End-of-school-year kudos: 2013 Pharm.D. and graduate student honorees
Cat Floroff
The School of Pharmacy honored 2013 graduating Pharm.D. students during its annual Senior Banquet May 10 at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa at Short Pump. Following a reception and dinner, awards were presented by Dean Victor Yanchick and Tom Reinders, associate dean for admissions and student services, with the assistance of Ron Ballentine, assistant director of admissions and student services.
The following class of ’13 members of academic honor societies were recognized:
• Phi Kappa Phi: David Allen and Jeannie Kim.
• Rho Chi: Ryan Albert, David Allen, Batoul Almomani, Alissa Basehoar, Jeffrey Beall, Merid Belayneh, James Carmichael, William Cang, Lauren Cherry, Deanna Flora, Cat Floroff, Ashley Goodrich, Timothy Inocencio, Julie Kaplan, Jeannie Kim, Andrew Maggard, Aisha Masood, Ruta Patel, Rose Salzberg, Justin Sigfried, Seth Strawbridge, Tiffany VanDervort, Yu-Sheen Wu, Lauren Wyatt and Tosha Wyatt.
• Phi Lambda Sigma: David Allen, Cathy Arnatt, Alissa Basehoar, Merid Belayneh, William Coleman, Christine Darby, Cat Floroff, Ashley Higbea, Deborah Jackson, Julie Kaplan, Lauren Lakdawala, Aisha Masood, Brad McDaniel, Derek Mires, Rose Salzberg, Lesley Smith, Tiffany VanDervort and Amanda Walls.
Faculty/staff awards went to:
• Preceptor of the Year: Tyler Martinson, clinical specialist in internal medicine, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
• Outstanding Employee Recognition Award: Cosmin Boanca, web developer with Phartech.
• Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching: Diana Mack, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science.
Student awards were as follows:
• Patient Care Award: James Carmichael
• Award of Excellence in Clinical Communication: Aisha Masood
• Pharmacy Communications Award: Kimberly Ann Pham
• Clinical Research Award: William Cang
• Academic Excellence Award: Yu-Sheen Wu
• Excellence in Pharmacy Award: David Allen
• Emswiller Award for Leadership Achievement: William Coleman
• Community Practice Achievement Award: Lauren Lakdawala
• Outstanding Leadership Award: Rose Salzberg
• Technology Excellence Award and Phi Lambda Sigma Student Leadership Award: Merid Belayneh
• Distinguished Service Award: Deborah Jackson
• Outstanding Student Award: Derek Mires
• Award of Excellence in Nonprescription Medication Studies and VASP Senior Recognition Award: Ashley Higbea
• MCV Alumni Association Award: Cathy Arnatt
• Excellence in Advocacy and Health Policy Award and Dean’s Award: Cat Floroff
• Social Justice Award: Christine Darby
• Professionalism Award: Rachel Seidman
To see photos from the 2013 Senior Banquet, click here.
Morse Faria, Tom Karnes and Poonam Delvadia
On May 31, the school’s 12th Annual Graduate Awards Luncheon took place at Omni Richmond Hotel. This year’s guest speaker was Carolyn “Cindy” Watts, professor and chairwoman of the VCU School of Allied Health Professions’ Department of Health Administration. Her topic was “Toward a Turbulent Future: The Opportunities and Challenges of Health Care Reform.”
Graduate awards were presented by Dean Victor Yanchick:
• J. Doyle Smith Award: Christopher Arnatt. Advisor: Yan Zhang.
• John Wood Award and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare R&D Leading for Innovation Award: Poonam Delvadia. Advisor: Tom Karnes.
• V.A. Yanchick Award: Osama Shoair. Advisor: Patty Slattum.
• Charles T. Rector and Thomas W. Rorrer Jr. Dean’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Study: May Abdel Aziz. Advisor: Umesh Desai.
• Lowenthal Award: Kavita Iyer. Advisor: Malgorzata Dukat.
• Altria Tobacco Products Regulatory Sciences Fellowships: Morse Faria (advisor: Tom Karnes) and Christine Farthing (advisor: Doug Sweet).
The following graduate student members of academic honor societies were recognized:
• Alpha Phi Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Lambda: Mostafa Ahmed, Antoinette Coe, Morse Faria, Yaena Min and Akul Mehta.
• Phi Kappa Phi: Poonam Delvadia, Tanvi Deshpandi, Batul Electricwala, Timothy Inocencio, Sudha Korwar, Bassem Mohammed, Xiaolei Pan and Li Wang.
• Phi Kappa Phi Scholarships: Poonam Delvadia, Bassem Mohammed and Farhana Sakloth.
To see photos from the 2013 Graduate Awards Luncheon, click here.
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