List of Scholarly Activity

Faculty, staff, and students from all five colleges share their latest scholarly pursuits from recent publications, poster presentations, grants, and awards.

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COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Publication

Ara Dermarderosian#, “Complementary and Alternative Medicine,” chapter 317, and “Medicinal Herbs and Nutraceuticals,” chapter 318, in The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook, R. S. Porter, ed., Merck & Co., 2009.

MAYES COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE BUSINESS AND POLICY

Presentations

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert#, “Writer-Friendly Rubrics and Peer Review: Helping Students Meet Writing Expectations” at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), Philadelphia, October 10, 2009.

Stephen Metraux#, “Assessing the Impact of Mental Illness on Three Community Outcomes for Persons Released From Prison to Philadelphia Locations” at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 8-11, 2009.

D. Culhane%, M. Park%, Stephen Metraux#, “Dynamics and Costs of Behavioral Health Services Use by Patterns of Family Homelessness” at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, November 7-11, 2009.

Professional Activity

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert# was elected to a 3-year term as a board member of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL).

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert# became an invited advisory board member of BasicComposition.com, a peer-reviewed open resource for teachers, tutors, and students of basic composition (e.g., basic literacy, basic writing, second-language writing, freshman composition, sophomore composition, and other lower-level English composition courses) in partnership with Utah Valley University Writing Center.

Publications

Cristina Hanganu-Breschf#, “The Mall of America: Consumption in the Social Wilderness,” chapter in Entertaining Fear, Bruce Gronbeck, Lynda Lee Kaid, eds., volume 18 in Frontiers in Political Communication, Peter Lang, 2010.

Stephen Metraux#, Thomas Byrne%, Dennis P. Culhane%, “Institutional Discharges and Subsequent Shelter Use Among Unaccompanied Adults in New York City,” Journal of Community Psychology, 38(1):28-38, 2010.

K. M. Lefebvre%, Stephen Metraux#, “Disparities in Level of Amputation Among Minorities: Implications for Improved Preventative Care,” Journal of the National Medical Association, 101(7):649-655, 2009.

MARVIN SAMSON CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF PHARMACY EXHIBIT

Michael J. Brody# conceptualized, organized, and mounted a new exhibition at the museum entitled “Secundum Artem,” which displays over 150 objects from the University collections. The exhibition runs through January 31, 2011.

MISHER COLLEGE OF ARTS

Grants/Awards

Zhijun Li# received a two-year $231,630 grant from the National Institutes of Health for work on “Improve Homology Modeling for Membrane Proteins by Conserved Inter-Residue Interactions.”

Jason Karlawish%, Stephen T. Moelter#, Daniel Weintraub%, Andrew Siderowf% received a three-year $253,640 grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for work on “Parkinson's Disease and Research Consent Capacity.”

Stephen T. Moelter# received a three-year $60,727 grant from the University of Pennsylvania for work on “Decision-Making Capacity in Persons with Parkinson's Disease.”

Preston Moore# received a $44,846 research grant supplement from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Oligomeric Ion Channels within Lipid Bilayers.”

Preston Moore#, Vojislava Pophristic#, Guillermo Moyna#, Randy Zauhar#, Zhijun Li#, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu# received a grant for $850,000 service units of computational time at the national resource TeraGrid, in association with the National Science Foundation, for work on “Computational Studies of Complex Biological Systems.”

Guillermo Moyna#

received a one-year $230,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation for work on “Structure, Solvation, and Dynamics of Ionic Liquids.”
was awarded $5,000 from Single-Site Catalysts, L.L.C./W. R. Grace & Co. for “Undergraduate Summer Funding.”
was awarded $2,700 in sabbatical travel funds by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
was awarded $5,400 in sabbatical travel funds by Agencia Nacional de Investigación (ANII)/Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica (CSIC), Uruguay.

Claudia Parvanta# received a one-year $13,343 grant from Temple University for work on “Developing Radiological Risk Communication Materials for Low-Literacy Populations.”

Lois Peck# received a one-year $94,997 grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), for the USP Summer Institute for Middle School Teachers.

Alexander Sidorenko#
received a two-year $296,000 DMR research grant from the National Science Foundation for work on “Optoelectronic Supramolecular Block-Copolymer Assemblies Aided by Donor-Acceptor Interactions.”

Poster Presentations

Kristen N. Adams Barrett$, James McKee#, Murray Zanger#, “Alternate Synthesis of Heterocyclic Sulfones as Medicinal Compounds” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Michael F. Bruist#, Tilman Baumstark#, “A Mutation in the Sarcin/Ricin-Like Domain of the Hepatitis C Virus IRES Has 5S Loop E-Like Properties in Silico” at the 18th annual retreat of the Institute for Biophysical Research of Johns Hopkins University, September 12, 2009.

Michael F. Bruist#, Thu Duong$, Tilman Baumstark#, “A Mutation in the Sarcin/Ricin-Like Domain of the Hepatitis C Virus IRES has 5S Loop E-Like Properties in Silico” at the Gordon Research Conference on Nucleic Acids, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, June 2009.

Nicolas Chen$, Thuy Hein T. Nguyen$, Julian Snow#, Preston Moore#, “Mechanism of Anesthetic Binding to Lipid Bilayer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Thu Duong$, Michael F. Bruist#, Tilman Baumstark#, “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Loop E Motif of the Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid” at the 18th Annual Retreat of the Institute for Biophysical Research of Johns Hopkins University, September 12, 2009.

Andrew Harron$, Julie Lloyd#, Charles N. McEwen#, “Obtaining DESI-MS Using an ASAP Probe on an Orbitrap Exactive” at the 57th Annual Conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Philadelphia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Andrew Harron$, Charles N. McEwen#, Julie Lloyd#, “Obtaining DESI Using the ASAP Probe on an Orbitrap Exactive Mass Spectrometer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Kristen MacFarland$, M. A. DeCrosta%, John G. Nikelly#, “Rapid Classification of a Bovine-Derived Pulmonary Lung Surfactant by ASAP and ESI Mass Spectrometry” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Lisa Marie Neuls Meseroll$, James R. McKee#, Murray Zanger#, “Investigations in the Rearrangements of Sulfonanilides to Diaryl Sulfones” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

C. Tabarez%, P. Moyna%, Guillermo Moyna#, “Propuesta Mecanistica en la Fotoisomerización de Derivados de Benzotropolonas: Síntesis de Indenoquinolinas e Indenopiridazinas” at the 1er Encuentro Nacional de Ciencias Químicas (ENAQUI), Montevideo, Uruguay, December 3-4, 2009.

Kenny Nguyen$, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, Preston Moore#, “Implementation of a Novel Coarse-Grain Model Using Rhodopsin in a Lipid Bilayer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Thuy Hien Nguyen$, Preston Moore#

“Molecular Dynamics of Amphipathic alpha-helices in a Lipid Bilayer” at the University of Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium, November 11, 2009.
“Molecular Dynamics of Proteins Embedded in a Lipid Bilayer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Vagmita Pabuwal$, Zhijun Li#, “Analysis of Transmembrane 3-D Structures of Proteins Using Bioinformatics Methods” at the University of Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium, November 11, 2009.

Vincent S. Pagnotti$, Edward R. Birnbaum#, “On the Road to Controlled Phosphazene Dendrimers: Steps Along the Way, Part 2” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Vladimir Perez$, C.-c. Chiu%, S. O. Nielsen%, Preston Moore#, “Surface Tension, Contact Angle, and Line Tension in a Liquid Nanodroplet” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Igor C. Petrik@, Richard C. Remsing@, Zhiwei Liu#, Christopher Petoukhoff$, Guillermo Moyna#, “Molecular Dynamics Studies of Cellobiose in N,N'-dialkylimidazolium Ionic Liquids” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Igor C. Petrik@, Richard C. Remsing@, Brendan B. O'Brien$, Zhiwei Liu#, Guillermo Moyna#, “Molecular Dynamics Studies of N,N'-dialkylimidazolium Ionic Liquid Solvation and Aggregation” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Jason A. Porter#@, Nicholas W. Deangelis%, John R. Porter#, “The Influence of Statins and Oxygen on Staphyloxanthin Production in MRSA” at the 109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Philadelphia, May 2009.

Jason A. Porter#@, Alison M. Mostrom#, Kevin C. Wolbach#, Catherine B. Purzycki#, Eva Agbada#, Leslie A. Bowman#, “Promoting Information Literacy and Critical Thinking in General Education Students” at The Teaching Professor Conference, Washington, DC, June 2009.

Renee M. Salvo$, Michael F. Bruist#, Tilman Baumstark#, “Biophysical Characteristics of Loop E in the Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid” at the 18th Annual Retreat of the Institute for Biophysical Research of Johns Hopkins University, September 12, 2009.

Dana Marie Todd@, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, Guillermo Moyna#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Computational Study of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Arylamide Compounds: Delocalization Effect” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

C. Tabarez%, C. Waterman$, A. L. Rapp@, P. Moyna%, Guillermo Moyna#, “Fotoisomerización de Derivados de Benzotropolonas: Síntesis y Caracterización Estructural de Nuevas Indenoquinolinas e Indenopiridazinas” at the XVII Simposio Nacional de Qu”mica Org·nica (SINAQO), Mendoza, Argentina, November 15-18, 2009.

Presentations

Harsh Amin$, Christian Tooley$, “Combinatorics in Mathematical Chemistry” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

Jhenny Galan#, Jodian Brown@, Zhiwei Liu#, Jayme L. Wildin@, Chi Ngong Tang$, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding of Ortho-Substituted Arylamide Oligomers: Model Compound Study” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August
16-19, 2009.

Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, R. DeVane%, Preston Moore#, “Coarse Grain Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Membrane Proteins” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Jessica Geer$, Jayme L. Wildin@, Guillermo Moyna#, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Investigating Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Andrew Harron$, Julie Lloyd#, Charles N. McEwen#, “Nearly Universal Ionization Using the ASAP Probe on an Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer” at the International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Bremen, Germany, August 30-September 4, 2009.

Peter T. Hoffer#, “Dear Professor—Dear Son—Dear Friend: A Historical Commentary On Ferenczi's Transference To Freud” at the 7a Conferencia Internacional Sándor Ferenczi, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 22, 2009.

Sarah Janssen$, Hiu Yan Cheng$, “The Four Color Theorem” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

Laurie Kirszner#, Stephen Mandell%, invited presentation to English department faculty at Lone Star College-Tomball, Houston, where all first-year students use Kirszner's textbook, The Brief Wadsworth Handbook, published by Cengage.

Zhiwei Liu#, Jhenny Galan#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers: Conformational Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulation Using Reparameterized Molecular Mechanics Force Fields Regarding Aromatic-Amide Torsions” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Zhiwei Liu#, Thuy Hien Nguyen$, Jhenny Galan#, R. DeVane%, Preston Moore#, “Modeling of Transmembrane Proteins and Peptides: All-Atom and Coarse Grain Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Helical Bundles in Palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) Lipid Bilayer” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Saniya Merchant$, Gurleen Dhingra$, “Discrete Fourier Transform” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

Charles N. McEwen#, “New Approaches to Ionization by Mass Spectrometry: GC/MS, ASAP, DESI, and AP-MALDI” at the Edgewood Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, Edgewood, MD, December 6, 2009.

Charles N. McEwen#, B. Larsen%, “Ionization Mechanisms Related to Negative Ion APPI, APCI, and DART” at the 57th Annual Conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Philadelphia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

Charles N. McEwen#, B. Larsen%, S. Trimpin%, “Rapid Analysis of Synthetic Polymers and Polymer Additives Using Multi-Sample Solvent-Free MALDI Target Preparation and ASAP Mass Spectrometric Approaches” at the International Symposium on Separation and Characterization of Natural and Synthetic Macromolecules, Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 28-30, 2009.

Preston Moore#, R. De-Vane%, Jhenny Galan#, Zhiwei Liu#, “Coarse Grain Paramaterization of Drugs, Proteins, and Lipids for Use in Molecular Dynamics Simulations” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Preston Moore#, R. J. B. Kalescky%, W. Shinoda%, S. O. Nielsen%, “Area per Ligand as a Function of Nanoparticle Radius: A Theoretical and Computer Simulation Approach” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Alison M. Mostrom#, “Student Construction of Concept Maps Provides a Learning-Centered Classroom Environment,” workshop at York College of the CUNY, Jamaica, NY, November 19, 2009. The presentation was sponsored by York College's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and was part of its 2009-2010 Speakers Series.

Guillermo Moyna#

“Aplicación de la Espectrocsop”a RMN y el Modelado Molecular al Estudio de Estructura, Solvatación, y Din·mica en L”quidos Iónicos” invited speaker at SEMIQO, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la Rep˙blica, Uruguay, December 18, 2009.
“NMR Outside the Organic Laboratory: Experiments and Experiences,” invited speaker at the 6th Anasazi Workshop on NMR Applications in the Undergraduate Curriculum, University of St. Thomas, Houston, January 9, 2009.
“Solvation of carbohydrates in N,N'-dialkylimidazolium Ionic Liquids: Insights from NMR Experiments and Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” invited speaker for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, April 3, 2009.

Guillermo Moyna#, D. A. Bouchard%, “Applications of NMR for the Study of Foods and Consumer Products to Create Interest for Non-science Majors” at the 36th Annual Conference of College Chemistry Canada, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, May 27-30, 2009.

D. A. Bouchard%, Guillermo Moyna#, “Expanding NMR in the Undergraduate Curriculum Using Sodium-23 NMR in Foods” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Joseph W. Ruane#, “Living and Working in an Increasingly Complex Society” at the Pennsylvania Sociological Society Annual Conference, Shippensburg University, October 24, 2009.

Sarah Saylor$, Catherine Bentzley#

“Investigation of Hazardous, Volatile Hydrocarbons in Commercial Beverages” at The 31st East Coast Ion Chemistry Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, October 17, 2009.
“Investigations of Hazardous, Volatile Hydrocarbons in Commercial Beverages” for Sigma Xi, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, May 2009.
“Investigation of Hazardous, Volatile Hydrocarbons in Commercial Beverages” at the 57th Annual Conference of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Philadelphia, May 31-June 4, 2009.

J. Aizenberg%, P. Kim%, L. D. Zarzar%, Alexander Sidorenko#, “Actuation and Self-Assembly of Hybrid Nanostructured Surfaces” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

N. B. Zhitenev%, S. Jung%, B. H. Hamadani%, Alexander Sidorenko#, “Nanoscale Electrical and Photoelectrical Characterization of Thin Polymer Films” at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Kamal Tambakuwala$, David Scala$, “The Wonders of Fractals” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

Lia Vas#, “A Quick Path to Leavitt Path Algebras” at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ont., Canada, November 26, 2009.

Jared Wasserman$, Jason Franck$, Vinay Daryani$, “Partition Theory” at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, November 7, 2009. The faculty sponsor was Salar Alsardary#.

Professional Activity

Joseph W. Ruane#, TV interview, comments on Pope Benedict XVI's invitation to disaffected Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church and any possible change in celibacy rules in the Catholic Church, Channel 6 ABC News, November 20, 2009.

Alexander Sidorenko# organized the symposium titled “Hybrid Smart Micro- and Nanoparticles” for the PMSE Division at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 16-19, 2009.

Lia Vas#, invited visitor at The American University in Cairo, Egypt, August 3-13, 2009.

Publications

Annie Marie Flanagan#, “'Analogy to What Is Old': Francis Bacon's Four Idols Today,” paper in Substance, Judgment, and Evaluation: Selected Papers from the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Association of Core Texts and Courses, University Press of America, December 28, 2009.

Jhenny Galan#, Jodian Brown@, Jayme L. Wildin@, Zhiwei Liu#, D. Liu%, Guillermo Moyna#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in ortho-Substituted Arylamide Oligomers: A Computational and Experimental Study of ortho-Fluoro- and ortho-Chloro-N-methylbenzamides.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113(38):12809-12815, 2009.

Jun Gao#, Zhijun Li#, “Conserved Network Properties of Helical Membrane Protein Structures and Its Implication for Improving Membrane Protein Homology Modeling at the Twilight Zone,” Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design, 23(11):755-763, 2009.

Geetha N. Goparaju$, Michael F. Bruist#, C. S. Chandran%, P. K. Gupta#, “Influence of N-Terminal Hydrophobicity of Cationic Peptides on Thermodynamics of Their Interaction with Plasmid DNA,” Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 73(5):502-510, 2009.

J. A. Lloyd%, Andrew F. Harron$, Charles N. McEwen#, “Combination Atmospheric Pressure Solids Analysis Probe and Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Ion Source,” Analytical Chemistry, 81(21):9158-9162, 2009.

Gina Kaiser#

book review of In Rooms of Memory by Hilary Masters in Library Journal, 134(15):59, September 15, 2009.
book review of The Double Life Is Twice as Good: Essays and Fiction by Jonathan Ames in Library Journal, 134(12):98, July 15, 2009.
book review of The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life by Lauretta Hannon in Library Journal, 134(6):80, April 1, 2009.
book review of Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling by Charles Allen in Library Journal, 134(2):71, February 1, 2009.
book review of Disquiet Please!: More Humor Writing from The New Yorker, edited by David Remnick and Henry Finder in Library Journal, 133(20):129, December 2008.

Laurie Kirszner#, Stephen Mandell%

The Wadsworth Handbook, 9th ed., Cengage/Wadsworth, January 2010.
The Brief Wadsworth Handbook, 6th edition, Cengage/Wadsworth, 2010.
The Concise Wadsworth Handbook, 3rd edition, Cengage/Wadsworth, January 2010.
Writing First with Readings,
4th edition, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009.
Patterns for College Writing,
11th edition, Bedford/St. Martin's, May 2009.
Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing, 7th edition, (also the Compact and Portable editions of this book), Cengage/Wadsworth, January 2010.
The Blair Reader, 7th ed., Longman, January 2010.

Zhiwei Liu#, Richard C. Remsing@, D. Liu%, Guillermo Moyna#, Vojislava Pophristic#, “Hydrogen Bonding in ortho-Substituted Arylamides: The Influence of Protic Solvents,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 113(20):7041-7044, 2009.

Charles N. McEwen#, B. S. Larsen%, “Ionization Mechanisms Related to Negative Ion APPI, APCI, and DART,” Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 20(8):1518-1521, 2009.

S. Trimpin%, K. Wijerathne%, Charles N. McEwen#, “Rapid Methods of Polymer and Polymer Additives Identification: Multi-Sample Solvent-Free MALDI, Pyrolysis at Atmospheric Pressure, and Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe Mass Spectrometry,” Analytica Chimica Acta, 654(1): 20-25, 2009.

A. S. Ionkin%, W. J. Marshall%, B. M. Fish%, M. F. Schiffhauer%, F. Davidson%, Charles N. McEwen#, “Highly Unsaturated Phosphorus Compounds: Generation and Reactions on Both Multiple Bonds of Vinyl Phosphaalkyne,” Organometallics, 28(8):2410-2416, 2009.

B. Hampstead%, D. Libon%, Stephen Moelter#, T. Swirsky-Sacchetti%, L. Scheffer%, S. Platek%, D. Chute%, “Temporal Order Memory Differences in Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia,” Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, January 19, 2010 (E-pub ahead of print).

R. DeVane%, W. Shinoda%, Preston Moore#, M. L. Klein%, “Transferable Coarse Grain Nonbonded Interaction Model for Amino Acids,” Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 5(8):2115-2124, 2009.

U. O. Moreles Vazquez%, W. Shinoda%, Preston Moore#, C.-c. Chiu%, S. O. Nielsen%, “Calculating the Surface Tension Between a Flat Solid and a Liquid: a Theoretical and Computer Simulation Study of Three Topologically Different Methods,” Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, 45(1):161-174, 2009.

L. J. Tranvik%, J. A. Downing%, J. B. Cotner%, S. A. Loiselle%, R. G. Striegl%, T. J. Ballatore%, P. Dillon%, K. Finlay%, K. Fortino%, L. B. Knoll%, P. L. Kortelainen%, T. Kutser%, S. Larsen%, I. Laurion%, D. M. Leech%, S. L. McCallister%, D. M. McKnight%, J. M. Melack%, E. Overholt%, Jason A. Porter#@, Y. Prairie%, W. H. Renwick%, F. Roland%, B. S. Sherman%, D. W. Schindler%, S. Sobek%, A. Tremblay%, M. J. Vanni%, A. M. Verschoor%, E. von Wachenfeldt%, G. A. Weyhenmeyer%, “Lakes and Reservoirs as Regulators of Carbon Cycling and Climate,” Limnology and Oceanography, publication of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 54(6, part 2):2298-2314, November 2009.

C. Sobrino%, P. J. Neale%, J. D. Phillips-Kress%, R. E. Moeller%, Jason A. Porter#@, “Elevated CO2 Increases Sensitivity to Ultraviolet Radiation in Lacustrine Phytoplankton Assemblages,” Limnology and Oceanography, publication of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 54(6, part 2):2448-2459 November 2009.

Joseph W. Ruane#, S. Misturak%, “Program Evaluation,” chapter 27 in Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, 5th edition, Marilyn Harris, ed., Jones and Bartlett Publications, pp. 359-382, March 2009.

L. Ionov%, N. Houbenov%, Alexander Sidorenko#, M. Stamm%, S. Minko%, “Stimuli-Responsive Command Polymer Surface for Generation of Protein Gradients,” Biointerphases, 4(2):FA45-FA49, 2009.

M. A. Bucaro%, P. R. Kolodner%, J. A. Taylor%, Alexander Sidorenko#, J. Aizenberg%, T. N. Krupenkin%, “Tunable Liquid Optics: Electrowetting-Controlled Liquid Mirrors Based on Self-Assembled Janus Tiles,” Langmuir, 25(6):3876-3879, 2009.

N. B. Zhitenev%, S. Jung%, B. H. Hamadani%, Alexander Sidorenko#, “Nanoscale Electrical and Photoelectrical Characterization of Thin Polymer Films,” PMSE Preprints of the 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, 101:1686, 2009.

J. Aizenberg%, P. Kim%, L. D. Zarzar%, Alexander Sidorenko#, “Actuation and Self-Assembly of Hybrid Nanostructured Surfaces,” PMSE Preprints of the 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC, 101:1461, 2009.

Lia Vas#, “Perfect Symmetric Rings of Quotients,” Journal of Algebra and Its Applications, 8(5):689-711, 2009.

C. Tabarez%, Carrie Waterman$, A. L. Rapp@, P. Moyna%, Guillermo Moyna#, “Synthesis of Novel Indenoquinolines and Indenopyridazines via Photoisomerization of Benzotropolone Derivatives,” Tetrahedron Letters, 50(51):7128-7131, 2009.

I. Hartman@, A. R. Gillies%, S. Arora%, C. Andaya%, N. Royapet%, W. J. Welsh%, D. W. Wood%, Randy Zauhar#, “Application of Screening Methods, Shape Signatures, and Engineered Biosensors in Early Drug Discovery Process,” Pharmaceutical Research, 26(10):2247-2258, 2009.

OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID

Grant

Paula Lehrberger# received a one-year $99,000 grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for “Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds.”

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

Grant

Bin Chen# received a three-year $718,382 grant from the American Cancer Society for work on “Therapeutic Enhancement of Photodynamic Vascular
Targeting Therapy.” Poster Presentations

Chaitali Desai@, A. J. Hermosillo%, Brooke Baetz@, Andrew Peterson#, M. Jessup%, R. Morris%, Sarah Spinler#, “Heparin Dosing Nomograms in Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices” at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Phoenix, October 20, 2009.

Laura A. Finnf@, Jeanette Litts#@, Shawn Boyle@, “Integration of Notebook Computers into a Course Management System in a Laboratory Class” at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), Philadelphia, October 8-10, 2009.

Laura A. Mandos#, Michael J. Cawley#, Laura A. Finnf@, Craig B. Whitman#, Lindsay B. Palkovic#, “Familiarity with Calculations Improves Patient Survival Rates during Mock Advanced Cardiac Life Support Codes” at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), October 8-10, 2009.

Presentations

Grace Earl#, “Keeping Your Heart Failure Patients Out of the Emergency Department,” a continuing education program at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, Lancaster, PA, October 4, 2009.

Sarah Spinler#, “Improving Patient Outcomes in Thromboembolic Disorders: Focus on Anticoagulant Therapy” in the ASHP Advantage Continuing Education Program (approved for 11 hours of ACPE credit), Houston, September 11-12, 2009, and Morristown, NJ, October 23-24, 2009.

Vincent J. Willey#@, Trishna Patel$, William McGhan#, E. Cascade%, Rose Plummer@, Andrew Peterson#, “Medication Adherence and Decision Making Processes in Patients with Coexisting Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Hypertension” at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009 Conference, Orlando, November 14-18, 2009.

Publications

Meredith Abraham@, Grace Earl#, “Health Literacy: Do Your Patients Understand What You Tell Them?” The Pennsylvania Pharmacist, September/October 2009:9-11.

Grace Earl#, “Using Cooperative Learning for a Drug Information Assignment,” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 73(7) Article 132, November 12, 2009.

Sarah Spinler#, “A Benchmark for Platelet Count Monitoring with Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin: Expanding Implementation of National Patient Safety Goals,” editorial in The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 43(9):1519-1521, 2009.

D. Slain%, A. Wong-Berringer%, B. Blake%, M. Bumgardner%, R. Rowen%, K. Schonder%, Sarah Spinler#, J. Murphy% (the 2008 ACCP Educational Affairs Committee B), Pharmacotherapy Didactic Curriculum Toolkit 2009, American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Available at www.accp.com/docs/positions/misc/PharmacotherapyToolkit.pdf.

Vincent J. Willey#@, M. F. Bullano%, N. N. Shoetan%, S. K. Gandhi%, “Therapy Modifications and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Goal Attainment Rates Associated with the Initiation of Generic Simvastatin,” Current Medical Research and Opinion, 26(1):121-128, 2010 (published online November 13, 2009).

L. J. Short%, M. D. Fisher%, P. M. Wahl%, M. B. Kelly%, G. D. Lawless%, S. White%, N. A. Rodriguez%, Vincent J. Willey#@, O. W. Brawley%, “Disparities in Medical Care Among Commercially Insured Patients with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer: Opportunities for Intervention,” Cancer, October 28, 2009 (E-pub ahead of print).

SAMSON COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCESsamson college of health sciences

Poster Presentations

Therese E. Johnston#, K. E. Watson%, J. Engsberg%, S. A. Ross%, P. E. Gates%, C. A. Tucker%, R. R. Betz%

“Strength, Function and Gait Changes Following a Supported Speed Treadmill Training Exercise Program (SSTTEP) for Marginally Ambulatory Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Preliminary Report” at the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, September 23-26, 2009.
“Outcomes of a Treadmill Training Exercise Program for Marginally Ambulatory Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Preliminary Report” at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Denver, October 7-11, 2009.

Gregory Thielman#, “Rehabilitation of Upper Extremity Function after Stroke: Case Report Investigating Virtual Reality Using Reotherapy” at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting, San Diego, February 19, 2010.

Presentations

Roger I. Ideishi#, C. Willock$, “Participation of Children with Special Needs at the Aquarium” at the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association State Conference, Pittsburgh, October 30, 2009.

Gregory Thielman#, “One-Year Follow-Up for Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb Post Stroke: Knowledge of Performance Feedback of Two Types of Trunk Control” at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting, San Diego, February 19, 2010.

Professional Activity

Therese E. Johnston# served as a grant reviewer for the Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research Merit Award Reviews, August 24-26, 2009.

Publications

Roger I. Ideishi#, “Occupational Therapy Service Learning & Early Childhood Education,” chapter 9 in Service-Learning in Occupational Therapy: Philosophy and Practice, K. Flecky, L. Gitlow, eds., Jones and Bartlett Publishers, pp. 237-251, 2010.

Susan Wainwright#, “Using Interaction Analysis to Demonstrate Effective Implementation of Active Learning Strategies in a Professional Level Course,” The Journal of Faculty Development, 23(3):22-28, 2009.

Susan Wainwright#, P. McGinnis%, “Factors That Influence the Clinical Decision-Making of Rehabilitation Professionals in Long-Term Care Settings,”
Journal of Allied Health, 38(3): 143-151, 2009.

TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER

Presentations

Phyllis Blumberg#

“Taking Responsibility for Learning: Implications for Self-Directed Learning” at The Teaching Professor Conference, Washington, DC, June 2009.
“Welcoming Changes in Evaluating Teaching: A Regenerative Rubrics Approach” at the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Houston, October 2009.
“This Is Your Course: Encouraging Students to Take Responsibility for Their Learning” at the Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), Philadelphia, October 8-10, 2009.

N. Chism%, C. Schroeder%, Phyllis Blumberg#, C. Frerichs%, S. Gano-Phillips%, “Organizational Development for Institutional Change: Our Role,” a preconference workshop at the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Houston, October 2009.

A. Tolman%, Phyllis Blumberg#, C. Johnson%, “Generating Improved Learning: Applying Learner-Centered Teaching to Distance Education” at the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, Houston, October 2009.

Publication

Phyllis Blumberg#, “Strategic Committee Involvement: A Guide for Faculty Developers,” To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development, 28:63-81, 2009.