Alvar, M. (PAVSA) and Associate Professor Laura C. Palombi presented "Substance Use and Human Trafficking," at Wayside Recovery ECHO, on June 3, 2021.
Grant W. Anderson, Department Head & Associate Professor, T. Hanhan, G. Karstens, G. Lane, M.J. Katras, S. Lund, and K. Peck presented at the Lake County COVID-19 Community Forum on May 25, 2021.
Anderson, K. Antilla, A. Graves, William Durie, and Robert Rutka presented at the COVID-19 vaccine educational forum in North St. Louis County, Eveleth, MN in May, 2021.
Heather Blue, Assistant Professor, presented “Opioid Prescribing; MN Board of Nursing Approved Opioid CE” at the APRN Coalition. June 12th, 2021. [via zoom]
S.P. Chawla, V.S. Chua-Alcala, J.C. Sachdev, D.S. Wages, Associate Department Head and Associate Professor David D. Stenehjem, D.Y. Santiesteban, N.Q. Mirza. and M.S. Gordon had their article, “Preliminary efficacy from an ongoing phase 1 dose escalation study of seclidemstat (SP-2577) in patients (pts) with advanced solid tumors (AST),” published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, 39(15_suppl), pp. 3073–3073. (Abstract, Poster Presentation and Selected for Oral Discussion Section at the 2021 ASCO Virtual Annual Conference).
Kerry K. Fierke, Associate Department Head, Gardner Lepp, Associate Professor and Educational Program Specialist, and K.M. Jones, presented “Take a ‘Byte’ out of conflict: How implementing a small change in a conflict management session had a significant impact during the COVID-19 pandemic” at the AACP Leadership Development Special Interest Group Virtual Symposium. June 2021.
Fierke and Lepp presented “A small intention/reflection practice makes a big impact on engagement” at the AACP Leadership Development Special Interest Group Virtual Symposium. June 2021.
M. Nolan, M. Maes, D. Tran, T. Driscoll, L. Knockel, Assistant Professor Jared Van Hooser, C. Dula, K. Cook, M. Stoa, A. Ives, L. Volino, N. Rupnow, K. Paruoni, and J.L. Woodyard had their article “Changes to summative skills-based assessments within the Big Ten Academic Alliance Performance-Based Assessment Collaborative (BTAA-PBAC) due to COVID-19” published in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2021. DOI: 10.1002/jac5.1445. In press
Associate Professor Olihe Okoro is featured in the Duluth News Tribune article “Inside a grassroots effort to vaccinate Black people in Duluth.”
Okoro was selected to join the 2021-2022 cohort of Engaged Scholars as part of its Engaged Scholars Initiative. The Engaged Scholars Initiative, now in its second year, aims to develop a diverse group of early-career faculty and staff who can lead equity-focused change at their institutions and in communities.
Okoro was selected as a 2021 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar. The Health Disparities Research Institute is scheduled to take place August 9-13, 2021.
Okoro was the keynote speaker at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health on June 4, 2021, presenting Racism as a Public Health Problem. [Via Zoom]
Anthony W. Olson, B.J. Isetts, Tim P. Stratton, Sr Assoc Dean & Professor, Vaidyanathan R, Keri D. Hager, Co-Associate Dean & Associate Professor, Schommer JC had their article “Addressing Hidden Curricula that Subvert the Patient-Centeredness ‘Hub’ of the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process ‘Wheel’” published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. In press June 2021
Palombi, L. Kosobuski, and A. VanDeelen, presented "The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Rural and Tribal Minnesota Communities," at the University of Minnesota Opioid Advisory Task Force, Office of Academic Clinical Affairs on June 17, 2021. [Via Zoom]
Palombi and K. Dooley presented "The Impact of Stigma on Individuals with Substance Use Disorder & Mental Health Conditions: Perspectives from Community-Engaged Action Research in Minnesota" at MEND/ECHO in Little Falls on June 16, 2021. [Via Zoom]
D.R. Reed, S.P. Chawla, B. Setty, L. Mascarenhas, P.A. Meyers, J. Metts, D. J. Harrison, S. L. Lessnick, B.D. Crompton, D. Loeb, Stenehjem, S. Wages., D. Y. Santiesteban, N. Q. Mirza, and S. G. DuBois (2021) had their article “Phase 1 expansion trial of the LSD1 inhibitor seclidemstat (SP-2577) with and without topotecan and cyclophosphamide (TC) in patients (pts) with relapsed or refractory Ewing sarcoma (ES) and select sarcomas,” published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, 39(15_suppl), pp. TPS11577–TPS11577. (Abstract and Poster Presentation at the 2021 ASCO Virtual Annual Conference).
D.R. Reed, S. P. Chawla, B. Setty, L. Mascarenhas, P. A.Meyers, J. Metts, D. J. Harrison, D. Loeb, B. D. Crompton, D. S. Wages, Stenehjem, D. Y. Santiesteban, N. Q. Mirza, and S. G. DuBois, had their article “Phase 1 trial of seclidemstat (SP-2577) in patients with relapsed/refractory Ewing sarcoma” published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, 39(15_suppl), pp. 11514–11514. (Abstract and Poster Presentation at the 2021 ASCO Virtual Annual Conference).
Zachary Rivers, PharmD (advised by David Stenehjem) successfully defended his SAPh PhD Final Defense, “Opportunities for and Impact of Personalization of Colorectal Cancer Treatment in the Medicare Population.”
Stenehjem, (panelist) presented “Impact of Real World Evidence on Clinical Practice” at the (Virtual) Presentation for World Wide Medical Science Oncology Liaisons, Bristol Meyer Squibb on June 21st, 2021.
D. Waterhouse, J. Lam, K.A. Betts, L. Yin, S. Gao, Y. Yuan, J. Hartman, S. Rao, S. Lubinga, and Stenehjem published their article “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. 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107195