in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum, Evans has demonstrated outstanding leadership serving as the student residency forum coordinator and vice president of career development of the Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists, or FSHP, student chapter at the Gainesville campus. She has also been actively involved as vice president of Kappa Epsilon Kappa Chapter, secretary of Rho Chi Iota Chapter, and as a student ambassador.

Throughout her four years as a student pharmacist, Evans has demonstrated a commitment to service and mentorship. As an education officer at Equal Access Clinic Network, a student-run clinic that provides free health care to the medically underserved in the Gainesville community, she facilitated the pharmacy internship program and mentored pharmacy students in

developing research projects and delivering pharmacy services at clinic. She has also been a mentor to first-year pharmacy students as a supplemental instruction leader in the program’s pilot installment, developing review materials and hosting review sessions for the Pathophysiology and Patient Assessment course.

Evans exhibited a strong interest in pharmacy-related research and quality improvement initiatives aimed at optimizing patient outcomes. She participated in quality improvement efforts at the Equal Access Clinic through the Practice and Research Opportunities for Pharmacy Emerging Leaders internship and through collaborations with her critical care preceptor and pulmonary surgical group at UF Health Shands Hospital where she completed her honors project. She presented her research as poster presentations at the FSHP Annual Meeting and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting.

She has been the recipient of the Jack Eckerd Endowment Scholarship, Morris & William Skor Scholarship and Jeanne Scheibler Scholarship at the UF College of Pharmacy. Evans will continue her pharmacy education as a PGY1 resident at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina.

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Jeremy ObordoJacksonville Campus

Jeremy Obordo received his Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition from the University of Florida prior to attending the UF College of Pharmacy.

Obordo has demonstrated outstanding leadership at the Jacksonville campus serving as the membership vice president, Operation Pediatrics co-chair and 2018 Annual Meeting coordinator for the American Pharmacist Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists. Under his role as annual coordinator, a record 85 students represented the University of Florida College of Pharmacy at the meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

After serving as prospective member educator for Kappa Epsilon-Beta Alpha chapter, the chapter won a national award for Outstanding New Member

Recruitment with the help of his president, president-elect and rush chair at the time. Obordo has also served as treasurer for PediaGators, social chair for Gator Pharmacy Wellness and historian for Phi Lambda Sigma-Iota chapter.

Expanding beyond clinical skills as a student pharmacist, he participated in data collection and topic discussion for a research project regarding infective endocarditis under Dr. Anthony Casapao. In addition to being on rotations during his fourth year, Obordo presented a continuing education on asthma and COPD therapy to pharmacy technicians at the Northeast Florida Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Fall Meeting.

He has been the recipient of Best Practices in Professionalism award, Outstanding Service award and multiple Gator Spirit awards at the UF College of Pharmacy. Obordo will begin his pharmacist career as a pediatric PGY1 resident at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee.

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William BurdiOrlando Campus

William Burdi completed his pre-pharmacy course requirements at Daytona State College, while on active duty in the Armed Forces.

Prior to attending UF College of Pharmacy, Burdi was enlisted for eight years in the United States Air Force. He served two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan earning him Airman of the Year in 2008, two Air Force Commendation medals, one Army Achievement medal and one Air Force Achievement medal. His military career inspired him to pursue his dream as a pharmacist with a strong interest in caring for the veteran population.

While maintaining high academic standards in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum, Burdi has been actively involved in the Student Pharmacist Advocacy and Recovery Committee and displayed outstanding leadership as the Chief Intern of his class at AdventHealth Orlando from 2018-19.

During his four years as a student pharmacist, he earned his leadership certificate from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, worked as a pharmacy intern at AdventHealth Orlando and maintained his membership in student organizations.

Burdi will continue his pharmacy education as a PGY1 resident at the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, Washington. Upon completion of his PGY1 residency, he has plans to return to the military and serve our nation’s veterans on active duty.

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Doctor of Pharmacy Graduates

Peter AdeosunMichelle AdkinsMahmuda AkhterAlyssa AllenGustavo Alvira-ArillBrian AnzeloneJon AppleLia ArgevaniAbdelrahman AshryKimberly AtkinsonKatelyn AulenbachCaren-Mai Christia AzurinKyle BabcockLolade BakareBriana BallisterAustin BaucomBrandon BautistaGiovanni BelizaireJoshua BelloSpencer BennionAmy BeresMariah BigaudShaun BlalackRomeo BlanchetteLori Ann BowieBarry BoydMarcela BradaricTreasure BrightJoseph BrittNatalie BrumwellRandy BudhramMichelle BunnageWilliam Burdi Jr.Emily BushRoberto CampbellGersi CanajJuan CastellanosRaul CastilloMelissa CatalanoGregorey CelestinHao Yu ChenEric ChenYoung ChoChia Yee ChouAllan ChungJace ColinaEmilie CollongetteAllison ConeSean CorganRebeca CorominasColleen CoureyMeseret Dabi

Liem DangTanaka DangDanielle DanielsCarys DaviesLaura DavisAlexandra DemontNakul DesaiCorey DiamondMarcos DiasStephen DillonNathaniel DionedaStephanie DucasChristopher DuphrenCherokie DyerAmer El GhaliMarwan El MasriSarah ElsabaghAnastasia EngeleitJulie EnszKayla EvansAshlee FabianMary FahdTheresa FaisonBenjamin FerrisLeo FieldsStephanie FieldsJeselle FigueroaIan FlorestaJenna ForryShawna FoxMichele FrankenbergPatrice GabrielAlexis GalamayChristian GalvezMatthew GarciaCatalina GiraldoEnislier Gonzalez RegueroNicole Gonzalez RosaErin GreyJack GuerciCarlie HandshyMelissa HansonChris HaritosHanna HarperBrooke HarrisCharlie HengDaniel HenryBlake HerschbergerNicholas HillerKennedy HoHuyen HoThao Hoang

Hanh HoangGabrielle HobbsJimmy HuangAlexander HuelsmanKent IgbinobaLauren IngramGabriela IturraldeDenys IvasechkoJaison JamesMelanie JensenAlexandra JohnsonSarah JonesSayeedah JumanCharlotte JungRyan KammerdenerJulia KaranKayla KatalinichStephen KettleKathryn KettlerChristine KhanDanielle KibbyEsther KimVictor LamKaterina LambrinosBradley LaskosVictoria LaVineEric LeeAlexandra LehmanMegan LeiserJacob LeonardMatthew LerretKatherine LewisShuai LiBrett LinamenEmma LodlJoanna LongueiraZuzel Lopez Del CastilloAlyssa LowderMichelle LuziAlexander MakiJohn MarinoCaneel MarreroTaylor MartinoBrian MastersBrittany MatosShane McMahonAnna MenendezLisette MenendezArmando MieresMymoona MohsinChristine MolinaJessica Moore

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY GRADUATES

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Danielle MorganMadeleine MorinLauren MullenRosemary MunozAndrew MurdockJason MutschlerMadell NeddMelissa NewmonsJennifer NgoAddison NguyenTrinh NguyenLe Chau NguyenDuong NguyenBao Tien NguyenMinh NguyenKate NguyenVivian NguyenLucia NolanJeremy ObordoOpeyemi OgedengbeYunjae OhKaley PaganKaetlyn ParkerGeorge ParkerJennifer ParmarMaria Grazia ParodiJasmin PatelDerric PatmonAthena PerezRachel PerryJune PhanJessica PiercyBrian PiotrowskiTaqwa PippinEnxhi PlakuAnisha Pola

Natalie PonceKevin PowroznikMonica RamirezLuis RamosVictoria ReamsGeorge RembertTravis RobertsonJaehyeok RohTyler RomickJennifer RoshongLindsey RudolphJenny RuffinRafael SanchezJacob SanowErin ScarpaceChelsea SchneiderTatyana SevereErika SieberJonna SlabodnikKelsey SmithMaria SofikitisNatalie SoomdatSam SowellSean SpeerTanner SturgillJennifer SuarezOsama SulaimanBrixhilda SylaAmisha TailorTori TaylorJelena TesicKaitlyn ThiessenDouglas TolmanTanya TorresNatalie ToselliThao Tran*

Tran TranNicolas TranYudelin Trujillo GonzalezPhuoc TruongHeather TuftsSilvia ValdesChristophe ValdesCamilo VaronaLukeson VersulienAlyson VezinaMatthew VillanuevaLinh VuongKayandra WalkerJordan WallaceWeihong WangJohn Wang-HuLindsey WeixlerLisa WhitmoreHolly WidellAndrew WilksMatthew WillemynsAshley WiltLauren WongKelly WrightMichael YanReesie YannEstefany YanquiXiaoqing YeYue YuRobert ZagorskyKiomara Zayas MaldonadoXue Fen ZhangLouie ZhangYang Zhao

Doctor of Pharmacy Graduates (continued)

*Posthumous degree

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RECOGNITION OF COLLEGE OF PHARMACY GRADUATES

MS Applied PharmacoeconomicsKhaled Youssry AbdelgawwadMohamed AbougamousMinha ChoiMarjorie A. CrenshawStanley Eugene FerrellIsabell KangDerek Low LouieAman Deep MatharooJennifer M. RaltzAndrew William SpargoFletcher K. TangDipti TankalaNiyati Himanshu Vakil

MS Managed Care Pharmacy SystemsJennifer Lynn HerzogTierra Jonea Johnson

MS Patient Safety in Medication UseSilvia Rosa DuenasZachary A. OleszczukBryan A. Riley

MS Medication & Therapy ManagementAshley N. GarnerRampratap KatwaruIleana RamosUnjoo Ellen Shim

MS Forensic SciencesRosie BasquinKevin R. Brown, IICaitlin Elizabeth CorcoranSarah Christine DavisAmber Luise FontanezYuliya FrolovaSherry L. JilinskiMatthew Aaron LarsonChristian Marcus LiewerCynthia Matos MolinaAva Kendal MoyerAmy Kathleen RacinesRosie BasquinKevin R. Brown, IICaitlin Elizabeth CorcoranSarah Christine DavisAmber Luise FontanezYuliya FrolovaSherry L. JilinskiMatthew Aaron LarsonChristian Marcus LiewerCynthia Matos MolinaAva Kendal MoyerOscar RamirezLeah Joy WebbLaura Elaine SouthgateKarie E. ThumsJoshua Nathan ZimmermanOscar RamirezLeah Joy WebbLaura Elaine SouthgateKarie E. ThumsJoshua Nathan Zimmerman

MS Forensic Drug ChemistryAnthony Mazzarella

MS Forensic DNA & SerologyJarrett P. AmbeauCarissa EakerErica Ann MorganRyan Patrick O’LearyAngela Louise OslowskiJamie Lynn PomykalEmily Kathleen ReedAshley Victoria Veatch Persons

MS Pharmaceutical ChemistryAndrew Everett BostwickAmy S. BronikowskiAlejandro Jose Buxo LugoJeffrey Louis CraneLaura Jean DeShulloPatrick A. MossMatthew Travis PierceAndrew SenanayakeDuc C. Tran

MS Clinical ToxicologyJennifer A. Splawski

MS Pharmaceutical Outcomes & PolicyAbdulrahman Alsuhibani

MS Medicinal ChemistryJan-Louis Cosme

Mohammad Alshaer, Ph.D.Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research

Peilan Zhang, Ph.D.Department of Medicinal Chemistry

Tamara King, Ph.D.Department of Pharmaceutics

Yi Ting (Kayla) Lien, Ph.D.Department of Pharmaceutics

Thomas Cirino, Ph.D.Department of Pharmacodynamics

Yasser Albogami, Ph.D.Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy

Doctor of Philosophy Pharmaceutical Science

Master of Science in Pharmacy

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Academic Regalia, an Explanation

The academic regalia worn by graduating students and faculty at today’s commencement ceremonies evolved from a style of dress worn by members of guilds and religious orders in medieval times. The academic gown is worn by individuals who have earned a degree in higher education. In addition, hoods are worn by graduate degree candidates, but not by undergraduate degree candidates.

At the University of Florida, the lining of the hood has a blue chevron on an orange background to represent the university colors. University faculty members who hold degrees from another college or university wear the colors of their alma mater.

The velvet edging on the academic hood is the color that represents the particular degree held by the wearer. Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) is olive. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) is royal blue. Some graduates are wearing honor cords. The orange and blue cords symbolize academic distinction: 1 set represents cum laude, 2 sets magna cum laude, and 3 sets summa cum laude. The purple and white cords recognize membership in Rho Chi, the national academic honorary society for pharmacy, and gold and green cords identify students as members of Phi Lambda Sigma, the national honorary leadership society in pharmacy.

Distinctions among sleeves indicate the type of degree held by the wearer. A long, pointed sleeve indicates a bachelor’s degree, while a long, closed sleeve with a slit near the upper part of the arm designates a master’s degree. A round, open sleeve identifies a doctoral degree.

The doctoral regalia also has velvet running on the rest of the gown, including cross bars on the sleeve. Colored tassels on the degree candidates’ caps indicate a candidate’s school or college.


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Chain of Office

This custom-made ornament is worn with the president’s regalia, symbolizing the

authority and responsibilities of the office. The chain is engraved with the names

and service years of the university presidents. The medallion’s centerpiece is a

1.3-carat diamond.

Academic Mace

Dating back to the Middle Ages, the mace symbolizes

strength and authority. The UF ceremonial mace was created for the university’s

sesquicentennial celebration in 2003. The 70-inch staff features an alligator sitting atop a

globe. The four pillars supporting the globe represent the four original colleges: Agriculture,

Engineering, Law, and Liberal Arts. The staff is carved from cherry wood. The university’s

chief marshal, who leads all academic processions, carries the mace.

University of Florida Tassels

Fisher School of Accounting Aqua

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Maize

College of the Arts Brown

M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Construction Management Burnt Orange and Opal

Warrington College of Business Drab

Heavener School of Business Drab

College of Dentistry Lilac

College of Design, Construction and Planning Blue Violet

College of Education Light Blue

Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Orange

The Graduate School Black

College of Health and Human Performance Sage Green

College of Journalism and Communications Black and White

Fredric G. Levin College of Law Purple

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arts White

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sciences Gold Yellow

College of Medicine Green

College of Nursing Apricot

College of Pharmacy Olive Green

College of Public Health and Health Professions Salmon

College of Veterinary Medicine Gray

DiplomasDiplomas will be mailed to the graduate’s permanent home mailing address in July 2020.


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Oath of a Pharmacist

• I promise to devote myself to a lifetime of service to others through the profession

of pharmacy.

• I will consider the welfare of humanity and relief of suffering my primary concerns.

• I will apply my knowledge, experience, and skills to the best of my ability to assure

optimal outcomes for my patients.

• I will respect and protect all personal and health information entrusted to me.

• I will accept the lifelong obligation to improve my professional knowledge

and competence.

• I will hold myself and my colleagues to the highest principles of our profession’s

moral, ethical, and legal conduct.

• I will embrace and advocate changes that improve patient care.

• I will utilize my knowledge, skills, experiences and values to prepare the next

generation of pharmacists.

• I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of the responsibility with which

I am entrusted by the public.

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