Heidi Wicks

Diverse graduate research is a point of pride in our post-graduate programs. Our students represented the school well during this academic year, receiving a number of awards, publications and acknowledgements.

Meshari Fahad Alwashmi:

• Mitacs grant of $90,000 
• Presentation at the Connected Health international mobile health conference
• Presentation at the Canadian Agency for Drugs & Technologies in Health (CADTH) 
• Attended a workshop at Stanford University and is submitting a paper with Mixed Methods journal

Caroline Manto Chagas:

• Publication in a high-profile, peer-reviewed journal Impact Factor: “Drug Metabolites and their Effects on the Development of Adverse Reactions: Revisiting Lipinski’s Rule of Five” Caroline Manto Chagas, Sara Moss, Laleh Alisaraie* International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Impact Factor of 3.862), Accepted July 2018 (DOI) doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.07.046
• Abstract for a presentation at the prestigious national conference of the American Chemical Society has been peer-reviewed and accepted. I am presenting some of the results of my MSc project in August, in Boston (2): “Vinblastine and effects of its metabolites on nausea associated receptors” Caroline Manto Chagas, Laleh Alisaraie* Annual National Conference of American Chemical Society (ACS), August 2018, Boston, MA, the USA
• Publication in International Journal of Pharmaceutics: “Drug Metabolites and their Effects on the Development of Adverse Reactions: Revisiting Lipinski’s Rule of Five” Caroline Manto Chagas, Sara Moss, Laleh Alisaraie* International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Volume 549, Issues 1–2, 5 October 2018, Pages 133-149, Accepted July 2018 (DOI) doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.07.046

Kathryn Dalton:

• School of Pharmacy Millennium Graduate Fellowship 2017-18
• Contributed an essay, “One Size Does Not Fit All” published in “About Face: Essays on Recovery, Therapies, & Controversies of Addictions in Canada”.
• Winner of the School of Pharmacy's Snappy Synopsis competition during Research Day

Jennifer Donnan:

Awards:

• Drug Safety and Effectiveness Cross Disciplinary Training Program (DSECT). I was accepted to be part of the DSECT training program again this year as a stream two participant. This means that in addition to participating on training webinars and activities, I will also be collaborating on a small project with another researcher working in Drug Safety and Effectiveness. This training comes with a $10,000 stipend and funding to travel to visit researchers with whom I will be collaborating.
• Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics (CAPT). Student Poster Presentation of the Year Award. $200 award.

Poster presentations:

• Comparative Safety of the Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter-2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Jennifer Donnan MSc, Catherine Grandy, Eugene Chibrikov PhD, Carlo Marra PharmD, PhD, Kris Aubrey-Bassler MD, Karissa Johnston PhD, Mehdi Najafzadeh PhD, Michelle Swab, Jenna Hache, Daniel Curnew, Hai Nguyen PhD, John-Michael Gamble PhD. Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics Annual Conference, October 2017, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Dose Response of Sodium GlucoseCo-Transporter-2 Inhibitors on Urinary Tract Infections: A Network Meta-Analysis. Jennifer Donnan MSc, Catherine Grandy, Eugene Chibrikov PhD, Carlo A. Marra PharmD, PhD, Kris Aubrey-Bassler MD, Karissa Johnston PhD, Mehdi Najafzadeh PhD, Michelle Swab, Jenna Hache, Daniel Curnew, Hai Nguyen PhD, John-Michael Gamble PhD. Memorial University School of Pharmacy Research Day, February 2018. 
• Dose Response of Sodium GlucoseCo-Transporter-2 Inhibitors on Urinary Tract Infections: A Network Meta-Analysis. Jennifer Donnan MSc, Catherine Grandy, Eugene Chibrikov PhD, Carlo A. Marra PharmD, PhD, Kris Aubrey-Bassler MD, Karissa Johnston PhD, Mehdi Najafzadeh PhD, Michelle Swab, Jenna Hache, Daniel Curnew, Hai Nguyen PhD, John-Michael Gamble PhD. International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology Mid-Year Meeting, April 2018, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Oral presentations:

• Patient preferences among individuals with type 2 diabetes for attributes of diabetes medications: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Jennifer Donnan MSc, Carlo A. Marra PharmD, PhD, Kris Aubrey-Bassler MD, Karissa Johnston PhD, Mehdi Najafzadeh PhD, Michelle Swab, Hai Nguyen PhD, John-Michael Gamble PhD.International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology Mid-Year Meeting, April 2018, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Patient preferences among individuals with type 2 diabetes for attributes of diabetes medications: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Jennifer Donnan MSc, Carlo A. Marra PharmD, PhD, Kris Aubrey-Bassler MD, Karissa Johnston PhD, Mehdi Najafzadeh PhD, Michelle Swab, Hai Nguyen PhD, John-Michael Gamble PhD. Primary Health Care Research Forum (PriFor). June 2018, St. John’s, NL, Canada.
• Patient preferences among individuals with type 2 diabetes for attributes of diabetes medications: A Discrete Choice Experiment. Jennifer Donnan MSc, Carlo A. Marra PharmD, PhD, Kris Aubrey-Bassler MD, Karissa Johnston PhD, Mehdi Najafzadeh PhD, Michelle Swab, Hai Nguyen PhD, John-Michael Gamble PhD. Diabetes Canada professional Conference and Annual Meetings. October 2018, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Erin Kelly:

• Published a review article the peer-reviewed journal "Molecules", co-authored by Poorva Vyas, a postdoc collaborator in the biology department, and with supervisor Dr. John Weber: Kelly, E., Vyas, P., & Weber, J. T. (2017). Biochemical properties and neuroprotective effects of compounds in various species of berries. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 23(1), 10.3390/molecules23010026 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/1/26/htm 
• Presented research results at the Annual Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Conference (CSPS) in May 2018, in Toronto Ontario, along with fellow grad student Matthew Lamont

Killol Chokshi:

• Presented a research poster in Hypertension Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada (12-14 Oct 2017). Also received a travel trainee award from Hypertension Canada for presenting the poster: "Determining cellular signaling patterns before and after stroke in the middle cerebral arteries of stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRsp)." Authors: Killol Chokshi*, Marwan Barakji, Hilary Chang, Julie Warrens, Jules Doré^, Noriko Daneshtalab* *School of Pharmacy, ^School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Served as a committee member in 2018 CADTH symposium committee. Responsible for pre-screening work in the committee
• Received platinum level achievement (highest level) for volunteering through SVB (Student Volunteer Bureau) at Memorial University for extensive volunteering on-campus as well as off-campus