2015

Pharmacy Advisory Council

State of the

School

KU Pharmacy Advisory Council

To provide advice and counsel to the Dean on strategic directions for the School based on a knowledge of the State and/or the National trends in the profession.

To be an advocate for the School and its aims at the State and/or the National levels.

To provide advice and counsel to the Dean on development of the School (i.e., specifically with respect to, for example, fund-raising and identifying resources to support the School’s mission).

Some of the many 2014-2015 Highlights

• Exceeded Far Above fund-raising campaign goals and are continuing to add to the campaign.

• Barn Party topped $12,000 in net donations for the 2014 Lymphoma & Leukemia Holiday Party for children and family members.

• Ten new faculty hires; some notable retirements. • Kansas Vaccine Institute (KVI) started.• Faculty approved significant Pharm.D. curricular

changes.• Inter-professional education events completed and to be

continued with medicine, nursing, physical therapy, etc. on both Kansas City and Wichita campuses.

• First graduates from the Wichita campus, Class of 2015.

State of the Faculty

Only 2 faculty positions were left open in the academic year (Drug information, Pharm Chem).Net growth in faculty of 4 since 2005.

New Faces 2014-2015

Andrew AbePharmacy Practice

Crystal BurkhardtPharmacy Practice

Ryan FunkPharmacy Practice

Rafia RasuPharmacy Practice

Abby WinterPharmacy Practice

Ashley Crowl Pharmacy Practice

Brandon DekoskyPharmaceutical Chemistry& Engineering (2017)

Bill PickingPharmaceutical Chemistry

Wendy PickingPharmaceutical Chemistry

Jim TracyKUCRPharmacology & Toxicology

Promotions

Emily ScottMedicinal Chemistry

Promoted to Full Professor

Jen LaurencePharmaceutical

Chemistry

Promoted to Full Professor

Faculty Departures

Jane AldrichMedicinal Chemistry

Jeff AubeMedicinal Chemistry29 years

Gonzalo CarrascoPharmacology & Toxicology

Donna CoffmanPharmacy Practice

Will be replaced by Jessica (Vink) Bates on May 10

Faculty Retirements

Steve FowlerPharmacology & Toxicology21 years

Eli MichaelisPharmacology & Toxicology44 years

Ron BorchardtPharmaceutical Chemistry44 years

Val StellaPharmaceutical Chemistry Phased retirement to January 1, 201745+ years

Gary GrunewaldMedicinal ChemistryRetirement end of 2016 academic year, his 50th year on the faculty!

Development Officers

David OchoaPromoted and is off to KUEA @ KUMC

Sophie LambWelcome!

KU School of Pharmacy Finances

KU School of Pharmacy Finances

KU School of Pharmacy Finances

Some of the Faculty Awards and Honors

• Pharmacy Practice Chair Dave Henry received the 2015 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association Award of Excellence.

• Clinical Associate Professor Sarah Shrader was appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice and named a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (FCCP).

Associate Professor Rafia Rasu was appointed to the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy (JMCP), official journal of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

• Associate Dean Harold Godwin was appointed to the APhA Community Pharmacy Residency Program (CPRP) Task Force to develop the mission and vision for community pharmacy/ambulatory care residencies for the profession and re-appointed for another 3 years to the Board of Directors of the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS).

• Distinguished Professor Barbara Timmermann was elected Fellow of the American Society of Pharmacognosy (recognized by election), July 2014.

• and eliminating many of the side effects of cancer treatment.

• Professor Jennifer Laurence was featured on KCPT’s special “Cancer in KC” were she talked about her discovery of a three-amino acid that could lead to more precise targeting of cancer cells, making treatment and diagnosis of cancer more effective

• Distinguished Professor Ron Borchardt selected as a “Giant in the Pharmaceutical Sciences” by the American Pharmacists Association and Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

• Sr. Associate Dean Gene Hotchkiss received a Lifetime Achievement award from the National Community Pharmacists Association.

• Clinical Assistant Professor Larry Davidow was selected as Rho Chi Teacher of the Year and as an American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year.

David Henry

Sarah Shrader

Barbara Timmermann

Some of the Student Awards and Honors

• Phi Lambda Sigma was named 2014 Chapter of the Year.

• Emily Carlson, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, won a Graduate Research Competition Award.

• Monica Saha, P2, won the Sally Mason Woman Student in Science Award.

• Kyle McDaniel, P4, was named KCHP Student of the Year at the KCHP Annual Meeting.

• Lauren Edwards, P3, won the 2014 Ruth Pretty Palmer Panhellenic Award for Leadership and was elected to the 2015-2016 Mid-America Province Executive Board for Kappa Psi.

• Jessica Chang, P2, won Best Chapter Presentation at the Spring Mid-America Province. 

Monica Saha

The Future of KU: Innovation Way

Some 2015-2016 Challenges

• Expanding inter-professional education and co-curricular activities as required in the 2016 ACPE accreditation standards.

• Faculty recruitment and retention!• Bricks & mortar: Simons addition, development of

Innovation Way and West campus space between Simons and the School of Pharmacy, and evacuating Malott Hall!

Questions?

“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there!”

Will Rogers