Pharmacy Practice News

Dr. Kara Weatherman recently appointed to the USP Compounding Expert Committee

Dear Colleagues,

Please join me to congratulate Dr. Kara Weatherman. Kara was recently appointed to the USP Compounding Expert Committee during the revision process of General Chapter <797>Pharmaceutical Compounding – Sterile Preparations, particularly with regard to compounded preparations of radiopharmaceuticals. Please join me to congratulate Dr. Weatherman!

Alan J. Zillich, Pharm.D., FCCP
William S. Bucke Professor and Head
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Purdue University
College of Pharmacy

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Dr. Karen Hudmon, and her team, featured on the Big 10 Network.

Dear Colleagues,

Please join me to congratulate Dr. Karen Hudmon and her team. Their ongoing research related to tobacco cessation was recently featured on the Big 10 Network last week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diGxmA_woWI

Alan J. Zillich, Pharm.D., FCCP
William S. Bucke Professor and Head
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Purdue University
College of Pharmacy

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Journal of American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA) - Margie Snyder - Editorial Advisory Board Apointment

Dear Colleagues,

Please join me to congratulate Dr. Margie Snyder. Margie was recently appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA). She will serve a 3-year term beginning with the Annual meeting of the American Pharmacists Associate this March. Congratulations Margie.

Alan J. Zillich, Pharm.D., FCCP

William S. Bucke Professor and Head

Department of Pharmacy Practice

Purdue University

College of Pharmacy

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Instructional Innovations Award 2016

Dear Colleagues,

Please join me to congratulate Dr. Kara Weatherman, Dr. Eric Barker, and Mark Sharp. They were recently selected to receive an Instructional Innovations Award from Purdue’s Office of the Provost and the Vice President for Information Technology. This award for $98,528 will support their project entitled "Student Learning Using HoloLens based Mixed Reality Instructional Simulations”. Congratulation to this team!

Alan J. Zillich, Pharm.D., FCCP

William S. Bucke Professor and Head

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Gloria Franke Awards 2016

Please join me to congratulate the following faculty who were selected to receive Gloria Franke Awards to support their proposed research projects.

1) Dr. Sonak Pastakia: Enhancing Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications in a Resource-Limited Setting through a Community-Centric Peer Delivery System

2) Drs. Ellen Schellhase and Kara Weatherman: Assessment of Intercultural Learning for International APPEs.

Congratulations!