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January 2021
eScripts is a monthly newsletter highlighting faculty, staff, students and
alumni of the CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy.
Students Step Up for Vaccination Effort
With the start of 2021, all eyes are on the COVID-19 vaccine, and CU Pharmacy
is playing a crucial role.
In an effort to organize an already-motivated group of pharmacy student
vaccinators, Dana Hammer, PhD, Senior Instructor and Faculty Lead of Student
Professional Development, along with eager students and others from her office,
created the “Step Up to Stamp Out COVID-19 Campaign and Competition."
Keep reading
As Vaccines Arrive,
Pharmacists Play a Crucial
Role
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“Each vaccine is like gold. It’s so
valuable and has to be handled with
care,” explains Ty Kiser, clinical
pharmacy professor and critical care
pharmacists at UC Health. “You have
to take the vaccine out of a -80
freezer and reconstitute it before
delivering to the clinics. There’s no
room for error.”
The availability and proximity of
community pharmacies has them
poised to play a key role in making
sure that all Americans have
vaccination access, especially those
in rural areas.
Read the full story
Faculty and Students Work to Vaccinate Underserved
Populations
Peter Rice, PharmD, along with P3
aIPPE students, David Burch, Gina
Cammarata and Sandy Le, volunteered
at the Denver Indian Health and Family
Services Clinic on Jan. 8. The clinic is
an experiential site where students
provide pharmacy services at the clinic
through direct patient care,
telepharmacy and a small clinic
pharmacy. The students helped
vaccinate more than 100 high-risk
individuals with the Moderna COVID
vaccine.
Watch the news coverage
Joy Secures Center of Excellence Designation
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Melanie Joy, PhD, PharmD, faculty head for the Clinical Pharmacokinetics and
Pharmacodynamics program has secured an Academic Center of Excellence in
Model-informed Drug Development designation from Certara, a global leader in
biosimulation. This recognition makes SSPPS one of only five schools of
pharmacy with such a designation and one of only 11 institutions worldwide.
Kroll Contributes to CBD Story
David Kroll, PhD, DOPS,
contributed to Health Central’s
presentation on “10 Surprising
Facts About CBD.” With an
increasing number of states
legalizing cannabis, products made
from cannabidiol (CBD) are
becoming more and more
mainstream, and with that, a
heightened interest in better
understanding the substance. See
the presentation here.
See the presentation
Beverly Brunson Diversity Scholarship
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Beverly Brunson retired this month as Director of Student Services after
nearly 30 years of service an mentorships to CU Pharmacy students. In
recognition of her distinguished career, a diversity scholarship in Brunson's
name will be established at CU Pharmacy in 2021. Help start the growth of
the new scholarship by giving today.
Scholarship giving page
Welcome Paul Murray
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Studies is pleased
to welcome Paul Murray as the
new Recruitment Manager for the
ELPD program. Paul joins us from
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he
served as Assistant Director of
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Recruitment for the University of
Alabama.
Paul Murray
Adjoint faculty publishes
Gary Krieger, MD, toxicologist, human
health specialist and SSPPS adjoint
faculty member, recently published an
article in the high-impact journal
Nature.com. His research developed a
mathematical model that quantifies the
probability of post-quarantine
transmission incorporating testing into
travel quarantine, quarantine of traced
contacts with an unknown time of
infection, and quarantine of cases with
a known time of exposure.
Gary Krieger, MD
Read his article
Pharm Sci Grad Student Winter Symposium and
Awards
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The Pharmaceutical Sciences Department hosted their 2021 Grad
Student Winter Symposium on Jan. 21. The event’s keynote
speaker was Kimberly Hassett, PhD, associate director at Moderna
Therapeutics. Hassett discussed the optimization of lipid
nanoparticles in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. In addition to rapid
fire talks and student poster presentations, the symposium
concluded with two outstanding graduate students being honored
with the Haim Award. Mustafa Ibrahim from the Pharmaceutical
Sciences graduate program, and Colin Anderson from the
Toxicology graduate program won the annual Harold C. Heim Award
for Excellence in Research and Graduate Education. The distinction
is accompanied by a $2000 cash award and was presented by
Warren Heim, son of former Dean Harold Heim.
Clinical Pharmacy Student Research Awards
Two of our PharmD students garnered recognition at the Anschutz
Medical Center 35th Annual Student Research Forum held on Jan.
11. Out of the 104 presenters from all schools on campus, pharmacy
students Crystal Kim and Stefanie Schwab received research
awards for their poster presentations that were accompanied with a
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$320 cash award. Professor Sarah Billups, PharmD, assisted with
the campus-wide research event.
Alumni Central’s Happy & Healthy Hour
Wednesday, Feb. 10
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. MST
Promoting a Healthy 2021!
Vaccines and Integrative Health
strategies against COVID-19.
Wesley Nuffer, PharmD, BCPS,
CDE
Assistant Director of Experiential
Programs
Monika Nuffer, PharmD
Academic and Experiential
Program Coordinator, iPharmD®
Program Coordinator of the
Integrative Health and Medicine
Graduate Certificate Program
Register here
International Fellowship Opportunity
Interested in global health and
emergency medicine? This
yearlong research fellowship in
Rwanda may be for you. Full
details are available here.
Application deadline is Feb. 19.
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Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Corey Craig
Corey Craig, PharmD, '18, doesn’t
miss a beat when it comes to
balancing his pharmacy career with
his love of music. During a recent
interview, Corey shared his
thoughts on pursuing a career in
pharmacy and provided insight on
managing the time as a nuclear
pharmacist and a professional DJ.
Read more
Lifelong Learning from CE@CU
Two of our own will be headlining
this month’s Virtual Health & Happy
Hour.
Wesley Nuffer and Monica Nuffer,
both PharmDs, with the School will
be discussing vaccines and
integrative health strategies against
COVID-19.
Wednesday, Feb. 10
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. MST
Zoom link provided upon
registration.
Register here
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Photo of the month
P4 Eric Hartsfield is working as an intern at the VA Hospital at CUAnschutz,
where a Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial is taking place. Eric recently
administered a shot to CBS4 Health Specialist Kathy Walsh who chronicled her
experience at https://cbsloc.al/38ZBeL4
CU Pharmacy Thought Leaders
From discussing the price of medication to sharing insight about the
COVID-19 vaccine, our CU Pharmacy professionals are in the news:
ACCC: Oncology Research in Community: Leveraging the Role of
Pharmacist, feat. Cindy L. O'Bryant, PharmD, BCOP, FCCP, FHOPA
Colorado Times Recorder: Colo Lawmaker Won’t Get COVID Vaccine,
Instead Takes Equine Deworming Meds, feat. David Kroll, PhD
Read more CU Pharmacy news
Support CU Pharmacy
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