Pharmacy Practice and Science Department Highlights: September 2020

(September 1, 2020)

Publications

Economic modeling for the US of the cost-efficiency and associated expanded treatment access of conversion to biosimilar pegfilgrastim-bmez from reference filgrastim. Journal of Medical Economics 2020; 23:856-863.

• Ali McBride, PharmD, MS, BCOP, FASHP, FAzPA
• Wang, W. 
• Campbell, K. 
• Balu, S.
• MacDonald, K.
• Ivo Abraham, PhD, RN

Mortality in COVID-19 patients treated with ACEIs/ARBs: re-estimated meta-analysis results following the Mehra et al. retraction. Pharmacological Research 2020:160:105053.

• Alamer, A.
• Ivo Abraham, PhD, RN

Evaluating provider acceptance of pharmacist interventions in the Discharge Companion Program and its impact on readmission reduction. Journal of American Pharmacists Association. 2020; 60: e47-e51.

• Jamjoom, O. 
• Marupuru, S.
• Ann Taylor, MPH, MCHES
• Terri Warholak, PhD, RPh
• Nicole Scovis, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
• Jenny Bingham, PharmD, BCACP, CMWA

Vitamin C for Cardiac Protection during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2199.

• Khan, S.
• Sandipan Bhattacharjee, PhD, MS
• Ghani, M.
• Walden, R.
• Qin Chen, PhD

Honors

• Nancy Alvarez, PharmD, BCPS, was selected as Leadership Facilitator for the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program – Cohort 17. She also co-designed and co-facilitated The Leader Within Remote Workshop for the Pharmacy Leadership and Education Institute on July 24-25 and August 7-8.
• Christopher Edwards, PharmD, BCPS, and Amy Kennedy, PharmD, BCACP, were elected as directors at large for AZPA.

Presentations

• “Medication Management” Presented by Jeannie K Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, FASHP, as part of the Aging Mastery Program® - Pima Council on Aging Virtual Program, Tucson, AZ. August 2020.