College of Pharmacy

College of Pharmacy celebrates 2023 RAD Awards

April 11, 2023 • Uncategorized

Research Appreciation Day (RAD) is an institutional tradition encompassing medicine, public health and basic science. The program provides an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to share their research efforts with the campus community and the public. The program encourages the development of joint research projects and increases the community’s awareness of the outstanding quality and range of research conducted at UNT Health Science Center.

 

The College of Pharmacy celebrated the work of student pharmacists, graduate trainees and faculty mentors with 35 submitted posters, 17 oral poster presentations and ten best research award winners.Photo of 2023 RAD research winners

 

Student pharmacist winners:
  • Faith Spivey, 1st place, Clinical/Outcomes Research Award &
  • Faith Spivey, 3rd place, SaferCare Texas Excellence in Patient Safety Research Award (Mentors: Dr. Howard)
    • “Impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Home and Discharge Inhaler Regimens on Exacerbation Severity and Hospital Readmission”
  • Jaylen Mans, 1st place, Department of Pharmaceutical & Pharmacotherapy Award (Mentor: Dr. Dong)
    • “Impact of pH modulation and NaDC micellular behavior on Amphotericin B solubility”
  • Emmanuel Rodriguez, 2nd place, Clinical/Outcomes Research Award (Mentor: Dr. Aguiniga)
    • “Diabetes-Related Outcomes of an Interprofessional Chronic Care Management (CCM) Service in Medicare Beneficiaries”
  • Meredith Garrett 2nd place, Department of Pharmaceutical & Pharmacotherapy Award (Mentor: Dr. Kastellorizios)
    • “Pharmacokinetic and Physicochemical Evaluation of Novel Drug Candidates for Retinitis Pigmentosa”
  • Angel Nguyenly, 2023 Interprofessionalism Award (TCOM) (Mentor: Dr. Wesling)
    • “Outcomes of a Team-Based Chronic Care Management Service in a Dual-Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Population with Diabetes Mellitus”
Graduate students mentored by pharmacy faculty:
  • Julio Rincon, 1st place, Postdoctoral Poster Presentation Award (Mentor: Dr. Kastellorizios)
    • “Microfluidic Chip for the evaluation of therapeutics and carrier drugs in breast cancer tissue”
  •  Cephas Appiah, 1st place, Pharmaceutical Science Research Award (Mentor: SBS’s Dr. Tom Cunningham, co-author, Dr. Rebecca Cunningham)
    • “Sex differences in the activation of central autonomic control regions and neuroinflammation in chronic intermittent hypoxia”
  •  Jinmin Zhang, 2nd place, Pharmaceutical Science Research Award (Mentor: Dr. Wu)
    • “Novel functions of the Glutaredoxin (Grx) System in the Lens”
  •  Kudakwashe Murinda, 3rd place, Pharmaceutical Science Research Award (Mentor: Dr. Inman)
    • “Effect of Monocarboxylate Transporter 2 Loss on Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival and Function”