“ONU Students Creatively Serve Seniors”, by Gina Scampitilla, PharmD Candidate; Kelly Kroustos, PharmD, CDP: and Kristen Sobota, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP is published in this month’s OPA publication.

More people now trust pharmacists to play a larger role in their care management, according to new research from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City and Express Scripts Pharmacy. (Tom Werner/Getty Images)

P5, Cole Swartz and Karen Kier Ph.D., M.Sc., R.Ph., BCPS, BCACP, CTTS, FASHP, FCC co-authored "Preventing the Use of Colloidal Silver to Manage COVID-19". The summary was featured in the April edition of Ohio Pharmacist.

We congratulate Michelle Musser, PharmD, BCPS, NCTTP, who was recently awarded both the Endowed Fellow position and the Katherine F. Karas Endowed Fund for Innovations in Teaching Award.

Congratulations to Anthony Patros (Inpatient) and Chase Kiriazis (Outpatient) on receiving the Toby Clark award at #oprc22! We thank all residents who participated in this year’s Ohio Pharmacy Resident Conference.

Finalists for the #oprc22 Toby Clark Research Award are: Inpatient Amina Ammar Rylie Martin Kaveh Oloumi Anthony Patros Cat Wilson Outpatient Brooke Domaleczny Steven Fosnight Chase Kiriazis Lindsay Roberts Makayla Wells

#oprc22 presentations continue!

The 2022 Ohio Pharmacy Residency Conference (OPRC) is officially underway! The conference was founded by the college in 2013. It continues to grow and this year will feature 170 research presentations from residents in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. #OPRC22

We are very pleased to share that Rachel Barhorst, PharmD ‘07, BCACP, BC-ADM, is a 2022 recipient of an UNDER 40 Award from the Ohio Pharmacists Association in recognition of her leadership, excellence, and vision in the practice of pharmacy.

National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation presented more than $220,000 in scholarships and grants through the NACDS Foundation Scholarship Program. Raabe College of Pharmacy received $20,000 to advance health services in underserved and rural communities.

Pharmacy faculty and staff gathered together to wish Dr. Yousif Rojeab good luck and best wishes after 15 years with Ohio Northern. We'll miss you, Dr. Rojeab!!

The Raabe College of Pharmacy congratulates Dr. David Kinder, professor of medicinal chemistry, on his retirement. Dr. Kinder will be retiring from the pharmacy college's Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences department with over 30 years of service. Thank you, Dr. Kinder.

Karen L. Kier, Ph.D., M.Sc., R.Ph., BCPS, BCACP, CTTS, FASHP, FCCP, has been selected to serve on the Editorial Advisory Board for JAPhA. We congratulate Dr. Kier on this outstanding accomplishment!

The ONU chapter of APhA (Pharmacy students include Chelsea Huppert, Rachael Ialacci, Lauren Osadczuk, Anna Eskender, Ben Deike and Ryan Waldschmidt) received runner up at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio for Operation Heart!

Dr. Brittany Bates, PharmD, BCPS and students from Raabe College of Pharmacy joined the Ohio Pharmacists Association and student-pharmacists from all Ohio pharmacy colleges at the 2022 Student Pharmacist Legislative Day.

Congratulations to Raabe College Director of Development Scott Wills’, BS ’87, MBA on his recent retirement from ONU following 20+ years of outstanding service, and on his new role as Vice President for Advancement at Alma College.

Dr. Manoranjan S. D'Souza, associate professor of pharmacology, is the primary author of new nicotine research published in the journal Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior.

Today is National Wear Red Day! Learn how to protect your heart health and talk to your health care professional. For more information, visit heart.org.

This month we celebrate Black History Month. We celebrate Dr. Charles Richard Drew who, in the face of much adversity and segregation, first discovered a method for long-term storage of blood plasma and organized America’s first large-scale blood bank.

Raabe College of Pharmacy’s Dr. Jessica Hinson, associate professor of pharmacy practice, Dr. Karen Kier, BSPh '82, and fourth-year pharmacy students Dylan McWilliams and Mitchell Block are co-authors of new research in the American Journal of Pharmacy Education.