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COLLEGE OF NURSING PATRICIA BURBANK, professor of nursing and associate dean of academic affairs was selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. This esteemed honor recognizes nurses who have made exceptional contributions to nursing though practice, education, service and research. DENISE COPPA, associate professor of nursing and the coordinator of the graduate nurse practitioner programs, received the Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Upsilon Chapter-at-Large Research Grant for her proposal entitled “The Impact of Nurse Practitioner Practice on Health Care Outcomes and Health Behaviors of Medically Uninsured Adults.” LYNNE DUNPHY, professor of nursing and the Routhier Endowed Chair for Practice, completed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellows program. This is a three-year advanced leadership program is awarded to uniquely qualified nurses who aspire to lead and shape health care locally and nationally. She was also selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. GINETTE FERSZT, professor of nursing and internationally known for her scholarly work in the health care of women in prison, was selected as a 2012-2013 Fulbright Senior Specialist by the Fulbright Scholar Program and worked with the Institute for Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. She was also recognized as a 2012 American Nurses Foundation Scholar and received grant funding for her highly innovative research on interventions to improve sleep and reduce anxiety in incarcerated women.

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY ERICA ESTUS, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy, was elected as chair for the AACP Geriatrics SIG and co-chair of the Educational Advisory Council for the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. STEPHEN KOGUT and BRIAN QUILLIAM, associate professors of pharmacy practice, received the AMCP Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy Award for Excellence for their article “Evaluation of a Program to Improve Diabetes Care Through Intensified Care Management Activities and Diabetes Medication Copayment Reduction.” NORMA OWENS, professor of pharmacy, CELIA MACDONNELL, clinical associate professor of pharmacy MARILYN BARBOUR, professor and department chair of pharmacy and EUNSUN NOH received the AACP Excellence in Assessment Award for: Yearly Progress Exams: An Analysis of Correlation between Knowledge and Skills. KEYKAVOUS PARANG , professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, and YOUSEF AHAMDIBENI received a U.S. patent for their invention of “Polymer-Bound Phosphitylating Reagents for the Synthesis of Organophosphorus Compounds.” GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY REBECCA ROBINSON, associate professor of oceanography was names a “Consortium of Ocean Leadership Distinguished Lecturer.”

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