Ceremony Program

Opening of Ceremony

Chris W. Bonneau, PhD
Chief University Marshal, President of the University Senate

Alma Mater

Welcome

Patrick Gallagher, PhD
Chancellor of the University and Chief Executive Officer

Opening Remarks

Patricia D. Kroboth, PhD
Dean and Dr. Gordon J. Vanscoy Distinguished Service Professor

Presentation of Candidates

Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD
Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences

Bachelor of Science Graduation

Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2021 Reflection

Doctor of Pharmacy Graduation and Hooding

Scott R. Drab Preceptor of the Year Awards

Stanford I. Cohen Teacher of the Year Award

Graduate Program Class of 2021 Reflection

Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduation and Hooding

Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduation and Hooding

Graduate Program Faculty Member of the Year Award

Appreciation from Graduates

Welcome from Alumni Society Board President

Amanda Korenoski, PharmD

Oath of a Pharmacist

Conferral of Degrees

Patrick Gallagher, PhD

Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Janiah L. Abraham
• Alexander J. Aubin
• Seung Won Baek
• Chad R. Beisel
• Emily R. Benton
• Payal K. Bhatt
• Justin G. Bowen
• Jennifer Chai
• Nicholas Chieffo
• Jack O. Corey
• Jarod W. Crowell
• Madeline G. Dillen
• Elizabeth A. Donnelly
• Emily A. Duff
• Jocelyn N. Edwards
• Nicholas C. Eggers
• Brian A. Esparza
• Madison S. Everingham
• Lindsey M. Gibbon
• Arianne M. Go
• Katlyn M. Goertler
• Grace Havens
• Jaccie T. Hisashima
• Samantha M. Hohmann
• Kassidy A. Hubert
• Alexis E. Jeschonnek
• Albert G. Ji
• Benjamin M. Johnson
• Amanda Kan
• Ryan A. Kasper
• Christina L. Kazarov
• Allison N. Langland
• Natalie M. Laurito
• Jiwoo Lee
• Feiran Liang
• Molly A. Marciniak
• Abigail E. Marrow
• Mackeyan R. Martin
• Erik S. Mazonkey
• Lauren M. McCabe
• Bridget E. McGonigle
• Brienn McWhirter
• Jane S. Miller
• Rachelle A. Moore
• Gina M. Nadraws
• Mary M. Nayrouz
• Amy G. Novak
• Chirayu Patel
• Harshit T. Patel
• Nicole M. Pavasko
• Joseph P. Piotrowski
• Anthony L. Poliski
• Isaac B. Poole
• Whitney Puyang
• Rachel S. Qian
• Paulina C. Rice
• Jessica L. Richie
• Zoe Ricketts
• Sara Rose
• Seth D. Sacchi
• Chandrima Saha
• Colton J. Salvati
• Margaret T. Schmidt
• Erin M. Schorr
• Kendyl L. Sing
• Taylor D. Skelly
• Nathan M. Smykowski
• Alexis E. Spaciano
• Maria G. Spielberger
• Brandon R. Stephens
• Emma Stragand
• Brenna N. Taylor
• Elena N. Thomas
• Stephanie A. Toole
• Michelle L. Trinh
• Nicholas T. Truong
• Kayo Tsuchihashi
• Maya Tsvetkova
• Nathaniel J. Ventresca
• Paige D. Verona
• Alexa M. Wardoclip
• Andrew I. William
• Kali S. Wingle
• Brenden Winner
• Christopher S. Yang
• Devon Zheng
• Jing Ling Zheng 

Doctor of Pharmacy

• Dana L. Abraham
• Chloe C. Alibeckoff
• Nicholas V. Arcury
• Seana M. Armstrong
• Emilee M. Baker
• Vidya S. Balakrishna Sharma
• Caroline S. Baldwin
• Jose A. Barro
• Rhea Bedi
• Kacey L. Boland
• Patrick A. Booth
• John G. Breisinger
• Julia R. Calandra
• Juan Carlos Cervantes Judge
• Tyler L. Coeburn
• Matthew T. Creekmore
• Jackson A. Crouse
• Mara A. Cubellis
• Nhat Quang Dang
• Dafonso T. Davage
• Karlee A. Deibler
• Emily E. Dell
• Jennifer H. Dolphin
• Ryan P. Durbin
• Catherine L. Dziuba
• Grace E. Erdman
• Kaitlyn M. Faiola
• Jeanine A. Flanigan
• Sara M. Frey
• Haley M. Fribance
• Sneha Gaitonde
• Allison R. Gallant
• Kaycie G. Gavin
• Holly L. Graber
• Andrew Haddad
• Saxon J. Hartman
• Benjamin W. Harvey
• Emma J. Haught
• Karch C. Helsel
• Elizabeth H. Hill
• Emily E. Hughes
• Nicole E. Hume
• Ryan A. Jaehne
• Cindy Jiang
• Olivia E. Joyce
• Sejla Jukic
• Felicia Kan
• Megan M. Karuzie
• Mohamed A. Kashkoush
• David S. Katz
• Jennifer L. Kim
• Sandra E. Kline
• Matthew D. Kuhn
• Calvin Lam
• Robert F. Lasko
• Madison P. Leonard
• Diana Xue Li
• Weiwei Lin
• Emily Yang Liu
• Joshua Maleski
• Jessica M. Mattox
• Michael C. McDermott
• Shawn P. Meehl
• Winnona M. Meyer
• Alexis E. Mingey
• Mackenzie R. Minogue
• Madeline I. Mitchell
• Hager Mohamedein
• Hailey N. Mook
• Abby O. Morrison
• Jared W. Murray
• Kristina Murray
• Justin D. Musco
• Matthew M. Muslin
• Annalisa Lam Nguyen
• Kristine Nguyen
• Thai Quoc Nguyen
• Melanie S. Norris
• Morgan E. Ostinowsky
• Nicholas C. Pandelaras
• Alissa R. Pastino
• Ami A. Patel
• Anu D. Patel
• Niti M. Patel
• Colin M. Pfeiffer
• Renee Pham
• Vincent M. Piro
• Corey R. Rantz
• Joseph S. Rizkalla
• Shannon C. Rogers
• Christian M. Rosikiewicz
• CeJae M. Scolese
• Nicholas P. Sherman
• Oluwatomi A. Sogebi
• Arianna C. Sprando
• Leia J. Stephenson
• Parker J. Stewart
• Britney A. Stottlemyer
• Andrew J. Sweigart
• Thomas H. Taber
• Anthony J. Trona
• Tristan N. Tyger
• Hunter R. Vermilya
• Skylar A. Villegas
• Valerie Chen Wan
• Xuanqing Wang
• Danielle R. Weaver
• Abigail M. White
• Jacob E. Winschel
• Nikitha Yagnala
• Ashley M. Yao
• Alex P. Yawny
• Sarah H. Zale

Class Officers

President: Grace E. Erdman
Representatives: Mara A. Cubellis, Holly L. Graber

Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Zachary Jordan Ali
Thesis: Current Drug Delivery Methods and Challenges for Treatment of Keratitis: A Review
Advisor: Vinayak Sant, PhD

Joshua John Deppas
Thesis:  Pharmacokinetics of IV LMP744, a Novel Topoisomerase 1 Inhibitor, in Humans
Advisor:  Jan Beumer, PhD, PharmD, MS, BCACP, TTS

Ravi Desai
Thesis: Kidney Damage Biomarkers for Early Identification of Drug Associated Kidney Injury, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Advisor: Sandy Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP

Prerna Dodeja
Thesis:  Development and Validation of a Blood Micro Sampling Methodology to Facilitate Pharmacokinetic Studies in Pregnant and Post-Partum Patients
Advisor:  Raman Venkataramanan, PhD

Xiaojiang Guo
Thesis:  Effect of Ondansetron on Reducing ICU Mortality in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
Advisor:  LiRong Wang, PhD

Huatian Li
Thesis:  Micropatterned Moxifloxacin Loaded Ophthalmic Film in Prophylaxis of Endophthalmitis
Advisor:  Vinayak Sant, PhD

Yujia Li
Thesis: Factors Associated with Initiation of Glucose-lowering Agents among Medicare Beneficiaries with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes, 2007 – 2017
Advisor:  Inmaculada Hernandez, PharmD, PhD, FACC FAHA

Tianjian Liang
Thesis:  IsAb: A General in Silico Protocol for Antibody Design
Advisor:  Zhiwei Feng, PhD

Andrew Michael Lynn
Thesis:  The Effects of Oxidative Stress on Aging: a Review
Advisor: Lori Ann Birder, PhD
Co-Advisor:  Maggie Folan, PhD

Apurva Pardeshi
Thesis: Development and Characterization of Imatinib Loaded PEG-ASA Polymeric Micelles and Co-Administration with Doxorubicin Loaded Micelles
Advisor:  Song Li, MD, PhD

Xiaofei Wang
Thesis: Identifying RNA-binding Landscapes of PXR using Enhanced UV-crosslinking and Immunoprecipitation Followed by Sequencing
Advisor:  Da Yang, MD, PhD

Kexin Xu
Thesis:  Design and Synthesis of Carboxylic Acid Analogs of Oleic Acid
Advisor:  Donna Huryn, PhD

Jingchen Zhai
Thesis:  A Novel in silico Method to Predict Drug PK Profile in Human Used to Build the PBPK Model of Hydroxychloroquine and Optimized Dosing Regimens
Advisor:  Junmei Wang, PhD

Bei Zhang
Thesis:  Co-delivery of TLR Agonist with Hypomethylating Agent via an Ultra-small Pro-drug Micellar Carrier for Breast Cancer Immunochemotherapy
Advisor:  Song Li, MD, PhD

Yuzhao Zhang
Thesis:  Binding Profile Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein RBD Mutants with hACE2 Protein Using in silico Methods
Advisor:  Junmei Wang, PhD
Co-Advisor: Jaden Jun, PhD

Zhongfang Zhang
Thesis:  Development of a Biorelevant Dissolution Method for Intra-Uterine Device
Advisor:  Lisa Rohan, PhD

Doctor of Philosophy In
Pharmaceutical Sciences

Anne Caroline Silva Barbosa
Dissertation: The Role of Estrogen Sulfotransferase in Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury
Advisor:  Wen Xie, MD, PhD

Yuemin Bian
Dissertation: The Research and Development of an Artificial Intelligence Integrated Fragment-Based Drug Design Platform for Small Molecule Drug Discovery
Advisor:  Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, PhD, EMBA

Yoko Franchetti
Dissertation: Individualized Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Rate Data (iPBPK-R): A Novel Approach to Estimate the Effect of Kidney Disease on Nonrenal Elimination Pathways
Advisor:  Thomas Nolin, PharmD, PhD

Shifan Ma
Dissertation: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel P62ZZ Ligands with Therapeutic Potentials
Advisor:  Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, PhD, EMBA

Chenxiao Tang
Dissertation: Developing Novel CNS Therapies: Preclinical Development of 20-HETE Formation Inhibitors to Ameliorate Secondary Brain Injury After Cardiac Arrest
Advisor:  Samuel Poloyac, PharmD, PhD

Yang Xie
Dissertation: Tissue-Specific effects of Pregnane X Receptor (PXR) and Estrogen Sulfotransferase (EST) on Hemorrhagic Shock-Induced Multiple Organ Injuries
Advisor:  Wen Xie, MD, PhD

Changrui Xing
Dissertation: Structure Elucidation, Signaling Mechanism and Structure-Based Drug Design of the Human Cannabinoid Receptor 2 (CB2)
Advisor:  Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, PhD, EMBA 

School of Pharmacy Faculty

• Poonam Alaigh
• Ameer S. Ali
• Sherrie L. Aspinall
• Neal J. Benedict
• Lucas A. Berenbrok
• Jan H. Beumer
• Rhea Bowman
• Mario C. Browne
• Kim C. Coley
• Sharon E. Connor
• James C. Coons
• Sharon E. Corey
• Colleen M. Culley
• Amy C. Donihi
• Kerry M. Empey
• Philip E. Empey
• Tanya J. Fabian
• Bonnie Falcione
• Roberta M. Farrah
• Zhiwei Feng
• Christian A. Fernandez
• Mary M. Folan
• Alexis M. Gaggini
• Carl Gainor
• Robert B. Gibbs
• Sandra L. Gill
• Leslie L. Gingo
• Victoria L.B. Grieve
• Deanne L. Hall
• Inmaculada Hernandez
• Edward T. Horn
• Donna M. Huryn
• Carlo J. Iasella
• Prema C. Iyer
• Heather J. Johnson
• Paul A. Johnston
• Stanton Jonas
• Lauren J. Jonkman
• Jaden J. Jun
• Levent Kirisci
• Amanda S. Korenoski
• Patricia D. Kroboth
• Song Li
• Maria F. Lowry
• Xiaochao Ma
• Lee A. McDermott
• Melissa A. McGivney
• Terence F. McGuire
• Susan M. Meyer
• Margaret B. Minnigh
• Terri V. Newman
• Thomas Nolin
• Sravan K. Patel
• Karen S. Pater
• Brian A. Potoski
• Janice L. Pringle
• James J. Pschirer
• Catherine Rebitch
• Bridget T. Regan
• Maureen D. Reynolds
• John Riley
• Lisa C. Rohan
• Shilpa Sant
• Vinayak Sant
• Christine M. Scelsi
• Denise Schiff
• Kristine S. Schonder
• Amy L. Seybert
• Iman H. Shaik
• Susan J. Skledar
• Randall B. Smith
• Pamela L. Smithburger
• Kangho Suh
• Jingjing Sun
• Dennis Swanson
• Ralph E. Tarter
• Lauren E. Trilli
• Michael Vanyukov
• Raman Venkataramanan
• Margaret M. Verrico
• Junmei Wang
• LiRong Wang
• Wen Xie
• Xiang-Qun Xie
• Ying Xue
• Da Yang
• Ashley B. Yarabinec
• Michael A. Zemaitis
• Min Zhang

Oath of a Pharmacist

I promise to devote myself to a lifetime of service to others

through the profession of pharmacy. In fulfilling this vow:

I will consider the welfare of humanity and relief of suffering

my primary concerns.

I will apply my knowledge, experience, and skill to the best

of my ability to assure optimal outcomes for my patients.

I will respect and protect all personal and health information

entrusted to me.

I will accept the lifelong obligation to improve my professional

knowledge and competence.

I will hold myself and my colleagues to the highest principles

of our profession’s moral, ethical, and legal conduct.

I will embrace and advocate changes that improve patient care.

I will utilize my knowledge, skills, experiences, and values

to prepare the next generation of pharmacists.

I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of the

responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public.