What’s in a name? With the reorganization of The University of Toledo, several new schools and some new colleges have been created. Along with the larger reorgani- zation process, the College of Pharmacy has undergone a name change to reflect the breadth of its research and degree offerings. The college’s name is now the College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. The new name acknowledges a series of disciplines that have been a part of the college for decades, including medicinal and biological chemistry, pharmaceutics, and pharmacology. Undergraduate and graduate programs in these disciplines have long been included in the college’s mission and are now included in the college’s name as well. Under the university’s restructuring plan, the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will take part in larger interdisciplinary schools, a sign of the growing interprofessionalism within the university. Read more about the UT Restructuring Plan In this issue What’s in a name? 1 Clinically Skilled 2 Compounding Education 3 Upcoming Events 4 SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW In December, two antique displays were dedicated in the new pharmacy facility: The David H. and Jill G. Scheibel Historic Apothecary and the Michael Warren Tools of the Trade Display (1850-1950). SEE PHOTOS SPRING 2011 EXTRACTS & GRADUATES The upcoming issue of Extracts & Graduates, the college’s biannual printed alumni newsletter, will feature the college’s new facility on the Health Science Campus and the donors and friends who helped to make the vision a reality.
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What’s in a name?
With the reorganization of The University of Toledo, several new schools
and some new colleges have been created. Along with the larger reorgani-
zation process, the College of Pharmacy has undergone a name change to
reflect the breadth of its research and degree offerings. The college’s name
is now the College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. The new name
acknowledges a series of disciplines that have been a part of the college for
decades, including medicinal and biological chemistry, pharmaceutics, and
pharmacology. Undergraduate and graduate programs in these disciplines
have long been included in the college’s mission and are now included in
the college’s name as well. Under the university’s restructuring plan, the
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will take part in larger
interdisciplinary schools, a sign of the growing interprofessionalism within
the university. Read more about the UT Restructuring Plan
Dr. Marcia F. McInerney has been selected as a Distinguished University Professor based on her exemplary teaching, research, scholarship, and professional service. Dr. McInerney is professor and chair of the Department of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She earned degrees from the University of Connecticut, Case-Western Reserve University and the University of Michigan (U of M). She completed her postdoctoral study at the Yale University School of Medicine with Dr. Charles A. Janeway Jr. prior to accepting a position with UT in 1991. Dr. McInerney was appointed as the Mary K. Iacocca Senior Research Fellow (1998-1999) at the Joslin Diabetes Center, affiliated with the Harvard University School of Medicine. In 2008, Dr. McInerney completed a sabbatical leave at the University of Michigan School of Medicine where she holds an adjunct appointment as professor of metabolism, endocrinology, and diabetes in the Division of Internal Medicine. She also holds adjunct appointments in biochemistry, cancer biology, pathology and biological sciences at UT. Dr. McInerney received a CAREER Development award from the American Diabetes Association and was awarded the Central Ohio Diabetes Association (CODA) Children’s Research Award.
Dr. McInerney has earned research awards from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, the Diabetes Action Research and E d u c a t i o n Foundation, the Ohio Board of Regents, and the National Institutes of Health; her c u r r e n t research is supported by the United States Department of Agriculture. Dr. McInerney has received more than $3 million in funding for her research in immunopathological mechanisms in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. She is a grant review panel member for the NIDDK section of the NIH. As a Distinguished University Professor, Dr. McInerney will receive an annual grant of $5,000 for five years, funded by the UT Foundation. Her husband, Bill, is a professor of special education in the Judith Herb College of Education at UT. They have two daughters, one of whom is a pediatrician with a specialty in endocrinology working with diabetic children.
DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR STUDENT FEATURES
Clinically Skilled
The UT team won the statewide Clinical Skills Competition hosted by the Ohio Society of Health-system Pharmacists. The competition challenges students to show their skills by analyzing actual patient cases, identifying treatment goals and formulating a plan that includes pharmaceutical care. Ashley Parrott and Kelsey Duplaga, both P4 students, went on to represent UT well in the national competition at the ASHP Midyear Meeting in Anaheim, CA.
L-R: Dr. Chad Tuckerman with Ashley Parrot, Kelsey Duplaga and Dr. Martin Ohlinger.
APPLAUSE
Rho Chi Honor Society
Aaron Lengel, PharmD 2005, a clinical associate professor in the department of pharmacy practice, was recently inducted into the Beta Eta Chapter of Rho Chi Society. Rho Chi, the academic honor society in pharmacy, was established in 1922. READ MORE
In Fall of 1996, Dr. Curtis Black, ’72, was assigned to teach PHPR3070-3080, a two-semester course se-quence for P1 students that was focused on pharmaceutics. While there was an accompanying lab that emphasized compounding technol-ogy, the lab exercises at the time did not reflect contemporary com-pounding practices or take advan-tage of newer devices and tech-nologies. Furthermore, the lab was not focused on compounding as a unique way for pharmacists to meet patient needs. Recognizing these challenges before he taught the course for the first time, Dr. Black attended the 1996 AACP An-nual Meeting and met with William Latendre, who was then the VP for professional relations at the Profes-sional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA).
Dr. Latendre invited Dr. Black and the course co-instructor, Marilyn Black, to attend the PCCA Com-pounding Experience in Houston so that they could experience the training received by pharmacists pursuing specialty practice in com-pounding pharmacy. As a result of taking part in this outstanding pro-gram, Dr. Black and Marilyn Black were able to recommend it for UT pharmacy students. The University
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of Toledo has been a member insti-tution of PCCA since 1997, and Dr. Latendre made annual visits to the campus to lecture pharmacy stu-dents on contemporary compound-ing until 2004.
In 2006, demand by UT pharmacy students was so strong for the stu-dent compounding programs in Houston, TX and London, Ontario that the PCCA’s director for educa-tional programs suggested that the college offer "remote" training on the UT campus for its students. This program, led by PCCA personnel, is commonly referred to as "compounding boot camp" because of its intensive two-day training ses-sions.
PCCA boot camp at UT now ac-commodates sixty UT students per year, in addition to the sev-eral UT students who attend the training in Houston and London, Ontario each year.
The PCCA compounding boot camp experience forms the basis for a professional elective course in the Pharmacy Practice depart-ment. In addition to completing the 16-17 hours of formal in-struction provided by the PCCA personnel, students write a 600-word reflection paper and a completed a case study write-up. To date, 592 pharmacy stu-dents have attended the PCCA compounding boot camp. In ad-dition, five UT students have completed PCCA coursework in pharmaceutical calculations, ad-vanced compounding practice, and veterinary compounding. The latter experience is com-pleted through faculty from Creighton University College of Pharmacy. The PCCA experience continues to be the most popu-lar professional elective in the professional curriculum, and stu-dents find it both challenging and rewarding.
