Spring 2015 Newsletter

Dean’s Greeting

It’s springtime in Boston…our thoughts are turning toward Opening Day for the Red Sox, Marathon Monday, and finally being able to see over the snow banks in front of 140 The Fenway! We’re a bunch of Happy Huskies (or Blue Lobsters, if you believed the story in the April 1st news@Northeastern) and we have a lot to celebrate, from the men’s basketball team’s trip to the NCAA Tournament to all of the great achievements of our faculty, staff and students in the School of Pharmacy. This issue of our newsletter features game-changing research, innovations in teaching and learning, and service by our students that is recognized by their peers across the nation. Join me in celebrating spring and everything that it means to be part of our exciting community at Northeastern!

David P Zgarrick, PhD, FAPhA
Acting Dean and Professor

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Northeastern APhA-ASP Chapter Makes History at Annual Meeting

(By: Anthony Zaki, P3 PharmD Student) The Northeastern University Chapter of the American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) had much to celebrate at this year's annual meeting in San Diego as it was presented with the APhA-ASP National Award for Most Improved Chapter, and as one of its own, Lucianne West, a P3 ...more

April 23, 2015

Michael Gonyeau receives Bouvé Distinguished Educator Award

The Bouvé College Distinguished Educator Award, recognizing a faculty member's continuing commitment to outstanding teaching and related activities, was awarded to Clinical Professor Michael Gonyeau, a member of the Department of Pharmacy and Health Systems Sciences. The award recognizes a full-time faculty member who has demonstrated a pattern of excellence in teaching. Dr. Laura Mylott from ...more

April 23, 2015

Leading Researcher on Medication Use in Nursing Homes Joins Northeastern

Associate Professor Becky Briesacher, an international authority on the clinical, economic and policy issues surrounding medication prescribing and reimbursement for older adults who reside in nursing homes joined the Department of Pharmacy and Health Systems Sciences this past fall. Dr. Briesacher, the recipient of well over $ 5 million in funding from the National Institutes ...more

April 22, 2015

A Prescription for Success

Dispensing assistance to others is second nature to Mark Zilner, PAH’91. A third-generation pharmacist, Zilner discovered his passion for the profession when his parents founded Diamond Pharmacy, a corner drugstore, in 1970. “What sold me on this career was watching my pharmacist parents and grandmother—the people I admired most—help customers each day,” he says. They also sparked ...more

April 22, 2015

Pharmacy Student Groups - Engaged in Community

Each week, Gabriella Pepe, A P3 Pharm D student and secretary of the Executive Board of the school's Pharmacy Student Government Organization (PSGO) sends out her "PSGO Weekly Dose" to faculty and students. The informative email catalogues activities, lectures, service opportunities, and news from eleven very active School of Pharmacy student groups engaged in community, ...more

April 22, 2015

Pharmacy Scholarship Convocation

Last month, students, parents, alumni, faculty, and donors gathered on campus to celebrate the annual School of Pharmacy Scholarship and Awards Convocation. This convocation honors the School of Pharmacy students who, each year, demonstrate outstanding achievement and embody the highest ideals of the pharmacy profession. Their accomplishments exemplify the very best of what the School ...more

April 21, 2015

School of Pharmacy prepares for Accreditation 2015

As the school readies itself for its accreditation visit this fall, alumni are invited to read and provide feedback on the Northeastern University School of Pharmacy Self-Study document which will be submitted to the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). The draft document is the year-long culmination of work done by six committees, comprised of ...more

April 21, 2015

Pharmacy Student Presents Research on the Effects of ECMO-Associated Sedative Clearance at Critical Care Congress

At the recent Society of Critical Care Medicine World Congress in Phoenix, AZ, Joshua Etheridge, PharmD 2017, presented the results of a research collaboration with Tufts Medical Center and Columbia NewYork Presbyterian Medical Center that characterized the incidence, risk and outcomes associated with ECMO-associated sedative clearance. Most of Joshua’s research was completed during a 4-month ...more

April 21, 2015

SAVE THE DATE: CDD Annual Symposium, Friday, May 15, 2015

The Center for Drug Discovery warmly invites alumni of the School of Pharmacy to attend our annual symposium on “Current Trends in Drug Abuse Research” on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Northeastern’s Fenway Center (77 St Stephen Street). This annual, one-day symposium brings together renowned scientists and clinicians from academia, industry and the National Institutes ...more

April 21, 2015

Students Make an Impact on Capitol Hill and State House

Northeastern University and the School of Pharmacy were well-represented on Capitol Hill for Rx Impact Day, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores' (NACDS) event that educates members of Congress about the importance of "pro-patient, pro-pharmacy policy and key issues related to healthcare reform". Rebecca Antonelli, P1 PharmD student attended and commented on her ...more

April 19, 2015

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