Pharmacy News

July 2021 news from faculty and staff of the College of Pharmacy Duluth.

J. Nelson Albee, Danielle MacDonald, Adjunct Assistant Professor, J. Wall, Ann Yapel, Adjunct Assistant Professor, and Keri D. Hager, Co-Associate Dean & Associate Professor presented “Bridging Communication Between Primary Care and Community Mental Health: Optimizing Patient Care and Resident Learning” at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Meeting. May 2021 (via recorded Zoom).

Heather Blue, Assistant Professor, presentedOpioid Prescribing; MN Board of Nursing Approved Opioid 2-hour CE” at the APRN Coalition. July 15th, 2021. (Via live Zoom).

Hager presentedMedications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD/MAT): Part 1 - Talking with clients, families, & colleagues about fact vs. fiction” at the Bois Forte Tribal Nation. Funded by HRSA Award GA1RH39590. June 9, 2021. (Via live Zoom).

Hager, M. Latimore, and J. Villa presentedMedications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD): Talking with clients, families, & colleagues about fact vs. fiction” at the Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment Annual Staff Training in Duluth, MN on July 13, 2021.

Hager, J. Nelson Albee, C. O’Donnell, S. Jackson, A. King, MacDonald, Yapel, M. Schneiderhan, Associate Professor, and K. Dean published "Impact of Interprofessional Care Conferences Across Primary Care and Mental Health Organizations on Family Medicine Resident Learning" in the Journal of Family Medicine. 2021;53(4):289-294. doi.org/10.22454/FamMed.2021.329815.

Jones, K. M., Kerry K. Fierke, Associate Department Head & Associate Professor, & Lepp, G.L, Educational Program Spec 2, presented "Teaching conflict management: Customizing content to increase value, confidence, and ability during a pandemic," at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. Virtual, July 2021. Poster presentation.

W.D. Maxwell, Fierke, & G.M Zumach presented “Outcomes of a ‘Virtual Think Tank’ to establish collaborative leadership initiative plans (‘CLIPs’)” at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. Virtual, July 2021. Poster presentation.

Nam Chul Kim (PI) received a $45,455 award from the American Heart Association for the project “Liquid-liquid phase separation in mitochondria."

Olihe Okoro, Associate Professor, L. Edwards, A. Baker, and A. Appiah-Num presented “Examining social determinants of health in patient cases – An insufficiency or missed opportunity?at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting. Virtual, July 19 – 22, 2021. Poster presentation.

Okoro (PI) received a $25,000 seed grant from the University of Minnesota Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility (CGHSR) for the project “A Cell phone-based treatment Adherence and REtention (CARE) intervention to optimize HIV care in Ugandan fishing communities.”

Okoro presentedExamining social determinants of pharmacy students: The case for structural experiential education in pharmacy education” at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting. Virtual, July 19 – 22, 2021. Poster presentation.

David Stenehjem, Associate Head & Associate Professor (PI) received a $513,352.00 award from the University of Utah (Prime: AstraZeneca) for the project “Patient Reported Outcomes in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.”

Stenehjem (PI) received a $384,682.00 award from the University of Utah (Prime BMS) for the project "Evaluation of HER2-Low Metastatic Breast Cancer at an NCI- Designated Cancer Center: a Descriptive Study."

Stenehjem (PI) received a $324,452.00. award from the University of Utah (Prime: Novartis) for the project "Analysis of clinical and economic outcomes in intermediate to high- risk myelodysplastic syndrome, a cohort study."

D. Waterhouse, J. Lam, K.A. Betts, L.Yin, S. Gao, Y. Yuan, J. Hartman, S. Rao, S. Lubinga, and David Stenehjem published “Real-world progression-free survival in first-line advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with immunotherapy-based regimens using a US dataset” in Data in Brief, 37, p. 107195. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107195.