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Academy of Student Pharmacists University of the Pacific 751 Brookside Road Stockton, CA 95211 Volume X, Issue IV June 2012 First of all, I would like to give a big shout out to Walgreen’s and everyone who came out for making this year’s spring picnic a huge success. People that missed out are sure to envy those rocking their free baby blue shirts and stunner shades. The entire body of TJLSOPHS was present at the event, including faculty and students from all of the various programs. After another battle with midterm week, this surely was a great way to kick back and enjoy the summer with our colleagues. One of the main decisions one faces when arriving at spring picnic is where to start?! The sumo-wrestling mat was the perfect place to show off one’s machismo fighting ability. Other activities included riding the mechanical bull, water games with the squirt guns and huge slide, and grooving to the beats of the DJ. The bake-off contest was a center of attention as some lucky professors judged all of the delicious cakes and deserts made by students. Congrats to Jennifer Nguyen for winning! Another highlight was the grand watermelon eating contest. There was a lot of back and forth trash talking going on before this one but Urvish Italia stole the show as he SMASHED his slice in half with his forehead and chowed down on the melon to its peel. What a winner. Perhaps the most satisfying part of the day was getting revenge on our professors via the dunk tank, WELCOME The News Capsule is a bi-semesterly ASP-sponsored newsletter. We always welcome suggestions or comments about how to improve the newsletter. If you have any ideas or if you would like to submit an article, please e-mail us at: [email protected] Your editors, Vivian Lee, Diane Suen, Christine Vo, Carmen Chung, Veronica Lai, Stephanie Tu Section I National and International Organizations 1 Section II Pharmacy School Committees 6 Section III Professional Pharmacy Greek Organizations Inside the News Capsule Shmangin’ Spring Picnic ASP-ASuop Senator Robneet Athwal Section I ASP 1-2 AMCP 1 CSHP 2-3 IPSF 3-4 NCPA 4-5 ASP (Continued on page 2) An Active Spring for AMCP-Pacific Members This spring semester will be an active one for those involved in AMCP-Pacific’s student chapter. We will be participating in the 4 th annual Western Regional Conference in San Francisco. This year, students from the UCSF School of Pharmacy chapter of AMCP will be hosting the event, and students from many of the other California pharmacy schools are expected to attend. This will be a great opportunity to network with fellow students and practicing professionals. AMCP-Pacific will be holding its Managed Care Roundtable Dinner on Thursday, June 23. This will be a unique experience for pharmacy students to sit down with practicing pharmacists and learn about many unique niches of the profession. Several managed care pharmacists will be in attendance from a wide variety of practice settings. AMCP Finance Officer Justin Warren
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Page 1: NewsCapsule Vol10, Issue4

Academy of S tudent Pharmac is ts Universi ty o f the Pac i f ic

751 Brooks ide Road Stock ton, CA 95211

Volume X, Issue IV June 2012

First of all, I would like to give a

big shout out to Walgreen’s and

everyone who came out for making

this year’s spring picnic a huge

success. People that missed out are

sure to envy those rocking their free

baby blue shirts and stunner shades.

The entire body of TJLSOPHS was

present at the event, including faculty

and students from all of the various

programs. After another battle with

midterm week, this surely was a great

way to kick back and enjoy the

summer with our colleagues.

One of the main decisions one

faces when arriving at spring picnic is

where to start?! The sumo-wrestling

mat was the perfect place to show off

one’s machismo fighting ability. Other

activities included riding the

mechanical bull, water games with

the squirt guns and huge slide, and

grooving to the beats of the DJ. The

bake-off contest was a center of

attention as some lucky professors

judged all of the delicious cakes and

deserts made by students. Congrats to

Jennifer Nguyen for winning! Another

highlight was the grand watermelon

eating contest. There was a lot of back

and forth trash talking going on

before this one but Urvish Italia stole

the show as he SMASHED his slice in

half with his forehead and chowed

down on the melon to its peel. What a

winner.

Perhaps the most satisfying part

of the day was getting revenge on our professors via the dunk tank,

WELCOME

The News Capsule is a

bi-semesterly ASP-sponsored

newsletter. We always

welcome suggestions or

comments about how to

improve the newsletter. If you

have any ideas or if

you would like to submit

an article, please e-mail

us at: [email protected]

Your editors,

Vivian Lee,

Diane Suen,

Christine Vo,

Carmen Chung,

Veronica Lai,

Stephanie Tu

Section I National and

International

Organizations

1

Section II Pharmacy School

Committees

6

Section III Professional

Pharmacy Greek

Organizations

Inside the News Capsule

Shmangin’ Spring Picnic

ASP-ASuop Senator

Robneet Athwal

Section I

ASP 1-2

AMCP 1

CSHP 2-3

IPSF 3-4

NCPA 4-5

ASP (Continued on page 2)

An Active Spring for AMCP-Pacific Members

This spring semester will be an

active one for those involved in

AMCP-Pacific’s student chapter. We

will be participating in the 4th annual

Western Regional Conference in San

Francisco. This year, students from

the UCSF School of Pharmacy chapter

of AMCP will be hosting the event,

and students from many of the other

California pharmacy schools are

expected to attend. This will be a

great opportunity to network with

fellow students and practicing

professionals.

AMCP-Pacific will be holding its

Managed Care Roundtable Dinner on

Thursday, June 23. This will be a

unique experience for pharmacy

students to sit down with practicing

pharmacists and learn about many

unique niches of the profession.

Several managed care pharmacists

will be in attendance from a wide

variety of practice settings.

AMCP Finance Officer

Justin Warren

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PAGE 2 News Capsule VOLUME X, ISSUE IV

especially after midterm week! As

for dunking Dr. Floriddia, let’s

just say the 1st years were getting

revenge ahead of schedule for that

adventurous PK final. The 5

professors that participated this

year included Dr. Jasti, Dr.

Floriddia, Dr. Uchizono, Dr.

Russu, and Dr. Guo. The best part

is that all of the proceeds went to

the Stockton Homeless Shelter.

Katie Maxwell, the representative

for the Stockton Homeless

Shelter, was presented with a

check of $180 thanks to

everyone’s donations for the dunk

tank. It leaves a warm place in

one’s heart to know you’re having

fun and helping people at the

same time.

Last but certainly not least,

it’s safe to say that the food

catered by La Carniceria left a

party for everyone’s taste buds.

The skewers, chicken, and bacon-

wrapped poppers were one of a

kind. For me, Spring Picnic was

definitely a well-needed break

from school and I had a blast

enjoying it with my fellow

classmates. ASP’s (especially

Shawlien’s) work into planning

this event certainly paid off as

nearly everyone needed a nap

afterwards!

ASP (Continued from page 1)

Pharmers in Action

This year, CSHP-Pacific had

the opportunity to serve the

community at Stockton’s annual

Asparagus Festival held April 27-

29. At the festival CSHP was able

to provide blood pressure, blood

g l u co se , a n d c ho le s t e ro l

screenings. Thousands of people

came out all weekend long to take

part in the festivities. Many

participants had never been

screened, or had their last

screening years ago. CSHP being

there was a convenience and a

relief for many. The consultations

provided were beneficial to

providing a high quality of life to

the residents of the Stockton

community. Throughout the

duration of the weekend CSHP

was able to provide 138

cholesterol screenings, 443 blood

glucose screenings, and 388 blood

pressure screenings; that’s a total

of over 900 screenings! It is safe

to say that the Asparagus festival

CSHP-Pacific Secretary

Chinye Nalls-

CSHP (Continued on page 3)

The judges face a difficult decision as they pick the winners of the bake-off.

Photo by Scott Harada

Ahaiwe

Photo by Chris Chang

Greg

Koyama and

a patient at

Stockton’s

annual

Asparagus

Festival

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In downtown Stockton at 423

S. San Joaquin Street, there lies a

gem by the name of Gleason

House. Recently renovated into a

medical clinic, Gleason House is

the former residence of Edna

Gleason, a Stockton native and

community leader. Edna Gleason

was a self-taught pharmacist who

became the first female of her

profession to own her

own business. Through-

out her life, she was a

humanitarian and

constantly worked

toward ensuring the

health and well-being

of the underserved in

t h e S t o c k t o n

community. Years

later, her home

continues to be a

testament to her selflessness. It

was recently renovated by several

community organizations to a

Photo by Marlyn Nicolas

was a success . Student

Pharmacists were able spread

awareness about the field of

pharmacy, while saving lives.

C S H P a l s o h a d t h e

opportunity to participate in the

Children’s Awareness Carnival

held on April 27. CSHP had a

goldfish ping-pong booth where

each child was able to receive a

goldfish for participating. The

booth was a huge hit. Kids were

lined up throughout the whole

carnival waiting for their

opportunity to win a fish.

Graduation has come and

gone! This year CSHP held its

annual Residency Panel where

current 3rd years discussed the

residency application process,

why they decided to do a

residency, and gave advice to

future students for obtaining a

residency. Many students were

eager to hear what the now

graduate pharmacists had to say

about their process. With the

field of pharmacy continuously

growing, more students are

b e c o m i n g i n t e r e s t e d i n

residencies and health system

pharmacy.

Inpatient versus outpatient

pharmacy, what is the difference

exac t ly ? CSHP had the

opportunity to hold a symposium

with speakers with in each

avenue to explain their everyday

work environment in order to give

students insight on what exactly

the difference is. Students left

with clear understanding of the

difference between the two in

order to make sound future career

choices.

CSHP (Continued from page 2)

Photo by Chris Chang

Rika Burk CSHP-Pacific Legislative

Chair with a student at the Children’s

Awareness Carnival.

Miguel Cobian, Chinye Nalls-Ahaiwe,

Sila Ozdemir CSHP-Pacific Executive

Board members getting the goldfish

ready for the students at the Chil-

dren’s Awareness Carnival. Photo by Chris Chang

IPSF-Pacific Goes to Gleason

IPSF Co-Chair

Adaeze Okeh

IPSF (Continued on page 4)

Gleason

House

waiting

room

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NCPA’s Third Annual Women’s Health Fair

On May 13, NCPA-Pacific

proudly hosted the 3rd Annual

Women’s Health Fair at the Chan

Family Health Sciences Learning

Center and Clinics on the

pharmacy campus. This event

was held on Mother’s Day in

honor of Women’s Health Week

which was May 13-19. With the

help of our sponsors, Target and

Valley Wholesale Drug, NCPA-

Pacific was able to host a

successful event. Doors opened at

10am when

p a t i e n t s

were greeted

by pharmacy

students and

each visitor

was given a

carnation as

a gift. The

health fair

o f f e r e d

n u m e r o u s

services to

p a t i e n t s

Photo by Lee Thai

Brian Pham consults patients as they wait for screening

services.

medical clinic that provides

cost-free treatments to homeless

individuals throughout San

Joaquin County.

Nearby, at the Thomas J. Long

School of Pharmacy, the

I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t u d e n t

Pharmaceutical Federation found

the Gleason House befitting to the

group’s humanitarian initiative.

This led to the development of the

Pacific Gleason Collaborative

Project (PGCP) whose mission is

to “provide health screenings and

patient education to the Stockton

homeless population through

collaboration with Gleason

House.” They hope to do this by

employ ing exper t i se and

knowledge garnered through

their experience as pharmacy

professionals and using it to

educate the public.

On March 8, 2012, PGCP had

their first collaborative project

with the Gleason House. In honor

of colon cancer awareness month,

PGCP set out to educate on

colorectal cancer. Also in honor of

National Women’s History Month,

PGCP’s educational resources

included brief biographies of

famous women

who have been

a f f e c t e d b y

c o l o r e c t a l

cancer. This is

the first of a

series of monthly

projects in which

PGCP will focus

o n s p e c i f i c

disease states

and cultures

honored for that

month.

As patients

trickled in to

awa i t the i r

services, PGCP

educators struck

up individual conversations with

them regarding their previous

knowledge of colon cancer and

provided them with personally

developed educational brochures.

They then educated interested

individuals using the brochure

and addressed any questions and

concerns that were expressed.

The team of students educating at

this kickoff event were IPSF

Co-Chairs Candace Chan, Susan

Deng and Adaeze Okeh in

addition to PGCP originators

Marlyn Nicolas and Jenny Thai.

Patients appeared interested

with the information and were

thankful for the individual talks

and education. At the end of the

day, about 20 individuals were

educated and exposed to the

information offered.

Since their kickoff event,

PGCP has started a toiletries

drive at the TJL campus to do-

nate to the homeless community

that Gleason serves. You can

bring your donations to the ASP

office at the Thomas J. Long

School of Pharmacy and Health

Sciences campus. Let us all lend

a hand toward building this

bridge from Pacific out to the

community.

NCPA VP of Public Relations

Nicole Dinh

IPSF (Continued from page 3)

Photo by Gleason House Staff

Candace Chan, Susan Deng, Marlyn Nicolas

NCPA

(Continued on

page 5)

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including blood glucose screening,

blood pressure screens, bone

mineral density screens and fall

risk assessment, cholesterol

screens and many educational

booths. Our goal was to promote

women’s health and to offer

services to benefit women in our

community. However, services

were open to everyone including

men and children. We were

honored to have Dr. Stavros

Stathoudakis as one of our

preceptors. He is a UOP pharmacy

alumni and the past NCPA-Pacific

board member who started the

Women’s Health Fair two years

ago. We are excited to keep the

Women’s Health Fair an annual

event and are looking forward to

next year’s health fair!

NCPA (Continued from page 4)

Angelina Williams consults a patient before taking her blood pressure.

Photo by Lee Thai

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SECTION II Pharmacy School Committees

Section II

American Cancer Society 6-7

Alternative and

Integrative Medicine

Committee

6-7

American Lung

Association 8

Drug Awareness

Committee 8-9

Legislative 9,10

Operation Diabetes 10

Operation Heart 11-13

Operation Heartburn 11

VNCARES 13-14

Since February, the American

Cancer Society Committee (ACS)

has been involved in several

events. As a committee we

attended several health fairs in

which we were able to reach

patients and educate them on the

importance of getting screenings,

doing self-exams, and avoiding

risk factors for cancer. We

educated on sun safety, breast

exams, testicular and prostate

exams, good colon health, eating

habits, and exercise. It was

amazing to see so many people

come out for the health fairs.They

were really interested learning

about the different ways to

improve their health. Our

committee provided each person

with take-home information to

help remind them about

preventative care. ACS attended

the VNCARES, PDC, LKS, and

NCPA health fairs.

The committee also attended

the CAC carnival. This event was

special because we were able to

p r o v i d e e d u c a t i o n t o

children. The children who

participated in the event were

very enthusiastic about learning.

ACSC 1st Year Co–Chair

Sarah Halcomb

Education and Donation

ACSC (Continued on page 9)

AIMRx May Adventures

AIMRx 1st Year Co-Chair

Christine Yah

AIMRX (Continued on page 9)

May was a month full of

adventures for the Alternative

and Integrative Medicine

(AIMRx) Committee. AIMRx

participated in health fairs and

planned a trip to the outdoors.

AIMRx attended the LKS

Hygeia Health Fair on May 6,

and with the help of pharmacy

student volunteers, AIMRx was

Sean Chu

(Co-founder

of AIMRx)

and fellow

pharmacy

students

educate

patients on

natural

supplement

safety and

lowering

sodium at

the LKS

Hygeia

Health

Fair.

Photo by AIMRx

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It was surprising to see the

children actively listening to

our committee’s information,

asking questions, and seeking

education. The carnival was a

great way for our committee to

get information out to a

different group of people. Our

focus was on sun safety and

we made the education

interactive by providing the

children with visors to

decorate and take home.

In May, ACS hosted two

events to raise money for

Relay for Life foundation. The

first event was the “Purple

Party,” held at the Ave on the

Mile. Donations were accepted

at the door and specials were

g iven f or those who

donated. The event raised a

over 200 dollars for cancer

research. Our second event

w a s R e l a y f o r L i f e

Modesto. ACS set up a team

called “Tigers for a Cure” in

which several Pacific

pharmacy students joined to

walk, sell baked goods, and

provide education. The team

raised another 200 hundred

dollars that day.

Summer is an important

time for ACS due to the

number of events that raise

money for cancer. There are

several Relay for Life events in

the area and it is important

for our committee to raise and

donate as much money as

possible. We will be holding

another event this month to

raise more money for Relay for

Life.

ACSC (Continued from page 8)

AIMRX (Continued from page 8)

Students at the CAC carnival were able to decorate and take home

visors to promote sun safety.

Photo by Kristina Benson

able to educate local Stockton

community members about

lowering their sodium intake

and natural supplement

safety.

AIMRx also attended the

NCPA Women’s Health Fair on

May 13, where the larger

emphasis was on the safe use

o f n a t u r a l

supplements. Community

members were informed on

r e c o g n i z i n g n a t u r a l

supplement misleading claims

a n d h a v i n g o p e n

communication about natural

supplements with their

primary care physicians and

local pharmacists.

The highlight of May for

AIMRx was hosting a trip to

UC Berkley Botanical Gardens

on May 12. A group of 20

pharmacy students attended

the UC Berkley Botanical

Gardens Tour. During the

tour, pharmacy students had

the chance to learn and explore

the importance of herbs, spices

and medicinal plants all while

enjoying the beautiful view.

AIMRx plans to continue

hosting events such as the

Botanical Gardens Tour to

enrich the education of

pharmacy students here at

Pacific on Alternative and

Integrative Medicine.

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ALA 1st Year Co-Chair

Nicole Dinh

ALA Breaks Through with Ambi-

tious Plans

The American Lung

Association (ALA) has been

ambitious and is planning for

many new and exciting events

in the near future. We are

excited to announce that we

are collaborating with NCCCP

in order to expand services to

individuals served at Medicare

part D events in the fall.

In addition to the nitric

oxide monitoring NCCCP

provides, ALA will begin to

offer peak flow measurements

to patients. By comparing

individual patients’ values with

population parameters, we aim

to gauge how patents are

managing their asthma. In

addition, we will be providing

systematic questionnaires to

further identify the efficacy of

each pat ient ’ s current

medications. Our goal is to

make each patient’s experience

as personal as possible by

reviewing their individual

profile and peak flow

measurements. By doing so, we

are able to focus our education

aspect on their individual

needs. Together with NCCCP,

we will be able to make a

bigger impact in patient lives.

ALA was inspired to start peak

flow measurements when we

attended the Asthma Summit

where we encountered many

patients who were seeking

education on what is a peak

flow meter and how to use it.

In addition to offering peak

flow measurements, ALA is

planning to expand our biggest

component of the committee:

patient education and raising

lung awareness. We are

currently collaborating with St.

Mary’s Interfaith Community

Services to provide smoking

c e s s a t i o n an d as t h m a

education classes. Look out for

updates from ALA as this event

comes out.

DAC Shifts Gears For Spring Service

DAC 1st Year Co-Chair

Daniel Kim

DAC (Continued on page 11)

The beginning of spring

marked a change in direction

f o r D r u g A w a r e n e s s

Committee’s outreach and

service. During the PDC

Multicultural Health fair in

Stockton, DAC provided

M e d i c a t i o n T h e r a p y

Management (MTM) services

to the attendees under the

s u p e r v i s i o n o f l o c a l

pharmacists. With two stations

ready to offer MTM services,

patients brought with them

their medications and health

concerns in hopes that we

could assist them. For each

intervention, one student

helped the patient fill out a

questionnaire and survey

sheet while the other student

analyzed the patient ’s

medications and prepared the

pertinent recommendations

with a pharmacist. Each

session lasted approximately

20-30 minutes. Both the

students and patients gained

tremendously from the time

and work invested in each

MTM scenario. This was

evident in how grateful the

patients were as one attendee

said that he would easily pay

$30-$45 for our service. With

many more health fairs ahead,

keep a look out for DAC’s

MTM opportunities.

For the Chi ldren ’s

Awareness Carnival at the

Pacific campus, DAC had the

privilege of educating 5th

graders on poison control and

prevention. Using a power-

point presentation, a custom

jeopardy game and a look-alike

sound-alike item kit, DAC

made a memorable impact on

the eager listeners as they

became surprised at how many

harmful household items could

be mistaken for

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DAC (Continued from page 10)

Our biggest event this year,

in conjunction with CSHP, was

Legislative Dinner held at the

beginning of the semester, and

it was a huge success! The

purpose of our event was to

communicate some current

voids in patient-care, advocate

how pharmacists are best

suited to fill that void, and

address how specific legislative

changes and movements can

initiate this part of the

solution to improve healthcare

and save our state funding,

time, and resources. Our guest

speakers included Dr. Jason

Bandy, CSHP: Legislative

advisory committee; Dr. Eric

Gupta, past CPhA president

and Pacific alumni; and Dr.

Phil ip Swanger, CSHP

Director of Governmental

Affairs. We had an amazing

turnout of attendees of which

included our very own TJL’s

administrators and faculty

members, political action

committee members from

CPhA (SJPhA/SVPhA) &

CSHP, local legislators, and

Pacif ic Health Science

students. We feel that our

participants definitely walked

away wi th i n va l u ab l e

knowledge and a new

motivation to be more

proactive when it comes to

legislation in the pharmacy

field.

Being involved in the

legislative process is an

excellent way to further the

pharmacy profession. The

Advocacy Key Network is great

a way to receive updates on

pharmacy legislative bills as

well as the stance of APhA

regarding those regulations.

It’s also a great way to start a

conversation with pharmacists

and impress potent ial

p h a r m a c y e m p l o y e r s !

To sign up for Advocacy Key

N e t w o r k :

Go to www.pharmacist.com

1. Top light blue tabs: Click

on Student Pharmacists

2. Left panel: Click on Policy

& Advocacy

3. Right Panel: Under APhA-

Legislative Committee 1st Year Co-Chair

Jennifer Novak

ordinary food items, such as

pine sol and apple juice or

windex and blue gatorade.

Before each class of students

left, each 5th grader was

rewarded a gift for their

participation in the classroom.

From doing presentations

on Generation Rx, GERMS and

Poison Control in classrooms to

providing MTM services at

health fairs, DAC hopes to be

involved with more new and

unique opportunities to serve

in the community.

Lauren Epperson ready to present on poison control.

Photo by Daniel Kim

APhA-ASP and CSHP Legislative Dinner

Leg (Continued on page 12)

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OD 1st Year Co-Chair

Sharene Manneh

Leg (Continued on page 15)

ASP Legislative Advocacy: Click on APhA

Legislative

4. Action Center

5. Right panel: Become an APhA Advocacy Key

Contact

6. Fill in the information

7. It’s also equally important to inform your

senator regarding pharmacy policies and

urge them to either support or deny

legislation pertaining to pharmacy.

Write your Senator via Email:

Go to www.pharmacist.com

8. Top light blue tabs: Click on “Student

Pharmacists”

9. Left panel: Click on “Policy & Advocacy”

10. Right Panel: Under APhA-ASP Legislative

Advocacy: Click on “APhA Legislative Action

Center”

11. Click on “Visit the APhA Legislative Action

Center”

12. Click again on the “Visit the APhA

Legislative Action Center”

13. Login with your APhA password (click on the

“forgot your password” link if you don’t know

your username and password).

Click on “Send a Letter to Your Elected

Officials” and follow the prompts to inform

them about pharmacy policies.

Asparagus Extravaganza!

Operation Diabetes has

been busy during these last few

months. One of our major

events was during the

Asparagus Fest iva l in

Stockton. Operation Diabetes

was present throughout the

whole three day weekend,

working alongside CSHP and

Operation Heart. Other

services that were offered

besides diabetes screening,

were cholesterol tests and

blood pressure screening. This

festival, while being one of the

major events in Stockton,

contains a tempting plethora of

fried foods and alcoholic

drinks. We even had some

people come to get screened for

diabetes with their asparitos in

hand.

Pacific

pharmacy

students

getting

ready to

screen!

Thankfully, we were there to

intervene and remind patients,

especially diabetics, the

importance of moderation and

exercise. We screened a total of

443 patients throughout the

three day festival. Overall, we

had a good experience and the

residents of Stockton seemed to

really respond to our presence.

Photo by Sharene Manneh

Photo by Shrene Manneh

CSHP president and Operation Diabetes co-

chair at the asparagus festival.

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Heartburn in the Streets

It’s that time of the year

when heat starts to bake the

pharmacy campus and students

tend to stay

indoors to keep

coo l . This

wasn’t the case

for the co-

chairs and

p r o j e c t

managers of

O p e r a t i o n

H e a r t b u r n .

O p e r a t i o n

Heartburn hit

the streets and

all the major

health fairs to

educate the

c o m m u n i t y

a b o u t

heartburn and

gas troesophageal re f lux

d i s e a s e .

This semester was filled

with lots of health fairs set up

by different organizations.

O p e r a t i o n H e a r t b u r n

participated in all of the health

fairs trying to educate the

c o m m u n i t y a b o u t t h e

prevalence of heartburn and

different methods to prevent

h e a r t b u r n . O p e r a t i o n

heartburn screened and

identified over 150 patients

with heartburn and gave

consults to those patients to

make sure their heartburn was

well-controlled and their

medications were appropriate.

Ultimately, Operation

Heartburn’s main goal was to

spread awareness amongst our

peers and the community.

About 60 million Americans are

a f f e c t e d b y

heartburn every

m o n t h a n d

O p e r a t i o n

Heartburn is

contributing little

by little to raise

awareness and

o f f e r b e t t e r

m e d i c a t i o n

management to

patients

in the San

Joaquin area. . As

f u t u r e

pharmacists, the

basic knowledge

of heartburn and

G E R D

prevention can drastically

improve the livelihoods of our

patients.

OHb 1st Year Co-Chair

Jong Min Park

Want to know about heartburn, yes? Photo by CSHP Pacific

OH Reaching Out to Community and

Students on Campus

OH 1st Year Co-Chair

Radha Changela

Operation Heart continues

to serve the community by

conducting health screenings

for cholesterol and blood

pressure, as well as educating

people about heart-healthy

lifestyle modifications. This

semester, OH participated in

the LKS Hygeia Health Fair on

May 6th. Through this health

fair, OH was able to conduct

cholesterol screenings for

elderly and Hispanic patients

at the First Baptist Church on

El Dorado Street in Stockton.

Our booth performed health

screenings for more than 35

patients at the church. It is

extremely rewarding for our

committee to take part in such

OH (Continued on page 14)

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outreach events in the

community so that we can

provide cholesterol screenings

which are not easily available

for people, as well as educate

them about maintaining a

heart healthy lifestyle.

OH also conducted health

screenings during the NCPA

Women’s Health Fair on May

13th, which was held here, on

Pacific campus. OH was able to

help screen and educate about

40 patients during this event.

Health fair events held on

campus like this are extremely

helpful in bringing people from

the community to Pacific, and

OH was glad to be a part of

this event.

In addition to these health

fairs, OH organized the

Symposium “Time is Brain:

OH (Continued from page 13)

OH (Continued on page 15

Cholesterol screening offered by OH at NCPA Women’s Health Fair. Photo by Lee Thai

OH Symposium - Time is Brain: Act FAST!

Photo by Radha Changela

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VNCares Publicity Officer

Peter Lai

Act FAST” at the Rotunda on

June 12th. Students got an

exciting opportunity to learn

about Pharmacists’ role in

Stroke Prevention from Dr.

Deepti Vyas, Pacific’s brand

new faculty member. It was a

nice and refreshing welcome

for all of us after the rigorous

midterm week as we got a

chance to learn more about

ischemic stroke symptoms, risk

factors, and prevention. The

presentation helped us learn

simple assessment tests that

we, as future Pharmacists can

conduct in varied busy

pharmacy settings, and hence

not only help prevent stroke

but also further promote our

profession in health care. The

team of Operation Heart

sincerely thanks Dr. Deepti

Vyas for giving us such an

interesting and informative

presentation.

This summer, OH

provided cholesterol screenings

at Rho Pi Phi’s Living Hope

Health Fair at the LifeSong

Church in Stockton and

VNCARES Summer Health

Fair at the Vietnamese

American Community Center

of the East Bay in Oakland.

With the support of other

committees and organizations

on campus as well as our hard-

working volunteers, OH will

continue to serve the

community as best as possible!

OH (Continued from page 14)

Empowering Patients Through Education

On March 28, the

V N C A R E S C o m m i t t e e

attended the third annual

Human Faces of Health Care

Health Fair at Andrew Hill

High School organized by the

Andrew Hill High School

Health and Human Services

Program and the Santa Clara

County Single Payer Health

Care Coalition. Over 400

attendees, including San Jose’s

Vice Mayor, Madison Nguyen,

participated in the various

e d u c a t i o n bo o t h s a n d

screenings. The VNCARES

committee provided over 70

glucose and bone mineral

density screenings for the

members from the school and

surrounding community. Since

the event was held at the local

High School, attendees were

from the local community,

w h i c h c o m p r i s e d o f

predominantly Latino,

Hispanic, and Vietnamese

ethnicities. With help from

translators, the committee

helped bridge the language

barrier by speaking in

Vietnamese to explain the

procedures and forms to each

patient. When asked about his

thoughts about the event, 2nd

year Historian Long Vo said,

“It’s rewarding when I am able

to use my cultural background

to connect to patients by doing

events like this where I can

communicate in Vietnamese.

Although I am not exactly

fluent, it was a good chance to

practice and expand my skill

set which is something I

encourage everyone to do.”

The following week on May

4th, the VNCARES Committee

participated in the Elmwood

Elementary School Spring

Festival/Health Fair in an

education table. We educated

students and parents about the

problems associated with

diabetes and childhood obesity

and shed light on healthy

eating habits to improve or

prevent these problems. We

borrowed the diabetes poster

from Operation Diabetes to

educate on diabetes prevention,

exercise, and the food pyramid.

Katie Duong, Lana Nguyen,

Tien Tran and Mai Tran

created a display that

contrasted some of the healthy

and unhealthy food in a

colorful and interactive poster.

Part of the poster was designed

as a game to educate children

about the caloric values of

certain foods. Pictures of foods

such as corn oil, fish, nuts, and

ramen noodles were placed on

one side of the paper and

revealed how many calories

each serving contained when

flipped over. This activity

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VNCARES (Continued from page 15)

challenged children to learn

which oils were better to

consume and which foods

contained them. Also, the

committee filled empty soda

bottles, soda cans and popular

juices with granulated sugar

that matched the total

amount of dissolved sugar in

the bottle. This visual aid

shocked both students and

parents when they saw the

amount of sugar popular

drinks contained. Mai Tran,

2nd year project manager,

said “They didn’t realize how

much sugar they were taking

in every day and started to

rethink what they were

consuming, especially soda. I

am glad that I brought forth

this important issue and hope

that I changed their lives.”

Both events were very

successful and allowed us to

touch the lives of many

individuals. We look forward

to continue reaching out to

the underserved with our

upcoming summer health fair

located at the Vietnamese

American Community Center

of East Bay in Oakland.

Lana Nguyen teaching children about healthy eating. Photo by Chris Chang

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Slip into Summer

SECTION III Professional Pharmacy Greek Organizations

The annual Asparagus

Festival was a huge hit this

year in downtown Stockton,

where the brothers of Kappa

Psi helped sell deep-fried

asparagus for local charities.

The experience was not only a

lot of fun, but it reminded us

how lively the city of Stockton

can be.

Third-year students were

also back in town for

graduation and it was time to

reconnect and celebrate in

the hot Stockton sun. We

rented an inflatable slip n’

slide and grilled up some

burgers in the backyard of

the Kappa Psi house.

There was good food,

music, and laughter all

around as we welcomed our

brothers and sisters back.

Although we’ll miss them, we

know they’ll always come

back, remembering the good

times we had at the house.

KY Historian

Jarrett Chang

Photo by Jarrett Chang

The Kappa Psi family “slipping” into summer.

Section III

KY 15

LKS 16

PDC 17-18

RPP 19

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Hygeia Health Fair and So Much More!

The summer semester

started off with a bang for the

sisters of Lambda Kappa

Sigma, beginning with their

first annual Hygeia Health

Fair held on Sunday, May 6

at First Baptist Church in

Stockton. In preparation for

the health fair, the sisters

publ i c i zed througho ut

Stockton. You may even have

heard President Su Kang on

the radio inviting the public

to stop by the health fair to

take advantage of the free

health screenings, which

included blood pressure,

cholesterol, blood glucose,

and bone density. In addition

to these screenings and

health consultations, the

sisters also focused on

educating kids about their

health, along with other

activities like face painting

and making Mother’s Day

cards. Based on the feedback

from both the attendees and

the volunteers, the health fair

was a great success. LKS

would like to thank the

preceptors, faculty, church

and all committees for

helping us make our first

health fair an extremely

successful event.

Soon after the health fair

L K S c e l e b r a t e d t h e

graduation of our third year

sisters, now alumni: Dr. Mia

Choy, Dr. Tracey Huey, Dr.

Margaret Lee, Dr. Estefania

Li, Dr. Jennifer Nguyen, Dr.

Stacey Wu, and Dr. Jillian

Yoong. Before graduation we

all had a chance to catch up

and have dinner with them.

Each sister gave us advice

about rotations and what to

expect outside of school. The

new graduates also told us to

enjoy school while it lasts,

because three years will pass

by fast! LKS would like to

wish all of the graduating

sisters good luck on their

future endeavors!

LKS Corresponding Secretary

Michele Louie

Photo by Jenny Nguyen

Jessica Chu figuring out “what healthy means to me” with kids.

Congratulations to our graduating sisters! Photo by Brenda Ng

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Phi Delta Chi Celebrates in the Summer

Heading into the summer,

the chapter wrapped up

another great year, celebrating

our accomplishments and

brotherhood at our annual Tom

Stout Thousand formal event.

On April 14, active brothers,

alumni, and honored guests

gathered at Brookside Country

Club for a day of golf, good

food, and great company.

Brothers also took the time to

pay tribute to and remember

the accomplishments and

dedication of late brother, Tom

Stout. In the spirit of

r e c o g n i z i n g b r o t h e r s ’

excellence and dedication to

the chapter, the Gerald A.

Miller Scholarship, and the

Distinguished Alumnus Award

were presented to brothers

Daniel Salas and alumnus An-

Chun Kwan. The chapter is

p r o u d t o h a v e s u c h

outstanding brothers.

C o nt i nu i n g a no t h e r

annual summer tradition, the

brothers were delighted to

volunteer at Stockton’s 27th

Annual Asparagus Festival.

From April 27 to April 29,

brothers worked at the fried

asparagus tents, accepting

tickets and orders for endless

lines of hungry fair goers.

Working alongside locals, the

brothers enjoyed a feeling of

kinship and connectedness

with the Stockton community.

T h e u n d e r g r a d u a t e

commencement ceremonies on

May 5 kicked off a period of

festivity for the chapter as we

celebrated the achievements of

our graduates. Five of our

undergraduate brothers

proudly walked the stage to

receive their diplomas and

make their final step towards

Pharmacy School. Brothers

were able to reconnect with our

third year pharmacy students

during Senior Grad Week in

the third week of May. As the

third years trickled back into

Stockton, the chapter was busy

preparing a weekend of fun for

both the seniors and their

families. Senior Roast on May

17 was a day full of playful

reminiscing between brothers.

Each of the graduates were put

on blast and remembered for

their time in the fraternity.

Rounding the corner to the

weekend, the chapter opened

the house and welcomed the

PDC (Continued on page 18)

PDC Public Relations Chair

Megan Shimada

Photo by Megan Shimada

Brothers Joanne Reeve, left, and Juliet Precissi, right, making orders for

fried asparagus.

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family and friends of the

graduates for a backyard

barbeque on the June 18.

Stomachs full and spirits

high, the celebration made its

way to Janet Leigh Theater,

w h e r e h e a r t f e l t

congratulations were made to

seniors in movie tribute. To

conclude the day, the Alpha

Psi Education, Scholarship &

Leadership Foundation

presented awards to three

outstanding graduates. The

awards were bestowed as

follows: The Rick Friedmann

Memorial Senior Achievement

Scholarship was presented to

brother Michael Conner for

his active involvement within

the school of pharmacy. The

MAX Scholarship was

presented to brother Frank

Sasaki for his academic

e x c e l l e n c e a n d h i s

involvement in the chapter

and community. Finally, the

Ivan W. Rowland Memorial

O u t s t a n d i n g S e n i o r

Scholarship was presented to

brother Jacob Taylor for his

outstanding service to the

Alpha Psi chapter.

We are fortunate to have

such amazing brothers as well

as an incredible alumni

foundation for support and

encouragement.

Pharmacy graduation on

the morning of May 19

marked the culmination of a

great week. In the audience –

flanked by flowers, presents,

and signs – we watched

proudly as our own 21

brothers walked the stage of

the Alex G. Spanos Center.

Graduates weren’t the

only ones taking monumental

steps towards a better future.

During the weekend of

June 9, brothers raised money

for the American Cancer

Society at their annual booth

at Stockton’s Relay for Life

event. Homemade lumpia and

ice cold otter-pops were a hot

commodity and the brothers

were happy to sell them. After

a full 24 hours of fundraising

and fun, the team had raised

over $2000!

As the heat of the

summer signals the end of

another school year, brothers

and newly transitioned

alumni continue to show

tremendous commitment and

support for the chapter. We

look forward to another great

year of achievement and

growth, and after our annual

summer Pismo retreat, the

brotherhood will be even

stronger than it has been.

PDC (Continued from page 17)

Some graduates of the Phi Delta Chi Alpha Psi Pharmacy Class of 2012. Photo by Erika Cho

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Spring Break: a chance for

pharmacy students to sit back,

breathe, and relax after another

crazy semester. But for nine

brothers of Rho Pi Phi, this was

no time to plop down on a couch

and watch some TV. This was a

chance to take pharmacy

beyond our national borders –

we took off for the faraway land

of Guatemala!

We traveled to the town of

Antigua, where we partnered

with the God’s Child Project (La

Asociación de Nuestros

Ahijados) to work with many

families and children in need.

This organization has many

ways of reaching out to the

surrounding communities,

including an elementary school,

a malnutrition clinic, food

distribution, women’s programs,

and much more.

RPP were able to join forces

with this group and participate

in many ways throughout the

week. We taught elementary

school classes about parts of the

body, helped build wheelchairs

at a factory that employed

disabled Guatemalans, brought

and sorted many medications to

support the on-site medical

clinic, and played with children

from a nearby orphanage.

One of the biggest problems

Guatemala faces today is

malnutrition. Many cannot

afford a healthy diet of fruits

and vegetables to provide them

with enough crucial vitamins

and minerals. Another issue is

patient education; many

parents simply see their babies

as little adults, so they feed

them little amounts of adult

food – things like coffee and

tortillas are common parts of

many babies’ diets. We visited

and volunteered at Casa

Jackson, a clinic that cares for

malnourished babies; it was a

stark reminder of just how

much medical care is needed in

other parts of the world.

It was very eye-opening for

many of us to see such poverty

up close for the first time. Yet

even in middle of such despair,

there was a sense of peace,

generosity, and selflessness

that surrounded the locals.

They were always friendly and

warm to us, welcoming us into

their homes. We did our best to

serve them throughout the

week in whatever ways we

could. We came to realize that

the field of pharmacy has a lot

to offer to the rest of the world,

and we hope that the steps we

took over our Spring Break

were the first of many more to

come.

Photo by Team Guatemala

Pharmacy Knows No Bounds

RPP Rope Links Reporter

Darrell Chan

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