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Funding remarkable achievements

For more than thirty-five years, the 鲍鱼tv Pharmacy Endowment Fund (DPEF) has provided the necessary funding for a wide variety of significant projects, from website development to research studies.

Grants awarded in 2024

• Heather Naylor A Survey of Hospital Pharmacy Leadership Training $9,180
• Kerry Goralski Evaluation of jadomycin B inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX) signaling in human breast cancer $18,650
• Daniel Rainkie Navigating Community Heart Failure Care: Charting Pharmacy-led Services, Gaps, and Remuneration Strategies $13,184.50
• Oluwatoyin Adeleke Construction of dual action intraoral systems for the rate-modulated release of听an antidiabetic drug $21,476
• Remigius Agu听Nanotheranostic formulation of kaurenoic acid for effective target delivery of breast and prostate cancers: Formulation and mechanistic studies听$17,146.40
• Susan Mansour College of Pharmacy Graduate Program Scholarships听$20,000
• Jo-Anne Wilson Optimizing Prescribing for Individuals with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease through the Development and Validation of a Decision Support Tool for Community Pharmacists听$16,622.40
• Chiranjeev Sanyal The impact of Controlled Drugs and Substances Act exemption for pharmacists on opioid prescribing during COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia, Canada $20,016.16
• Aik Jiang Lau Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Cytochrome P450-Mediated Inactivation of Aldehyde Oxidase by Gefitinib and Its Metabolite $21,900
• Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach Understanding critical events for pharmacy student鈥檚 professional identity formation (PIF) during advanced experiential learning听placements to inform the design of curricular PIF approaches and preceptor development听$16,540

Grants awarded in 2023

• Kristin Kaupp Antimicrobial administration delays in patients with suspected sepsis in a Canadian emergency department: prevalence, risk factors and outcomes $12,988
• Kerry Goralski听 Synergistic effects of jadomycin B and cyclooxygenase 2 inhibition on breast cancer metastasis $20,850
• Krystyna Edwards-Lee The Development of New Brunswick Heart Centre Patient Education and Virtual Resources $9,000
• Oluwatoyin Adeleke A chewable solid-gel-composite matrix system for the delivery of a model antitubercular agent. $18,542
• Remigius Agu听Novel dissolving microarray patches containing a long-acting听nanosuspension for schizophrenia $15,907

Grants awarded in 2022

• Aik Jiang Lau $17,893 for Role of Cytochrome P450 in Aldehyde Oxidase Inactivation by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
• Kerry Goralski/ Brendan McKeown $15,700 for the effect of jadomycin B on cyclooxygenase 2, and the immune response in breast cancer cells in vitro.
• Rebecca Lawrence $4,970 for Retrospective descriptive study characterizing immunization prescribing trends in community pharmacies in Nova Scotia
• Remigius Agu & Oluwatoyin Adeleke $14,407.40 for Anti-lung cancer potential of Pleurotus tuberregium beta-glucan: In vitro activities against KRAS mutant non-small cell lung cancer cell line
• Tamara MacDonald $14,885.88 for Assessing the relationship between the gut microbial community, antibody formation and changes in serum asparaginase activity in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• Emily Black /Tasha Ramsey $15,204.20 for Pharmacist Prescribing for Lyme Disease Chemoprophylaxis in Nova Scotia
• Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach $12,540.50 for Understanding critical events & influencers of pharmacy student鈥檚 professional identity formation (PIF) as a result of socialization during introductory experiential learning placements to inform the design of future curricular PIF approaches & preceptor development
• Jennifer Isenor/Natalie Kennie-Kaulbach $16,293 for Development of a collaborative, interprofessional deprescribing education program for pharmacists, physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and students of these professions in primary care
• Kyle John Wilby $13,294 for Identify and better understand microaggressions that exist in community pharmacy practice in the Maritimes through the lens of the Minority Stress Model

Grants awarded in 2021

• Remigius Agu/Sarah Burgess $13,302.75 for Stability of Penicillin G for Outpatient Intravenous Administration
• Carole Goodine $9,975.00 the Efficacy of a patient interview to screen and prioritize patients for pharmacist care
• Kerry Goralski/Ketan Kulkarni $13,865.00 for Exploring pharmacokinetic properties of PEG-asparaginase (PEG-ASPase) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) to inform optimal therapy
• Kerry Goralski/Brendan McKeown听$13,700 for Study of the role of COX-2 in jadomycin B cytotoxicity and resistance in breast cancer cells
• Lauren Hutton $8,000 for Describing oncology visits to a tertiary care emergency department: A pilot project
• Susan Mansour $20,000.00 for College of Pharmacy Graduate Program Scholarships
• Pollen Yeung $14,918.00 for ATP metabolism in the red blood cell (RBC) as a systemic biomarker for cardiovascular protection and toxicity

Grants awarded in 2020

• Kerry Goralski:听 $13,200.00 for the Study of the anti-metastatic effects of jadomycin B in multi-drug resistant (MDR) breast cancer
• Carole Goodine $8,400.00 the Feasibility of pharmacy students screening of older adults admitted to family practice units
• Arezou Teimouri &听Remigius Agu $10,802.75 for Topical calcium channel blockers for wounds and skin ulcers: compounding base selection optimization and stability profiles
• Remigius Agu $13,802.75 for Topical diuretics for chronic rhinosinusitis (crs): an in vitro study with human nasal epithelial cells
• Susan Mansour $20,000.00 for College of Pharmacy Graduate Program Scholarships听

Grants awarded in 2019

• Andrea Kent:听 $8,000.00 for Characterizing Outpatient Antimicrobial Use in Nova Scotia
• Susan Bowles:听 $15,355.00 for Pharmacist led intervention to improve medication use in older inpatients: sustainability and impact on re-hospitalization and mortality
• Steven Hall/Kerry Goralski:听 $7,940.00 for Characterization of the photoprotective properties of an oral skin-care supplement
• Susan Mansour:听 $10,000.00 for DPEF Graduate Scholarships (1st year of 2 year award)
  
• Kerry Goralski:听 $11,170.00 for The study of jadomycin B as a new topoisomerase 2 poison for multidrug resistant metastatic breast cancer treatment
• James Barker:听 $9,417.00 for Risk mapping in community pharmacy practice
• Remigius Agu:听 $14,802.36 for Shifting thyroid hormone replacement therapy paradigm: potential opportunity for topical triiodothyronine (T3)
• Emily Urquhart:听 $8,342.25 for Interdisciplinary Education on Best Practices in Medication History Taking
• Leslie Manuel:听 $10,470.00 for Assessment of Pharmacy Assistant/Technician impact on discharge medication reconciliation discrepancies in a community teaching hospital
  

Grants awarded in 2018

• Heather Neville:听 $15,153.00 for Interventions to Reduce Benzodiazepine and Sedative-Hypnotic Drug Use in Acute Care Hospitals: A Scoping Review
• Emily Black:听 $14,770.70 for Evaluating impact of incorporating clinical practice guidelines for management of infectious diseases into an electronic application (App)
• Kerry Goralski:听 $11,400.00 for Characterization of skin cell signaling in response to ultraviolet radiation after treatment with an oral skin-care supplement
• Pollen Yeung:听 $14,620.00 for ATP metabolism in the red blood cell (RBC) as systemic biomarker for cardiovascular protection
• Remigius Agu:听 $14,802.75 for Human Multidrug and Toxic Compound Extrusion Transporters (hMATE) in Nasal and Tracheo-bronchial Epithelia: Implications for Mucosal Drug Disposition and Targeting
• Susan Mansour:听 $10,000.00 for DPEF Graduate Scholarships (2nd year of 2 year award)

Grants awarded in 2017

• Ayah Shakshuki: $14,892.75 for Topical Neuropathic Pain Formulations: Prediction of potential systemic absorption using an in vitro model
• Kerry Goralski: $12,730.00 for investigating the effects of solute carrier transporters in the breast cancer pharmacology of jadomycins
• Pollen Yeung: $14,620.00 for ATP metabolism in the red blood cell (RBC) as systemic biomarker for cardiovascular protection
• Jennifer Isenor: $14,490.75 for information seeking behaviours of pharmacists and pharmacy students in the Maritimes
• Harriet Davies: $5,529.69 for development of a pharmacist practice within an inter-professional community-based teaching clinic.
• Susan Mansour: $10,000.00 X 2 Years for Graduate Student Scholarships
• Shanna Trenaman: $10,961.88 for Development and testing of a novel cellular reporter assay for determining anticholinergic activity

Grants awarded in 2016

• Emily Black: $10,867.75 for Evaluation of a Pharmacist-led Antimicrobial Stewardship Service in a Pediatric Emergency Department
• David Gardner/Andrea Murphy: $14,000.00 for Community pharmacists and people at risk of suicide: an examination of experiences, attitudes, and stigma
• Jennifer Isenor: $14,149.75 for Evaluating the Impact of Pharmacists as Immunizers on Influenza Vaccine Coverage in Nova Scotia
• Susan Mansour: $10,000 for Graduate Student Scholarship
• Kilby Rinco/Kelly MacDonald: $6489.50 for Identifying Care Gaps in the Electronic Discharge Medication Reconciliation Process at an Acute Care Facility
• Ashley Sproul/Natalie Scholten: $15,000.00 for Enhancing Communication between Hospital and Community Pharmacists to Prevent Drug Errors in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A randomized Trial听听听听听听 听 听 听
• Jo-Anne Wilson: $6060.00 for An Evaluation of Ambulatory Medication Reconciliation (ambMR) in Dialysis Patients: Views of Community Pharmacists and Family Physicians

Grants awarded in 2015

• Remigius U. Agu: $14,302.75 for Aerosolizable nanoparticles: Drug formulation approach for multidrug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
  
• Anne Marie Whelan: $16,874.75 for the development of a comprehensive program evaluation plan for the 鲍鱼tv College of Pharmacy Entry to Practice Doctor of Pharmacy program
• Jennifer Isenor: $8,981.75 for Advancing and Evaluating the Drug Information Resources (DIR) Website
  
• Pollen Yeung: $14,120.00 for ATP metabolism in the red blood cell (RBC) as systemic biomarker for cardiovascular protection
• Susan Mansour: $20,000.00 for 鲍鱼tv Pharmacy Endowment Fund Graduate Student Scholarships (2nd of 2 years)

Grants awarded in 2014

• Remigius U. Agu: $14,758.25 for the Development of a听novel human three-dimensional (3D) organotypic ex vivo system of chronic rhinosinusitis
  
• David Jakeman: $7,200.00 to support an undergraduate pharmacy student for the summer
• Jennifer Isenor: $8,881.75 for Drug Information Resources: A Guide for Pharmacists (DIR)
• Kerry Goralski: $10,924.00 for the Investigation of the Anti-Breast Cancer Pharmacology of Jadomycins
• 听Rita Caldwell: $20,000.00 for 鲍鱼tv Pharmacy Endowment Fund Graduate Student Scholarships (for 2 years)
• Pollen Yeung: $13,700.00 for COEnzyme Q10-stipend for a pharmacy student for the summer

Grants awarded in 2013

• Ingrid Sketris: $12,863.30 for Pharmacist Prescribing Practices in Nova Scotia
• Kerry Goralski: $13,578.00 for The Effects of Obesity on Chemerin Production and Function in Cardiovascular Disease
• Glenn Rodrigues: $8,881.75 for Information Resources: A Guide for Pharmacists (DIR) Website
• Jennifer Isenor: $14,754.75 for Pharmacists as Immunizers
• Rita Caldwell: $20,000.00 for 鲍鱼tv Pharmacy Endowment Fund Graduate Student Scholarships
• Vanessa Sherwood: $7,000.00 for Developing the IWK On-Line Formulary
  

Grants awarded in 2012

• AnneMarie Whelan & Tannis Jurgens: $11, 839.55 for Responding to Pharmacists' Needs for Education on the Safety and Efficacy of Bioidentical Hormones: Translating Knowledge into Practice
• Mary MacCara: $8,881.75 for Drug Information Resources: A Guide for Pharmacists (DIR)
• Pollen Yeung: $13,140.00 for The Cardioprotecive Effect of Diltiazem With and Without Exercise
• Jennifer Isenor: $14,000 for Development of a Continuing Pharmacy Education Program to Support the Role of Pharmacists as Prescribers for Minor Ailments in the Maritimes
• Rita Caldwell: $20,000 for 鲍鱼tv Pharmacy Endowment Fund Graduate Student Scholarships
  

Grants awarded in 2011

• Remigius U. Agu: $13,302.75 for Alternative Delivery Routes for Thyroid Hormones: Proof of Concept Studies for Respiratory Administration
• AnneMarie Whelan: $13,458.40 for Bioidentical Hormone Therapy: 1) A Survey of Nova Scotia Pharmacists Knowledge and Beliefs; and 2) A Systematic Review of the Evidence Regarding the Safety and Efficacy of Bioidentical Hormone Therapy for Non-vasomotor Menopause Related Symptoms
• Kerry Goralski: $13,702.00 for Identification and Quantification of the Effects of a Surgery-induced Peripheral Inflammatory Response on Changes in Drug Efflux Transporter Function in the Brain
• Mary MacCara: $8,901.75 for Advancing the Drug Information Resources (DIR) Website
• Rita Caldwell: $20,000 for 鲍鱼tv Pharmacy Endowment Fund Graduate Student Scholarships