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Houston Pharmacy
Association Honors UH Alumna,
Student Michelle
Hamilton, Pharm.D.
('05), outgoing president of
the Houston Area Pharmacy Association
(HAPA), recently announced that
UH alumna Denise Martinez,
Pharm.D. ('06), and pharmacy
student Andrew "Andy"
Laegeler have received
the 2007 Young Pharmacist of
the Year and Student of the
Year awards, respectively. In
addition, UH alumnus Shaji
Varghese, R.Ph. (BS
'94), was elected Treasurer
and alumni Tammy Folsom,
R.Ph. (BS '93), and Bruce
Biundo, R.Ph. (BS '61),
and UH faculty member Heidi
Bragg, R.Ph., were
named as Directors of HAPA.
UH pharmacy students Stephanie
Weightman and Rachel
Young were appointed
as student representatives on
the HAPA board.
UH Pharmacy
Alumni Association Announces New
Officers The
UH Pharmacy Alumni Association
(PAA) recently announced the
following officers for the 2007-08
year: Denise Martinez,
Pharm.D. ('06), President; Renee
Prescott, Pharm.D.
('02), President-elect; Joe
Ickes, R.Ph. (BS '73),
Treasurer; Fred Emmite,
R.Ph. (BS '77), Historian; and
Bruce Biundo,
R.Ph. (BS '61), Social Chair
and Acting Secretary. For more
information on becoming a PAA
member and reconnecting with
classmates or meeting your future
colleagues, visit mycougarconnection.com.
DAC
Chair Re-elected President of
TSHP Foundation
Dean's
Advisory Council Chair Lourdes
M. Cuellar, R.Ph. (BS
'73), MS ('79), FASHP, was re-elected
this summer to a three-year
term as president of the TSHP
Research & Education Foundation.
Cuellar also recently was appointed
to the Texas State Board of
Pharmacy's Task Force on Internship.
Requirements. Cuellar serves
as senior executive director,
medical support services director
of pharmacy and patient safety
officer at Memorial Hermann
TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation
& Research).
Birtcher
Earns Clinical Lipid Specialist
Credential
UH
College of Pharmacy Clinical
Associate Professor Kim
K. Birtcher, Pharm.D.,
M.S., BCPS, CDE, has been awarded
"diplomate" status
by the Accreditation Council
for Clinical Lipidology (ACCL).
Serving as Clinical Pharmacist
at the Kelsey-Seybold Secondary
Prevention Lipid Clinic, Birtcher
is one of the first pharmacists
in the nation to achieve the
"Clinical Lipid Specialist"
credentials. The ACCL is a nonprofit
certifying organization dedicated
to reducing the morbidity and
mortality from dyslipidemia
and related diseases by assessing
qualifications and certifying
knowledge in clinical lipidology.
Alumni
Complete TPA Leadership Institute
Program
Three
UHCOP alumni received certificates
of completion from the Texas
Pharmacy Association's inaugural
New Pharmacist Leadership
Conference at the 2007 TPA
Annual Meeting. Renee
Prescott, Pharm.D.
('02), Michelle Hamilton,
Pharm.D. ('05), and Stephanie
Erwin, Pharm.D. ('02),
were among only 20 pharmacists
statewide accepted into the
program, which included two
days of seminars covering
a variety of personal and
professional development topics
and the completion of post-conference
projects. In addition to learning
new skills and growth strategies,
participants in the program
earn 18 hours of continuing
education credit.
UH Student
Elected to SNPhA Regional Post
UH
Pharm.D. student Shahana
Quadri was appointed
Region 4 Facilitator of the
Student National Pharmaceutical
Association (SNPhA) at the organization's
annual conference in Las Vegas,
Nevada. Quadri served as the
2006-07 Vice President of the
UH chapter of SNPhA.
2
UH Students Receive TPA Foundation
Scholarships
UH
Pharm.D. students Aaron
Edwards and Sarah
Hansen were awarded
scholarships from the Texas
Pharmacy Foundation at the
TPA Annual Meeting in July.
Edwards received a 2007 TPF
Scholarship and Hansen received
the '07 TPF Larry "Neal" McClaugherty
Scholarship.
Dual Degree
Student Wins Wal-Mart Scholarship
UHCOP
Pharm.D./Ph.D. student Munder
Zagaar received a Wal-Mart
Scholarship to attend the 2007
American Association of Colleges
of Pharmacy Annual Meeting in
Orlando, Fla. |
