This Week@WesternU, Dec. 5-9, 2022

Dec. 5-9, 2022

WesternU College of Pharmacy Dean Sunil Prabhu, BPharm, PhD, and Fullerton College Natural Sciences Division Dean Bridget Salzameda, PhD, sign the MOU creating a linkage program between the two institutions.

WesternU College of Pharmacy

creates linkage program with Fullerton College

Western University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Fullerton College (FC) to create a pathway for FC students to become pharmacists.

The transfer admission guarantee agreement will provide Fullerton College students with a guaranteed seat in the College of Pharmacy’s PharmD program upon completion of the prerequisites while maintaining a 3.0 or higher GPA.

Flu and COVID-19 vaccine uptake remain low

College of Pharmacy Professor and Associate Dean for Assessment Anandi Law, BPharm, MS, PhD, FAACP, FAPhA, talked with The Hill about flu and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Dr. Law co-authored a 2021 study on this topic published in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.

College of Health Sciences news

CHS-Northwest Assistant Professor Anu M. Räisänen, PT, PhD, collaborated on a consensus statement published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, in an issue dedicated to this consensus statement and the systematic reviews that informed it. Together, these seven systematic reviews provide evidence to underpin the care of young people with traumatic knee injuries and the future research aimed at optimizing knee health.

Whittaker JL, Culvenor AG, Juhl CB, Berg B, Bricca A, Filbay SR, Holm PM, Macri EM, Urhausen A, Ardern CL, Bruder AM, Bullock GS, Ezzat AM, Girdwood MA, Haberfield MJ, Hughes M, Ingelsrud LH, Khan KM, Le CY, Losciale JM, Lundberg M, Miciak M, Øiestad BE, Patterson BE, Räisänen AM, Skou ST, Thorlund JB, Toomey CM, Truong LK, van der Meer B, Young JJ, Lohmander LS, Emery CA, Risberg MA, van Middelkoop M, Roos EM, Crossley KM. OPTIKNEE 2022: Consensus Recommendations to Optimise Knee Health after Traumatic Knee Injury to Prevent Osteoarthritis. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2022;56:1393-1405.

COMP news

COMP students Victor Bonavida, Kaitlyn Ghassemi, Gwendolyn Ung, and Keiko Inouye and COMP Department of Translational Research faculty Drs. Finosh G. Thankam and Devendra K. Agrawal published: Novel Approaches to Program Cells to Differentiate into Cardiomyocytes in Myocardial Regeneration. Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022; 23(12): 392

https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2312392

“We couldn’t be more excited that this project was published! As a group, we learned a lot through doing this review. With cardiovascular disease so prevalent in our society, new treatments and prevention strategies need to be explored," said COMP student Victor Bonavida. "In this review, we learned about the some of the various ways that cardiomyocyte cell induction can be accomplished based on current literature. As a result of this knowledge, we also learned how much more there is yet to discover and how much work is needed to be done to hopefully improve cardiomyocyte regeneration."

Manuscript Link: https://www.imrpress.com/journal/RCM/23/12/10.31083/j.rcm2312392

COMP alumnus Sahil Vohra, DO '16, is featured in this Community Memorial Health System video where he talks about his journey to becoming an orthopedic surgeon.

Dr. Vohra completed his orthopedic residency at Community Memorial Health System and then attended Virginia Tech for a hand and upper extremity fellowship.

Studio portraits Tuesday, Dec. 6

Public Affairs and Marketing is holding an open studio portrait day:

9 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6

Please click on the link above and sign up for a timeslot that works for your schedule if you would like a new studio portrait. We will schedule additional portrait days for those who cannot come to the studio on this day.