In the Spotlight - Sept. 1, 2009

Boyer named finalist for innovation award
Leslie Boyer, medical director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center and director of the VIPER (Venom Immunochemistry, Pharmacology and Emergency Response) Institute in the College of Medicine, is a finalist in the Innovation in Academia category of the 2009 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation awards presented by the Arizona Technology Council in partnership with the Arizona Department of Commerce.

Winners will receive Arizona’s highest honor for technology innovation Nov. 19 in Phoenix.

Boyer was nominated for her work in scorpion antivenom research and for bringing a Mexican antivenom to Arizona hospitals as an investigational drug. The other finalists in the category are the Arizona State University School of Life Sciences and ASU Polytechnic Campus.

Awards also will be given to individuals for lifetime achievement and business leadership and to small, large and start-up companies for innovation.

See the tech council's news release for more information.

Matthias, Boesen receive AzPA awards
Two faculty members, Kathryn Matthias and Kevin Boesen, received awards from the Arizona Pharmacy Alliance this summer. Matthias, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, received the AzPA Exemplary Patient Care Award for her work with infectious diseases, oncology and total parenteral nutrition services at University Medical Center.

Boesen, the director of the Medication Management Center, received the Innovative Practice Award for providing telepharmacy services to Medicare beneficiaries across the country.

The two accepted their awards at the annual AzPA meeting in July.

COPers picked for AzPA Board of Directors
At its annual meeting in July, the Arizona Pharmacy Alliance installed several people affiliated with COP to their 2009-2010 board of directors. Alumnus Mark Boesen, PharmD 1995, became president, and alumna Kelly Green Boesen, PharmD 2000, became the secretary. Kim Kelley, PharmD 1985, assumed the position of managed academy chair, and Chuck Dutcher, BS Pharm 1977, is the northeast district director. Dean J. Lyle Bootman and Scott Hall, Class of 2011 and Student Council president, are serving as COP representatives.

Posted Sept.1, 2009