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Garey Named
Chair of Clinical Sciences &
Administration  Kevin
W. Garey, Pharm.D.,
M.S., associate professor, has
been appointed Chair of the
College of Pharmacy’s
Department of Clinical Sciences
& Administration. A UHCOP
faculty member for more than
six years, Garey has served
as interim chair of the department
since November. With a research
focus in infectious diseases
pharmacotherapy and epidemiology,
Garey is working on projects
totaling more than $200,000
from AstraZeneca, Viropharma
and the Society of Infectious
Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).
Most recently, Garey won national
awards from American Society
of Health Systems Pharmacists
Research & Education Foundation
and SIDP for a study published
in the July 2006 issue of Clinical
Infectious Diseases. In addition
to his faculty appointment,
Garey also has a clinical position
at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
in Houston's Texas Medical Center.
Department
of Defense Taps Bikram for Ovarian
Cancer Research  The
U.S. Department of Defense has
awarded a $111,750 research
grant to UHCOP's Malavosklish
"Liz" Bikram, Ph.D.,
assistant professor, to develop
new, tumor-specific contrast
agents for magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) equipment in the
early detection of ovarian cancer.
Although the five-year survival
rate of ovarian cancer is more
than 90 percent with early detection,
the rate of detection is less
than 20 percent. Bikram's research
will examine the use of iron-oxide
nanoparticles to develop a highly
sensitive method for early detection
of the disease that killed an
estimated 15,000 women in the
U.S. in 2007.
Gupta Doubles
UHCOP Scholarship Endowment
 UHCOP
Professor Vishnu D.
Gupta, Ph.D., recently gave
an additional $10,000 to the
Dr. Vishnu D. & Kanta K.
Gupta Academic Achievement Award
scholarship. The supplemental
support brings the total gift
amount to $20,000. Longtime
members of the college’s
Mading Society, the Guptas have
established three scholarships
at the college and a Presidential
Endowed Scholarship at the university
level.
Memory
Researcher Joins Medicinal Chemistry
Faculty
 Maria
Victoria Tejada-Simon, Ph.D.,
M.S., M.Ed. ('07), has joined
UHCOP's medicinal chemistry
faculty as an assistant professor
in the Department of Pharmacological
& Pharmaceutical Sciences.
A Baylor College of Medicine
faculty member for the past
six years, Tejada-Simon received
her Ph.D. from Michigan State
University and recently completed
a Master of Education from UH.
With multi-year funding from
the National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke (NIH),
Tejada-Simon currently is investigating
the role of a small GTP-binding
protein in neuronal signaling
pathways and the effect of these
mechanisms on memory formation
and cognitive impairment.
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Students Win NACDS Foundation
Scholarships
 UHCOP
Pharm.D. students Laura
Edmundson and James
Plimper have been awarded
scholarships from the National
Association of Chain Drug Stores
(NACDS) Foundation. Edmundson
and Plimper were among 60 students
nationwide to receive the 2007
scholarships from the Foundation,
which supports the development
of future leaders in chain community
pharmacy and recognizes pharmacy
students who have a strong interest
in pursuing a career in chain
community pharmacy.
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