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ACADEMIC REPORT FOR 2007-2008College of Pharmacy

Wayne Kradjan, Dean and Professor

2007-2008 Highlights

1. Programmatic Achievements—List initiatives undertaken and outcomes achieved in the following areas:

a. Student engagement and success

Admission to the College of Pharmacy professional doctoral (Pharm. D.) program plateaued at 90 students per year during the last two years (total head count 339 students currently), compared to the target of 75 per year (total head count 330) at the conversion to the professional doctor of pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree program in 1999 (see metrics tables attached separately.) The total head count will rise to greater than 350 per year within the next two years. While demand for admission remains strong, matriculation is limited by practice laboratory size in Corvallis, lecture hall capacity in Portland, and clinical practice sites for the fourth year advanced practice experience program.

Eight new graduate students were admitted in the fall of 2007, bringing the total graduate student head count to 26. We anticipate a relative flattening of graduate student head count at 25-26 for the next biennium, with a long range target of 30 or more as new faculty are hired and more stipend funds become available.

Seventy four (74) candidates were jointly awarded the Pharm. D. degree by OSU and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in 2008. Of the cohort of 83 students entering the program in the fall of 2004, 67 (81%) completed the program in the requisite four years, with a projected five year completion rate of 76(92%).

First time passing rate on the national pharmacists’ licensing exam (NAPLEX) for the 78 graduates of the class of 2007 was a remarkable 100%. The college ranks in the top 10% in the nation for passing rates over the last five years.

Two Ph. D. and one MS degree were awarded to graduate students in the college of pharmacy during 2008. College of Pharmacy faculty also served as the major professor for two graduating Ph.D. students in the MCB and biochemistry programs, respectively.

College of Pharmacy.

Listed below are the goals for student engagement and success from the 2007 annual report and a brief progress report on each of the goals

Goal 1: Continued curricular review with an emphasis on integrating basic science courses and therapeutics in the second professional year and also coordinating the pharmacy administration/health outcomes course series.

Progress to date: The curriculum committee and the entire faculty are engaged in a continual evolution of the curriculum. Internally administered assessments using surveys of students, faculty and preceptors; and external mandates by our accrediting agency (ACPE) provide direction in addition to ongoing reviews by the committee. Three areas dominated the work of the committee over the past year. The first area involved a previously planned restructuring of the first professional year. The second and third areas were stimulated by mandates from ACPE. They involved the addition of electives to the professional program and changes to our introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPE). These three areas are distinct issues, but the solutions overlap significantly since each involves, at least in part, the first professional year.

The committee assessed the need for students to develop a greater understanding of genomics, immunology and other foundational concepts pertaining to drug products created through biotechnology. Concurrently, students and faculty believe that students would benefit from an earlier, broader exposure to drug action and a more methodical progression of topics in the pharmaceutical sciences. To this end, the “Foundations in Drug Action” course in the first professional year has been expanded to three terms (formerly fall quarter only.) This allows additional foundational topics previously presented in the second year to be taught in the first professional year and for inclusion of additional topics that support an understanding of biotechnology applied to drug development. Space in the curriculum for the expanded Foundations sequence was created by requiring that all students complete anatomy and physiology prior to enrollment in the College of Pharmacy.

Changes to accreditation standards in July of 2007 require that all professional programs include elective course opportunities for students throughout the curriculum. The committee has worked to identify opportunities to streamline or consolidate course content to open space for the inclusion of electives in the curriculum. In changes that will be enacted in the 08 – 09 academic year, students will be expected to select at least one course from an approved list of


electives during the spring term of the first professional year and, beginning 09-10, the second professional year. Elective coursework will be drawn from a combination of courses currently offered by other departments on campus and new courses developed by college faculty members. Future discussions will define a similar requirement for the third professional year. We currently anticipate that a total of four elective courses will be required prior to the fourth professional year.

Finally, changes to accreditation standards now require a minimum of 300 hours of experiential education prior to beginning the fourth professional year. The committee crafted a student driven process to meet this requirement and submitted it for approval as a pilot project to ACPE in late 2006. The proposal was denied by ACPE and, therefore, a more traditional approach has been designed and is being implemented. Students that were admitted in the fall of 2008 will meet the new IPPE requirements. In the process of redesigning IPPE, we have also taken the opportunity to more clearly define the goals of the IPPE component of the curriculum. IPPE requirements are discussed further on page 7 of this report.

The priority of the curriculum committee and faculty has been to continue to strengthen our students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes; regardless of whether change is driven by our own evaluation or mandates from ACPE. Changes developed over the past year and enacted in 08 – 09 will clearly enhance the knowledge base of our students and provide for an easier progression from basic concepts to application of knowledge and synthesis of creative solutions for patient care. During the coming year, discussions of the curriculum committee will focus on carrying forward changes to allow for a similar evolution of the P2 and P3 years of the professional curriculum.

Goal 2: Review the Academic and Professional Standards documents to better articulate the admission, retention, and graduation requirements

Progress to date: A committee under the direction of Associate Dean Gary DeLander and Director of Student Services Angela Austin Haney drafted new guidelines for admission, retention, and graduation, as well as for criminal background checks and illegal substance testing. These documents are currently under review by the general counsel in the legal affairs office and will be made available when finalized in the fall of 2008.


Goal 3: Relocate the Director of Alumni and Student Relations to Portland

Progress to date: The Director of Alumni and Student Relations (Megan Hoffart) relocated to the Portland office in August 2007. Ms. Hoffart comes to Corvallis as needed to oversee multiple student and alumni events throughout the year. The OS-2 staff support person for the Director of Alumni and Student relations (Cassandra Crawford), resigned in June 2008. A new OS-2 support staff person (Nicole Lanphear) started July 2008 and is also located in Portland.

Goal 4: Continue to improve access to academic advising for students in Portland

Progress to date. This goal has been fully implemented. An advisor visits the Portland campus most weeks during the academic year. Students are notified in advance and can either schedule an appointment or meet with an advisor on a drop-in basis.

Goal 5: Complete the search for a new faculty member to co-coordinate the second year pharmacy practice course sequence.

Progress to date. This goal has been completed with the hiring of Dr. Natalea Braden in the summer of 2008.

Goal 6: Explore the resources needed to develop a graduate pathway in pharmacy practice with an emphasis on pharmacoeconomics and pharmacoepidemiology.

Progress to date: This initiative is still in progress. As part of the larger process of refining the college research cores (see section b. Research and its impact on page 16), a team of faculty drafted a description of the Pharmaceutical Outcomes, Epidemiology, and Policy (POEP) Research Core (Appendix G). Implicit to carrying this research core to the next level is development of a parallel graduate degree pathway. It is projected that a minimum of two new faculty with expertise in pharmacoeconomics and/or drug policy are needed to bring this program to the desired critical mass. Searches for these new faculty positions will begin when funds become available. There will be strong linkages to the Department of Public Health in the College of Health and Human Science; the Departments of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University; the Kaiser Center for Health Research; the Oregon Evidence-Based Practice Center; the Oregon Practice-Based Research Network: and the Medicaid Pharmacotherapy Research Consortium.


Goal 7: Begin a new community residency program in collaboration with Fred Meyer Pharmacies.

Progress to date: This goal has been successfully implemented. Under the leadership of Dr. Jeegisha Patel from the College of Pharmacy and Dr. Jennifer Davis from Fred Meyer Pharmacies, a residency was developed and the first resident recruited with a start date of July, 2008.

Goal 8: Meet with advisors from the College of Science to identify efficiencies in advising of pre-pharmacy students at OSU.

Progress to date: These conversations are continuing as part of the Human Health Thematic Area planning described in the section immediately below.

In addition to the 8 goals that were part of the 2007 annual report described above, several other important activities affecting the future planning of the college were conducted during the academic year.

University Strategic plan – Human Health Thematic Area

Over the last year, faculty from the College of Pharmacy and other colleges and departments across the campus met frequently to define the OSU health initiative thematic area and to make recommendations to build upon existing and novel programs focused on the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. In December, a steering committee appointed by the three health sciences deans (Bray, Clarke, and Kradjan) presented the Provost’s Council with an interim report (available upon request) addressing health applications in undergraduate, professional (Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine), and graduate education; collaborative research; and community outreach through public education and service. Preliminary recommendations for investigating the creation of a new School of Public Health were also provided.

Subsequently, the same steering committee was charged to continue their work, inviting others as needed, with a specific focus on interdepartmental graduate programs and cross-disciplinary research. This activity culminated in a proposal entitled, “Research Program on Microbes and Risk Factors for Chronic Disease: Advancing the OSU Strategic Plan in the Health Thematic Area” (available upon request.) It is impressive that the proposal not only links the research visions of the traditional health sciences colleges of OSU (Health and Human


Science, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine), but also incorporates expertise and collaborations from the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, Liberal Arts, and Science. The concepts and collaborations proposed, many of which are already in various stages of engagement, truly represent a translational continuum from basic science development to clinical sciences and behavioral research. We believe these are the components of the larger program that are most likely to foster campus wide collaboration and bring national and international reputation to the university.

ACPE accreditation

On November 5 and 6, 2007 the college hosted a three member ACPE focused on-site evaluation team that reviewed progress within the college in response to concerns raised during a regularly-scheduled, full accreditation site visit in 2005. Specifically the team assessed the financial health of the college, faculty size, faculty and staff salaries, administrative and educational relationship with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), assessment committee planning efforts, curricular development, and the introductory professional practice experience (IPPE) program. Subsequently, the ACPE affirmed continuing accreditation of the Pharm. D. program through June 30, 2010 at the January 2008 Board of Directors meeting.

ACPE requested that an interim report be provided in November 2008 addressing the bulleted items below. Incorporated within each item is progress to date in response to the issues.

Assessment - While the College Assessment Committee was commended on its progress since the 2005 site visit, the site team recommends that “steps should be taken to advance the College’s assessment activities…, noting in particular efforts taken to assess the achievement of the College’s mission and goals. Examples of how assessment findings have been used in programmatic improvement should be included. “

Progress to date. The following assessment tools are administered at regular intervals in the spring:

1) American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) standardized “Graduating Pharmacy Student Survey”. This on-line survey, administered annually, includes 85 descriptors that assess attainment of professional competencies and outcomes, organization and effectiveness of the curriculum, organization and effectiveness of the professional practice experience program, student services (advising and financial


aid), the student experience (support from the faculty and dean, student government, campus climate), facilities and educational resources, and overall impressions of the academic experience at OSU. AACP provides summary results from OSU and comparison to up to five peer universities that also participated in the survey that year. For 2008 we chose the following peer universities: Arizona, Idaho State, New Mexico, Cincinnati, Washington State. For the majority of descriptors, 85-95% of respondents rated their experience at OSU very high, equaling or exceeding the aggregate ratings from the peer institutions. OSU scored higher than peer schools in over 10 areas. Examples include: strategies to reduce medication errors; communication with patients and health care providers; retrieval and evaluation of health sciences literature; and interactions with diverse populations. One area in which we scored lower was related to elective courses. Elective courses will be introduced during the 2008-2009 academic year. The entire survey results are available upon request.

2) AACP standardized “Pharmacy Faculty Survey.” This on-line survey was administered for the first time in the spring of 2008 and will be repeated every 2-3 years. It includes 64 descriptors that assess the college administrative and governance system (dean, executive committee, assessment committee, and curriculum committee), recruitment and retention of faculty, infrastructure (offices, laboratories, library, support staff, faculty size, and environment), governance, faculty development, curriculum, student services, and apportionment of time to assigned tasks. As with the graduating student survey, AACP provides summary results from OSU and comparison of results to the mean of five peer universities. For 2008, thirty two faculty participated in the survey. OSU results again compared favorably to our peer schools. Examples of areas in which OSU scored higher than peers included: a safe working environment; curricular development, content, and delivery; and handling of academic misconduct. One area in which the College is taking action to improve is the employment of strategic planning. The entire survey results are available upon request.

3) AACP standardized “Preceptor Survey.” This on-line survey of the nearly 680 pharmacy practitioners who supervise students during their professional pharmacy practice experiences was administered for the second time in the spring of 2008 and is repeated every two years. The preceptor


survey provides stakeholder perspectives on various aspects of the program, including curriculum, communication, practice skills, and resources and support for preceptors. As with the other surveys described above, AACP provides summary results from OSU and comparison to five other participating peer universities. Results from nearly 150 respondents in 2008 have not been received from AACP, but can be made available upon request after they have been reviewed by the assessment committee.

4) Internally developed surveys of the first, second and third year professional students are conducted annually, addressing the learning environment and self-assessment of curricular achievement of the key learning and performance objectives for the year. In general the results demonstrate a positive learning environment and perceived achievement of curricular goals. One particular area of concern in 2008 was the process used to determine fourth year clerkship site placement. Implementing a new software program while the experiential director position was vacant created considerable confusion and a high degree of student dissatisfaction among the third year class. We expect significant improvement in the coming year with the hiring of Dr. Ramirez as the new Director of Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs. He has considerable experience with the same computer system and a dedication to student and preceptor service. Survey results from each of the three classes are available upon request.

5) For the first time in 2008, the college assessed its Early Admission Program through an extensive review of data, as well as by conducting a series of focus groups. Results of the assessment include recommendations for raising the standards for admission to the program, and engaging admitted students in college and pharmacy related activities. A copy of the report is available upon request.

The results of the various surveys are first reviewed by the assessment committee with summaries and recommendations for action sent to the relevant committees (executive committee, curriculum committee, and diversity committee.) Many of the curricular changes described elsewhere in this report are guided by the student and preceptor evaluations. The student affairs and diversity committees are responsive to concerns expressed by students, leading to the addition of several new services for third year students in Portland described in last year’s report. A new technology resources


committee is being created based on needs identified by faculty and students.

In response to the comments from ACPE and results of the AACP faculty survey, all faculty were provided with a copy of the college mission, vision and value statements in the spring and asked to indicate how their teaching, research and outreach activities contribute to the mission. Recommendations for revision of the mission, vision and values statements were also solicited. The results of this exercise are still being tabulated and will be discussed at the faculty meeting in September

Curriculum – “Steps should be taken to ensure students have elective course offerings in the didactic curriculum.”

Progress to date. During the summer of 2007 all faculty in the college were asked to provide thoughts on how electives might best be integrated into the curriculum. A summary of responses was shared with the curriculum committee in January along with a charge to “submit a preliminary plan for electives to the faculty for consideration at a faculty meeting not later than June 2008, with a goal of a final implementation plan and timetable by the end of September 2008. The plan should include a projected impact on faculty workload and need for additional full time, part time, or affiliate faculty.” Simultaneously, the curriculum committee was continuing its comprehensive review of the second year of the curriculum. See pages 1-3 above for a summary of progress to date.

Curriculum - “Evidence should be provided demonstrating that changes made to the Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE) ensure all sites have affiliation agreements, all preceptors are trained, and students are not allowed to receive remuneration.

Progress to date. The introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE) curriculum was re-designed under the leadership of Drs. Jeegisha Patel, Shannon Starwalt, Gary DeLander, and Matt Ito to address each of the concerns of ACPE. A brief description of the re-designed IPPE curriculum follows:

Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences take place during the first three professional years of the Pharm.D program. The IPPE curriculum is designed to introduce the practice of


pharmacy during the first professional year and progress to advanced clinical knowledge and patient care skills by the end of the third professional year. A minimum total of 300 hours are required over the three year period.

First professional year: Starting in the fall quarter (PHAR 723 – Professional Orientation) and continuing through winter and spring quarters (PHAR 724, 725 – Health Care Systems I and II) students interview and interact with pharmacists and shadow various health care providers in the community, culminating with final presentations to the class regarding their experiences (20 hours per year). During fall quarter of the P1 year, students visit local community pharmacies (10 hours) to conduct over-the-counter product reviews and present the findings in weekly labs for PHAR 721 (Pharmacy Practice II). As a cumulative result of these varying experiences, students create mentoring relationships with pharmacists and are prepared to apply their newly acquired skills in either a community or institutional pharmacy during their summer experiences described in a later section.

Second professional year: Students spend the P2 year in the Clinical Applications series (PHAR 743, 744, and 745) serving as a health care advocate for an assigned patient at the Benton Community Health Center. Students begin by conducting a patient chart review in the fall (3 hours), meet with the patient during the winter (4 hours) and accompany the patient to a provider visit in the spring (3 hours). The Clinical Applications series also includes diabetes education, health literacy training and small group presentations on patient care experiences. In addition to the activities at the Benton Community Health Center, students are able to spend a great deal of time practicing counseling skills at area pharmacies (10 hours). Students are also required to volunteer at the local Community Outreach Clinics in Lebanon, Albany and Corvallis (10 hours). Throughout the year, students have the opportunity to shadow pharmacists in non-traditional pharmacy settings in an effort to gain exposure to specialized areas of pharmacy practice (10 hours). To round out the P2 year, students again partake in summer internship experiences in either the community (PHAR 710) or institutional setting (PHAR 711).

Summers after first and second professional year: Students spend the summers following the P1 and P2 years completing either PHAR 710 (Community Orientation Clerkship) or PHAR 711 (Institutional Orientation Clerkship).


Both experiences must be completed before starting the third professional year. Students are responsible for locating the community pharmacies and hospitals where orientation clerkships will be completed. After identifying a site, students submit a Notice of Intent to the IPPE Director, who then approves the pharmacy and preceptor, in addition to providing preceptor training using the Collaborative Education Institute (CEI) web based training tool. Students and their preceptors are given an orientation clerkship manual containing a detailed list of competencies (specific to PHAR 710 or PHAR 711) that must be completed during the experience and validated by the preceptor. The manual and signed check list comprise the students’ Orientation Clerkship Portfolio that is turned in to the IPPE director at the end of the summer. Preceptors must sign off on all requirements and provide feedback to the students. The competencies outline the basic duties of a pharmacist in either the community or hospital setting. Each student is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in an unpaid/volunteer capacity at an orientation clerkship site each summer (80 hours over two years); however the students are welcome to continue working for compensation for the remainder of the experience. Academic credit is granted for the unpaid/volunteer hours, in addition to completion of the Orientation Clerkship Portfolio.

Third professional year: Transitional clerkships (PHAR 760) comprise IPPE in the P3 year. Students report to a community pharmacy every other week during all three academic quarters (100 hours total) to conduct Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services with patients. Services include prescription and non-prescription drug reviews, blood pressure monitoring, cholesterol screenings, blood glucose checks and immunizations. Students compile a portfolio with MTM activity documentation that can be referenced during the advanced clerkships in the P4 year.

In accordance with ACPE requirements, affiliation agreements are executed for all IPPE sites, each preceptor participates in a standardized training program, and students are not remunerated for the first 40 hours of their summer IPPE experiences. Notably, as interim Director of Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs, Dr. Ito has taken a regional leadership role in standardized preceptor training. OSU, along with other Northwest Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy (Pacific in Oregon, University of Idaho, University of Montana, University of Washington, Washington State University) have


created an experiential programs consortium and affiliated with the Collaborative Education Institute (CEI) to offer a Web based preceptor education and development program.

Faculty development - The College hosted a variety of faculty development workshops and seminars over the last several years. Among the topics covered were course and curricular assessment, harassment, scholarship and funding, audience response systems, cultural background and writing style, recognizing suicidal ideation, and diversity. The evaluation team suggests that “…future programming focus on aspects of pedagogy: exploring various approaches to teaching, becoming better instructors, using active learning in the classroom, and enhancing experiential education.” The evaluation team also stresses “…the importance of mentoring junior faculty by more senior faculty to ensure less experienced faculty have appropriate guidance.”

Progress to date: the Faculty Development and Promotions Committee was charged to develop recommendations for a more formal faculty mentoring process within the college. This will be a priority item for summer and fall of 2008. The first priority for that committee has been a review of the college’s promotion and tenure policies described on page 34 of this report.

OHSU relationship – The ACPE site team recommends that “an assessment of the collaborative relationship between the College and the Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) should be provided. Efforts taken to build collaborative relationships with other programs on the OHSU campus to further multidisciplinary education and research opportunities should be discussed.”

Progress to date: Our relationship with OHSU continues to evolve. As described in the section on curriculum on page 2 of this report, adding electives to the curriculum will provide opportunities for P3 students to take electives on the OHSU campus, provided that a mechanism for tuition sharing is developed. There is a strong commitment on the part of the OHSU deans of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy to foster interdisciplinary education. Former President Peter Kohler is chairing a committee to study what opportunities may exist. In particular, Dr. Dan Hartung from the College of Pharmacy has been part of a collaborative effort to develop an interdisciplinary ethics curriculum on the OHSU campus. The


College of Pharmacy has also been part of extensive discussions to build a new OUS/ OHSU educational and research building on the OHSU riverfront campus. When built, the College of Pharmacy would relocate its current offices and teaching space from the Center for Health and Healing to the new building, offering a considerable cost savings by ending the need for lease payments to OHSU.

ACPE requests a summary of any vacancies or faculty resignations and efforts taken to fill them since the November 2007 focused on-site evaluation.

Response: Teaching faculty size has remained static at 37 individuals (15 pharmaceutical sciences and 22 pharmacy practice; 23 tenured/tenure track and 14 non-tenure track) (34.8 FTE). This is 3 FTE below the number targeted to meet ACPE requirements and to implement our short term strategic planning goals. Other faculty include 3 research assistant professors and 5 professional faculty. As detailed in the table below, three faculty resigned or retired over the last academic year and four faculty were hired. Only one of the hires (Dr. Cherala) represents a newly created position, while the others were hired to replace faculty who resigned or retired. Of special note, Dr. Juancho Ramirez has been selected to be the new Director of Professional Experience Programs (formerly Director of Experiential Programs) starting October 2008. This is a critically important position that has been vacant since Dr. Deanna Moretz resigned in August 2007. Of concern, budget restrictions forced suspension of searches to replace Dr. Bianco and to fill an important new position in Pharmaceutics that would add to the college’s targeted drug delivery research initiative. In addition, Dr. Gary DeLander announced his intent to relinquish his position as Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, with a target date of July 2008. The original intent to conduct an internal search was abandoned upon the advice of the Provost and the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. Initiation of an external search has been postponed indefinitely for budgetary reasons. In the meantime, Dr. DeLander has continued in the dual capacity of Associate Dean and Department Chair, but will not continue as chair beyond June 2009.

Resignations:August 2007 – Theresa Bianco, Associate Professor,

Pharmacy Practice


August 2007 – Deanna Moretz, Director of Experiential Programs

Retirements:June 2008 – Doug Stennett, Professor Emeritus, Pharmacy Practice (0.5 FTE)

New faculty:February 2007: Ganesh Cherala, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice (new position)

August 2007: Shannon Starwalt, PharmD, Instructor, Director of Introductory Pharmacy Experience Programs. (Replacement for Diane Nauman)

July 2008: Natalea Braden, PharmD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice (Replacement for Doug Stennett).

October 2008: Juancho Ramirez, PharmD, Director of Professional Pharmacy Practice Experiences (replacement for Deanna Moretz)

Faculty searches begun, but unfilled due to lack of funding:Assistant, Associate, or full Professor, Pharmacy Practice (replacement for Bianco).Assistant or Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics (new

position)

Faculty searches to support strategic plan postponed due to lack of funding:Department Chair, Pharmaceutical SciencesAssistant or Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice (Pharmacoeconomics or Drug Policy)


Graduate program Review -

Under the guidance of the College of Pharmacy Graduate Studies committee, with considerable input from graduate faculty in the College, a comprehensive self-study program review of graduate education was conducted during the 2007 academic year. A site visit was conducted in May 2007 by a team constituted by the Graduate School and included persons from both inside and outside the university. The outcomes of that process became available during the 2008 academic year and are briefly described below. The full report is available upon request.

The site visit team provided a comprehensive summary of their assessment of the College of Pharmacy graduate program in September of 2007. Overall, the team was very complimentary of the efforts of graduate faculty within the College of Pharmacy and of the graduate program itself. In their assessment, the team provided detailed observations and included a number of recommendations that they felt would enhance the strength of graduate studies in the College of Pharmacy. The College of Pharmacy Graduate Studies Committee and faculty members in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences subsequently reviewed the recommendations and took specific steps to address most areas of concern. A detailed summary of our current progress and status with respect to the site visit team’s recommendations is available upon request. Other more substantive or complex issues are included in ongoing strategic discussions.

University administrative review of the site team report and the college response was conducted during the 2008 academic year, culminating in approval to continue the graduate program.

Distance learning

Moving to Portland for the P3 year places a hardship on students who have family obligations that require them to maintain a household in Corvallis or Albany. Rising fuel costs add to the financial burden on those students who commute from Corvallis to Portland several days per week. Beginning in fall 2008, the Information Technology services at OSU and OHSU will coordinate to synchronously deliver the lectures given in Center for Health and Healing lecture hall in Portland five mornings per week (9 am to 1 pm) via live video link to room 108 in Kidder Hall for a small test cohort of 6-8 students. A recently funded TRF grant will permit archiving of lectures for


students on both campuses to access via the internet 24 hours per day. Participating students will still commute to Portland 1-2 days per week for small group discussions and case studies. We will assess the effectiveness of this model and the feasibility for expanding to bi-directional delivery of lectures in the future. This could be the first step in developing a branch campus model for the College of Pharmacy in which a cohort of students can remain at either the Corvallis or Portland campus for the entire first three academic years of the program. The cost for this service is $15 per hour for an estimated total cost of approximately $8,000 per year. The College will assume the added cost for this year, but will explore a charge back mechanism (student course fee) if this service is provided in the future.

Student Engagement:

Students serve on the following college committees: AdmissionsAssessmentCollege CouncilCurriculumDiversity

As described in previous reports, the College has an active student government structure. A brief outline is provided below. Faculty serve as advisors to many components of the student councils and committees. Because the college now requires that all students participate in some form of community outreach every year, essentially every student in the college interacts with the student committees in one form or another. The activities of many of these committees are cited starting on page 22 in the section on “outreach and engagement.”

Student Executive Council (Co-faculty advisors on Corvallis and Portland campuses)

President – also serves as the student representative to the College Council

Treasurer Secretary Events Coordinator Fund Raising Coordinator

OSSP (Oregon State Student Pharmacists Association)APhA/ OSPA president/ liaison (faculty advisors on each

campus)


ASHP/ OSHP president/ liaison (faculty advisors on each campus)

NCPA president/ liaison (faculty advisors on each campus)SecretaryMembership CoordinatorPhi Delta Chi Chief Counselor (President) (faculty advisors in Corvallis)Phi Lambda Sigma President (faculty advisor in Corvallis)Rho Chi President (faculty advisor in Corvallis)APhA Counseling Competition Co-CoordinatorASHP Clinical Skills Competition Co-CoordinatorsAsthma Education Coordinator (Operation Asthma)Diabetes Education Coordinator (Operation Diabetes)Heartburn Education Coordinator (Heartburn Awareness)Hypertension Education coordinator (Operation

Hypertension)Immunization Coordinator Poison Prevention (Mr. Yuk) coordinatorSCODAE coordinator

Class Officers (for P1, P2, P3, and P4 classes)PresidentVice PresidentClass RepresentativeTechnology officer

Previous annual reports describe a variety of student events coordinated by the Director of Student and Alumni relations. We continue to expand and improve upon these events each year. A brief outline of events follows:

P1 and P3 orientation programs are held each fall for incoming students and those starting their year in Portland, respectively. There are also spring orientation programs for students who will be entering the P3 and P4 classes the following year.

P4 reunion days – P4 students are off campus full time completing their experiential rotations. The “reunion” days bring them back to campus once per quarter to share their experiences, re-engage with faculty and peers, and partake in educational offerings that prepare them for life after graduation. The fall event is held in Corvallis and coincides with OSU Homecoming. The winter program is held in Portland and includes an interview day with prospective employers. In spring, the emphasis is on end-of-program assessment and preparation for graduation.


White Coat Ceremony – P1 students are welcomed into the profession and cite the pledge of professionalism when they received their symbolic white coat at a public ceremony with family and friends in attendance during the first week of fall quarter.

Career Day – mid fall quarter. Students meet with potential employers in the MU Ballroom.

Benefactors’ Reception – mid fall quarter. Scholarship recipients get to meet scholarship donors and other college benefactors at Willamette Vineyards Winery.

Apothecary Ball – a winter quarter gala celebration and silent auction with the pharmacists in the community.

Spirit of Portland River Cruise – spring quarter

Student Appreciation Banquet – spring quarter. An evening to celebrate outstanding student scholarship, honor class leaders and enjoy a student talent show and video.

College of Pharmacy Graduate Recognition Ceremony – In addition to the traditional awards program and Pharm. D. hooding ceremony, graduates were awarded their Pharm. D. diplomas for the first time this year at the college’s private ceremony. Over half of the class also attends the OHSU graduation ceremony in Portland.

b. Research and its impact

The College of Pharmacy was awarded 19 new grants and contracts in AY 08 with total awards from grants and contracts totaling $3,359,009, a 56.2% increase over the prior fiscal year. Corresponding research expenditures for the year are $2,360,170. Faculty also filed 7 invention disclosures including 3 patents. Details of these awards and other faculty achievements are found in the appendices A and B. Of particular note, Drs. Zhengrong Cui, Chrissa Kioussi, Jessina McGregor, and Xihou Yin now have multiyear National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding in support of our Targeted Drug Delivery, Gene Regulation, Infectious Diseases, and Drug Discovery initiatives, respectively. Tempering this year’s large reported increase in funding, it is noted that the renewal contract for the long standing Department of Medical Assistance Program (DMAP)


for Medicaid Drug review program, authorized for approximately $800,000 per year, was appropriated for two years in August of 2007. As a result, the full two year appropriation was counted in the AY 08 award count and none will be included in 2009. Nonetheless, we anticipate continuation of this year’s funding level during the 09 academic year because several of the new grants will receive annual funding over multiple years and two other faculty recently received excellent scores on grants that should qualify for funding in AY 09. For the federal fiscal year ending October 2007, the OSU College of Pharmacy ranked 43rd in the nation for combined National Institutes of Health (NIH), other federal agency, and foundation/association grants (but excluding state contracts like the DMAP program). We anticipate a rise in the rankings based on the AY 08 funding patterns.

As described in previous annual reports, the research initiatives in the College of Pharmacy support the OSU strategic plan’s health thematic area and are divided into five research cores: Infectious Disease/ Drug Discovery; Gene Regulation and Disease; Cardiovascular Disease; Targeted Drug Delivery; and Pharmaceutical Outcomes, Epidemiology, and Policy (POEP). The college research committee was charged with a thorough review of the research initiatives this year as part of a comprehensive strategic planning process. Updated descriptions of the five cores are found in Appendices C through G, respectively. Future hiring of new faculty will be guided by the mission and demonstrated previous success of these research cores.

Two components of the college’s research program that realized significant milestones this year are described further.

As noted in last year’s report, an OSU research team spearheaded by Mark Zabriskie (Pharmaceutical Sciences) and Luiz Bermudez (Veterinary Medicine) participated in development of a statewide signature research center proposal to the Oregon Innovation Council (Oregon InC) that ultimately was funded by the state legislature as the Oregon Translational Research and Drug Discovery Initiative (OTRADI). This is a joint proposal by Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), Oregon State University (OSU), Portland State University (PSU), University of Oregon, and several Oregon-based biotechnology companies. The institute will focus on the development and commercialization of therapeutics, vaccines, and diagnostics for infectious diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, cancer and other major problems affecting human health. A primary objective of this proposal is to create a unique drug development consortium and facility that will bridge the gaps between basic research, development and commercialization. Of note, the Oregon University System and


OHSU are jointly developing a plan for a multi-university teaching and research facility to be located on the OHSU Portland riverfront campus that will house the administrative center for OTRADI as well as allow for development of a good manufacturing procedures (GMP) laboratory to be directed by faculty from the College of Pharmacy.

Described earlier in this report are the activities of the steering committee appointed by the three health sciences deans (Bray, Clarke, and Kradjan) that were charged with further defining the OSU health initiative thematic area and to make recommendations to build upon existing and novel programs focused on the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. Collaborative graduate education and cross-disciplinary research are a major focus of the steering committee’s recommendations relating specifically to an emerging initiative entitled, “Research Program on Microbes and Risk Factors for Chronic Disease: Advancing the OSU Strategic Plan in the Health Thematic Area.” It is impressive that the proposal not only links the research visions of the traditional health sciences colleges of OSU (Health and Human Science, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine), but also incorporates expertise and collaborations from the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences, Engineering, Liberal Arts, and Science. The concepts and collaborations proposed, many of which are already in various stages of engagement, truly represent a translational continuum from basic science development to clinical sciences and behavioral research. The proposal details a comprehensive plan with funding provided by Provost’s initiative funds and matching funds from the participating colleges.

Research metrics

As described in detail above, the Sponsored Programs Office reported that the College of Pharmacy was awarded 19 new grants and contracts in AY 08 with total awards from grants and contracts totaling $3,359,009, a 56.2% increase over the prior fiscal year. At the request of the Provost, the college research and scholarship committee was charged with reviewing research related metrics that might be unique for the College of Pharmacy. A summary of the committee’s findings follows:

The committee recommends the establishment of the following metrics: (1) total external funding (new and continuing awards) as reported by the office of sponsored programs, (2) external funding per tenure-track position, and (3) external funding per research FTE. The table that follows provides a comparison for these metrics for FY07 and FY 08.


FY08 FY07Aggregate external funding..................................$3,359K $2,600KExternal funding per tenure-track faculty position*....153K 118KExternal funding per research FTE*..........................189K 146K*The COP had 22 tenure-track faculty and 17.8 research FTE in FY07. To derive the “research FTE” count, the position description for all teaching and research faculty was reviewed, and the percent of effort for scholarship and research collated. For example, a 1.0 FTE tenure track faculty with 60% effort for research and scholarship is counted as 0.6 research FTE. A 1.0 FTE clinical track FTE with 10% effort for research and scholarship is counted as 0.1 research FTE. A research assistant professor has 100% effort for research and scholarship, and is thus counted as research FTE.

External funds generated by COP faculty from FY00 to FY07 are shown in Fig. 1 below.

Fig. 1. College of Pharmacy external grants and contracts, FY00-FY07

This figure demonstrates that faculty were successful in attracting external funding at a level greater than that which would be predicted based strictly on historical values (black line in Fig. 1). However, the committee recommends basing projections for FY08 and beyond on historical values (equation in Fig. 1). Thus, the recommended scholarship metrics for FY08 and FY13 are:

FY08 FY13Aggregate external funding......................$3,259K $3,808K


External funding per tenure-track faculty position150K 173KExternal funding per research FTE................185K 213K

The goal for FY08 was slightly exceeded by reported funding of $3,359K. These goals may be affected by new hires as well as faculty attrition, and the projections should be updated accordingly in both cases.

The Research & Scholarship committee also tracked other forms of scholarship (see Fig. 2 on the next page), specifically: (1) peer-reviewed publications, (2) invited seminars, (3) meeting presentations, and (4) outreach presentations (CE and related efforts). Technically, outreach is outside the sphere of scholarship, but represents a very important mission of the college in terms of local and state-wide public relations. In addition, the committee plans to track two other potential scholarship metrics: editorial and review panel service. The committee will continue to track all of these scholarship metrics internally, but does not recommend that these be used as benchmarks to be reported to the Provost.


Fig. 2. Other COP scholarship metrics by department in CY07

Listed below are the goals for research and scholarship from the 2007 annual report and a brief progress report on each of the goals

Goal 1. Rebuild a critical mass of faculty in the Pharmaceutics Research Area.

Progress to date: A search committee was appointed to recruit a new position in Pharmaceutics with an emphasis on novel mechanisms of targeted drug delivery and to contribute to the pharmaceutics/biopharmaceutics course sequence in the professional program. Several candidates were invited to campus for interviews, but were not recommended for appointment by the search committee


based on feedback from the faculty. The position was re-advertised in spring 2008 with at least one highly qualified candidate being identified. However, the search has been placed on hold for budgetary reasons.

Goal 2. Build a stronger relationship with the OHSU Translational Research Center for faculty on both the Corvallis and Portland Campuses. This should be a high priority for the Assistant Dean for Scholarship and the Chair of Pharmacy Practice.

Progress to date. Dr. Eric Orwoll (Director, Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI); Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine; Associate Vice President for Research Oregon Health & Science University) was invited to present an overview of OCTRI during the winter all college faculty meeting. Subsequently, several faculty from both departments met personally with Dr. Orwoll and his colleagues to identify joint projects. Notably, Dr. Jessina McGregor was awarded a $581,062 KL2 (Career Development Award) over five years, sponsored by OCTRI, for her project entitled Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Outpatient Clinics.

Goal 3. Invest further in the drug discovery/infectious disease research initiative.

Progress to date. As described earlier, the College of Pharmacy and College of Veterinary Medicine research teams are an integral part of OTRADI, the Oregon Translational Research and Drug Discovery Institute with collaborators at OHSU and PSU. Of note, research Assistant Professor Xihou Yin who has been a major contributor to the Zabriskie laboratory antibiotics drugs discovery program received his first RO1 research award for five years in AY 2008.

Invest further in the genetically modified mouse model.

Progress to date. As described earlier, Drs. A Indra, G. Indra, Kioussi, and Leid are campus leaders in this arena of research and have expanded their programs through new grant funding in the areas of cancer, cardiovascular disease, tooth development disorders, and immunology. Budget resources do not support the hiring of new faculty at this time.

Expand the research facilities on the Portland campus for the infectious disease, cardiovascular and clinical pharmacokinetic research groups.


Progress to date. Growth has been modest in this area, primarily in the infectious disease arena by Drs. Allen, Bearden, and McGregor. Dr. Cherala joined the faculty in fall 2008 to expand the clinical pharmacokinetics research area. He has submitted several grants and developed a strong relationship with the OHSU oncology research group. Activity in the cardiovascular area at OHSU has been limited because of the resignation of Dr. Bianco and the need for Dr. Ito to devote considerable time to managing the professional pharmacy experience program following the resignation of Dr. Moretz in August 2007. The search for an additional cardiovascular research specialist was suspended because of lack of resources.

c. Outreach and engagement

Student outreach events

Numerous activities from the previous two years’ reports continue and are reproduced below with minor modifications.

The student pharmacy association OSSP (Oregon State Student Pharmacists) conducts a variety of community outreach programs that include presentations on asthma, poison prevention, and substance abuse avoidance to elementary, middle school, and high school students; asthma, diabetes, and hypertension screening at pharmacies in the Corvallis and Portland areas; and collaborates with pharmacists across the state to provide flu shots in local pharmacies. The Phi Delta Chi fraternity partners with parish nurse organizations and OSU County Extension Agents in Corvallis, Medford, and Portland to provide brown bag medication reviews for senior citizens at local churches. This year an important community outreach program was developed that brought pharmacy students to 11 community pharmacies in underserved or small communities. It gives OSU College of Pharmacy students an opportunity to use their clinical skills and provide health screenings to the public in more rural areas of the state. A few of the highlights are cited below.

Saturday, September 22. Five P3 students participated in a trial run for the spring College of Pharmacy Outreach Project at the Safeway Pharmacy in Hood River. The students performed 50 osteoporosis screenings and 42 body mass index (BMI) screenings.

Saturday, October 6. OSHP Student Health Fair, Corvallis Farmer’s Market. Free blood pressure and


blood sugar screenings, as well as operation immunization, heartburn awareness, and asthma awareness were provided.

Saturday, October 13. 2nd Annual Bi-Mart/ College of Pharmacy Health Fair, at the Philomath Avenue Bi-Mart in Corvallis. Teams of students provided screenings and educational outreach for hypertension, diabetes, heartburn and asthma awareness.

Saturday October 20. Beaverton Farmer’s Market. In celebration of National Pharmacy Month sixteen P3 pharmacy students and three preceptors provided 60 market attendees with information and/or screenings for: asthma awareness, smoking cessation, heartburn, diabetes, and “brown Bag” medication evaluations. This was a remarkable turnout considering the blustery conditions that required propane heaters, hot cocoa and layers of warm clothes.

Saturday, October 27. OSU students and Bi-Mart Pharmacists conducted a flu vaccine clinic at Reser Stadium before the OSU homecoming football game. The flu clinic provided immunizations to the public several hours prior to the start of the game until the end of halftime.

Several flu shot clinics took place throughout the Willamette Valley: October 29. Hillsboro/West PortlandOctober 30. Eugene/Springfield/HarrisburgNovember 7. Woodburn

Saturday, November 3. The College of Pharmacy hosted a Women in Science activity for middle school girls. The girls were introduced to career opportunities in pharmacy, taught how to compound lip balm, and shown physical assessment skills used to assess drug therapy. Making lip balm was very popular, but the girls’ interactions with pharmacy students were what made the Pharmacy activity a real hit.

Saturday, November 17. Rho Chi Special Olympics Health Screening in Hillsboro. Four P4s, three P3s, and one P2 plus a pharmacist preceptor checked blood glucose and blood pressures for about 100 athletes, coaches,


family members of athletes, and volunteers. An exciting secondary benefit was having the athletes proudly show their awards to the pharmacy students and bringing in friends to make sure that they too were healthy.

December 7. Phi Delta Chi student volunteers helped cook, clean, and host a holiday dinner and talent show co-sponsored by the local NAMI chapter and Mid-Valley Housing Plus for the Benton county mental health community. Attendees included people suffering from mental illness and their families, healthcare providers, and local government officials.

Tuesday January 15. Operation Diabetes provided diabetes and other health screening at the First Presbyterian Church in Corvallis. Professor Emeritus John Block gave a public lecture on dietary calcium at a luncheon.

January 25. Four P3 students collaborated with Safeway Pharmacies to offer a cholesterol and blood pressure screening event in Beaverton. Nearly 20 patients were screened for total cholesterol, glucose, and blood pressure. The appointments were set at 30- minute intervals, which allowed time for students to evaluate and counsel patients and accommodate walk-ins.

Tuesday, January 29. The Asthma Committee participated in a workshop at the Corvallis Public Library about asthma and allergy. The event was co-sponsored by the OSU Environmental Science Center.

Wednesday, February 6. Free Flu Shot Clinic at Community Outreach-Corvallis

Saturday, February 23. American Diabetes Association annual Diabetes Expo at the Portland Convention Center. As in previous years, OSU has a booth to provide blood pressure screenings as well as answering questions about diabetes, medication use, and general health related issues.

Monday, February 25. The Hypertension and Heartburn Awareness committees held a joint screening in the Memorial Union (MU).


March 7. Three P1 and three P2 students, plus two faculty and one P4 mentor hosted fifty-two (52) middle school students along with nine (9) middle school teachers from Pendleton, Sisters, and Cave Junction as part of the annual Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE) program. The purpose of SMILE is to provide science and math enrichment for underrepresented and other educationally underserved students in grades 4-12. Participants had a chance to fill “prescriptions” for skittles or M&Ms, take their blood pressure, listen to their heart, and compound Chapstick in the lab. They also answered the question, “From what you have learned today, is pharmacy an interesting career option for you? Why or why not?”

Saturday, March 29th. Statewide Patient Care Initiative 2008. As the state’s land grant educational institution, OSU has both a responsibility and commitment to nurture and share the talents of our students, faculty and staff across Oregon. While most students were still vacationing during Spring Break, 33 OSU Pharm.D students brought the college to 11 rural community pharmacies (Hood River, Hermiston, Klamath Falls, Newport, Tillamook, La Grande, Myrtle Creek, Redmond, Medford, Coos Bay, and Grants Pass) during the first annual Spring Outreach Project. Pharmacy students provided patient care to the public, discussed the expanding role of pharmacists, and also learned more about the communities in which they provided care. The event provided:

• 170 hypertension screenings• 24 diabetes screenings• Diabetes education for 38 patients• Smoking cessation program information for 25 patients• Poison prevention for 75 patients• “Brown bag” session counseling for 18 patients.

As further testimony to the excitement generated by this outreach program, the College of Pharmacy Advisory Council pledged $2,000 to defray housing and transportation costs for participating students in 2009.

Saturday, April 26. The College of Pharmacy hosted 18 high school students from the Kaleidoscope program. Throughout the morning Kaleidoscope students learned


about various aspects of pharmacy practice and what it takes to be a successful pharmacy student. Twelve P1 students taught participants how to measure blood pressure and compound lip balm.

Saturday, April 26. OHSU Women’s Health Expo at the Oregon Convention Center. Fred Meyer pharmacists along with OSU College of Pharmacy students provided cholesterol, bone density, blood pressure and blood glucose screenings and also conducted an “Ask Your Pharmacist” program to answer drug information questions.

Thursday, May 15 and Sunday, June 1. The Operation Diabetes, Hypertension, Heartburn Awareness, and Asthma student groups joined together for health screenings at the 9th street Bi-Mart Pharmacy and at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Corvallis, respectively. Of note, several fluent Spanish speakers and others learning Spanish for Pharmacy provided screenings after a Spanish mass at the second event.

May 20. Two P2 students and Dr. Ramirez presented a poison control program (also known as a “Mr. Yuk” presentation) to students aged 4-6 at the Corvallis Montessori School.

Week of June 15-20. Pharmacists and pharmacy students helped check in campers, document medication use, and check dosing for nearly 100 children attending Camp Millennium, a week long outdoor camp located 20 miles east of Roseburg for youth with cancer and their siblings.

June 28-29. Special Olympics Summer Games in Hillsboro. As a follow up to the successful November event, Rho Chi honor society sponsored health screenings in partnership with several retail pharmacy organizations. Pharmacy students provided hypertension screenings, measured blood glucose levels for detection of diabetes and prediabetes, conducted bone density screenings and BMI evaluation, as well as vaccination counseling. Over 100 individuals (athletes, coaches, family members) were served.


Saturday, June 7. Students conducted blood pressure and blood sugar screenings and various patient care committees hosted information booths at the Corvallis Farmer’s Market Health Fair.

Faculty Outreach

Continuing Pharmacy Education to support the continuing development of pharmacists and enhance their competence is an integral component of the mission of the College of Pharmacy. As an accredited provider of continuing education under the authority of the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the College sponsors or co-sponsors four major educational programs each year: Annual Homecoming lecture series in Corvallis

(November) Lane County Pharmacy Association/Oregon State

Pharmacy Association annual meeting (February) Oregon Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Fall CE

program (October) Oregon Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists annual

meeting (April)

In addition, faculty from both departments provided over 70 invited lectures to professional pharmacy associations and public audiences throughout Oregon, nationally, and internationally (see faculty accomplishments, appendices A & B)

As described in previous years, the College of Pharmacy supports the administration of the state’s Medicaid program for low-income elderly, children, and disabled residents under the provisions of a statewide interagency agreement with the Department of Human Services (DHS), Department of Medical Assistance Programs (DMAP). The resulting Drug Use Research and Management (DURM) program has enhanced the safety, effectiveness, and cost-efficiency of prescription drug use for Medicaid patients in Oregon. A secondary contract exists with Care Oregon, a health maintenance organization that serves Medicaid patients in the greater metropolitan Portland area. Responsibilities of the DURM team include administering the Oregon Drug Use Review (DUR) Board for DHS, evaluating drug utilization patterns among Oregon Health Plan (OHP) members, analyzing


and making recommendations to DHS on drug use policies, and developing education strategies for Oregon Health Plan clinicians. Two additional prescriber education programs mandated by the state legislature are the Polypharmacy Review Program and the Plan Drug List (PDL) Education Initiative. Notable outcomes for the past year include:

Obtained continued funding from DMAP thru 6/30/2009 for up to $800,000 per year.

Generated significant savings for the Medicaid Program (final costs savings still be reported in later in the year)

Expanded academic detailing activities to Oregon Medicaid prescribers.

Published 4 DUR Board newsletters sent to all clinics and pharmacies in Oregon that serve Medicaid clients.

Published several research papers based on DMAP contract related work (see appendix B)

The EMPOWER diabetes management demonstration

and research project was launched in 2006 in partnership with the directors of the human resource departments from the cities of Eugene and Springfield and Lane County. This program is designed to assess the impact of the community pharmacist’s education of patients on diabetes control and healthcare utilization. During 2006-2007 we added the Bethel School District in Springfield and the City of Corvallis as participating employers. To date, approximately 75 patients with diabetes have been served and the research phase of the project has ended. The City of Springfield, Lane County, and the Lane Transit District, in collaboration with the PacificSource insurance company, have chosen to continue offering this service to all patients with diabetes as part of their regular pharmacy benefit. The College of Pharmacy, with Wayne Kradjan serving as PI, coordinates the administration of the continuation project including contract negotiation with the employers and pharmacists, pharmacist training, and data analysis.


OHSU/ VA Infectious Disease Consult service – Dr. Bearden currently practices with the adult inpatient infectious diseases consult service at both the OHSU and the Portland VA Medical Centers. This practice site is used to train students and pharmacy residents. Dr. Bearden provides management of antibiotic therapy of all patients seen by the consult team (generally 8-14 daily). He provides the team with drug information, pharmacokinetic advice, and general education. He is also a consulting member of the OHSU Infectious Diseases antibiotic formulary team. He is regularly contacted by both pharmacy practitioners and the Drug Information Service at OHSU to provide his expertise on patient care issues. Dr. Bearden has been asked to share his expertise about clinical practice at invited presentations at both state and national meetings.

OHSU Inpatient Adult Medicine Service, Department of Family Medicine (FMIS) – Drs. Joel Marrs and Craig Williams.

This is a joint, cooperative effort between the OHSU Department of Pharmacy, the OHSU Department of Family Medicine, and the OSU College of Pharmacy. The service consists of three primary medicine teams, each of which is composed of an attending physician, a 2nd or 3rd year family medicine resident, a family medicine intern, and typically 1 or 2 medical students, as well as the OSU faculty and a pharmacy student. During several times of the year, an OHSU pharmacy resident is also on the service and precepted by Dr. Williams or Dr. Marrs.

The focus of Drs. Williams and Marrs is on the 2 FMIS teams which follow patients who have an OHSU primary care provider within the larger outpatient network of OHSU. This allows for follow-up of discharged patients and the opportunity to help improve continuity of clinical pharmacy services within the department. The typical team census or number of patients on a team is about 5. The services of Drs. Marrs and Williams are highly valued within the Family Medicine division. Within 2 months of beginning rounding with the FMIS, Drs. Williams and Marrs were offered full academic appointments within the OHSU School of Medicine through the Family Medicine department. Significant clinical interventions are being tracked. These typically involve dosing and use of less


common medications as well as substantial work that goes into the medication reconciliation process as patients transition from the outpatient to the inpatient setting and back again after discharge. The establishment of OSU faculty on a regular service at the OHSU Medical Center has helped to build bridges between the college of pharmacy and the OHSU department of pharmacy. As a sign of that maturing relationship, Drs. Marrs and Williams have recently been asked to precept as many OHSU pharmacy residents as their schedule will allow.

Fred Meyer pharmacy – Dr. Patel collaborates with Fred Meyer to develop innovative practice sites within the retail setting. Fred Meyer opened their Healthy Options Patient Care Center in Tualatin in January where Dr. Patel has developed an ambulatory care clinic for patients with chronic disease states. The center offers disease state management education on diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension and smoking cessation. Dr. Patel collaborates with physicians and a dietician for the services provided. The center is providing a diabetes self management education program that will apply for ADA accreditation next summer. Currently, there are 25 patients enrolled in the program. Patients attend group and individual classes at Fred Meyer on self management of their diabetes including food tours, nutrition counseling, meter training, and medication management. Patients are still completing all the classes, but have seen an average of 10-20 pound reduction in their weight, increase in exercise, 1-2 point reduction in their HbA1c, and better control of their postprandial blood glucose readings ( <180).

Other recent research projects include a sponsored project from the APhA Foundation called Project IMPACT: Alzheimer’s. Dr. Patel worked with the Fred Meyer to train pharmacist to provide a memory screening to identify patients who may need referral to physicians for Alzheimer’s. Seventy-five patients will be screened by mid-August. Dr. Patel will follow up with patients in 30 days on where they were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and provided treatment. Dr. Patel has also received funding from APhA to identify patients who may benefit from a Cardiovascular Reduction Lipid Management Program. One hundred patients will be screened by the end of August and enrolled in the Lipid Management Program for


education and follow up at the Healthy Options Patient Care Center.

In addition, Dr. Patel works with the clinical coordinator to train Fred Meyer pharmacists to provide immunizations, medication therapy management, cholesterol, glucose checks, and memory screenings. Dr. Patel is working with the clinical coordinator of Fred Meyer to implement the disease state management programs to all of the stores in Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Idaho and working with employers and payers to add the service as a benefit for reimbursement.

Oregon State College of Pharmacy and Fred Meyer Pharmacy have developed the first Community Pharmacy Residency Program in Oregon. This is a one year post graduate training program that focuses on providing patient care in a community pharmacy setting. The goal of the residency is to train residents to work as providers who develop, implement, and sustain pharmaceutical care services in a community setting with emphasis on teaching, management, and public health.

Healthy Options Patient Care is the site for the residency program and an ambulatory (community care) clerkship site for the P4 students.

Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn Counties-Dr. Stacy Ramirez.

Dr. Ramirez is charged with advancing the practice of pharmacy through the development and implementation of innovative practice models in the community. She is also committed to improving health care for underserved populations. The Benton County Community Health Center has provided the opportunity for her to do both.

Her role at the Health Center is to provide consultation and disease state management primarily in the areas of chronic pain management and mental health. She also serves as a consultant to the administration on pharmacy-related issues and program development. She precepts p1, p2 and p4 students at this site, involving them in activities ranging from patient office visits to development of protocols for a patient assistance program.


Her services have improved outcomes for the patients she sees and she is viewed as an integral part of the medical home team. Due to this successful partnership, the Health Center has agreed to compensate the College of Pharmacy $12,0o0 per year for her services.

Her most recent accomplishment is the formation of a team, which she will lead, that was chosen to participate in the HRSA Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Collaborative. This 18-month collaborative will focus on expanding clinical pharmacy services to an additional 125 patients in order to improve safety.

Mid-Valley Housing Plus-Dr. Stacy Ramirez

Mid-Valley Housing Plus is a non-profit organization that operates as a modified assertive community treatment program for people suffering from severe mental illness. MVHP provides supportive services to reduce relapse rates, prevent hospitalizations, prevent homelessness, and reduce contacts with the criminal justice system. Dr. Ramirez is involved in this organization in a dual capacity. She provides medication assistance services to clients that include counseling, interfacing with other providers, and adherence encouragement. She also serves as the President of the Board of Directors.

VA Heart Failure Clinic – Dr. Singh to add descriptor and 2008 outcomes for VA Heart Failure Clinic.

d. Community and diversity

Six academic faculty, one professional faculty, two classified staff, one graduate student, and five Pharm. D. students representing both the Corvallis and Portland campus served on the 2008 College of Pharmacy Diversity Committee. The full 2008 College of Pharmacy Diversity Action Plan is available upon request. A few summary highlights are found below.

Five planning priorities were developed.

1. Perform an assessment of retention of underrepresented and marginalized populations among the students, faculty, and staff within the COP so that information can be obtained to establish future priorities focused on retention to assure student, faculty and staff success and retention by fostering a welcoming and inclusive,


collaborative environment. The measurable outcomes for the i) students, professional and graduate, will be to track progression through their respective programs; ii) faculty will be to track promotion and tenure status as well as turnover (hiring and resignation); and iii) staff will be to track promotion status as well as turnover (hiring and resignation). Data will be obtained at the conclusion of each academic year.

2. Increase diversity competency efforts within the COP by implementing a variety of required faculty and staff trainings that address an array of diversity issues that will help them become culturally competent. The measurable outcomes will be to track attendance.

3. Establish events or documents to promote and recognize the significant diversity that currently exists within the COP. Promoting such events will establish a welcoming climate that recognizes the importance of diversity. One example of a current event the COP promotes is the Fall Luau, an event in which the professional students organize a celebration of Luau traditions, such as the pig roast. An additional idea is to implement regularly scheduled pot-lucks for students, faculty and staff to celebrate the different heritages by sharing ethnic foods. The measurable outcome will be to track attendance.

4. Identify barriers (i.e., monetary, marketing, or other) in the recruitment of students in the professional and graduate programs as well as faculty and staff from underrepresented populations. Assistance will need to be in place to develop surveys and focus groups to identify the barriers to recruitment.

5. Establish faculty liaisons to provide “permanent” links to the cultural centers such as OSU’s Black Cultural Center, Centro Cultural Cesar Chaves, Asian and Pacific Cultural Center, and Native American Longhouse as well as to the Women’s Center, Disabilities Services, and Pride Center. Set up a regular system for faculty liaisons to report on diversity issues at quarterly faculty meetings.

Abridged listing of outcomes:

Diversity-related workshops were presented at two all-college faculty meetings this past year: September 2007 – The case of Janis by Angelo Gomez March 2008 – Diversity 102 Workshop by Dr. Terryl Ross


All faculty were asked to read the following article: O’Connell M, et al. Cultural competence in health care and its implications for pharmacy. Part 1, overview of key concepts in multicultural health care. Pharmacotherapy. 2007; 27:1062-79.

Most of the faculty and staff of the COP attended Sexual Harassment Awareness Training offered by the Office of Affirmation Action.

A number of OSU pharmacy faculty attended cultural competency workshops offered by either the University of California School of Pharmacy or the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

In keeping with national accreditation standards, issues related to public health have been expanded in the curriculum, most notably in PHAR 724 and 725 (Health Care Systems I and II).

Lecture material and case studies related to cultural competency and awareness of the unique needs of individuals within a diverse patient population have been added to several core pharmacy practice courses throughout the first three years of the curriculum. Gender and racial influences on drug metabolism and responses to drugs are presented in both pharmaceutical sciences and therapeutics courses. Those courses include:

PHAR 710, PHAR 711, Ambulatory and Institutional Externships (moderately addressed)PHAR 723,724, 725, 743, 744, 745, Clinical Applications (moderately addressed)PHAR 764, 765, 767, Pharmacy Practice VII, VIII, IX (heavily addressed)PHAR 760, Transitional Clerkship (moderately addressed)PHAR 780, Advanced Community Clerkship (heavily addressed) PHAR 785, Ambulatory Care Clerkship (heavily addressed)PHAR 790, Internal Medicine Clerkship (heavily addressed)PHAR 722, Pharmacy Practice III (moderately addressed)PHAR 720,721, Pharmacy Practice I, II (heavily addressed)PHAR 729, Information Science (heavily addressed)PHAR 728, Pharmacy Law and Ethics (heavily addressed)PHAR 734, Pharmaceutics (moderately addressed).

The College offers a non-credit elective course entitled “Spanish for Pharmacy Professionals” during spring term.

The COP staff and students routinely provide health screenings and outreach to underserved populations. See section C, outreach and engagement above for descriptions of Special Olympics events and rural outreach.


Last year, two academic advisors attended a conference organized by HCOP in Portland. The purpose of the conference was to provide minority high school students with information regarding opportunities for careers in health care. The advisors conducted a pharmacy presentation and handed out OSU COP brochures to all of the students attending this conference. The advisors also provide this type of outreach at Kaleidoscope, an annual campus and community-wide program that is designed to provide students of color and all other underrepresented student populations information about OSU and its academic programs, services and social opportunities.

College advisors have recently started working with five cultural centers on campus, including the Black Cultural Center, Centro Cultural Cesar Chaves, Asian and Pacific Cultural Center, the Pride Center, and Native American Longhouse. Outreach pharmacy presentations, similar to those provided at the HCOP and Kaleidoscope programs, are given to students involved with each of these centers, along with free pizza and soda. The purpose of the presentations is to increase awareness of pharmacy career opportunities to current OSU students, as well as identify and eliminate barriers that may prevent students of color from considering pharmacy as a career. Other programs/partnerships on campus that would be effective to collaborate and program with include the SMILE Program, as well as continuing to interact with the cultural centers and administrators in the Office of Diversity Development.

The College of Pharmacy Book Club is an informal gathering of students and faculty to discuss books with an emphasis cultural competence or diversity. This year the group read the following books:

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman. This book explores cross-cultural issues in health care.

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder. This is the inspiring story of Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health, and an unrelenting advocate for and provider of quality health care for the world’s poor

Each summer, the statewide Pharmacists Recovery Network (PRN) and Student Executive Council provide scholarships for several Pharm. D. students to attend the University of Utah School on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies Pharmacy Section. Attendees learn about addiction and impaired health professionals during an intensive, week-long experience. They also have the opportunity to attend open 12-step meetings held by the pharmacy section each day. Participants share their experiences with their peers during a lunch meeting in the fall.


Several members of the Rho Chi honor society collaborated on a project entitled “Special Health Care Needs of the Intellectually Disabled Adult: A Closer Look at Down Syndrome.” The students submitted their project idea for the national Rho Chi Chapter Project Proposal Award to obtain financial assistance in order to make the project a reality. OSU was one of the two Colleges of Pharmacy in the country who received an OSU project award. The award was presented at the annual Rho Chi Meeting in San Diego, CA, taking place as part of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting March 14th-17th. As a result, the group has given multiple lectures and presentations on Down syndrome to students at OSU, and community groups in Corvallis and the Portland metro area.

e. International-level activities and accomplishments

While internationalization was not included in the 2005 college strategic plan, it has taken on a prominent role within the College. Discussions amongst the college administration and faculty revealed great enthusiasm to improve the engagement of the college in international activities. The high number of tenured and tenure-tract international faculty in the college – about 50% of the total faculty in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences – helps provide an excellent environment for the college internationalization to flourish. International activities within the college during the 2007-2008 academic year are highlighted below.

Student International Engagement Highlights

Traditionally, the student international engagements within the College of Pharmacy have been modest, as the college does not have an undergraduate student body. However, as part of the professional (Pharm.D.) program, the College of Pharmacy offers an elective practice experience, which is designed to broaden the students’ knowledge about health care, pharmacy practice, and education specifically in another health care system (International Pharmacy). Past students spent six weeks in approved sites in Australia, New Zealand, or England. In 2008, four students carried out their advanced practice experience at international locations. In addition, one of our students, Janice Belknap, went to Tanzania as a volunteer with the Cross Cultural Solutions program. She was assigned to St. Lucia HIV/AIDS Nursing Home and Orphanage. In addition to her role as a volunteer to help 18 children in the orphanage and three women in the nursing home,


she learned about Tanzania’s health care system, educational system, culture, and history.

Enrollment of international students in the Pharm.D. program remains low due to a very competitive admission process, high tuition fees, and a requirement for strong spoken and written English language proficiency. On the other hand, our graduate student body consists of 60% international students. Our graduate program has an excellent reputation among international applicants as indicated by the high overall number of international applications. Our international student population is relatively diverse in origin. More recently matriculated international students came from China, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Libya, Madagascar, Poland, Romania, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Faculty International Engagement Highlights

Our faculty has been very enthusiastic about international activities. During the 2007-2008 academic year, more than 60% of tenured or tenure-tract faculty in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences traveled abroad for conferences, collaborative research, field collections, sabbaticals, and other activities. It is also noteworthy that in recent years international research collaboration of our faculty has improved significantly, with currently active collaboration with scientists from Australia, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Panama, South Africa, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and UK. Of particular note is the recent successful competitive renewal of NIH funding for the Panama International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups program, in which Kerry McPhail is the PI of a subcontract to OSU. Also, the on-going collaboration of Taifo Mahmud and other faculty with Indonesian scientists in the investigation of antibiotics from Indonesian black water ecosystems, and with the Suez Canal University in Egypt in culturing and bioactive investigation of Red Sea cyanobacteria have not only enhanced the research enterprise within the college, but also provided new opportunities for student exchange and joint international grant applications. In addition, Theresa Filtz is currently spending a one-year sabbatical at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Community and External International Engagement Highlights

Every year, through collaborations with Dean Kradjan, the College of Pharmacy hosts a study group of 15-20 Japanese Pharmacists sponsored by the MSI group of Japan. They spend three days on


OSU and OHSU campuses, attending lectures, visiting local pharmacies, and learning the U.S. healthcare system. The college has also hosted international visiting professors and postdoctoral researchers. During the last academic year, the number of international scholars in the college increased 47% from that of the previous year. This includes one visiting professor from Kansai University (Japan) and 21 postdoctoral researchers, research faculty, and research assistants from Cameroon, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand. Additional International Initiatives and Outcomes of Note

The college continues to support a collaborative project involving a group of Pharmaceutical Science faculty at OSU and scientists from the Indonesian Center for Biodiversity and Biotechnology (ICBB). This year, the college hosted the first exchange student from ICBB to conduct research related to the project at OSU.

Also, the college has initiated a conversation with Khon Kaen University in Thailand to reactivate a previous collaboration between OSU and Khon Kaen University that has been inactive since 2003. It is anticipated that in the future OSU students will be able to go to Thailand or their students will come to OSU as part of this initiative.

Summary of international activity

Despite limited resources, internationalization of the College of Pharmacy has been steadily growing, as indicated by the increased international activities among the faculty and students, the increased numbers of international students and scholars, as well as the number of OSU students who participated in the study abroad and volunteer programs. However, there are a number of areas, e.g., study/internship abroad and outreach to international alumni, which require further improvements offer opportunity for future growth.

See appendices A &B for a list of faculty who have presented their research abroad.

f. Other appropriate initiatives

Report of the college faculty development and promotions committee.

The Faculty Development and Promotions (FD&P) Committee reviewed and advanced one promotion and tenure dossier and evaluated four mid-term reviews.


Dr. Jane Ishmael applied for promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Pharmacology. The committee reviewed the dossier and unanimously recommended it be forwarded for evaluation by outside referees. Supported by positive external peer evaluations, her dossier was submitted to the University Promotion and Tenure Committee which approved her promotion and the awarding of indefinite tenure.

Drs. Cui, Kioussi, Singh and Stevens submitted dossiers for mid-term reviews by the Committee. The committee completed the assessments of the first three cases and provided Drs. Cui and Singh, and their respective chairs, with letters commenting on their performance relative to College and University promotion and tenure guidelines. Dr. Kioussi’s dossier has been reviewed and the summary letter is in preparation. Dr. Steven’s dossier is still under review.Other action items by the faculty development and promotions committee:

Upon request by the Provost, the committee was charged by the Dean with the task of considering two other issues regarding faculty advancement and assessment. The first charge was to review of the College’s promotion and tenure guidelines and determine if there is a desire to pursue a more prolonged tenure clock model similar to that used by the School of Medicine at OHSU. This included the possible separation of the promotion and tenure decisions. The Committee solicited input from the entire College of Pharmacy faculty regarding this issue. It also sought feedback from the Faculty Senate President and Chair of the Faculty Senate Promotion and Tenure Committee.

There was overwhelming support from the faculty to implement a more flexible system, including the option of a longer probationary period. However, the responses received from faculty suggested sentiment was nearly evenly split regarding the benefits of separating promotion and tenure.

The Faculty Senate P&T Committee discussed the issue of the College of Pharmacy adopting a model similar to that of OHSU. Feedback from that group suggested there is significant trepidation in allowing additional promotion and tenure models to be adopted at OSU. Because one alternative model already exists in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS), there is a sense that if the College of Pharmacy develops its own model, other colleges and centers/institutes will want to adopt guidelines that are tailored for their specific disciplines. The Chair of the


Faculty Senate P&T Committee, Dr. Roger Nielsen, suggested that Pharmacy might wish to look at the COAS guidelines, which provide for a longer pre-tenure probationary period, to see if these could be modified to meet Pharmacy’s needs. The thought was that OSU would be more likely to recognize an amended version of alternative P&T guidelines that already exists at OSU rather than adopt guidelines from an outside institution such as OHSU.

The committee will review the COAS P&T guidelines and report at the fall 2008 faculty meeting whether these could be modified to create a system that better serves the College of Pharmacy.

The second charge the committee received was to review the college’s process for faculty mentoring in response to concerns expressed by ACPE. The committee met and discussed various means of improving faculty mentoring and arrived at the following recommendations.

• At the beginning of their employment all new faculty members should be assigned a group of three faculty to serve as a mentoring committee.

• One meeting of the committee and faculty member should be mandatory during the first year.

• Further use of the mentoring committee’s expertise and advice should be at the discretion of the faculty member, as long as annual reviews show satisfactory progress in the key areas of scholarship, teaching and service.

• The mentoring committee would not have to be comprised solely of persons in the new faculty member’s discipline or department. The new faculty member and the chair could provide input, with the final decision subject to approval by the FD&P Committee.

Other Committee Recommendations: • The committee strongly feels that the College of Pharmacy

needs to arrive at standard and more efficient methods for administering the OSU Student Evaluations of Teaching. The very low numbers of responses submitted by students in the team-taught courses can raise concerns when faculty dossiers are reviewed. The committee recommends the appropriate College committee, perhaps the Assessment Committee, investigate ways to improve the student participation while minimizing the burden on them.


• The committee recommends that all faculty at the assistant professor rank (tenure-track or clinical) have an annual peer review of teaching that is included as part of the annual review.

2. Brief assessment of unit’s efforts in areas in (1): what worked; areas that need improvement; major barriers

As articulated in the sections above, the college met or exceeded all goals related to achieving continued ACPE accreditation of the professional degree (PharmD) program, enhancing the professional student experience, Pharm. D. curricular revision, successfully completing the graduate program review process, and growth of the research enterprise. The graduating student, faculty, and preceptor surveys all indicate success with the curricular program and campus climate, but a need to be more deliberate in strategic planning. The P3 student survey reflected the challenges of the new procedures for assigning P4 student rotations, coupled with the loss of student follow up caused by the departure of the Director of Professional Experience Programs. This will be a first priority for Dr. Ramirez when he joins the faculty in September.

The following unique priority was listed first as an overarching issue for consideration during the 08 academic year:

Engage a consultant to provide a roadmap for the future organization of the College of Pharmacy including OSU/OHSU reporting relationship; optimal funding model (e.g., RAM funding, distribution of tuition, semi-private); possible relocation to the Schnitzer Campus; and advisability of creating regional satellites in Central Oregon, Eugene, and Southern Oregon (for either experiential programs only or for the entire professional program). Timing is critical relative to OHSU as they develop their strategic plan for 2020 that places a greater emphasis on interdisciplinary health sciences learning and research and the development of an entirely new academic campus. It is envisioned in that plan that the College of Pharmacy will have a central presence in the new academic campus. Similarly, Central Oregon and Cascades Campus represent a major collaborative opportunity for the College of Pharmacy to help build the identity of the Cascades campus, to take advantage of the clinical and research linkages with the St. Charles Medical Center, and to strengthen research partnerships with companies like Bend Research. While this will require new resources for faculty and office space, we are at risk of


competition with other programs (e.g., Pacific University) if we do not act quickly.

Progress to Date: As described in the budget summary at the end of this report, hiring of a consultant to conduct the feasibility study as well as hiring of a facilitator for strategic planning had to be postponed because of budgetary restrictions.

3. Brief summary of major faculty and student awards

Faculty

Cui Z was awarded the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics most cited paper 2005 award.

DeLander G was selected as the 2007 Oregon recipient of the Bowl of Hygeia Award by the Oregon State Pharmacy Association.

DeLander G completed his two year term as national president when he presided over the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Rho Chi Society in San Diego.

Furuno J, Perencevich E, Harris A, McGregor J, Lautenbach E, Weber S, Miller R. Increase in fluoroquinolone-resistant, gram-negative clinical cultures among hospitalized older adults. Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society. May 2008. Washington DC. (Selected for inclusion in the Presidential Poster Session)

Garey K, Rege M, Pai M, Mingo D, Suda K, Turpin R, Bearden D. Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, 2007 Pharmacotherapy Paper of the Year. Time to initiation of fluconazole therapy impacts mortality in patients with candidemia: A multi-institutional study. Clin Infect Dis 2006;43:25-31.

Garey K, Rege M, Pai M, Mingo D, Suda K, Turpin R, Bearden D. 2007 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists - Drug Therapy Research Literature Award. Time to initiation of fluconazole therapy impacts mortality in patients with candidemia: A multi-institutional study. Clin Infect Dis 2006;43:25-31.

Bearden D. Teacher of the Year as voted on by the P-3 Class, June 2008.

Haxby, D. Reappointed to the Health Resources Commission. August 2007. Two year term.


Ito M. Voted President-elect for the Pacific Lipid Association.

Ito M. Appointed to the Board of Directors for the National Lipid Association.

Ishmael J. Promoted to Associate Professor with tenure

Kradjan W. Served as President, Oregon State Pharmacists Association (2nd year of 3 year term.)

Linares, R. Teacher of the Year as on by the P1 Class, June 2008

Marrs J. Excellence in Education Award; Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists, April 2008

Marrs J. Appointed chair (2008-2009) of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), New Practitioners Leadership and Career Development Advisory Group, June 2008.

Patel J. Elected to a three year term on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Ramirez S. Elected President, Board of Directors, Mid-Valley Housing Plus.

Stennett, D. Teacher of the Year as voted on by the P2 and P4 classes, June 2008.

Williams, C. was added to the American Diabetes Associations editorial board for their SAP (Self-Assessment Program) publications.

Zweber A. Reappointed by the Governor to the Oregon Board of Pharmacy,

Pharm. D. students

Linda Wylie, class of 2008, was one of only four students nationally to receive an American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Student Leadership Award, consisting of a cash award and plaque. This award recognizes students with an interest in pharmacy practice in health-systems and who demonstrate leadership ability. The competition consists of a written essay by the student, evidence of local and national leadership, and letters of support from the President of the State Health-Systems Pharmacy chapter and the nominee’s Dean.


Linda Wylie was the Oregon State University Representative to American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Students of Pharmacy (APhA-ASP) Patient Counseling Competition during their annual meeting in San Diego, April 2008. After competing against students from over 50 other colleges and schools of Pharmacy, Linda took 3rd place honors.

Pharm.D. students involved in farmer’s market health fairs for the last several years (see community services section above) were recently highlighted in an article published online by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The article, featuring an interview with Linda Wylie, student chapter president of the Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists, cited the hard work that goes into making these events successful.

P4 Sarah Hilbert Deines was highlighted in a recent article entitled Six-Week Rotation Yields Valuable Patient Interactions for Pharmacy Student in the ASHP) InterSections publication.

Several members of the Oregon State Chapter of the Rho Chi honor society collaborated on a project entitled “Special Health Care Needs of the Intellectually Disabled Adult: A Closer Look at Down Syndrome.” The students submitted their project idea for the national Rho Chi Chapter Project Proposal Award to obtain financial assistance in order to make the project a reality. OSU was one of the two Colleges of Pharmacy in the country who received an OSU project award. The award was presented at the annual Rho Chi Meeting in San Diego, CA, taking place as part of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting March 14th-17th. As a result, the group has given multiple lectures and presentations on Down syndrome to student at OSU, and community groups in Corvallis and the Portland metro area.

Hankins C, Allen G. In vitro evaluation of the mutant prevention concentration (MPC) and mutant selection window (MSW) for fluoroquinolones against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Abstract 351. October 2007. American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. (Winner, Best Student Poster Presentation)

Graduate Students

The 25th Annual Oregon Health and Science University Student Research Forum was held May 8th & 9th at OHSU. Two College of Pharmacy graduate students walked away from the event with top placements. Anand Venkataraman, a student in Molecular and


Cellular Biology (Dr. Mark Leid’s lab), won the top prize for his podium presentation in the Aging section. This honor was accompanied by a $300 cash prize. The title of Anand’s presentation was “Understanding the role of GRASP in aged skin.” The second student, Olga Golonzhka, a student in Biochemistry/Biophysics (Dr. Mark Leid’s lab), won second prize for her podium presentation in the Epithelial Biology section. This honor was accompanied by a $200 cash prize. The title of Olga’s presentation was “Dual role of COUP-TF-interacting protein 2 (CTIP2) in regulating epidermal homeostasis and skin barrier formation during mouse fetal development.” Both of the projects represent collaborations between Dr. Mark Leid and Dr. Arup Indra’s laboratories.

Bajaj G, Fan Y, Venkataraman A, Rodriguez-Proteau R, Ishmael J. MDR1 function is sensitive to the phosphorylation state of Myosin II Regulatory Light Chain. November 3-7, 2007. National Society for Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. (Bajaj G, recipient of the 2007 Sponenburg Award, presented this poster.)

Results and Outcomes

1. Performance on college-level metrics – submitted separately as Appendix H.

The following data elaborate further on assessments of student outcomes.

Metric 2.x.1: Pass Rates on NAPLEX Licensing Board Examination

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) recently posted the five-year passing rates on licensing examinations for students from the US schools and colleges of pharmacy on their web site: (http://www.nabp.net/ftpfiles/bulletins/schoolpassrates.pdf ). The data indicate the passing percentages of first-time candidates for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination™ (NAPLEX®) and candidates for the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence (law) Examination® (MPJE®) who graduated between 2002 and 2006 from United States schools and colleges of pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Because the results are listed by calendar year, there is not always a direct correlation between number of candidates taking the exam and the number of graduates at the end of the academic year. Results for graduates of 2007 are not included in the report, but data sent to the College from the Board of Pharmacy indicates that 100% of 73 candidates passed


http://www.nabp.net/ftpfiles/bulletins/schoolpassrates.pdf

the exam successfully on the first attempt. Data for 2008 graduates are not available


NAPLEX results

Out of 89 reporting Universities, five-year first time pass rates ranged from 75.53% to 99.78%, with a mean of 95.7%. Oregon State University ranked number 12 among US schools with two or more years of reported results with a pass rate of 98.12% in the report, rising to 98.53% when factoring in the 2007 results.

Year Candidates First Time Pass RateOSU graduates

2002 7 100%2003 41 97.56%

2004 79 98.73%2005 65 96.9%2006 76 98.68%2007 73 100%Six year total 341 98.53%(Note: All candidates passed the examination on subsequent attempts)

MPJE results

Because every state has a unique jurisprudence exam, students often take multiple exams to allow them to practice in more that one state. Also, candidates may take jurisprudence exams in a different year from the NAPLEX exam. Thus, the number of candidates for the jurisprudence exam in any given year is larger than the number of candidates for the NAPLEX exam and for graduates in that calendar year. The way the results are listed does not easily allow for calculation of US averages or rankings.

Year Exams taken First time Pass rate OSU graduates

2002 68 87.8%

2003 78 94.87%

2004 124 95.97%

2005 127 91.34%2006 147 91.16%2007 68 97.1%Five year total 544 92.28


(Note: all candidates passed the examination on subsequent attempts.)

Metric 2x.2. Pharm. D. Graduation rates

The College of Pharmacy Office of Student Affairs is able to track all students who enter the professional degree program to provide an accurate assessment of on-time and total graduation rates for each entering cohort of students. The table below provides the data for all students entering the college since the conversion to the entry level Pharm. D. degree program in 1999. Remarkably, four year graduation rates average greater than 85% and overall success exceeds 90%. The four year rate for students entering in fall 2004 and graduating in spring 2008 was 81%, with 92% expected to graduate overall by 2009. Most students who delay graduation or leave the program do so for personal reasons, not academic difficulty, reflecting the older age of the student population (mean age 25 years on admission.)

Entering Class year

Size of Class Graduate in four years Total Graduates

Fall 1999 69 June 2003: 56 (81%) 63 (91%)Fall 2000 78 June 2004: 66 (85%) 76 (97%)Fall 2001 72 June 2005: 57 (79%) 68 (94%)Fall 2002 78 June 2006: 66 (85%) 69 (88%)Fall 2003 83 June 2007: 76 (92%) 80 (96%)Fall 2004 83 June 2008: 67 (81%) 76 (92%)(estimated)Fall 2005 84 June 2009: 74 (88%)

estimated)82 (98%) (estimated)

Fall 2006 88 June 2010: 82 (93%) (estimated)

86 (98%) estimated

Fall 2007 90 June 2011: 86 (96%) (estimated)

88 (98%) estimated

Fall 2008 90 (estimated)

2. Initiatives to leverage E&G and other base resources and to improve administrative efficiencies

Legislatively approved salary increases and a 2% inflationary adjustment added approximately $186,000 to the College base


budget in AY2008. Differential tuition increases for Pharm. D. students ($2, 500 per year for incoming students in 2006 and $884 per year in fall of 2007) added an additional $725,000 to the base budget. Revenues from the differential tuition are returned directly to the college to hire new faculty, address faculty salary inequities, enhance the student learning experience, and pay for increased expenses associated with moving to the new building in Portland. Offsetting the increased budget revenue were a nearly $500,000 jump in salaries and OPE reflecting new hires at substantially higher salaries than those who left the faculty, two new faculty hired in 2007 as required for accreditation, carry-forward of a one time salary adjustment averaging 4% in fall 2006; and nearly $250,000 in added lease fees for the new Portland facility that are not paid centrally by the university. Several cost saving measures were instituted: a $200,000 reduction in services, supplies, and capital outlay; elimination of one faculty research assistant position (Judi Low); postponement of hiring replacements for two faculty who resigned in August 2007 (Drs. Bianco and Moretz); and suspension of searches for a new pharmaceutics faculty member, the Chair for the Pharmaceutical Sciences, and an unfilled OS2 classified staff person in Corvallis. Hiring of a facilitator for strategic planning and a consultant to evaluate the feasibility of a branch campus model was also postponed. Despite the increased revenues and cost savings measures, the College experienced a nearly $5000,000 shortfall in funding for the year driven by higher salaries and the Portland lease. Looking forward to the 2009 academic year, three substantial added expenses will further adversely affect the budget: the new Director for Pharmacy Practice Experience Programs (replacement for Dr. Moretz) will start in mid September 2008 at a higher salary than previous, the salary adjustments in January 2009 may not be fully funded, and another large uncompensated increase in Portland lease fees. Partially, but not completely offsetting these added expenses, tuition for incoming students will again rise substantially in fall 2008 (a $2,500 increment to $16,500 annually plus fees for Oregon residents). As other cost savings measures, the searches for a replacement for Dr. Bianco, a new pharmaceutics faculty person, the Pharmaceutical Sciences Chair, a consultant for long term planning, and the Corvallis OS2 staff position will remain on hold for the year unless central funds for the Portland lease or alternate space are identified.


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